The further she read, the more Chaoge noticed this characteristic. Following this line of thought, Yan Zihe's words appeared neutral to others, but to someone like her who knew the inside story, they were tantamount to contradicting Qin Muge.
"Look what I've discovered! Could Yan Zihe be one of the few non-Qin General brainwashed fans on this planet?" Just when Chaoge was despairing of the intelligence of the people on this planet, he suddenly discovered a ray of light.
However, Qin Muge's next words completely choked her: "Hmm, this person is probably sick."
Chaoge: ...Can you stop being so narcissistic and self-righteous? Have some shame, will it kill you?
Seeing that Qin Muge had no intention of paying attention to her, Chaoge rolled around on her bed twice and sat up: "I've decided to go and talk to Qinghe about my experience of being kept behind for extra training, so I can prepare myself mentally for tomorrow."
Without hesitation, she got up to find her shoes and was about to put them on when Qin Muge suddenly reached out and pressed down on her ankle. Due to the inertia, she almost fell off the bed.
Fortunately, I managed to place my hand on the edge of the bed in time. I turned to look at this boss who was always acting unpredictably, wondering what illness she was having this time.
Qin Muge slammed the book down on the table beside him, turned to look at her with a gentle smile: "Want me to teach you?"
Nonsense. Chaoge wanted to throw those words in her face, but thankfully her remaining rationality reminded her that she could never match the Great General's innate skill point bonus in terms of arrogance.
After a long pause, he could only manage a frustrated "hmm," since he was the one who needed someone's help.
Immediately afterward, she saw Qin Muge's knowing expression. He lightly tapped her lower lip with his free hand and smiled wickedly at her: "Beg me."
"Damn it." Chaoge could no longer control the urge to swear.
What the heck? General, what you were watching just now wasn't imperial history, but a romance novel about a domineering CEO falling in love with me? The change in tone is so bizarre, do your family members even know?
Chaoge slapped her hand away with great spirit, quickly put on her shoes, walked several steps to the side, and then turned back to look at her, her tone pretending to be nonchalant: "I originally wanted to throw away my morals and cling to your leg, crying and begging you to teach me, but after hearing what you just said, I suddenly want to be self-reliant."
Then she walked with her head held high and went to Luo Qinghe to exchange her training experiences.
Qin Muge chuckled and watched her leave. He tapped his fingers rhythmically a few times on the book lying face down on the table before lazily asking, "Recovered?"
Just like last time, a figure appeared before them. If last time it was semi-transparent, this time it was real, even tangible. Anyone present at this moment would be terrified by such a sight.
“Yuheng and Yaoguang are already in Yuandu, and Tianquan and Tianji will return to Tianzixing tomorrow. Your plans remain unchanged, right?” Min Kaiyang’s gaze was calm. The others thought he didn’t have much of a change in facial expression, but in Qin Muge’s eyes, his expression, devoid of any human emotion, just felt incongruous.
"Report energy reserves, prepare for space jump." Qin Muge issued a command calmly. Normally, she didn't show much emotion, as if she reserved all her emotional changes for Chaoge alone.
Min Kaiyang was somewhat confused, but he received the instruction very quickly and gave a reply in an instant: "Ninety percent of the energy remains, which can support twenty jumps in three-dimensional space, ten jumps in four-dimensional space, and two jumps in five-dimensional space."
The higher the dimension, the greater the danger. Reaching the four-dimensional space level is basically the limit that current technology can reach. The five-dimensional space is very unstable, and it is mostly turbulent flow and fragments of spacetime. If you are not careful, you will be completely annihilated in it, and you will not even know what your fate will be.
Only those with a computational mode of super-high intelligence like Min Kaiyang can attempt to jump through five-dimensional space.
Qin Muge knew that this small space was not enough for even one mecha to open, let alone a mecha that the system could control, like Min Kaiyang's.
So she made a last-minute decision to return to the palace.
To everyone's surprise, she decided to explore the planetary belt of the p4 nebula once again, and alone.
Chaoge, who was visiting the dormitories, had no idea that during her absence, a certain general made a decision on a whim, a decision that would almost certainly bring unrest to the entire empire in the future.
All she knew was that Qin Muge hadn't greeted her at all. Apart from the book lying face down on the table, there was no trace of his presence, as if the outstanding girl who had transformed into Min Ge had only existed in her life.
At this moment, she was still chatting with Luo Qinghe in the dormitory. Luo Qinghe's roommate was a little follower who clung to Yan Ziyu's leg. For example, today she conveniently turned off the temperature sensor outside, and then Luo Qinghe, who was taking a shower inside, unsurprisingly took a cold shower.
