The military had plenty of reasons to make Xiao Lin's life hard, such as the fact that Xiao Lin was someone who the dean looked favorably upon, or even the fact that Xiao Lin had foiled the military's plot to kill Lilith just recently. Basically, no matter how one looked at it, the military currently had a lot of bones to pick with Xiao Lin. Even if they knew his skill meant the tests would not be an issue, they probably wanted to make it so he would not have it that easy.
Everyone else cast curious gazes over; some of them had realized the officials did not seem to have good intentions, but the other party's status meant they could not interfere as new students. A few of them who had a decent relationship could not help but feel some worry, and there were also some who just wanted to watch the show, of course.