The Omnipotent Queen in an Interstellar Age - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Old Device

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lan Jiao was quite free today since she did not have to make extra dishes for Captain Kite. She simply roasted a potato and ate it alongside water.
She had just finished eating when Ken came running to her in a hurry.
“Miss Lan, my uncle is asking for you.”
Ken sniffed the sweet smell across the air and realised that Lan Jiao had just eaten something made out of Nature Food.
Nature Food was indeed a wonderful thing. His uncle had been feeding on it for just two months and his physical condition had risen tremendously already. Ken got to know about this a couple of days ago.
But this rise in his physical quality came at the expense of spending his years of savings. Now his uncle was even poorer than him!
The omelette with rice, which Lan Jiao made for him the day before, had come after selling the last property that Uncle had remaining.
Hearing what Ken said, Lan Jiao nodded. She locked her room and started walking behind him.
She had just found out that it was almost time to leave Planet Trash to participate in the entry examination of the Second Military School.
Captain Kite’s office was not very far from her residence, and it took Lan Jiao and Ken only fifteen minutes to reach there.
It was a small-sized office with white surface. Kite was reading the reports on a light-grey desk and looked up as he heard them come in.
“Take a seat please, Miss Lan.”
Captain Kite displayed courtesy and respect towards Lan Jiao, like always.
It had taken him only two months to gain A + level physical quality. Although he had barely raised his spirit power, which remained at B level, still it was a tremendous change in his physical quality that underwent a hike from B + to A +.
Now he ranked the second among all the District Chiefs of Planet Trash 101.
His application of joining the battlefield had been approved through the letter that arrived earlier today.
Lan Jiao might have been a stay-at-home girl before, but she was born in a rich family and had experienced a great deal.
She could easily befriend Mi Lai who came here with her, let alone Captain Kite, who was the Captain of Planet District.
Lan Jiao took a seat upon the soft sofa made out of nanotechnology, which was placed in the corner of his office.
It was such a comfortable feeling! Much better than the hard bed in her room!
Lan Jiao decided that she was going to buy such a sofa too, when she settled down in Interstellar.
“Miss Lan, the criminals who stole your stuff were found.”
Captain Kite’s voice brought the absent-minded Lan Jiao back to the present.
“And?” Lan Jiao was startled.
She thought that it was weird. On the day when the theft took place, Captain Kite had promised that it would not take long to find out the culprits.
But it took him more than one month before the result was found.
Could such a minor case take so long?
Captain Kite’s men were too slow with the investigation!
Kite coughed with embarrassment, trying to control his own emotions before continuing.
“There are three of them, all are exiled criminals. Two died of illness not too long ago, and the remaining one is exhaling more air than inhaling, so he is going to die really soon too.”
Lan Jiao: “…”
What could she say under these circumstances?
Had Captain Kite asked her to come here, just to tell her that criminals were found but were almost extinct?
Nevermind! Lan Jiao did not care much about the theft in the first place, so she was not going to pursue it. The result proved one thing – everyone had their own destiny.
Even if they stole her food, these people still could not escape the destiny of dying on Planet Trash!
“One more thing.” Seeing Lan Jiao display no reaction to the theft, Captain Kite continued.
“Your application of participating in the entry examination of Second Military School has been approved. You will be the representative of Planet Trash 101 for the examination.”
“The spaceship will arrive in one hour to pick you up. I will give you a temporary Light Head on behalf of the Administration Association of Planet Trash 101.”
Hearing the news regarding Light Head, Lan Jiao became excited.
She was finally going to get the communication device that everyone possessed in Interstellar!
A few minutes later, a basic grey-colored watch was placed around Lan Jiao’s wrist.
Since it was a temporary one, the functions were quite basic. Lan Jiao lost interest after playing with it for a while.
This Light Head was so old!
Apart from calling and texting, she could do nothing else with it!
She could not do online shopping, socializing, playing games or joining mech battles, not exciting at all!
So this device was basically the same as a phone for old people, whilst Light Head was supposed to be like the smartphone of her time.
Captain Kite started speaking, seeing Lan Jiao finish playing with the Light Head. “This is just on loan to you right now. If you enter the Second Military School successfully, this Light Head will be yours. If you fail the examination, you have to return this when you come back to Planet Trash.”
Lan Jiao: “…”
Since when did this phone for old people become so valuable?
Was Planet Trash so poor? So, her reward was going to be this stupid, old Light Head when she gained great honor for Planet Trash by entering the Second Military School?
So stingy!
Lan Jiao again felt that the original host had been so annoying!
Why did she cause all these troubles instead of staying at home like a noble lady?
She had not had a single peaceful day ever since she came to this place, where she was in the lowest position of all the Interstellar!
Sigh!
It seemed that she would have to work very hard to create a better life for herself, starting from scratch.
…
One day later, the spaceship that had picked Lan Jiao, landed upon a mimicry planet in the charge of the Second Military School.
This was the testing spot for the entry examination.
As Lan Jiao got off the spaceship, she could only see endless sandy plains.
It was a desert, hot and dry. The sand beneath her feet was burning her soles even through the shoes.
The cruel environment made her sweaty within the first few minutes. But the moment the sweat leaked out of her pores, it evaporated immediately due to the high temperature.
Normal people would shrivel to death after living in such an environment over a period of time.
When Lan Jiao reached the spot, there were already quite a few students waiting there.
At the first glance, she could see that all the seven or eight hundred people were young, tanned and skinny.
Obviously, they were the students representing millions of Planet Trash among hundreds of millions of Alliance Stars for the entry examination.
Lan Jiao’s appearance instantly drew many people’s attention.