Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

As a reincarnator, Aoi Dan, now a mid-level four warrior, isn’t among the top candidates in this batch.

However, with her past life’s combat experience, her overall combat power far exceeds that of the fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds.

In her previous life’s map assessment, Aoi Dan was eliminated after just over two hours, but this time, she lasted over six hours in the desert map before being eliminated.

Though she felt some regret, she checked her remaining points after half were deducted and smiled with satisfaction. Her total score from the two assessment rounds exceeded her previous life by over two thousand points, making her secretly proud and forgetting her exhaustion.

After admiring her ranking, Aoi Dan logged off the Sky Network, took a shower, and enjoyed a good meal.

Thanks to her “prophet” ability, her father’s income was significantly higher than in her previous life, and he pampered her even more. Knowing she had expended a lot of energy during the assessments, her parents prepared many of her favorite foods.

Not long after eating, as the assessment time was approaching its end, Aoi Dan sat in her room and activated the holographic device on her wrist.

Aoi Dan first checked the latest news reports from Topaz Star. In a brief report about the enrollment assessment at Xuan Gu’s first military academy, she saw a mention of herself and smiled proudly.

However, she also noticed that the hottest topic in the candidate news was about a suddenly emerging genius psychic girl.

Various news outlets in Topaz Star reported that this genius psychic girl was even stronger than Miss Olli, the number one goddess of the new generation in the Gus Empire.

Someone surpassing Mina-Olli was unprecedented in her previous life. While Aoi Dan felt some envy and jealousy toward this suddenly emerged genius, she was still pleased that Mina-Olli’s glory was overshadowed.

The Sky Network’s calculation capabilities were impressive; almost at the instant the map assessment ended, the total scores and rankings for both assessments were released.

Naturally, Aoi Dan immediately checked her information. Her total score placed her at 2,200th. She looked over it several times and felt a sense of achievement as she saved the information.

In her previous life, she was ranked over 9,000, so this was a significant improvement. If it weren’t for her poor academic scores holding her back, she could have likely ranked within the top 1,000 this time. At Xuan Gu’s first military academy, new students ranking within the top 1,000 in the mecha combat assessment are considered elite.

After admiring her ranking, Aoi Dan refreshed the leaderboard’s front page. As expected, the first place was Hua Deli, followed by Dean Atchison in second, Su Forty-three in third, Gao Haitao in fourth, and ninja Wang Rin Wuyue in fifth…

Suddenly, a name appeared in her line of sight that Aoi Dan found hard to believe.

She wasn’t mistaken; the candidate in sixth place was indeed named Ruo Manni.

Aoi Dan felt a wave of disbelief. With the Sky Network’s powerful information storage capabilities, this world wouldn’t allow newborns to have the same name, let alone the same full name. Therefore, this Ruo Manni must be the one next door.

But wasn’t that fool Ruo Manni always focused on studying mecha manufacturing? She applied to the mecha manufacturing department! How could she appear on the mecha combat department’s assessment ranking, and even break into the top ten?

Being in the top ten of the mecha combat department represents the best talents in the Gus Empire. That fool Ruo Manni… how is that possible, how could it be…

Aoi Dan scowled as she browsed the assessment forum of Xuan Gu’s first military academy. She quickly noticed that the trending topics were filled with discussions and praises about the suddenly emerging genius psychic girl.

The more she read, the darker her expression became. People were praising Ruo Manni to the heavens; how could she possibly be that strong? It had to be fake.

But then Aoi Dan thought about it—she really didn’t know Ruo Manni’s current level of ability. Ever since Ruo Manni took the second-generation genetic enhancement drug, she had been secluded at home training and hadn’t even gone to school.

Aoi Dan had knocked on her door several times, but Ruo Manni wouldn’t open it or respond to her messages, leaving Aoi Dan with no chance to meet her and ask even a single question about her current level.

After the news about Ruo Manni being tricked into using the second-generation genetic enhancement drug spread throughout Mingxin Intermediate Academy, Aoi Dan had tested Mentor Fang and discovered that Ruo Manni hadn’t told her about urging her to take it.

Aoi Dan, found it baffling that Ruo Manni, clearly just a silly girl, could see through her encouragement to buy the second-generation genetic enhancement drug as having ulterior motives.

The last time Aoi Dan saw Ruo Manni was the morning after she took the second-generation enhancement drug.

At that time, Aoi Dan was shocked that Ruo Manni was still alive, causing her to doubt her own memory and forget to observe Ruo Manni’s expression while she recalled information about the second-generation drug from her previous life.

As a result, when Ruo Manni suddenly pointed out her “good intentions” with a half-smile, Aoi Dan didn’t react in time and missed the chance to properly “explain” herself to Ruo Manni.

Originally, Aoi Dan wasn’t very anxious because Ruo Manni’s implication meant she wasn’t entirely certain of Aoi Dan’s intentions.

Given their past friendship and that silly girl’s naivety, Aoi Dan believed that as long as she spoke to her sincerely, Ruo Manni would ultimately trust that she genuinely wanted the best for her.

However, Aoi Dan didn’t expect Mentor Fang to place such importance on Ruo Manni, allowing her to stay home and focus on training without attending school, which meant Aoi Dan hadn’t had the opportunity to see Ruo Manni for over two months.

During these months, Aoi Dan had been extremely busy with school, training, and making money in the real world and in the combat realm using her “prophet” ability. She had virtually no free time to spare for Ruo Manni and had planned to take action again after the first military academy assessment.

Aoi Dan felt disappointed that her plan had failed and she hadn’t been able to acquire the special version of the holographic game pod early on. However, she thought that no matter how talented Ruo Manni was, she could at most only reach the level of a second-tier warrior and smoothly get into the mecha manufacturing department of Xuan Gu’s first military academy, which would still be easy to deal with. So, she wasn’t too anxious.

But Aoi Dan never expected that Ruo Manni would apply to the mecha combat department and score so high in both assessments, entering the top ten and becoming a genius psychic girl noticed by everyone on the Sky Network.

Aoi Dan herself had ranked only around 2,200 due to her lower cultural assessment scores. Although she felt some sense of achievement and was a bit proud, believing she could break into the top 1,000 after the next ranking assessment, she couldn’t shake her disappointment.

In her previous life, she had ranked over 9,000 at this point, ultimately finishing last in the ranking assessment and being humorously called “Old One” by her classmates.

Now, she was no longer the same person. Aoi Dan firmly believed that once she entered the top 1,000, she would become a hot topic in the Topaz news, allowing her to earn a significant amount of credit points.

However, unexpected changes had occurred, and this change was likely brought about by herself…