Chapter 44

The Great Energy Stone star system was discovered by the Han family over a year ago, and the news came from within the Huang family’s internal network.

As for why it was the Han family who discovered the star system but now both families are jointly exploiting it, that remains unknown.

In any case, the two great families together occupied the entire star system.

Originally, almost all of the star system’s inhabitants had been expelled, and those who were truly unwilling to leave and wanted to cause trouble had also been dealt with.

The energy stones on the star system were jointly exploited by the two great families and were now close to being completely mined.

The mined energy stones were temporarily stored on the main energy stone star.

Managed jointly by both families.

For the sake of fairness, the two families conducted rotating mining operations. Today happened to be the day for the Han family to take over from the Si family.

Before Ji Fu took action, she had already disguised their warships as Si family warships.

Then, according to the patrol trajectory of the Si family’s patrol warships, their warships were inserted into the queue.

Because the timing was perfectly calculated, before the Han family fleet arrived and the next batch of Si family patrol warships hadn’t arrived yet, they used their warship disguised as the Si family’s, equipped with a top-tier missile system, to directly attack the unprepared Han family.

Before the Han family could react, the vanguard fleet had already been pulverized.

Immediately, the entire Great Energy Stone star system sounded an ultra-high-level alarm.

[Beep beep beep! Abnormal intrusion detected]

Also sensing the disturbance were the star-level mechs of both sides’ patrol fleets.

The location of the Han family’s star-level mechs happened to be behind the vanguard fleet, so they witnessed their own fleet being ambushed by the Si family.

Instantly furious.

In fact, before this, the conflict between the Han family and the Si family was already considerable.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have delayed for so long, unwilling to divide the energy stones.

It’s just that the people of the Han family didn’t expect the Si family to be so shameless as to tear their faces apart at this moment.

Today was a special day, with many top figures mainly focused on the joint examination, but the increasingly powerful Han family couldn’t just let the Si family bully them.

The leader of the Han family’s star-level mechs was furious and ordered all the fleets behind to come up and launch a direct attack.

Mainly because their vanguard fleet had been blasted into pieces before he arrived, anyone who saw such a scene would be furious.

With the Han family’s movement, they initiated a counterattack, and the leading star-level mechs directly fired, also turning the warship used by Ji Fu to provoke the fight into fragments.

That warship was loaded with the ammunition of a whole warship, and nothing else.

The captain of the Si family fleet, who rushed over upon hearing the news, hadn’t reacted yet and had already taken quite a bit of fire.

This forced him to retaliate, and both sides’ star-level mechs moved at the same time, thundering across the entire battlefield.

And Qin Chu Yue, in the gap between the clashes of the star-level mechs, found an opportunity and directly infiltrated from the side.

In her earpiece came Ji Fu’s calm voice: “There’s a Si family patrol warship ahead on the right.”

The warship Qin Chu Yue was piloting was also a modified ‘Si family warship’. Unlike the one used for provocation earlier, her warship had three unmanned mechs deployed.

These three unmanned mechs were the result of Ji Fu’s efforts during this period.

The unmanned mechs currently on the market were all derived from the black mechs Ji Fu had modified back then.

Their quality was far inferior to the black mechs, of course. After all, the black mechs were the unmanned mechs she pioneered, and they were also star-level mechs.

With her current talent level, she couldn’t fully replicate them yet.

But as the pioneer of unmanned mechs, as long as she wanted to, she could create excellent unmanned mechs.

These three unmanned mechs were named Canglan, Jinghai, and Bieque by Ji Fu.

All three were S-level.

For someone with A-level talent, it’s generally difficult to control S-level materials, let alone cross-level mech production.

But Ji Fu’s situation was different from ordinary people.

When she was at the F level, she was able to use S-grade materials across levels, although it was a matter of life and death at that time, but it also shows her talent’s resilience.

Making these three unmanned drone mechas consumed a lot of her energy.

But because of the tight schedule and limited materials on hand, she could only make three in the end.

“Prepare for Canglan.” Ji Fu was remotely controlling the entire system of the Si family, and she took a moment to glance at the time on the wall.

The time covered by the broadcast has exceeded ten minutes.

If it goes on for a little longer, people outside will start to suspect.

If Fang Yanli were not absent today, maybe they could still get away with it, but Fang Yanli is too sharp.

So, in the thirteenth minute after the broadcast was covered, Ji Fu directly cut off all contact with Qin Chu Yue and lifted the coverage.

Coincidentally, Fang Yanli also noticed Ji Fu on the screen, who seemed to have maintained a certain state for a long time.

He hesitated for a moment, stopped talking to the people beside him, and was about to carefully examine Ji Fu’s status, when he saw Ji Fu stand up from her seat, stretch lazily, and walk to the window to look at the scenery outside.

