Chapter 214: Chapter 214: How Embarrassing
Xie Lingzhi: "..."
Xie Lingzhi’s lips twitched slightly as she changed the subject, wondering, "This idiot, why doesn’t she think of something? Does she plan to stand off like this forever? Since she can’t even move the gun, she might as well give up the competition."
Ji You didn’t let everyone mock her for long, nor did she let her friends worry for too long. Suddenly, she let go of the gun and shouted at the store owner, "Owner, this event is about shooting accuracy, right? It’s not about brute strength, is it?"
Store owner: "...That’s right."
Ji You immediately broke into a smile, saying, "Owner, this gun is too heavy for me, I can’t move it. May I request assistance from outside the competition?"
Store owner: "..."
From the stands: "That’s not allowed, that would be unfair."
Ji You said, "How would that be unfair? This event is only testing shooting skills, not physical strength. Plus—whoever is willing to help me, if I win the final victory, I’ll share half my reward with them!"
Wow~
As soon as these words were spoken, no one objected anymore.
"Choose me! I’m strong!"
"Choose me! I’ve got muscles!"
"Choose me! I’m physically tough!"
...
All of a sudden, there were countless responders.
Ji You turned her head, looking at the store owner with a look of expectation. The store owner hesitated; technically, moving the gun was part of the test, but her argument wasn’t wrong either.
While he was indecisive, the alpaca Mengmeng suddenly pawed the ground: "Ao ao..."
The store owner was no longer in a quandary and nodded, "Alright."
Ji You immediately smiled, "Thank you, owner! With your generosity and fair-mindedness, your business is destined to thrive and prosper for a long time!"
Next.
It was time to pick someone to do the heavy lifting for her.
Ji You’s gaze swept over the crowd in the stands. The responders were enthusiastic and passionate, a sea of bobbing heads and waving arms...
Yue Qiguang bellowed, "Number 4444! Pick your dad! If you pick me, your dad won’t mock you as weak trash anymore."
Ji You heard it but pretended not to.
Chu Jiaojiao raised her hand high, saying, "Me! Me! I’m the strongest one here!"
Indeed—
Ji You weighed her options and thus chose Chu Jiaojiao to ’move bricks’ for her.
Chu Jiaojiao sprinted into the shooting area and came to Ji You’s side. In a matter of moments, she set up all the guns and other equipment that Ji You had struggled to move—all smoothly assembled in less than a minute.
A beast!
A real beast!
And a female beast at that!
Ji You: "...Thank you."
Chu Jiaojiao stared at her, smiling, "You’re welcome. Ji You, you really are quite beautiful."
Ji You raised her hand, pointing to the door, and said, "Your job is done, now scram back to your seat."
Truly—
She was completely immune to such flattery, no matter how often she heard it.
Once the equipment was ready and she had sent Chu Jiaojiao away, Ji You focused and started her own shooting competition. Although she had never used this kind of gun before, when playing mecha games on Star Network and firing the particle cannon, it too required precision.
It could be said that Ji You wasn’t completely clueless.
At least, she had some thoughts and understanding of her own.
Ji You stared in the direction of the target, too far away, the target too small, hitting it with one shot was actually very difficult. Only when Ji You looked through the scope and struggled to find the aim point did she realize how difficult it was to achieve the precision of Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan.
Moreover, Sheng Qingyan made it look so effortless and unstrained, almost without the need to aim deliberately, he could hit the bullseye with just a casual lift of his arm. Just how terrifying had his level of marksmanship reached?
Simply—
Ji You secretly felt alarmed.
No wonder—
Previously, Chu Jiaojiao and Shen Changqing had mentioned that Sheng Qingyan was very strong, but this guy was extremely lazy, never liked to study, and didn’t like to show off. Otherwise, he wouldn’t keep such a low profile at school.
Ji You stared through the scope, sighing inwardly without showing it on her face.
Where?
Where to start from?
This scope isn’t clear at all, and also, why isn’t the target staying still? It’s actually moving slightly.
This is too much!
The difficulty has unintentionally increased.
In the stands, seeing Ji You hesitating, the crowd said: "Shoot! Hurry up! Why are you dawdling?"
Time ticked by.
On this side, Shen Changqing had already fired 3 shots, each hitting the mark.
Sheng Qingyan was even more exaggerated, having fired 5 consecutive shots, all hitting the target.
Yue Qiyuan had also fired 3 shots, not missing a single one.
What about Xuzhou?
Xuzhou made a mistake with the first shot, missing the target, but then he fired two more shots, possibly having grasped the rhythm, grasped the method, each of his shots hit the target.
Among Ji You’s teammates, she was the only one who hadn’t made a move yet.
In the stands, some people were starting to get impatient: "What are you scribbling for? Hurry up! If you’re not willing to shoot, let me do it!"
The surrounding discussions were buzzing, and the gunfire from the other competitors was bombarding Ji You’s ears, but she kept a straight face, putting all of this behind her, ignoring, not listening, not looking. She stared at the moving target and started pondering one question:
Does the target get affected by spiritual power?
Ji You thought about it and immediately instructed Old Five in her Spirit World: "Old Five, whether Master gets laughed at or not, it’s up to you now. You take care of disturbing that target, make it stop moving."
Old Five, who was chasing and pecking at Sixth in the Spirit Space, suddenly stiffened his neck: [Master, Old Five can’t do that...]
Being an honest Spiritual Silk, Old Five never boasted or spoke empty words, so it immediately told its Master about its powerlessness.
Ji You: "Try it."
How do you know if you don’t try?
Having no choice, Old Five reluctantly stretched his neck and rushed forward with effort.
But—
No matter how hard Old Five tried, the moving target was like a nimble and mischievous child, completely disregarding Old Five’s commands.
From the stands: "Damn it! How long is she going to dawdle? If she dawdles any longer, I could have taken a nap and woken up! Does she want me to sleep for three days and nights before we get a result?"
...
Ji You ignored everything and said to Boss: "Boss, your turn!"
Boss was stronger than Old Five, but despite trying very hard, he still couldn’t control the target.
Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth, seeing how exhausted Boss and Old Five were after exerting themselves so much, all shrank their necks, afraid of being called upon next.
Ji You didn’t call out any more Silks to work; she had already confirmed one thing:
Her Spiritual Silks couldn’t interfere with inanimate objects. By inanimate, it specifically referred to objects like the target that had no life force, no intelligence, no signal receivers, no electromagnetic waves... her spiritual power couldn’t disrupt them.