Chapter 16 Sun You's Defection
In the five-fold intensive training room, Zhou Jiu clenched his fist and attacked the robot in front of him again and again.
She regretted it. She shouldn't have said that her strength surpassed Baird's. She was so tired. This was simply inhuman. To punch under five times the gravity and simultaneously dodge the robot's punches—was she crazy, or was the instructor crazy?
The assessment is tomorrow. For the past three days, apart from the group training of the trainees, she has been alone in this damn training room. She really wants to talk to someone, even Lin Xiu would be fine.
As usual, Zhou Jiu was helped to the medical pod by Sun You that evening. In a hoarse and tired voice, Zhou Jiu said, "I feel like this is torture. I'm a technical talent, and I have to be trained to be a soldier. Is that reasonable? It's not reasonable at all."
"Your voice is hoarse, don't talk anymore," Sun You said helplessly, trying to suppress a laugh as she comforted him.
"There won't be another chance soon. When I get back to the dorm, everyone will be too tired to sleep. I can't very well wake them up to listen to my chat," Zhou Jiu continued.
"Belder asked you to tell his fortune?" Sun You asked, having learned about what happened a few days ago.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Jiu asked, puzzled. Sun You didn't mince words; her words must have a purpose.
“I think your basic training will be over soon,” Sun You said, beating around the bush.
Zhou Jiu stopped and asked suspiciously, "Is it about his father's disappearance? Is it related to the military?"
“Yes, Baird’s father, Rag Baird, went undercover within the Revolutionary Army in the Spree system. Three years ago, the Revolutionary Army was defeated and retreated, taking with them the special method for cultivating mental power in Spree that they had researched. At the same time, Rag also disappeared. And the information you divined about him being alive was also learned by the military when Baird was talking to his family.” Sun You said in a very soft voice.
Zhou Jiu frowned, then looked up at Sun You questioningly, "You're still in contact with the Wilderness Volunteer Army. What do you want me to do by leaking this information to you?"
Sun You was silent for a moment, then said, "Zhou Jiu, from the moment we joined the Volunteer Army, we could never escape it. What does it matter where we are? We'll just follow orders anyway."
Zhou Jiu was getting impatient. She didn't understand Sun You and said, "They are all rioters who are trying to overthrow the Federation. What does this have to do with us? Why do you have to get involved?"
Sun You's expression remained calm, and his emotions did not fluctuate much. He said, "I'm just saying what I know. I'm only asking if you need Lin Xiu and me to help you with the operation a few days from now? The operation is dangerous, and we are a team."
Zhou Jiu suppressed her anger. This wasn't the place to argue or debate. She closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and said, "To be honest, nobody believes in divination. People might play around with it casually, but for an official operation like this, no one who knows about it can take it as a reliable basis. You're overthinking it."
Sun You hesitated for a moment and then said, "But the Volunteer Army hired online trolls to promote the news about the connection between the runes and mental power in your shop. Subsequently, netizens also released videos of you divining the movements of strange beasts and providing assistance to your team during your time scavenging on the desolate planet. Now the latest interstellar hot search is that a mental power master has appeared on the Star Network selling healing runes. They are preparing to gradually release the connection between these two things in the next step."
Zhou Jiu stared intently at Sun You, then released her arm. "Do you know? I know you better than you think."
Some things could only be revealed by Sun You. She had only been selling the runes for a few days. The speed at which she did this made people think she was very important in their organization. If Sun You hadn't been stirring things up behind the scenes, she wouldn't be Zhou Jiu.
Sun You watched Zhou Jiu's figure leave, her eyes resolute, and finally a smile appeared on her face. She said softly, "I know you better than you think, Zhou Jiu. I'll wait for you to come back."
Will Zhou Jiu come back?
Zhou Jiu walked ahead, his feelings complicated. He went straight to the room, climbed onto the bed, and stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, unable to fall asleep.
In fact, they couldn't break up. Zhou Jiu remembered her precognitive dream. At some event, she was still with Sun You and encountered Chu Zhao, who was being chased and attacked by enemies.
She entered Military Academy No. 1 because of the numbers on her and Sun You's uniforms. Zhou Jiu thought that entering early would mean fewer twists and turns, but it was also possible that she would be admitted to Military Academy No. 1 smoothly, which was not as she thought, just because she applied and got the score.
Is it a gamble that fate can be changed, or a gamble that the changed fate is still a stroke of good luck? Zhou Jiu held the copper coin in her palm for a long time before revealing a bitter smile. She probably would never understand this.
Just go with the flow and see how things go.
After a good night's sleep, Zhou Jiu opened his eyes, putting aside the messy, trivial matters that came to mind as soon as he opened them.
"Zhou Jiu, today is the assessment. Can you help me predict whether I will pass?" Wu Ke'er asked.
Zhou Jiu shook his head and refused, saying, "I'm not feeling well today, so I don't really want to do a reading."
Although Wu Ke'er was somewhat unhappy, she didn't say it outright; she simply distanced herself from Zhou Jiu.
Zhou Jiu rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom to splash his face with cold water. He pointed at himself in the mirror and said silently, "You love to show off, love to boast, and smugly claim you can do divination."
As he talked, Zhou Jiu became quite cheerful, flicking his short, damp bangs at his forehead. Haha, he really is handsome.
"Zhou Jiu, can you get first place?" Wu Ke'er asked, seemingly forgetting her bad mood.
"You think I'm that good?" Zhou Jiu's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "It's hard to say. I think I'm pretty good, but in terms of endurance, I'm not as good as Lin Xiu, and in terms of strength, I'm not as good as Baird. I haven't had much contact with the other students yet, so I don't know them very well. These past three days, I've been locked up by the instructors to train my strength."
Wu Ke'er rolled her eyes. "Anyway, you have to get first place. You nominated two boys who are both majoring in mecha combat. You can't afford not to win. There are already so few girls. These past two days, we technical students have been ridiculed by those boys during practice. I'm so angry."
“Everyone has their own expertise,” Zhou Jiu advised. “Once you’ve mastered your studies, get in touch with a few people in other technical departments and get something done. Remember their names and do some minor things at the military academy to see how they can still laugh at you.”
"Hey, that's a great idea," Wu Ke'er said, nodding in surprise.
Molly nudged Wu Ke'er with her elbow, "Don't listen to Zhou Jiu. She won't do it herself but supports you doing it. In the end, you'll be the one who suffers."
Zhou Jiu blinked and shook his personal terminal. "That's right. I've read the military academy's motto. Military academies support fair competition. As long as it doesn't cause permanent damage, anything that can be cured by the medical bay is allowed."
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