The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1555: Chapter 1555: Full Assembly

Ji You and Shen Changqing slipped into Sheng Qingyan’s car, the floating car swiftly headed for the second-year mecha training room, reaching the entrance in no time.

The Combat Department’s training center, the entire building was designed to resemble a gigantic Star Beast, with its entrance being the beast’s bloodthirsty maw.

It’s just a building, yet so lifelike, as if ready to devour anyone at any moment. No matter how many times she’s seen it, Ji You still feels awe in her heart.

The three of them arrived not too early, as students were already walking into the bloodthirsty maw one after another. Ji You lifted her eyes and happened to see Xuzhou, who was hastily walking and eating breakfast at the same time, rushing through the door.

Once the floating car came to a stop, the three got off. Shen Changqing looked at that bloodthirsty maw and softly said, ”Actually, school life is very peaceful.”

Even though the training tasks are usually heavy and exhausting, every student still lives comfortably, as if walking into the mouth of a Star Beast with no sense of crisis.

And what about the mecha warriors stationed on the front line?

This fake beast’s maw doesn’t exist on the front line, but the man-eating Star Beasts do; warriors roam the edge of death every day.

Shen Changqing pressed his lips, lifted his foot, and climbed the steps.

Into the fake maw, they step without hesitation.

Into the real maw, they step without regret.

...

The difference is only a matter of time.

Shen Changqing felt as if he was starting to enjoy the life of a mecha warrior. The threat of the Star Beasts is perhaps very hard, maybe never to be solved, yet the work of eliminating Star Beasts constantly requires people. If not him, then someone else.

If I have the ability, I should take on more.

Grandfather said that in his generation, my generation, and even the next generation, the one after, none of them has the right to choose their way of life independently...

He used to mind it a lot, even to the point of distress.

But now?

It doesn’t matter anymore.

Shen Changqing thought, maybe one day, he would teach his next generation the same way and would tell them the same words.

Shen Changqing, Ji You, and Sheng Qingyan stepped into the training room, just changed into their uniforms, not yet seated when they suddenly received a message, sent in a mass broadcast by the school’s announcement center to each student.

[Attention all students, all students on campus, please gather at the North Square at 8:00 AM Alliance Standard Time today!]

Hmm?

o’clock?

It’s already 7:30, meaning there’s only 30 minutes left to assemble?

What’s the matter?

The entire training room stood up; everyone exchanged glances with the classmates nearby, all having the same question in mind: ”What’s happening?”

”I don’t know.”

”Can’t guess.”

”Could something have happened?”

”Did something go wrong on the front line again?”

”Is there an incident near Lanyue Star?”

...

The school rarely holds an all-student assembly; this time, they demand all students, from the first to fourth years, to gather in half an hour.

No one could figure out why, and every student was worried, with many immediately turning on their Light Computers, accessing the Star Network to check for nearby news, or flipping to news channels to see if something urgent had happened.

However, they found nothing.

Refusing to give up, they believed that maybe the news was delayed, causing them to find no information online, so each continued their search.

Ji You did the same, frowning deeply, unable to rest easy without specific news.

Then.

Ji You felt a light tap on her back, she turned her head to meet Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes. Chu Jiaojiao stared earnestly at Ji You’s face and said, ”Ji You, why don’t we head to the North Square now? If we go early, we can discuss with the senior students.”

Ji You had the same thought and nodded, saying, ”Let’s go.”

Then.

Both raised their hands and gave Sheng Qingyan, who had just laid down at the desk upon entering the training room, a tap: ”Let’s go!”

”Let’s go.”

Reluctantly, Sheng Qingyan stood up, frustrated: ”Can’t you guys find your own floating car? Must you hitch a ride with me?”

Sheng Qingyan knew very well why they dragged him along. He stamped his foot in annoyance, muttering, ”You stingy folks, let me tell you, you can’t save money by being stingy, the stingier you are, the poorer you get.”

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao both turned to glare at him: ”Peh! Shut up.”

The two walked ahead, while Sheng Qingyan, Shen Changqing, and Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... all followed, filling a 10-person floating car to capacity.

Then.

The floating car sped toward the North Square, the largest plaza at Lanyue Star Military Academy, capable of hosting hundreds of thousands of people at once and equipped with tightly secured bunkers underground. If necessary, utilizing the terrain inside Lanyue Star, along with the facilities beneath North Square, the entire school could rapidly transform into a small safe base.

Along the way, many students were rushing toward the North Square, all in a hurried manner, with none idling...

The surrounding floating cars zoomed past like arrows.

When Ji You and her companions arrived at the North Square, they saw a sea of people as far as the eye could see. Despite the sheer number, the plaza was surprisingly quiet—every student, guided by the plaza system, found their class location and silently formed ranks, demonstrating the discipline expected from a military academy.

Ji You and those with her quickly found the spot for the second-year Combat Department and lined up as per usual training formations.

The others followed suit one after another.

Being the shortest, Ji You usually stood at the front of the lineup; from her vantage, she could only see the heads before her, the stage beyond out of view.

But there’s no need to tiptoe to look; a giant screen erected on stage provided a clear view of every corner of it.

At the moment, the stage was empty, clearly awaiting the arrival of the school’s management.

Below.

The students stood with straight postures, nobody speaking, with the entire square plunged in silence, all waiting for the time to come and the school’s administration to step forward and announce the reason for the assembly.

second.

seconds.

seconds.

...

Time flowed silently, and as the clock ticked to eight, Principal Hong’s figure appeared on time, but with him came a black wheelchair, upon which sat an elderly man with white hair and a withered visage.