The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 513 Grouping
In fact, for the wealthy Taylor family, equipping each of their descendants with an A-class mech would not be a difficult task.

Like Taylor's eldest brother, who went through four or five different mechs before finally settling on an S-class mech built by a famous mech master in the capital, spending countless amounts of money and effort over a whole year.

Therefore, the Taylor family should have no shortage of Sanger's mech. However, the handsome Sanger Taylor doesn't have one. As one of only two direct descendants of the Taylor family, he doesn't own a personal mech like his elder brother.

Even though his eldest brother was so extravagant in ruining one aircraft after another, his parents were still willing to continue investing a lot of money in him.

Taylor felt a little uneasy that he could only borrow his brother's mecha for such an important moment.

He couldn't understand why, even though they were both sons, he couldn't compare to his elder brother even by a single finger. His brother was the heir to the Taylor family, while he was nothing, just a lazy, unproductive guest in the house.

Taylor sometimes thinks that if his mental strength level weren't so high, his parents probably wouldn't have even given him a second glance after the final judgment was delivered to his home. They certainly wouldn't have been so "merciful" as to lend his brother's mech.

But none of that matters now. Soon, in another year, he will be able to break free from his family's constraints. For now, he just needs to be patient a little longer; this ranking exam will be the beginning of his path to independence.

Jiang Hui was unaware of the other person's complex emotions. She glanced at the other person's mecha; although it was more ordinary than expected, from a mecha pilot's perspective, it was actually quite good.

In terms of appearance, it is indeed conventional, and the parameters are tuned quite tightly, but the material selection is very good, and the mechanical joints are also cleverly adjusted. It is a decent replica worth referencing.

No wonder there are so many signs of use on it; theoretically, this mech should be in pretty good working order. Judging from Jiang Hui's professional expertise, this mech must have been used at least three to five times a week during the time it was in the owner's possession to have developed such wear and tear.

After the two mechs were deployed, the staff immediately read and recorded the data of both mechs, confirmed that some source parameters had been referenced, and then told them they could leave. Because the mechs would be temporarily stored here—as all participating mechs needed to be stored here—the organization would be responsible for their maintenance, safekeeping, and any wear and tear repairs.

Jiang Hui already knew the mechs would have to be parked outside, and she was mentally prepared. Only after everything was confirmed and registered did she leave the second-floor parking area with Taylor.

After walking around, it was completely dark outside, and they were truly among the last group to be tested.

The two had already met on the starship; while they weren't exactly familiar, their relationship was fairly good. Therefore, Taylor invited her to dine at the dining hall on the first floor of the station, and Jiang Hui accepted.

Perhaps because of their shared experiences, the other person became much closer to Jiang Hui, and their communication became much more sincere.

During the conversation, the other party casually asked about the creator of the pine and cypress trees, which surprised Jiang Hui.

This is actually quite normal and not a private matter. In interstellar space, the existence of the maker often enhances the prestige and value of a mech. A mech of the same level, if designed by a more renowned mech pilot, will be even more valuable—a kind of intangible added value effect. Taylor asked Jiang Hui these questions not for any particular reason; he simply felt that Songbai was different from the mechs he had seen before, and he was interested in Songbai's designer, wondering if he should commission this same designer to create a custom mech someday when he had the money.

But Jiang Hui shook his head upon hearing this. Because the pine and cypress trees were indeed quite special; they weren't created by a single mecha pilot, but rather through the efforts of many parties and years of refinement before their final completion.

The original design for Pine and Cypress came from the original owner's grandmother. She had studied mecha at the Imperial University, but for various reasons, she did not become a real mecha pilot. Pine and Cypress was the last piece she created for her son. Although the process was quite bumpy, she still gritted her teeth and spent several years filling in the framework of Pine and Cypress despite insufficient funds and resources.

However, she passed away unexpectedly, and the mecha wasn't even fully assembled before it was taken over by the original owner's grandfather. Since the original owner's grandfather wasn't a mecha pilot, the process was naturally more difficult. Later, the mecha underwent several modifications by Jiang Hui, eventually becoming the Pine and Cypress mecha we see today.

Therefore, the creation of this mecha was truly difficult, and it can be said to embody the power left behind by the three generations of the original body.

In the end, Jiang Hui only said, "A not-so-famous mecha pilot..."

She silently apologized to the original owner's grandmother, who was also her grandmother. How could she have described her like that? But the matter was too complicated to explain to outsiders, and she didn't want to explain the significance of Songbai's existence, so she could only gloss over it with this sentence.

Whether the other party sensed that Jiang Hui didn't want to talk much or didn't really care, they didn't press her for the name of the mecha pilot, but instead praised Songbai.

When Jiang Hui asked him what level he had applied for, Taylor shook his head and replied, "Level B".

Although he possessed A-level mental strength and delivered messages using an A-level mecha, the level exam assessed operational skills, not simply mental strength level. He wasn't confident of passing A-level, so he could only strive for B-level. If he could pass B-level, he could then participate in his third year of university…

As for Jiang Hui, Taylor thought of the corner of the information sheet she had accidentally glimpsed earlier—

“I accidentally saw the form you submitted, Jiang. You applied for… the A-level exam? I heard the A-level exam is relatively difficult. Would you like to come over tomorrow to make some changes? There's one chance to make changes before the official exam,” Taylor said.

But he did offer his advice subtly. Although one can choose the level of the exam according to their own wishes, the difficulty of the exam is what it is. The A-level exam is not just a little difficult, it's downright difficult.

It's said that the pass rate for this level of exam is less than 3% each year; no matter how many people enter, only a handful will ultimately pass. Therefore, even the proud and arrogant scions of the aristocratic families in the central star region dare not easily apply for the A-level exam. After all, each qualification exam has a three-year cooling-off period. If they fail once, wouldn't all their subsequent attempts be wasted? It's better to take the lower-level qualification exam first as a foundation.

Jiang Hui was taken aback, not quite sure about the matter. She had applied based on Stark's advice. He had told her to just fill in Level A, without saying much more.

(End of this chapter)