Chapter 175: Warp speed navigation

Yun Ruoxi truly liked Aili, and she doted on Aili.

But sometimes, she wondered if her fondness for Aili was simply because she had changed Aili’s life.

It was a love akin to that of a creator for their creation.

As for the ever-deepening sisterly bond between her and Aili—

Yun Ruoxi even suspected that it was just her playing along with the audience’s desire to ship them, deliberately performing for the sake of popularity.

After all, in this life, she had cousins as well, but she’d never shown them the same patience and warmth she did toward Aili.

Yet in the end, whenever she felt lost, Yun Ruoxi could always figure things out.

Whether it was real or not, it didn’t really matter.

Everything she had experienced was real, and the popularity she gained was real as well.

That was enough.

As long as she could harvest popularity, grow stronger for revenge, and bring her parents back to life—

Even if she went mad or developed a split personality, she would not hesitate.

What came next was the final arc of the first season. She had prepared so much for it and could hardly wait to ignite everything and reap the audience’s tears and emotions!

The Space Elevator carried more than four thousand cadets, shooting through the clouds like a sharp arrow and quickly arriving in the dark, mysterious outer space.

Still ascending.

The Space Elevator’s thrusters began to reverse, slowing down until it docked steadily at the center of the Space Dock.

With a crisp click, the elevator doors slid open to either side.

The cadets filed out one after another.

At once, they saw the massive battleship docked at the edge of the Space Dock, and someone couldn’t help but exclaim, “Whoa, whoa, whoa! For this final exam, are we really taking this behemoth to the test site? Isn’t that overkill?!”

Others couldn’t help but nod in agreement.

The ship before them was astonishingly large.

Just the hull was six kilometers long, with a diameter of over five hundred meters.

In terms of size alone—

This was a standard L4-class Battleship.

It could carry over thirty thousand people.

It had Qusu Navigation and was equipped with a planet-destroying cannon capable of obliterating worlds.

To use it just to transport a few cadets like them was almost a waste.

Lin Zhen gazed at the colossal ship, a subtle frown creasing his brow.

What an ominous start.

Just for a final exam, the Battle Camp had deployed such overwhelming force.

If this battleship were to remain parked outside Taixing’s atmosphere, piloting a smaller ship to the jump node would be extremely difficult.

“Are they trying to prevent us from escaping?”

Lin Zhen couldn’t help but wonder.

「Ship maniacs in ecstasy」

「I’m a ship-sexual」

「So long, so big, so thick」

“No… It’s simply to fit everyone on board.”

Sweeping her gaze over the barrage of comments, Yun Ruoxi silently explained in her heart.

This time, for the final exam, besides their own Battle Camp from Pandora-35 Planet, there were also Battle Camps from three other planets.

A total of thirteen thousand people!

Shengshou Society was never satisfied with simply seizing the Star Core; they wanted to use the vast expanse of Taixing as a training ground for the cadets, selecting the most suitable talents from within.

And this final exam was also a test of the instructors’ teaching abilities from each Battle Camp.

That’s why, in the final stretch before the test, they’d gone crazy taking the cadets on endless drills.

Crash!

As the cadets approached, the battleship’s hatch slowly opened, revealing a dim, lightless corridor.

The cadets exchanged glances and, led by Mo Yuan, walked inside.

The corridor was dim.

Red indicator lights flashed gently, while the cool white walls and floor gave off the feel of a diamond-shaped base.

Or rather, this was simply Shengshou Society’s style.

The battleship’s interior was very complex, with many branches.

But there was only one route left for the cadets; all other passage doors were tightly shut.

As they walked, the cadets saw no outsiders, nor did they hear any other sounds.

The whole battleship was as quiet as if only they were aboard.

At the end of the corridor, a massive lounge appeared before them.

Upon seeing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The stifling atmosphere aboard the battleship so far had left them all quite nervous.

“We’re probably supposed to rest here.”

Lin Zhen scanned the room and said to Zi Jiu and the others.

“Most likely. Let’s find a place to sit down first.”

As Zi Jiu spoke, she spotted Yun Ruoxi and Aili in the crowd, immediately waved to them, and then found a big sofa in a corner and walked over with Lin Zhen and the others.

“Big Sister, Sister Xiao Jiu and the rest are over there!” Aili whispered.

“I see them.”

Yun Ruoxi took Aili’s hand and strode over, sitting down beside Lin Zhen.

She leaned back, half reclining on the sofa, her waist-length blue hair cascading freely.

Seeing this, Lin Zhen couldn’t help but laugh, “You really don’t look like Number 0001 at all like this, not a trace of authority—learn from the others.”

He pointed to a corner of the lounge not far away.

A number of cadets were sitting cross-legged around Mo Yuan, whispering about who-knows-what.

“Hmm? Authority? Can you eat that?”

Yun Ruoxi smacked her lips, giving a cute smile.

Lin Zhen shook his head with a laugh, then turned to discuss the unfinished test arrangements with the others.

Yun Ruoxi and Aili didn’t say much, simply listening quietly.

After a while.

The battleship suddenly shuddered, and the Space Dock outside the portholes began to recede.

They were off!

The once lively lounge fell silent for several seconds before the cadets’ chatter returned.

A day later, the battleship passed through the border, leaving the Asa System behind.

Lin Zhen gazed out the porthole, looking at the enormous space wall, and quietly clenched his fists.

This is the last time. Never again!

“We are about to initiate Qusu Navigation. Please fasten your seatbelts.”

The long-missed broadcast sounded from all directions, and the cadets—long bored into silence—immediately buckled up.

Then, a powerful force pressed them firmly into their seats.

Someone instinctively looked out the porthole, only to find that the stars had become a madly smeared painting.

One second, two seconds…

That terrifying feeling lasted for four whole seconds before finally fading.

Before they could catch their breath, they felt their bodies being forcibly stretched by some kind of spatial force.

In that sensation, time itself seemed warped; one second felt as long as a minute.

No one knew how long it lasted.

It was as if their souls had been stuffed back into their bodies; only then did they return to normal.

At this moment, the cadets looked out the window again to find the starry sea before them utterly unfamiliar.

The space wall of the Asa System was gone, as was the Stargate; the entire star sea was bathed in a strange red glow.

Just as everyone thought this was their destination—

The battleship suddenly veered away from the planet’s edge, darted into a neighboring star system at near light speed, and finally came to a stop outside a vast planetary ring.