Under Chaoge's incomprehensible gaze, Luo Qinghe simply smiled shyly, her eyes showing a hint of relief: "Cold water is better than hot water at 100 degrees Celsius, right? As long as I can wash, that's fine."
Chaoge was shocked. How masochistic must this person be?
They've already learned to find solace in being abused; isn't this a significant symptom of Stockholm syndrome?
For a moment, Chaoge was so shocked that he forgot the purpose of his visit.
Fortunately, Luo Qinghe didn't ask. For her, seeing Chaoge come to play with her was a very happy thing. She even took the initiative to pour her a glass of water. It looked like she wanted to project the entire smart system on her wristband for Chaoge to play with. If she hadn't realized that Chaoge's access level was only higher than hers, she would have been fine.
Unlike others, most people don't take off this wristband after wearing it because it has basic waterproof, dustproof, and even fireproof properties. And because of its importance, no one would even think of taking it off.
However, Chaoge wasn't a local, and even though she saw Luo Qinghe's wristband on the table, she didn't think much of it, assuming she just habitually took it off while showering. After all, she herself hadn't given it a second thought.
Little Red Riding Hood was just using this form of disguise; Chaoge was someone who didn't need to rely on wristbands to survive.
"Hmm, aren't you planning to apply for a different dorm?" Chaoge asked.
Luo Qinghe smiled, wondering if it was because Chaoge herself was from one of the three major families that she didn't feel the influence of this powerful family. Now that she had completely offended Yan Ziyu, she was already finding it difficult to move an inch in this school.
The new student from the Ling family this semester is not in this major, so it would be difficult for her to have any interaction with him. As for Yan Chaoge, based on what she heard from the upperclassmen, she could guess that Yan Chaoge's status in the family was actually not that of a person with much say.
It's just that her background makes ordinary people feel intimidated.
"That's good enough, it's alright." It was Luo Qinghe who comforted her instead, her eyes full of gentle smiles.
It was as if none of this mattered in her eyes. This made Chaoge too embarrassed to say, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be so unlucky."
The two chatted about the training over the past two days and also discussed the extra lessons Instructor Su had given her that day. Chaoge kept it in mind and planned to put it into practice during training the next day.
Time flies when girls chat, especially for someone like Chaoge who's good at finding topics to talk about. If she hadn't realized it and checked the time, she would have almost disturbed other people's sleep.
Luo Qinghe's roommates are not often in the dormitory. They visit other dormitories more often and get along better with another girl who is also Yan Ziyu's follower.
Seeing Chaoge leave, Luo Qinghe looked at her back, still unable to come up with the excuse for keeping her there. After a long while, she gently curled the corners of her lips, the warm yellow light from the desk lamp falling into her eyes, concealing the loneliness in them.
Back in her dormitory, Chaoge's mood immediately plummeted from comfort to the lowest point of a parabola. Looking at the empty room, a bad premonition began to form in her heart.
Holy crap?! General, what did you do while I was away? Were you snatched away by a wolf that flew in through the window?
At first, she thought that Qin Muge might have gone out and would come back in the evening. Then, sitting on the bed until 1 a.m., Chaoge, who was yawning, finally gave up.
"You didn't come home last night, Qin Muge, you have absolutely no right to criticize me now!" With this resentment in her heart, Chaoge flopped onto the pillow next to her and fell into a deep sleep.
☆ Chapter 19: The Nineteenth Evaluation of General Qin
The training on the second day was the same as usual, except that Qin Muge was not there. However, everyone seemed to have forgotten her. If it weren't for Yan Ziyu's smug look, Chaoge would have really wondered if she had transmigrated again after waking up.
At lunchtime, Chaoge lay sprawled on the table, yawning with a boneless expression. Luo Qinghe volunteered to get two lunches, but Chaoge, still feeling lazy, naturally wouldn't take the task. She just propped her head up with difficulty, mentally teasing Little Red Riding Hood: [This is Chaoge, Little Red Riding Hood, please reply!]
Little Red Riding Hood: ...What's wrong with her this time?
Knowing Little Red Riding Hood could hear her, Chaoge mentally added in a tone completely different from her current lazy self, "Can I video chat with General Qin if I have nothing better to do?"
"I can't detect any video signals from the palace; the entire palace is within the range of the core AI." Little Red Riding Hood was impressed by her imagination; how could she come up with such a naive idea?
