The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Material Assessment

Five days before the final exams for the Combat Department, Ji You could finally maneuver Chasing Sun up and down, although she couldn’t perform complicated maneuvers, she could run, jump, fly, and use weapons...

Ji You was very satisfied with this.

All of this was due to the continuous use of Body Refining Medicine which constantly enhanced her physical strength, her blood vessels, bones... all improved significantly and so far, there seemed to be no side effects.

Then,

Ji You continued to coordinate with Chasing Sun and was also preparing for the graduation exam of the Material Department. Unlike the Combat Department, the Material Department’s exam required students to produce five different types of materials on-site in the examination room.

The examination was limited to one day.

Those who did not meet the standards within a day would fail the examination.

As most students in the academy took multiple disciplines, the exams for each discipline were staggered, with the Material Department’s assessments scheduled five days before the Combat Department’s.

That day, for the sake of the Material Department’s examination, Ji You specifically asked Teacher Mu Jianling for a day off.

Mu Jianling glanced at Ji You and said, ”Your combat talent is stronger than your material talent, I personally suggest you give up the Material Department and focus on combat.”

”Cough cough...”

How was she supposed to explain herself? Ji You insisted on studying material processing mainly for Xiao You, but on the other hand, Ji You also enjoyed handling materials alone, the feeling of crafting items with her own hands...

Fearing that Teacher Mu might suddenly force her to quit the Material Department, Ji You cleared her throat and said, ”I really like the discipline of material processing, and it hasn’t affected my other studies so far.”

Hearing this, Mu Jianling was noncommittal and indifferently said, ”But if you want to achieve something, it’s better to be focused.”

Ji You smiled, standing firm in her position: ”Teacher makes a good point, but I still want to balance both.”

Mu Jianling: ”Stubborn fool!”

Ji You giggled stupidly.

Mu Jianling waved his hand, scolding: ”Go! If you fail, come back early.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You complained speechlessly, ”Can’t you say something auspicious?”

What does he mean by failing?

Mu Jianling, sharp-eared, raised an eyebrow: ”Auspicious words? What do you want?”

Ji You immediately shook her head: ”No, no... I don’t want anything.”

Can you really listen to Teacher Mu’s idea of auspicious words?

Absolutely not.

Ji You ran off in a hurry. The teaching areas for the Material Department and the Combat Department were far apart, and it took about 20 minutes to reach by Floating Car. Ji You gritted her teeth and spent 5 credit points to take a Floating Car.

Upon arrival, the examination room of the Material Department was already full of students, with Professor Ye Hong sitting at the head of the room, looking down at the documents on the desk, not particularly paying attention to the students who were entering the exam room one after another.

The moment Ji You stepped into the examination room, she still attracted quite a few sideways glances, mainly because she had publicly skipped the class that day and had not entered the Material Department’s door since.

Later, the enmity and entanglement between Ji You and Xu Siyu caused quite a stir.

Moreover, Ji You, who had not attended a single material processing class, challenged publicly and swept through all the students of the first and second years, which was a harsh slap in the face for all the students in the Material Department.

...

For all the above reasons, although Ji You was not present in the Material Department, her reputation there was not weaker than others, and even subtly, there were rumors in the Material Department that Ji You was indeed the top student of the 131 cohort of the Material Department.

However...

There were still many who were discontent, because, when Ji You openly challenged the first and second year students, those who came out to accept the challenge were not particularly outstanding, which also dissatisfied some real talents in the Material Department.

...

Ji You walked into the examination room, surrounded by curious, probing, dissatisfied, and hostile gazes...

She took it all in and then brushed it aside.

She was here just for the exam, not to cause trouble; what these students thought of her didn’t matter to her.

Each student in the examination had their own workbench, randomly assigned by the system, and the materials used were also uniformly distributed by the system—the examination room had a 360-degree view with no blind spots, making any form of cheating impossible.

Ji You found her assigned spot according to the system’s prompt.

Then.

Ji You: ”...”

Her spot was right under the watchful eyes of the venerable Professor Ye Hong, less than 1 meter away.

Ji You was speechless for a while, muttering to herself, ”What a coincidence?”

Could there be some trickery involved?

Could it be that the annoying old man took a dislike to her and gave her ’special attention’?

Puzzled, Ji You took her designated seat.

At this moment, she heard the sound of a desk and chair being moved in front and Professor Ye Hong lifted his head from the desk, glancing at Ji You, but he kept his lips tight and his expression sour, as if everyone owed him money.

Ji You opened her mouth, wanting to say: ”Hello, Professor Ye...”

But before she could speak, Professor Ye glanced at Ji You and immediately lowered his head, continuing to look at the data report in his hands.

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You closed her mouth, not feeling too embarrassed inside; after all, embarrassment couldn’t be used as food, so why bother?

Thus, Ji You sat down with composure, and then seriously began to review the examination guidelines.

Professor Ye Hong lifted his head from the desk, glanced again at Ji You, who was conscientiously preparing, with a slight frown between his brows.

Time ticked away...

The examination officially started, and the assistance robots distributed the materials needed for the examination to each student’s workbench and then began the countdown—

A total of 5 materials.

Of these, 2 were taught in class about how to process, which was not difficult for students from the Material Department. The other 3 were new materials that the students had not processed before; nonetheless, if one understands one, they understand them all, and the properties of these 3 new materials were similar to 3 that appeared in the textbooks, presumably the processing methods were similar too.

Ji You, after receiving the materials, didn’t rush to start but first used tools to analyze the composition and content of all 5 materials before beginning the processing.

First, the 2 she had learned about.

The first was a piece of ore; Ji You swiftly cut off the impurities associated with the ore, which were actually companion stones. These companion stones were dull in color and not very appealing in appearance, and the material was somewhat brittle, easily crushed with a bit of force...

This?

It was clearly unsuitable for making Soul Devices.

Ji You decided to give up and confidently threw it into the recycling bin.

After finishing the first material, Ji You started processing the second one.

The second was a vial of Star Beast’s blood, which contained complex components and a large amount of Star Beast Poison Liquid that needed to be refined before use. Refining Star Beast Poison Liquid was a basic skill for every student in the Material Department, and Ji You completed it quickly.

When the clock pointed to 10 minutes, Ji You had already finished processing both materials.

Witnessing all this, Professor Ye Hong’s brows tightened once again!