Astral Apostle Chapter 258 – Chosen (1)  

The auditorium was where all kinds of collective meetings and major ceremonies were held in the academy. The dome was extremely high and covered a large area, enough to accommodate more than 10,000 people. The interior color scheme was a simple silver-white.

The entrance ceremony was held today. Nearly 4,000 new students were gathered in the hall. In addition, there were also the higher-ups of the academy and some of the older students.

At this moment, the seats in the hall were divided into three levels from the back. At the front were the instructors of the academy, and in the middle were the seniors' seats. They were divided into a few distinct faculties, and it was obvious at a glance. At the back were all the new students sitting together.

After a noisy search, Zhou Jing and his three best friends finally found their seats. They stayed in their seats and chatted while observing the situation.

Furthermore, amongst the new students, only those that were in the same spaceship were familiar with each other. The other new students were basically strangers to them, and the older students had never come into contact with them before, so they did not know the details. Therefore, the few of them mainly observed the instructors who arrived one after another and identified the Crests on these instructors to see what level of ability they were at.

Not long after, the higher-ups of the academy were basically present. The rostrum was gradually filled with people, including Shen Xinqin, whom the newcomers had seen before.

On the main seat beside her sat a valiant middle-aged man with white hair at his temples. The lines on the wing of his nose were quite deep, making him look very serious. There was also a Rainbow Light Crest representing a Rank 5 Super on his chest, and in front of his seat was an identity card that read “Lu Zhongsu”.

“That person is the dean of Planet Aquamarine's Scarlet Academy. There are only four Rank 5 Supers in our academy. They are the dean and the vice dean, as well as two professors.”

Xu Lingyun whispered.

“He seems to be a very strict person.” Zhang Xiao muttered.

“Speaking of which, I saw on the academy's intranet that other than the dean, the other three Rank 5 Supers all have courses to teach. One of the instructors for the Martial Path Course that we chose is Shen Xinqin. Unfortunately, Rank 5 Supers don't teach basic courses. We can only receive guidance when we enter the advanced course. I wonder if we can meet in the first year.” Xu Lingyun's tone was a little regretful.

Hearing this, Zhou Jing shrugged and did not comment.

Xu Lingyun and Zhang Xiao had signed up for the same martial arts course as him. They would attend it together.

Although there was a dazzling array of courses that made Xu Lingyun and Zhang Xiao envious, as genetic potion enhancers, the two of them only possessed physical enhancement abilities. Thus, might as well choose the same Super Knowledge course. Not only was it suitable for their own strengthening route, but they could also communicate and improve with each other.

The two of them planned to cultivate this path first. If they did not have any talent in this aspect, it would not be too late to change their system.

As for Li Xiaoyin, because her superpower was very different from the three of them, she chose another superpower knowledge course and did not attend the Martial Path course with the three of them.

The Supers Knowledge courses were all taught from the basics. Every time a student completed a level of cultivation, they would be taught the next level of knowledge. Therefore, they were divided into basic, advanced, and more courses.

The academy not only taught written knowledge, but the instructors would also personally guide the students' cultivation and answer their doubts. This was the greatest benefit.

The basic courses were usually guided by ordinary substitute teachers. The teacher's rank would not exceed Rank 3, and could even be at Rank 2. Only by entering an advanced course could one obtain the guidance of an associate professor. The course that Zhou Jing and the other two signed up for was like this.

If one trained well in their respective superpower system, they might even be valued by their mentor and have a chance to receive special treatment.

“Sigh, I'm most afraid of having to memorize for the cultural lessons. I hope it won't be too difficult. If I don't pass the assessment in two years, I'll be in trouble.”

Li Xiaoyin rubbed her temples in distress.

Her studying ability was only average since she was young. To put it nicely, her hands-on ability was outstanding, but to put it bluntly, she was considered a bad student. She would have a headache just by reading, and could not learn it well even if she braced herself.

On the other hand, her physical education results were outstanding… Unfortunately, her compulsory education was mainly focused on cultural classes, so her results were never good. Although she was not at the bottom, she was still regarded as a poor student.

“Don't worry, the Supers Academy's key cultural courses are not mathematics, physics, and chemistry. As long as you don't have the inclination to choose a job as a scientific researcher, they will at most test you on some ideological education and Supers laws…”

Zhou Jing smiled.

Xu Lingyun nodded in agreement. “Maybe we won't have to stay for four semesters before we graduate.”

The Supers Academy usually re-educated the Awakened for two years.

Awakened ones might be born every day. The local enrollment frequency of the Supers Academy was once every half a year, so the students were divided into four semesters, from the first batch of freshmen to the fourth batch of seniors.

Therefore, the academy held a general examination every six months. Those who passed the examination could apply to graduate early and complete the aptitude test to officially step into society.

If one chose to go with the flow, they could study for two years before having to take the final examination.

If one did not pass the final test, they would postpone their graduation according to the situation and take the courses that did not meet the requirements until they passed the final examinations. This was generally limited to the few cultural courses that they had to take and could not be freely chosen. The development of personal superpowers could only determine one's resume and was not included in the conditions for graduation.

However, there was also another situation where one's graduation was delayed. That was, their GPA was especially outstanding and they still had deep potential. Such students could continue to study.

In this situation, there was no need to take cultural classes. Instead, those talents was qualified to continue choosing classes and cultivate some of the superpower system courses in depth to continue enjoying the academy's cultivation resources.

