Hungry dragon cubs come to the door

Alpha Quadrant, the First Military Academy of the Empire.

The black-haired young man sat in the noisy crowd, looking down at PADD quietly, flipping through the ten-page document with a focused expression.

He is not tall, even a thin build.

Fair and handsome, with a clear and sharp temperament, he has a beautiful face that should not appear in a military academy, but is more suitable for the world of art and entertainment.

It doesn't look like a soldier anywhere, but there is a silver five-pointed star that symbolizes an excellent lieutenant on his chest.

The ceremony will begin in 10 minutes, and he needs to speak on stage as a valedictorian.The initial speech script has long been familiar by heart, but the one in hand is a new draft that was sent to the private frequency band by the superior just 5 minutes ago and forced to replace the content.

Yu Yan saw the last page, signed: Vogt Bruce.

If I remember correctly, this young master Vogt should be the young son of a noble family who is related to the royal family.

The Bruce family itself is an investor in the First Military Academy.

Even if there are a lot of nonsense in the content of the speech, as long as he signs it, he will be rewarded extra.

Nobody really listened at graduation anyway.

It's not uncommon for powerful people to find ways to gain some advantage.

Yu Yan is calm, what he needs to do now is to write down the speech as much as possible within 10 minutes, instead of regretting that he has prepared more than a month of waste manuscripts and missed the credit point reward.

Yu Yan's lips moved slightly without making a sound, and quickly built the framework of the manuscript in his mind that could be called nonsense.

It is really difficult to string them together into a language logic that humans can understand.

Yu Yan wanted to sigh a little, but a shadow shrouded his eyes.

He subconsciously covered the content of PADD and raised his head.

The son, who didn't even fasten his uniform belt, was standing in front of him, leading a group of small followers to look down at him, and raised his voice maliciously: "Hey, who do I think is working hard here? This is not our great Second Lieutenant Your Excellency ?"

… Vogt Bruce.

Yu Yan thought, maybe he was unlucky, he was robbed of the manuscript just now, and then he met the person he least wanted to see at the moment.

In a way, it was a coincidence that both incidents were done by the same person.

This guy is obviously trying to find fault.There are many people on the other side, and there are a lot of fun-seeking eyes looking over, and there is no way to hide.

Yu Yan turned off the screen of PADD, praying that they wouldn't delay too long - he still had the last page and a half to memorize.

Yu Yan blinked: "What's the matter?"

Before Vogt could speak, the younger brother next to him was the first to speak out: "Don't you salute when you see Lieutenant Bruce? Is our outstanding graduate representative just such a person who doesn't understand the rules?"

Lieutenant?Bruce?

Yu Yan frowned.

Most of the graduates are at the non-commissioned officer level, and only a few top can graduate with the rank of second lieutenant.As far as he knew, the ignorant Vogt Bruce was not one of them.

But the younger brother said that Bruce was already a lieutenant.

They hadn't gotten to the point of joking with themselves, and saying things like this could only show that Vogt had indeed enjoyed such a coveted promotion.

Reminiscent of the manuscript that he was replaced, Yu Yan clenched his fists.

After a while, he let go again.

Anyway, once today is over, we will never see each other again.There's no need for him to be angry with this idiot.

The younger brothers were still half flattering Vogt and half mocking Yu Yan, but Vogt stopped it with a magnanimous look at the right time: "Hey, you guys, be more polite to our Second Lieutenant Yu. Otherwise, he will be a General, I can't stop you from beheading you."

No matter how exaggerated the "respect" in the tone, the actual sarcasm is just as revealing.gu.

The younger brothers laughed and laughed together: "Oh, I'm so scared."

"General Yu, you must be merciful and spare my life."

"Go away, don't wipe your tears on my sleeve."

Their frolic sounds flowed in and out of the left ear and out of the right ear, and they couldn't help but cast their eyes on the stage.The staff has inspected the venue for the last time. According to the procedure, he should go to the backstage immediately...

Vogt's voice interrupted his thoughts once again: "Second Lieutenant Yu, is your ambition to join the expeditionary force?"

Everyone, everyone in the First Military Academy, of course yearned to join the expeditionary force that opened up the Beta Quadrant.

It was one of the bravest and most elite troops in the empire, and it was impossible for someone who was fooling around to be selected.Even in the No. [-] Military Academy, known as the "base for training generals", there are very few people who can successfully apply for recruitment every year.

The number of places can be counted on one hand, and of course it is only provided to students with a graduation grade of S.

Fortunately, Yu Yan has this confidence in himself - "confidence" is a somewhat subjective word, to be precise, Yu Yan has a comprehensive grasp and evaluation of himself.

He didn't understand why Vogt was asking this.

Seeing his acquiescence, Vogt hooked the corners of his lips maliciously: "Then I wish you your wish, Second Lieutenant."

Watching the domineering people leave, Yu Yan frowned.

Vogt had something to say, and the phrase "I got my wish" was never a sincere blessing.

