Star Hunter.

Chapter 291 Starvation? Starvation my ass!

Xilin didn't set off immediately. Even when the gray cat rolled around, acted spoiled, and even threatened to starve itself, Xilin didn't change its mind. After this large-scale course test, Xilin had an elective course in session. The instructor for this course was a highly respected old professor. This professor was quite good at academics, unlike some members of the Royal Academy of Sciences who wore academic hats and spent their days scheming and fighting like politicians.

Xilin chose this experienced tutor's course not solely because of the tutor's character, but primarily because of the quality of the lectures he delivered.

This course is about audio interference and signal assimilation. Many students are not interested in this topic, so few people choose this course, and it is only taught in a small class.

Chapter 291 Starving? Starving my ass! A true mentor will give his all even if there is only one student sitting there listening to his lecture. This old mentor is such a person. Although there are only a dozen students, the old mentor is still very enthusiastic, and the course content has benefited Xilin a lot.

Processed audio signals can affect other signals within a certain range. In class, the old instructor conducted an experiment. He played an audio signal, and more than ten students turned on their communicators. Under the influence of this signal, the brightness and image displayed on the communicator screens also jumped in the same rhythm. At the same time, a kind of bewitching power that was almost synchronized with the pulse was spread by this audio signal.

Xilin was very familiar with this feeling; the Star Alliance Hunters often used such audio signals as their group music. The Hunters' entrance, starting with this introductory signal, was indeed very cool.

However, what Xilin is more concerned about is how much further such audio signals can be expanded and applied in how many places at this stage.

After each course is completed, there will be a break before continuing. This time, the old tutor had something to do later, so the course was adjusted and the next course was brought forward. Therefore, Xilin will have to stay at the affiliated school for a few more days.

After finishing a class, Xilin returned to his dormitory. As soon as he entered, he saw Gray Cat lying on the floor, whimpering and looking like he was having diarrhea and was exhausted.

Since the gray cat had been loudly proclaiming a hunger strike in protest against Xilin's decision to postpone its departure for the past two days, Xilin was no longer surprised by its behavior.

Hunger strike?

Xilin glanced at it, holding an electronic notebook with course notes, and walked past the gray cat lying on the ground pretending to be weak: "I've told Cheng many times that after you steal food, remember to lick the crumbs off your mouth. Besides, although I'm not a feline, my sense of smell is still pretty good. I can smell the fishy smell from far away when you yawn."

Gray cat: "...Hmph!"

Stop pretending and the gray cat scrambled up and scratched Xilin's trouser leg, turning one of Xilin's trouser legs into a noodle shape.

"And another thing," Xilin poked the round head of the gray cat that was scratching its trouser leg, "don't think I don't know what was going on with the screen flickering like it was having a seizure during class today!"

The gray cat pulled its ears back and didn't respond.

It was just a little venting; who told that teaching equipment to be so useless!

"How many more days do you need?" Ever since Yuan Xingming and the others set off, Gray Cat has been video chatting with them remotely. Yuan Xingming and the others have been enjoying themselves outside every day, eating and drinking well, and even showing off in front of Gray Cat. This makes Gray Cat so angry that whenever it gets upset, it runs to bite the scales that the black viper gave it to sharpen its teeth.

I wonder if that black viper will regret it when it sees the scales it gave to the gray cat to vent its anger.

"Let's wait five more days. The next class will be earlier." "Five days." The gray cat continued to lie on the ground, pretending to be weak. It was too much of a blow to the cat. It had been so bored lately that its teeth ached. It swore on its few remaining fish cakes that it definitely didn't bite the scales!

"So what are we going to do for these five days?" The gray cat rolled on the ground. The affiliated school was so boring. It seemed like everyone and every animal was busy. If there were no classes, there were tasks. People like Yuan Xingming, who had neither classes nor tasks, just went out to enjoy themselves.

Xilin paused for a moment and then said, "Then let's go back to the Yuan family home and see if your little pet is still throwing a tantrum."

After Xilin returned last time, he didn't go back to the Yuan family home because of time constraints. He only chatted with Yuanye via video call online. As for the pet sea monster that Gray Cat raised, it has grown up again. Yuanye's yard is too small, so he just put it in the artificial sea. Only a family with the background and economic strength of the Fuji royal family and the Yuan family can easily create an artificial sea.

