Due to the protective shield above the atmosphere and the airflow passage inside the planet, the temperature on the Stargate Planet was relatively stable, with no obvious seasonal changes.
The wild grass, the reeds, and the trees could all grow according to their will.
This was a new civilization born from the dust of the distant ancient civilization, which hadn't formed its own order yet.
This was probably the reason why this world didn't have many animals and plants, making it a bit monotonous.
The yellowing of the ginkgo trees at the University of Stargate had nothing to do with the cold weather; it was because of the excessive rainfall.
This planet had utilized the water resources to an extreme extent. There was not much water surface exposed on the surface of the planet, and the evaporation was insufficient. As a result, it seldom rained. It wasn't until July and August that the remaining patch of ocean on the ground brought some water vapor to the three great rifts along with the changing ocean currents that the continuous rain would continue until the end of October.
The October Water Sacrifice came about as a result, and in the end, it had evolved into a ritual to worship the god.
The October Water Sacrifice this year was quite special, because the female priest would choose her successor.
In the Human Federation of the Milky Way, the female priest had a transcendent status.
She was the spokesperson of the god and the inheritor of the distant ancient civilization.
It wasn't until now that few people knew what knowledge the female priest had inherited from the distant ancient civilization; but nobody dared disrespect this ancient tradition. Even the Administrative Committee of the Federation of the Milky Way and the military respected her for a long time.
The selection of a new female priest was the most important event on the Stargate Planet this year.
The preliminary selection of the living quarters on various levels had already begun. Jiang Yuxia was the winner of the first selection that Jing Jiu and Zong Lizi had seen.
As the drizzle fell down, the event had finally come to the second level, which was the closest to the ground. Shou 'er City would select a candidate in the preliminary selection, and the other seven cities would also select their candidates. Together with the candidates from various districts, they would enter the final selection.
The selection of the female priest mainly tested the knowledge, moral character, Cultivation state in martial arts, and willpower.
The knowledge was mainly related to the history and humanities, and the other three tests were centered around the word "tranquility".
The anthropologists and historians of the Federation of the Milky Way had published many papers as to why the selection had to do with the word "tranquility", but none of them had a definite answer.
The female priest wouldn't explain anything related to them.
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The gray building of the University of Stargate was surrounded by people.
Today was the registration day for the Priestess Primary Selection, but most of the people were just there to watch the fun. Those who really had the courage to register were few and far between.
They were all extremely famous genius girls in the school.
The crowd suddenly became quiet, and countless gazes looked towards the road beside the lawn.
The ginkgo leaves on the road had already been cleaned by the automatic cleaning machine. The surface of the black stone road was extremely clean.
A black-haired girl and a silver-haired girl walked over. They were both beautiful, but had different temperaments.
The people were baffled, thinking that Jiang Yuxia had already obtained the qualification for the third level of the Institute of Divinity. She had profound knowledge and a quiet temperament, and her Cultivation state was in the Golden State. She was the most popular candidate for the selection of the female priest this year. What was she doing here? Did he want to see who was his opponent?
As they arrived in front of the building, Jiang Yuxia halted and asked Zong Lizi, "Are you sure you want to participate in the selection of female priest?"
Zong Lizi uttered "hmm".
Jing Jiu was a man of few words, but he had a great influence on those around him. All of them, be it Zhao Layue and Zhuo Rusui in Chaotian or Zong Lizi here, resembled Jing Jiu in some way.
Jiang Yuxia said while holding her hand, "You have to work hard then. I won't let you win."
Zong Lizi nodded and said, "Me too."
Jiang Yuxia let go of her hand and said, "I wish you all the best."
Zong Lizi turned around and walked toward the building.
It wasn't until then that the people learned that she was going to participate in the selection of female priest. They couldn't help but feel startled, looking at her back with a peculiar expression in their eyes.
This gray building was the main second floor of the University of Stargate, where the offices of many departments were located, like the most important Student Office.
The registration for the selection of female priest was done in the Student Office.
The director of the Student Office was a mild-mannered official with white hair. Looking at the data retrieved from Zong Lizi's bracelet by the terminal, he lifted his head after a moment of silence and said to her earnestly, "This is not the first time for the students down there to try, but nobody has ever succeeded. And … some of them have lost their confidence and have fallen into depravity ever since."
