"Not bad. Truly a student personally invited by the admissions officer," Dexter said approvingly as he glanced at Bailey, then clapped his hands. "Alright, the test is over. I imagine everyone must be hungry by now. Next, I'll take you all to the dining hall."

Passing through the corridor inlaid with colored glazed tiles, everyone exclaimed in awe the moment they stepped into the dining hall—the twenty-meter-high dome was painted with star trail charts, thousands of crystal chandeliers hung ...