The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers-Chapter 783: Patrol

Considering the capabilities of these novices, the temporary person-in-charge of the Eagle Space Station pondered for a while before assigning Ji You and the team a mission to patrol within a 5-light-year radius of the first Checkpoint.

The area within a 5-light-year radius near the Space Station, whether piloting spaceships or Mechas, would take about an hour back and forth at maximum speed. Moreover, there are hundreds of man-made satellites near Eagle Space Station, equipped for surveillance, detection, reconnaissance, collection...etc., all operational every moment, and many of their detection scopes have reached beyond 100 light years.

Thus, the situation within 5 light years is all within the surveillance range of the detection satellites.

In other words, human patrolling isn’t necessary.

That means the temporary person-in-charge has merely found a simple task to pass the time for Ji You and the kids.

But!

Ji You happily accepted anyway, representing all the teammates loudly proclaiming: "Received! We guarantee to complete the mission!"

The person-in-charge smiled: "Go ahead."

The tone was like saying ’go play.’ Yue Qiguang, hearing this, felt a bit depressed.

This was totally treating them like novices.

Until he turned around, Yue Qiguang then spoke, somewhat dejectedly, "He is obviously looking down on us! Not giving us any significant task."

Ji You glanced at him: "Just behave! Don’t think about stirring big trouble! What counts as a significant task? Is being in charge in the kitchen significant? The question is, would you dare eat what you cook?"

Yue Qiguang: "..."

Yue Qiguang grumbled: "Dad is not cut out to be a chef."

Ji You said: "That settles it. Young man, you should have some self-awareness and consciousness, alright?"

Yue Qiguang: "..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Chu Jiaojiao laughed and echoed:"Exactly, a novice should have the self-awareness of a novice."

Yue Qiguang clenched his fist: "Dad is not a novice!"

Yue Qiyuan raised his hand to his forehead: "Here, you are a novice."

Yue Qiguang turned towards Shen Changqing, Sheng Qingyan, Xuzhou... and realized that they seemed not to mind being called novices and rather accepted it willingly.

Yue Qiguang suddenly felt depressed, feeling a lack of common language with the group, hence he shut his mouth and decided to stay withdrawn from now on.

...

The group walked toward the port, reached the location where the spaceship was stationed, boarded the spaceship, and took out their respective Mechas.

Then.

Before boarding the Mechas, Ji You turned around, facing Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, Sheng Qingyan, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Xuzhou, Zhang Ye, Lou, Lance, and stood straight, opening her mouth to say: "Comrades, our mission is to patrol, this is our first time exploring the starry sky by ourselves, no teachers, no protection, everything relies on us to handle."

Ji You’s voice was very clear, each word, each phrase, like drops of rain, knocking on everyone’s hearts.

After a slight pause, Ji You continued to look seriously at everyone, with eyes like torches in her dark pupils: "As long as we are in the starry sky, there’s no absolute safety. Moreover, we are currently on a battlefield, at wartime, I hope everyone takes the patrol mission seriously."

Everyone including Chu Jiaojiao tightened their lips, their expressions growing more serious.

Ji You continued: "There’s no big or small, heavy or light in tasks, only whether it is excellently completed or not!"

Everyone listened quietly.

Ji You’s eyes sparkled, her tone carrying a slight and barely noticeable passion: "And we, are destined to be the kings at the Peak of the Universe! We aim to be, the very best and strongest one!"

The words rang out—

Shen Changqing’s handsome face flushed with color: "That’s right. If you’re going to do it, be the strongest one there is!"

Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes sparkled: "Ji You is correct! I am the ultimate champion!"

Yue Qiguang pouted: "Who isn’t the strongest? In terms of combat power, even Dad might not lose."

Yue Qiyuan’s dark eyes shone brightly, yet he remained tight-lipped and solemn: "The antagonists perish with their excessive talk, and the weak love to prattle, hence, only oneself can be the king of strength!"

Xuzhou’s eyes widened and he clenched his fists: "To become the strongest? You can do it, Xuzhou, believe in yourself."

Zhang Ye stared at Ji You with a surge of pride in his heart, yet maintained his composure on the surface: "A true powerhouse disdains verbosity."

Lou’s deep blue eyes gleamed with starlight, he blinked and muttered to himself, "The strongest, huh?"

Lance stroked his chin and gazed at the distant stars above his head, his thoughts swirling: "Yes, I too wish to be the strongest."

Sheng Qingyan raised her hand to cover her mouth, yawning without care: "You all talk too much, I’m going to fall asleep if you keep dragging on."

Ji You’s mouth twitched: "Here I am trying to give a pep talk, and Spicy Eye dares to slack off? Seems like the beef jerky I gave him made him too full."

Must find a chance to get that beef jerky back.

Then, Ji You raised her hand, declaring: "Now—let’s go!"

At her command, everyone was shocked and instantly began to board their mechas!

Ji You was the first to step in, choosing the Wind Wing mecha for this assessment, whose core chip and energy and power systems were not the best, being rated 2-star.

Therefore, it was a 2-star mecha, meaning it was a low-level mecha.

But for now, it was enough for Ji You.

Connecting to the Spiritual Connector, Ji You’s view changed to that of the mecha’s, standing tall thereby seeing far. She allocated a strand of Spiritual Silk specifically to survey the surroundings, then she meticulously divided her limited Spiritual Silk for various tasks.

Everything arranged, Ji You said: "Set sail—"

Whoosh—

The Wind Wing unfolded its wings, flapping them and breaking through the artificial atmosphere.

Ji You led the way with Chu Jiaojiao following closely, catching up with Ji You in the blink of an eye.

Shen Changqing, Sheng Qingyan, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Xuzhou, Zhang Ye, Lance, and Lou followed in neatly arranged order behind Ji You.

The flying formation they adopted mimicked the V-shaped flocks of geese flying south in Ji You’s memory—initially in a straight line, switching occasionally to a V-formation.

These frequent shape changes reduced air resistance at high speeds and prepared them to quickly support teammates or surround enemies upon encounters.

The team circled around the Space Station, flying continuously without anyone falling behind or causing trouble.

minute.

minutes.

minutes.

...

The cruise process was extremely smooth.

...

The students, each maneuvering their mecha, made no errors, all swiftly exiting the artificial atmosphere. Inside the temporary head’s office of the Space Station, the stationed veterans watched the students’ performance and exchanged glances, falling silent.