The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 518 Confusion
Jiang Hui's three years in the interstellar world have been nothing short of spectacular.

Perhaps her entire 20-plus years on Earth didn't compare to the richness of those three years. Actually, it shouldn't be called three years, but rather six years, which is equivalent to one day and two nights, but the other half of that time just seemed special.

She started off on a difficult path, immediately venturing into two disciplines that demanded exceptional professional knowledge. She often spent her days practicing piloting mechs and her nights diligently building them. It seems her life has truly been intertwined with this groundbreaking and wondrous weapon…

Fortunately, she was given a different body in this life, and it seemed she also got a different mind—or rather, theoretically, she did get a different mind. In short, she was much smarter, and even so, she had enough energy to study day and night, and didn't find anything difficult about her studies.

However, the training ground is not the battlefield, and there is a world of difference between performance and actual combat. Jiang Hui has always been clear about this, so she never became complacent about her achievements at school. In the less than three months since she came to the interstellar world, she had been in such a desperate and dangerous situation, on the verge of death, with no one to save her. At that time, she realized that the only way to survive in this world is to rely on yourself.

Jiang Hui also knew that her preparations over the past few years would never be enough. Until she truly chose to walk that path and set foot on that war-torn land, nothing was certain. She needed to keep improving, keep moving forward endlessly, grow up, and finally stand firmly on her own two feet.

In fact, this level test was her first real battle in the interstellar society. It was the first time Jiang Hui had left the school environment and her classmates to enter the adult society and fight for her future.

But this first battle was not at all what she had imagined. What strange developments were happening? First, she learned that her friend had gone missing on the eve of the exam, and then on the day of the exam, the proctor refused to take the exam... Jiang Hui had a feeling that this exam would probably not go so smoothly—in every sense of the word.

Jiang Hui is not afraid of difficulties. Although she doesn't think she is anything special, her skill level is what it is, and she can still do her best within her own scope.

So even when she realized she was caught in a whirlpool, Jiang Hui only panicked for a moment at the beginning before quickly calming down. Once she was completely swept into the vortex and realized she couldn't break free by brute force, she simply conserved her energy and went with the flow into the vortex. Her mental fortitude was truly remarkable.

She wanted to see if she could overcome this obstacle.

As the ancients said, "You can't deceive a mountain, but you can't deceive water." Water is the softest thing in the world, but it is also nature's most unpredictable killer, capable of killing without a trace.

When Jiang Hui first came down, she had already experienced the vastness of the sea, and now she was facing its unpredictable side.

Jiang Hui had heard people say in her previous life on Earth that some bodies of water contain natural whirlpools. If no one touches them, no one will know that there are whirlpools hidden on the calm surface.

This thing is usually not noticeable, and even small fish and shrimp swimming in the water avoid it. Animals in nature naturally have their own survival system.

But what outsiders don't know is that some people who swim in the water are accidentally swept away and buried underwater, and by the time they are found, they may already be hard.

After repeated visits, rumors began to circulate that the place was haunted by water ghosts, and coupled with various strange tales, it became a den of iniquity that everyone avoided. But scientifically speaking, there are no ghosts down there; they are actually a series of whirlpools. She had probably been caught in one of these whirlpools, but she hadn't expected to see this scene.

Her hands and feet were heavy, and the surrounding vortexes gripped her limbs and torso tightly, rendering her immobile. If she were only unable to move, that would be one thing, but she was now being spun around in the spot where she was fixed, like clothes being tossed and turned in a drum, with no ability to resist.

Jiang Hui had heard in her past life that if you were caught in a whirlpool, you should never try to fight it or swim against the current, because that would make you sink faster. If you exhausted all your strength before being sucked in, you would definitely die.

Currently, staying in the middle is the best we can maintain.

The vortex had a strong suction force, rotated rapidly, and had ample space and flowing gas, so its momentum was still quite strong. Jiang Hui's guess was correct; it was a large vortex with unprecedented suction and traction, making it even more difficult for her to escape.

Although Jiang Hui had done her best to follow the direction of the whirlpool, which could be considered a passive adjustment of the aircraft's posture and was also less strenuous, the weight of the aircraft and the pulling forces from all sides caused her to rapidly descend from the upper middle section to the lower middle section, and it looked as if she was about to be crushed to death at the bottom of the water and unable to move.

"No..." This can't go on. Jiang Hui murmured, shaking her head, trying to maintain a relatively calm mind amidst such intense selection.

We need to hurry, otherwise if we wait until the bottom is pressed down before using it... the effect will be significantly reduced.

Yes, Jiang Hui had already prepared for the worst the moment she was sucked in. Then, during this ten-minute-long spin, although she tried her best to keep her strength up, she never stopped thinking about escaping, constantly calculating her chances of survival.

However, the structure and principle of the vortex are relatively simple, the escape method is very limited, there is not much room for maneuver, and it is an extreme test of a person's skill.

If one is to break free from a particular magnetic field of power, one must add another new force, and the latter must be stronger than the former—not just a little stronger.

Actually, if Jiang Hui were on the upper level, she could easily break free of the vortex with a little manipulation. However, as soon as she entered, she was sucked into the lower middle section due to the vortex's structure, and during the adjustment period, she sank down a level to the lower middle position.

This was already a fairly deep position, and the vortex had narrowed considerably, but the pressure had also suddenly increased, making the situation very restrictive. Songbai had no chance to retaliate. But she had no choice... either continue to stubbornly descend layer by layer to the bottom, or try to climb back up and then try her best to see if there was any chance to escape.

Actually, this method is quite reliable, because the suction force of the vortex decreases as you move up to the outer edge, and the centripetal force weakens across the board, making it easier to swim out in the end.

(End of this chapter)