Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

In the eyes of the elite class, Ruo Manni was a peculiar extreme. Her demeanor was unlike anything they had seen from an ordinary person.

Her cultivation and combat abilities were also extremes. Her cultivation was very high, and like Hebrew Adam, she had the highest telekinesis level among the four grades of students at the Xuan Gu Military Academy.

However, her combat strength did not match her level of cultivation at all, falling far short and making people shake their heads in frustration. The instructors were disappointed, with Instructor Dudley especially seeing her as a thorn in his side, eager to push her combat skills to the limit.

So, when the instructors decided to intensify the training to improve their practical combat skills, Ruo Manni ended up bearing the brunt of it, getting beaten the most and spending the most time in the recovery pod.

At first, the elite students sympathized with her pitiful condition and felt very sorry for her.

However, it quickly became apparent that sympathy was a joke. Although Ruo Manni’s cultivation was high, her combat skills were initially poor, which gave her teammates some advantage in battles. But after a month of training, Ruo Manni’s combat abilities surged, and the misfortune fell on the others.

Previously, Ruo Manni and Su Forty-Three would usually end up in a draw or occasionally Su Forty-Three would win. But now, Su Forty-Three would lose within an hour of fighting her, and the others fared even worse, crying from the torment of her elusive and unpredictable flying daggers.

Ruo Manni’s cultivation level was higher than theirs, so losing to her wasn’t too disheartening for her teammates, but the instructors’ reactions made their losses quite difficult to bear. Thus, their sympathy had clearly been misplaced.

Ruo Manni originally would not have been able to last more than a hundred moves against Hebrew Adam. However, now, under Hebrew Adam’s full attack, Ruo Manni could endure for up to two hours without being defeated, until her physical and telekinetic energy were exhausted, leading to her eventual loss.

This demonstrates that under the instructors’ “tough love” training, Ruo Manni’s practical combat skills have advanced remarkably, showing a significant leap in improvement.

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In a luxurious mansion somewhere in the imperial capital, a middle-aged man was anxiously receiving a transmission from someone, his face a mix of urgency and fear. “It’s not that I don’t want to act, but it seems the last operation was discovered, and now those people are heavily guarded. They’re not coming out for training as usual, so we can’t find an opportunity to act, and our people can’t infiltrate.”

The person on the other end of the transmission said only one sentence in a mechanical voice before hanging up. The middle-aged man sat there with a deathly pale face, sweating profusely, and regretted once again being controlled by his own greed.

That night, the Adam squad once again sent the severely injured Ruo Manni into the recovery pod.

Since there were dedicated medical assistants on night duty, the five of them did not need to stay behind for guard duty. This was a familiar routine for them, and they left without any worries, knowing they would see their lively and energetic teammate again the next day.

They did not return to their dormitory but went up to their personal rest area on the upper floor.

Over the past month, due to the heavy training, the elite-class students were almost incapable of moving by the end of each day. Given this situation, the instructors’ special permission to skip dormitory curfews had allowed them to sleep in the team’s training room’s personal rest area for the past month.

Hebrew Adam thought he had been prudent, having arranged for the rest area to be made very comfortable at the start of the school year. Now, it was proving useful. Although they mostly slept in the game pods, the comfortable environment was a welcome respite, and he didn’t mind using credits for it.

Due to the intensive training, their plans in the war realm were progressing slower than anticipated. Although they had achieved first kills in the first and second dungeons, they had struggled for several days without completing the first kill in the third dungeon.

Fortunately, the team from the Whirlwind Squad was also facing difficulties and had only managed one first kill as well. They had been busy for over ten days and had yet to secure a second first kill, reportedly also being extremely busy.

As for other players, more than twenty players had already reached level ten. Some player teams had completed the first kills in two dungeons, but so far, no third guild had been established, likely because those players had not yet obtained the guild establishment orders.

The half-guild establishment order in Hua Deli’s hands was originally agreed to be kept, and despite high offers in the combat realm world, he remained unmoved. He wasn’t interested in the gold, and others had no way to acquire it.

If it weren’t for the fact that Ruo Manni was the direct junior and that she needed some credit coins, Hebrew Adam wouldn’t have allowed her to sell that half-guild establishment order.

After finishing his medicinal bath, Hebrew Adam thought about how Ruo Manni, the main force of the team, had been sent to the recovery pod again today. It seemed unlikely they would be able to complete the dungeon today.

The main force for this dungeon had to be telekinetic masters, but Mina-Olli should be able to reach level ten today. With her and Ruo Manni working together, they should be able to clear it in one go.

Fortunately, there was no death setting in the dungeon. When mana and health dropped to one hundred, players would automatically be teleported out. Otherwise, they would all be reduced to level zero.

As Hebrew Adam was thinking, he opened his holographic computer. He had received a message from his mother during training but hadn’t had time to respond. Now, he planned to reply to her.

To his surprise, as soon as he sent the message, the Queen personally sent a communication.

Hebrew Adam hadn’t returned to the palace for over two months. He could no longer accommodate his mother’s wishes as he used to, and their relationship had become somewhat strained. Moreover, his training schedule was so packed that he hadn’t been in touch with her for a long time.

Seeing his mother’s smiling face so suddenly felt a bit out of place, but he was happy. He enjoyed seeing his mother in a good mood with a broad smile.

“Hebrew, in ten days, it will be my sixtieth birthday. I am planning a formal banquet, and I would like you to bring your friends along. I am eager to meet the comrades who fight alongside you,” Queen Amber said with a joyful expression.

Hebrew Adam hadn’t seen his mother this happy in a long time, and she was also very kind to him. Naturally, he had no reason to refuse. Although the situation outside was tense, the security in the palace was stricter, so as long as he was careful, there shouldn’t be any problems.

Hebrew Adam thought it over carefully and still felt that the biggest security concern if they went to the banquet, would be the journey there.

The Queen’s birthday party at the palace would surely invite many people, and the news would inevitably spread. Even if no one disclosed his whereabouts, others could easily guess that he would attend.

For the past two months, they had been staying at the school, and those with ulterior motives had tried every possible means but still couldn’t find an opportunity to enter the school. In this situation, once those people learned that they would be attending the banquet, it was only natural that they would take advantage of the opportunity.