[Kang Shanxing]: No problem. Your subordinate is quite capable, so it shouldn't be too much trouble.
[Meng Guanghui]: Shan Xing, I'll give you two seconds to rethink the definition of "trouble."
[Kang Shanxing]: ...
[Meng Guanghui]: Actually, I've already asked Marshal Huo to look after her. But Marshal Huo is so busy, in case he has something urgent to attend to, like being summoned by His Majesty the Emperor, I hope you can help relay a message!
[Kang Shanxing]: No problem. Xia Chujian is your direct subordinate, but she's also an employee of the Special Security Bureau. For both personal and professional reasons, I will help you take care of her.
[Meng Guanghui]: Then thank you very much. This is Xia Chujian's Smart Bracelet number. Mainly, I need you to help look after her during those two months at the Flying Base. Once she returns, she'll be going to university, so there shouldn't be any more issues.
[Kang Shanxing]: Oh, only two months, then that's fine.
[Meng Guanghui]: Because of the confidentiality of this mission, I've also given my Quantum Optical Brain to Marshal Huo. If Xia Chujian contacts me directly, Marshal Huo will know. You, too, add Xia Chujian as a friend. If she really has a life-or-death emergency and can't reach me or Marshal Huo, she should contact you.
[Kang Shanxing]: ... No problem.
He received the Smart Bracelet number forwarded by Meng Guanghui, casually sent a friend request, and noted his own name: Kang Shanxing.
Meng Guanghui had no more worries and directly sent a message to his elite Team that he had built up, and they set off overnight, leaving Beichen Star.
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It was Sunday afternoon for Xia Chujian, having just returned from Posuo City in the Southern Hemisphere of Kanli Star, she still needed to continue her classes.
Now, the study of Starry Sky Fighters had finally begun.
In the classroom, Instructor Yang Ling was still lecturing.
On the platform, 3D Holographic Projections of Starry Sky Fighters were displayed one by one in front of them.
Yang Ling said, "As you can see, there are four major types of Starry Sky Fighters, but this base only provides training for three types: the Thunder-class, the Aurora-class, and the Ghost-class."
"With difficulty increasing from low to high, the Thunder-class is the lowest level, and the Ghost-class is an advanced Starry Sky Fighter."
Xia Chujian's identity was the Chief Pilot of the Ghost-class Starry Sky Fighter.
Her three roommates were piloting the entry-level Thunder-class Starry Sky Fighters.
When they first saw the nameplates on the dormitory door at the beginning of the semester, Mao Yonggui and the others were quite curious.
After all, Xia Chujian was the youngest, yet she could pilot the high-level Ghost-class Fighter among the Starry Sky Fighters.
But after a week of learning, witnessing Xia Chujian's record-breaking Ground Fighter driving speed, and her dogfighting skills, they calmed down.
They were already deeply convinced of Xia Chujian's identity as the Chief Pilot of the Ghost-class Fighter.
Yang Ling said on the platform, "Compared to Ground Fighters, Starry Sky Fighters have geometric increases in both technical specifications and combat firepower. Even the most basic Starry Sky Fighter is countless times more powerful than the highest-end Ground Fighter."
"Because the harsh environment faced in space combat is completely incomparable to the environment inside a planet."
Yang Ling began to explain the technical specifications of the Starry Sky Fighters.
"Look, this is the Thunder-class Starry Sky Fighter. This entry-level Starry Sky Fighter has some characteristics common to all Starry Sky Fighters."
"For example, the engines are all ultra-miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion engines, because only this kind of power can provide continuous endurance in various space or atmospheric environments, and won't fail when the fighting starts."
"Also, during interstellar battles, Starry Sky Fighters are often the vanguard, and will land on barren planets with relatively harsh natural environments at any time. Therefore, they must have the technical performance to fight both in space and in the skies of planets with different gravity."
"The weapons carried by Starry Sky Fighters are the same as and different from those of Ground Fighters."
"The same is that Starry Sky Fighters also carry the weapon systems used by Ground Fighters, such as conventional Missiles, Smart Machine Guns, Penetrating Bombs, and so on."
"However, these weapons alone are not enough."
"Because the natural environment faced by Starry Sky Fighters is ever-changing. For example, in space, where there is no air at all, conventional weapons that require oxygen to burn cannot function."
"Even nuclear weapons, when detonated in space, because there is no atmosphere, will not produce huge flames and shockwaves, but can only release huge neutrons and gamma rays, generating extremely strong electromagnetic pulses that can interfere with the enemy's Starship communication systems."
"Nuclear weapons have some power in space, but compared to the power generated by nuclear weapon explosions in an atmospheric environment, they are completely different."
"Also, the distance in space is not comparable to the ground environment of various planets. No matter how big a planet is, it is not as big as the universe."
"Therefore, laser weapons in space are only useful in close-quarters life-and-death battles. As long as the distance from the enemy's Interstellar Warship is extended to several light-years, even the most advanced laser weapons are useless."
"Why? Because the intensity of laser weapons is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, which means that the greater the distance, the lower the power."
"At a distance of several light-years, it's no different from tickling. Therefore, in those interstellar battles measured in light-years, laser weapons are already obsolete and backward production capacity."
