Mao Yonggui and the other two quickly fell asleep, their breathing deep and slightly snoring.
They were very tired.
But Xia Chujian couldn't sleep.
Her biggest worry now was Seven Lù.
Xia Chujian recalled her encounter with Meng Guanghui on that mineral-rich Miniature Planet, wondering if there were any loopholes that could be discovered.
She thought, Meng Guanghui must firmly believe that the pilot of that Phoenix Mecha was a Mechanical Intelligence from the future.
And when Huo Yushen met with Meng Guanghui in that East Tianyuan City-State, Meng Guanghui would definitely tell him about it.
But would Huo Yushen believe it? And Su Buyan, if he knew that this Mechanical Intelligence from five hundred years later was the masterpiece of his descendants, would he believe it?
What if they wanted to examine her Shao Siming Mecha again? With Seven Lù around, she didn't have to worry about them finding out the special features of the Shao Siming Mecha.
But was Seven Lù really that trustworthy?
Should she confess the existence of Seven Lù to Huo Yushen and Su Buyan?
Where did its awesome database come from? Why did the Mechanical Intelligence of the Shao Siming Mecha suddenly upgrade?
Also, the Mental Strength Spores of the Mother of Forrest she encountered should have come from this base.
Who in this base could have such heaven-defying things?
Besides the Mental Strength Spores that had already been used, did the other party have any left? If this possibility could not be ruled out, how could she protect herself? Xia Chujian tossed and turned all night, her head aching, but she couldn't come up with a solution.
The next day, as early as four o'clock, she simply stopped "pancaking" on the bed, got up directly, and went to the Cafeteria to buy breakfast.
She went early, and the Cafeteria had just opened, and all kinds of breakfast were just being brought out.
The breakfast at this Flying Base was all porridge and drinks prepared with Advanced Nutrient Solution.
The nutritional value exceeded the standard requirements, but the taste was like opening a blind box, some were good, and some were really indescribable.
Xia Chujian had something on her mind, so she didn't choose carefully, hurriedly bought four breakfasts, and was about to return to her dormitory.
As a result, she ran into the Noble Ladies' group of four from the female dormitory at the entrance of the Cafeteria.
The leaders were Ji Nabi and Lü Luyu.
Lü Luyu's wrist seemed to be healed, and she was no longer wearing a bandage.
She was still that quirky little bean, jumping around beside the elegant and proud Ji Nabi.
Seeing Xia Chujian carrying four breakfasts, Lü Luyu smiled sweetly at her and said, "Congratulations, Sister Xia! You got a perfect score! We only got zero! Wuwuwu... I'm so sad..."
She rubbed her eyes with her hands, pretending to be sad and tearful, but her delicate little face was full of smiles, not at all sad.
Xia Chujian didn't even glance at them, and walked straight past them.
At this moment, Ji Nabi suddenly stopped her and said, "Second Lieutenant Xia, do you know where Jiang Yongbai went?"
Xia Chujian's heart moved, but she continued to walk out without stopping, saying, "I don't know, the emerging Wormhole can teleport to anywhere."
"If you know, you might as well tell the Instructors, so they can pick him up."
Ji Nabi looked ethereal, but her temper was really explosive.
She immediately said angrily, "How would I know where he went?! Shouldn't you know?!"
Xia Chujian stopped and slowly turned around.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't even know that I know, how does Noble Lady Ji know that I know?"
"Could it be that you have contact with him in the Asteroid Belt? Are you trying to harm me?!"
As Xia Chujian spoke, she quickly walked to Ji Nabi's side.
She looked even more angry than Ji Nabi, staring at her eyes, making an angry look, and said, "Tell me quickly! How are you trying to harm me again?!"
"Did Jiang Yongbai suddenly break through and develop an Ability again? Just like this injured person!"
Xia Chujian stabbed at Lü Luyu, who was watching the excitement with a smile.
Lü Luyu also exploded immediately.
The words "injured and disabled" were now her Dragon's Scale.
Her hands had been pierced by Xia Chujian's bullets, and her bones, joints, and tendons had been severely damaged.
Although they had been repaired with a first-class Medical Cabin, as expected, the flexibility of her hands could not be restored to their previous state.
This kind of flexibility would not affect ordinary people at all.
But for Gene Evolvers who needed to hold a gun at any time and might even engage in hand-to-hand combat, the impact was significant.
Even operating a Mecha had a slight delay.
Even a ten-thousandth of a second delay was the distance between life and death on the Starry Sky Battlefield.
Therefore, Lü Luyu was already planning to replace her hands with mechanical hands connected to a brain-machine chip.
But when Xia Chujian said this, she felt as if she had been skinned and displayed naked in public. The psychological pressure of that twisted anger was truly extraordinary.
Her eyes instantly turned red, and she involuntarily activated her "Slaughter" Ability.
Xia Chujian noticed the electric shock from the Smart Bracelet on her wrist and quickly cried out, "Lü Luyu! You're using your Mental Strength on me again!"
With that, she stomped her foot and quickly ran away with four breakfasts.
In the eyes of the Noble Ladies, it looked like she was fleeing in panic.
They all laughed.
Only then did Lü Luyu feel better. She retracted her Ability and turned to give Ji Nabi a sweet smile.
