AWB Chapter 196 The Awakening of the Super Guide (11)
Chapter 196 The Awakening of the Super Guide (11)
The first thing Jingli had to do the next morning was hold a general meeting.
This school differs from the schools in the first and second worlds. Instead of sending a new batch of students each year, it sends students who have awakened to enlightenment, and there is no specific grade distinction.
But in the future, we will all be comrades-in-arms. Whenever a new student arrives, we will hold a general meeting to give everyone a chance to get to know each other.
Because of the situation in Blue Stone Country, each wave of new students represents a true "new student," and the country, military region, and school all attach great importance to this, with even greater attention paid to the guides.
"Hey, I heard there aren't any guides among this year's freshmen," said classmate A.
"Huh? How do you know? Maybe we just haven't run into each other yet," asked student B, who enrolled a little later.
Student A shook his head, saying calmly, "You don't know, do you know about our Sentinel's entrance exam?"
Student B nodded: "Condense your spiritual body to fight against simulated enemies."
Student A continued: "Then guess what the entrance test for the guide is?"
Student C said impatiently, "Stop keeping me in suspense. The entrance test for the guide is to provide psychological counseling to students who have been enrolled for more than a year."
Student B gasped.
Although with the support of technology, mental counseling is no longer limited to a sentinel and a guide as before, it is still a private matter, especially for a naive young man like him who has not been in school for a year and has never even experienced a simulated battlefield.
Student A continued, "The test subjects for the new student guides are all selected. To ensure the safety of the new student guides and us, we'll be gathered for a group assessment." He paused, then shook his head. "There wasn't a group assessment this time. Do you think there are any new guides?"
Student B felt a chill run down his spine and sighed.
“We have too few guides… I see that Senior Sister 037 looks terrible every day.”
003's number is BX037, which means he is the 37th B-level guide in Blue Stone Kingdom, and one of the highest-level guides in the campus.
"After all, she had to face so many of us sentries all by herself, and the other students were also..."
The matter was left unresolved; saying more would only lead to further speculation.
The remaining guides didn't lack the desire, but rather the inability.
Bluestone Kingdom has limited resources and a scarcity of guides, and it doesn't even raise the level of guides. Low-level guides have the will but not the ability, but they are constantly striving to improve themselves.
There is a great deal of attention on the guides across the country, and there is also a fear that they may be exposed to too much riotous spiritual energy and fall into chaos, so we dare not rush them and strictly control their training progress.
There's no other way; the guides of the Blue Stone Kingdom can't withstand any more strain right now.
In an eerie silence, the new students entered.
A group of people lined up and entered the venue wearing matching school uniforms.
Like other schools, the Sentinel Guide's school also has its own uniform. The uniform is a slim-fitting style suitable for combat, made of a special material that doesn't become unsuitable as the wearer grows taller and wider. It serves as both a school uniform and the most common everyday clothing in the military.
The Sentinels' and Guides' uniforms were almost identical, differing only in the arm design. The Guides' arms had light green lines, while the Sentinels' were light purple. At the cuffs, the Sentinels had hidden compartments on both hands; one for storing a mental energy monitor, and the other for connecting to the Guide's equipment. The Guides, on the other hand, only had a compartment on one hand for storing small devices.
There were seven new students in this batch, and everyone's attention was drawn to them, though most of the attention was focused on the last one.
They were first drawn to the man's hair color, exclaiming in surprise:
"My god, how come someone can dye their hair during the time they travel from the research institute to the university?"
"He seems like a troublemaker."
Most people in the Blue Stone Kingdom have dark hair. Some people change their hair color after awakening, but it is usually dark red or dark purple. Gold or light chestnut are rare, let alone this shiny platinum.
Then, everyone's attention was diverted by this person's appearance.
"Wow...so...so beautiful..."
His eyebrows and even eyelashes were as light as his hair color, and his skin was so white it seemed to glow. But the pink in his pupils and the red in his lips created a bridge in this whiteness, making his "lightness" not look sickly, but rather give him a kind of warm vitality.
Everyone was stunned until the principal spoke: "The welcoming ceremony begins. Please welcome the freshman representative to speak."
