215: Chapter 215 Dragon's Roar Fails, Heavenly Craftsman Refuses

The infrastructure facilities in Xialong Base City were clearly a large margin higher in technological level than the base cities in Chu Hong and the others' impressions.

"These are all source energy technologies, created by the Source Energy Research Institute and Tiangong Academy. I heard that Tiangong Academy has recently been applying to the higher-ups to change its name to Tiangong Academy and relocate from the lower Xuanlong City to the middle Xuanlong City."

Chu Hong and the others sat in a shuttle bus that didn't even have tires, resembling magnetic levitation, yet one could feel source energy fluctuations from it.

"Read good Taiwanese books and choose superb ones."

The shuttle bus carried them all the way from the teleportation station to the station in Xialong Base City.

People from various major source energy colleges had already been waiting here for a long time.

Hearing this, Chu Hong's gaze couldn't help but look not far away.

Right over there at this moment, there were several things that looked like mecha puppets holding up signs reading "Tiangong Academy", causing the corners of Chu Hong and the others' mouths to twitch slightly.

Song Jiaojiao also wore a look of shock and surprise: "Is, is this already so flagrant?"

Seeming to notice the gazes from their side and seeing the age of the few, who were probably this year's newly reporting Pioneers, two figures immediately sprinted quickly toward this side.

They weren't running on their two legs.

Instead... one person was stepping on a huge mechanical spider, while the other was sitting inside a mecha, with an extremely exaggerated cannon barrel on his shoulder.

"Several handsome guys and beauties, are you newcomers reporting in? Are you freshmen of our Tiangong Academy?"

The spider man wore a face of friendliness and eagerness. As he spoke, the moment his gaze saw the medal on Chu Hong's chest, it paused fiercely.

He pushed the black-rimmed glasses on his face.

"This classmate, you, is this medal... the Thoroughfare Medal? Yours?!"

Chu Hong lowered his head. He had been so fascinated and enthralled by the sights along the way that he had forgotten to put the medal away, making it a bit too flashy.

"Uh, yes," Chu Hong smiled and nodded.

However.

It didn't matter when he nodded, but the next second, the mechanical spider under the glasses man's feet instantly sprayed out a large net, right at the moment when Chu Hong and the others hadn't even had time to react.

It grabbed and dragged all of them onto the huge mechanical spider in one go.

"Hahahahaha! Good, good, good, Junior is awesome! What is your name, Junior? My name is Wei Boxue, Silver-rank of the Tiangong Academy Science and Combat Engineering School... Oh, right."

"Inside our Source Energy University, unlike the ordinary universities that ordinary people attend, we don't talk about grades or years. Instead, we are measured by three ranks: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Upon reaching a certain number of secret realm clearance times and completing the assessments given by the academy, one can be promoted."

"Upon completing the graduation assessment at the Gold rank, you can officially become an outstanding graduate of Tiangong Academy, shining brightly for Great Xia! Beating other countries' Pioneers until they cry for their parents, hahahahaha."

This senior of Tiangong Academy named Wei Boxue was so enthusiastic that it wasn't until Chu Hong was brought back by the other party to the reception area of Tiangong Academy that he finally had the opportunity to speak up and state his group's identity.

"Th-That, Senior, we are not Tiangong Academy..."

"It's Tiangong Academy!" Beside them, the rough-faced man currently piloting the mecha interrupted.

Chu Hong turned his head. Looking at the other person's appearance, he must have been forty or fifty years old, right?

Someone like this still hadn't graduated yet?

The man spat out a puff of cigar smoke. Even though Chu Hong had already explicitly stated that they were not people from Tiangong Academy, the two of them showed no pause or hesitation in their actions of bringing them to the reception area.

It was just like... kidnapping?

Wei Boxue wore a serious face: "Then what Source Energy University are you from? Did those guys actually not send anyone to welcome the newcomers? Unlike us~"

Chu Hong: "..."

This Tiangong Academy didn't look very normal!

Song Jiaojiao at the side wore a look of helplessness: "Senior, we are all from Longming Sacred Academy."

As soon as these words were spoken.

The previously somewhat noisy side of Tiangong Academy instantly fell into a dead silence for a split second.

And when the remaining people present followed Wei Boxue's winking gaze and cast their sights onto the [Bronze Thoroughfare Medal] on Chu Hong's chest, almost everyone in an instant...

...surrounded them with a roar.

"What are you doing! What are you doing? What do you want to do?!" Wang Suming's expression changed drastically, and instinctively, just like when fighting in a secret realm, he moved to stand at the front.

However.

