"First, arrange for Annie to be on the T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship's second vessel, responsible for the construction of the t2 black rhino-class interstellar heavy assault frigate.

Her future assignments will depend on her capabilities.

As for her clansmen, it seems she wants to observe us for a while longer.

Let her observe then.

Fortunately, we are not in urgent need of skilled technicians right now," Zhao Chen instructed Lilith.

Under Zhao Chen's continuous'sugar-coated bullets,' Annie ultimately chose to work for him.

"Understood," Lilith noted the matter.

"Later, Lilith and I will take Blizzard Zero and a T2 Black Rhino back to North Star Academy. Charlotte, you continue to be in charge here," Zhao Chen instructed.

"Okay," Charlotte replied.

Now, Charlotte and Lilith are essentially Zhao Chen's right-hand women. With these two, managing this fleet of less than thirty Starships is more than enough.

Managing this fleet of less than thirty Starships is more than enough.

As for why Zhao Chen was so eager to return to North Star Academy, it was, of course, to check the status of his assessment points after completing his mission.

That was related to the annual mission, after all!

Zhao Chen came from the T2 Queen Bee-class Heavy Carrier Starship to the long-unseen Blizzard Zero, looking at the somewhat old Bridge.

Zhao Chen was actually a bit unaccustomed to it.

Before leaving, he glanced at the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser still under construction, hoping this T3 Starship could enter service as soon as possible.

Then his flagship could be this T3 Starship.

Before setting sail back to North Star Academy, Zhao Chen opened his system interface.

【Host: Zhao Chen

Profession: Top Starship Engineer

Special Attributes: Fleet Luck Bonus, Eye of Insight

Points: 5720

Mission Points: 34

Starship Quantity: 19 vessels

Mission: Annual Mission

Warehouse: T2 Lion King-class Heavy Interstellar Missile Ship Technical Blueprint, T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser Technical Blueprint, T2 Black Knight-class Light Interstellar Combat Mecha Technical Blueprint...】

After the system mission rewards from that escort mission, Zhao Chen's system points and mission points both reached an unprecedented peak.

The system points also included 'Starship Point Income' rewarded by the system over the past few months, but it was still in the slow and steady growth stage.

"The T2 Lion King will be a key firepower output point in the future, but the current task is to complete the quarterly mission before the end of March.

So, I won't arrange a construction plan for now; I'll wait until after March.

The current mission points and system points are more than enough to exchange for T2 Starships, but T3 Starships are still a bit difficult.

Moreover, building a T3 Starship now would require a large investment of resources and raw materials, and the Xiaolong Fleet currently cannot support such a large expenditure." Zhao Chen calculated the Xiaolong Fleet's next construction plan in his mind.

Ultimately, Zhao Chen decided not to exchange for new system Starships for now.

While completing the current construction plan, a small number of T2 Black Knight-class Light Interstellar Combat Mecha could be built.

These Interstellar Combat Mecha can be carried on Starships and might prove useful at certain times.

After pondering these matters, Zhao Chen closed the system interface and contentedly entered the hibernation pod.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the outer area of North Star Academy.

Two Starships began to enter Zhao Chen's designated Starport berths.

Immediately upon returning, Zhao Chen first contacted Zhao Wan'er and Li Wei.

But unexpectedly, Zhao Wan'er was still unreachable this time.

"Did that girl get into trouble again?" Zhao Chen muttered.

However, Li Wei's communication quickly connected.

"Old Zhao, you're back! I heard you completed a military mission and directly earned three times the assessment points for a fourth-year student!" In the video window, Li Wei looked at Zhao Chen excitedly.

Because a student skipping a grade is not a big secret, everyone would soon know about it.

"Where's Zhao Wan'er? Why can't I reach her?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your sister, she participated in an Interstellar mission organized by the academy, a joint Interstellar mission with Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy.

It included fourth-year, fifth-year, and even sixth-year students from both academies.

Even your sister's Senior Su Lan participated; the vice-deans of both academies led the team.

It is said that those who perform exceptionally well in this academy Interstellar mission will receive a T3 Starship as a reward!

The top five will also receive brand new T2 Starships as rewards!" Li Wei said enviously.

Being rewarded a T3 Starship was something even noble scions would envy.

After all, a T3 Starship costs hundreds of millions of star coins, which even ordinary noble families would find hard to afford.

So, this girl went on an academy Starship mission, aiming «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» for that T3 Interstellar Warship or a new T2 Interstellar Warship.

Her competitive personality was probably stimulated by his sudden rapid growth, Zhao Chen thought to himself.

"Oh right... there's something... my sister..." Li Wei hadn't had a chance to say anything yet.

A video window popped up on Zhao Chen's side, showing Vice-Dean Hong of North Star Academy.

"Li Wei, Vice-Dean Hong is contacting me. I'll hang up first." Zhao Chen ended the call.

Li Wei looked at the closed communication window, feeling helpless.

His brother had been extremely busy since half a year ago; they might not even meet once in several months.

He had originally wanted to tell him that his sister had arrived and wanted the two of them to meet.

After all, his sister was still trying to find out the identity of the person who had traded with her back then.

Li Wei was very principled and had kept silent.

Actually, he was suffering inside; he really wanted to tell everyone that his brother!

Was the Starship designer who developed the popular T1 Wolf Flea-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer!

Although he didn't know why Zhao Chen wanted to keep it a secret, Li Wei still chose to keep Zhao Chen's secret.

So, he could only apologize to his sister.

Sister, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that Zhao Chen won't let me.

At this moment, Zhao Chen, who still didn't know that his business partner, Li Yaqi, had come to North Star Academy to 'uncover the truth,' received a communication from Vice-Dean Hong, asking him to come to the Vice-Dean's office as soon as possible, naturally about his skipping grades.

At this moment, Zhao Chen, who still didn't know that his business partner, Li Yaqi, had come to North Star Academy to 'uncover the truth,' received a communication from Vice-Dean Hong, asking him to come to the Vice-Dean's office as soon as possible, naturally about his skipping grades.

Soon, Zhao Chen arrived at Vice-Dean Hong's office.

He pressed the electronic doorbell at the entrance.

"Detected student Zhao Chen, invited guest, please enter." A mechanical female voice came from the side of the door, and then the door opened.

Vice-Dean Hong sat on the sofa in the office and waved to Zhao Chen as he entered.

But as Zhao Chen approached, he noticed that opposite Vice-Dean Hong's sofa, there was another person looking at him with a smile.

Miss Chu, Chu Xuan!

"Long time no see, Captain Zhao Chen."