As expected… A hint of disappointment flashed in Chaoge’s eyes. During their time together, she always felt like they were already incredibly close, but only after the distance between them widened did she realize that the gap between them had always been there. It was just that Qin Muge hadn’t shown it before.
Before she could stand there in a daze for long, the noise from the outside world gradually reached her ears. She lifted her eyelids and looked at the queue—it seemed to be the same queue that Qinghe had been in before.
Having waited so long without returning, Chaoge roughly estimated the time based on her usual queueing time and had a bad feeling. Little Luo Qinghe seemed to have a face that naturally offended powerful and influential people; almost every time Chaoge saw her, she looked like she was being bullied.
"Not everyone is as lucky as you. Some people, even if they want to rebel, don't have the means to do so." Little Red Riding Hood reminded her calmly in her heart after learning her thoughts.
Chaoge got up and walked over there, deciding that if it wasn't related to Luo Qinghe, she would get involved; otherwise, she wouldn't join in the fun and would come back to wait for her.
"Hey, Little Red Riding Hood, I didn't know you were so good at giving people advice? What a sophisticated AI!" Chaoge remained calm after hearing its words. She understood these principles, but it was only when she actually saw these things happening to her friends that she became so angry.
"I suggest you look into her background first, and prepare yourself mentally for what's to come." Little Red Riding Hood flooded her mind with a whole string of information about Luo Qinghe's family background. Before Chaoge could even refuse, she was about to experience another dizzying sensation.
He paused in his steps, taking a moment to process the overwhelming amount of information in his mind.
It was a little worse than she had imagined. Luo Qinghe's parents were originally residents of Tianzixing. Her father was a cook in the canteen of Yuandu Military Academy, and her mother worked in a mecha repair company.
Their peaceful lives were ruined by the intergalactic war.
Despite Tianzixing's formidable military strength, during the war, even knowing the technological gap between their own countries and Tianzixing, the best spies from various nations risked their lives to come to Tianzixing and extract its technological achievements, all with the principle of dedicating themselves to their country until death.
Although the AI on Tianzixing has the ability to identify some direct criminal acts, it can only issue an alarm at the last moment for people who have become well-behaved after immigrating here.
Because Luo Qinghe's mother worked in the core technology department, she happened to have a document in her possession. At the final moment of the intergalactic war, someone from the same department who had infiltrated the department tried to take advantage of the chaos and force her to hand over the core part of the mecha technology.
As you can guess, the final outcome was inevitable.
To some extent, Luo Qinghe's mother was one of the victims of the war. In addition, the military's policy of appeasing the people was very good, so Luo Qinghe received a special notice from the Yuandu Military Academy.
What was a great thing for many military descendants ended up pushing her further into hell.
Here, the class gap she felt brought about by authority was further amplified.
Regardless of the facade of peace and tranquility within the country, the damage caused by the intergalactic war can never be ignored.
Chaoge couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had transmigrated after the end of the intergalactic war, but she wouldn't forget the system's voice prompt when she first arrived, instructing her to clear the remaining Zero Toxin from her body. Those who took advantage of the chaos of war weren't just a small minority.
As Chaoge pondered this, she walked towards the area where, for some reason, a vacuum had appeared in the crowd, causing a temporary congestion to form around her. She immediately spotted Luo Qinghe in the very center, her face flushed red. Luo Qinghe was bending down to pick up a broken glass bottle containing nutrient solution from the ground, while Yan Ziyu stood far away beside her, looking on with disdain.
To be honest, Chaoge's life before that was quite ordinary. Even though her personality was a bit eccentric, the friends she made were all within the normal range, and there were no people with bizarre backgrounds. Since arriving on Tianzi Star, she's been caught up in a series of dramatic events, and the messy affairs of the Yan family made her want to stay far away from them.
As a result, one of the people I met was General Qin, and the other was a friend I made by helping someone casually at the beginning. This friend's life was also incredibly tortuous.
Chaoge once again firmly believes that the feng shui of the Yan family's ancestors must be poisonous.
After Little Red Riding Hood finished sending Luo Qinghe's background information, she also copied a video from the cafeteria's surveillance footage and sent it to Chaoge. It was clearly a record of the cause and effect of the incident between Yan Ziyu and Luo Qinghe in the cafeteria.
The matter was very simple. Yan Ziyu was queuing behind Luo Qinghe when Luo Qinghe turned around and 'accidentally' bumped into Yan Ziyu with something in her hand. Judging from Luo Qinghe's work ethic, she would never be so careless. In fact, one could say that she was extremely cautious and proper in her every move, for fear of offending others.