The new student representative was a girl who had been on the same bus as Keiri before, and whose spiritual form was a snow wolf. She stepped forward confidently:
"Hello everyone, I'm AS099, the freshman representative. It's a pleasure to meet you all here..."
The auditorium has a special device that allows sound to be transmitted clearly without a microphone, so that everyone in the audience can hear it clearly.
Moreover, every orientation event will be live-streamed, and the way the live stream is different from before. Viewers can enter the live stream room through their own devices. The live stream room is a virtual "space". As long as the on-site mode is turned on, they will feel like they are at the orientation event.
The freshman representative's speech was not long; its main purpose was to connect the various parts of the speech.
Under 099's guidance, all the new students took an oath together to be loyal to the country, to grow for the country, to fight for the country, and to be prepared to die for the country.
This is a necessary process for each batch of new students.
At these times, the large screen in the auditorium displays images of all the soldiers and mechs who have died for their country, scenes of people suffering, and the once harmonious and prosperous Blue Stone Kingdom.
The students in the audience and viewers watching the live stream will also join the new students on stage in taking the oath once again.
Different voices converged and coalesced into one.
This is a time when the nation is in peril, and everyone shoulders their responsibilities.
Jingli's heart also trembled slightly.
He had never faced war directly, but he knew that everything in the world today bore the marks of human intervention.
The man behind it all—Sefosi, and his henchmen—treats the people of these worlds as ants, but these ants are also fighting for their home.
Jingli seemed to understand why Mr. Yuan was so concerned about these things in the world.
This vitality, especially the unity and self-sacrifice for the sake of all beings, which bursts forth with a vitality that transcends life itself, is truly fascinating.
After 099 finished his introduction, the other freshmen were introduced one by one.
Just as Jingli had guessed, 099 was the one with the highest mental strength and the youngest age among this batch of new sentinels, at only twelve years old, so it can be said that the future is promising.
The remaining ones are also quite young, mostly around thirteen or fourteen years old, with mental strength ranging from C to B+.
Jingli was the last to be introduced; this was a special arrangement by the principal.
Jingli took a step forward.
Those who were initially drawn to his appearance were now losing interest, since the introductions were arranged according to mental strength levels. The person before Jingli was the girl in the car whose mental strength was "Little Leopard" and whose mental strength level was C+. After Jingli, the mental strength level was either the same as hers or lower.
In times of war, beauty can be pleasing to the eye, but on the battlefield, beauty is of no use.
There was some noise from the audience; some people were already discussing the upcoming training schedule.
Jingli didn't take it to heart, and simply imitated the person in front of her, saying, "Hello everyone, I'm freshman SX001, it's nice to meet you all."
After he finished speaking, the soft commotion gradually subsided.
The next moment, a heated discussion suddenly broke out.
Not only the audience, but even the freshmen on stage looked at Jingli in disbelief.
"SX? 001? Did I hear that right?!"
"Not SS? Is it X?"
"S-rank? Guide?"
Jingli had anticipated their strong reaction, but she hadn't expected it to be this intense. She instinctively looked to the principal for help.
The principal understood and returned to the stage, standing next to Jingli.
"You all heard correctly, among this year's new students is a guide, the first S-class guide in our Blue Stone Kingdom, and even in the world." The principal paused, looked at each student below the stage, then looked up as if gazing into the distance, "He is the hope of our Blue Stone Kingdom."
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【small theater】
In the military region, Captain 007, having finished morning training, casually turned on the live broadcast's live mode, stood upright in the auditorium, and stared silently at the dazzling white-haired youth on the stage.
The white tiger beside it: purring (runs onto the stage) (frantically wagging its tail) (attempting to use its tail to take the handsome boy home)
(*This short skit is related to the original text! 77 and the little white tiger actually did this, but it's written in the short skit to avoid making the scene feel disjointed.)
Addendum: This world has advanced technology and more comprehensive identity verification systems, so there's no need to worry about these things being overheard by bad actors from other countries during a live stream. The main purpose is to give a boost to the morale of our own people! A strong youth makes a strong nation!