Chapter Fifteen: Nangong Kexin’s Speed

“Nangong Yuchen, he...”
“The other classes have at least six excellent students each, so where does he get his confidence?”
“Could it be that our class has other students rated as excellent?”
Facing all the doubtful and skeptical gazes, Nangong Yuchen showed not the slightest trace of fear. Instead, he spoke once more with unwavering confidence: “This time, our class will definitely not come in last again!”
Normally, he would never have stood up and made such a bold declaration. But in this moment, a sudden surge of pride compelled him to speak out.
The source of this confidence came from both himself and the calm, collected Angel standing beside him!
Let’s not forget, he was a three-discipline prodigy while Angel excelled in two—monsters, both of them!
If it came down to counting those rated as excellent, then Class 12 could also claim six excellent students!
“That’s right!” At this moment, a voice of sudden realization sounded within the ranks. “The class monitor, together with Nangong...”
“One with top speed and reflexes, one with strength, speed, and reflexes, plus Lu Ling’s strength—if you count it that way, our class also has six excellent ratings!”
“Does this mean we don’t have to be last anymore?” As this analysis sank in, the students of Class 12 were filled with excitement.
Though they often had their share of conflicts and disagreements, at this moment, everyone felt genuine pride and joy for their class’s ranking.
At the head of the group, Shangguan Luohua’s expression finally softened as she saw her students regain their confidence. Yet, when she looked toward Nangong Yuchen and Angel, her gaze grew even more fervent. Especially when she saw that confidence on Nangong Yuchen’s face for the second time, she shivered slightly as though suddenly recalling something, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
She clearly remembered the last time this young man displayed such confidence—during the early speed test last month, when he had an argument with Liu Wen.
In the end, he had humiliated Liu Wen utterly with an astonishing performance.
And this time, that same confidence...
Thinking of this, Shangguan Luohua’s smile deepened. She finally withdrew her gaze after a long moment and turned her attention to the speed tests now underway. “Nangong Yuchen, let’s see if you can surprise me again this time!”
The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall.
It was already past ten in the morning, and the four testing areas in the east, south, west, and north corners were ablaze with activity as the second round of speed tests began.
“Step, step! Sixteen... eighteen... twenty-five... twenty-eight point eight meters!”
In the eastern corner testing area, Class 1 was the first to produce a student with an excellent rating in speed!
“Stop! Gao Xinyu, twenty-eight point eight meters per second—excellent!”
As the instructor announced the slender girl’s results from the speed testing machine, the central hall erupted in a frenzy!

“My god, what is going on this year? A score of twenty-eight point eight meters showing up in the first-year students?”
“Barely twelve meters away from breaking into the first tier!”
“This... this...”
It wasn’t just the students who were shocked and envious; even the homeroom teachers from other classes looked over in astonishment.
After all, this was only the first half of the first-year term. With more than half a year to go, this student was on the verge of breaking the thirty-meter mark. By the second term, she would undoubtedly reach the first tier!
Another new mecha warrior birthed by history!
“Hah! Brother Xu, your Class 1 really is impressive—I can’t believe you had such a monster hidden among your students!” said Zheng Bowen, homeroom teacher of Class 3, with an envious push of his glasses.
“Haha, you’re too modest, Zheng,” replied Xu Liang, the Class 1 teacher, waving his hand dismissively with a broad smile. “Wasn’t it your class last round with that two-hundred-eighty-kilogram strength score? That made us all jealous!”
But clearly, his smile revealed his true excitement. If a student from his class could become a top student, or even break into the first tier in their first year, it would not only bring great rewards from the academy, but also immense personal honor.
Especially when he himself had yet to reach first-tier physical cultivation!
Their mutual praise left the other class teachers both contemptuous and nervous about their own students’ scores. After all, they too hoped to compete for the title and glory of “Top Class.”
At that moment, another excellent result appeared in the western testing area.
“Step, step, step! Eighteen... twenty-one... twenty-four point three meters!”
This was a student from Class 2, another female teacher’s pupil—second to achieve an excellent rating.
Though this performance wasn’t as dazzling as Gao Xinyu’s twenty-eight point eight, it set off a wave of excitement, and soon a third excellent rating appeared!
“Step, step, step! Twenty-five point six meters!”
This time it was a flat-topped boy from Class 3, Zheng Bowen’s student, who left an excellent mark on the speed testing machine.
Yet, before the students from the eight classes in the central hall could recover from their shock, Class 4 produced another excellent student!
“Wow! The scores this year are insane—I can’t imagine how they’re going to allocate the spots for the top student assessment after the afternoon tests!” Le Han was so stunned by the constant stream of excellent results that he was nearly numb.
But Nangong Yuchen had no time for such thoughts. He was anxiously counting the excellent students in each class. If too many appeared, his earlier words would fall flat.
Though he and Angel were extraordinary, they could hardly compete with sheer numbers from other classes!
Lost in his anxiety, more than half an hour slipped by. Several more excellent students appeared in the four testing areas.
Suddenly, Le Han’s voice rang out even more dramatically, snapping Nangong Yuchen back to attention as he turned to look at Class 3’s testing area in the south!

The focus of all eyes was—his own sister, Nangong Kexin!
“Nangong, look! It’s your sister’s turn again!”
Thump, thump—Nangong Yuchen stared unblinkingly at Nangong Kexin as she walked toward the speed testing machine, a wave of inexplicable nervousness rising within him.
As both watched, Angel’s beautiful eyes sparkled, and she too turned her gaze that way.
South corner testing area, Class 3.
“Begin!” the instructor called out.
Nangong Kexin exploded into motion at the command, her speed astonishing, and the numbers on the machine began to climb rapidly.
“Fifteen... eighteen... nineteen...”
Watching his sister’s score continue to rise, Nangong Yuchen grew even more tense. In that moment, his only wish was for the red numbers to keep going, never stopping.
“Twenty...”
“Nangong, your sister is about to reach an excellent rating!”
“Twenty-one...”
When the number surpassed twenty-one meters, Nangong Yuchen finally breathed a deep sigh of relief. All those nutrient drinks hadn’t been in vain—his sister’s speed had truly reached an excellent rating in just over half a month!
Yet, to their astonishment, the numbers didn’t halt at twenty-one. Instead, they soared even higher!
“Twenty-five... twenty-six...”
Le Han, watching the numbers climb, was too shocked to speak. “N-Nangong, your sister, she...”
Nangong Yuchen was even more stunned, his mouth hanging open, utterly voiceless.
“Twenty-eight... twenty-nine point four meters!”
At last, the numbers stopped, and the testing ground fell into a hush.