Chaoge could tell at a glance how clever Yan Ziyu's angle was when she met him head-on; she had used the training results of the Yan family and the Yuandu Military Academy in this way.
"Many times I've wondered how someone as stupid as you got into military academy. Did you get in through connections? But then I look at the cafeteria worker over there, and then at you, and I think, even someone like you can't get in through connections." Yan Ziyu glanced at Chao Ge as she approached, smiled, and then added, glancing sideways at Luo Qinghe picking up shards of glass from the ground.
The honor that Luo Qinghe's mother earned with her life was used by Yan Ziyu, who knew nothing about it, as a reason to mock others.
Some of the people queuing behind them didn't seem to care about the matter; they were only looking towards the window. In order to leave this troublesome place, they even urged impatiently, "Uncle, don't just stand there! There are a bunch of us queuing up. Hurry up and don't waste our break time."
The middle-aged man in the white chef's uniform forced a smile, his eyes constantly glancing at Luo Qinghe. His hands trembled slightly, but he still handed the designated nutrient solution towards the window.
Chaoge only shifted her gaze slightly, but from the man's eyes, which bore a striking resemblance to Luo Qinghe's, she knew that this was probably Luo Qinghe's father, who worked in the canteen of the Yuandu Military Academy, as described in the records.
She quickened her pace and helped Luo Qinghe up from the ground, her voice neither loud nor soft: "Many times I've wondered, how does trash like you still exist in this world?" As her voice trailed off, her gaze gradually moved upward, settling on Yan Ziyu's face, whose smile had not yet faded.
Yan Ziyu's face stiffened. Before she could speak, Chaoge continued, "First, you disrespect your alma mater and question the school's fair recruitment system; second, you are unkind to your classmates. Everyone here could be your comrade-in-arms on the battlefield in the future, and this is your attitude; third, you disrespect your elders and openly humiliate their pride in front of them. Do you even understand the hardships your parents have endured? Fourth, you disregard the honor of your family. When you're out in the world, you represent the Yan family. Such behavior has disgraced the three major families of the military. How can you still have the courage to live in this world? In my opinion, you're just wasting the air of Tianzi Star while you're alive and polluting the land of Tianzi Star when you die. Calling you trash is an understatement. Don't you agree?"
Well said! Many people listening nearby couldn't help but applaud in their hearts. It was a rare opportunity to witness such sharp verbal skills. Some people who felt sorry for Luo Qinghe but dared not interfere also turned their attention to this place.
Seeing that everyone around her was looking at her, Yan Ziyu, who had always been proud and arrogant in the face of passersby, felt like she was being pricked by needles for the first time. It was as if the air here had been sucked away, and she felt suffocated.
It seemed as if there was no room for her here for even a second. Yan Ziyu glared angrily at Yan Chaoge, wishing she could burn a hole through her with her gaze. However, Chaoge was shameless by nature and had done many embarrassing things in front of others. She had even been stared at by General Qin with a murderous look. Yan Ziyu's angry and ashamed gaze couldn't do anything to her.
"Yan Chaoge, you're just riding on the coattails of the family name. How dare you stand here and tell me you represent the three major families of the military? You're overestimating yourself." Yan Ziyu narrowed his eyes, not wanting to escape from here like a drowning dog, and tried his best to calm down.
Yan Chaoge reached out and pried open Luo Qinghe's clenched fist, taking a shard of glass from her palm; the sharp ends were already embedded in her hand. She clicked her tongue, looking reproachfully at Luo Qinghe's eyes, which had reddened at some point, "What are you doing?"
Why are you playing at self-harm? If someone slaps you in the face, I'll slap them back for you.
"You only have the right to bully others here because of your surname. Anyone here has the right to say what I just said. Do I need to repeat myself? If you don't have anything new to say, then shut up. Your ignorance will only make you look more stupid. If you don't care about being embarrassed, there are plenty of spectators here." Chao Ge calmly walked past her, swiped her card to buy two more doses of nutrient solution, and then turned back to pull Luo Qinghe, who was still standing there staring blankly at her, back towards the dormitory.
I can't stay in the cafeteria any longer, and since that person isn't here anyway, it doesn't matter if there are more people in the dorm.
Following her into the dormitory, Luo Qinghe was still reeling from the dramatic turn of events. Her memory was still stuck on how she had been mocked by everyone just a moment ago, and now she was the one feeling so ashamed and embarrassed.