Yuanye also built a small courtyard next to the artificial sea, where he would watch the sea monster tease the fish every day. However, the sea monster seemed to be upset because Xilin and Gray Cat hadn't visited it. It often sprayed seawater into the buildings around the artificial sea, or howled in the middle of the night, causing complaints from the surrounding area. Relying on Yuanye as its backer, it wasn't afraid of being cooked and eaten by others.

  

Upon hearing that they were going back to the Yuan family home, the gray cat perked up. Even though there wasn't much fun there, it was still much better than the affiliated school. The affiliated school had so many restrictions and was too much of a hassle. They could go to the Yuan family home to see their little pet and also find some fresh fish from the wilderness...

Urged on by the gray cat, Xilin quickly packed his things, told Guan Feng, and left the affiliated school for the planet where the original family's main residence was located.

Upon seeing Xilin, the escort fleet of the planet where the Yuan family's main residence was located conducted a routine inspection and were very polite. They even sent someone to take Xilin to the place where Yuanye was located.

The blue sea stands out prominently amidst this vast green area. Although the area is smaller than the sea that Xilin had seen before, the seawater quality is still quite good.

Several Ficus pumila trees were planted in the new yard in the field. They were not as big as the one in the old yard, but they were growing well, and the few trees together did not look monotonous.

Yuan Ye was happy to see Xi Lin return. He didn't ask Xi Lin what he had been doing recently. After all, Xi Lin had his own path to walk, and no one could interfere. Yuan Ye also believed that Xi Lin could handle his own affairs. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Yuan Ye had long regarded Xi Lin as his own grandson. He didn't expect Xi Lin to achieve great things in the future, as long as he lived happily.

Often, parents and elders have high expectations for their children, but in reality, their bottom line is very low; simply surviving is their bottom line. Yuan Ye has experienced too many things in his life that others don't know. He doesn't talk about them, and no one can get the information out of him, not even Yuan Liao.

After experiencing so much, Yuanye enjoyed this peaceful life. Xilin sat with Yuanye in the courtyard by the sea. They didn't need to say anything; just sitting quietly like that was better than anything else.

After the sea monster that initially roared "Awooo!" upon seeing Xilin and the gray cat caused a ruckus, the gray cat took the large sea monster named Blueskin to other parts of the artificial sea to cause trouble.

Even if this sea creature didn't grow up under natural conditions, perhaps it was influenced by spending too much time with the gray cat when it was born. To borrow Peter's mother's words, this guy grew up crooked.

As it turns out, that occasional silly behavior is contagious.

Watching the sea monster in the distance, pretending to be a sea lion, swimming upright and catching fish thrown by the gray cat, Xilin thought of the saying, "Don't wash your dirty linen in public." Thank goodness it was here; if it were anywhere else, especially in those planets teeming with sea monsters... people would laugh themselves sick.

"By the way, you said you were going to attend Ulagano's cousin's wedding," Yuanye asked.

"No, it's not that. Yuan Xingming and the others dragged me over to have some fun. Wulagano gave me all the entry passes." Xilin said, taking out the entry pass to show Yuan Ye.

In the circles of the upper nobility, it wasn't just the bride and groom who distributed invitations and passes; it was often the people behind them. In everything, profit came first. Many of the guests invited by the elders were people the bride and groom had never even met. They would just hear the elders introduce them, and then everyone would greet them with smiles, like seasoned actors, as if they were old friends.

Therefore, when Ulagano asked the organizers for passes and invitations, they were overjoyed and wanted to give him a whole stack of them. After all, as a prince, the people he knew and associated with were not ordinary people.

Yuan Ye glanced at the words and name on the card and chuckled, "Oh, the bride's from the Gleason family!"

The Gleason family wields considerable influence in the military, comparable to the Teita family and the Yu Rong family. Both the Gleason and Yu Rong families are powerful figures in the military.

The Gleason family

Yuanye told Xilin about the Gleason family, but that was all in the past. Yuanye knew some of the current situation, but not in detail. However, judging from the past, the Gleason family was alright. They were strict in educating their children and didn't raise a bunch of spoiled brats like other noble families.

"You can go and take a look, and bring a gift along. Someone from the Yuan family will also go, but they won't be a core member." After all, the bride with the surname Gleason isn't a core member of the Gleason family. If she were a core member of the Gleason family, General Gleason would definitely have extended an invitation directly to the three kings.

