The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1551: Chapter 1551: Refusal

1... 1 million?!!!

When Ji You heard that number, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Nolan Augustine caught the shift in her gaze right on time, and became even more sure in his heart. Then the corners of his lips lifted slightly, his tone turning even more confident as he said, "Of course, that’s just the annual salary. That doesn’t include bonuses, holiday gifts, and all kinds of other benefits."

Ji You: "!!!"

Nolan Augustine smiled and said, "In other words, if you include the benefits, the annual salary starts at at least 1 million... And I should add, our lab treats our members like family, warm and cozy. We provide housing, three meals a day, dessert before the meal, fruit after the meal, plus afternoon tea... We only ever use natural food. Nutrient solution? That kind of garbage, we absolutely don’t touch it."

As the last word fell, Nolan Augustine’s gaze very subtly swept over the nutrient solution in Ji You’s hand, the implication being—

—you’re still eating trash?

Ji You: "..."

Ji You felt personally offended.

Look at how well he’s doing. He’s not even a soul artifact maker yet, and his days are already this carefree. Ji You’s modest wish is just to eat natural food for all three meals, and eat as much as she wants...

Turns out, you only need to join a future Soul Artifact Master’s lab to get that.

Internally sighing like crazy, Ji You quietly put away the nutrient solution in her hand and said, "Ahem, I actually think nutrient solution tastes pretty good."

Nolan Augustine said gently, in a warm tone, "Don’t worry, Ji You, I’m not going to make fun of you for drinking nutrient solution. As long as you join my lab, I guarantee that from now on, you’ll never have to touch that stuff again."

Ji You forced out a smile: "Hehe..."

Nolan Augustine asked with a smile, "Ji You, have you made up your mind?"

Ji You nodded. "I have."

Nolan Augustine said, "And your answer?"

Ji You smiled slightly, and under Nolan Augustine’s expectant gaze, shook her head and said, "I refuse. Like I said, I’m not interested in joining a Soul Artifact Master’s lab."

Correct.

A Soul Artifact Master’s lab.

The corner of Nolan Augustine’s mouth froze.

Ji You smiled and said, "Senior Nolan, even though you’re not a Soul Artifact Master yet, don’t worry, even if you become one in the future, I still won’t join."

Nolan Augustine: "..."

Ji You looked at him, her tone extremely firm. "My goal is the stars and the sea, not some tiny little lab."

Nolan Augustine’s expression darkened. He said, "My lab may very well become a great lab someday in the future."

Clearly, he was very unhappy with Ji You calling it a "tiny little lab."

Ji You didn’t care about annoying him. On the contrary, she was actually deliberately provoking this Senior Nolan. In that brief moment when Nolan Augustine’s emotions slipped out from under his control, Ji You felt the spiritual fluctuations all around them start rolling wildly, and the eye of the storm that was churning up the surrounding biological Spiritual Magnetic Field was Nolan Augustine himself.

How to put it...

If Teacher Mu, Principal Hong and other powerful people’s Spiritual Silk feels like pressure and oppression, and the Spiritual Silk of classmates and comrades like Chu Jiaojiao and Shen Changqing feels friendly and warm to Ji You, then Nolan Augustine’s Spiritual Silk feels irritable and violent to her...

Mm~

This was a little strange. The other party felt irritable and violent, yet Ji You didn’t feel the slightest bit of fear. On the contrary, she felt that if she wanted to kill him, she wouldn’t even need to go all out.

Is Nolan Augustine really that weak? By rights, he’s supposed to be one of the top-tier in the fourth-years. The official data says Double S-class! Both Physical Strength and spiritual power have reached S-Class, which should mean he’s plenty tough. But Ji You honestly didn’t find him even remotely intimidating.

About this, Ji You was very puzzled.

Silence.

Maybe the opponent is strong, but in front of her, he isn’t... Ji You found it hard to describe this feeling precisely. If we’re talking about everyone she’s met so far, whose spiritual power is the most insanely irritable—so irritable that Ji You feels it’s extremely troublesome and she’d better not get too close—that person would definitely be Liu Fufeng.

Strictly speaking, Liu Fufeng’s spiritual wave on his Spiritual Silk was a tiny bit similar to the fluctuations of the Nolan Augustine standing in front of her, but there were also huge differences.

The biggest difference was strength.

Liu Fufeng is strong, Nolan Augustine is weak.

But!

She often goes to class with Liu Fufeng, and has even gone out to carry out group missions. After spending this much time together, her six Spiritual Threads have never once complained that Liu Fufeng’s Spiritual Silk "stinks."

Why?

The more Ji You thought about it, the more the scene in front of her felt like a dense fog, impossible to see through or figure out... and she had no idea what kind of danger might be hidden behind that layer of mist... So, it was probably best if she just minded her own business and pretended she hadn’t noticed anything.

Right when Ji You finished thinking it through and decided to pretend she’d noticed nothing, the expression on Nolan Augustine’s face shifted several times. In the end, he seemed to finally adjust his mindset, looked at Ji You, and smiled slightly. "Ji You, I can wait for you to think it through. You don’t have to give me an answer so quickly. One day, ten days, half a month... I can wait. I hope you’ll seriously consider it."

Ji You opened her mouth—

Nolan Augustine seemed terrified that Ji You would open her mouth just to reject him again, so he immediately raised his hand to cut her off, hurriedly saying, "Really, don’t rush to refuse. Think about it carefully. If you choose to continue your studies in Material Processing, then after graduation you’ll also have to find a related lab or industry to work in. At that time, your salary and benefits won’t necessarily be as good as what I can offer you now. Or, you can go check later—the starting monthly salary for a newly graduated Material Processing Master is about 3,000–5,000 credit points. The annual salary doesn’t even reach 100,000, and there are no legal holidays..."

Ji You listened to his long speech, every word clearly for her sake, and couldn’t bring herself to interrupt him. But she really didn’t have time to keep tangling with him, so she smiled and said, "Senior Nolan, you’re overthinking it. I’m not going to be a Material Master after I graduate. I’m going to be a Mechanical Warrior."

Nolan Augustine: "..."

The atmosphere turned unbelievably awkward.

With one sentence, Ji You pretty much killed the conversation dead.

After a brief silence, the corners of Nolan Augustine’s mouth opened and closed a few times, and after a while, he finally said, "Oh. Then I’ll congratulate you in advance, Ji You, and hope all your wishes come true."

Ji You smiled. "Thanks."

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