The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1354: Classroom Analysis

Lanyue Star.

Combat Department Training Room, class of 131.

Louise Carter has been eliminated.

Upon witnessing this scene, the entire training room fell silent. It could be said that Lou’s defeat was not unexpected, but no one thought he would lose so miserably.

After openly defying orders, Lou was penalized 50 points by the competition system, which placed him at the bottom of the point rankings in the camp war between the fifth and sixth battalions. Despite this, the entire Combat Department of class 131 still had confidence in him, believing Lou to be neither foolish nor weak. As long as he worked hard to turn the situation around, he could definitely rectify his points.

However—

Such is time, and such is fate.

Lou’s luck was too poor; he almost never encountered anything good. Commander Charles was conceited and headstrong, and the combat approach of the sixth battalion deviated greatly from Lou’s philosophy, creating a significant disparity...

Even before his life-and-death fight with Ji You, Lou hadn’t even officially encountered Ji You on the battlefield. He spent a considerable amount of energy trying to gather information about Ji You, but without exception, he failed every time.

By the time he resolved to resist Charles and take the lead himself, it was already too late.

...

The students looked at Lou inside the protective shield, his face filled with worry, reluctance, and sadness. They couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy.

Mu Jianling stood by the screen with a stern expression, her hands behind her back.

She remained silent.

Only when the quiet students in the training room had been pondering for a while did Mu Jianling finally speak, "Louise Carter’s elimination was something I anticipated. Do you know where he went wrong?"

The audience fell silent.

After a second, Zhang Ye stood up and said, "I think his mistake was in misjudging Ji You."

"Oh?" Mu Jianling raised an eyebrow, "If it were you, what measures would you take against Ji You?"

Zhang Ye quickly visualized the scenario and immediately felt a headache, silently hoping he never had to face this person, number 4444, head-on in his life.

Then, Zhang Ye organized his thoughts and spoke, "If I were Lou, I would treat Ji You as nothing more than... um... I’d treat her as nothing at all. That means not concerning myself with anything related to her and just follow my original plan, organizing and arranging everything accordingly."

"Mm-hm?" Mu Jianling glanced at Zhang Ye.

Under her gaze, Zhang Ye couldn’t help but feel a tingling on his scalp but he maintained a serious demeanor, "Ji You’s tactics are so varied, truly studying her strategies would only play into her hands, making it even harder to escape her influence. So I think it’s better not to study it; even if you study it, it’s useless. You might as well focus wholeheartedly on refining your strategies to perfection."

After speaking, Zhang Ye felt slightly nervous.

Mu Jianling gestured with her hand, saying, "Sit down."

Zhang Ye promptly sat down.

Once seated, he sneaked a glance at Mu Jianling’s expression and was relieved to find she didn’t appear displeased.

Then.

Mu Jianling said, "Sticking to the original plan can indeed be a strategy for the foolhardy."

Zhang Ye: "..."

The students in the audience widened their eyes:

[Confirmed, this is another major tongue-lashing session.]

However, this didn’t deter everyone from eagerly volunteering to speak. Being rebuked by Teacher Mu Jianling’s sharp tongue isn’t a rarity; when has she ever refrained from sharp-tongued remarks?

Her mouth has never had a clean day.

*Cough cough...*

The students maintained a very good attitude, each eagerly raising their hands, waiting for Teacher Mu Jianling to call on them.

Mu Jianling called on individuals one by one.

Each person who was called upon shared their opinions, and those who didn’t speak intently listened, combining what they heard with their thoughts and understanding...

The classroom atmosphere was very lively.

Finally.

Mu Jianling smiled slightly and said, "Everyone’s thoughts are very good. Combining all your perspectives, there’s a multitude of reasons for Lou’s failure, but in short, he failed due to his misjudgment of the overall situation. He misjudged Ji You, misjudged Charles, misunderstood the enemy and ally maps, hesitated and delayed in crucial moments, and was always a step too slow when it was time to make decisions... All these caused his deep entrapment!"

"My advice is, if you encounter any questions you don’t understand or can’t clearly ponder, then just as Zhang Ye mentioned, focus only on what you can grasp."

Eh?

Zhang Ye’s eyes widened instantly.

To rare surprise, he heard a compliment from Teacher Mu Jianling.

Zhang Ye was suddenly overjoyed.

"Of course, those with brains should still use them— think more, find more solutions, make decisive decisions, and don’t be indecisive like Louise Carter." Mu Jianling said with her hands behind her back, her tone indifferent.

Her words had quite a broad impact, especially marking Louise Carter as a prime example of what not to do, prompting a welling of sympathy for Lou among everyone.

Seeing the students’ expressions below, Mu Jianling snorted lightly, "Why are you sympathizing with him? You who can’t even get a ticket to compete, have the nerve to sympathize with him?"

The students: "..."

And thus, the whole training ground fell into an awkward atmosphere once again.

...

On the battlefield.

With Lou resolved, it was like removing half the number of the sixth battalion. Those who followed Lou, though not the top force of the sixth battalion, weren’t to be underestimated. In Ji You’s eyes, Lou and his team were the most worthy of vigilance in the sixth battalion.

Lou was quite familiar with Ji You, and though he might not know all her strategies by heart, Lou would definitely be on guard against Ji You, trying not to let her take any advantage... In fact, that’s how Lou started off, but he was hindered by his lack of decision-making and speaking power, which left him off to a bad start...

How could Ji You allow him to truly grow and strengthen?

With Lou out of the way, Ji You could finally act without any worries.

The whole sixth battalion was divided into three parts, two within the battalion’s base and one in the fifth battalion. Among the two forces on their soil, the most dangerous, Lou, had been dismantled by Ji You, leaving merely two hundred or so individuals hidden at the Commander Base.

Lou and his subordinates had already been effortlessly eliminated by Ji You, placing the situation for the fifth battalion in jeopardy. If Ji You swiftly launched an assault on Charles’s Commander Base, Charles’ group, already entrenched within the fifth battalion with no retreat, could hardly rush to save their stronghold?

This wouldn’t even be worth considering.

If Charles really returned, it would end in his utter defeat.

Therefore, Ji You’s victory at Charles’ Commander Base would be as easy as pie, with the difficulty sharply decreasing by several times.

It wasn’t just Ji You and her allies who were aware of this; all the spectators outside the venue also realized:

——The entire sixth battalion was already in a countdown to failure.

With a single statement, Ji You gestured grandly, exclaiming with great audacity: "Let’s move!"