The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Someone Who’s Been Through It

Ji You had just asked this question when Lu Zhen was momentarily stunned, then he suddenly laughed and said, ”Young student, your question is somewhat unexpected.”

Ji You, slightly embarrassed, said, ”Captain Lu, is my question... inconvenient to answer?”

If it concerned a secret, she wouldn’t have pursued the matter further.

Lu Zhen shook his head and said in a gentle tone, ”That’s not it... It’s just, I didn’t expect your observation to be so sharp. People who haven’t trained in spiritual power rarely know that the Spiritual World can be temporarily closed.”

Ji You widened her eyes: ”Captain Lu, is the state where people cannot detect spiritual power really a closure? I asked because I couldn’t find an adjective for it.”

Lu Zhen smiled and explained, ”To describe this state, words like closure, blockade, or shielding are all applicable and correct.” He paused slightly and looked at Ji You with a gentle and friendly face: ”Also—you can call me Senior Lu Zhen. I graduated from the Lanyue Star Military Academy Combat Department in the same class as Captain Yang Bin.”

Ji You gasped, then quickly corrected herself: ”So you’re Senior Lu Zhen! The school has indeed produced many talents! In the future, I want to be as excellent as you all!”

After hearing this, Lu Zhen encouraged her: ”Keep it up!”

Now that it was her school senior, Ji You felt much closer to him and immediately asked further, ”Senior Lu Zhen, about the temporary shielding of the Spiritual World you mentioned earlier—how exactly is it done?”

The reason Ji You had this doubt was that in her usual interactions with students, whether it was those with a Spiritual Level of S like Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan, or those with levels B like Xuzhou and Yue Qiguang, or level A like Zhang Ye, as long as Ji You came close to about 1 meter from them (and sometimes it didn’t even need to be 1 meter, just within 3 to 5 meters), she could feel their spiritual power threshold actively fluctuating. Those with level S had higher activity levels, while level A and B were less active...

But with individuals like Teacher Mu Jianling, Principal Hong, Dr. Luo... no matter how close Ji You got, she could not sense any activity in their spiritual power and didn’t even feel that their spiritual power was very strong when interacting with those teachers. However, as soon as they used their spiritual power, just the sheer pressure of it was enough to make the students tremble in fear...

Before, Ji You didn’t know the reason behind these two different statuses, but when she had a comparison contest with Senior Yang Bin, she specifically observed his spiritual power activity and realized she couldn’t sense it at all, as if a barrier had separated them...

Senior Yang Bin doesn’t have spiritual power?

Impossible!

Therefore, there was only one guess—his Spiritual World was temporarily blocked or closed.

Similarly, people like Teacher Mu Jianling, Principal Hong must surely know methods to block or shield their Spiritual World.

The more Ji You thought about this speculation, the more excited she became.

What does this represent?

If she could also do it, she could avoid spiritual interference!

Imagine, during her matches in the Star Network against ’Dominate the Universe’ and challenging Yu Yi, she always unexpectedly targeted their spiritual weak points to turn the tide in battle, relishing the sweetness of this attack method. However, if the roles were reversed and Ji You herself was subjected to relentless spiritual attacks by others, that situation wouldn’t be pleasant.

So! Since she knew there was a way to avoid it, she was definitely going to dig deeper and learn this clever trick.

Hehe...

Just thinking about it—she understood both spiritual attacks and spiritual defenses, so—

Murder?

Smuggling?

She could literally kill two birds with one stone without any delay.

Gleeful.

She must learn!

After Ji You asked her question, her facial expression suddenly changed from shock to something bizarre, and if one looked closely, a strange smile was hanging on her lips, as if she was harboring some sneaky ideas, leaving Lu Zhen a bit puzzled: Was she thinking about something wonderful?

Did she find money?

Lu Zhen didn’t have time to ponder this question, he seriously responded, ”This issue actually relates to the Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate. By the way... Ji You, you’ve learned about the Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate, haven’t you?”

Ji You straightened her face and quickly said, ”I know that our spiritual power is currently roughly categorized based on the size and strength of the spiritual power threshold. However, in reality, the strength of our spiritual power primarily depends on the cleaning rate of the Spiritual Silk in our Spiritual World. Some people, although their Level of spiritual threshold is lower, have already cleaned up a great portion of the chaotic spiritual silk in their heads, and their strength may even surpass those who have higher Spirit Levels.”

For example, Sheng Qingyan, a Double A, was a classic case. Ji You had heard from Shen Changqing that if Sheng Qingyan really got serious, his strength was even above that of S-level Physique Gifted like Lou and Lance. Why?

It must be because Sheng Qingyan’s physique is strong and his spiritual silk cleaning rate isn’t low either, otherwise, how could he be stronger than others at S-level?

Lu Zhen was somewhat surprised and said, ”You already know that, good. Indeed, so to temporarily shield the Spiritual World, one must have a Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate of over 40%.”

Ji You gawked, ”That high?”

Lu Zhen smiled, ”Yes. Thus, shielding the Spiritual World is not easy. Not only does the cleaning rate need to be over 40%, but one also needs to learn the technique to control and temporarily shield one’s Spiritual World. Those with slightly lesser strength might only be able to shield it for a short duration, whereas those with high cleaning rates and strong strength can even shield it for a very long time, like me and Captain Yang Bin, we can only keep it up for about 30 minutes.”

minutes?

That was already pretty impressive.

Then, Ji You suddenly thought of Teacher Mu Jianling, this monster, when she taught classes daily, Ji You basically couldn’t sense any spiritual fluctuations, so—was her own teacher’s strength even more terrifying than Senior Yang Bin, and Senior Lu Zhen?

For some reason, thinking this made Ji You inexplicably feel a chill down her spine. When she turned around, she found Teacher Mu Jianling staring at her with profound eyes...

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You hurriedly said, ”Teacher... you... you’re listening too?”

Mu Jianling hummed, ”I didn’t listen, I’m not interested in the doubts and solutions among elementary students.”

Ji You: ”...”

Lu Zhen: ”...”

After that, Mu Jianling lowered her head and continued to watch melodramatic TV series on her Light Computer, thankfully knowing that it was inappropriate to use the speaker this time.

This scene made Ji You feel slightly awkward, but trying to salvage some dignity, she said to Senior Lu Zhen, ”Our teacher... always speaks in this humorous and witty way, you have to understand the opposite of what she says.”

Lu Zhen wholeheartedly agreed, smilingly said, ”Indeed, we understand; after all, we’ve been through it too.”