"Thank you for coming to see me, professor." Li Xiang smiled. With Maria's connections in Wessex, it wasn't difficult for her to discover his hidden talent in firearms. As long as he didn't expose Old Devil's master, it didn't matter if she found out.
"Let's go to the restaurant to talk. I'll take you to meet someone later." Maria glanced at Chu Bai and the others, then put her arm around Li Xiang's shoulder.
Li Xiang nodded. He would leave it to Number One to deal with this.
The two went straight to the restaurant. At this time, Aokiji 2-7 had already flown from the Deep Zone to the High Zone. In a few hours, they would return to the 50th floor of the Sky Arena. It was said that hundreds of airships from Wessex Security had come to the rescue this time. At this moment, all kinds of Wessex staff could be seen cleaning the corridors and rooms in Aokiji 2-7.
The restaurant was still in a sealed state, but the guard immediately bowed and let Maria in after seeing her.
At the entrance of the restaurant, Li Xiang was surprised to see Banco holding a large bag of food. Banco was stunned for a moment before he smiled at the two.
"Captain Banco, long time no see." Maria went over to greet him, and the two greeted each other like old friends. After that, Banco smiled at Li Xiang, patted him on the shoulder, and left.
Seeing Banco, he was sure that Cecilia's back was not wrong. She was also on this airship.
"You know each other too?" Maria put away her smile, found a table by the window, ordered two glasses of soda, and motioned for him to sit. "Captain Banco is the captain of Miss's personal guard. Have you seen Miss?"
Cecilia's existence was not a secret to many of the higher-ups and bosses. She was the only daughter of Duke Siluo. Although the identity of her mother was still controversial, Duke Siluo had personally admitted it and would officially introduce her to a group of bosses at her birthday banquet when she was 18 years old. It was almost certain that she was the future leader of Wessex.
And as the captain of her personal guard, Banco, even if his rank in Wessex was not high, he was still someone that many higher-ups wanted to curry favor with.
"I've seen her once or twice in the Sky Arena." Li Xiang answered honestly. Cecilia and he should have some sort of relationship, but he wasn't sure at the moment. Her status was too high, and it was best not to contact her for the time being.
Maria nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, I heard that the Sky Arena was originally an amusement park built by the Duke for the young lady. She has been going there recently."
"An amusement park built for her?" Li Xiang clicked his tongue. The Sky Arena was actually just an amusement park that Duke Siluo had built for his daughter. Such extravagance, as expected of the founder of Wessex, the world's number one mechanic.
"Yeah, it's useless to be envious. You still have a long way to go. The key is to focus on the present. I heard that you actually came to challenge the Sky Arena. At first, I thought that you were just being arrogant. I didn't think that you would actually make it. Not bad. "Maria pursed her fiery red lips as she winked at him.
"I was just lucky."
Maria rolled her eyes at him. She didn't like the modesty of the people from the Subcontinent District. Europeans were open and flamboyant. In her eyes, wildness was beauty, and modesty was pretentious. However, Li Xiang's modesty was pleasing to the eye. She didn't find it disgusting.
She took out an electronic chip from her bag and placed it in front of Li Xiang. "This is the blueprint of the first generation of the Winged Chariot that I promised you. It's not convenient to carry around, so I stored it in the chip. But if you really want to build it, you will have to draw it yourself and compare it to the paper blueprint."
Maria reminded him. This was common knowledge in mechanical manufacturing. Blueprints were more detailed, and at the same time, they had a more mechanical feel. This was especially true for many precise designs. Only by placing them in the blueprints could one feel the meaning of the dimensions. It was very difficult to feel them through an electronic screen.
Li Xiang nodded and inserted the chip into the Polar night communicator. The message was soon transmitted. He added Maria as a friend and saw that her profile picture was a hot selfie. He couldn't help but exclaim that the famous researcher was indeed open-minded.
"Well, he's a super member. Polar night people are indeed different." Maria chuckled. The fact that Li Xiang was here meant that he had successfully passed all the tests and had officially become a Polar night person. Serpent Machinery and Wessex were also partners. The two would have a lot to do with each other in the future.
She felt a little emotional. Back then in the training camp, Li Xiang stood among a group of trainees, still a little immature and inexperienced. If she had not noticed Rocca's mechanical course report, she might have missed such a genius.
There were many professors in Wessex's laboratories that specialized in all kinds of mechanical experiments. The funding was based on the professor's rank. There were no extra tasks. The professors only had to work on new technologies and machines for Wessex.
