Chapter 4 Selection of the Holy Guard
The July of the Gali calendar has finally arrived, and the Holy Aviation School Gardens all over the country have become examination rooms. Tension pervades all the cities. If a candidate fails the last Guardian selection exam at the age of 19, it means that he or she will not be able to fly at sub-light speed for the rest of his life, because after the age of 19, the human body is basically stereotyped and can no longer be trained to adapt to the impact of sub-light flight on bones and blood tissue. For the children of this immigrant planet who are rapidly expanding into space, failure in the selection is a painful thing, which is equivalent to people of our time being told that they cannot set foot half a step out of the country for the rest of their lives before the age of 20.
By the time Timmer and Ilul arrived, the school square in Podan City was already bustling with people. After the two drew the numbers, they found an empty seat and sat down. A large, decommissioned, silver-gray small mining ship stood tall in front of them and all the trainees.
Luer looked at the weather-beaten spaceship and sighed, "I heard Ouya say that this spaceship has been safely navigating space for twenty-eight years, and its combined range can circle the edge of the Reims galaxy seven hundred times. ”
"Wow! That's a spaceship grandfather!!" Timmer stood up in amazement, looking at the behemoth with admiration.
"Yes, but this ship's grandfather is going to decide our fate today," Luer said, "because all the exams are conducted in this old ship that has taken off its power plant." ”
"Sister-I'm so nervous, my mouth is dry and uncomfortable." Timmer smacked his lips.
"You're greedy!" Luer pouted, "Go outside to find Dad, by the way, change your clothes first and then come back, don't be in a hurry for a while." ”
Timmer grimaced at Ilul and ran out of the room.
Ilul looked at her brother's back, and sighed unconsciously, she didn't know how long she had been practicing hard for this competition, but fortunately, she performed well in yesterday's jumping skill assessment, but whether she could be selected in the end or not, the main axis drama was today. The entrance exam for the junior cadet group is once a year, but the selection of the Holy Guard is triennial, she is 16 years old this year, and Timo can wait, but she can't wait for another three years.
Mother, are you waiting for me silently? Her eyes moistened.
"Rider No. 16, Ilul; No. 17, Karl; Number 18, Gardet ...... The next group prepares. ”
Ilul took a deep breath and stood up and walked towards the team, but her heart was still pounding, and the deep pressure suit on her body was not as tight as it was now, which made her a little breathless.
"Number 16 is a girl." There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, "The girl who passed the preliminary round is only the second now." ”
"Children, don't panic when the C liquid enters your body for a while," an elderly female examiner repeated to the young candidates who had already spoken more than ten times in the morning: "The C liquid you used for the exam has been diluted six times, as long as you let yourself breathe calmly until you feel that you can no longer bear it, press the button on the right hand side, more than 10 minutes, and you will be considered qualified." If you don't press it, it means that you can hold on, but the soaking time is up to 2 hours. Of course, in order to prevent accidents, your pulse rate, heartbeat and other parameters will also be recorded by the instrument. If you have no other doubts, let's get started. ”
The transparent hatch of the enclosed cabin was raised, and she and several competitors entered their own enclosed cabin to lie down, and the staff closed the door, and for a moment there was silence around her, now she was cut off from the outside world. Luer quietly looked at the crowd ten meters away, everyone's mouth opening and closing, like a fish.
She wanted to laugh a little, but the C liquid was slowly filling the closed chamber at this time, and she turned her head slightly to look at the players around her. They were just as nervous, with 13-year-old Gardet holding on to his two little hands.
When the pale blue transparent holy spring came to her nose, Luer closed her eyes and inhaled calmly, letting it fill her nasal cavity, respiratory tract, and lungs with a little sticky feeling. It tastes a bit like ancient Chinese soy sauce with lemon flavor and water.
When the holy spring entered her body, she suddenly felt very relaxed, although the holy spring is not as sweet and delicious as fruit juice, but it has a calming effect, like... Mother's feeling, she couldn't help but feel sad, the appearance of her mother in the video appeared in front of her, would her mother be bored when she used to work in the star axis every day? How did she meet her dad? The moment the star axis collapsed, my mother and the rest of the staff disappeared like this, could it be that they were in another place? If we could meet one day...... Luer unconsciously fell into boundless thoughts, and her consciousness gradually became confused.
"Tick-tick-tick-"
I don't know how long later, the machine alarm overhead sounded, although Luer was still closed, she also felt that the C liquid began to slowly decrease, and then the liquid that cleaned the chest cavity was injected into the cabin, and then subsided, and then injected, and then subsided, as if she was a fish in a pot to be cooked, and she had to be cleaned well. She didn't open her eyes until she could finally breathe air.
The hatch opened automatically, and the hatch was surrounded by people, and Lull wondered when she saw the anxious faces of Timmer and Mia.
"Luckily, we almost thought something had happened to you." Mia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why, I just accidentally fell asleep." Lull yawned, stretched, and slowly sat up from the wet "bed" of the closed cabin, ignoring the surprised faces around her.
"How can you sleep for two hours like no one?" Timmer muttered, "Everyone in the 16-year-old group has finished the Holy Spring test, and everyone else will come out after lying down for seven or eight minutes at most, and you are the only one who is actually sleeping." ”
Luer sneered, "Whoever let this ghost test just let people lie down when they are fine." ”
The two stadium staff members walked over suspiciously: "Elul, do you feel any discomfort, do you want to check it?" I brought the doctor over. ”
"No, I'm not even one thing close." Lull leaped out of the closed cabin, turned to the locker room, changed his clothes, and headed straight to the other side of the ship.
On the high observation deck, a pair of bright blue eyes followed the hurried figure.
"What's her name?"
"Ilul." One replied respectfully.
"Bring up her information to me." The blue-eyed man commanded.
"Yes."