novelraw Chapter 1159: Trials and Tribulations
Chapter 1159: Trials and Tribulations
Dr. Luo and Principal Hong were chatting and laughing, while Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, and others were so tense that their throats were about to pop out. As Yue Qiguang pushed the spaceship’s speed to the limit and successfully plunged into the jump point, his whole body was exhausted, he shook violently and was about to fall onto the control panel when Shen Changqing reached out to catch him.
Yue Qiguang bit his lip hard, a hint of blood color appeared on his pale lips, and he asked, "Did we... did we shake it off?"
"Yeah." Shen Changqing nodded forcefully, his calm tone unable to hide his emotions, saying, "We shook it off! We worked together and successfully outran a Level 10 Cobra Star Beast."
Yue Qiguang’s eyes suddenly lit up, and then—
"Bang—"
He completely fainted.
Yue Qiguang’s spiritual power was already relatively weak among the group. At a critical moment, he took Chu Jiaojiao’s place as the main helmsman of the spaceship, and the pressure at that time can be imagined. But Yue Qiguang gritted his teeth and held on. Now that he heard they had shaken off the Level 10 Cobra, his tense spirit finally collapsed...
Shen Changqing looked at Yue Qiguang, and a flash of emotion and admiration showed in his eyes:
Ah Guang has grown up too.
Saying this, Shen Changqing gently touched his chest:
[So have I.]
[I have been growing too, but compared to my companions, I’m still a bit slow.]
Thinking of this, Shen Changqing pressed his lips together and turned to Chu Jiaojiao, who had already woken up. Then, through the public channel, he saw Ji You who had an overview of the situation, calmly and collectedly, along with other teammates...
Shen Changqing clenched his fist:
[I need to work hard too.]
...
Surviving a close call is always exciting, and not only for Shen Changqing and Yue Qiguang, but also Yu Song, Lou, Lance... Everyone had joyful and excited faces:
"We survived!"
"Can’t believe it."
"Did we outrun a Level 10 Cobra?"
"Am I still asleep?" Lou raised his hand, looked at his forehead, with a bewildered face that couldn’t hide his excitement: "Someone pinch me, I need to wake up."
No one.
No one stepped forward to kick Lou because everyone didn’t want to move, they just wanted to collapse and rest...
Then.
Ji You suddenly said, "Don’t be too happy yet."
Everyone was startled and straightened up: "What?"
Ji You frowned and said, "We messed up the route."
Everyone: "!!!"
Yue Qiyuan asked seriously, "Messed up the route? What do you mean?"
Ji You raised his hand, rubbed his eyebrows hard, and said, "During the emergency escape, our route deviated. The jump point we entered is not the intended number 98, but jump point number 99."
Everyone: "..."
Cold sweat appeared on everyone’s faces, though only one number was off, this was a jump point! Jump points use the wormhole principle, involving the investment of countless human and material resources, excavated and built as transportation nodes between several key star systems where humans operate. It is due to jump points that communication between star systems has become so convenient and fast.
Mistakenly entering a jump point is not as simple as being a few meters off, it could mean a difference between star systems. The original plan was to enter jump point 98, which connects to the 5th Star System, and thereafter from jump point in the Fifth Star System to transfer to the First Star System... In sum, after a few transfers, they could reach the destination – Nami Star in the First Star System.
However, jump point 99 seems to connect to the Eighth Star System?
Lou scratched his face, with a mouthful of bitterness said, "N-no way, is 99 really leading to the Eighth Star System?"
No one replied.
No one made a sound.
Everyone looked at each other, their faces showing a bit of hopelessness...
If they really blindly stumbled into the Eighth Star System, the distance to the First Star System is much more remote, and currently, human safe activities are limited to the 1-8 Star Systems, with the distance between the First and Eighth Star System being the longest, it means this accidental operation is akin to entering the front of the car then coming out through the rear ^
The mood was tremendously stagnant, with a sense of rigid, unsolvable tension.
After a while.
The cockpit suddenly made some sound, and everyone looked closely, realizing that Yue Qiguang had woken up. His face was still paper-white, looking extremely worn out. Seeing everyone gazing at him, Yue Qiguang’s face showed a hint of unease and he said, "N-no need to look at me like that, Daddy is strong! Such little pressure can’t possibly crush Daddy, see? Daddy made it through."
As Yue Qiguang said this, he found everyone’s gaze on him was still very odd. He thought they were worried about his health, snorted lightly, feeling even more uneasy, saying, "Geez! Daddy already said Daddy’s fine!"
"Oh—" Yue Qiyuan said, "You’re overthinking it. We don’t care if you’re okay; the problem now is, we all have a problem."
"What?" Yue Qiguang asked, confused.
Ji You pointed at the monitor’s navigation chart and current location, saying, "Look here."
Yue Qiguang looked closely and was about to faint again: "Geez! What’s going on? I remember entering the 98 jump point!" He personally piloted the spaceship into the jump point, no mistakes could occur!
Absolutely impossible!
Yue Qiguang didn’t dare or want to accept the current reality.
"Wake up~" Shen Changqing next to him gave him a gentle push, Yue Qiguang reluctantly opened his eyes, tugging at his hair in slight agitation: "Geez! So troublesome! Where are we now?"
Shen Changqing said, "Eighth Star System."
Yue Qiguang: "..."
Yue Qiguang closed his eyes slightly and said, "Daddy chooses to faint again, is this okay with you?"
Shen Changqing shook his head and said, "I’m afraid not."
Yue Qiguang was silent for 1 second before despairingly connecting with Principal Hong, asking, "Principal, we’re in the Eighth Star System now, c-could you think of a way for me?"
Principal Hong spread his hands and said, "Sorry, besides suggesting you return immediately, I have no other way."
Yue Qiguang: "..."
Yue Qiguang didn’t believe it, tugging at his own red hair said, "You surely have a way; you’re just unwilling to help us."
Principal Hong glanced at Yue Qiguang and cursed: "You little brat, really think I am idle and enjoy finding trouble for myself? If I had a solution, would I not immediately give you a tip? If you delay the competition, what benefit does it have for me? What good does it do for Lanyue Star Military Academy?"
Well... seems that’s indeed the case.
Yue Qiguang tugged at his own hair stubbornly, somewhat unwilling to believe this fact—
It’s his first time as captain, and he completed it quite well, only to stir up such a blunder; Yue Qiguang genuinely found it unacceptable.