But... what does it mean?

He didn't have time to ponder the deep meaning of the words, the host waved to him and motioned him to go over.

When Yu Yan got up, he glanced at the last page of PADD again.

He needs to memorize the rest, including correcting typos, within a few minutes of walking backstage.

Yu Yan's speech was very smooth, and he polished Vogt's upside-down rhetoric into a heartfelt speech on the spot.

The young second lieutenant was still wearing a rented cheap dress, even if the clothes were so rough that the audience snickered, it didn't affect his grace and clear eyes on the stage.

It's not loud, but it has the power to quiet everyone down.

Soon, those ridicules turned to surprise and admiration.

After he finished his speech, the host also announced the author of the speech: This article was written by student Vogt Bruce, and rewarded with 6000 credits.

The audience was amazed at Master Bruce's ability to write such brilliant writing, and they all regretted that he was ignorant.

Of course, there are also some "unevenness":

Since it was written by Master Bruce, why didn't Master Bruce go up and give a speech in person?

Where did this depression come from?

Wouldn't it be through the back door?

Yu Yan doesn't care if it's good or bad... He just feels a little heartbroken for the 6000 credits that should have been earned.

After the speeches of the superior leaders, college teachers, students, and special guests were all over, and before many audience members fell asleep, the main event of the ceremony finally began: the AI ​​graded all the graduates and announced their allocation.

Yu Yan was ranked first.

Not long after he left the stage, he went up again, and this time the dark eyes below seemed to have a different meaning.

But he didn't care, he only focused on the next sentence.Even if you are sure that your level will be very high and you will definitely be able to go to the expeditionary army, this step itself is still very sacred.

How many military students have shed blood and tears for four years, waiting for this moment, and the stage is quite atmospheric.

Between the virtual and the real, the surroundings were dim until a beam of golden light fell on him.

Yu Yan took a deep breath, closed and opened his eyes again.

"Student Yu Yan, number XU2252000-L." The electronic voice sounded without emotion, "Your rating is——"

Everyone's eyes widened, looking at the holographic projection behind him.

Huge letters and AI's voice light up at the same time: "S+."

The audience was in an uproar.

"...I'll go, did I hear correctly, S+?"

"Huh? So there are ratings above S rank?"

"Hold the grass, he's so cute."

"This man saw that I could kill two people with one punch, Wan Wanmei thought that he actually killed me with one finger..."

Yu Yan on the stage was also a little surprised.

He was sure that he would have an S rank, but the S+ rank was indeed beyond expectations.

You know, the current emperor of the empire was also from the first military academy, and he was the first S+ owner back then.Later, there were some, but they were all children of prominent families—not the type like Vogt who was just waiting to die, but a general with real skills.

It is rare for a commoner like Yu Yan to get an A+. If he is not exceptionally good himself, he would not even dare to think of an S rank.

Not to mention the S+ that can be as famous as the emperor.

Even Yu Yan, who has always been indifferent, has a smile on his face.

However, the smile cooled down in the AI's next sentence.

"Assignment direction: Alpha Quadrant, companion star of the Empire, garrison on Noah star."

The whispers of admiration or curiosity just now turned into gasps in unison.

There is an unwritten rule in the First Military Academy. Some of the top graduates stay on the home planet and directly obey the emperor's orders; some go to other quadrants to expand the territory, that is, the expeditionary force.

A little bit later, stationed in the newly established Second Empire.

If they are sent to the various companion stars of the First Empire, it means that they are some guys who are not talented.

If it's the Noah star—it's basically equivalent to exile.

According to military school records in recent years, only students who have made major mistakes will be assigned to Noah.

It is unprecedented in history for someone like Yu Yan to have a brilliant journey and graduate with S+ but go to a companion star.

But AI is the most sophisticated brain in the military academy. It records, stores and calculates all the data of the students, and makes various decisions based on these data, which is rigorous and fair.

AI never makes mistakes.

If it said that Yu Yan should be the garrison of Noah Star, then he must have made some mistakes to be downgraded like this.

The students whispered to each other, and the admiration eyes were once again stained with suspicion and disdain.

Yu Yan doesn't remember what kind of negative record he had, but now is not a good time to choose to appeal, no matter how many doubts he has, he has to suppress them.

What's more, as far as he knows, there have been no successful cases so far where AI judgments require a second instance.

In the following time, like a first-generation robot that could only follow instructions, he stiffly accepted the graduation certificate and medal issued by his superiors, took a group photo, thanked him, and stepped down.

After returning to the auditorium for a long time, I was still stuck in the whirlpool with a splitting headache.

In a trance, he saw Vogt stand up on stage, lift his chin and give a provocative smile as he passed by.

The AI ​​spoke: "Student Vogt Bruce, number KK2857558-H. Your rating is—"

"S."

"Assignment direction: Beta Quadrant, Expeditionary Force."

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Note: The concept "galactic quadrant", the terms "credits" and "PADD" are references to Star Trek.

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