Chapter 298 - 8.25 First Blue Star - Monitoring I
Once everyone entered the capsule Marshal Sirius had located their chosen destination within the planet and let their space capsule there safely. Their landing was stable and they had reached the exact location Feng Jing and everyone had chosen last night. This seems to be the work of his lover who was very afraid of him being hurt. Once the capsule had opened up, almost every one of them was safe and no one suffered from motion sickness.
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[A/n: Outside their team, Feng Jing is a well-known waste who failed to awaken as a guide. Those who fail to awaken usually get their original potential lowered as backlash. So the whole First Military Academy and those who heard the rumors thought Feng Jing's overall potential had dropped to E. The weakest of all.]
Team Profile:
Leader: Feng Jing [Ordinary Person] [Current: E] / [Guide] [Current: SSS (Potential: Immeasurable)]
Vice Leaders:
Feng Wu [Guide] [Current: SS (Potential: SSS)]
Bai Yuyan [Guide] [Current: S (Potential: SSS)]
Xue Ran [Sentinel] [Current: SS (Potential: SSS)]
Assault Group:
Han Ling [Sentinel] [Current: A (Potential: S)]
Qu Yul [Sentinel] [Current: A (Potential: S+)]
Si Shen [Guide] [Current: B (Potential: A)]
Wu Liu [Guide] [Current: C+ (Potential: A)]
Support Group:
Solaris Vega [Ordinary Person] [Overall: B]
Lin Yven [Ordinary Person] [Overall: B]
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Among the team only Wu Liu is C but his potential to grow is A. He would be able to become an A rank Guide in the future as long as he tries hard for it. Except for ordinary people whose overall capabilities are permanent and cannot be trained, Sentinels and Guides had the opportunity to grow but in the end, there is still a limit for everything. Well~ except for unrestricted outsiders like Feng Jing and Altair Sirius whose potential can never be measured by a mid-level world like this one.
As soon as the team came out of the capsule, they were welcomed by a clean riverside on the left and a huge forest on the right. The location they had chosen is the best one to camp in. This is the decision their group made. Look for a campsite first before beginning the hunt. They had chosen a secluded river within the Outer region of Planet Citlali. Now only they could fish for food. They could also take a bath on it.
According to the statistics of Planet Citlali, this abandoned planet is livable but because of the high-level percentage of invasion no one wants to live in this star thus it was abandoned and was only kept as a training ground by the human race. This Planet Citlali is owned by the Federation and they make sure to keep the balance of this planet's ecology by hunting regularly at scheduled times. This is why the zergs living on this planet had a strictly controlled population than the rest of the abandoned planets.
Feng Jing only looks around the terrain of their chosen spot once. As an SSS class guides his mental abilities are cut above the rest. He could sense danger at a wider range than the rest of his team and could search the terrain as long as he spread his qi. Knowing that this place is safe, Feng Jing decided to play his role as a weak salted fish. He runs towards the river and plays with the fish on it while his members do the work.
Feng Jing joyously says, "Wow~ what a clean river~"
The one scheduled to lead on the first day is Bai Yuyan. So he was the one who started giving out the commands.
Bai Yuyan said, "Liu, look after Xiao Jing. Don't let him go into the water."
"Okay," said Wu Liu who went towards the river to accompany Feng Jing who is playing the role of the weakest and useless member of their team.
"Yven, review our warehouse. Vega, check the gears we will use for the outer region. Ling, Yul, Senior Ran please build up the tents. A'Wu and Shen, check the capsule if we left behind something then help scout the surroundings with me." commanded Bai Yuyan.
Feng Jing raised his hand with a smile and said, "A'Yu what about me?" he asked innocently as before.
His teammates all froze for a moment before resuming their given task.
Bai Yuyan smiled helplessly at Feng Jing, "Please go catch us some fishes for food, Xiao Jing."
Feng Jing frowns cutely and says, "But Xiao Jing doesn't know how to fish,"
"Don't worry. I will teach you how to fish," said Wu Liu who already took two fish rods from Lin Yven and helped Feng Jing put the bait and started fishing together.
Feng Wu even places a hat on Feng Jing and Wu Liu before he departs with Bai Yuyan and Si Shen for scouting the area, "Please stay put here with A'Liu, Lord Jing."
"Don't worry, A'Wu~ I will catch as much fish as I can!" said Feng Jing.
Si Shen smiled and said, "Jiayou~" then they took their leave.
While everyone else was working Feng Jing was the only one who was fishing at the river leisurely. Wu Liu at some point had already started making fire so he could also prepare to make their meals before heading out to hunt. Lin Yven helps with the arrangements.
Meanwhile, up in the space just above Planet Citlali, battleships surround the whole planet as if protecting it. All corners of the star are blocked by a warship, these are the Federation's soldiers. The following warships are owned by the following groups.
Fallen God Corps under Marshal Altair.
Black Star Unit under Lieutenant General Nova Seren, who came from Marshal Janus's Faction.
Sword and Roses Unit under Lieutenant General Regulus Zenith who came under the orders of his Emperor Father.
Fire Phoenix Brigade under the Feng Clan.
Azure Drakes Brigade under the Drake Clan.
White Tiger Brigade under the Lin Clan.
Black Turtle Brigade under the Navi Clan which had the most connections among everyone else. Each battleship was monitoring the event in their own ship. They were monitoring the students that joined the competition and their actions within Planet Citlali. The rules and regulations were told to the participants ahead of time. It is only normal that the participants were monitored.
