The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Taoyuan Space Station

The 15-day intensive training involved the spaceship traveling at an extremely fast speed, crossing one jump point after another and navigating through space for a full three days. Just as the over one hundred students at their youthful and restless ages were getting antsy, Teacher Mu Jianling’s spaceship began to descend slowly.

The group looked out into outer space and their jaws dropped in surprise:

”Wow!”

”This is the famous Taoyuan Space Station of the Sixth Star System!”

”Wow! Isn’t the Taoyuan Space Station near the Erathia Triangular Zone? Have we come to the front lines? Oh my~ Am I dreaming?”

”The Taoyuan Space Station is the largest space station in the Sixth Star System, 10 light-years from the Erathia Triangular Zone. It’s not the closest; to be precise, this isn’t the front line, but rather the most important logistics hub behind the front lines.”

”Right, the explanation above is correct.”

”Ahhhh!!! I’m so excited! This is the place I’ve been dreaming of!”

Taoyuan Space Station, bearing countless glories and histories, has seen numerous soldiers setting off to battle, and numerous warriors have emerged from here while many others have been laid to rest...

In short—

For warriors, this is an exceedingly sacred place.

Listening to the explanations from the people around, Ji You also understood the specifics: their training destination this time was actually the Taoyuan Space Station; even someone as uninformed as Ji You had heard of it.

The spaceship continued to approach Taoyuan Space Station, which from a distance looked like a gigantic world made of steel alloy structures. Above the space station loomed a huge artificial atmosphere. Above the atmosphere, there was a man-made mini-sun...

Faintly, patches of green could be seen on top of the station. It is said that the station had developed a recyclable ecological breeding space, housing several small animals and planting lots of fruits and vegetables...

Upon seeing this, it truly lived up to its reputation.

Even before the spaceship approached the dock, someone inside Taoyuan Space Station was already confirming details with Teacher Mu Jianling and after verification, swiftly arranged a team to receive the students and teachers from Lanyue Star.

The Legion was highly efficient and arrived very quickly.

Teacher Mu Jianling said loudly: ”No loud noises, everyone prepare to disembark from the spaceship.”

The students, well-trained, seemed as quiet as chicks on the surface but were as excited as dogs inside, calmly and orderly walked down from the spaceship. Ji You was near the back of the pack, the second to last to disembark.

Behind her were Xuzhou and Teacher Mu Jianling.

When the young warrior tasked with receiving the students saw Ji You, he paused slightly. Ji You, curious, was staring outside and didn’t notice the warrior’s strange expression. As she was about to jump down—the last step being a bit high for her small legs—suddenly—

A pair of sturdy arms flew towards her, and in an instant, lifted Ji You.

Ji You: ”!!!”

The young warrior, as if lifting a little chick, easily picked up Ji You from the spaceship, then patted her shoulder with a pair of iron palms and gestured at her height with his hands, saying with a laugh: ”Kid, are you grown up yet?”

Ji You: ”...”

Discrimination!

This is naked discrimination!

Just as Ji You was about to defend her dignity and argue with this warrior, who apparently had problems with his eyes and serious height discrimination, Xuzhou followed closely and jumped down from the spaceship.

The receiving warrior glanced at the tall and rugged Xuzhou and muttered to himself: ”Now, this is a normal seedling.”

Ji You: ”...”

Humiliation!

She couldn’t swallow this insult.

Right then, Teacher Mu Jianling, with hands clasped behind his back, leisurely walked down from the spaceship.

As soon as the greeting warrior saw Mu Jianling, his expression immediately changed. Both his tone and demeanor became much more respectful as he formally said, ”Teacher Mu! I heard you were personally bringing the juniors here for training, and I couldn’t believe it at first, but here you are, for real.”

Mu Jianling saw him and rare smile appeared on his face as he replied, ”Yang Bin, I heard you’ve been promoted to squad leader. That’s pretty good.”

Yang Bin laughed heartily and said, ”All thanks to your excellent instruction.”

Mu Jianling replied, ”I’ve brought these disobedient students here, so I’m sorry for troubling you. Just do your own thing and don’t mind us too much. I’ll take good care of these students myself.”

Yang Bin replied, ”Understood.”

The two of them exchanged pleasantries and Ji You immediately realized that this impolite, tall warrior was actually a senior from her own school!

Inhuman.

To bully such an adorable junior like herself.

She was puffing up with indignation when she suddenly heard Yang Bin’s tone change as he pointed at Ji You with utter confusion and asked Teacher Mu Jianling, ”Teacher, are you sure this kid is of age? She’s... so tiny...”

Ji You: ”...”

Following his direction, Mu Jianling glanced at Ji You and reassured, ”Don’t worry, she’s of age. It’s just that her mind and body growth haven’t quite caught up, but it’s no big deal.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You took a deep breath and loudly protested, ”Teacher! Senior! I strongly condemn you both! You have not only insulted my height but also my character! I demand an apology!”

Upon hearing this, Yang Bin burst into laughter and said, ”Although naturally undergrown, she has guts—I like this kind of kid.” After all, it’s rare to see a first-year saying something like this in front of Teacher Mu Jianling. It couldn’t just be described as ’bravery’.

Thinking more about it, when their batch was ’earning a living’ under Teacher Mu Jianling, how could they have even dared to make a peep? Let alone directly criticize Teacher Mu?

Ji You pouted: ”... I’m not a kid!”

She was an adult!

She was a boss!

—A future boss is still a boss.

Don’t future bosses deserve some respect?

Meanwhile, Teacher Mu Jianling and Yang Bin continued chattings, completely ignoring Ji You’s rampage. Xuzhou, seeing Ji You utterly dejected, kindly tried to console her, saying, ”I suggest you stop talking. See, they’re not even paying attention to you.”

Ji You: ”...”

She couldn’t believe it and asked, ”Little Zhouzhou, are you twisting the knife here? Isn’t it hurting me enough?”

Xuzhou: ”...”

Xuzhou felt that what he intended as consolation came out somewhat strange. He tried to excuse himself, ”I didn’t mean it that way, but you really are short—that’s a fact.” Even Senior Yang Bin’s suspicion was only natural. After all, Xuzhou himself had doubted the same thing when he first saw Ji You: Is this girl really an adult?

But he kept these thoughts to himself, afraid that Ji You would misinterpret them even further.

But!!!

Then he heard Ji You say gloomily, ”Confirmed! You’re just trying to hurt me!”

Xuzhou: ”...”

No!

I’m not.

I didn’t.

I...