Although the three kings didn't go, three princes did sneak over. As for the meaning of the word "sneak" that Yuan Xingming emphasized, it was probably like taking off your pants to fart. These three are now familiar faces among the upper nobility, and recognizing one is enough to guess the origins of the other two. You can imagine how much those guys are enjoying themselves right now.

"Second Grandpa Master~" The gray cat climbed ashore, shook off the water, and ran over to jump onto Yuanye's lap so that Yuanye could rub its fur.

"How much fish did you eat? Don't kill all the fish in here," Yuanye said with a laugh as he groomed the gray cat.

"I didn't eat much; Lanpi did most of the eating."

Xilin glanced at the frequency of the gray cat's whiskers twitching and immediately understood that the cat was definitely lying. When the cat lied, its ears would unconsciously pull to the sides or back a little, and it would also press down a bit, causing its whiskers to twitch twice at a specific frequency.

The blue-skinned guy was directly blamed.

Upon hearing that Yuanye encouraged Xilin to go out and make more friends, the gray cat pointed at Xilin with its paw: "Look, even Second Grandfather and Master say so, and you're still being stubborn!"

Xilin raised an eyebrow, grabbed the gray cat by the scruff of its neck, and headed towards the sea.

A parabola... Thud!

When the gray cat climbed back ashore, it rolled around in the sand and then rubbed itself on Xilin's clothes, covering Xilin in sand and seawater.

Yuanye watched from the side and couldn't help but laugh.

Five days later, after Xilin finished his elective course at the affiliated school, he was dragged out by the gray cat by his trouser leg. This guy couldn't stand being cooped up at home, and whenever he was bored, he would look for something to do. The thing the gray cat looked for was to eat. He ate everything, mechanical and organic, all of it.

Keeping such a cat with such a rigid, almost mechanical diet is really exhausting. It turns out that starvation is just a load of rubbish!

After packing his things and taking the gifts prepared by Yuanye, Xilin tucked the gray cat under his arm and jumped onto the flying vehicle he had taken from Guanfeng, heading towards the star map coordinates given by Yuan Xingming.

The destination planet was well-decorated for the wedding. Although the two parties involved in the wedding were not considered anything special by the three kings, they were quite famous in the upper-class noble circles. Especially when they discovered that the three princes had come, those who had not originally planned to send their children over made a call to invite them, so that they could interact more with the three princes and other upper-middle-class nobles, even if it was just to become familiar with them.

From space, the entire planet is decorated, with large heart-shaped patterns visible to the naked eye. These are the result of a lot of effort. Although the planet is not large, it is beautiful and has many flowers. Unlike the "Little Garden" planet that Xilin had seen in the Star Alliance before, which was adorned with dazzling artificial carvings, this planet has a longer history and belongs to Ulagano's cousin's private scenic spot.

Many of the arriving fleets were family fleets, and each one had its family crest printed prominently on its starship, as if afraid others wouldn't know whose it was.

Against the backdrop of these fleets, Xilin's small aircraft appeared insignificant. Nearby were several large aircraft, not starships but still possessing magnificent appearances; many on board scoffed at Xilin's small, unmarked aircraft, which didn't seem particularly special.

"Are you here for the wedding too?"

"No way? It must be some kind of errand-running company."

"Even the flying vehicles used by our servants who run errands are bigger than this one."

"Our house is the same, and it looks much more luxurious than this one."

"Whose people are these?" people asked each other via communicator, but no one admitted it.

"Hey, who would admit to something like that? Asking is pointless." Some people, thinking they'd seen through the whole thing, spoke with an air of profound knowledge.

Many people echoed his words.

Xilin and Gray Cat stared at each other as they listened to the stolen communications on the device.

How could Guan Feng's prized aircraft be criticized like this?! You must know, this aircraft is a masterpiece jointly completed by Guan Feng and an engineering academician from the Royal Academy of Sciences. If Guan Feng knew, he would definitely grab his newly improved Infernal Razer and blow these people up.

That's just how Guan Feng is. You can criticize others, of course, you can talk about their character and some of their bad deeds, but there's one thing: you can't criticize his work without reason. If you make baseless accusations without any justification, Director Guan will lose his temper.

"These people really don't know what's good for them. They dare to show off such a garbage aircraft!" Gray Cat said disdainfully.

After a pause, the gray cat hooked its tail and grinned, "Xilin, how about we give them a little something to say goodbye?"

When you're stressed, relax; when you're troubled, comfort yourself; when you're happy, don't forget to wish yourself well!