Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 82: Announcement (Added for Alliance Leader Jueying Xuantian) (Eighth Update)

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Announcement (Added for Alliance Leader Jueying Xuantian) (Eighth Update)

"Outsiders, but being specially recruited as an outsider gives you a very good chance to enter the inner school. Because she’s essentially becoming General Ames’s private student, the reason she went to Starlight City so early was actually to receive private special training from General Ames."

Chen Tong said enviously.

"That’s pretty good."

Su Ming replied with a smile.

Just as Su Ming and his friends were enjoying their conversation, they suddenly saw Zhang Tai and Li Fubai standing not far away, talking.

"How are things going for you now? Found a way in?"

Li Fubai asked with a gloomy expression.

"Damn it! What else could be going on! That damn fatty Su Ming played me. Now there’s absolutely nothing I can do, the people from the Imperial Court Sect won’t give me any face, I can only draw from the red and black lots! I must draw a red lot to have a year’s buffer time to come up with a new plan!"

Zhang Tai’s face twisted as he talked about this.

"Then there’s nothing to be done, you just have to leave it to luck."

"And you? Are you confident about getting into the Imperial Court Academy?"

"I was very confident, but I was also screwed over by that guy Su Ming. And he did it so cleverly, even my appeal was rejected."

Li Fubai’s face darkened to the point of dripping water as he spoke about this.

"You’re just going to let it go?"

Zhang Tai looked at Li Fubai with annoyance.

Just as Li Fubai was about to reply to Zhang Tai, a flat voice came through.

"What, haven’t learned your lesson yet?"

Zhang Tai and Li Fubai frowned and turned their heads to look.

They saw Su Ming, Chen Tong, and Mink approaching. They were not far away, and every word of their conversation could be heard clearly.

"Who the hell are you?"

Zhang Tai retorted irritably.

"It’s me, Su Ming. What? You don’t even recognize me now?"

Su Ming looked at Zhang Tai with a smile.

Zhang Tai immediately recognized him, his anger skyrocketing, and his fists clenched tight.

"You’re courting death, daring to come up to me!"

"What? Want to fight me? You can try!"

Su Ming replied with a smile.

He had been in poor physical shape before, but now that he had slimmed down and his stamina was gradually recovering, he no longer feared a fight, even if he got cornered.

Zhang Tai felt some apprehension upon hearing Su Ming’s provocation.

But Li Fubai, standing by, reached out and held his shoulder, saying,

"Don’t be impulsive!"

"You chickening out?"

Zhang Tai looked at Li Fubai angrily.

"You’re about to draw the red and black lots right now, don’t start trouble!"

Li Fubai persuaded him rationally, of course, he was so restrained because the Su Family had found evidence against him about framing Su Ming, and they were giving him a hard time.

"Hmph, you just wait, this isn’t over!"

Zhang Tai threw a harsh line at Su Ming and then left with Li Fubai.

"Pfft, what losers! Who’s afraid of whom?"

Chen Tong spat on the ground as he watched the two leave.

Su Ming turned to Chen Tong with a laugh.

"I’m not even mad, why are you angry?"

"Bullshit, I took a beating from him, that’s why."

Chen Tong replied irritably.

When Su Ming heard this, his smile stiffened slightly, and he replied awkwardly,

"That was a mistake."

Just then, Principal Luo Ken, holding a microphone, coughed and said,

"Please, everyone quiet down, and all students should go back to their parents. In ten minutes, the results will be revealed, projected directly onto the screen of the lectern."

Upon hearing Luo Ken’s words, Mink and the others said to Su Ming,

"We’ll head back first."

"Alright, we’ll talk later!"

Su Ming nodded and turned to walk towards Su Yuan and Zhao Ning.

In fact, Principal Luo Ken had a very simple reason for having all the students return to their parents’ sides.

He was worried that the release of the results would be too much for their hearts to handle. At such times, having someone by their side to take care of them was essential, especially since there was a limited number of doctors and teachers on site.

...

Soon, most of the students had made their way back to their parents.

After Luo Ken finished speaking, he waved his hand and officially announced.

"The most critical moment is upon us, activate the projection equipment!"

In an instant, a huge virtual projection appeared on the podium, and the countdown of fate began ticking down.

"59 seconds, 51 seconds..."

The noisy field fell silent, everyone holding their breath and watching the projection screen with the utmost tension.

Soon, there was only 10 seconds left on the countdown. Su Ming himself was a bit nervous, mainly because he had no confidence in his results.

Then the countdown hit zero!

Whoosh~

A dense array of names and scores, organized from highest to lowest, flickered into view.

"There it is, find our son’s name quickly!"

Su Yuan and Zhao Ning were on edge, hurriedly searching for Su Ming’s name above the 120-point cutoff line.

Su Ming, however, looked towards the top scorer, Lin Chuyu, comprehensive paper: 274 points, Mecha subtest: 63 points (including a performance score of 30)

Second place, Li Fubai, comprehensive paper: 272 points, Mecha subtest: 43 points

Third place, Zhou Yue, comprehensive paper 263 points, Command subtest: 20 points (including a performance score of 10)

Fourth place, Sun Yue, comprehensive paper: 243 points, Mecha subtest: 49 points (including a performance score of 20)

...

Seventh place, Su Ming: comprehensive paper: 218 points, Mecha subtest: 50 points

...

Three hundred thirty-sixth place, Mink, comprehensive paper 167 points, Mecha subtest: 23 points (including a performance score of 13)

Two hundred sixty-seventh place, Chen Tong, comprehensive paper 151 points, Mecha subtest: 47 points (including a performance score of 20).

...

At the instant Su Ming saw his own score, his mood plummeted.

He sighed inwardly. In the end, he had messed up the exam. He didn’t score over 250 on the comprehensive paper, and his Mecha subtest hadn’t been awarded any performance point, only the basic 50.

Though this score was normal, after all, one month was really too rushed, and making it to this level was already quite an achievement.

But in the end, he hadn’t made it into the Imperial Court Academy.

"Wow, look at the subtest, everyone got performance points!"

"I got an additional 15 points!"

"Why did I only get 10 points?"

"Me too!"

...

At this moment, the surrounding students shouted in wild ecstasy.

No one had expected the Imperial Court Sect to concede and give extra performance points to all candidates.

However, Su Yuan and Zhao Ning were left feeling ice-cold. They had looked from the bottom up to the 170-point region without finding Su Ming’s name.

"It’s over!"

Su Yuan couldn’t help but say. freewebnσvel.cøm

Zhao Ning then kicked Su Yuan, annoyed.

"Shut up."

Su Yuan immediately realized his son was still next to him and quickly shut his mouth.

Meanwhile, the field erupted with cries of elation and despair!

"Haha, 120 points! I passed the threshold!"

"Ah, how could this happen!"

"It’s over!"

"I don’t want to draw the red and black tokens."

"Son, what’s wrong with you! Doctor! Doctor!"

...

The entire field was in chaos.

At this time, doctors skillfully rushed towards the yelling parents, adeptly picking up syringes to inject the fainting students.