The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Hide and Seek Is Really Fun

Unaware of everything happening in the monitoring room, Ji You, as someone doomed by everyone to survive less than 10 minutes, had the acute self-awareness of a short-lived ghost. Overwhelmed by her double-E disadvantages in Physical Strength and spiritual power, Ji You leveraged her only advantage: her fear of death!

When a person fears death, they’re exceptionally keen on cherishing life.

After carefully analyzing the situation, Ji You felt that once the two teams finished fighting, the victors would undoubtedly search the area step by step. Her current hiding spot was not very reliable.

She had to take the chance to escape without delay.

Jumping down from the tree, Ji You bent over, carefully avoiding the battleground as she cautiously moved forward.

One step at a time.

Each step was heart-stopping.

...

About 5 minutes later, the short-lived ghost Ji You was in luck; she safely evacuated the combat zone. She raised her hand to pinch her forehead, feeling as if her facial nerves had all gone numb from being too tense. She was really afraid of the risk of developing facial paralysis in the future.

There was a high mountain in the distance, a few stones, and short bushes nearby, with continuous grass underfoot...

Ji You pondered where she should hide.

Logically, hiding in the mountains with many places to conceal oneself would be the safest. But—didn’t everyone else have the same idea?

Ji You’s face grew stern as she walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Huh?

Is there a hole here?

She bent down to take a closer look and found it really was a hole, likely a burrow of some small animal, big enough to fit half a person.

Stroking her chin, Ji You was lost in thought.

A moment later.

Without a word, Ji You found a stick and crawled through the grass. The weeds were thick, about half her height. She poked vigorously with the stick, digging out part of the hole.

Upon inspection, Ji You smiled.

The hole was bigger than she expected, large enough to hide her whole self—the only issue being that the entrance was a bit shallow, and if anyone stepped over it, the hole would collapse.

Using the greatest Strength of her life, Ji You dug fervently, deepening the entrance, then gathered some stones and straw from around to cover her tracks. Having done that, she crawled into the hole, blocked it with stones and straw, and of course... cleverly left a small gap for air.

Then—

Ji You opened up her tent and crawled inside.

The tents of this era were made of transformable compressible material, large enough to prop up a small building or small enough to be worn as protective clothing—very convenient either way.

Hiding in the tent, Ji You immediately closed her eyes to sleep.

If food was scarce, the best way to reduce bodily consumption was to hibernate.

Yes!

That’s it.

In the instructors’ monitoring room.

The teachers looked at one another and finally, someone asked, ”What... what is she doing?”

”Sleeping?”

”Hibernating?”

”Or what?”

Principal Hong, puffing in anger, cursed, ”Damn it, the exercise ground isn’t for her holiday!”

That line clearly suggested someone was about to play dirty.

Indeed—

With a stern face, Principal Hong said, ”Someone, get me—”

”Whoa!” A male teacher next to him quickly interjected, ”Principal, that’s not right... really not right... It’s not easy for the kid, let’s, as her teachers, leave her a way out.”

Principal Hong humphed.

Another teacher sighed with a tinge of emotion, ”Yes... it’s not easy for the child to have survived this far, let’s let her sleep till it gets dark.”

Dark?

With a few words, the teachers were enlightened and rushed to the screen. After looking, they all smiled:

”It’s not easy indeed.”

”Wait until dark.”

”A dark and windy night.”

...

Ji You hid for a while, the cramped solitary space was uncomfortable, but it had the advantage of safety.

Just thinking about this, suddenly a rustling sound was heard...

Ji You held her breath and listened intently, only to hear someone speaking angrily: ”That idiot 4444, where exactly did she go? Daddy saw her falling in this direction, how come she can’t be found?”

Ji You: ”!!!”

——It was Yue Qiguang.

Nemesis, ah.

Yue Qiguang was looking around at this time, still not seeing Ji You, he opened his mouth and bellowed: ”Number 4444! Your daddy is here to pick you up! Get the hell out and greet me!”

Saying this, he took large strides, pacing back and forth on the grass, trampling down clumps of weeds wherever he went.

——The voice was getting closer and closer.

Ji You’s hands trembled, legs shook, heart panicked...

Crack——

The soil overhead suddenly loosened a bit.

Ji You’s heart skipped a beat, so nervous she could hardly breathe...

Yue Qiguang stepped over.

Again, stepped over.

Over and over——

Ji You pressed her entire head into the cave, her head, neck, and mouth were smeared with dirt—she was so angry she wanted to curse out loud, however, the devil’s voice above kept shouting:

”Number 4444 Ji You!”

”Come out and greet daddy!”

”Daddy will spare your life!”

——As if I’d believe that.

Ji You scorned inwardly, thankfully, moments later the voice overhead finally moved a few meters away, Ji You patted her chest, for an instant she thought she was done for.

Yue Qiguang’s reckless shouting, followed by Yue Qiyuan who was holding his forehead, said: ”...Take it easy, I really don’t want to face Shen Changqing, Louise Carter, and that violent maniac Chu Jiaojiao right now.”

”Dammit! Daddy’s Summoning Technique has failed!” Yue Qiguang said angrily: ”Let’s go! First, let’s kill that idiot Louise Carter.”

The brothers walked far away, guessing Yue Qiguang never dreamed that Ji You was hiding in the mud, having been ruthlessly trampled over by his own merciless feet, multiple times...

Ji You spat out the mud, clenching her teeth: ”Great! Yue Qiguang, you’ve successfully pissed me off.”

Instructor’s monitoring room.

All the teachers were in shock: ”...”

After a moment of silence, a male teacher laughed: ”How did she even dodge that? A cockroach that can’t be squashed?”

Another teacher stroked his chin: ”Next time I’ll try stepping on it myself.”

While the other teachers joked, Principal Hong’s face was dark as coal: ”Idiots! Fools! Fools! I’ll find some pretext to dock that kid with the S-level mental power a hundred points!”

The teachers: ”...Isn’t that a bit too harsh?”

Principal Hong snapped: ”Harsh? With S-level mental power, yet so arrogant and clueless about using it properly, letting the prey escape alive! Such a fool is nothing but a disaster for the group!”

The teachers: ”...”

What he said sounded so reasonable, no one could argue.

Indeed, the combination of Yue Qiguang’s Physical Strength S and Yue Qiyuan’s S-level mental power — which new student could tackle them alone? Ji You’s hiding spot was secret enough, but if Yue Qiyuan had just carefully used his spiritual power to observe his surroundings, he certainly wouldn’t have missed her— and yet?

Yue Qiyuan indulged his idiot brother’s folly, did nothing but stand by idly—

Principal Hong was very dissatisfied.

The teachers felt it was deserved.

So——

When Yue Qiguang, with his brother Yue Qiyuan, killed another person and gained another point, Yue Qiyuan habitually checked his points, and was shocked on seeing: ”What’s going on? Saying my eyes are on the top of my head, not conforming to popular aesthetics, deducting 100 points from me?”

Yue Qiguang heard this, not only lacked sympathy, but also slapped his thigh with laughter: ”Hahaha... I’ve wanted to say this long ago, Yue Qiyuan, you always look down on me, your pair of eyes as if they’re up in the sky, totally not human genes! See—— Finally, someone agrees with me.”

Yue Qiyuan, with a calm face, said firmly: ”I want to appeal. The instructors not only abused their authority but also are suspected of personally attacking me...”

Meanwhile.

A teacher said: ”Isn’t this reason a bit too flimsy?”

Another teacher: ”Who cares, the principal said to find any reason, so we find any. It’s on him if something goes wrong.”