The whole process seemed smooth, and there was no lag in the live broadcast, as if it naturally connected.

This was the stop-motion animation Ji Fu had recently inserted, which almost left no trace.

Of course, if you entered the system network, you would definitely find clues.

But during a joint exam broadcast, who would pay attention to the system backstage?

As the broadcast time lengthened, the original traces would be completely covered up.

In the hacker’s system, all deletions, restorations, and even formatting are not as effective as coverage.

Once covered, with a large amount of data influx, it becomes too difficult to find the original data. Even if found, it gets dispersed by the influx of data, and the data is no longer the original data.

Fang Yanli withdrew his gaze.

Compared to the unconventional people around her, she was indeed remarkably obedient.

The call was cut off, and Qin Chu Yue remained calm.

Before the action, they had discussed that Ji Fu’s situation was special, and if she discovered a problem, she could cut off communication at any time.

The control of the unmanned mechas was also in Qin Chu Yue’s hands.

According to the original plan, she released three mechas at the same time.

【Canglan has been activated】

Beep beep beep, at the next sound of the prompt, a silver-white mecha appeared below the battleship.

Ordinary unmanned mechas are only two or three meters tall at most, and their weapons are also limited.

This is not to say that the mecha technology is inferior; in fact, the overall mecha technology of the interstellar era is very advanced.

But the difficulty of unmanned mechas lies in system control.

Once too many attack forms and functions are equipped on unmanned mechas, the system cannot handle it, and the unmanned mecha will become a pile of scrap iron.

For them, this most difficult problem is actually the simplest.

Ji Fu’s system intelligence level is too high, which makes unmanned mechas full of possibilities.

The unmanned mecha, Canglan, in front of them is a typical example.

Canglan is 30 meters tall, weighs 1472 tons, and is even larger than the average S-grade mecha.

Because it meets the weight standard, the mechanical strength has reached S+ grade. As soon as it appeared, it tore the Si family battleship passing in front of it into two halves.

【Jinghai is ready】

【Bieque is ready】

Two heavy mechas appeared, stepping on the battleship passing by the Si family. At that moment, Ji Fu covered the live broadcast again and reconnected to the system.

After connecting to the system, the first thing she did was to open the intercepted communication port.

The collected energy stones were stored in the warehouse of the Danye Energy Stone Galaxy, and there were four star-grade mecha guards outside the warehouse.

Four mecha guards, two from the Si family, and the other two from the Han family.

Opening the warehouse requires authentication from both families to proceed.

But Ji Fu had no intention of authenticating today. She just released the news from the front battlefield.

“Captain, the Han family has torn up the alliance agreement and attacked with interstellar battleships!”

“The starships that came for rotation this morning were directly destroyed by the Si family upon arrival at the Danye Energy Stone Galaxy!”

Except for the captains of their respective patrol fleets on the front battlefield, the strength there is not strong. The main forces are on the Danye Energy Stone Galaxy in the rear.

The Si family stationed here are trusted confidants of Si Xun. When they heard this, they directly looked at the Han family stationed not far away.

In the tense atmosphere, he was still rational, not like those who had experienced the battlefield firsthand, not immediately resorting to violence, but pressing the call button and coldly asking, “What is the meaning of this?”

Before this, the two families had actually had several frictions, but they had not reached the point of direct confrontation.

After all, they both knew that the Si family needed time to catch their breath, and the Han family…

The reason why the Han family agreed to split the Danye Energy Stone Galaxy in half was not because they still had feelings for their old ally.

It was because they were caught by the Si family.

At that time, in order to swallow this big cake, the Han family had slaughtered innocent civilians, but the lower-class citizens were insignificant, and they were under the jurisdiction of the Si family. The two sides joined forces to suppress.

Before other families intervened, they occupied the Danye Energy Stone Galaxy.

At this moment, it was obviously not a wise choice to take action.

But the Han family felt that after the Wei Lan Prison broke out, the Si family was desperate.

They suffered such a big loss, and the other side still had the face to complain first?

The atmosphere was tense, but both sides considered the alliance and did not immediately resort to violence.

At this moment, on the main star of the Great Power Source Stone Galaxy, three heavy mechs descended with a thunderous crash.

Silver-white, crimson, deep gray.

All equipped with heavy weapons, they landed directly facing the direction of the Si family, launching indiscriminate attacks.

Boom!

The position of the Si family’s representative, who had still wanted to negotiate, was directly blasted into a deep pit, as soon as the silver-white mech appeared, it drew out its ion lightsaber and began slashing wildly.

In his rage, he immediately released his own mech.

The sudden appearance of these three mechs was inexplicable, descending violently from the sky without giving them any chance to prepare.

However, they were only S-class mechs, far from the level of stellar mechs.

But because both sides received the message at the same time when these three mechs descended, and they were wary of each other, it allowed these three mechs to exploit the situation.