However, Wessex would not provide them with manpower. All of the laboratory members were personally recruited by the professor from the seven continents. As time passed, the laboratory also had a complete assessment system. Those who walked out of the various laboratories would at least be Machinists. If they were placed in the hands of other organizations, they would be highly sought after.
In order to recruit people, Maria had been running around the Seven Continents. Unfortunately, the few mechanical geniuses that appeared were all snatched away by others. Those from the major families had long since taken their own paths and chosen the laboratory that they liked.
Although Maria was famous, her assessment standards were very strict. There was a shortage of official experimenters. It was not easy for her to catch Li Xiang. If he died here, she would probably go crazy.
"Thank you, Professor." Li Xiang's gratitude came from the bottom of his heart. There was a huge difference between his status and Maria's. With such a precious blueprint, the Winged Chariot alone could be sold for nearly ten million Blue Star Coins, let alone the original blueprint.
Maria was willing to give it to him for free. This was a huge favor. Furthermore, she was willing to give away a blueprint just like that. It was obvious that the wealth of machinists was not just for show.
"What are you thanking me for? This is my promise. By the way, you are going to participate in the ultimate trial in October, right? Do you have a university that you like? You are very talented in machinery, and you are also very talented as a player. It would be best if you choose a university that is very strong in both fields. " Maria took a sip of soda water and suggested, "I suggest that you major in the player field and minor in the steam machinery field."
So, there are double majors in this world. I wonder if there are bachelor's degrees and master's degrees … Not being able to go to university in his previous life was his lifelong regret. Li Xiang always felt that his lack of education was an insurmountable flaw. Now that he had the chance, he had to make up for it and experience university life.
"I don't have a clear goal for now, but I want to go to a Chronometer Tower Consortium university," Li Xiang said honestly. If there were others, they would definitely think that he was dreaming.
The Chronometer Tower Consortium was the strongest university in the seven continents. It was known as the cradle of players. Basically, there was more than a 50% chance of becoming a player after entering it. It should be known that the graduation rate of players was shockingly low.
Excluding the Chronometer Tower Consortium's schools, there were tens of thousands of students in a normal player university. And those who successfully reached the fourth year and did not drop out or die were less than one in ten students. And among these people, only one in a thousand graduates could become a player.
According to official statistics, in normal player universities, perhaps only one in ten thousand graduates could become a player. It was very rare for a player to graduate more than a single digit.
And the Chronometer Tower Consortium's students had a more than 50% graduation rate of players, which showed how terrifying it was.
Take Hou Cheng as an example. The students in Li Xiang's class could enter the best Hou Cheng High School. They were in the top 500 out of ten thousand candidates, and his class was the best class. Only a dozen people in such a class had awakened magic circuits. In the entire Hou Cheng, there were more than ten candidates who had player qualifications and could enter a player university. The probability was only one in a thousand.
One in a thousand selected candidates, and then one in ten thousand to become a player. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Not to mention standing out from so many excellent players and entering the Chronometer Tower Consortium.
That was a resource that was almost monopolized by the aristocratic families and the five Sovereigns.
"The Chronometer Tower Consortium? That's a bit difficult. The ultimate trial is divided by the continent's examination area. The subcontinent is vast and has a total of three areas. The total number of participants is at least 100 million. And three schools in the Chronometer Tower Consortium don't participate in the ultimate trial, so there are only 15 schools. Each school is limited to a thousand new students. There are at least one billion candidates in the seven continents. "Speaking of the Chronometer Tower Consortium, Maria couldn't help but exclaim.
This was more than just an army of thousands crossing a single-plank bridge.
In his previous life, he knew that the Northern Ultimate School recruited about three hundred students in his hometown. There were three hundred thousand candidates, and the probability of admission was one in a thousand. That was under the circumstance that the three hundred thousand candidates weren't all elites.
And now, the one billion candidates were all qualified players and students who had been pre-admitted to the university. Their overall quality wasn't low.
There were fifteen thousand candidates in a billion, and the probability was one in a hundred thousand.
"One in a hundred thousand." Li Xiang clicked his tongue. It could really be said that he was the chosen one.
"Also, for various reasons, the 15 universities won't evenly distribute the spots to the seven continents. Also, out of a thousand new students, about a hundred are predetermined. The real probability is about one in two hundred thousand." Maria smiled. She was very gratified to see that Li Xiang was only surprised and didn't give up.
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