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Two hours later, the practical evaluation for alien beings was still ongoing.
In the conference room of the Ninth Base City's Department of Education, the Chairman of the Sky Blue Biological Group and the Chairman of Mingde University, Fang Kongfang, anxiously and awkwardly adjusted his tie.
He had never imagined that as the chairman of a company worth tens of billions, he would one day be scolded like a grandson.
Right in front of Fang Kongfang, a man in his forties with a dark and rough complexion, a masculine and robust demeanor, slapped the table making a loud 'thump', and his spittle splashed all over Fang Kongfang's face: "At present, only fifty-seven students from Mingde University have made it into the top one thousand. Is this the result your Mingde University is presenting?
Excellent, truly excellent. The Department of Education allocates over six billion in aid to Mingde University every year, this year even reaching eight billion three hundred and fifty million. Yet your graduates cannot produce even sixty A-grade alien body practitioners. Is this how Mingde University repays the Federation? Did I throw those eight billion three hundred and fifty million federal dollars to dogs? No, if I fed dogs, at least they would show gratitude and wag their tails at me."
Fang Kongfang really wanted to punch the head of the Department of Education in the face.
How dare this Mr. Li call him worse than a dog?
However, Fang Kongfang took a look at the other's sturdy physique and those large, pot-sized fists and barely managed to restrain his temper.
He had reviewed the data collected by his secretary before coming.
Half a year ago, this Director Li was still a powerful federal brigadier general, known in the military for his fierce strength, strong-willed and fiery character, and untamed nature.
It was precisely because he was too unyielding that, two months ago, he was kicked out of the military.
Nevertheless, Director Li's background and power should not be underestimated. He had barely retired when he suddenly became the head of the Ninth Base City's Department of Education.
In this era, the Department of Education bore the critical responsibility of nurturing alien body practitioners and Martial Artists, standing as one of the government departments with the most authority and highest status.
The key issue was that this guy was also capable of launching a sweeping education reform soon after taking office.
"Do you understand the significance of the Alien Body College to the Federation? Look at that planet outside."
Director Li pointed towards the glass curtain wall on the left side of the conference room.
Fang Kongfang followed the direction of Director Li's pointing.
Through that huge floor-to-ceiling window, a blue planet could be seen.
That was the Polar Star!
Even with a vast distance of eight hundred and twenty thousand kilometers separating them, this planet still appeared immense in Fang Kongfang's vision, occupying more than half of his field of view.
"—Have you ever read the Federal Security Bureau's security white paper? Do you know how many general-level powerhouses there are on the Polar Star? How many marshal-level? This is a sleeping lion that possesses strength beyond our reach. Once they awaken and burst out of the atmosphere of the Polar Star, they could easily tear the Earth Federation to shreds! Without enough alien body practitioners, without a large number of Martial Artists, what would we use to fight against them?"
Fang Kongfang certainly knew how dangerous that beautiful planet, Lun Meihuan, was outside.
Since the start of the Great Colonization Era, human technology had developed rapidly, and their colonized planets also grew swiftly. In just two thousand years, the territory of the Earth Federation had expanded from the solar system to twelve hundred light-years away.
Human beings began to be ambitious, thinking themselves invincible, but they hit a snag on this planet.
Upon the discovery of the Polar Star, filled with the joy of finding wealth and alien civilizations, they assembled an expedition fleet composed of one thousand three hundred warships of various models, with a crew of two million, to bestow the Polar Star with the enlightenment of civilization—as in the era when the Earth was civilized, the West initiated the enlightenment of Africa.
However, this formidable fleet, which gathered all the war technologies of the Earth Federation, crumbled within just an hour after entering the atmosphere of the Polar Star.
What is terrifying is that the force that annihilated this expedition fleet was just a local power within the Polar Star.
Humanity has been learning from the Polar Star people for eight hundred years, attempting to master the immense power they hold, but to this day we still can't reach their level.
Fang Kongfang, with his elegant and cultured demeanor, wiped the spittle off his face and earnestly said, "Director Li, ever since our Sky Blue Biological Group took over Mingde University, the overall standard of education has been improving. From the current evaluation of the combat assessments, our students have shown great progress. The number of students who have entered the top thousand has increased by eight percent compared to last year—"
*Pfft!*
Before Fang Kongfang could finish, the other university chairmen in the meeting couldn't help but snicker, bursting into laughter.
