Chapter 21: A Clever Trick

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Startled for a few seconds, Lan Jiao immediately put the two bottles of nutritive solutions back into her pocket.
She looked up and realized that many people were gazing at her. But, they did not seem to have the intention of attacking her after the girl left.
Honestly, no one dared to touch the person whom Zhao Qingyan had spared!
There were many participants for the entry examination this time, yet the majority of them were well aware of who Zhao Qingyan was, except for the locals from Planet Trash.
Zhao Qingyan was not a person to be offended.
They were here to participate in the entry examination, and hoped to pass the examination smoothly. It would be dumb move to cause trouble in front of these big shots.
Long after Lan Jiao’s chaotic fight with Zhao Qingyan, she was still feeling quite weird about the whole incident.
Was she actually that lucky? No one came to rob her of the nutritive solutions after the strong man and the beautiful girl left.
Could it be because she did not have the useful iron box in her arms?
Maybe, probably…
In the supervision control room of Second Military School of Alliance in Alliance Stars.
Jin Ling, the beautiful mentor, was seated on the white coach in a leisurely manner.
Her bright eyes glanced at the hundreds of screens in front of her, moving rapidly in different directions. She could see each of the pictures on screen very clearly.
“Ah?” Jin Ling was very surprised to see on the screen that the girl from Planet Trash, who had almost got disqualified by Zhao Qingyan, solved the crisis with a small snack box.
Jin Ling’s elder sister, Jin Yan and Zhao Qingyan had a good relationship, so she knew a great deal about Zhao Qingyan.
Zhao Qingyan was one of the top ten participants who possessed a strong physical quality and great competence.
Her physical quality reached S-Level when she was only 15 years old. Her spirit power might be slightly less powerful as compared to physical quality, yet it had reached A+ level.
Zhao Qingyan was 17 years old now, but far exceeded the rest of the participants in terms of practical experience.
When she was 13 years old, she was already on the battlefield with a warband of Alliance.
At that time, Zhao Qingyan was just a minor soldier. But it took her only three years to raise her proficiency level and made significant contributions to the warband.
It was a wonderful surprise for the whole school that Zhao Qingyan came for the entry examination this year.
She was capable enough to enter either the First or the Second Military School without any difficulties.
Zhao Qingyan was perfect in all aspects, including physical condition, practical experience and even appearance.
Moreover, her mental state was quite stable and robust. She was a role model of how a future soldier should be like.
But all unbreakable people had their weaknesses. Hers, for example, was that she was extremely fascinated by desserts.
She knew all the dessert stores on Alliance Stars. She had tasted every single one of the desserts, even the limited version ones, which she would spare no efforts to obtain.
Zhao Qingyan had a very high standard when it came to the sweet things. She was no less than a qualified food critic!
Only extremely tasty desserts could move her heart.
Jin Ling pondered over the scene in front of her. Judging from the outfit, the girl who presented the snake box to Zhao Qingyan must be from Planet Trash.
But the environment of Planet Trash was terrible! She had not been there herself, but had heard enough about it.
It was a miracle for someone to just survive under such an environment and conditions.
But this girl had carried desserts with her, the ones that were able to meet Zhao Qingyan’s standard!
Jin Ling instantly started to pay attention to this girl from Planet Trash.
Apart from Jin Ling, the other two mentors, Cheng Gong and Hao Pi had caught the scene too.
Cheng Gong was a bit surprised about what happened, but he did not put too much thought on it.
Hao Pi, however, had his eyes upon those pretty-looking cookies, showing a lot of excitement.
“She is not only able to mold the food into such a pretty shape but can also make use of it to save her life… if only her skills could be used somewhere else…”
Hao Pi thought for a while and continued. “If that box of cookies is the girl’s achievement, then she can come to my Department of Mech Design after she passes the entry examination.”
Hearing what Hao Pi said, Cheng Gong started to think carefully about this small interlude.
He threw a sideways glance at Hao Pi and said in surprise, “You think that this girl from Planet Trash will be able to pass our entry examination?”
Cheng Gong did not agree with Hao Pi’s assessment and sneered. “There are more than 10,000 participants in this year’s examination. You think that she would exceed the rest and become one of the few successful people?”
Hao Pi laughed and his unruly beard shivered. “We can always make predictions and hope that they come true, no?”
Hao Pi looked at Cheng Gong and said indifferently, “You like to keep everything under control and in a neat order so that your plan doesn’t go awry. Aren’t you living a very boring life then?”
“I do have expectations from this girl.” Hao Pi expressed his thoughts without concealing his real feelings.
“Didn’t you notice that when she was being hunted down by Zhao Qingyan, she was not that slow. She has a good observation ability and a wonderful overall perspective. She made use of the people around her as cover, and was able to dodge the barriers skillfully. Moreover, she created many obstructions for those who were hunting her.”
The more Hao Pi talked, the more he felt his admiration growing towards this girl from Planet Trash.
“If Zhao Qingyan had not thought about cutting through the people by jumping in the air, she would not have been able to catch this girl within such a short time.”
“When she was finally caught, she did not surrender instantly. She knew how to make use of the situation and gained an opportunity for herself.”
Hao Pi’s words put Jin Ling into contemplation.
But Cheng Gong didn’t change his view despite the persuasive argument and disagreed from beginning to end. “She doesn’t have a strong intent. She yielded the moment she was caught!”
The moment Cheng Gong said the words, Hao Pi replied with his face full of disdain. “One has to be sharp-witted in such a battle. This girl must be smarter than the majority of the participants. Those participants were either overly confident about their own abilities, or totally dumb!”
He was being quite discriminative towards people from different regions. As per him, 70% of the participants were slow and foolish.
“If that is the case, your girl from Planet Trash is also stupid, right?” Cheng Gong had been mocked by Hao Pi a moment ago. But he did agree with Hao Pi’s last line. So, he added his two bits to what Hao Pi had just said.