The Omnipotent Queen in an Interstellar Age - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Problem With Good Looks

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Seeing the conspicuous yellow suit with long sleeves and pants, the rest of the students could tell that she was from Planet Trash. But compared to everyone else, she had a much fairer skin than the other locals participating in the entry exam of Second Military School!
But this was when a comparison took place between them.
Lan Jiao, who had a bronze-colored skin, did look much better compared to the locals of Planet Trash who were simply invisible at night when light was off.
In contrast with the locals of each Planet Trash, Lan Jiao stood out like a shining star in the dark night.
Moreover, apart from the fair skin, Lan Jiao was slender, but not overly skinny. Her body-shape was not distorted or deprived to the level that only the skeleton frame was visible.
Lan Jiao, who had possessed much better body foundation versus the locals, became an exceptional being amongst these folks.
Because of that, she started receiving jealous looks from all around.
And because of being the odd one out amongst the locals, Lan Jiao was gradually isolated by the rest of the participants.
Why did she look better than the rest of them, although she was also from Planet Trash?
This was the thought that was firmly established in everyone’s mind.
Lan Jiao, however, did not care about being isolated. Her purpose was to pass the entry examination and enter Second Military School rather than indulge in a comparison match with those locals.
Ignoring the other participants, Lan Jiao focussed on trying to adapt to this planet which was totally different from Planet Trash in its composition.
The temperature was equally high, and the air was quite dry, but it was not as polluted.
As the breeze passed them by, the air felt clean and it carried the fragrance of the warm sunshine.
Lan Jiao considered this place to be a proper residence for human beings.
More and more spaceships flew in and dropped the locals one after another.
The number of local participants grew bigger and soon reached 5,000.
Even at this moment, no locals from any other planets, not even the bottom rung ones, had arrived. The people present were the locals from Planet Trash except for Lan Jiao.
This was an absolute regional discrimination.
The social status of these local participants was the lowest amongst all the hundreds of millions of stars in Interstellar, just because they were from Planet Trash.
They were supposed to wait for those participants with higher social status to come for the examination, just because they held a much lower standing.
Social classes existed everywhere, and where you were born was the proof of your social station.
Seeing the crowd, Lan Jiao became increasingly depressed.
Maybe it would not take long before the majority of these people were eliminated from the examination.
There was probably just 1/1000th of a chance that some from those 5,000 people would be able to remain.
“Why do you look so different from us?”
Suddenly, a tanned girl with withered hair, who seemed to be in her early teens, came to Lan Jiao. Her hair was braided and she had a curious look in her eyes.
Due to the long-term malnutrition, the girl’s long hair was almost gone. The braids that held all the hair together were not even as thick as Lan Jiao’s little finger.
Although she looked tanned and ugly, the girl had a pair of innocent eyes.
When everyone else on Planet Trash was struggling to survive in this cruel environment, it seemed that this girl was the only one who remained unaffected by the external factor and still had an innocent heart.
Lan Jiao didn’t know how to answer the girl.
The truth was that she had taken up the vacancy available to the local on her planet to appear in the examination. Hence, she could not reveal her real identity.
The girl noticed Lan Jiao’s hesitation and immediately apologized to her, realizing that she had been impulsive. “Sorry.”
Then she gave a friendly smile to Lan Jiao and praised her sincerely. “I just think that you are very pretty, so I was wondering what I should do to make myself as pretty as you are.”
Lan Jiao did not think that ‘pretty’ was an accurate word to describe her at the moment.
She had become so hideous-looking because of the polluted air and universe radiation. How could someone still think that she was pretty?
Suddenly, Lan Jiao wondered if these participants were isolating her and giving her a weird look, just because she was ‘pretty’!
Lan Jiao sighed helplessly as this idea hit her.
She smiled and thanked the innocent looking girl. Lan Jiao truly had no idea how to answer the girl’s question.
She thought over it for a moment and said, “Maybe if you eat something good in the future, you will become pretty after some time.”
Lan Jiao believed that the reason why the locals on Planet Trash were tanned and had a terrible appearance, was because of their habitat.
They lived in a polluted environment with no good food available. As a result, they became skinny and started resembling zombies after a period of time.
If they were provided with sufficient food and became healthy, they would not be so horrible-looking even if the environment was polluted and the radiation was so harsh.
Lan Jiao’s words attracted the attention of many participants.
Someone responded in a mocking voice. “It is impossible to get anything good to eat on Planet Trash.”
Then he turned to look at Lan Jiao. He glanced at her from top to bottom and looked rather disdainful and unfriendly.
“We do not have any interest in comparing ourselves with you. You look selfish and seem to be supported by the whole family. How does it matter if you are pretty? If you fail the examination, you will be deported back to Planet Trash and remain as the lowest-level dirt of Interstellar!”
He was speaking in an implicit way. He had vomited out his truest feelings in that sentence. He truly believed that Lan Jiao only had a pretty face and would be deported back to Planet Trash and live a terrible life.
The man’s words were echoed by the rest of the local participants.
Multiple pairs of disdainful eyes fell upon Lan Jiao, as if she had made a huge mistake by being here!
Lan Jiao thought to herself. “Who on earth have I offended?”
And what was wrong with being pretty?
Lan Jiao had thought that she did not need to bother about these people just because she was isolated by them.
But it seemed that everyone was cursing at her and that displeased her.
She had done nothing wrong. Why must she get scolded and be looked down upon?
Lan Jiao levelled her eyes upon the participant who had scolded her. She purposefully raised her voice and said, “I am sorry, but I don’t have any family members on Planet Trash, and I reached this stage with my own abilities!”
Seeing the disbelief etched on that man’s face, Lan Jiao continued. “Although the entry examination of Second Military School might be difficult, I think I can clear it.”