The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 519: Chapter 519: Genetic Disease

At this moment——

Wearing a training suit, Liu Fufeng was taking a step and gasping for breath, slowly heading in Ji You’s direction. Ji You watched him, this sickly figure, afraid that she might accidentally knock into him...

So, right after narrowly avoiding Little Robot, Ji You immediately leapt in another direction.

As Liu Fufeng passed by, he bowed his head, not looking at anyone throughout.

His thin and frail figure seemed so out of place against the lively training grounds...

Beside them.

Shen Changqing, who was quickly targeted and knocked out of the team battle by the enemy, suddenly said, ”What’s the significance of his choosing our school?”

As Shen Changqing’s adversary, Yue Qiyuan, who was also targeted and forced out of the game due to his S-level spiritual power, touched his chin and said softly, ”Maybe, he just wants to change the scenery to relax?”

Shen Changqing shook his head and said, ”It’s not that simple.”

Yue Qiyuan frowned and said, ”I rather wish it was simple.” The centennial Beast Tide is approaching, and with current international affairs being constantly unstable, even interstellar pirates have been causing trouble frequently...

After all, Liu Fufeng is the abdicated Crown Prince of the Empire, with a sensitive identity. His appearance in Alliance territory, no matter how honorable the reasons he proclaims, makes people here feel uneasy.

While they were talking, Liu Fufeng almost stumbled, but each step he took was steady; it looked risky, but he didn’t actually fall.

Shen Changqing let out a sigh of wishful thinking, ”I hope that’s the case.”

Ji You dodged a fierce punch from Little Robot, then asked out loud, ”What’s up with this person? Why does he look like he’s about to kick the bucket?”

Yue Qiyuan glanced at her, and just as Ji You failed to dodge Little Robot’s blow to the face, getting hit squarely, Yue Qiyuan’s mouth curved into a smile and teased, ”Number 4444, does your face not hurt? Still in the mood to gossip, huh?”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You retorted angrily, ”What does it matter to you whether my face hurts?”

Yue Qiyuan, looking at the corner of his mouth, said, ”Ruining my mood, be careful I sue you for destroying the city’s appearance.”

Ignoring him, Ji You rubbed her sore behind and hopped about dodging, then turned to Shen Changqing and asked, ”Classmate Shen Changqing, do you know what’s going on?”

How should I put it?

Ji You asked this because she felt that this unemployed Crown Prince of the Empire, who seemed as weak and harmless as a white flower, was in fact a black-hearted lotus.

The reason?

No reason.

Two words: Intuition!

Exactly.

It’s that simple.

Ji You actually didn’t quite believe that this black lotus could really be so weak?

But——

Looking at Liu Fufeng’s weak appearance, it didn’t seem faked, and for a moment, Ji You got a bit curious.

Upon hearing Ji You’s question, Shen Changqing spoke in a low voice, ”I heard that his Physical Strength’s been weak since childhood, and for that reason, he requested to abdicate.” Indeed, for this reason, after the Emperor consented to the Crown Prince’s abdication request, although the Empire’s citizens were dissatisfied with the Emperor’s decision, they reluctantly accepted the outcome.

”Huh?” Ji You found it a bit strange: ”In this day and age, are there still illnesses that can stump current medical technology?”

Amputated hands and feet can now have cells cultured and reimplanted, which reflects advanced medical technology, but Liu Fufeng’s condition is incurable?

Yue Qiyuan said, ”I guess it’s a genetic illness.”

Ji You widened her eyes, incredulously asking, ”Is it that serious?”

Ji You knew about genetic diseases; nowadays, after generations of genetic enhancements, the average lifespan of humans could exceed 300 years, and commonly, women would be over 1.75 meters tall and men over 1.85 meters tall. Of course, Ji You, standing at 1.65 meters, is an exception and shouldn’t be used as a reference.

The benefits of genetic enhancement include significant improvements in spiritual power and physical strength...

However, even now, there are still medical and technological challenges humanity cannot overcome. For instance, genetic diseases result from problems in the body’s genetic chain. Those who suffer from these diseases have poor physical strength and spiritual power and appear sickly and frail, and they usually have a lifespan much shorter than that of a normal person... Of course, such diseases are extremely rare—out of hundreds of millions of people, there may not even be one or two.

And these diseases are incurable.

Of course, whether Liu Fufeng’s condition is such, the Empire has never officially announced. Therefore, this is just Yue Qiyuan’s speculation. Yue Qiyuan said, ”This is just my guess, please don’t spread it around.”

Ji You nodded.

At that moment—

Liu Fufeng, who had been running around half the training ground, stopped and then lifted his head to look in the direction of Ji You, Yue Qiyuan, and Shen Changqing.

The three of them had sharp spiritual power and sensed his gaze instantly.

”Uh...” Yue Qiyuan touched his nose, ”Talking about someone behind their back is not good, not good.”

After saying that, he slipped away.

Shen Changqing also stood up and said: ”I’m off.”

Ji You no longer felt like gossiping and started to focus on her training. For some reason, whenever Ji You felt her strength had increased, the next day when she battled the Little Robot, she found that its strength had increased as well.

Confused, Ji You directly asked, ”Are you cheating? I feel like you’re faster today?”

The robot, with its electronic voice, answered routinely: ”Please do not insult the dignity of a robot. Robots never cheat. My strength has increased because I have been instructed to upgrade my chip.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You retorted, ”Isn’t that the same as being ordered to cheat?”

The robot said, ”How can obeying orders be considered cheating?”

As it spoke, it threw a punch at Ji You.

”Using this move again? You really think I’m easy to bully!” Ji You tilted her head, avoiding the blow, then lifted her leg and swept it out, attacking directly at the robot’s chip—

Bang!

Right on target!

The robot almost toppled over due to Ji You’s hit, but in less than half a second, it went on the offensive again.

Ji You concentrated her energy, forcefully exhaled and said: ”Take a whiff of my carbon dioxide and die!”

The robot: ”Sorry, I do not have a sense of taste.”

Everything Ji You did was just a blind eye method; while saying that, she had already been preparing all her moves and released all her spiritual power, determined to hit her mark and disrupt the Little Robot’s chip signal waves.

second!

All that was needed was 1 second for Ji You, and she could knock this annoying robot to the ground.

Boom—

As Ji You anticipated, the Little Robot crashed to the floor.

Using the same technique, Ji You kicked the Little Robot’s butt hard and stood with her hands on her hips, laughing heartily: ”Hahaha! This is called a gentleman’s revenge, never too late, even after ten years!”

However—

Ji You’s triumph lasted only two seconds before the robot forcefully flipped her onto the ground. The robot, looking at her lying there, said emotionlessly in its electronic voice, ”Learned it. A gentleman’s revenge, never too late, even after just 1 second.”

Ji You, covering her face with her hands: ”Yingyingying... you’ve changed! You’ve become worse.”

Just as Ji You was fake crying and uncovered her eyes, she found herself looking into Liu Fufeng’s clear eyes—

Ji You: ”...”