LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 61 - On the Way
After Captain Fu left, Mai Dongzi superficially walked around and looked at the room, but in reality, she was using her mental power to check if there were any surveillance devices in the room.
She found what appeared to be a miniature surveillance device in the living room, but there were none in the bedroom or the training room.
The reason it was called “appeared to be” is because she was unfamiliar with surveillance devices in this world and did not feel like she was being watched, so she could not determine if it was genuine.
Although she had some doubts, she did not feel like she was under surveillance, so she did not plan to do anything.
In any case, in a place like this, unless her life was threatened, she would not do anything against the rules. Therefore, as long as she was careful and maintained her usual state in front of the live broadcast ball every day, it would be fine.
After confirming that the room was relatively safe, Mai Dongzi began to pay attention to the room itself. The space was quite large, over 200 square meters.
The room was luxurious and comfortable, but what satisfied Mai Dongzi the most was the high-end cultivation room within it.
According to the original owner’s memories, the exclusive cultivation room at the Xie family’s residence was very ordinary, and none of the Xie family’s direct descendants of her age were any better than her.
Zhao Fenni often used the cultivation room as a means to subtly undermine the original owner, making her believe that her cultivation potential was truly useless and that her efforts were in vain.
After Erica Xie was recognized by the previous head of the Xie family, the couple immediately arranged for her to have a high-end cultivation room.
Zhao Fenni continued to use this to provoke the original owner, making comments about noble bloodlines being exceptional and common bloodlines being inferior.
Mai Dongzi could deeply empathize with the kind of harm such words had caused the young girl.
Mai Dongzi squinted. Whenever the original owner heard Zhao Fenni say such things, she would only feel sad. However, from Mai Dongzi’s perspective, there was something very problematic about it.
After triggering these memories, Mai Dongzi slowly pondered and concluded that the former head of the Xie family was only somewhat indifferent to the original owner; other than that, there wasn’t much else. However, Zhao Fenni harbored a subtle hatred and seemed eager to trample the original owner into the mud until she was satisfied.
It turned out that Deputy Chen had discovered that Zhao Fenni had been drugging the original owner since childhood. When Zhao Fenni found she couldn’t control her, she even offered a high bounty for her head, confirming her deep-seated malice toward the original owner.
As for Erica, who appeared to be cheerful and generous on the surface, after returning to the family, she treated the original owner very well. She persuaded her parents in front of the clan, saying things like it wasn’t the younger sister’s fault that their identities were swapped, and that the younger sister had been raised by their parents for so long, so they shouldn’t blame her for the issues regarding identity.
Though the original young girl was somewhat naive due to being sheltered, she wasn’t foolish. Whenever she heard her stepsister say these things, she always felt that there was something ambiguous and inexplicable behind her sister’s words.
After recalling these things, Mai Dongzi immediately gave a four-character comment: “Tealeaf words.”
However, the original owner had only interacted with this stepsister two or three times and didn’t know her well.
Mai Dongzi planned to observe this stepsister first. As long as the stepsister didn’t provoke her, Mai Dongzi wouldn’t hold a grudge against her for what her mother had done.
Of course, becoming good friends was out of the question.
Mai Dongzi checked the time. It was 12:20 AM when Lieutenant Fu came to pick her up, and it was now 2:12 AM.
She took a refreshing shower and then collapsed onto the comfortable big bed for a good sleep.
After getting up, she took a nutrient supplement and then entered the training room.
After trying out various auxiliary training equipment in the training room, Mai Dongzi confirmed that this was a training room focused on physical techniques and was very pleased.
In her previous life, she had developed a suitable method for practicing mental meditation. However, she was now on Prince Arthur’s command ship.
She didn’t know what was on this command ship, so to avoid inadvertently “seeing” something she shouldn’t while meditating, she decided not to practice mental meditation during these days on the ship.
Her mental ability level had reached early stage Level 6 after she attacked the middle-aged assassin. Although she was previously a Level 7 mental ability user, her current Level 6 abilities did not face issues with stability and cultivation. However, further advancement would not be quick.
Her martial arts skills, however, were different. In her previous life after the apocalypse, her martial arts level was only at Level 5.
The reason she had such martial arts skills was due to the physical conditioning she developed during her five years in the military and through repeatedly dancing with death in the post-apocalyptic world.
During rare breaks amidst various disasters in the apocalypse, she would try to improve her abilities.
However, enhancing martial arts skills through physical techniques isn’t something a novice can understand. At that time, the entire Water Blue Star was still in chaos, and no martial arts experts had yet developed martial arts techniques for warriors.
In her mind, Mai Dongzi had the memory of the original owner practicing top-tier physical techniques, as well as the practical combat skills she had developed through fighting.
She didn’t know what situations she might encounter after returning to the Xi family, so she couldn’t afford to delay her training. Therefore, it was best to focus on merging the two sets of training memories into a suitable martial path while she was on this command ship, where her safety was well assured.
Thus, apart from meal times and sleeping, Mai Dongzi spent all her time in the training room. For someone like her, having such an advanced training room meant she could easily stay here for two months without leaving, let alone while integrating and practicing martial arts techniques.
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Even though Mai Dongzi had entered the command ship, and neither Vice Officer Chen nor the prince’s bodyguards had approached her, they had been keeping a close watch on her movements.
“This girl really stays put. She hasn’t stepped out of her room at all, nor has she used her mental power to check her surroundings,” Zhang Shenshang remarked, surprised by how steady the eighteen-year-old girl was.
“Also, there are no records of her using the holographic star network game pod in her room,” Lieutenant Fu added.
“So what is she doing in there?” Zhang Shenshang was genuinely curious, but unfortunately, their prince did not permit them to activate the surveillance equipment.
“She’s probably training. Given her current achievements, she must have been very diligent in her training,” Vice Officer Chen said with certainty.
Lieutenant Fu glanced at Vice Admiral Chen. He knew that Vice Admiral Chen had privately instructed him to relay information about Prince Arthur to Miss Lucy, so he understood what was happening.
However, they would arrive at the Imperial Capital Star in two days, and Miss Lucy had been locked in her room with no signs of movement. It was unclear whether Vice Admiral Chen was pleased or disappointed.
However, they would arrive at the Imperial Capital Star in two days, and Miss Lucy had been locked in her room with no signs of movement. It was unclear whether Vice Admiral Chen was pleased or disappointed.
Vice Admiral Chen understood the meaning behind Lieutenant Fu’s glance, but he chose to ignore it. In reality, he was relieved; he had a good impression of the girl and did not want to be mistaken about her character.