The few of them chatted softly for a while before everyone in the hall finally arrived and gradually quietened down.

Dean Lu Zhongsu coughed and began to speak. The gist of it was to welcome everyone to the school. There was nothing strange about it.

Only after he finished his usual speech did Lu Zhongsu change the topic and talk about the allocation of faculties.

“…The Scarlet Nation Academy advocates good group competition. All students are divided into three faculties: Crown, Banner, and Gem. Every new student has to join one of them and participate in various academy activities in the form of a faculty.

Every faculty will have a Chief Instructor who's in charge of the specific operations of the faculty.

Because there are many new students, we mainly use the system's allocation method to randomly assign most of the students to a faculty. However, students are also allowed to submit the faculties you want to join in the intranet. The academy's artificial intelligence would analyze and make judgments according to their own considerations.

For the news students, you are qualified to change your faculties once. Before the end of the first semester, those who feel that they are not suitable can request to be assigned to another faculty. As long as the reason is legitimate and passes the review of the mentor group, you can change their faculties — but this is limited to the first semester. From the second semester onwards, you cannot change your faculty.”

Zhou Jing nodded inwardly.

This mode was more friendly to new students. There was a chance to “change factions”.

However, from another perspective, they were also encouraging competition between the departments to show their excellence and fight for some powerful new students to enrich their strength.

“After the new students enter the school, there will probably be a huge battle for talents…”

Zhou Jing thought to himself.

At this moment, Lu Zhongsu was still talking,

“New students have the right to choose… and every faculty also has the right to choose new students.

At the beginning of a new semester, the three faculties will each have different candidate numbers. The head instructor will choose the new students of the current semester, and the order of selection will be determined by the total score of the previous semester.”

Zhou Jing's heart skipped a beat.

This was probably a system specially designed for high-potential students. To a certain extent, it balanced the number of new students with high potential joining the various faculties…

In addition, the ranking determined the order of the next selection. It was also an incentive for the faculties to compete.

Lu Zhongsu turned to the side and said, “Then please introduce yourself, Head Instructors of the various faculties.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people came up onto the stage as well.

There were men and women among the three of them. They were all Rank 4 Supers. They first introduced themselves before starting to talk about the situation of their faculty.

Although their names were different, they did not have any specific areas which each faculty focused on.

The details of the strength comparison between the faculty would not be explained in detail here. Only in the future could he ask about it clearly, so Zhou Jing only listened for a while.

Under Lu Zhongsu's lead, it was soon time for the three departments to select their candidates.

There were ten slots for each department. Banner got to choose first, followed by Gem, and the Crown faculty the last.

The big screen displayed the results of the various faculties' candidates — of course, they were not chosen on the spot.

The tutorial team of the faculty was qualified to look at the resume and recommendation list of the new students. They had already decided long ago. At this moment, they played it to let the students know what potential new students the various faculties had.

Everyone looked at the big screen. The first name quickly appeared.

[Li Xiaoyin, Class SS, Banner Faculty]

In the next second, be it the senior students or the new students, there was a commotion.

“Class SS! There's actually such a high potential among the new students this year.”

“As expected, the number and quality of the new students who immigrated is much higher than the local enrollment on the new colonial planet.”

“Tsk, the people from Banner have really lucked out this time…”

There was a flurry of discussion.

It was indeed Little Yin…

Zhou Jing was not surprised.

This model was similar to a talent show. Basically, the first person to be chosen was the person with the most outstanding potential among the new students. Class SS would naturally be an extremely high priority choice.

As the selection continued, he realized that other than Li Xiaoyin, there was no other Class SS student in this batch.

Lin Kun, He Changqing, Wu Fan, and the others were all chosen by different departments. Soon, more than ten Class S freshmen were also chosen.

There were still some spots left, and the various departments began to choose Class A potential students.

One by one, familiar or unfamiliar names flashed past. It was not until the last chosen spot that Zhou Jing's name appeared on the big screen.

[Zhou Jing, Class B, Crown Faculty]

“I was actually the last one being chosen… I thought I would not be selected at all.”

Zhou Jing was a little surprised.

The logic behind the choosing of these faculty candidates was clearly based on potential. As for those with Class A potential, they were far from exhausting the list, but this faculty had actually selected him instead.

It must be because he had displayed his strength back then and fought Lin Kun to a draw — thus he had been selected as the last choice. It seemed that this Crown Faculty had a gambler's mentality. They would rather forgo a Class A potential and choose to throw their chips inside a “mystery box” like himself.

Although it was the last choice, it was definitely different from the treatment of ordinary students who were randomly assigned. To be able to obtain the special attention of the course mentors, it was definitely not a loss.

“What a happy problem. I'm actually separated from Xiaoyin now…”

Zhou Jing shook his head helplessly.

He actually had no one to rely on right now. What a huge loss!

Sigh, there was still a chance to change faculties. He would see when the time came.

He knew why he had been chosen, but the other new and old students who did not know were stunned.

For a moment, the other students present were in an uproar.

Why did they not choose someone with a Class A potential and instead wanted a Class B?!

Everyone knew that there had to be a reason behind the selection, but they still could not help but feel mystified… What sort of virtues did this Class B Super have to be prioritized?

Some people questioned their mentor's choice, while others were curious about Zhou Jing's ability…

However, no matter what they thought, more people subconsciously remembered the name “Zhou Jing” and were quite interested in him.

Chapter end