I'm Establishing a Military Academy on a Wasteland Planet

Yan Shaonan, an elite S-rank mecha pilot from the interstellar era, transmigrates into the body of Natali, a soldier who died after being surrounded by Zerg forces due to faulty intelligence. Two years prior, she had already transmigrated once, rising from a lowly recruit on a poverty planet to captain of the Silver Eagle assault squad. However, upon regaining consciousness, she discovers she has transmigrated again, this time into the body of Mary Kemplin, a twenty-one-year-old woman with an F-rank physique and E-rank mental power. Mary was exiled by her stepmother, Aurora Terisa, to Planet 627, a barren wasteland with toxic atmosphere and no development value, as a cruel prank by her half-brother Gibson. Yan Shaonan finds herself in a crumbling temporary base station during a violent storm, suffering from a fever that would be fatal to someone with such a weak constitution. A Military Academy Construction System binds to her, revealing that her body has only two months left to live unless she completes missions to repair her physique and mental power.

The system tasks Yan Shaonan with building the strongest military academy in the interstellar region on Planet 627. With no money and no way to leave due to her fragile health, she accepts the challenge. She repairs the base’s communication array and connects to the StarNet intranet. To raise the two million starcoins required to construct the first teaching building, she enters the holographic combat arena as a bettor. Using her extensive battlefield experience, she identifies two high-odds winners: Tao Shan, a technically precise C-rank fighter who outsmarts a stronger opponent, and an anonymous masked warrior who holds back her true strength. Her successful bets provide the necessary funds, and she constructs the teaching building, which includes an intelligent secretary robot named Danni and a combat training AI named Ares. She also unlocks farmland, using a hoe made of rare mental-power-conducting material to cultivate potatoes, gradually improving her physical condition through labor.

Yan Shaonan recruits three teachers to meet the academy’s initial requirements. The first is Joel Hoya, a former lieutenant and survivor of the disastrous Wilkester Battle, who retired due to a mental power disorder and injury. Despite his instability, Yan Shaonan hires him, offering him a chance to overcome his limitations under the academy’s motto, "Create the Impossible." The second teacher is Katie, a naive Sirtman alien with SS-rank physique who was scammed out of her savings by a tour guide. Yan Shaonan exposes the scam and hires Katie, using the promise of a first-class academy to secure her loyalty. The third is Old Bert, a seventy-two-year-old veteran who lost his arm in the war and resents the Federation’s age-based retirement policies. Impressed by Yan Shaonan’s determination to turn the academy into an official institution within a year, he joins the faculty. With the staff in place, Yan Shaonan applies for official recognition from the Z39 star system government, which approves the application despite the official’s skepticism about the school’s viability on a wasteland planet.

As the academy’s infrastructure expands with dormitories and a cafeteria, Yan Shaonan continues to improve her own aptitude through farming and system rewards. She navigates the bureaucratic requirements of the Federation while managing the eccentric personalities of her staff. The story follows her efforts to establish 627 Military Academy as a legitimate institution, overcoming the lack of resources, the hostile environment, and the skepticism of the interstellar community. Her ultimate goal is to survive her current physical decline and build an academy capable of producing top-tier soldiers, thereby changing her fate and that of her students.