The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 973: Chapter 973: Deep Underground

As soon as Ji You spoke, the tense atmosphere on-site suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Ji You clearly saw Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Shen Changqing... a few people slightly swayed their figures.

Soon enough, everyone regained their upright stance, except for Chu Jiaojiao who was clutching her chest, gazing at Ji You with a look of admiration after disbelief, ”Oh no, oh no, my wallet~ my heart~ Why does classmate Ji You look so cunning yet so good-looking!”

Everyone: ”...”

Ji You said, ”Don’t mind her. I only bought 120 pounds this time; the quantity is limited. Are you buying or not? If not, I’ll take it back.”

Yue Qiguang said with a black face, ”Why did you think of hoarding this stuff?”

Ji You said matter-of-factly, ”Of course, to be prepared for unexpected needs, isn’t it being used now?”

Yue Qiguang said speechlessly, ”Then why did you think of selling it to us?”

Ji You’s smile dropped, and he put away the Black Gold Ore solemnly, ”Listen, my dear fellows, I’m not doing this to make a fortune; I’m doing this to ensure everyone’s safety! I’m considering everyone’s well-being; I’m serving everyone... Besides, Black Gold Ore for 5000 credit points a pound, what’s wrong with me selling it to you for 5100 credit points? Is my effort to make a 100 credit point fee easy?”

”Ahem... Ahem...”

So it’s only 100 credit points extra per pound, indeed not easy. Moreover, since this is a group task everyone took on together, a material required to complete the task shouldn’t have been paid for by Ji You alone.

Thinking this way, a touch of guilt inevitably rose in the minds of a group of stingy folks.

Clearing their throats, Chu Jiaojiao was the first to jump over and said, ”Classmate Ji You, I want all of it!”

”Don’t be ridiculous!” Ji You gave her a light knock on the head and said, ”It’s only 120 pounds, each person is limited to 20 pounds, hurry up and pay!”

”Oh—” Chu Jiaojiao quickly handed over the money.

The others didn’t delay either, all paying up and taking the Black Gold Ore one by one.

Ji You looked at the credit points in hand, feeling delighted, just turning them over, netting 12,000. How was that tough?

Such tough tasks, the more, the merrier in the future, ha.

Seeing everyone else got their share, and only himself without, Liu Fufeng looked on eagerly, feeling a bit dejected. He opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and asked, ”Classmate Ji You, don’t I get any?”

Ji You huffed, ”You’re so frail, you don’t need it. Besides, do you even have money?”

Liu Fufeng: ”...”

Liu Fufeng thought it over, indeed, he might be slightly more fragile than the others; in that case, he might as well not fuss and just sit quietly and be protected.

Ji You looked at everyone with their Black Gold Ore, then seriously told everyone, ”Now let’s divide the tasks.”

Everyone listened intently.

Ji You said, ”These 179 Black Gold Rats are distributed fan-shaped in several corners, let’s not make it complicated, just divide into east, west, and south directions, two per group, based on the number of Black Gold Rats in each area, dividing the direction each group is responsible for.”

Everyone had no objection to this point.

Ji You continued, ”Do you want to form teams yourselves, or should I help you divide them?”

Yue Qiguang and the others shrugged and said, ”Any arrangement will do.”

Chu Jiaojiao said, ”I want to be in a group with classmate Ji You, I want to protect you.”

Ji You thought about it and felt perhaps a strong combat-type around would be needed, so she said, ”Then I’ll team up with Jiaojiao. Yue Qiguang, you team up with your brother, Spicy Eye, you team up with Shen Changqing.”

No one had any objections.

Forgotten and ignored, Liu Fufeng squatted in the corner, continuing to play dead, drawing circles with his fingers.

Ji You said, ”Shen Changqing, you and Spicy Eye stay in the Dock’s surveillance room first, you must relay the monitored situation in real-time to them.”

”You are teammates; when we can’t identify scenarios and can’t see the danger, remember! Shen Changqing and Spicy Eye, they are your eyes.

You must trust them!”

Upon hearing this, Sheng Qingyan, who was slightly nonchalant, suddenly froze at these words, then his handsome face became extremely serious, he looked at Ji You, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, finally, Sheng Qingyan rolled his eyes, ”Poor dead, remember, don’t call me Spicy Eye anymore in the future~”

Ji You said, ”Okay, Spicy Eye.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Sheng Qingyan stomped his foot suddenly, ”I’m not playing with you anymore.”

Speaking, Sheng Qingyan immediately turned his back.

At this moment, Ji You proactively spoke, ”I’m teaming up with Jiaojiao for reconnaissance first. Classmate Shen Changqing, Spicy Eye, you two provide real-time intelligence.”

Shen Changqing softly said, ”Rest assured.”

Two words, simple, calm.

Ji You turned to Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiguang, and said, ”You enter the underground 20 minutes later.”

The two brothers of the Yue Family had no objections either.

Ji You raised a hand and beckoned to Chu Jiaojiao, ”Jiaojiao, let’s go!”

Chu Jiaojiao immediately jumped over, shouting loudly, ”Yes!”

To go underground, you need to wear specialized armor, or you won’t be able to breathe freely. Just as Ji You changed into armor, the gate to the underground opened.

It was the handiwork of Shen Changqing and Sheng Qingyan.

Ji You pointed at a big hole in the ground and said, ”Actually, I initially wanted to jump straight down here to investigate.”

Shen Changqing softly said, ”Safety first, proceed through the underground protective gate.”

Ji You nodded.

She took the lead, heading into the protective gate without looking back, followed closely by Chu Jiaojiao.

Initially, the world inside the protective gate was similar to the daytime, visible in its layout.

However, as time slowly passed, the entire Underworld became indistinct, pitch black.

meter.

meters.

meters.

...

Continuously delving deeper until visibly dark, almost unable to see anything within sight.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao still didn’t dare to turn on lights for illumination, fearing as soon as they did, they would attract other Black Gold Rats.

But they weren’t completely blind; unable to observe with eyes, they could only use spiritual power to explore, supplemented by Shen Changqing and Sheng Qingyan’s real-time coordinate reports, the path forward was unobstructed.

Watching afterward, Shen Changqing, Sheng Qingyan, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan held their breath and then relaxed.

Yue Qiguang said, ”I’ll go down with Yue Qiyuan soon.”

Yue Qiyuan didn’t oppose this time.

Shen Changqing considered comprehensively, nodded in agreement, and reminded, ”Be even more careful going down; avoid them if unnecessary. But if something happens, join Ji You and them immediately.”

”Hmm. Yue Qiguang: ”Naggy.”

Soon, Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan also went down.

Over here, Ji You had already reached beside the first Black Gold Rat—