Chapter 225

Traveling at full speed, he arrived at the Shenzhou star system in just a day and a half.

Before heading back, he made a stop at the nearest Bujou star to replenish fuel and ammunition.

Having traveled thirty to forty light-years back and forth, his fuel was nearly exhausted.

He used to have no money; he was poor.

His superluminal engine used the cheapest dihydrogen polymer, and his pulse jump engine used the equally cheapest tritium mixture.

Now, he had money.

Naturally, he had to feed his engines good fuel.

High-quality fuel not only has a higher combustion rate, but the fuel tank can also store more of it.

Moreover, it significantly reduces wear and tear on the engines—

Starships also suffer from wear, and it is not insignificant; they require proper maintenance every so often.

For dihydrogen, he went straight for dihydrogen gel!

Although it still wasn't the best, it was far from bad.

For tritium, he also went straight for tritium gel.

As for ammunition, it went without saying.

It had to be various warheads and base-propulsion fuel produced by major groups and companies.

Although it would be a bit more expensive.

It was more stable, and firing many rounds wouldn't lead to duds or similar situations.

It also wouldn't result in unstable power, fluctuating between large and small.

After a round of shopping—

He spent a total of 1,800 credits.

Uh...

Alright.

In this era, things like fuel.

Are everywhere in the universe.

Substances like hydrogen and tritium are abundant in the universe!

It's just like oil in the 21st century; if it were as common as water...

You'd think 98-octane gasoline was expensive even at ten cents a liter!

Piloting the fully fueled and armed Cui Can, he returned to the residential star.

Before he had even truly entered the residential star.

He could see that the residential star was now much, much livelier.

Starships of all kinds were coming and going.

Most were scout ships, followed by frigates, and finally assault ships.

Destroyers were very rare, and he didn't see a single cruiser entering or leaving.

Battleships and deep-space ships went without saying.

Looking at the detection radar.

These scout ships.

Were mostly intermediate biological scout ships.

There were only a very small number of low-level biological scout ships.

As for high-level scout ships, he didn't see a single one among the ships entering and exiting.

Unsurprisingly, these were all freshmen.

This was normal.

Shenzhou Academy, as one of the top institutions, was not somewhere ordinary people could easily enter.

For instance, those low-level biological scout ships were basically models like Shining Star or Future Star.

Although their tier was slightly lower, their combat power was high!

And these captains' star-warfare skills had to keep up, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get in.

Like Chang Shaokong.

He glanced at them a few times and stopped paying attention.

He was in a rush to get back and evolve Cui Can to Tier 7!

However, though that was what he thought, Cui Can, which was not any model on the market, still attracted the attention of many classmates.

"Huh? What kind of starship is this?"

"What brand is this? How come I've never seen it?"

"Hey, classmate, what brand and model is your starship? Given the limit on a scout ship's length, width, and height, I imagine your ship wasn't cheap, right?"

"I follow starships every day, and I can be certain there is absolutely no model like this. And the keel, hull, and everything look familiar... So, classmate, your starship couldn't be purely evolved, could it?"

Through the communicator, the curious voices of these classmates rang out.

Xu Zi'an replied helplessly: "Um... yes, it was purely evolved."

Immediately, exclamations rang out in the communicator.

"Holy crap, that's awesome, classmate!"

"Purely evolved... buddy, you've got guts!"

"If it were me, I wouldn't dare to purely evolve it; what if the evolution doesn't go well... my whole life would be ruined."

"Yeah, yeah, if an evolution goes wrong later, there's still a chance for salvage. If it's ruined from the start, even if an enemy wants to kill you, they can't; without evolution points, tsk tsk..."

"Which department are you from, classmate?"

These freshmen were quite enthusiastic.

Xu Zi'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

These classmates were really... a bit too enthusiastic.

It was as if they were filled with curiosity about everything.

What was there to be curious about regarding a purely evolved starship?

He brushed them off with a few words and piloted Cui Can in a hurry toward Cui Can Island.

"Huh? Where are you going, classmate?"

"Holy crap, you're not a freshman, are you? No, how can you live on a private floating island!"

"This, this is freaking absurd, I thought you were a freshman from the same year!"

Watching this novel starship fly straight into the clouds toward a floating island without being blocked by the activated blue energy shield.

Everyone suddenly understood.

They had thought he was a freshman, but he turned out to be a senior.

He was probably one of those seniors who had bound their ships for the second or third time!

Who knew...

Soon, a senior explained.

"Pfft... little juniors, he's not some senior; he's a freshman just like you!"

"A freshman too? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could a freshman live on a private floating island! That's not something you can live on even if you have money!"

"Heh... what's impossible about it? He is Xu Zi'an! The national top scorer Xu Zi'an! Rank 1 Refiner Xu Zi'an!!!"

"Hiss!!! He, he is Xu Zi'an? That, that is the legendary Cui Can??? Holy crap, a freshman living on a floating island, I'm envious to the point of exploding! He truly is the unprecedented national top scorer!"

"Yeah, sigh, don't even talk about you juniors, we seniors are just as twisted with envy, alright!"

"..."

Xu Zi'an's name.

On the day before the official start of school.

Instantly spread throughout the entire school.

Not to mention the previous things.

As the well-informed seniors explained.

Private floating island!

Wind-Walk space armor!

Three free courses! ===== CHAPTER 227 =====