With both sides now suspicious of each other and bloodlust rising, negative messages were being relayed constantly.

This led to the release of stellar mechs from the Si family, followed closely by an attack from the Han family.

Together with the three aggressive S-class mechs, they struck at two members of the Si family.

The power of stellar mechs was immense, causing widespread devastation, shaking the entire main star of the Great Power Source Stone Galaxy.

The initial three mechs that incited the conflict targeted only the Si family and their attacks were exceptionally brutal, as if they intended to perish together with the Si family’s mechs.

With such aggression focused solely on one side, the Si family naturally believed it was the Han family’s mechs.

The Han family found it strange as well and wanted to scan the three mechs and inquire if they belonged to their fleet, but before the message could be sent, they were hit by a counterattack from the Si family’s stray shots.

The situation quickly spiraled out of control.

The battles involving stellar mechs were inherently destructive.

They had to try to avoid the power source stone repositories as much as possible, which inadvertently provided an opportunity for Qin Chu Yue.

Qin Chu Yue piloted a starship disguised as a Si family vessel, escorted by Ji Fu who had given her the green light through the system, and swiftly infiltrated the power source stone repository.

Both sides’ guards, sensing the disturbance, looked up simultaneously, seeing the Si family vessel opening its doors.

The repository management system was divided, and except for personnel from both families, others couldn’t get close.

However, in the moment Qin Chu Yue passed through, the Si family’s representative faintly sensed that something was wrong.

The message only mentioned the skirmish, not any intention to target the power source stone repository.

Regardless of who initiated the conflict today, as long as the power source stone repository remained untouched, there might still be room for reconciliation.

However, if the repository was compromised, things would escalate beyond control.

Moreover, during the skirmish, when he scanned the three mechs that initiated the conflict, he found no biological signals.

…He had never seen such level of unmanned mechs, and it strongly reminded him of someone from three years ago.

In a flash of realization, he rushed towards the repository entrance.

Seeing this, Han family mech troops instantly followed suit, and due to the sudden appearance of the starship, they concluded that the Si family was trying to seize the opportunity and directly attacked!

As both sides were entangled, the crimson mech among the three suddenly self-destructed.

Boom!!!

With both sides engaged and the self-destruct system loaded onto the mech being overly aggressive, it practically exploded the moment it was triggered.

[Mech “Jinghai” has self-destructed]

[Mech “Bieque” destroyed]

Boom boom boom.

As Qin Chu Yue entered the specially constructed power source stone repository, everyone could feel the intense shockwaves of the explosion and the scorching temperature outside.

“It’s a pity,” she lamented the loss of those two rather handsome unmanned mechs.

But she knew that, aside from this method, they couldn’t deal with the stellar mechs outside through conventional combat means.

As the explosions outside continued, Qin Chu Yue swiftly moved all the visible power source stones using all available machinery and drones she brought, in the fastest manner possible.

The power source stones produced by this galaxy were of top quality, but because they hadn’t been processed, they were extremely heavy.

However, for Qin Chu Yue, emptying the entire repository was just a matter of minutes.

She was particularly adept at these unconventional mechanical tasks, such as one-touch cleaning machines or automatic household chores machines.

Previously, when she moved materials from the Huang family’s temporary warehouse or when she transported potions for Ji Fu, she used her machines, achieving exceptionally high efficiency.

Now, in this extremely urgent situation, she worked even faster.

Within minutes, she moved all the power source stones from the entire repository, not leaving a single trace for the Si and Han families.

Once she returned to the starship and closed the hatch, only then did the others start to come to their senses from the aftermath of the explosion.

Ji Fu checked the status of the mech “Bieque”.

It was severely damaged, almost to the point of being scrapped.

Without hesitation, she pressed the [Self-Destruct] button.

[Self-destruct sequence initiated]

The second mech “Bieque” self-destructed, serving as a cover for Qin Chu Yue’s escape.

Amidst the endless explosions, she piloted the starship, desperately fleeing from the Great Power Source Stone Galaxy.

The only mech, Canglan, that remained relatively intact, swiftly ascended into the air after Bieque’s self-destruction, and joined Qin Chu Yue.

[Canglan has returned to position]

Retracting the mech Canglan, Qin Chu Yue escaped from the Great Power Source Stone Galaxy at light speed.

As soon as she broke free from there, she pressed a button.

Swish—

The appearance of the starship suddenly refreshed, changing from the look of a Si family vessel to a deep space black.

In the current interstellar situation, the only family using the space black starship is the Zhou family.

Leaping far away, Qin Chu Yue finally relaxed, and Ji Fu on the other side could finally cut off the communication.

She resumed the live broadcast in space, and as she looked up, she saw the starship already beginning to land.

