The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1176: Chapter 1176: Giving Up

”Idiot!”

Holding down Sheng Qingyan’s body, forcibly stopping the machine testing, Chu Jiaojiao cursed harshly at his head. Sheng Qingyan had no way to resist; he leaned crookedly on Chu Jiaojiao’s shoulder, his beautiful eyes misted with tears: ”Jiaojiao~”

His tone carried endless grievance.

Chu Jiaojiao scolded, ”Shut up.”

Sheng Qingyan shrank his neck and obediently lowered his head.

second later.

Sheng Qingyan was too aggrieved, his tone carried a sobbing sound: ”I didn’t want this either, it’s not like I had a choice.”

Chu Jiaojiao glared at him: ”Keep your voice down.”

Then.

Yue Qiyuan and Yue Qiguang hurriedly came up, caught Sheng Qingyan, and in front of everyone, took out a treatment instrument, forcibly strapped Sheng Qingyan onto it, fed him some water, and gave him a Candy Bean. Only then did a slight blush appear on Sheng Qingyan’s pale face.

All of this was done under everyone’s gaze, and no one spoke up. Everyone was pondering the scene that just unfolded.

Sheng Qingyan’s spiritual power test result finally stopped at 1705 meters, meaning his spiritual power threshold is 17,050! This figure is just over 2,000 less than the first-ranked Shen Sheng, and with this terrifying number, he skyrocketed to the front of the list, ranking second!

Strength: 25,000!

Spiritual Power Threshold: 17,050!

Comprehensive Ranking: Second!

Second!

That’s right! This utterly flamboyant, making people want to gouge their eyes out girly boy, is the second in the rankings!

This—

What on earth has happened to this world?

The audience felt a tinge of confusion in their hearts.

Silence.

It was very quiet.

In the midst of the flamboyant boy’s sobbing and noisy claims of wanting to go back to sleep immediately, the onlookers came to their senses. On the side of the Alliance First Military Academy, Wei Xiaoxiong, Wu Jingyue, and Li Jiu also remained silent for a long time.

After a while, Li Jiu opened his mouth and said: ”This Sheng Qingyan, his progress is impressive.”

Wu Jingyue slightly clenched her fist: ”His improvement is greater than anyone’s.”

Wei Xiaoxiong remained silent, not speaking immediately. He seemed to be lost in thought and did not return to his senses until Wu Jingyue and Li Jiu thought he wouldn’t speak again, when Wei Xiaoxiong said: ”This is Lanyue Star Military Academy’s biggest card!”

Li Jiu: ”???”

Wu Jingyue, pondering: ”The strongest one?”

Wei Xiaoxiong nodded: ”Mm.”

Li Jiu: ”But—Chu Jiaojiao is weaker than him?”

How is that possible?

Wei Xiaoxiong said: ”It’s a fact. For now, Lanyue Star Military Academy’s strongest card is Sheng Qingyan. Whether we admit it or not, accept it or not, we must recognize this fact, Sheng Qingyan is stronger than the three of us!”

Wu Jingyue and Li Jiu both were at a loss for words.

Wei Xiaoxiong continued: ”Just now, Sheng Qingyan let it slip. He actually didn’t want to expose his true strength, didn’t want to steal the limelight, and was forced by Chu Jiaojiao. The pressure doesn’t just come from Chu Jiaojiao, it also concerns the reputation of Lanyue Star Military Academy. If a prestigious school, one of the Top Ten Universities, doesn’t have a single presentable student, the outside world will lose confidence.”

”You have to know—” Wei Xiaoxiong squinted slightly, ”the annual offline inter-school competition not only affects the school’s reputation and whether it can receive more resource tilts from the Alliance’s financial center, but also concerns every year’s enrollment!!! Enrollment is crucial to the school, and I believe I don’t need to explain why, you all know it.” Even the Alliance First Military Academy has to spend a lot of time and effort each year to recruit more quality students. That’s the main reason Wei Xiaoxiong and the others engage in many small actions to showcase the school’s strength and deep background to this year’s high school graduates... to attract more talent to apply.

Wei Xiaoxiong didn’t elaborate further on the importance of this aspect. He kept his eyes on Sheng Qingyan, who was restrained and receiving treatment, and said: ”This year’s inter-school competition is also about the entry ticket...”

Wu Jingyue and Li Jiu’s eyes flickered upon hearing this.

While speaking, Wei Xiaoxiong kept his eyes on Sheng Qingyan, and none of Sheng Qingyan’s subtle changes escaped his notice. Then Wei Xiaoxiong said, ”Sheng Qingyan had exhausted his spiritual power earlier, making a desperate effort to obtain such good data. But! Doing this before the competition has a huge impact on his combat capability afterward, a negative impact. His behavior was a completely irresponsible act.”

”It’s just that—” Wei Xiaoxiong kept his eyes on Sheng Qingyan, noticing that Sheng Qingyan’s pouty lips were still pale, and said: ”He was forced to do it, with no real choice.”

”If they don’t show off a bit, Lanyue Star Military Academy would look too mediocre, and that would greatly affect this year’s enrollment for the school.” Wei Xiaoxiong finished speaking, looking at Sheng Qingyan with a hint of complexity in his eyes:

”Li Jiu, Aqing... Suffering setbacks in spiritual power is not something that can be remedied overnight. In the coming period, Sheng Qingyan is not much of a threat, because he’s already weakened and not our opponent.”

The two of them listened and found it quite reasonable.

”But you can’t be careless.”

”Be cautious.”

”Finish him with the final blow.”

...

While the three of them talked, the reactions of the other students were ignored for the moment. Ji You and the students from Lanyue Star Military Academy surrounded Sheng Qingyan, expressing concern, which made Sheng Qingyan quite impatient, puffing up his cheeks and telling them to leave.

Then.

It was Shen Changqing’s turn to take the stage.

Li Jiu, Wei Xiaoxiong, and Wu Jingyue all perked up, staring at Shen Changqing, even more unwilling to look away.

On this side, Sheng Qingyan yelled: ”Aqing, it’s your turn. Hurry up and go, I want to see what level you’re at now. If we end up being opponents in the competition, don’t let me make you cry.”

Hearing Sheng Qingyan say this, Shen Changqing’s face turned red. He furrowed his brows and said, ”I’m not going.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”???”

Everyone around was dumbfounded: ”???”

What?

Does this mean he’s giving up?

Clearly, everyone present had no hearing problems, and their sight and hearing seemed perfectly intact.

Why didn’t Shen Changqing want to take the test?

Nerves on edge, easily frightened?

No direction, wandering like a fly without a target, worrying because they can’t find a goal or direction to strive for?

Fear of losing?

Fear of shame?

Or perhaps, other reasons that can’t be explained easily?

In any case, everyone was very curious, but Shen Changqing didn’t seem inclined to explain at all. Just as everyone thought there wasn’t much to see next, suddenly, a short, thin girl jumped out from the crowd.