Instead, they saw that the few people either draped arms over each other's shoulders or grabbed hands with heartbroken expressions.

"Classmates! You are ruining your own futures!"

Chu Hong widened his eyes and saw Wei Boxue grabbing his arm with a heartbroken expression.

"You guys must not even have understood Longming Sacred Academy at all, and just because you heard people say it is the only existence in Great Xia that can be called a sacred academy, and just because its assessment requirements are the most demanding, you preconceive that it must be the most powerful one, right?"

Chu Hong's expression was somewhat stiff: "Th-That seems to be the case. Isn't Longming Sacred Academy the strongest?"

The man piloting the mecha sneered.

"Strong? Strong my ass! When entering the secret realm and facing us brothers, they only know how to scurry away with their heads in their hands! If it weren't for the fact that everyone is an elite Pioneer cultivated by Great Xia, and if one dies in the secret realm, the country would lose a lot of resources for nothing, those guys wouldn't even think about withdrawing alive if they ran into us in the secret realm!"

The man patted the mecha beneath him, his rough face carrying a bit of ferocity and mockery, resembling a combination of a veteran and a fierce bandit. With a chuckle, he scared little girl Luo Xin behind Chu Hong so much that her little face turned pale.

This person looked even more terrifying than that pus-rotted scoundrel He Zhenshan...

Hearing Chu Hong say this, Wei Boxue pushed his glasses again.

"Junior, the fact that you were able to pass Longming Sacred Academy shows that your abilities are awesome enough. The fact that you can wear this Thoroughfare Medal right now shows that your character absolutely passes muster!"

"So... with you being so awesome, why did you happen to choose the most trashy academy?"

"They didn't even send anyone to pick you up! This simply isn't being valued!"

He patted Chu Hong's shoulder, his eyes filled with anticipation and solemnity. A mechanical spider leg lifted and erected behind him, and instantly, a trace of saint-like radiance lit up behind Wei Boxue.

"Come on, join the glorious source energy evolution!"

Song Jiaojiao frowned at the side: "But we have already chosen Longming Sacred Academy. Can this still be changed? Moreover... I heard that the admission forbidden object of Longming Sacred Academy is of red quality."

Wei Boxue reached out and pointed at Song Jiaojiao.

"Beautiful junior sister is very smart!"

An intellectual senior sister with a ponytail and a tablet computer in her hand nodded. Inside the tablet in her hand, she had already quickly pulled up the information and assessment scores of Chu Hong and the others.

"Isn't it just hacking... Cough! Isn't it just a matter of submitting an application? We at Tiangong Academy have this authority. As long as you agree, your enrollment information will be transferred to our Tiangong Academy right now."

Luo Xin raised her hand weakly: "Older sister, it seemed like you said the word 'hacking' just now, right?"

"No, you heard wrong!" The senior sister in black silk handed the tablet in front of Chu Hong. Looking from this angle, Chu Hong couldn't even see the other person's toes.

"As for the red-quality collected items that Junior Sister mentioned... You guys wouldn't think that Longming Sacred Academy prepares a red-quality forbidden object for all incoming freshmen, would you?"

"Longming Sacred Academy claims to be Great Xia's top source energy institution, snatching up at least two thousand high-quality newcomers a year. Two thousand red-quality [forbidden objects]... Who would dare to approve that for them? Last year, Longming Sacred Academy only had five hundred red-quality [forbidden objects]."

"Only those who reach the fusion standard in advance are given them. As for those after the five hundredth place..."

The senior sister in black silk shrugged, a movement that allowed Chu Hong to see the other person's toes in an instant.

Wei Boxue chimed in from the side: "Junior Chu, with your strength, can the [forbidden object] slots that you could fight for at Longming Sacred Academy not be fought for here at our Tiangong Academy?"

"We also have red-quality [forbidden object] slots!"

Suddenly, everyone's gazes turned toward Chu Hong one after another.

Chu Hong shrugged and looked at the others: "I don't mind, anywhere is the same..."

He had reached his current level not by relying on any so-called orthodox schooling, but by running for his life, life after life, in the [Special Service Department] secret realms.

He cheated his way up!

Wang Suming shrugged: "Wherever Brother Hong goes, I go..."

Luo Xin pursed her lips; her brother had back then been framed and betrayed by people from Longming Sacred Academy: "I, I listen to the team leader!"

Instantly, everyone's gazes fell squarely on Song Jiaojiao.

Just at this moment, suddenly, a loud and clear shout abruptly came from the other side of the station.

"Brother Boxue! Run quickly! Those guys broke free from their restraints!"