"That's why Starry Sky Fighters need to carry two weapon systems at the same time."
"One type is suitable for ground warfare, similar to ground fighters in terms of weapon systems."
"The other type is suitable for space combat, with weapon systems like Quantum Clutch Bombs, Pulse Cannons, Ion Beam Cannons, Electromagnetic Railguns, and even Gravity Weapons."
"Therefore, this determines that Starry Sky Fighters, even the lowest-end Thunder-class Fighters, are larger than the best Ground Fighters, and their main structure is more flexible."
"As for the materials used to build Starry Sky Fighters, they are the highest quality, needing to withstand cosmic rays and be able to traverse the atmospheric structures of various unknown planets."
"And the last point, which is also the most important difference from Ground Fighters, is that Starry Sky Fighters are not just fighters. Their structure determines that they can be reassembled into Mecha at any time!"
Xia Chujian's eyes widened suddenly, and she almost cried out in surprise.
She really didn't know that Starry Sky Fighters could automatically disassemble and then assemble into Mecha! Fortunately, she glanced at her roommates and noticed that they were indifferent, so she suppressed the scream.
She sat there calmly on the surface, but her heart was screaming.
"Holy crap! No way! It can transform like that?!"
Because on the 3D Holographic Projection in front of her, Yang Ling was demonstrating how those Starry Sky Fighters transformed into Mechanical Mecha!
Xia Chujian calmed down after watching for a while.
She finally understood now how Huo Yushen dared to give a newbie like her, who had no Starry Sky Fighter piloting experience, the title of Chief Pilot of a Ghost-class Starry Sky Fighter!
Because the ultimate transformation form of Starry Sky Fighters is conventional Mechanical Mecha.
In space battles, when Starry Sky Fighters break through the enemy's blockade and enter the atmosphere of the opposing planet, the fighters will transform into Mechanical Mecha, descending from the sky one by one!
Mechanical Mecha can both take off, like fighters, to destroy the enemy's air defense systems,
and act as ground troops, with one Mecha being able to take on a hundred ordinary equipped soldiers without any problem!
Xia Chujian's eyes flickered as she looked at the types of Mecha that the Starry Sky Fighters transformed into.
Overall, these Mecha were several levels higher than the training Mecha she used during her training at the Special Security Bureau.
Yang Ling was introducing them one by one.
"The ultimate transformation form of the Thunder-class Starry Sky Fighter is the Ordinary Mechanical Mecha, three meters tall."
"The ultimate transformation form of the Aurora-class Starry Sky Fighter is the Intermediate Mechanical Mecha, six meters tall."
"The ultimate transformation form of the Ghost-class Starry Sky Fighter is the Advanced Mechanical Mecha, fifteen meters tall."
"Of course, you also know that Starry Sky Fighters have a fourth level, which is also the highest level, called the Breaking Sky-class Starry Sky Fighter. None of you are pilots of Breaking Sky-class Starry Sky Fighters, so our base does not teach the piloting knowledge of this type."
"But you must know the ultimate transformation form of the Breaking Sky-class Starry Sky Fighter, which is the Interstellar Mechanical Mecha, one hundred and fifty meters tall. Only special pilots at the rank of Colonel are qualified to pilot this type of fighter."
When Yang Ling said this, she glanced at Xia Chujian intentionally or unintentionally.
At this moment, Xia Chujian was staring at the Interstellar Mechanical Mecha in the 3D Holographic Projection, which was majestic and made the three Mechanical Mecha next to it look like dwarfs, her eyes shining.
Although she had only used Ordinary Mechanical Mecha as sparring partners, Meng Guanghui and Huo Yushen had both said that the piloting modes of Mechanical Mecha were consistent.
Being able to pilot an Ordinary Mecha meant being able to control high-level Mechanical Mecha.
The only difference was that the performance of each level of Mecha gradually improved, and the performance of the weapons they carried was also different.
Xia Chujian was confident that she could control the fifteen-meter-tall Advanced Mechanical Mecha, which was the ultimate form transformed from the Ghost-class Starry Sky Fighter.
She even rubbed her palms together, feeling a little eager to try.
Moreover, Xia Chujian felt that she was definitely stable this time. She would definitely be in the top twenty in the Starry Sky Fighter scores, whether in practical operation or actual combat!
The corners of Yang Ling's lips rose slightly.
She withdrew her gaze and looked at the 3D Holographic Projection on the podium.
"However..." Yang Ling paused dramatically, "our Beichen Empire has not yet used Breaking Sky-class Starry Sky Fighters."
"Because our Interstellar Fleet has never fought interstellar wars with distances calculated in light-years, nor has it been to the atmospheres of completely unknown planets."
"The current goal of our Interstellar Fleet is still to strive to reclaim those Habitable Planets and Resource Planets that have been seized by other countries over the past thousand years."
"I want you to remember..."
At this moment, the LCD teaching tool in Yang Ling's hand suddenly flashed a few times, and a different Star Chart appeared on the virtual display screen above the 3D Holographic Projection.
"...This is the Star Chart of our Beichen Empire's territory ten thousand years ago!"
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