One hour had passed, and the students had yet to receive any message from Teacher Mu Jianling. Everyone had initially put on a façade of calm, but now they were all growing a bit impatient. However, Shen Changqing, as the team captain, was single-mindedly focused on repairing Yue Qiguang’s damaged mecha. Sheng Qingyan, the deputy captain, had moved a small stool to sit beside the starship’s window, seemingly lost in thought or feigning profundity while gazing at the starry sky outside.
What about the others?
Yue Qiguang, Lou, and Lance, having nothing to do, simply sprawled across the table, sleeping carefreely.
Those who were fond of studying, such as Yue Qiyuan and Ji You, were sitting upright, flipping through study materials and writing vigorously about something.
Xuzhou, Jiang Fang, and a few other students had chosen a more spacious area to train their physical strength and combat skills...
What about Chu Jiaojiao?
Chu Jiaojiao, finding it boring, pulled up a stool next to Sheng Qingyan and sat down together, both fixating on the starry sky outside.
The rest of the warriors on the starship were busy with their own affairs, with no tasks assigned to the students. As long as the students behaved and stayed put, it was of great help to these warriors.
About 30 minutes later, Ji You put down her pen because she had finally caught up with the Material Department classes she had fallen behind in. As for homework? With no materials on hand currently, it was impossible to do, and would have to wait until she returned to school. The question was – would Professor Ye Hong deduct her academic points for this?
That cranky old man was quite tricky, and it was perfectly possible that he might.
As Ji You was looking up, she suddenly caught sight of Sheng Qingyan and Chu Jiaojiao, both seated on a small stool, looking up at the starry sky in silence, just staring outside without a blink. After some thought, Ji You walked over and also glanced out the window.
That glance was alarming.
Ji You’s mouth gaped open as she pointed outside and asked, "Look, what is that?"
Chu Jiaojiao came to her senses, "What?"
Sheng Qingyan also gave Ji You a stern look, "What are you making a fuss for?"
Ji You pointed outside and said, "What are you both doing? Staring out the window all this time, I thought you were really focused. Turns out you were just daydreaming. Look, doesn’t that look like a Star Beast?"
To avoid drawing the attention of Star Beasts, the supply starship had shut down its external lighting system; it floated silently in the pitch-black space, seemingly blending completely into the darkness, making it impossible to tell that such a massive object was lurking here.
Therefore, the starry sky outside the window was very dark, and it was impossible to see clearly what was out there. But in the direction Ji You was pointing, something indeed was floating.
The expressions of Sheng Qingyan and Chu Jiaojiao changed instantly, both stood up to look out. Within a moment, Sheng Qingyan frowned and said, "I’m going to find the stationed captain to request surveillance within a 100-kilometer radius."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Ji You scratched her head, feeling a bit exasperated, "He is always , so abrupt and... oh... it just feels weird..."
Chu Jiaojiao also scratched her head and said, "I feel the same, it’s sort of spooky..."
The commotion here had drawn the attention of the other students. Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan set aside what they were doing and came over to look out the window. After a while, Shen Changqing said, "It’s staying completely still; I suspect it’s a corpse of a Star Beast."
His suspicion was well-founded.
Star Beasts capable of resisting the various radiations of space and surviving must be Level 4 or higher. These space-traversing Star Beasts do not meander aimlessly in space. When they leave their home planets to enter space, their primary goal is to find a new foothold. Therefore, they do not linger in space for long. Moreover, the lower the level of the Star Beast, the less capable it is of remaining in space for extended periods, making them more desperate to find new planets...
Thus, this Star Beast, showing no movement and floating motionlessly for so long, is either dead or – it’s a High-level Star Beast.
The first type, students need not pay any attention to it, just treat it as space debris and let it die out on its own.
If it’s the second type...
Shen Changqing didn’t dare to think about it.
Soon, Sheng Qingyan, who had acquired the authorization, returned. His handsome face had fair and delicate skin, and his beautiful, thin lips were tightly pursed. His expression did not seem very happy, but still, he came over with furrowed brows.
Shen Changqing asked, "Did you get it?"
"Yep." Sheng Qingyan lowered his gaze without another word, began to tinker with something resembling a box, and quickly disassembled several parts, installing them into a recess on the starship.
Then, the surrounding light dimmed for an instant before turning bright again. A very clear picture appeared before everyone’s eyes; the perspective was from outside the starship, in space. They saw that the motionless Star Beast’s head had been pierced through, its stomach also torn open. Clearly, it was dead beyond doubt.
Among the students, many of them breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It really is dead. That almost scared me."
Shen Changqing didn’t say this. Instead, he looked at Sheng Qingyan and said, "Ayan, shift the view to other places. Check everywhere within a radius of 100 kilometers."
Sheng Qingyan did as he was told.
Then, everyone saw that around the starship, it wasn’t just one Star Beast corpse floating, there were seven or eight more Star Beast corpses...
Which meant, was the battle front so fierce that these shattered corpses had drifted close to the Space Station base?
What exactly had happened at the front lines?
Everyone’s hearts grew heavier.
No one spoke again, Sheng Qingyan continued to operate proficiently, surveilling the situation within 100 kilometers, while the students followed along, watching intently.
Ji You couldn’t help but say, "What’s Little Cutie’s background, eh? Why is he so familiar with starships, and why is his operation so proficient, eh...?" As if he had piloted a starship before, understood everything about a starship, and had done it thousands of times so that it was ingrained in his bones...
Aside from Shen Changqing and Chu Jiaojiao, who were very familiar and understood Sheng Qingyan well, Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan knew slightly less, the others really did not know what Sheng Qingyan was all about, they did not understand.
Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan kept quiet.
Shen Changqing, focusing on the surveillance feed, also didn’t speak.
Chu Jiaojiao thought for a while, then whispered to Ji You, "His family is the Alliance’s largest and most powerful starship manufacturer, you know. His grandfather is the All Alliance’s top Mechanical Manufacturer, specializing in starship manufacturing, you know. His dad, his mom, his brother, his sister... they are all experts in this field, you know. They are all super impressive and admirable people, you know..."
Ji You, with widened eyes: "That’s... that’s a lie, right?"
Chu Jiaojiao whispered, "Why would I lie to you, huh?"
Ji You followed in a whisper, "So that means... his family is rich, huh?"
Chu Jiaojiao lowered her voice even more: "Yep, huh!"
These two, heads close together and intentionally lowering their voices to talk, made it seem like they were some sort of undercover party, the key being that everyone heard what they were saying, which was awkward.
Sheng Qingyan, unable to endure any longer: "Shut up, huh!"