92: Gossip between Qin Yu and Nie Yuqian

However, recalling Ning Qianqian's ultimate achievement in her previous life—only reaching the King-level Peak, Level 59, before making no further progress.

Nie Yuxi couldn't help but feel a pang of regret for Ning Qianqian in her heart.

"What a pity. Although the Void Assassin sub-class is indeed powerful, even harder to deal with than many SSS-rank Classes, her main Class is ultimately just a Shadow Assassin, lacking sufficient stamina for the long run..."

Regarding Ning Qianqian, a fellow native who had left Jiangzhou City with her in the previous life.

Although Nie Yuxi wasn't very familiar with her, neither in this life nor the last.

But if she could, she wouldn't mind helping Ning Qianqian out.

However, the problems Ning Qianqian faced later were different from Qin Yu's.

Qin Yu's advancement issue stemmed from the lack of corresponding advancement knowledge on Blue Star, knowledge that Nie Yuxi happened to possess.

Therefore, if Nie Yuxi wanted to help Qin Yu, it would be a trivial matter.

But Ning Qianqian's problem was fundamentally due to the ceiling of her main Class, Shadow Assassin, which determined that she could only reach that level at most.

For something like this, even if Nie Yuxi wanted to help, she couldn't... Thus, after simply expressing her regret.

Nie Yuxi stopped dwelling on the matter.

Instead, she quietly withdrew her gaze and followed the two of them onto the train.

The three boarded the train and quickly found their respective seats.

Qin Yu and Nie Yuxi had seats together.

Ning Qianqian sat in the row behind Qin Yu and Nie Yuxi.

"This train is about to depart!"

"Destination: Qingcheng City, Qingzhou Province!"

"..."

"Attention, passengers, this train will pass through several wilderness areas or Demonkind Battlefields where Demonkind frequently appear. Please do not panic if Demonkind attack the train during the journey."

"This train utilizes the nation's latest ED-type Energy Level Defense System. This defense system can withstand up to ten attacks from King-level Peak Demonkind."

"Your travel safety is absolutely guaranteed!"

"..."

"Woo-woo-woo!"

As the automated announcement sounded inside the train and a piercing whistle suddenly echoed, the train officially started moving!

Of course, it's worth mentioning that the trains in this world are naturally not the ordinary green-skinned trains from Qin Yu's previous life... Although the overall technological level of this world is similar to Blue Star.

However, after hundreds of years of development by Class Changers, transportation methods that cross provinces and must pass through multiple wilderness areas infested with Demonkind.

Have long since been upgraded countless times by the nation.

Their external defensive capabilities are nothing short of astonishing!

Therefore, unless one is extremely unlucky... such as encountering a Demonkind from a specific region, there is absolutely no need to worry about travel safety.

The train sped along the tracks, and the scenery outside the window rapidly rushed backward.

Soon, the urban area of Jiangzhou City was left far behind.

The view outside the window changed from the initial steel city to a vibrant green wilderness.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Qin Yu had left Jiangzhou City since growing up in this world.

Therefore, even though Qin Yu had lived two lives, he still couldn't help but stare at the scenery outside the window, lost in thought.

After a long time, perhaps unable to bear the awkward silence, Ning Qianqian, speaking with a slight childish lilt from the backseat, interrupted Qin Yu's trance:

"Great God Qin Yu, I heard that the war between our Dragon Country and the Demonkind in Qingzhou is going a bit poorly. Do you think..."

"We won't have to go to the battlefield to fight those Demonkind after we enroll, right?"

Hearing Ning Qianqian's question, Qin Yu withdrew his gaze and was about to answer, but he was a step too late.

Nie Yuxi, who had kept a cold expression and pretended to rest with her eyes closed since boarding the train, opened her eyes at some point.

And she answered first: "No. Generally speaking, unless the front line completely collapses, Star Ring Academy will not issue mandatory orders for students to go to the battlefield."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be students."

"We'd be closer to frontline reserves."

"However, there are quite a few missions related to the battlefield within the Academy. If you are interested, you can accept these missions, go for training, and exchange for Training Points."

"Training Points are very important at Star Ring Academy. The Training Point rewards for battlefield missions are much more generous than those for regular missions."

"However, since your talent is Space Shuttle, I recommend you take missions related to the Space Rift next to the Academy."

"The Space Rift is rich in Spatial Energy."

"Your talent is also suitable for that place."

Because she had just been thinking about Ning Qianqian's situation in her previous life, Nie Yuxi, although still cold in tone, spoke quite a bit to Ning Qianqian, which was rare.

Moreover, her words revealed a deep understanding of Star Ring Academy.

For a moment, Ning Qianqian nodded repeatedly as she listened.

Looking like she had been enlightened.

As for Qin Yu, he was somewhat confused as to why Nie Yuxi knew so much about Star Ring Academy.

After all, these pieces of information Nie Yuxi mentioned were unknown even to him, someone who chatted daily with Lin Xiaoshan, Guo Jun, and Dong Tianyu.

As far as he knew, Nie Yuxi had only ever accepted Lin Xiaoshan's Special Recruitment Invitation.

As for private conversations, they were pitifully few.

So where did Nie Yuxi get this information?

Of course, Qin Yu wouldn't directly ask Nie Yuxi why she knew so much about Star Ring Academy.

Instead, holding onto his confusion, he curiously asked a question he had always wanted to ask: "Xiao Yu, I heard the Examiners say that the conditions offered to you by other academies seemed better than Star Ring Academy's."

"Why did you choose Star Ring Academy?"

"Logically, given your Class, wouldn't it be more suitable to go to the northern Kyoto Academy or the western Tianwu Academy?"

However, upon hearing Qin Yu's words, Nie Yuxi, who had just been explaining things clearly to Ning Qianqian, merely glanced at Qin Yu.

And closed her eyes once again.

She resumed resting her eyes.

She completely ignored Qin Yu... Seeing this, let alone Qin Yu, even Ning Qianqian, sitting in the back seat, "acutely" sensed that something was amiss.

Instantly, looking at the backs of Qin Yu and Nie Yuxi's heads in the front row, Ning Qianqian's eyes sparkled with gossip:

"Didn't the forums say that Great God Qin Yu and Goddess Nie Yuxi were Childhood Sweethearts who liked each other, which is why they chose Star Ring Academy together?"

"But looking at them now, why does it seem different?"

"Also, why do I always feel like Goddess Nie is avoiding Great God Qin Yu?"

"Could it be..."

"..."