The broadcast sounded: “The starship is about to land in Galaxy A-730, and the collective battle exam begins.”

“Please note that after the first exam, eliminated candidates will have no chance in the next two exams.”

All the cabin doors opened at once.

At the same time, Han Qi and Si Xun, who were still invigilating in the square, received news from the powerful energy stone galaxy.

The scene was chaotic, with the Si family accusing the Han family of foul play, while the Han family claimed the Si family was despicable.

And in the warehouse guarding the energy stone, four star-level mechs were killed, leaving only one survivor in the midst of the twisted space explosion. Everything in the energy stone warehouse was completely looted!

Han Qi was furious, and Si Xun’s face changed suddenly.

Upon receiving the news, including members from both the Han and Si families, almost resorted to violence in the square.

Fang Yanli, who had been sitting quietly, had to stand up. He looked around coldly and said in a deep voice, “What are you all doing!?”

After a long time, the highest-rewarded joint examination of the three major military academies actually almost turned into a brawl between the invigilators from both families before the students even arrived at the exam venue.

This kind of thing is simply unheard of.

What’s even more exaggerated is that these two families jointly occupied a powerful energy stone galaxy. The casualties among the people stationed around that galaxy, including six star-level mechs, were severe.

Of the six star-level mechs, only two survived.

… One was the leader of the Si family battleship on the front line, and the other was the Han family mech guarding the warehouse gate.

One from each family.

After the heads of the two families learned of this, they rushed to the Alliance Headquarters for a big commotion.

The two survivors each insisted that the other family had started it.

On the first day of the joint examination, such a big commotion erupted outside the venue, and for a while, the entire Star Network was buzzing.

Coincidentally, most of the interstellar netizens were gathered in the live broadcast room of the joint examination. The barrage was flooding the screen, but none of it was related to the examination.

“Laughing so hard, hahaha, oh my god, today is the first time I’ve seen what karma really means.”

“If it were the civilian area that got bombed today, I would definitely charge first. That place, oh, what a blast!”

“Am I the only one who doesn’t know what’s going on?”

“Nothing much, just happy.”

The noble families monopolized most of the power. In this era of rapid information development, ordinary people couldn’t even speak normally.

There were people who knew about what happened in the powerful energy stone galaxy. After all, one cannot live without leaving traces, and everyone has relatives and friends.

But after the two major families jointly suppressed it, even the words “powerful energy stone galaxy” became taboo on the Star Network.

Who could have imagined that these two major families would end up like this!?

Everyone applauded and was excited.

Because no one knew who was behind the scenes manipulating all this, many people became interested and started speculating on the barrage.

There were all kinds of speculations, and some even suspected Fang Yanli. After all, whoever could manipulate both major families must be extraordinary.

No one could have imagined that the person behind all this was a student participating in this joint examination.

Ji Fu stood in the examination room, looking innocent.

The exam content had already been announced, and the three major military academies were each on their own.

And they were all on the same planet in the same examination room.

The planet used for this examination was also listed as one of the high-risk planets. It was teeming with alien plants, and high-level alien beasts were constantly emerging.

This was the first collective battle, and the examination room was divided into three, with each military academy assigned to a camp.

From now on, gather materials and build bases.

The first to eliminate at least 50% of the team from one of the military academies wins, and the winning team will obtain all the alien materials in this round.

And these materials can be used in the next round of battles.

It is worth mentioning that in the remaining two military academies, there will also be a determination of victory or defeat, with the second place needing to eliminate 30% of its members.

In the first round, only members from other military academies can be eliminated.

The more students eliminated, the higher their talents, and the more points they can get.

The scores obtained in the collective battle will also be included in the individual total score.

Once this examination rule was announced, the students of the Interstellar Academy felt doomed.

They must eliminate members from other military academies except their own, as long as this rule exists, the two major military academies will definitely target them.

Not to mention the disparity in strength between the major military academies… they still remembered what happened during the training.

Based on the operations of their own school at that time, if they were the two major military academies, they would have targeted the Interstellar Academy first.

Because of this, the students of the entire Interstellar Academy were particularly tense.

They must build a base before the two major military academies launch their attacks, otherwise they will have even less chance of winning.

It’s also important to build a certain type of base.

The students of Class S gathered together to design blueprints, and Ji Fu was also called over.

After confirming the blueprints and assigning tasks, everyone dispersed.

Ji Fu was assigned to a group with Zhou Lu Hai, the reason being that Tan Xi said they were partners before.

Walking into the grove, Ji Fu saw Zhou Lu Hai with his hands in his pockets, looking like a KING.

She stopped in her tracks, and Zhou Lu Hai turned to look at her. He saw her smiling and waving at him, saying, “Come on, Haizi.”

“Logging!”

Zhou Lu Hai:…

This person always calls him over when he’s feeling down.