She regretted that she couldn't directly kill Xia Chujian.
Ji Nabi was a little flustered by Xia Chujian's words just now. Thanks to Lü Luyu's sudden intervention, she regained her composure and secretly warned herself not to provoke Xia Chujian, that madwoman, again…
In the following weeks, Xia Chujian found that these Noble students really seemed to have quieted down.
They no longer targeted her or any other pilot from a commoner background.
Even Lin Xiaoxiao, who was once a thorn in Ji Nabi's side, was now ignored.
Everyone spent three weeks of study in a tense and silent atmosphere.
Xia Chujian's military merits came through.
She was promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant.
According to Kang Shanxing, not only her salary but also her benefits had been raised a level.
However, she still owed the Special Security Bureau a large sum of medical expenses, so no salary was credited to her account for the time being.
But Xia Chujian was not in a hurry.
She planned to find Kang Shanxing and receive a mining mission after the training here was over.
She vowed to earn back all the medical expenses at once.
During these three weeks, they had two more assessments at the Flying Base.
Including theoretical and operational assessments of the Starry Sky Fighter.
Pei Zijing regarded their operation of flying across the Asteroid Belt as a practical assessment because they encountered the Star Pirates organization Bodhi Leaf.
Only Xia Chujian's dormitory got full marks for this item, while everyone else got zero.
But in the following theoretical assessment, Xia Chujian dropped the ball.
Lin Xiaoxiao was first again, and Xia Chujian was ranked outside the top fifty.
But because she had the full score in the practical assessment to support her, after the remaining two assessments, her total score was still ranked fifth.
The top three were Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi.
They were at the top entirely because of their full marks in the practical assessment.
As long as they didn't drop the ball in the theoretical and operational assessments, the top three were guaranteed.
But the fourth place was not Xia Chujian, but Lin Xiaoxiao, who had a zero score in the practical assessment!
Because her theoretical exam was so impressive, and she even got extra points, she squeezed Xia Chujian from fourth place to fifth place by a single point.
Xia Chujian didn't really care.
She just needed to be in the top twenty so she could participate in the Flying Base's Special Military Operation.
Lin Xiaoxiao was particularly embarrassed and secretly came to Xia Chujian's dormitory to give her a copy of her notes.
Xia Chujian didn't want it at first, but after looking through it for a while, she found that Lin Xiaoxiao's notes were very well done.
Not only were they concise, but they were also full of illustrations, making them especially suitable for Xia Chujian's "slacker" learning method.
She smiled and accepted them, but she didn't take Lin Xiaoxiao's notes for nothing.
She bought her a big meal and treated her to a feast in the Cafeteria's private room.
Xia Chujian had noticed that Lin Xiaoxiao usually ate very frugally.
Most of the time, she relied on Advanced Nutrient Solution to survive.
It wasn't bad, but she wasn't willing to eat properly in the Flying Base's free Cafeteria, which Xia Chujian didn't quite understand.
Lin Xiaoxiao was embarrassed to eat at first, but the stir-fries, rice, and porridge that Xia Chujian bought from the Cafeteria's special kitchen looked too delicious.
She couldn't resist and ate everything clean, even polishing off the plates.
Xia Chujian was also surprised and said with a smile, "Lin Xiaoxiao, I didn't expect you to be so small, but you have a good appetite."
Lin Xiaoxiao's face turned red all at once.
She said in a low voice, "First Lieutenant Xia, thank you for treating me to a meal. This is the best meal I've had in the Flying Base in six weeks."
Lin Xiaoxiao used to call Xia Chujian Sister Xia, even though she was older than Xia Chujian.
It was okay to do so at that time because Xia Chujian and she were of the same rank, both Second Lieutenants.
But now, Xia Chujian was already a First Lieutenant, and among all the elite pilots, she was considered to be in the upper echelons.
So she had to call her First Lieutenant Xia to show her respect.
Seeing that she brought it up herself, Xia Chujian asked curiously, "... Lin Xiaoxiao, actually, apart from the special kitchen, the other meals in the Cafeteria are paid for by the Flying Base, and they're free for us. Why don't you eat them?"
Lin Xiaoxiao lowered her head and said softly, "... Actually, we don't have to eat the quota issued by the Flying Base... If we don't eat, we can exchange it for Allowance..."
Xia Chujian: "..."
What the heck was Allowance?
She didn't dare to ask, for fear of exposing herself.
She just nodded as if she didn't care and said, "So that's how it is, but you should also take care of your health. We pilots, if our bodies aren't good, it will greatly affect our performance."
Seeing that Xia Chujian didn't look down on her at all, Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't so awkward anymore.
She said in a low voice, "I have a large family. My parents are both... servants, and I have older brothers and sisters and younger siblings."
"There are five children in my family, and only I joined the army."
"When I was a child at home, they all gave in to me, and they saved all the good things for me to eat."
"Now that I have the ability, I always want to save more Allowance and bring it back to buy them things to eat."
Xia Chujian said without batting an eye, "Yes, when I was a child, my family was poor, and I couldn't even get enough Low-Level Nutrient Solution. I even begged outside."
This is the second update today, including the bonus update for 1500 Moon Tickets in July.
The third update will be at 1 p.m.
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