The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Overnight Fortune

With one hand and one leg gone, disheveled, with patches of purple and blue on her face... Ji You, upon hearing the system notification, crawled out from the billowing dust. Seeing the audience all wearing expressions like they had eaten shit, Ji You grinned, instantly revealing a row of gap-toothed teeth.

Tsk.

Noticing the anomaly with her teeth, Ji You quickly covered her mouth.

The gap-toothed image wasn’t that appealing. Ji You, who cared about appearances, felt that she couldn’t afford to leave such an image of herself.

At this moment, two Mechas had exploded, and since her opponent had ’died,’ they were cleared from the arena. Although Ji You’s Mecha was gone and her body was barely intact, she was still alive. Thus, the system declared Ji You the winner.

After the notification sounded, all who mocked and laughed at Ji You in the audience instantly shut their mouths.

Ji You looked around at the crowd and suddenly understood why so many people liked victory and pursued it.

Look—

Watching those chattering spectators all getting their faces slapped, the feeling was simply too exhilarating.

Ji You was so delighted she almost burst into wild laughter.

But—

Thinking of her gap-toothed mouth, she decided against it.

So, Ji You glanced around with an aloof gaze, nodded at the crowd, and then left the battlefield.

Audience: ”...”

Audience A: ”She just looked at me, damn, so scary, felt like a death stare. Did she find out I spoke ill of her before?”

Audience B: ”She looked at me too. I think I only called her a dumbass, didn’t say anything else?”

Audience C: ”Calling someone a dumbass is serious enough. Good luck to you—”

Audience B: ”Pssh~~ As if I’d be afraid of some poor wreck?”

Audience D: ”If I’m not mistaken, she’s not poor anymore. With this match, she should be able to draw a lot of points from the betting pool, right?” 1 million spectators, even if each bets 1 point, that’s 1 million points, how much will the winner get? Scary to think further, could make one envious and even upset someone else.

Audience B: ”...”

Audience B (stubbornly): ”Heh~ As long as she still rides that trashy Mecha, I’m not afraid of her!”

...

After exiting the battlefield, Ji You felt mentally and physically exhausted from the nerve-wracking, thrilling competition. Her spiritual power was significantly drained, especially from that Compressed Particle Cannon incident, which was basically an inhuman task.

Ji You clenched her teeth to finish compressing the Particle Cannon.

She couldn’t believe she actually succeeded. Reflecting on this, she concentrated and took a careful look at her Spiritual World, only to find her six lazy Strands lying motionless...

Even Boss’s robust body had slimmed down.

The other five had slimmed down as well.

But from this competition, Ji You realized a truth: Turns out—these lazy goods, as long as she pushes them hard enough, when squeezing them right, they could achieve many unimaginable feats.

So?

Ji You stared at the Strands, gently touching her chin.

The six lazy Strands lying there suddenly felt a chilling cold: What’s going on? They inexplicably felt a deep, spine-chilling cold—scared to death, okay?

Ji You withdrew her scrutinizing gaze, staring at the six Strands with a face full of affection, her look both kind and gentle: ”Boss, Second, Third, Fourth, Old Five, Sixth, you are all good kids, thank you for your hard work.”

Logically, being praised by the Master, everyone should be happily spinning around, but the six Strands didn’t feel happy; in fact, they felt a bit scared.

Ji You continued smiling: ”Here, special praise for Fourth! If it weren’t for Fourth, I wouldn’t have thought that a Particle Cannon could actually be compressed, so today, Fourth, you really did great.” Without the help of the Compressed Particle Cannon, even if she hugged the opponent’s Mecha for a Self-Destruction, she might still have failed.

So—

Fourth was indeed incredibly clever.

Fourth frantically shook his head and tail: [Don’t do this shallow nonsense.... I want food! Tasty! Want tasty!]

Unfortunately—

After praising Fourth, Ji You simply ignored him.

At this moment—

What she was interested in was how many points she could extract from the betting pool.

Immediately, Ji You opened her point balance, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw:

Mama mia~

She wasn’t seeing things, was she?

How many zeros were there?

1.

2.

3.

4.

...

10, 100, 1000 - A whopping 16,000 points!

Ji You’s heart was pounding, frantically pounding! A 360-degree rotation jump!

What does it mean to get rich overnight?

What does it mean to skyrocket?

What does it mean to reach the pinnacle of life?

This is it!

This is it!

Ji You stared at her points balance, squatted down like a child, and hugged her head, weeping bitterly:

Yingyingying~

Lose and work hard on construction sites, win and mingle with tender models in venues!

She never thought she’d experience such a thrill one day.

It’s just too cool.

But—this is life.

She deserves it, she’s meant to be a champion at the pinnacle of life!

Ji You was unsettled.

She simply couldn’t calm down.

After thinking about it, Ji You had no intention to play another match. After logging off from Star Network, she stayed in her dorm, constantly staring at her points balance, chuckling and clutching her wildly thumping heart.

It’s over.

It’s over.

It’s over.

Can’t sleep now.

Red braised pork ribs for 5 points a meal, how many meals can she afford now? Could she afford to extravagantly eat one bowl and spill another?

And—

Could she use the points to smack those like Yue Qiguang and Sheng Qingyan who always ridicule her for being poor?

...

Ji You lay on her bed, unable to close her eyes.

No choice, she tossed and turned, got up, put on her tank top and running shoes, descended from her dorm building, and started running laps around the dormitory area.

One lap.

Two laps.

Three laps.

...

After a few laps, Ji You still couldn’t calm down, her legs were trembling as if they no longer belonged to her. Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of her, she focused and discovered there was a fellow runner who, like her, couldn’t sleep and had come out for a run!

It was a tall male student.

In the dim night, his face was unclear.

As the two of them ran laps, they gradually neared each other, Ji You raised her hand to greet him: ”Hey! Hi there, big bro, up running at midnight, what’s up with you?”

The boy’s steps were unsteady, and he seemed totally out of it. Hearing Ji You’s question, he paused slightly before suddenly regaining his composure: ”Right? What am I doing?”

Ji You recognized the voice upon closer inspection:

Yo~

It turned out to be an acquaintance!

Isn’t this Zhang Ye whom she had caught several times to play the traitor in the drills?

Ji You shouted: ”Hi! So it’s traitor brother!”

Zhang Ye: ”...”

Ji You: ”What’s up?”

At this moment, Zhang Ye also recognized the short girl opposite him as the annoying 4444, Ji You. That’s right, in the entire school, with such short stature, who else could it be but her.

Zhang Ye’s frozen brain finally kicked into action, he frowned and said: ”I’m not a traitor, and—what’s up with you?”

Getting up to run in the dead of night isn’t something normal people do.

As soon as Ji You thought of the points in her account, she immediately grinned from ear to ear, but she still didn’t brag right away, instead she modestly said: ”Big bro, you wouldn’t want to know my situation. If you knew, you’d be furious.”

Zhang Ye, unable to hide his excitement in his tone: ”I’d be furious? Do you know how much I won today? I won 8,800 points in one night.”

Ji You: ”Oh...”