The Arrogant New Student Is Actually Me [Interstellar]

[Military academy competition with the main cast] [Mecha] [Upbeat]

Blurb:

Jiang Tang and her twin brother, Jiang Shi'an, transmigrated together from the apocalypse to the interstellar age as undocumented homeless people. After years of struggle, they finally became legal residents of a poor planet.

But today was different.

Jiang Tang turned on the TV, only to see her twin brother making the headlines.

In the video, a reporter chased after him with questions: "What do you think about being the first student specially admitted to Dongxia Military Academy from a garbage planet? What do you think of Dongxia Military Academy? Did you know about this before now?"

"Yeah."

The man in a cap gave a slight nod and tossed out a few words: "Dongxia? It's kind of bad."

The video cut off abruptly.

The hashtag #ArrogantPoorStudentSmearsDongxiaMilitaryAcademy immediately shot to the top of the trending list.

Jiang Tang: "Wow."

She savored the insults aimed at Jiang Shi'an, even adding a little fuel to the fire, before a message from the person in question finally arrived.

[Jiang Shi'an: By the way, I've got something to do. You go to military school in my place.]

Jiang Tang: ?

*

Six months into the school year.

"Jiang" had evolved from one legend into another.

She went from being universally hated to universally admired, from a good-for-nothing from a garbage planet to the top student at the military academy.

The real Jiang Shi'an happened to pass by while hiding his identity. Hearing people praise his sister's amazing accomplishments, he couldn't help stopping to listen.

Legend had it that Jiang had made a bet with a classmate: "If I lose this competition, I, Jiang Shi'an, will go bald at twenty, never find a partner, trip while walking, choke when I drink, be plagued by bad luck, and stay poor for the rest of my life!"

To this day, Jiang had yet to meet a match when it came to making extravagant oaths.

"..."

The real Jiang Shi'an's face darkened.

Are you Jiang Shi'an? How dare you go around making oaths like that?!

At first,

Everyone thought Dongxia Military Academy had gotten an insignificant troublemaker.

No one imagined what that troublemaker would bring to the academy in the future.

The story focuses on Jiang Tang's life at military school, with heated competitions and a central cast. The heroine's true identity will be exposed before she wins the championship.

A slow-burn, lighthearted story about winning the championship.

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Blurb: Ye Qian missed a step on her way home from work and transmigrated into the interstellar age as an orphan.

After years of struggling, she used her gift of gab to talk her way into becoming a military academy student.

The good news: She got in.

The bad news: She couldn't make heads or tails of mecha, and the person she'd talked into believing in her was so convinced that they planned to put her on the school's competition team.

Ye Qian's scalp prickled.

She studied day and night until she was dazed and slumped in front of the mecha. "Heavens, what's wrong with this mecha? Can't you just tell me?!"

Just as she'd resigned herself to surviving by scavenging for trash, a sound suddenly came from somewhere.

The mecha in front of her had spoken. It was polite and courteous: "Hello. I hope this isn't too much trouble, but my left shoulder feels a bit uncomfortable. Could I trouble you to take a look?"

Ye Qian listened three times to make sure the mecha had really spoken, and that she was the only one who could hear it. Her eyes lit up, and she beamed.

"No trouble at all! I'll take a look and see how to fix you right now!"

Heavens, maybe you're not so bad after all.

At the competition venue, everyone witnessed an astonishing scene.

Faced with two mecha that couldn't move, Ye Qian took one look and reached a conclusion: "One mecha's forearm is worn and needs maintenance. The other is thirsty... I mean, it needs lubricating oil, preferably the newly released blueberry-scented kind."

No matter how battered a mecha was, it could shine again in her hands.

Much later, as Ye Qian stood on the awards podium,

someone finally asked the question everyone had been wondering about: "Ye Qian, how can you tell at a glance what's wrong with a mecha?"

Ye Qian lowered her head and wiped at a nonexistent tear in the corner of her eye. With heartfelt emotion and a look of deep reflection, she said, "A lot of people might think it's luck or talent, but I have to set the record straight: this is all thanks to more than a decade of hard study..."

Mecha, competitions, comedy, ensemble cast

Theme: Never give up on yourself. Strive to pursue your dreams.