Chapter 9 Breaking Records
Looking at the divination chart in front of him and at the woman who still looked a little anxious, Zhou Jiu smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, your luck will turn around the day after tomorrow. As long as you seize the opportunity, your career will undergo a new transformation."
"Really? How can I seize the opportunity the day after tomorrow?" The woman's tone was still somewhat anxious.
Zhou Jiu raised his hand slightly, gently comforting her, and said using his mental power, "Madam, you just need to relax. You are excellent, aren't you? I know you must have your own reasons for being anxious, but are you sure you want to meet your future business partner with this attitude and image the day after tomorrow?"
As the incense gradually burned, Zhou Jiu watched as the woman in front of him slowly calmed down under its influence. He then slowly relaxed the smile that had been frozen at the corners of his mouth and said, "I have a calming talisman here. You can carry it with you and get a good night's sleep. Everything will improve by the day after tomorrow."
"Do you have any lucky charms?" The customer asked with a glimmer of hope, seeing that there were also stabilizing charms. Although he was somewhat skeptical, he was still full of hope.
Zhou Jiu picked up a pen and drew runes to stabilize his mental energy on the paper. In an instant, the mental energy in the entire shop space seemed to reach a balance and was injected into the runes on the paper.
"You are a healer of the spirit?"
“Come on, look at the rune price list here and transfer the money yourself.” Zhou Jiu neither denied nor confirmed, and pointed to the price list with a smile.
After the person left, Zhou Jiu scrolled through the order history, found a customer who was in a hurry, and started serving the customer again.
Half an hour later, after another customer left after consulting the oracle, Zhou Jiu stretched and took out the paper she had previously put from reality into the folded space from the folded space box in the small shop. She drew stroke by stroke, replenishing some of the goods that needed to be replenished while exercising her mental strength.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Jiu marked the effects of some runes that could simply help with mental strength and put them on the market. This way, she could make money continuously. She hadn't thought of it earlier; the calming talisman could also help with sleep. It seems she really wasn't suited to be a businesswoman and didn't have much of a business sense.
Having finished dealing with the pile of things that had accumulated over the past few days, Zhou Jiu finally opened the long-awaited mech deck. Access was restricted to those who were not over 25 years old or held special status such as military academy students. She had never been able to enter the virtual space mech deck before, but now she could finally play it.
Entering through the deck, Zhou Jiu immediately selected the melee tank mech. Once he arrived at his destination and had chosen his mech, Zhou Jiu immediately climbed inside.
After quickly reviewing the initial instruction manual and getting familiar with the mecha by walking and jumping around, Zhou Jiu directly called out to Sun You and Lin Xiu, who had already arrived at the mecha deck, on his personal computer: "Where are you? I'm coming!"
Lin Xiu had just jumped and killed a D-level alien beast when he heard the sound. His hand trembled, and he made a mistake.
"Don't come near me, you third wheel."
“We’re in the third level of the Little Beast Battle game. Let’s keep moving forward. Jiu Jiu, you’ll catch up in a bit.” Sun You never paid attention to the argument between Lin Xiu and Zhou Jiu, as she felt it was too childish.
"Zhou Jiu's hand speed is so fast, I didn't even have a chance to show off," Lin Xiu complained.
Zhou Jiu raised an eyebrow, searched for "Little Beast Combat," and completely ignored Lin Xiu's words, saying, "Received."
Beast Combat: The level is cleared when the mech is damaged by more than 50%. Practice basic mech combat and perform the required mech maneuvers at the appropriate time.
First level: Melee mech. Actions: walk, run, bring up melee attack weapon and use three attack moves: walk, crouch, and slash.
Zhou Jiu thought: Is it that simple?
She had already memorized the mecha piloting instructions and practiced various coordinated operations, but she lacked practical experience.
The mecha extended its right arm and slashed with a blade, leaving no mark. Zhou Jiu dodged the beast's claws and slashed at the same spot again. Only after the third slash did a trace appear on the beast's skin. Even though he had only just encountered the first beast, Zhou Jiu knew that fighting with the small beast was not so simple.
Looking at the endless stream of strange beasts behind her, Zhou Jiu suddenly realized that she had spoken too soon. In order not to lose face, she had to give it her all.
After estimating the force of the broken beast's armor, Zhou Jiu manipulated the mecha to push backward with its right leg, half-pushing forward.
About twenty minutes later, Lin Xiu stroked his chin and said to Sun You, "I suddenly feel like I can't compare to Zhou Jiu no matter what. Luckily she's a girl, otherwise I would doubt that you would have liked her back in school."
Sun You stared blankly at the record she had broken in the first level. She opened Zhou Jiu's communication and made a "strong" emoji.
“Zhou Jiu has her strengths, and you have yours. Why do you have to compare yourself to Jiu Jiu? Otherwise, you’ll exhaust yourself, let alone the entire Federation, and even if you include the outer star system.” Sun You said, somewhat puzzled.
"Youyou, you don't understand my heartache. I've always been the eternal runner-up, always overshadowed by Zhou Jiu. Even my best long-range shooting skills can't beat her. I'm so sad, Youyou, you have to comfort me." Lin Xiu said, acting cute.
The communication that had been kept on made Zhou Jiu exclaim, "Please, dating is forbidden on the battlefield. Lin Xiu, you're being too cheesy."
Sun You laughed out loud and comforted Lin Xiu, "We have a day off tomorrow, let's go on a date."
"You guys still have holidays? Why do I still have classes!" Zhou Jiu protested. She also wanted to visit Central Star.
"Who told you to choose starship-related majors, and not even starship majors? You chose mechanical engineering, which is a 'jack of all trades' and master of none of them," Lin Xiu complained.
“That’s for the sake of the team as a whole. I suggest we take the course for a long time,” Sun You said.
“Yes, Youyou, you’re right. Zhou Jiu learns quickly, so we’ll be handing over the logistics to her in the future.”
Zhou Jiu grinned, but his gloating expression instantly changed as he retorted, "Hey, can you please stop giving me extra tasks? Youyou is the commander, and she's also learning mecha repair and investing in our daily reserves. I'm in charge of starships and mecha series content. Don't you have to handle both combat and logistics? Anyway, we'll see who does best when we get to Gu Lan Star."
After moving his fingers for five minutes, Zhou Jiu closed his eyes to rest for five minutes before entering the second stage.
The second stage was quite difficult, mainly due to mental exhaustion. The prolonged fighting had significantly depleted her mental energy from drawing talismans, but Zhou Jiu did not stop. The environment ahead would be even harsher. This was only a virtual battlefield, and they had to seize every possible opportunity to become stronger, for strength meant survival.
Sun You and Lin Xiu waited for Zhou Jiu before entering the fourth level. They waited for her to come out so they could team up. As partners, they needed not only to be strong but also to have good teamwork and understand each other's actions.
Zhou Jiu, dragging her weary mecha, leaned directly towards the two of them, clearly indicating her current state of exhaustion through the mecha.
Seeing that Zhou Jiu still had the mood to express himself at this moment, Sun You and Lin Xiu both breathed a sigh of relief, and the group entered the fourth level together.
The returning military academy students watched the first and second levels of the Beast Combat game, where the single-player challenge record had been broken, and began watching videos and analyzing the suddenly appearing mecha freshmen on the internal forum.
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