The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Zero-Gravity Training

After chatting with Xiao You, Ji You checked her account balance. She had just spent 4.5 million purchasing four low-level soul artifacts, and together with the one from Master Lin Feng, she had spent a total of 5.5 million solely on soul artifacts.

After paying off the student loan of 500,000 and the miscellaneous expenses from this period, Ji You now had a balance of 440,000.

44...

It was indeed an auspicious number.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Ji You’s mouth.

The feeling of money slipping through her fingers like water was really heartbreaking.

Sigh~

Next, Ji You checked her Alliance University points and found she had a total of 20,910 points. With so many points, she could easily cover her school expenses for the time being—at least she wouldn’t have to worry about eating, training, buying courses, and so on.

However—

Ji You now had a bigger goal. She needed to purchase a large number of soul artifacts and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to charge them. These items were all expensive luxuries, so Ji You had to work hard to earn more money.

So—

How was she to generate revenue for herself?

That was a problem indeed.

Of course, crafting soul artifacts was undoubtedly the quickest route and currently the only effective method available to Ji You.

However—

Ji You still couldn’t guarantee the success rate of the soul artifacts, which was really frustrating.

Setting these concerns aside, her afternoon classes were about to start. Ji You hurried to the Combat Department’s training field, and by the time she arrived, most of the students were already there, clustered together, discussing among themselves.

Then, Mu Jianling entered the training field.

Every time Ji You saw her now, she remembered how Mu Jianling had frightened her by saying there was something wrong with everything she did, and calling her the dumbest of the dumb in the bunch of idiots... The sense of grievance was overwhelming.

Mu Jianling seemed to feel Ji You’s gaze and cast a brief glance her way. Ji You, frightened, quickly shrank her neck and conceded defeat.

Mu Jianling said, ”Classmates, I’m very pleased to see your happy faces, and I hope that after the training, you will all still have smiles on your faces.”

With these words, a sense of ominous foreboding rose in many students’ hearts.

The students: ”???”

Mu Jianling continued, ”Over the past few days, after the basic training, every student in the Combat Department has got the hang of the mecha’s body, even the dumbest one. I won’t name any names. You all know in your hearts who the dumbest is.”

Who?

The students glanced at each other.

No one was convinced.

No one admitted it.

Mu Jianling said with a smile, ”Don’t be in a hurry to prove whether or not you’re dumb because the next part of our training will clearly distinguish all the dunces. Okay—let’s look forward to seeing who will win the dunce award in the new round.”

The students: ”...”

No one was particularly looking forward to it—

As Mu Jianling finished speaking, another wall of the training field was slowly opened, revealing an entrance. Pointing at it, she said, ”Now, pilot your mechas and enter through this entrance one by one.”

Looking at the pitch-black entrance, Ji You felt a bit nervous and also full of anticipation—

What exactly are we going to train for?

Beside her, Shen Changqing’s eyes showed a hint of excitement as he quietly explained to Ji You, Lou, and the others: ”It simulates a space environment. We’re going to start training our real space piloting skills.”

Mecha were mainly used for space combat.

As expected—

Shen Changqing had barely finished when Mu Jianling explained, ”To adapt to the space environment, the primary issue is to overcome weightlessness, which I believe is not unfamiliar to you all. When you train for physical fitness, it is one of the compulsory exercises.”

”To overcome weightlessness, mechas must do the same, so today’s lesson is about how to maintain balance of your piloted mecha in a weightless environment.”

”Classmates, I’m very much looking forward to your performance.”

Despite the fact that Mu Jianling spoke with a hint of schadenfreude, all the students still felt very excited and anticipatory about driving their mechas into the space environment. At the same time, no one felt they were the dunce.

Stupid bunch?

Of course, that refers to others, not oneself.

That’s what Ji You thought too.

Then—

She got a resounding slap in the face by reality.

The entire space simulation training field was so vast that it could easily accommodate thousands of mechas moving freely. The moment Ji You entered, she couldn’t even stand steadily and fell on her butt; her falling posture was extremely awkward. Feeling embarrassed, she then noticed that Shen Changqing, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiyuan, Yue Qiguang... had all fallen over too. In an instant, Ji You felt a sense of balance in her heart.

Then—

Mu Jianling’s voice faintly rose: ”Hmm... the way you all fell, you look just like fools. Good, now, whoever can stand up first and walk slowly to the other side while maintaining balance along this straight line, their training for today will be considered complete.”

Everyone followed where she pointed, and their hearts sank immediately:

This path was unreasonably long—

And moreover, it was just like walking a tightrope for miles.

The students, many of whom had just gotten familiar with piloting a mecha, could only perform simple actions such as lifting a foot, stepping over, or kicking. Students with higher talent could now proficiently run or jump with their mechas, which was already the limit. Beyond that, any additional or more advanced techniques didn’t exist for them.

Thus—

The current scene was indeed very embarrassing.

After Mu Jianling’s voice faded, for a long while, none of the students lying on the ground could truly stand up.

A moment passed.

Mu Jianling, with a hint of mockery in her voice, said: ”Very good, it looks like you’re going to lie there until the class is over.”

Frustration.

Utter frustration.

Listening to the teacher’s mockery, every student felt stifled, but standing up was just too hard, so hard that even those who barely managed to get on their feet drifted far away in an instant. Some didn’t even know which corner they had floated to and hadn’t crawled back to the starting point yet.

In short, those who weren’t confident didn’t dare to act rashly. Otherwise, if they didn’t stand up and walk steadily, they might drift off to some corner and wouldn’t know how to make it back to the starting point. Then, they’d have nowhere to cry...

minute.

minutes.

minutes.

...

Mu Jianling waited and, realizing that no student had managed to stand up successfully, decided not to waste her own time. She sat down on the side, turned on her Light Computer, and started watching a TV show. What’s key was that she wasn’t just watching some melodramatic series; she even turned the volume up to the max.

Then—

The entire training field was filled with various unreasonable sounds that deserved to be censored.

First, was the hysterical roar of the female supporting character: ”Speak! Today you have to make a choice! Do you want this woman, or me?”

”Feifan, go back with elder sister. She has truly done a lot for you, don’t keep disappointing her. As for me? The sweet memories of being with you in the time that remains in my life will be enough.” The weak, soft voice of the female protagonist almost brought listeners to tears and viewers to grief...

The female supporting character cursed in agitation: ”You wicked woman, get out, I don’t need your pretense here!”

The male protagonist looked over and lost the last of his tolerance, immediately sheltering the female protagonist in his arms. It was self-evident whom he chose.

The female supporting character incredulously said: ”For you, I abandoned my family, betrayed my friends, gave up everything, and this is how you treat me?”

”Mo Feifan! You’re just scum!”

”Mo Feifan, you this...”

”Enough!” The male protagonist shouted angrily, looking at the female supporting character with a face full of disappointment and said: ”Look at yourself now, you resemble a crazy woman to the utmost degree, where is there even a trace of your former self? How did you become like this, truly, I am very disappointed in you—”

...

This wave of melodrama made Ji You’s ears almost grow calluses, and it was more than enough to make her blood boil.

Then—

Mu Jianling, in the tone of the male protagonist, looked at her foolish students and said faintly: ”Truly, I am very disappointed in you all, very disappointed...”