Chapter 56 Stealing the Login
Zhou Jiu looked in the direction Chu Ming had left. She saw that after the wind and sand erased all traces of Chu Ming's departure, he left in another direction.
The other contestants didn't arrive as quickly as Zhou Jiu had described to Chu Ming. Zhou Jiu thought to herself, "Chu Ming is too naive. He believes everything she says."
Not long after, while retreating in another direction, Zhou Jiu encountered another contestant on the road, a contestant whose mech was wearing the same military insignia.
As a tacit understanding among everyone, and to maintain the tradition of not eliminating classmates from the same school in the qualifying rounds, Zhou Jiu greeted this classmate who had participated in the new recruit training together from a distance, pointed out the direction of the drop point, and then left even faster.
Zhou Jiu continued to sneak to a low-lying sandy valley he had already found, where he hid and safely survived for the minimum three-day qualifying period.
Having just reached the third day of survival, the copper coin in Zhou Jiu's palm began to hum faintly with energy.
The next moment, Qi Qi's spirit body replaced her, sitting in the mecha seat in her image in the virtual world.
Zhou Jiu hung the copper coin on his wrist with a red string and quickly disconnected from the StarNet world.
Inside the room, Zhou Jiu pressed his fingerprint on the inner wall of the nutrient tank to open the door, then quickly closed it again, and replaced it with another chip from the optical computer.
Zhou Jiu held the true form of the magical copper coin in her hand. She leaned against the window, hid in the curtains, opened a crack in the window, and threw a copper coin out through the crack.
The copper coin spun rapidly, knocking down the probe on the exterior wall. At the same time, Zhou Jiu silently closed the window and climbed down the wall from outside.
In the stillness of the night, Zhou Jiu moved with light, ghostly steps through the campus of Spruce High School, nimbly avoiding the campus security cameras until he reached the entrance. Zhou Jiu swiped the new chip in his hand, but the campus card reader showed no abnormalities, nor did it open the gate without indicating any students entering or leaving.
In a deserted corner, Zhou Jiu touched the glasses he had put on; the electromagnetic virtual face covering the glasses was now fully activated.
After changing his appearance, Zhou Jiu pressed the chip, waited for the Masked Bar shuttle bus to arrive, got on the bus, and smoothly arrived at his final destination without any incidents.
Zhou Jiu put her hands in her pockets, ordered a glass of the lowest alcohol content soda at the counter, and then sat down to wait for the person she was waiting for.
Zhou Jiu closed his eyes and swirled the drink in his hand, his spiritual energy radiating outwards in a faint manner. With the rhythm created by the copper coin and the water in the glass, his spiritual energy wandered throughout the bar.
Zhou Jiu suddenly opened his eyes, spilling half of the wine in his glass.
Someone blocked her mental probe and retaliated.
"Hello, do you need any help?"
The waiter quickly came over to inquire about Zhou Jiu's condition. Zhou Jiu wiped his clothes, which had been splashed with water, with a tissue and lowered his voice, "Sorry, I took a nap. You can go back to your work; I don't need any help here."
After waiting a while, Zhou Jiu narrowed her eyes, realizing something was wrong. Zhou Jiu quickly stood up. Her mental energy was blocked as soon as it reached a certain point. After contacting something, Zhou Jiu could clearly feel her mental energy being restricted and significantly weakened.
Reluctantly, Zhou Jiu took out the antique array compass he had purchased at a high price from the Ancient Lan Company from his pocket. With a slight movement of his fingers, Zhou Jiu channeled his limited spiritual power to write his birth date and time on it, and the compass activated, generating waves of magnetic energy.
Following the direction indicated by the compass needle, Zhou Jiu quickly followed through the back door of the Masked Bar.
They chased him straight to a back alley. The compass needle began to deviate. Zhou Jiu put away the compass, stood guard, and assumed a defensive posture with his legs slightly bent.
“I am Baird’s friend. I have come to see you, and I request that you show yourself,” Zhou Jiu said in his most amiable tone.
A man with a gun emerged from the corner of the wall in the back alley. Zhou Jiu maintained a calm expression, but his heart was in turmoil.
At the spot she had just been in, Zhou Jiu hadn't sensed a single movement. She prided herself on her ability to divine and draw talismans, and she also knew the ancient martial art of Red Fist. Although she always knew that she still needed to continue learning, she was extremely confident in her abilities. However, if that person had fired a shot, and with her mental strength limited, unable to use talismans to deal with it, Zhou Jiu couldn't guarantee that she would have had time to dodge.
"The master wants to see you. Please come with me." After replying "Yes" into his earpiece, the man turned away without any warning and walked to the front.
Facing the wall of the back alley, Zhou Jiu watched as the other person touched the wall, and a crack appeared on the wall. Following the crack, a door appeared in mid-air.
Zhou Jiu blinked, concealing the excitement in her heart. A spatial portal! A spatial portal had actually been researched. Did this mean she had a chance to directly reach the ancient Blue Star?
Entering through the door, Zhou Jiu realized that this was not the spatial door she had imagined, but rather a spiritual energy gate concealed by spiritual energy to hide from sight.
Zhou Jiu let out a long breath. The mental energy in this place was suppressed very strongly. Logically speaking, a place with a gate to mental energy should not be able to suppress other people's mental energy. Just like water and fire in the Five Elements cannot coexist, it is the same principle of mutual generation and restraint.
This is a world of mental energy machines. Zhou Jiu walked in and watched everything she passed by. The more he saw, the more frightened he became. People who know secrets never live long.
The only sound on the quiet road was the sound of footsteps. Zhou Jiu couldn't help but doubt her decision and the inevitable situation she had foreseen through divination. Was her current path determined by divination, or was fate leading her to seek the answer through divination?
Zhou Jiu's thoughts were in turmoil, a jumble of chaotic ideas flooding his mind. Suddenly, his mental energy touched the mental lock of the inner palace, and Zhou Jiu was jolted awake.
"Awake?"
Zhou Jiu heard a voice and looked in the direction of the voice. Seeing a face that resembled Baird's, Zhou Jiu instantly knew who it was.
“Gela Baird”.
Gela Baird sat on the sofa, separated from Zhou Jiu by a transparent glass wall.
Graham Baird looked at the screen in his hand, then held it up towards Zhou Jiu, "Zhou Jiu, a freshman."
Grabel suddenly laughed, as if he had seen something interesting, and said, "Hmm? Military status in the Volunteer Army and the First Military Region?"
Zhou Jiu's eyes narrowed for a moment. If the military could find out so easily, then the First Military Region must also know. So what was the reason for still adding her military status to the First Military Region?
“The First Military District is as thieving as ever!” Grae Baird remarked with a touch of familiarity and friendliness towards Zhou Jiu.
Zhou Jiu was hesitant to easily believe the boss's kindness, fearing there might be a trap, so she didn't respond casually.
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