Lubei Middle School's second preliminary exam was upon them, doubling as the midterms for the semester.

Darkray, Mao Yisheng, and the others were all very nervous.

During lunch, the military students gathered around Chen Gu. "Brother Chen, are you going with us?"

Chen Gu remembered that military students, a few months before the college entrance exam, would rush to various military schools to take part in internal tests.

In this era, higher education institutions had the power of independent admissions, and schools—especially the prestigious ones—preferred to trust the results of their own exams.

The reasons behind this were complex and not easily distilled into a few words. In short, military students would take exams at their favored schools in advance, hoping to reach an agreement with them ahead of time.

When the time for the unified college entrance exam arrived, the schools they admired might no longer have slots available.

"Which school do you plan to go to?"

Mao Yisheng's eyes sparkled with a young person's ambitious gleam as he said forcefully, "Darkray and I plan to try our luck at the four schools on Capital Star. But we're not talking about that; you definitely don't need to take those exams. You just wait for the admission notice from the Tiangong Military Division."

"What we're talking about is the draft spectacular of the Behemoth Alliance!"

Chen Gu slapped his forehead. He remembered that the Behemoth Alliance's annual talent draft across the Star Sea would unfold in five days.

They had "performance testing centers" on various planets, open to anyone willing to pay a hefty fee.

Then, if your results were up to par, you would be added to the rookie pool, waiting to be picked by various clubs during the draft spectacular.

This performance test was very complex. Competitors needed to cooperate with behemoths to achieve good results. Therefore, in addition to inherent combat talents, there were a series of special aptitudes to consider—like the mind's adaptability to "exotic life forms."

Wuzhaoyin City, it had to be admitted, was a bit remote and thus lacked an Alliance testing center. But Darkray and Mao Yisheng could take advantage of their trip to Capital Star for exams to participate in the Alliance's testing.

If each hot-blooded youth of this era held the dream of becoming a general, then the most coveted professions for every young person were to be a player in *Endless* or a "Behemoth Partner" in the Behemoth Alliance.

Just like the sports superstars from Chen Gu's previous life.

Chen Gu encouraged them wholeheartedly. "I won't go, but you guys press on! When you make a name for yourselves, remember to sign an autograph for my kids."

Despite his aspirations, Mao Yisheng was still grounded in reality, well aware that his chances of being picked were slim to none; it wasn't even certain he'd pass the performance test. He just offered a timid smile.

But Darkray, the furry fellow, laughed heartily with a wide-open mouth. "Don't worry, Brother Chen, we're friends who won't forget you when we strike it rich. We'll definitely not forget you."

Mao Yisheng, sweating bullets next to him, interjected, "If you can't speak properly, then shut up! It's 'friends who won't desert you in poverty'..."

Chen Gu subconsciously kept his distance from Darkray.

「The next day, the military students set off.」 Only a few were bound for Capital Star, as the rest were headed to other planets. The admission standards of the institutions on Capital Star were higher and beyond the reach of most of them.

「Three days after the midterms ended, coinciding with the weekend, Chen Gu dutifully went to the station for his shift—in truth, mainly to use the training grounds.」

After a whole day of training, he still hadn't found a way to improve his physical condition.

Chen Gu was somewhat distressed. He had never encountered this situation before, and if he had to figure it out on his own, there was no telling when he would see progress.

It would be best if a high-Energy Level senior could offer him guidance.

But he couldn't tell his department, "I have a problem with my body; assign me a high-Energy Level expert."

If he did so, he would be relegated to desk jobs, unable to earn commendation points. Plus, if he faced danger, he would certainly resort to memory possession and exhibit strong combat capabilities. How would he then explain himself to the department?

Suddenly, Chen Gu had an inspiration: *The Past of Four Hundred*—it was full of high-Energy Level powerhouses!

He immediately returned to his office, asked a young woman from the clerical staff to prepare a pot of tea for him, and then closed his eyes to refresh himself, earnestly beginning the search through the three sets of memories.

Chen Gu was most looking forward to the memories of Milna Katerina since she shared his profession.

However, after spending several hours, he ended up greatly disappointed. Milna Katerina's career had been too smooth. As a Holy Maiden well-protected by the Holy Church, she had hardly faced any setbacks in her life.

Chen Gu thought for a moment, then began searching within the memories of Derek Kun Shen.

This great scientist had incredibly complex memories, their total volume far surpassing those of Milna Katerina and Griffin Wester.

Chen Gu was soon immersed in them.

「The next morning, Marcus opened the office door and was surprised to find Chen Gu asleep on the desk.」

Marcus tapped on the desk to wake Chen Gu up. "You didn't go back last night?"

Such diligent and studious team members were unheard of in the Special Service Group.

Chen Gu rubbed his eyes. "I was too tired from working out at the training grounds. I wanted to sit and rest a bit before going back and didn't expect to fall asleep as soon as I lay down."

Although he was very tired, Chen Gu felt very light-hearted, for he had finally found a viable way to improve his physical condition.

Derek Kun Shen had made tremendous contributions to the establishment of the "Quantum Wizard" professional system. His deep study of professionals' bodies provided Chen Gu with great inspiration.

The issue with Chen Gu was not that he was gravely injured; the key was that the super life-form remains, which had already merged with him, had been forcibly stripped away.

His body had been continuously absorbing the remains, undergoing self-transformation.

Now, this transformation had been abruptly interrupted, and his body couldn't adapt, resulting in a state that seemed to be "stuck" there.

Chen Gu had purchased a piece of super life-form remains through 'Steam Locomotive' the previous night to continue this process.

It cost him a whole fifty million Starshields!

This piece of remains couldn't match the original one. After all, that piece could construct a generator and was even more precious than ordinary supermaterials.

Chen Gu wasn't completely sure if it would restart his body's transformation process.

The remains would be delivered today.

Marcus said, "There's a mission today. Go to the restroom to wash up; the others will be here soon."

After Chen Gu washed up and returned, Joseph and the others had already arrived. Then the office door was pushed open again. Charles entered with his two team members, Boluo and Dora.

Marcus said, "This time the Mobility Group will also act with us, so let's get to know each other."

Of course, Charles didn't need "getting to know"; this was mainly for Boluo and Dora.

Boluo stood behind Charles, making faces at Chen Gu. Dora also bared her teeth at Chen Gu—still with her fierce but cute demeanor, nearly making Chen Gu laugh.

But an actor has their professional standards. Chen Gu put on a very exaggerated "scared" expression, which Dora found quite satisfactory.