Zong Lizi said, "I'm mentally prepared, and I have the courage."
The director advised her earnestly while looking at her, "At some point, courage is meaningless; it's because it requires a miracle; but there are no miracles in this world."
"Master Cui, there are miracles in this world."
Zong Lizi said earnestly while looking at him, "I'm sure of it."
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A few days later, the sky on the other side of the Great Rift Valley was dyed red. It didn't rain, and the morning sun couldn't be seen. It was still on the other side of the mountain.
More than one hundred students gathered at the front gate of the University of Stargate, ready to visit the university on the surface of the ground.
Most of these students were the exchange students from various colleges and universities; but for some reason, the dozen female students who had registered for the selection of female priest were among them.
Those female students were pretty and attractive in their own way, and their energy was as tranquil as the water. It was a pleasant sight to see them standing together.
A few male students couldn't help but sneak a peek at them, but they didn't dare do so blatantly.
Jiang Yuxia didn't stand with those female students. It was not because she was already a candidate, but because she was waiting for Zong Lizi.
Unexpectedly, the youth in the blue tracksuit came with Zong Lizi. "Are you really a student of the University of Stargate?" he asked curiously.
Jing Jiu didn't pay any attention to her. As long as he wanted to, he could be a member of the Administrative Committee of the Federation, to say nothing of being a student of the University of Stargate.
Zong Lizi explained, "He doesn't like to talk. Don't misunderstand him."
Thinking of the encounter on the lawn that day, Jiang Yuxia let out a self-mocking smile and ignored Jing Jiu. She told Zong Lizi in a low voice about the things to pay attention to in the primary selection of female priest.
It was then that the director of the Student Affairs Office and two teachers walked over.
His administrative position was quite high, but he led the team to visit the campus in person. It should have something to do with those young girls who would participate in the selection of female priest.
It was unclear whether it was because there were too many people or for other reasons, but they didn't take the flying device. They took the floating train to Chunyuan instead.
Walking out from the underground station, some exchange students from the underworld couldn't help but let out a faint cry when they saw the cliff wall that looked like a huge wall in front of them and the high-speed elevators moving between the cliffs. Two young girls who would participate in the selection of female priest furrowed their brows slightly. It seemed that they were not satisfied with the arrangement of the university.
Looking at the cliff wall and the elevators, Jing Jiu thought of the assassin in overalls. He followed Zong Lizi into the elevator inconspicuously, wondering what that "wild rabbit" with an unusual family background was doing since he hadn't received any news from the hidden network for a long time.
The high-speed elevators traveled at a high speed. They could even hear the whistling wind through the thick glass.
It didn't take long for the elevators to arrive at the top of the cliff, which was the real surface of the ground.
The visiting students walked out of the passageway. They couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw the scenery in front of them before they could say anything.
In front of them was a grassland as vast as the sea, on which a few lonely big trees grew. A bright red morning sun hung Silently on the horizon in the distance.
They had seen this scene on TV, but they had never seen it with their own eyes.
It turned out that the horizon was actually a line.
It turned out that the morning sun leaped out from the bottom of the line.
It turned out that the sun could be so low.
It wasn't until now that the visiting students realized why the university asked them to take the floating train instead of the flying device.
It was because they needed to travel in the dark to remember the sun leaping out from their eyes.
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The visiting students still used the floating train to travel on the ground, but the floating train here was obviously more advanced than the one in Shou 'er City. It didn't have any track or connection, and it should be equipped with an expensive anti-gravity system.
After they boarded the floating train, the students discussed it while looking at the grassland and the running monster herds outside the window excitedly.
They were young people after all, and the unchanging scenery couldn't attract their attention for a long time. Soon, they pulled back their gazes and started discussing the tour that day in a low voice.
Some of them fixed their gazes on a corner at the back of the carriage once in a while, especially those young girls participating in the selection of female priest, who paid close attention to that corner.
Jing Jiu, Zong Lizi and Jiang Yuxia sat in the back of the carriage.
The blue, silvery and black colors were eye-catching, but they were also in harmony.
