The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 992: Chapter 992: Delusions

Underworld.

Ji You leaned against the wall behind her, sitting on the ground. She half-closed her eyes and kept stroking the head of the Little Golden Dragon with one hand, looking very content and at ease. Next to her, Chu Jiaojiao squatted and was using a small axe to constantly hack at the ground...

Sheng Qingyan sat opposite them, resting with his eyes closed.

Shen Changqing leaned against the eighth doorway, holding a blueprint, writing and drawing on it nonstop.

”Dong dong...”

”Dong dong...”

”Dong dong...”

The rhythmic chopping sound of the axe was too much for Sheng Qingyan, and he couldn’t help it. He lifted his eyelids, glared at Chu Jiaojiao, and said, ”Jiaojiao... could you stop for a moment? It’s seriously annoying...”

Chu Jiaojiao raised her hand and pounded the ground, not only not stopping but hitting even harder. She said, ”No way! I just can’t believe it, I have to make a hole in this floor! What on earth is this material that can block so many types of information transmission... Maybe, just maybe, this thing is as valuable as Ji You said, and a small piece could be exchanged for a Soul Device!”

Sheng Qingyan was choked, pursed his lips, and said, ”Don’t listen to that poor dead guy’s nonsense... look, you’ve been hammering for half a day and haven’t knocked off a single fragment...”

Ji You heard this and was displeased, saying, ”Spicy Eye, stop talking nonsense! This is a reasonable inference based on facts! Look at the floor beneath us, its hardness and thickness, and its ability to block information; maybe it’s really a rare treasure, so what’s wrong with my suspicion?”

Sheng Qingyan rolled his eyes and said, ”Never seen rare treasures being used as flooring...”

”Heh—” Ji You snorted and deliberately mocked, ”With your limited knowledge, of course, you’ve never seen floors made of rare treasures... Let me tell you, I’ve seen someone use Soul Devices as bedding, discard Soul Device Materials as trash, and even use Soul Devices for table and chair cushions.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Shen Changqing and Chu Jiaojiao both looked up, somewhat speechless at Ji You, both opened their mouths but couldn’t find words for a moment to say...

second.

seconds.

seconds.

...

A strange silence spread in the enclosed space, filled with countless awkwardness...

Ji You had no sense of shame in boasting. Seeing everyone rendered speechless, she lifted her chin and said loudly, ”Don’t believe it? I’ve really seen this kind of person!”

Sheng Qingyan couldn’t hold it in anymore, rolled his eyes hard, and cursed, ”You poor dead guy... you exaggerate too much... be careful with your words, even if you boast, don’t blow it up so big...”

”Heh!” Ji You suddenly stood up: ”I’m boasting?”

Ji You raised a hand, pointed to herself, and said proudly: ”That’s right, I am boasting because— I am the Cow King myself!”

Everyone: ”...”

Chu Jiaojiao, Sheng Qingyan, and Shen Changqing all turned away, unable to look at her directly.

On the other side of the confined, narrow space.

When Ji You proudly admitted she was boasting, Ying Tu and his five burly men were speechless, the tallest and most robust Ying Tiechui even punched the floor: ”Damn! When are these little bastards finally going to open the door?”

Ying Sanqiang was also almost at the end of his patience: ”Haven’t they rested enough?”

Ying Dadao held his machete, his face dark, and said: ”How long are they going to dawdle? With the locks of nine doors all given to them, still dawdling?”

Dawdling is one thing, but these little rascals are really troublesome, especially that shortest one, always coming up with ideas and blowing up stories that even the Cow King reincarnated would be ashamed of...

Listening to Ji You’s continuous boasting, Ying Dadao, Ying Sanqiang, Ying Tiechui, and Ying Jian were all going crazy!

”Damn it!” Ying Jian suddenly stood up, took his sword, and said: ”I’m going to kill these punks!”

”Sit down.”

Ying Tu said calmly.

Ying Jian urgently said: ”Boss... if this stalemate continues, it’ll be bad for us. The Alliance’s hounds will still find us sooner or later. This underground lair can’t last, we should just go clean them up and settle these brats, changing location faster!”

The five men led by Ying Tu have a very proper identity outside - Free Mercenaries.

The Alliance allows Free Mercenaries to exist but they must be subject to certain control and constraints, thus Free Mercenaries must register with the Mercenary Association, pay a certain annual fee, and abide by the regulations. Noncompliance could result in downgraded Mercenary Group levels or expulsion from the Association, or even interstellar notoriety.

The Mercenary Association is under military and government control, overseen by the Marshal Mansion.

Each registered Mercenary Group starts at Level 1, and as tasks are completed with high completion rates, the level rises, granting more benefits and conveniences.

Moreover, every 5 years, the Alliance evaluates all Free Mercenary Groups; failing results in demotion and reduced benefits, passing maintains original level and benefits.

Aside from these formalities.

The Flying Eagle Mercenary Group, led by Ying Tu, has been registered for 30 years and is level 3. This level is not top-tier within the Mercenary Association, nor particularly outstanding, but competent, considered middle-level.

That is the open identity of the Flying Eagle Mercenary Group.

...

After having his men sit down, leader Ying Tu remained silent with a calm expression.

Ying Sanqiang and Ying Tiechui were still somewhat irked but eventually calmed down. Ying Sanqiang said, ”Listen to the boss. That Alliance bunch may not find us. If we wait patiently for these ants who mistakenly entered the secret chamber to die off, we’ll be safe.”

While Ying Sanqiang was talking, on the other side of the holographic screen, Ji You continued her tireless boasting, growing more outlandish, claiming to be an invisible millionaire with billions in assets, with everyone flocking to her, preferring to work for her for free, and if she gave the command, hundreds of thousands of troops would eagerly flock to her, fighting to serve tea and water...

These nonsense talks annoyed Ying Sanqiang, Ying Tiechui, Ying Dadao, and Ying Jian so much they refused to listen, feeling it ear-piercing.

Then—

Ji You suddenly said: ”Don’t believe I’m a rich woman? Then do you know what I have in the backpack I forgot in the spaceship’s lounge?”

”Oh?”

”What could it be?” Sheng Qingyan, Chu Jiaojiao, and Shen Changqing seemed disinterested.

Ji You lifted her chin, proud: ”A whole backpack of Soul Devices.”

Hmm?

Ying Tu, usually calm, felt a stir at heart, while Ying Sanqiang stroked his High Energy Particle Flow Gun, staring darkly at the screen where the little dwarf boasted with flair, muttering: ”That little dwarf, could she be delusional?”