“You… you’re on the same starship as Mingmei and the others?”

Hu Yue was also involved in this plan. When she and Li Yuan were eating in the cafeteria that evening, Li Yuan asked her which starship she was on. Hu Yue knew that he wasn’t involved in the plan and didn’t know the tricks of the starship arrangement.

Therefore, she casually said which starship she was taking.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Hu Yue noticed that Li Yuan's expression changed.

The cafeteria was crowded, and even if Hu Yue wanted to ask him what was wrong, she couldn’t let him say anything in such a public place.

It would be embarrassing if the news leaked.

“See you online later?”

“Okay…”

Hu Yue dumped all the meat from her plate into his plate. Li Yuan tried to say something several times, but his mouth was stuffed with meat.

Hearing her say that, he quieted down. After they finished dinner, the two walked towards their respective dorm buildings. Before they parted, Li Yuan handed Hu Yue something that looked like a keychain and told her to log in online tonight.

She originally thought that Li Yuan had accidentally discovered something, but when the two of them logged in, they booked a private room in a virtual dessert shop on the Star Network. Then she heard her boyfriend say, “You must carry the force field I gave you with you. Although I can’t design an S-level mech yet, I can still make some parts.

This force field is made of A+ level materials. Under normal circumstances, even an S-level mech’s charged attack can withstand two or three hits.”

“Heavens, if you give this to me, what about you?”

Hu Yue felt that her boyfriend’s personal safety was more important than hers. He needed his combat skills even more.

“I have another one. A couple’s set.” Having said that, his face was a little red, which made the corners of Hu Yue’s mouth turn up slightly.

“By the way, today in the cafeteria, when you heard me say that I was sitting on the same starship as Mingmei and the others, your expression seemed a little strange. What’s wrong?”

Hu Yue asked nonchalantly, as if she didn’t know anything.

“It’s not… I’m not saying anything bad about Mingmei.”

Hu Yue felt that something was off about what Li Yuan said.

“Yeah, what about them?”

“They seem to be a bit unlucky. When I was in the game before, I found that accidents always happened where they were, and uncontrollable situations often occurred. Thinking about Lu Xiaoyao, it seems that she was either next to Mingmei or next to Mu Chen, and then some bad things happened.”

Hu Yue was silent for a moment, listening to Li Yuan’s analysis.

Li Yuan had only met Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao a few times in the game, so the conclusions he drew from this seemed a bit unreliable.

Moreover, combined with the conclusions drawn by everyone around them, maybe—"Have you ever thought that maybe Lu Xiaoyao is just unlucky by nature?"

Li Yuan: "..."

Thinking about it carefully, that seemed like a possibility.

Then—"I seem to be on the same starship as Lu Xiaoyao."

Li Yuan instantly went from worrying about Hu Yue to worrying about his own personal safety.

He was weak, and he knew it.

“It won’t be that bad, it won’t be that bad.”

Hu Yue quickly comforted him, remembering what their teacher said, that only their starship would take off, and the other people's starships would be replaced.

Because the seats in the starship had already been changed into game pods, everyone would just think they were lying down to sleep and waiting to pass through a wormhole, and then they would wake up in the game...

"Don't worry, the school organizes this kind of wilderness survival course every year. Nothing unexpected has ever happened. Besides, Minister Mei Qiu and the others are exploring the way ahead this year, so what could happen?"

"My intuition tells me that the appearance of your brother and Minister Mei is not a good thing."

Hu Yue: "..."

I also think it’s not a good thing that your intuition is so accurate.

…

"With my current level, I can stimulate up to four insect cores at the same time."

Mingmei was also not asleep. She met Mu Chen online late at night, and Mingmei also simulated a mech race to spar with Mu Chen.

They used the most basic combat mechs.

After a sparring session, Mingmei had a new understanding of why Mu Chen got a perfect score in his combat class. Although she could also tell that Mu Chen had let her win just now, otherwise, her mech would probably have been directly dismantled by Mu Chen.

After the two of them rested elsewhere, Mingmei told Mu Chen about her mastery of Jin Yi.

"Actually, you're already very good at piloting mechs." Mu Chen knew where his limits were, and he could also see Mingmei's progress.

Moreover, he wasn't lying.

With Mingmei’s skills, ordinary people couldn’t beat her.

Moreover, Jin Yi’s data really maximized everything that could be maximized.

"Especially the activation of the insect cores... Meimei, have you tested your current mental strength level?"

"No."

Mingmei shook her head. She knew that her mental strength had been growing rapidly during this period, but she didn't have time to test how much it had increased.

"Let's test it after this plan is over."

Mingmei could now activate four insect cores of the Insect Queen at once. Although it sounded like only half, Mu Chen knew.

With his SS-level mental strength, he could only activate three insect cores of the Insect Queen at most, and he would still risk backlash.

He now had no doubt that Mingmei had unknowingly reached SSS-level mental strength, and might even break through.

"Okay." Mingmei simply nodded. After nodding, Mingmei hesitated, and asked with some anxiety and worry, "Aren't you nervous about tomorrow?"

"Yes, but I'm not nervous when I think of you by my side."

"You're still saying this at this time."

Mingmei was so nervous that she was about to die. Plus, with Jin Yi still on her, she suddenly felt that her burden was a bit heavy.

"Don't worry, everyone else has mechs, so there won't be any problems if something really happens and they have to fight."

Mu Chen was really dying of laughter when he saw Mingmei worriedly asking him how the mech could save people and whether she would accidentally crush people to death in her hands.

"Alright, it's getting late. After we finish this cake, let's go out for a walk along the virtual pedestrian street and then log off to rest."

After speaking, Mu Chen pushed open the door of the dessert shop's private room, and the door next door also opened.

At this moment, Mingmei, Mu Chen, Hu Yue, and Li Yuan met each other's eyes. Then, for some reason, the four of them tacitly looked away, and a guilty feeling arose in their hearts.

Li Yuan & Hu Yue: They didn't hear our jokes just now, did they?

Mingmei & Mu Chen: Ah, Li Yuan probably doesn't know yet, does saying this affect their relationship?

The four of them: Sigh! How is the soundproofing of this private room?!