The so-called eight percent increase meant that last year there were fifty-three students, this year fifty-seven, and this wasn't even the final result.
Fang Kongfang felt embarrassed, his gaze turned cold as he scanned over those present, settling finally on a plump man sitting beside the conference table, his face beaming like Maitreya Buddha.
"Wang Dabo, what are you laughing at? What is your Second City University? Do you have the right to laugh at me?"
This guy, although also a chairman of a university, didn't hold a candle to him in the business world.
Fang Kongfang might not be able to contend with Director Li, but he didn't regard these people as equals.
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Wang Dabo's face also stiffened slightly as his eyes darkened, "Director Fang, although our school has not made significant progress compared to last year, there are individual outstanding students among us who have the hope of entering the top twenty."
As everyone knows, the future achievements of a genius Martial Artist surpass those of a hundred martial artists with ordinary qualifications.
Fang Kongfang's breath also hitched for a moment.
This was because the holographic display behind Director Li clearly showed the top twenty rankings of this combat assessment.
At the moment, there was a name tagged with 'The Second City University' exactly at the twentieth position.
But just as Fang Kongfang looked over, the leaderboard before their eyes changed.
A name called Lin Rui, tagged with 'Mingde University,' had jumped up the list, the combat points ranking him at fifteenth place, while the name of that student from The Second City University had disappeared from the leaderboard.
"Hmm?" Director Li also noticed the change on the leaderboard behind him, his thick eyebrows arching slightly.
Mingde University actually had someone who could break into the top twenty of the combat assessment in the last hour?
It seemed that the teaching quality of Mingde University was not as poor as he had imagined.
Fang Kongfang himself was extremely surprised.
His secretary had conducted detailed research, predicting this year's Alien Body combat assessment would only see two or three students from Mingde University breaking into the top hundred, and none of them was named Lin Rui.
Fang Kongfang opened his personal terminal to check the situation.
His gaze tightened once again.
This Lin Rui had actually won all his battles?
Up to now, fifty-three battles, zero defeats.
It is known that the person currently ranking first also has only fifty-one victories.
He quickly understood why Lin Rui hadn't broken into the top twenty until now.
It must be that Lin Rui's scores from the previous few mock combat assessments were too poor, and the system did not treat him as a seed contestant, giving him a low weighting. Most of the opponents arranged for him by the system ranked low, preventing Lin Rui from scoring many combat points earlier on.
Only now did Lin Rui fight his way up.
Just a short while ago, Lin Rui consecutively defeated the twenty-second and fifteenth place opponents, and with short battle durations, causing the leaderboard to change.
Fang Kongfang couldn't help but slightly lift the corners of his mouth, "We don't have someone in the top twenty at Mingde University, do we?"
Wang Dabo's expression was very ugly as he felt as though he had been slapped in the face.
He had just mentioned this issue, and his school's student was squeezed off by someone from Mingde University.
And who was this Lin Rui? He had never heard of this person before.
In the lists for the previous mock assessments of the top hundred, this person was nowhere to be found.
Wang Dabo scrolled through his personal terminal, his mind fixating on one thought.
The next opponent arranged by the combat assessment system for Lin Rui was currently ranked fourth, Weide from The First City University.
This was a monster, a freak of nature, who at merely eighteen years old perfected two foundation martial arts, and Lin Rui was decidedly not his match.
With one hour left until the end of the assessment, the current rankings are not yet set in stone; this Lin Rui may not be able to maintain his position.
"Fifty-three victories with zero defeats? More victories than the first place? This kid is quite interesting."
Director Li also saw Lin Rui's record, his eyes lighting up as he directly pulled up the combat footage between Lin Rui and Weide for everyone present to see.
"This ranking doesn't seem to reflect his true strength yet. I wonder whether Weide will be able to push him down?"
He was even more curious about what abilities this Lin Rui had to achieve fifty-three victories without a single loss?
Fang Kongfang also concentrated on the virtual imagery projected on the conference table.
He felt as if his entire reputation hinged on this Lin Rui.