Chapter 50: Chaos

Some students in the venue were bewildered, some were frantic, and even Su Ming’s expression changed when he heard about the Earthfire Star Battle.

“Crazy, truly crazy.”

Chen Tong couldn’t help but complain.

Su Ming took a deep breath. Besides the main star, Third Planet, the Old Federation actually had nine other planets, and Di Yan Star was one of them. Historically, Di Yan Star was the most prosperous planet after Third Planet, and it had a massive population.

The Earthfire Star Battle was the most crucial battle in the epic war that broke out a hundred years ago between the Old Federation and the Mechanical Race, composed of silicon-based lifeforms.

After the Mechanical Race crushed the Black Flame Star Defense Line, the Tenth Planet on the periphery, they immediately used Di Yan Star as a springboard to launch a devastating invasion.

Di Yan Star fell, and the Mechanical Race used Di Yan Star as a springboard to head straight for Third Planet.

At a critical moment of life and death, the Old Federation hastily assembled various fleets and launched a large-scale attack on Di Yan Star.

Both sides fought a bloody battle around Di Yan Star. Although the Mechanical Clan was eventually expelled from Di Yan Star, countless fleets and heroes of the Old Federation perished.

Di Yan Star also changed from its original twelve major base cities to five.

Its population also sharply decreased from 6.2 billion to less than 2 billion.

From this, one could see the brutality of this battle.

“I know many of you now probably don’t understand why you are being treated this way. But you need to understand one thing: you are already adults. The City Exam is not a game; what we want are talents, true talents! If you want to get a high score, then fight for it in this exam! Also, you’d best find a way to try and survive. If you die, then congratulations, you will have a real death experience! Trust me, you won’t like that taste.”

General Ames gave everyone a piece of advice.

“Wait, we’re all in the same boat now. If the command department people direct blindly, or the spaceship pilots fly erratically, and our ship is destroyed before we even reach the battlefield? Wouldn’t we all get zero points then?”

“Also, what if everyone isn’t united?”

Countless students raised questions.

General Ames seemed to have anticipated their questions, so he said to everyone,

“I know many of you will feel unfairly treated and ask what to do if others aren’t united or the command department directs chaotically? And what I want to say is, the ship is yours; you can do whatever you want with it. You can unite, or you can split; choose for yourselves! And don’t talk to me about fairness or anything like that. Haven’t those in the command department taken courses on uniting people? If you don’t work hard normally, now is the best retribution! Good luck to you all, I now officially declare the exam has begun!”

“Good luck to everyone!”

As General Ames announced the official start of the exam.

The alarm on the entire spaceship instantly amplified by N times, and at the same time, the entire transport cabin flashed red.

“No way, the exam just started, and it’s already like the end of the world. Isn’t this a bit too exaggerated?”

“I feel so flustered, I don’t even know what to do.”

“Yeah, it’s completely baffling.”

Every student present had a bewildered expression.

At this moment, a mission log popped up in front of all the students.

“Main Mission: Each to their own, break through the net of fire, and make an emergency landing on Di Yan Star.”

Immediately after, the metal wall panels around them suddenly all rose, revealing the transparent glass outside. Instantly, everyone could clearly see the space outside the ship, with beams of light and missiles streaking past them.

They could even see many nearby ships being hit and exploding.

Looking out at the starry sky from afar, one could see Di Yan Star, the size of a football.

“OMG!”

Many students’ mouths were agape as they watched this scene.

Then, with a loud bang, the spaceship Su Ming and his companions were on shook violently, and a mechanical synthesized voice immediately sounded.

“Warning, spaceship H34 external armor area has been hit.”

“Ah, the ship is going to be sunk, what do we do?”

A male student shouted in panic.

At this moment, a hot-tempered male student beside him carefully looked at the command department symbol on the panicking student’s clothes, kicked him directly, and angrily spat,

“Are you a pig? Damn it, you’re from the command department! You’re asking us what to do? Why don’t you hurry to the bridge to command? This spaceship is unmanned! How did I end up with a teammate like you!”

“Oh, oh, I’m going now!”

The male student immediately came to his senses and ran frantically towards the exit.

At this moment, the rest of the students also reacted, and the scene instantly turned into a chaotic mess.

“Gunners, who are the gunners!”

“Are there any medic girls, let’s team up.”

Su Ming looked at the chaotic scene before him and sighed slightly. This world truly was a makeshift stage.

“Su Ming, what do you think we should do now?”

Chen Tong asked with a solemn expression.

“Go, to the hangar!”

Su Ming said to Chen Tong without a moment’s hesitation.

“Okay!”

Chen Tong immediately followed Su Ming, running towards Passage 3 in the forward transport cabin.

There were a total of seven passages here, and each passage had a corresponding sign indicating where it led. Of course, if you didn’t recognize the convenient signs, there was nothing that could be done.

Just as Su Ming and Chen Tong were running forward, Chen Tong suddenly saw a small girl with short brown hair in the crowd. He immediately said to Su Ming,

“Look, isn’t that Zhao Ran from our class?”

“Call her over, classmates are more reliable at a time like this.”

Su Ming said to Chen Tong without hesitation.

Chen Tong then loudly called out,

“Zhao Ran!”

Zhao Ran heard someone call her and immediately turned to look.

When she saw Su Ming and Chen Tong, a look of immense joy appeared on her face, and she immediately ran over.

Soon, the three met up, and Zhao Ran said excitedly,

“You guys are here too.”

“Yes.”

Chen Tong nodded in response.

“Huh, why didn’t I see the class leader? Aren’t you three usually together?”

Zhao Ran asked curiously.

“He’s not taking the exam at this school, so he’s not on this ship. But he should also be participating in this battle. If we’re lucky, we might run into him on the ground after we make an emergency landing.”

Chen Tong briefly explained to Zhao Ran.

“I see.”

Zhao Ran suddenly understood.

“Never mind that for now, let’s hurry to the hangar!”

Su Ming quickly reminded them.

“Okay!”

Zhao Ran immediately followed Su Ming and the others, running towards Passage 3.

Of course, it wasn’t just Su Ming’s group of three who reacted; Lin Chuyu and the others also rushed to the hangar immediately.

In addition, Su Ming also saw Gu Meng and her group from First Academy. In short, it was very lively.

A moment later.

Inside the passage, Su Ming’s group of three continuously ran towards the hangar. At every fork in the road they encountered, Su Ming immediately identified the signs.

“Left!”

And Chen Tong and the other person only needed to mindlessly follow Su Ming.