Zachary won?
Upon hearing the girl say this, the students in the classroom were all astonished. Those sitting further away even wondered if they had misheard.
"How could Zachary win? Did you see it wrong?" a male student asked with a chuckle.
"It was posted on the North Starship Military Academy's internal network forum. If you don't believe me, see for yourselves." The girl enlarged the holographic screen in front of her, allowing those around her to see.
On the trending list, a post was climbing at an astonishing speed.
The title read: "Zachary Chase defeats Victor Hargrove to win the starship duel! A 1200mm caliber heavy cannon appears, sending the T2 Bald Eagle away with a single shot!"
Besides this, there were actually several other related posts, but none had as much popularity as this one. Because this post contained the entire video footage! It even included a close-up and detailed introduction of that 1200mm caliber heavy cannon.
"Zachary won? How is that possible?" Some students still didn't believe it and asked the girl to open the duel video.
"Only five minutes? This video must be fake." A student noticed the video duration and immediately questioned it.
Normally, a starship duel between ships of the same class would take at least half an hour, and some even involved hours of intense combat. How could it possibly be just five minutes?
But the video footage that followed made all the students present shut their mouths.
Even the teacher, who had been attracted by the commotion and hadn't left the classroom, gathered around to watch the holographic screen.
From the Blizzard Zero using 100-knot star-speed to high-speed evade the laser main cannon of the T2 Bald Eagle-class Interstellar Cruiser, to the Blizzard Zero taking only five seconds to decelerate from 100-knot star-speed to a stationary starship state, and all the spectacular scenes that followed.
When the 1200mm caliber giant cannon appeared, some of the boys in the classroom were filled with excitement.
Then, seeing the giant cannon fire—a single shot directly hit and heavily damaged the T2 Bald Eagle—everyone was shocked!
"Oh my god! How could this… how could Zachary's starship have a 1200mm caliber giant cannon?" a student exclaimed.
The teacher stepped forward, swallowed hard, and said with some surprise: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the T2 Heavy 1200mm caliber cannon mounted on the T2 Devil Crocodile-class Medium Interstellar Battleship!"
Upon hearing the teacher say this, the students began to discuss it animatedly. Even at this moment, some people still suspected that the video might be fake.
It wasn't until someone pulled up the official announcement of today's starship duel results on the academy's official starship duel channel that the authenticity of the matter was confirmed.
[Starship duel number 3030062701, between Victor Hargrove and Zachary Chase, the winner is Zachary Chase]
Even class president Serena Frost was using her handheld terminal to play the video, watching it repeatedly. Her eyes filled with disbelief—he had actually won.
"Holy crap! My brother is awesome! My brother won!" Levi Warren finally snapped out of his daze, looking as excited as if he were the one who had won.
He pointed at the people in the classroom and said bluntly: "See that! This is my, Levi Warren's, brother. You were all mocking him before, wishing my brother would get lost. And what happened? My brother took him out with one shot—that so-called Victor Hargrove isn't even fit to tie my brother's shoes. You bunch of snobs, go find somewhere cool to stay."
After saying this, Levi didn't care about the ugly expressions on the class's faces and ran out directly. He wanted to find Zachary and get the full story. This guy actually won! This guy must have been hiding something from him.
After being mocked and humiliated by Levi, no one in the Class 8 classroom said a word. Even the teacher felt embarrassed, because his previous attitude had been that Zachary would undoubtedly lose, and now Levi's words felt like slaps directly to their faces.
The Blizzard Zero was docked at the North Starship Military Academy starport, in a starship berth that Zachary had booked early. Since the Blizzard Zero had basically sustained no damage to its hull during this battle, there was no need for any maintenance work.
"Alright. Mission accomplished. You are free to move around within the permitted areas of this starship." Zachary patted Vice Captain Charlotte on the shoulder.
In truth, Zachary's gaze was fixed on Charlotte's fluffy head; he wanted to pet the white tiger beast-girl to see how it felt, but that was just a thought. Charlotte's sharp tiger fangs were not just for show.
As his gaze wandered, he saw that pair of white, broken ears. It was truly heartbreaking to look at, and it affected her overall appearance.
Zachary made up his mind again that in the future, he must repair Charlotte's body. After all, Charlotte was now his vice captain, so he would consider it a crew member benefit.
"Yes." Vice Captain Charlotte replied silently.
Zachary left the Bridge and returned to his captain's bedroom.
Walking into the captain's bedroom, the space was not small, covering an area of nearly fifty square meters. It had a bedroom, a living room, a desk, and even a bathroom where one could bathe. Even though it was the layout of an old starship from decades ago, the captain's accommodations were still quite good.
Zachary had seen the crew quarters of this starship. They were somewhat similar to bedrooms in schools from his previous life, but the space was even narrower. A single dormitory contained six triple-decker folding beds, accommodating 18 people; the aisle between the beds was less than a meter wide, and 18 people shared one restroom. That smell… even after decades, Zachary still felt a lingering impression.
Even on a starship, there was a major issue of insufficient space, so they had to compress the living space of ordinary crew members as much as possible. Of course, there were single and double dormitories specifically prepared for high-ranking starship officers.
And now the situation was even more severe. After all, the dormitory area originally intended for fifty crew positions was now packed with one hundred half-orc crew members. Many half-orc crew members had to sleep on the floor.
So by comparison, Zachary's living environment was simply amazing.
"Phew." Zachary threw himself onto the big bed.
He enjoyed the comfort of the big bed for a few seconds before getting down to business.
After defeating Victor Hargrove, Zachary's previous mission system had already signaled completion, waiting for him to claim the mission rewards.
[Mission content: Issue a starship duel challenge to Victor Hargrove, and defeat Victor Hargrove in the duel.
Mission difficulty: D-rank
Mission reward: One mission point and 300 points
Failure penalty: Deduct 300 points
Mission completed, please claim the mission reward]
Zachary moved his mind.
[Mission reward claimed: 300 points and one mission point]
At this moment, these rewards appeared on Zachary's interface.
Host: Zachary Chase
Profession: Top Starship Engineer
Special attributes: Fleet Luck Bonus, Eye of Insight
Points: 400
Mission points: 1
Starship count: 1
Mission: Quarterly Mission (incomplete)
Warehouse: T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser technical blueprints
The points had changed from the original 100 to 400, and there was also one extra mission point.
"I have a mission point now. Let me see if I can redeem some good stuff from the store!" Zachary opened the system store to search for targets.