The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 276: Chapter 276: There’s No Shame in Scavenging

Upon receiving the news that Teacher Mu Jianling was returning soon, all the students were very happy. In the waiting process, they still carried on with their big salvaging operation, one by one, Star Beast corpses were accurately salvaged by Sheng Qingyan’s control. Then, the other students guarding the Starship disassembled the useful parts.

Time passed second by second, and as time went on, everyone also noticed that the Star Beast corpses floating in space were becoming fewer and fewer. Previously they could salvage one every minute, but it turned into just one every few minutes, and later on, they couldn’t find one even after several minutes...

What does this imply?

It implies that the battle at the front line should have come to an end.

Even someone as composed as Shen Changqing couldn’t help but let out a sigh and said in a low voice, ”I wonder how the battle at the front line went, I’m a bit worried.”

The topic was too heavy, and no one responded.

A few seconds later, Yue Qiguang said angrily, ”What’s the use of worrying if you can’t fight in the battle?” Saying that, he irritably took off his dustproof suit and sighed, ”Dad never thought that one day Dad would stoop so low as to pick up trash!”

Lou joined in, ”Picking up trash? It seems like...”

Lance looked at the Star Beast corpses in front of him, nodded and said, ”Indeed, we are really picking up trash here. If other students knew that our special training just ended up as picking up trash, I don’t know if they’d laugh at us.”

After all, isn’t salvaging Star Beast corpses just like picking up trash?

Ji You, who couldn’t stand it any longer, said, ”Is picking up trash shameful? There’s nothing shameful about earning a living with your hardworking hands. Hardworking people, regardless of the nobility or lowliness of the work, should never be ashamed! If you guys keep up this attitude, it’s definitely not good.”

”Think about it, if we didn’t salvage these materials, and the warriors didn’t have time to do so, they would just drift away into space, becoming cosmic trash. Not only would it pollute the cosmic environment, but it would also damage the environment of the Alliance. How serious is that? And us? We just moved our fingers and spent a little time to salvage them and disassemble them. What we’re doing not only reduces environmental pollution but also creates income for ourselves and contributes to the development of the Alliance. Most of these materials are urgently needed in the market, think about their uses! Think about the Mechas driven by warriors, the weapons they use... With these, perhaps one more warrior may survive or one more family may be protected.”

As Ji You’s voice fell, Yue Qiguang’s face grew redder and redder.

Ji You glanced at Yue Qiguang, ”Do you still think picking up trash is shameful?”

After speaking, she turned to look at Xuzhou, ”Little Zhouzhou, do you think picking up trash is shameful?”

Xuzhou pursed his lips and said, ”...There’s nothing shameful or not, just do what you think is right.”

Ji You immediately smiled and said, ”Look at our Little Zhouzhou, always having more and more of his own thoughts, becoming more and more independent. I’m really comforted.”

Having said that, she deliberately looked at Yue Qiguang again.

”...” Yue Qiguang opened his mouth, but after a long time, feeling slightly embarrassed and somewhat irritated, he said, ”Dad just made a casual remark, and you lectured me with a long speech...” So, that’s enough, okay?

Ji You sighed lightly and said, ”Sorry, I didn’t control my emotions well. I will not say these things again. Actually, I don’t have the right to stand here and accuse you of anything. What I said only represents my personal stance. Perhaps all of you have grown up in comfortable environments and don’t know what it’s like to be uncertain about the next meal or to be constantly hungry. If one can ensure the safety and health of oneself and family by simply putting aside pride, bending over to pick up trash, without selling one’s dignity or risking life, I believe many people would be willing to do it.”

After finishing this sentence, Ji You stopped talking.

Because—she was the one who had truly experienced the life of picking up trash, that life full of desperation but also filled with hope, constantly reminded her to seize every opportunity to work hard, to become stronger, to change...

Silence.

A soundless silence.

After a while, Yue Qiguang awkwardly admitted, ”Fine... okay... I spoke without thinking.”

Lou and Lance also hung their heads, ”We also...” were wrong.

Looking at them, Ji You chuckled and said, ”Don’t take it so seriously and solemnly, look at this pile of materials, I reckon that each of us ten people could get at least 100,000 credit points. Yue Qiguang, can your Space Button still fit anything?” Chu Jiaojiao’s Space Button was already full.

Yue Qiguang awkwardly said, ”I can only fit one-third more.”

Ji You widened her eyes and said, ”You’re actually this wealthy? Your Space Button is twice as big as Jiaojiao’s!”

Hmm.

She knew that now.

Should she continue to exploit in the future?

With his face reddening, Yue Qiguang said somewhat uncomfortably, ”Don’t always think of hitting up Dad’s Space Button. Dad just wants to store Mechas, not sundry items.”

Ji You just chuckled upon hearing this.

Lou and Lance also offered to store the materials in their own Space Buttons, but theirs were a bit smaller, and there was still one-third of the materials on site that couldn’t be packed. The only people left with Space Buttons were—

Thus, everyone looked at Sheng Qingyan, Yue Qiyuan, and Shen Changqing.

Shen Changqing said, ”I can’t fit anything else in mine because my Space Button contains a lot of other spare parts.” He had collected all the latest and most basic Mecha spare parts of the All Alliance and stored them in his Space Button, leaving no space.

Yue Qiyuan said, ”I can’t make room here either.”

Sheng Qingyan said, ”Little Cutie can’t make space here either... if I lied, then I wouldn’t be the universe’s number one Little Cutie...”

Everyone: ”...”

Since Sheng Qingyan had said something like that, surely she wasn’t lying.

Thus, all the students were troubled. Ji You thought for a moment and said, ”If it really can’t be packed, let’s request the warriors stationed here to help us transport it to the Space Station.” The reason why no one mentioned it was simply that they knew the warriors were very busy and they didn’t want to bother them.

At this moment, Teacher Mu Jianling suddenly walked in, carrying a Great Sword on her back, bringing joy to all the students instantly...

Teacher Mu Jianling’s face was tense and her lips pressed thin, showing neither joy nor anger. But since she always looked like this during classes, the students couldn’t tell what she was thinking from her face.

Ji You was the first to express her delight, ”Teacher Mu, you’re finally back.”

The others chimed in:

”Teacher!”

”Teacher!”

”Teacher!”

...

Teacher Mu Jianling glanced at her students, nodded her head and simply acknowledged, ”Hmm.”