The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: Such an Honest Person

Training ground.

Despite the fact that operating Mecha is very, very difficult for the current students, tantamount to breaking one’s legs and relearning how to walk, many students do not meet the standards of Physical Strength and Spiritual Power, or lack balance... After boarding a Mecha, they can’t even manage to walk, which deals a significant blow to the students. Yet—this still cannot stop the enthusiasm for training among the students, which has reached an unprecedented high. Among them, a few student representatives excel, giving all students confidence.

For example: Yue Qiguang, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, Yue Qiyuan...

Ji You piloted a Small Mecha, hopping and jumping around the entire training field like a rabbit. Small in size and quick in speed, the students who were struggling with their large Mechas did not have the capacity to pay attention to her.

In short, there were not many people who cared about this illogical Small Mecha...

When Ji You quietly approached Shen Changqing, he was training the basic movements meticulously—raising his hand, bending his waist, kicking his leg... His personality is stable and composed, devoid of any impetuousness. While most students were curiously trying out other movements, he persisted in training these simple ones. Mu Jianling, the teacher, required each movement to be completed at least 100 times, but Shen Changqing set a personal requirement of at least 200 times.

That’s right.

Double the training amount.

As a result, his progress in training was indeed behind Yue Qiyuan, Yue Qiguang, Chu Jiaojiao... But his capability in Mecha control was no weaker than theirs.

After completing all the movements in double the amount, Shen Changqing finally attempted to take the first step in piloting the Mecha.

The difficulty in Mechanical Driving, aside from the compatibility with Spiritual Power that prevents one from coordinating freely with their bodily organs, includes two other major problems to overcome: one is balance, and the other is the issue of weight burden.

Balance is easy to understand. Mechas are huge and heavy; if you can’t maintain your center of gravity, forget about racing through the interstellar in a Mecha, you can’t even stand up.

Weight burden? With Spiritual Power connected, the Mecha becomes an extension of one’s body. Imagine a person who originally weighs only 100 pounds suddenly becomes a huge fatty weighing a ton. Due to compatibility issues, the body’s organs can’t be used freely. At this moment, the sensation of forcefully driving a Mecha feels no different from carrying a 1-ton shell on your back.

The Level of a person’s Spiritual Power is restricted by various factors and is very hard to improve. But—overcoming balance and weight issues can be changed through the accumulation of time and intensity of training.

Shen Changqing was never short on patience.

Slowly.

Slowly.

Slowly.

Shen Changqing finally took the first step. As the massive mechanical foot of the Mecha was about to touch the ground, a sudden and vigorous pat on the back came from behind:

”Hey!”

Ji You greeted him warmly, slapping Shen Changqing’s shoulder heavily, and loudly said, ”Shen Changqing, so you were training here?”

Sweat beaded on Shen Changqing’s forehead in an instant. The sudden appearance of Ji You almost caused him to lose his balance, nearly making the entire Mecha tumble. However, Shen Changqing, well-trained as he was, managed to maintain the balance of the Mecha in a very short time, narrowly avoiding a fall.

A hint of regret flashed in Ji You’s eyes, and she immediately said with a smile, ”Shen Changqing, my sudden appearance didn’t disturb your training, did it?”

Shen Changqing kept silent, standing straight up as if on guard.

Ji You forced a smile and said, ”Ah ha~ I disturbed you, I’ll leave first then.”

Shen Changqing still kept silent, evidently very guarded.

Suddenly, Ji You said: ”Shen Changqing, I actually saw your training just now. Did you notice? You were too preoccupied with balance and center of gravity during your training, causing you to overlook a more important factor.”

After pointing this out, Ji You put on an appearance of being eager to share her experience with a fellow student and seriously said, ”You overlooked the role of Spiritual Power. You could be making reasonable use of your Spiritual Silk to focus on these two aspects of detail, instead of just relying on your physical strength to brute-force it.”

Hearing Ji You’s words, it was an epiphany for Shen Changqing, who realized where the reason for his struggle lied.

Yeah—

I’ve always been trying to force my B-level physical strength to keep up with the mecha, yet I’ve overlooked my own advantage—an S-level spiritual power, which I could have combined and used.

For a moment, Shen Changqing’s vigilance in his eyes lessened.

Ji You said, ”Look at me—”

She immediately demonstrated, springing towards Shen Changqing’s direction, and before Shen Changqing could become suspicious, she fiercely kicked the huge rear of Shen Changqing’s mecha—

Shen Changqing had a sharp sense of crisis, but he still took a hard kick to the butt from Ji You. His knees trembled, and just as he was about to fall, he instantly used Spiritual Silk to firmly stabilize his legs and the mecha’s center of gravity.

Ji You scratched her head, feeling a bit embarrassed, ”Ah... I’m sorry, I didn’t hold back just now. Did I hurt you with the kick?”

Shen Changqing: ”...”

Ji You said, ”Fellow student Shen Changqing, you’re really amazing, you know. Without saying much, you grasped my intention in an instant and cleverly used spiritual power. You’re really, really, really awesome.”

Not caring about anything else, she served up a rainbow fart first.

This is called—confusing the enemy.

Shen Changqing: ”???” He was a bit confused now; so Ji You really did intend to guide him sincerely. And—her method was indeed very good; had it not been for her, he might not have mastered the skill so quickly.

Ji You stole a glance at him, saying with a face full of sincerity, ”Fellow student Shen Changqing, I won’t disturb your training any further. I’m off then.”

Shen Changqing fell silent for a while, then said, ”Okay.”

Ji You immediately scrammed.

At the same time—

She felt somewhat guilty: This silly boy, he really is straightforward.

Then, Ji You bumped into Chu Jiaojiao. Chu Jiaojiao was piloting her mecha, hopping up and down. She seemed to have picked a fight with doing the splits on the mecha, doing one after another, always feeling the movements weren’t perfect.

In the face of such an obsessed beauty controller, Ji You didn’t resort to any underhanded tricks and directly said, ”Jiaojiao, can you come over for a sec?”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”Huh?”

Ji You said, ”Come here for a moment.”

Chu Jiaojiao thought about it and stopped her splits, walking toward Ji You.

Ji You beckoned with her finger, saying, ”Bring your head closer to me.”

Chu Jiaojiao found it a bit strange, but since student Ji You number 4444 actually took the initiative to find her, she was happy and almost moved to tears, ”Student Ji You, you’re finally willing to let me touch your face?”

Ji You aimed at her face and threw a punch, ”Touch what, damn it! I’ve wanted to punch you for a long time!”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”...”

Chu Jiaojiao was stupefied for a moment, touching the big face of her mecha, then suddenly said, ”Student Ji You, the way you punched me today looks really good too.”

Ji You: ”...”