The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 274: Chapter 274: Making a Little Money~

Sheng Qingyan finished speaking, then, still seemingly angry, she stamped her foot forcefully, startling Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao so much that they both stepped back a few steps. The two glanced at each other, fell silent, and after probably a few seconds, Ji You sneakily moved closer to Chu Jiaojiao and whispered, ”Just one tiny question... does Little Cutie have any money?”

Chu Jiaojiao seized the opportunity to lean in closer to Ji You, staring at Ji You’s cheeks with a silly smile on her face, ”Nope... as far as I know, he’s really poor...”

Ji You raised her hand to push away Chu Jiaojiao’s face, her expression suddenly changing as she snorted at Sheng Qingyan, ”Hmph! Poor dead, how dare you say I’m poor.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Ji You continued, ”As a poor person, you must have ambition. This is what they call ’poverty without shortness of spirit.’”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Having said that, Ji You suddenly gestured with her fingers for Sheng Qingyan to come closer, and a smile also played across her face, ”Classmate Sheng Qingyan, since we’re both poor ghosts, let’s not disdain each other. I have a good idea for making a little money now, do you want to discuss it together?”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Self-directed and self-spoken, seriously...

Hmph~

Arrogant Sheng Qingyan rolled her eyes at Ji You and turned away.

Ji You opened her mouth, ”Hey! Don’t go.”

”Seriously.”

”I respect you, that’s why I want to bring you in on this. I don’t think much of average people.” Ji You caught up and stared hard at Sheng Qingyan, trying her best to persuade, ”It’s not terrible to be poor, what’s terrible is being lazy! And laziness isn’t terrible either, what’s terrible is refusing to change. Got it?”

Sheng Qingyan covered her ears, ”Move away... you’re so noisy...”

Ji You’s face remained smiling as she said, ”Do you still want me to testify for you? Once we’re back from training, if you still want me to run for you every day as a witness, sorry, I refuse! I think just getting a ride from you to testify for you every day is too cheap, it doesn’t match my status...”

This immediate backtrack, seriously... Frustrated, Sheng Qingyan was almost choking, he asked with a trembling hand, ”Doesn’t match your status? What status do you think you have?”

Ji You rubbed her chin, pondering seriously, ”Hmm... the status of a poor ghost?”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Chu Jiaojiao, standing nearby, almost burst into laughter hearing this, but seeing how Ji You’s few words had almost driven Sheng Qingyan to the brink of collapse, she was quite happy. So, she joined in the mockery, ”Oh, and it’s not just Ji You, I will also call Grandpa Sheng, and I will tell him you forced Ji You to bear false witness.”

Sheng Qingyan glared: ”...”

Inhale.

Exhale.

Inhale.

...

After a few repetitions, Sheng Qingyan finally felt like he could breathe again, glaring at Chu Jiaojiao with disbelief, ”What on earth did Jiaojiao do wrong? Why are you doing this to me? I’m really going to be driven to death by you!”

Chu Jiaojiao’s face was full of sincerity, ”Of course it’s because you didn’t agree to Ji You, so you made a mistake. I’m someone who always supports and likes Ji You.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Even Ji You was taken aback by those words.

At this moment, Chu Jiaojiao suddenly hopped over, stared at Ji You’s face for a few seconds, and said, ”Ji You, I just backed you up, so can I touch your face?”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You stepped back a few steps, turned her back on Chu Jiaojiao, and looked towards Sheng Qingyan, saying, ”Classmate Sheng Qingyan, we can ignore what irrelevant people say. Now, let’s talk about cooperation seriously. To be honest, I’m interested in your ability to operate and understand the starship. You must have seen those Star Beast corpses outside, right? Can we get permission to collect those corpses? Think about it... the Star Beasts are already dead, and floating out there as space junk, which can easily pollute the environment. We might as well salvage them, strip the valuable Material, and then destroy them all together as a contribution to Universe environmental protection...”

Sheng Qingyan gave her a sidelong glance and cursed, ”You know it, huh... I’m Little Cutie... I don’t go salvaging Star Beast corpses...”

Ji You immediately ignored him, turned to Chu Jiaojiao, and said, ”Jiaojiao, do you want to join me? As long as you’re with me, I won’t disdain you anymore.”

Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes lit up in an instant, and she nodded vigorously, ”Okay.”

Ji You glanced sideways at Sheng Qingyan and said, ”You see? Jiaojiao listens to me the most. Whatever I say, she will help me do it. What if I ask her to tell Grandpa Sheng something, do you think she will do it?”

Chu Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes, ”I will...”

Sheng Qingyan was nearly choked up and stamped her foot, saying, ”You’re enough... It’s just salvaging corpses... Can’t I do it...”

A smile instantly spread across Ji You’s face; she stepped forward and patted Sheng Qingyan’s shoulder hard, saying, ”I’m counting on you...”

Having secured the main target Sheng Qingyan, Ji You then persuaded Shen Changqing, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... which didn’t take much effort. Mainly because everyone was stuck in the starship, unable to do anything and prone to overthinking. Since there was something they could do to pass the time, everyone agreed.

Then, Sheng Qingyan went to negotiate with the stationed warrior, and soon after, he obtained a small portion of authority to control the starship. Following that, led by Sheng Qingyan, with the rest as support, they formed a powerful salvaging team.

This salvaging team, with Sheng Qingyan’s god-tier manipulation, didn’t need to leave the starship to salvage. Once Sheng Qingyan had the authority, he could use the starship’s auxiliary functions to collect the Star Beast corpses floating nearby.

One.

Two.

Three.

...

As the number grew and the levels of the Star Beasts got higher, even the corpses of level 6 Star Beasts appeared, everyone’s feelings became complicated. This suggested that the frontline battle was extremely intense; otherwise, so many Star Beast corpses wouldn’t be appearing.

The salvaging job only required Sheng Qingyan and two others to complete; the rest of the team stayed inside the starship to process the Materials from the Star Beasts.

Skinning and deboning, after doing it a lot, they all became skilled workers. Even Ji You could strip a Star Beast of all its useful Materials in a few minutes, not to mention the others.

Ji You stared at the Material almost piling up into a mountain, and secretly calculated: 5000 credit points for one, 50,000 for ten, how much for a hundred? And for a thousand?

Now, how many were there?

Struck it rich.

Struck it rich.

Struck it rich.

Now they had truly struck it rich.

Not only Ji You had this thought, but even many students who were originally skeptical, looking at Materials piled like a mountain, were also clicking their tongues: So much, conservatively estimated, there’re also 400,000 to 500,000 credit points, right?

That’s easy money earned without spending much labor or Material resources.