Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 577 - 596: The Freshmen Duels Are the Veterans’ Comic Relief

Just as the freshmen were starting their online PK matches, some veterans in the adjacent training ground happened to be on leave.

During their leave around this time each year, they would all use the military terminal to secretly watch the students compete.

To soak in the vibrant, youthful atmosphere, you ask? Of course not. They were just looking for a good laugh.

Finding some amusement in their monotonous, day-to-day lives wasn’t easy.

For instance, in this dorm room of eight, one young instructor was off in the Gravity Room remotely guiding the freshmen’s PK matches, but the other seven were all lined up in front of the projection screen, excitedly watching the competition.

"Come on, look at this one. I bet they can at least make it to the middle of the field—"

"Pathetic. They couldn’t even make it to the middle."

"How about this one? Think they can last fifteen seconds?"

"I doubt it. Just look at how long it took them to link with their Mechas—neither of them is strong." That meant it would all be over after a light tap or two.

But to everyone’s surprise, the match actually dragged on for a very long time.

The two contestants had spent ten minutes just linking with their Mechas. Then, it took them another full ten minutes to lumber their massive frames across the one or two hundred meters from the entrances to the center of the field.

"..."

The most ridiculous part was, after all that buildup, right as they were about to finally meet, neither could hold out any longer. Both Mechas collapsed, ending the match in a draw.

It really left everyone... speechless.

Everyone was having a good laugh at first, but as they kept watching, one of them turned to the training instructor. "How come there are so many this year who can’t even manage to fight?"

The instructor grunted. He was ranked 58th among the instructors, a mid-tier position, and was in charge of class B53. This class... well, how to put it? It was completely different from what his predecessors had led him to expect.

"I don’t know why, either. Even though their ranks were all determined by the testing stone, I feel like their spiritual power just isn’t as strong as it used to be..."

"Plus, linking with a Mecha is especially hard for them. Some of them have the spiritual power, but their physical conditioning is just terrible. They can’t handle the strain from the Mecha’s gravity at all."

’This wasn’t good news. Had the quality of students at Federation University dropped, or was the younger generation of Mecha Soldiers getting weaker across the board?’

They had no way of knowing.

Without large-scale data to back it up, it was impossible for them to properly analyze the situation.

Just as the mood in the room soured, Jiang Qiuqiu’s match came on.

The instructor didn’t know why everyone had suddenly fallen silent, but seeing a top prospect appear on screen, he spoke up. "But they’re not all getting worse. There are some good ones in Class A. I heard this freshman is an evolutionary-type Mecha Soldier with incredible potential. She’s only nineteen, and she’s already jumped from B to A."

"Old Eight is her instructor. According to him, even though it’s her first time piloting a Mecha, she has excellent compatibility with it."

"She moves effortlessly in the virtual space, and she can even run in a real Mecha after linking up. Her talent is extraordinary."

"!"

"First time in a Mecha, and she’s not one of the nobles!?"

"I heard they released her file. She isn’t. Just a commoner."

’A commoner like that was a rare sight indeed.’ Instantly, all eyes were on Jiang Qiuqiu.

Just as the instructor said, watching Jiang Qiuqiu PK was like watching an adult fight a child. She took down her opponents one by one with absolute ease.

Sometimes, she’d throw a punch and her opponent wouldn’t even be steady on their feet yet.

She completely dominated her opponents.

The room was filled with gasps of astonishment. They weren’t amazed that she had defeated her opponent, but by her Perception Ability and her control over the Mecha.

It was absolutely incredible.

"What’s her name?"

"Uh... I think Old Eight said her name is Jiang Qiuqiu."