Jiang Yongbai was so angry he couldn't speak.
Just then, his Smart Bracelet dinged, indicating an incoming message.
He glanced at the message, his face turning ashen. He glared at Xia Chujian before turning and leaving the Warplane training room.
Because the person who was supposed to help him had returned the money…
This meant the deal was off, and they couldn't arrange a Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter for him anymore.
Without the best-performing Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter, his chances of flying through the Small Asteroid belt were significantly reduced.
Xia Chujian didn't bother with Jiang Yongbai's deals.
She spent only five minutes figuring out the Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter's operating platform, then quickly started the Warplane, flew out of the training room, and arrived at her roommates' Thunder-Class Starry Sky Fighter training room.
She parked the massive Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter and climbed out. Then, she installed the nano-fiber optic data cable she had obtained from the Seventh Material Warehouse into a slot at the bottom of the Warplane.
This connection allowed her to link with the Warplane's automatic control system, enabling her to control the data cable's automatic connection to other Warplanes.
Next, she helped Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi install similar fiber optic data cables.
The difference was that she installed them in the top slots of their Warplanes, unlike hers, which was installed in the bottom slot.
Then, the four of them discussed their formation for entering the Small Asteroid belt.
Xia Chujian said, "After takeoff, I'll send you the data. That will be our team formation for entering the Small Asteroid belt."
After the four of them agreed, they climbed into their respective Warplanes.
By the time Jiang Yongbai arrived, he only saw a Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter leading three Thunder-Class Starry Sky Fighters taking off abruptly.
The massive shockwave nearly blew him away!
Jiang Yongbai's face almost got peeled off.
He quickly lay on the ground to escape the blast.
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Xia Chujian and her three roommates piloted their Starry Sky Fighters straight into the sky, arriving at the Interstellar Terminal above Galuo City, Kanli Star. From there, they entered the incredibly spacious cargo hold of an Interstellar Spaceship.
Interstellar Spaceships were divided into civilian and military types.
The common feature was their enormous capacity.
Military Interstellar Spaceships also had more powerful attack and defense weapon systems, which civilian Interstellar Spaceships couldn't match.
At the same time, military Interstellar Spaceships had more powerful engines.
Because they had to undertake combat functions in extreme situations.
Soon, all one hundred and ninety-six Starry Sky Fighters from Xia Chujian's base were carried out of the atmosphere by two massive Interstellar Spaceships.
After several accelerations, they finally broke free of Kanli Star's orbit and entered the vast universe.
Xia Chujian connected to the Interstellar Spaceship's internal network and saw the view in space.
Below the Interstellar Spaceship, she could see Kanli Star, a planet of green and blue, floating in the dark universe.
And not far ahead, a circular arc of light cut through the darkness of space.
Countless stars floated within it, reflecting the sunlight and shining with colorful light.
These stars didn't appear large, and their shapes were irregular.
Some were like works of art carefully polished by time, while others were like scraps casually smashed by an artist.
Zooming in on the display, she could clearly see the unique patterns and colors on those stars.
Some stars had calm, ancient colors, while others were as bright as dazzling diamonds. Some even emitted seven colors of light—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet—like rainbows wandering in the dark universe.
This was the Small Asteroid belt between Kanli Star and Cangge Star.
Xia Chujian watched the Small Asteroid belt with fascination, feeling a quiet, almost sacred atmosphere.
Suddenly, a comet flashed across her display, colliding with several nearby Small Asteroids, instantly scattering debris like shattered crystal, leaving a trail of brilliant light across the sky.
Such a quiet and beautiful place, like a primeval cosmic garden, was completely natural, without any trace of artificial carving.
Xia Chujian found it hard to imagine that this was the asteroid belt that made the instructors turn pale and swallowed countless "ships"...
Not only was she not afraid, but she was also a little eager to try.
Before long, the Interstellar Spaceship arrived at the closest point to the asteroid belt, but remained outside its range, to avoid being smashed to pieces by the floating Star Rocks and the occasional comet that darted over.
Pei Zijing said one last time on the public communication channel: "All students, you have arrived at the largest asteroid belt in the Beichen Galaxy—Sest. As long as you fly over this asteroid belt, enter the opposite Cangge Star orbit, and reach the designated docking position at the Interstellar Terminal above Changliu County, the capital of Cangge Star, you will have passed this training and assessment."
"The ranking is very simple. Whoever arrives first ranks first. Also, during the process of flying through the asteroid belt, there are no combat requirements, and you must not attack your own Warplanes. Once discovered, all qualifications will be revoked, and you will be treated as Rebels. —Any questions?"
Pei Zijing was learning from the last time Lü Luyu killed her own people, and did not allow the students to engage in Gu-raising-style infighting.
Xia Chujian thought for a moment and asked, "Chief Instructor Pei, are there any creatures settled in the asteroid belt? Will they attack us? If they attack us, can we fight back?"
