The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1024: Chapter 1024: Foresight Like a God

Ji You clapped his hands hard: ”Damn! We really can’t just ignore it...”

Not to mention Liu Fufeng is the financier of our group, having spent 12 Mid-level Soul Devices to hire us, he’s our classmate, and a comrade we just fought alongside... Given his status as a prince of the Empire, we really can’t just leave him behind, otherwise, it could very likely become a serious international incident.

”Buzz——”

”Buzz——”

”Buzz——”

The swirling swarm of Black Stinging Bees continued to close in, getting closer and closer, almost at our noses, and Ji You said, suppressing a tingling scalp, ”I’ll go find him.”

Chu Jiaojiao stood up: ”I’ll go too.”

Shen Changqing silently stood behind Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao.

Sheng Qingyan lifted his eyelids and said: ”You all are so weak, one person is enough, you know.”

Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan exchanged a look, and Yue Qiguang said loudly: ”Number 4444, Number 1111, you two cripples guard the spaceship. Shen Changqing, you half-crippled one just stay and guard these two disabled ones.”

After speaking, Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan stood up, saying: ”We will go out with Sheng Qingyan to find him.”

Ji You took a deep breath: ”There’s no time left, Spicy Eye and I will go, the rest of you stay here.”

The place where everyone was standing just now has already been occupied by the swarm of Black Stinging Bees, the blue Black Stinging Bees, one, two, three... each about the size of an adult’s fist. In sight, it’s a shocking field of blue, and as for Liu Fufeng’s shadow, there’s really not a bit to be seen...

Just as the group was getting ready to rush out and fight the Black Stinging Bees, a slightly tense voice came from the corner of the spaceship: ”Ji... Ji You, where... where are you guys going?”

Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing... all paused: ”...”

Yue Qiguang jumped up: ”What the hell!!! Where did you pop out from?”

Liu Fufeng sighed faintly: ”I’ve been here all along.”

Ji You and the others: ”!!!”

Ji You patted his chest hard: ”Damn! You really didn’t go out?”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”Damn! You stayed in all this time and we didn’t even notice?”

Sheng Qingyan with wide eyes: ”How is that possible?”

Shen Changqing asked puzzledly: ”How come you didn’t show up? We thought you were— you were—”

Yue Qiyuan said: ”You were dead.”

Liu Fufeng: ”...”

Liu Fufeng suddenly rolled his eyes ungracefully, saying: ”I’m alive and kicking.”

”Cough cough...”

”Cough cough...”

”Cough cough...”

Amidst a series of awkward dry coughs, Liu Fufeng blinked his pair of beautiful eyes, looking at the group seemingly choked by his words, with a touch of helplessness in his tone, he said: ”Together with you, I realized one thing.”

”???” Ji You and others tilted their heads to look at him, Liu Fufeng pursed his lips, with a slightly grievance tone: ”Relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on oneself.”

Ji You and others: ”...”

Instantly—

Another round of violent coughing ensued.

Liu Fufeng sighed faintly and said: ”I’m so delicate, why don’t any of you protect me? If I had really gone out with you, by the time you remember me, I... I would have already been reduced to a pile of broken bits, with no bones left...”

Ji You and others: ”...”

Ji You said softly: ”This description, though a bit exaggerated, is not impossible.”

Liu Fufeng: ”...”

Liu Fufeng raised his hand, covered the corner of his mouth, and gently coughed, his thin figure swaying instantly: ”You... you heartless people...”

Ji You cleared his throat and said: ”Cough cough... I’m deaf now.”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”I’m deaf too.”

Yue Qiguang: ”I have tinnitus.”

Yue Qiyuan: ”My... my ears seem to have some problems too.”

Shen Changqing opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but eventually didn’t dare to speak.

Sheng Qingyan, particularly straightforward, directly covered his ears with both hands and pouted: ”I’m not listening, oh, not listening, oh, not listening... definitely not talking about me, oh...”

Just then—

”Bang——”

The spaceship was suddenly struck by the Black Stinging Bee swarm outside, making it tremble slightly, Liu Fufeng almost couldn’t stand steadily and nearly fell. Just then, Ji You’s Big Chopper came across, supporting his back. Liu Fufeng twitched the corner of his mouth, unable to resist, glaring at Ji You’s knife back, said: ”Could you... can’t you just use your hand to support me?”

”Cough cough...” Ji You said seriously: ”The knife is faster.”

Liu Fufeng said: ”Next time, I want you to use your hand to support me! With your hand.”

Ji You thought about it, seemed doable, nodded and said: ”Sure, 500 credit points each time.”

Liu Fufeng’s hand shook, then he held his forehead with one hand and said: ”Forget it, my money isn’t something blown in by the wind.”

After a brief complaint and bickering, everyone fell silent, each ready for a fight, tensely staring out the spaceship window—

The Black Stinging Bee swarm had swept in, susurrus...

One.

Two.

Three.

...

Countless Black Stinging Bees landed on the spaceship’s Protective Shield, thud! Thud! Thud!

...

It’s as if doomsday had arrived.

Just watching it made Ji You and the others’ scalps tingle in bursts, Yue Qiyuan said with slight worry: ”I don’t know if this Protective Shield can hold.”

Shen Changqing frowned tightly and said: ”For the bees to pass through completely, it will probably take 10 minutes, we just need to hold on for 10 minutes.” But on the beach, the spaceship, faced with this overwhelming Black Stinging Bee swarm, seemed like a tiny grain of sand, constantly battered by the airwaves created by their wing beats. The thin layer of Protective Shield on the ship kept bouncing up and down...

Ji You asked: ”Do we have any more Protective Shields available?”

Yue Qiyuan frowned desperately, shook his head and said: ”No.”

This trip, everyone pooled money together to prepare 10 sets of Protective Shields, originally thinking we surely wouldn’t use them all. Unexpectedly, after suddenly encountering a Cosmic Storm in outer space, several were used up. And it wasn’t over; we then ran into two more horrifying unknown forces. Ji You simply threw out the remaining Protective Shields. The one we’re using now was replenished at the Jiao Space Station.

Ji You pressed her lips together and said: ”Senior Xiao Liu said this is a Protective Shield that can withstand Level 6 Cosmic Storms, but I felt it was a bit unsafe, so I exchanged it for a Level 10 one with him.”

”What???”

Everyone stared at her in shock, Yue Qiguang was truly amazed and exclaimed: ”Damn! Are you some kind of genius?”

”I haven’t finished yet.” Ji You smiled a little, and said: ”So— it’s really expensive.”

Everyone: ”...”

Ji You smiled, saying: ”Divided evenly, each of you has to give me 100,000 credit points.”

Everyone: ”...”

”Cough cough... don’t look at me with those eyes, I swear I didn’t make any money from it, cough cough... I just earned a hardship fee of 600 credit points, also divided per head, each of you would only give me 100. Is 100 really so costly?” Ji You put on a serious face, adjusting her expression, deciding to explain the importance of safety to them: ”... Money is not the main issue, life safety is the most important, if it weren’t for this Level 10 Protective Shield, would you still have the leisure to bicker with me here?”

Everyone, upon hearing this, was speechless; although it made a lot of sense, why did they somehow feel like hitting her?

”Tsk!” Everyone said in unison: ”Cheapskate!”