[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starship-galaxy-from-scrapyard-ship-to-galactic-":3,"chapter-starship-galaxy-from-scrapyard-ship-to-galactic--stellar-fleet-from-scrap-vessel-to-cosmic-dreadn-chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Galactic Dreadnought: From Junk Ship to Starry-Sky Battleship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2177499,3725,"Chapter 68","stellar-fleet-from-scrap-vessel-to-cosmic-dreadn-chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Everything...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll join!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hai Tang was stunned for a moment: \"Are you sure? I thought I'd have to keep persuading you for a long time; you seemed like the type who would be stubborn to the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an smiled slightly: \"Actually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've said it before, the Federal Imperial Capital Starship Academy has been my dream academy since I was a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although it was the academy I wanted to join most before this, now that its lofty image in my heart has shattered, that obsession is naturally gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, because of their shortsightedness, I'm actually very glad—glad that I didn't join them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And as for Shenzhou Academy, although it's only at the bottom of the top ten, it's still one of the top ten!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shenzhou Academy is the tenth-ranked, top-tier academy among the hundreds of millions of higher education institutions in the entire Earth Federation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The actual gap between it and the first is very, very small; I've always been very clear about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words were all from the bottom of Xu Zi'an's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After He He Shuangcang uttered those cold-blooded remarks, and the school's top management made that decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all made Xu Zi'an very glad that he hadn't joined an academy so shortsighted and lacking in inclusivity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is Shenzhou Academy... really that bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you tell people you're a student at Shenzhou Academy, there's no telling how many people would be twisted with envy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hai Tang's expression immediately became quite satisfied, and she nodded: \"Not bad, not bad. It seems you are still very rational.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then, since you've joined our Shenzhou Academy now, pick a time, and I'll take you back to school!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought, Xu Zi'an suddenly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I know that over these past few days, you must have done a lot of work with the school, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, I'm no longer a first-time binder. Shenzhou Academy is inclusive, but that doesn't mean it has no bottom line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For a student like me who is no longer a first-time binder, how could I possibly still enjoy the treatment reserved for special recruits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I think you must have done a great deal of work with the school over these past few days to preserve my special recruit status.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I don't want that. First of all, I don't want you to be put in a difficult position because of my affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secondly, and most importantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The treatment obtained in this way makes me feel like it's a form of charity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I would rather scavenge for trash than accept charity from anyone. In fact, I've been doing exactly that since I was a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an grinned, his momentary confidence and radiance seemingly dazzling the two women's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have decided, in a month and a half.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To take the college entrance exam myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To get into Shenzhou University through the college entrance exam on my own!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using my own strength and ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To obtain what I want!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instead of...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relying on this method, which is equivalent to charity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stared blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an was so dazzlingly brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[One extra chapter! Just to thank everyone for all your support! I'm so moved!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hai Tang smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, who was cold all year round, looked like a crystal-clear iceberg melting when she smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful to the point of being breathtaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really didn't misjudge you; it wasn't in vain that I've been pestering the school's top management these past few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hai Tang laughed softly: \"I respect your decision!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I will, by the way, wait for your good news!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However... this matter of you wanting to take the college entrance exam might be a bit difficult right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an was startled: \"How so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The school won't accept me, so they won't even allow me to take the college entrance exam?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hai Tang shook her head and said: \"That's not it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember the first person you eliminated, that classmate of yours?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an frowned: \"Chang Chang Shaokong? Him? What about him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His father is a school board member at your school; you should know that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hai Tang said slowly: \"During the few days you were unconscious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His father used the excuse that you eliminated your own classmate during the assessment to settle a personal vendetta.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, in collusion with your school's principal, just this morning, they directly expelled you from Hucheng No. 3 High School!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, not only can you no longer take the college entrance exam, you aren't even a student of Hucheng No. 3 High School anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dazed for a long time, let out a \"What the hell,\" and then said: \"Is it that ridiculous???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I performed quite well in the assessment this time, didn't I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They just expel me whenever they feel like it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't anyone oversee this???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Furthermore, they can even believe such a reason?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you kidding me???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hai Tang nodded and said: \"Of course there are people who oversee it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the media has already blasted them to pieces!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what can be done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, your Hucheng No. 3 High School is a private academy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not a public federal academy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The people above don't have much authority to manage their actions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides the media blasting them to pieces, and many parents stating they won't let their children attend this school next semester...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else can be done to them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To put it bluntly, Hucheng No. 3 High School is like a business. Aside from these inconsequential things, there's simply no way to impose further sanctions on them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... you'd better think carefully about how you're going to take the college entrance exam now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zi'an was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hucheng No. 3 High School... is a private school?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, as a student, he only found out today too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it, that makes sense; under normal circumstances, how would a public school have a school board?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only private schools have school boards.\u003C\u002Fp>",1022,"2026-06-17T01:53:37.806Z","2026-06-17T02:00:34.645Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","6a942ffbb80cc71b30ed7d8c171af4ff9851e50414e1695073fa27e3c48038fe","stellar-fleet-from-scrap-vessel-to-cosmic-dreadn-chapter-69","stellar-fleet-from-scrap-vessel-to-cosmic-dreadn-chapter-67",385,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstellar-fleet-from-scrap-vessel-to-cosmic-dreadn-cover.jpg"]