She looked at the ammunition her Warplane was carrying. There were no weapon systems for space combat, such as the legendary Quantum Clutch Bomb, Pulse Cannon, Space Ion Beam Cannon, Electromagnetic Railgun, Gravity Weapon, etc. There were still only those conventional Missiles, Smart Machine Guns, and Penetrating Bombs, the same equipment as Ground Fighters.
This was to fundamentally prevent some students from opening Slaughter on their own people in the asteroid belt...
She wouldn't say who it was aimed at.
Pei Zijing choked for a moment, then quickly said, "This asteroid belt is an uninhabited asteroid belt. Precisely because the environment is very harsh, no creatures can survive here."
"The natural conditions are so harsh that even the Remnant Species cannot survive."
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as there were no Remnant Species here, there would be much less trouble.
If all else failed, she still had Shao Siming...
That was like having an extra life!
Xia Chujian touched her Shao Siming neckband.
After she finished asking, several other students asked about the situation in the asteroid belt, all asking what to do if they got lost, or what to do if they wanted to retreat halfway.
Xia Chujian felt that these were very practical questions, and listened very attentively.
Pei Zijing said, "If you get lost, or want to withdraw halfway, just press the green button on the Warplane. This is a high-frequency electromagnetic locator. Even in a magnetic storm environment, it can share your location with our rescue system immediately."
Everyone looked at the Warplane's control panel, feeling very fond of the extra green button.
This was the signal equipment on these training machines.
Pei Zijing also emphasized, "You only have one chance to press this green button. Once activated, whether you do it intentionally or unintentionally, your qualification will be revoked, and you will definitely be brought back by the rescue ship."
After everything was explained clearly, Pei Zijing gave the order: "Depart!"
Soon, the belly of the Interstellar Spaceship opened wide, and one dark gray Starry Sky Fighter after another flew out with a whoosh.
Xia Chujian maintained close contact with Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi.
After they flew out of the Interstellar Spaceship, they did not rush into the asteroid belt, but instead flew upwards as hard as they could, got rid of the other Warplanes, and came to a slightly open area.
Xia Chujian issued the first command: "Form up."
She shared the formation diagram with her three roommates.
In simple terms, the positions of the three roommates' Warplanes were at the three corner points of an equilateral triangle, while maintaining on the same plane.
Xia Chujian's Warplane flew at the vertical high point of the center of that equilateral triangle.
From the outside, her Warplane and her roommates' three Warplanes together formed a pyramid-shaped three-dimensional equilateral triangle.
She was at the highest vertex, and her three roommates were at the three corner points of the bottom plane.
Xia Chujian then issued the second command: "Data line connection."
She pressed a button, and the nanometer-scale optical fiber data cable in the groove at the bottom of her Warplane shot out abruptly.
At the same time, the nanometer-scale optical fiber data cables in the grooves at the top of the three Warplanes below also shot upwards.
The four optical fiber data cables intertwined at the center of this three-dimensional equilateral triangle.
A second later, the systems of the four Starry Sky Fighters were connected together using a wired system.
Xia Chujian was in high spirits: "Let's go!"
The four of their warplanes maintained this pyramid formation and flew into the Small Asteroid Belt.
When they looked at it from outside the Small Asteroid Belt, they felt like it was an ancient cosmic garden.
But once they entered, they realized this was not a quiet and orderly cosmic garden at all, but a chaotic and dangerous place! Their four warplanes had only been flying for a minute when they discovered the gravitational field suddenly changed.
The pyramid-shaped warplane formation suddenly turned into an inverted pyramid! Xia Chujian went from being at the top to being at the bottom.
And the base of that equilateral triangle became the top.
Xia Chujian's lips twitched, and she said in the four-person group channel, "Can the gravitational field change like this?"
Mao Yonggui said, "This kind of extreme situation is not common even in other Small Asteroid Belts. It deserves to be the largest Small Asteroid Belt in the Beichen Galaxy."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She was about to ask them what precautions were needed when flying in other Small Asteroid Belts when she saw a bright light flying quickly from far to near, about to approach their position.
It was a small comet!
Xia Chujian broke out in a cold sweat and quickly issued an order: "Descend one thousand three hundred meters!"
The four warplanes descended urgently along the gravitational field. Mao Yonggui and the other three warplanes just barely brushed past the comet speeding by.
Because they descended too quickly, it also added a bit of variability to the gravitational field here. Some of the Star Rocks and ice crystals swept along by the small comet were also attracted, and followed Xia Chujian and the others as they descended.
Xia Chujian looked up and saw not only her roommates' three Starry Sky Fighters above her, but also some Star Rocks and ice crystals flashing colorful lights.
They revolved around her roommates' Starry Sky Fighters, as if they regarded the three warplanes as planets, and themselves as satellites.
Xia Chujian: "..."
She said with a smile, "It's quite beautiful!"
Terrified shouts came from Mao Yonggui and Chu Qingjuan in the headset: "Continue to descend! Otherwise, we will never be able to leave!"
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