The actions made by Feng Jing's group were seen in all monitors of those battleships. Those who didn't know Feng Jing's real state had sneered at his actions upon their team's arrival on the planet.
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Black Star's Warship.
The monitoring team had watched as Feng Jing ran out like a fool towards the river without any care for the new environment and the danger it might possess. The soldiers in the intelligence unit of this group had a distasteful expression on their faces when they saw Feng Jing's actions.
This child. It is not good to just go approaching a water body without checking if there is something in it!
That's dangerous! Thankfully this planet's ecology in water areas is normal, or that child would have died on the spot if a monster or beast is lying ambush by the river.
This student looks familiar, especially those crimson eyes. Isn't this a descendant of Feng Clan!?
Someone from the Phoenix Clan? If it is this young this means this is that fallen phoenix!
Ah~ you don't mean the one who failed to awaken as a guide!?
Right! It's that one!
Had he gone silly from becoming a waste?
Check the other members.
Most of them are just common people. The only noble is that student called Xue Ran. Someone from Xue Clan.
If it's Xue Clan that means that he was only in this team because of the young phoenix. Forget about them, try to look for more useful recruits. Put this team under a low-priority group.
Yes Sir!
The other warship who had no idea that Feng Jing is an awakened guide had this kind of reaction. They all put Feng Jing's group under the lower priority batch. In short, they already think that this group would never win the competition with Feng Jing as a waste weighing down the whole team.
Among the group of warships, the only ones who focused on Feng Jing's group were the Fallen Gods Corps, the Fire Phoenix Brigade as well as the Sword and Roses Unit. This is because all three battleships had connections to Feng Jing. One is a fiance and the other two are family members.
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Sword and Roses Warship.
The knights who were under the crown prince were controlling the monitoring screen which showed Feng Jing and his group. When one tries to change the perspective the Crown Princess suddenly bellows at them.
Feng Yue spoke, "Ah! Don't you dare remove the perspective on this princess's baby brother! Pinned it for this princess to watch. The rest of you can watch the other group in the corner."
The knights agreed right away as they knew that the standing of their crown princess is absolute especially in the presence of their crown prince. As expected Regulus Zenith didn't stop his wife from commanding his people.
Regulus Zenith, "Is Xiao Jing fishing? I heard that the seafood in Planet Citlali tastes good."
"Really~ taste better than the ones at home?" asked Feng Yue to her husband.
"Hm~ I don't know, I haven't tasted it yet. Let's message as a soldier to get some seafood for us to enjoy," said Regulus Zenith.
Feng Yue, "Sure, while you're at it send someone to protect Xiao Jing secretly for sure."
"Okay!" Zenith happily agreed to his wife's request. As a good husband, it is his duty to make his wife happy at all times.
Meanwhile the thoughts of the knights inside the battleship become one:
'Your Highness, please do your work and stop flirting with Her Highness!!!'
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Fire Phoenix Battleship.
Feng Yang is watching the monitor that shows two perspectives. One showing his younger brother, Feng Jing and the other shows his chosen guide, Bai Yuyan. Standing beside him is his right-hand man and aide, Colonel Feng Ren.
"Hm~ Xiao Jing should be safe as there are sentinels left by his side."
"Ah~ Yan'er, why are you separating from the group with only guides on your side."
Feng Ren spoke, "General, I don't think that Sir Bai is in danger. They would only be scouting a hundred meters away from their camp and with their mental strength, they only need to be away about 50 meters from their campsite. Moreover, with Feng Wu with him, they only need 30 meters to check with their spirit qi."
"I know but... I still worry, okay! My family's darling is out there in the wilderness and here I am watching them from space. I should have pretended as an officer and played the role of the students' protector instead." mumbled Feng Yang.
Feng Ren commented, "If you do that, General, Young Lord Jing, and Sir Bai would get disqualified. Family members of the participants are not allowed to take the role of the protectors. Moreover, you are a General. Please don't leave our brigade unattended."
"Isn't you being here is enough?" replied Feng Yang.
"It's not enough. Didn't Sire Marshal Altair also return to his unit for this reason?" said Feng Ren.
Feng Yang, "Okay. I understand. Stop nagging, Ren!"
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Black Turtle Warship.
The tension inside this is different from the rest. The atmosphere was too quiet and the soldiers who were controlling the monitors were trembling as they felt their general's gloomy aura. The Major General who leads his ship is Navi Itri. The current master of the Navi Family as well as Navi Naja's father.
This Major General's situation had never been good thanks to the standing of his clan. He was being dragged down by his clan elders' decision. When he married Princess Aurora in accordance with the decree the royal family had bestowed to his clan, Navi Itri had already lost all his freedom to choose which faction he should allied himself to. He wanted to stick with Marshal Janus instead of the Imperial Family. This is because the Janus Clan had the strongest influence in the interstellar Federation, even more, than the Altair Clan does.
His subordinates trend lightly inside the monitoring room in fear of angering him.
"Pinned the perspective of the teams under my son and Feng Jing on the screen in front of me. For the rest, you guys can check which recruit is the best to train. There is no need to choose those among the cream of the crop, higher-ranked units under the marshals and lieutenant generals would be vying for them too. Choose some second-rate or third-rate talents that are worthy to train. Make a list and show it to me on the last day of the competition." said Navi Itri.
His unit soldiers all saluted and responded, "Yes, General!"
Navi Itri's eyes once again wander on the face of his son and Feng Jing as if comparing the two of them in his mind. This general remained silent as he watched the scene unfold before him.