The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 957: 957, Are You There?

When the spaceship rushed into the jump point, thoroughly leaving behind the place where the two mysterious forces appeared, Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, Yue Qiyuan, Yue Qiguang, Sheng Qingyan, Liu Fufeng, a total of 7 people, barely relaxed their tight nerves.

After reporting the sudden encounter with these two mysterious forces to General Shen Chi via phone, and learning that General Shen Chi had personally gone to the place where the Red Crown Bird Group had moved, the smile disappeared from Shen Changqing’s face.

The expressions of Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, and the others were not at all relaxed.

Ji You didn’t let herself get immersed in worry and anxiety for too long. The first thing she did was check everyone’s Light Computer in the team. After confirming that none of them had secretly kept the audio recording, Ji You felt slightly relieved.

This audio recording, which Ji You secretly recorded, was certainly not to cause trouble. General Shen Chi had personally said that this audio was extremely important to humanity. Precisely because it was too crucial and too dangerous, it was not suitable to remain in the hands of a few first-year students.

Therefore, Shen Chi required Ji You and the others to immediately delete and destroy it. Ji You executed the order more rigorously than ever before, to ensure the safety of herself, her teammates, and also her other classmates, school, friends, family... She deleted and destroyed it herself, and urged others to do the same.

...

It was Liu Fufeng’s first time joining the team, and he was a transfer student. Ji You admitted she didn’t understand much about him, his character, or his strength. When it comes to matters of life, Ji You was never arrogant or self-important, so even if it offended Liu Fufeng, Ji You insisted on forcing him to delete the audio.

Fortunately, Liu Fufeng, apart from being a bit petty, was okay in other aspects.

Then.

Just as Ji You was about to take a break and before she could turn around, she heard Liu Fufeng behind her ask, ”Ji You, when do you plan to make my cane?”

Ji You, slightly speechless, replied, ”Are you in a hurry?”

Liu Fufeng nodded, saying, ”Yes, very much.”

Ji You glanced at his hands and feet, seeing that they were perfectly fine, couldn’t help but retort, ”You don’t need it now, why are you in such a hurry?”

Liu Fufeng hung his head and whispered, ”I’m afraid you’ll renege on it.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You pointed at herself, asking, ”Am I that kind of person?”

Liu Fufeng gently lifted his head, looking at Ji You’s bright eyes. His black lashes quivered, then he whispered, ”I’m poor, I can’t handle the blow of being reneged on.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You said, speechless, ”I also can’t handle the blow of being accused as a Lao Lai.”

Nearby, Sheng Qingyan, Shen Changqing, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... watched Ji You and Liu Fufeng. While others didn’t think much of it, Sheng Qingyan suddenly remembered something and suddenly said, ”Hey poor dead, I remember you owe me 5 roasted rabbits, don’t you?”

Ji You looked around, saying, ”Do I? I don’t remember.”

Sheng Qingyan huffed, saying, ”It’s what you owed after the simulation field ended. You are such a Lao Lai.”

Ji You grinned, chuckling, and said, ”I deny what I don’t remember.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Fufeng whispered, ”I really should guard against such things.”

Then.

Liu Fufeng suddenly took out a tree branch from his Space Button, handed it to Ji You, and said, ”Ji You, I’ve prepared the material, can you help me make it now?”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You was about to outright refuse, when suddenly—

She felt a slight tremor in her originally silent Spiritual World, and then, from the Spirit Core, a large net spread out over the entire Spiritual World—

Splash~

The Boss gasped loudly, and as he opened his mouth, Fourth, who had been hiding under his two front teeth, was spat out. The Boss said, [Wow~ Almost suffocated me, can’t you idiots stop clinging to me?]

Second heard this, shrank his head, and wandered around.

Third heard it, saw that the tail of the Boss, which he had been holding, was almost bald, felt a little guilty, took a step back, and wandered away.

Fifth heard it, let go of the Boss’s tail, glanced at Second and Third, then turned to the Boss, opened his mouth, and howled: [Boss, I’m a bit braver now, I won’t do it next time.]

Sixth heard it and followed: [Boss, I won’t grab you either.]

Only Fourth, spat out by the Boss, did not reflect on himself. Instead, he smoothly slipped into Fifth’s mouth while Fifth was opening it. This time, he didn’t hide behind Fifth’s big front teeth but hid at the back molars.

After saying his piece, Fifth suddenly felt something off with his teeth. He suddenly raised his head, looked around, but found nothing, then hurriedly coughed...

But nothing came up.

However, the back molars felt like something was sticking up, particularly uncomfortable...

Fifth: [Ahhhhh——]

Fourth curled up, pretending he didn’t exist.

...

Witnessing all this, Ji You found it extremely speechless. By this time, she had already taken the stick that Liu Fufeng had handed over. This piece of wood came from a naturally grown tree, which judging by the tree rings, was probably several decades old.

Ji You examined it again and again, feeling that this branch was just enough to make one, so she said to Liu Fufeng, ”As for the cane, this material is enough, but I only guarantee to make you one with basic support, nothing more.”

Liu Fufeng thought for a moment, nodded, and said, ”I just need a cane.”

Only then did Ji You feel at ease, thus she took out knives, cutters, grinding tools... and began to craft.

...

In the process of crafting, because her spiritual power was exhausted, at this point, the Boss, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth... all appeared listless, looking extremely languid, so whenever Ji You started working, she always felt a bit off. She raised her hand, rubbed her brow.

The encounter with the two unknown forces caused a huge drain on her spiritual power, barely avoiding the verge of collapse. Fortunately, the Spirit Space remained stable, showing no signs of collapse.

Ji You calmed her mind and continued crafting the cane.

Beside her, Liu Fufeng was slightly turned, his eyes and gaze fixed on Ji You’s movements.

Trimming, grinding...

Soon, a somewhat thick branch gradually took the shape of a cane...

Liu Fufeng kept watching intently.

Ji You, while crafting, observed her six Spiritual Threads, noting how fatigued they all appeared, yet their overall mental state seemed very good.

Then——

Ji You’s eyes stopped on a certain node in the Spiritual World.

There—

—utterly dark, like a horizonless black...

The silhouette of the Iron Plate was nearly invisible, as if it never existed.

Ji You raised her hand, rubbing her head, softly asked, ”Xiao You, are you there?”