The attention came from their curiosity and vigilance toward Jiang Yuxia and their puzzlement toward Zong Lizi, and some were related to Jing Jiu.
Everybody at the University of Stargate knew that there was an abnormal youth wearing a blue tracksuit.
The floating train passed through the vast grassland, a patch of forest and a dozen lakes that were connected like pearls. Finally, it arrived at the end of the journey.
Some buildings appeared on the horizon up ahead. The outer walls of the buildings were made of huge rocks, looking rather ancient. Some parts of the buildings looked a bit shabby, and the alloy structure could be vaguely seen. It was thought that these buildings were damaged by the invasion of the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter a few decades ago, but it was unclear why they hadn't been repaired yet. There was an exceedingly thin black line in the distant sky, extending from the ground to a high place in the sky. It was impossible to see the end of the line, and one could vaguely see something glowing at the end of the line.
"That is the No. 7 space elevator, which is connected to the Tianxuan Space Transfer Station. Three cargo ships unload their cargo there every day."
A teacher explained to the students, "This space elevator is used by the factory run by our university. It supplies about fourteen percent of the food on the planet."
Since the distant ancient civilization was reborn, the humans had expanded into the universe at an unimaginable speed. The Federation of the Milky Way had many planets with resources, and a great many cargo ships were sailing in the universe, transporting the resources from those planets to the Main Planet and other colonized planets. The problem of food supply had been solved a long time ago, but the problem of the taste of the synthetic food was still hard to solve …
The students got off the floating train. The teachers and students of the university were already waiting for them, showing them around the buildings.
Only a few departments of the University of the Milky Way were left on the ground, with a small number of students. It looked a bit desolate, but the historical significance exuded from those buildings was even more vivid. After visiting those ancient buildings and listening to a simple lecture in the history exhibition hall of the university, the students were led to another place.
That building looked ordinary and square. Judging from its structure, it looked like a factory. Some people wondered if they were going to visit a synthetic meat factory.
"This is the No. 3 laboratory of the Mecha Department."
A student of the university said expressionlessly, "Don't touch anything carelessly after entering the laboratory, and don't disturb the work inside. Do you understand?"
Hearing this, the visiting students couldn't help but feel nervous.
Looking at the building, Jing Jiu sensed the unpleasant energy, knowing that there must be many gravitational field devices inside.
After a strict examination and scanning, the students were led to the factory-like laboratory.
The laboratory was spacious and spacious, with many cables exposed on the walls and many devices that the students didn't recognize.
A railing surrounded the laboratory, and the floor inside was made of alloy, which seemed to cover a larger area than the grassland at the University of Stargate.
The students thought that the railing was the passageway for the visitors; but unexpectedly, the alloy floor inside the railing opened up slowly after the student of the university pressed a button.
Along with the buzzing electric currents and the deep thudding sounds, the underground world appeared in front of the students.
There was a huge Mecha in the underground.
This huge Mecha was dozens of stories high, about the same size as the hotel where Zong Lizi stayed. Even though the students looked down from a high place, they would still feel that this Mecha was exceedingly tall, and they would feel tiny in comparison.
Dozens of small Mechas and flying devices surrounded the huge Mecha, and many people who looked like engineers were doing something with the terminals and devices in their hands.
"This is the Thunder God that killed three monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter in the Battle of the Court Gate two years ago."
The student of the university introduced, "It was damaged severely during the battle, and it has been repaired after two years of maintenance. Right now, it is undergoing the final adjustment. In addition to the engineers of the military, a large number of students of our university participated in the maintenance. If you have the opportunity to enter the Military Department in the future, you can join them. "
The students had all watched the news two years ago and knew how terrible the Battle of the Court Gate was. They had heard of this famous huge Mecha a long time ago, so they felt excited upon hearing this.
Jing Jiu looked at the huge Mecha in Silence, the ring on his finger emitting a faint glow.
All of a sudden, countless surprised screams broke out in the laboratory; it was because the huge Mecha had moved!
A few faint green glows shot out from the helmet of the huge Mecha, and thousands of components made a heavy but steady sound of turning. The huge left arm of the Mecha lifted up slowly and aimed at the sky, as if it had come to life.
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