The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1604: Chapter 1604: Spectacle

He Bi, like a little old man, coughed forcefully while climbing out of the treatment cabin with a hunched back.

Yue Qiyuan stayed by the side, hurriedly stepped forward, pretended to help him up, but He Bi slapped away Yue Qiyuan’s extended hand, saying: ”Men and men shouldn’t touch each other.”

Yue Qiyuan: ”...”

Yue Qiyuan almost couldn’t resist slapping him, but considering this was the senior who risked his life to earn them the passage into the Space Rift, he held back and said: ”Senior, besides your brain being a bit off, everything else should be fine now, right?”

He Bi replied: ”No.”

Yue Qiyuan’s eyelid twitched: ”Where?”

He Bi looked darkly at this annoying junior in front of him and said: ”My hands.”

Yue Qiyuan: ”?”

He Bi put away his feigned weakness with a cool voice: ”My hands itch, wanting to hit someone. Especially those annoying juniors with mouths and brains that need a good slap.”

”Ahem...” Yue Qiyuan said: ”Senior, Captain Chu Jiaojiao is waiting for you to return to the team. If you don’t have the strength, shall I help you over?”

He Bi glanced at Yue Qiyuan and internally rolled his eyes hard. These juniors, though they seemed honest on the surface, might be entertaining all sorts of nonsense in their bones...

Thinking using the word ’Captain’ could provoke him?

No such luck.

He Bi calmly said: ”No need to help me. Take this to her.”

Yue Qiyuan’s pupils contracted!

”Se...Senior?!!!” Yue Qiyuan felt his heart pounding violently. Although he had a hunch, it seemed improbable. How could Senior He Bi and Ji You, under those conditions, have deceived numerous Star Beasts so thoroughly?

Those Star Beasts are Level 10 and 11 after all.

High-level Star Beasts have an exceedingly special sense for Crystal Cores. If the one they chased was fake, it’s just not possible, right?

So, there is only one answer:

The one in Senior He Bi’s hand is the fake one.

Thinking thus, Yue Qiyuan took the Crystal Core while pretending to be calm, saying: ”Senior, fabricating a fake Crystal Core must be quite technically challenging, right?”

Unexpectedly, He Bi replied very honestly: ”It is quite challenging, not easy at all. Fortunately, as long as one has a heart that pursues progress, technical difficulties can always be overcome.”

Yue Qiyuan: ”...”

The confidence in Yue Qiyuan’s heart cracked.

So, damn it, it really is a fake?

Yue Qiyuan felt that he was in disarray against the wind. The next second, He Bi urged: ”Quickly bring it over. A minute late, we all might perish here, in this lousy place without a decent alternative... I don’t want to die here.”

Yue Qiyuan hurried to speed up, heading towards Chu Jiaojiao and Shen Changqing in the cockpit.

Taking a step, Yue Qiyuan quickly turned back to ask: ”Senior, how long can this fake last? Can it supply the energy for the Protective Shield to survive this Space Rift overlap?”

Hearing this, He Bi couldn’t help raising his head to glare at Yue Qiyuan: ”What fake?! This is the real deal!”

Yue Qiyuan: ”!!!”

Yue Qiyuan was so shocked his eyes widened, and then he got a kick from He Bi’s rear, shoving him far.

At this moment, the Protective Shield’s originally bright glow dimmed again. As Chu Jiaojiao was racking her brains with worry, Yue Qiyuan delivered the object.

Chu Jiaojiao and Shen Changqing were stunned but quickly worked together to install the Crystal Core into the Protective Shield’s energy input slot. Instantly, everyone present saw the glow from the Protective Shield above the spaceship dim and then flicker before vanishing completely.

Everyone: ”???”

Yue Qiyuan’s heart skipped a beat, almost scared to death, but before he could scream, he heard Shen Changqing’s voice, calm but tinged with a trace of panic: ”The Protective Shield hadn’t broken, it’s just the material upgraded, originally it was a glow layer, now it seems like it’s become a transparent substance.”

Transparent, meaning invisible.

No.

Shen Changqing shook his head and said: ”Not completely invisible, you can still see the edges, look—”

He raised his hand, pointing somewhere above the spaceship’s wing: ”There.”

”That thing is so powerful? It can directly change our Protective Shield’s material?” Chu Jiaojiao was amazed. She looked down, reassessing the thumbnail-sized Crystal Core in the energy input slot and said: ”And this thing hasn’t seemed to change visibly, it still clearly can hold on for a while.”

After the Level 12 Crystal Core was embedded in the energy system, the Protective Shield that had been incessantly cracking and crunching was now rock-solid, without a hint of tremble.

However, the cracking noise outside hadn’t stopped, and those spaces outside the Protective Shield continued being pulverized by the forces of overlay.

The spaceship was rock-steady without a ripple, inexplicably lending everyone a huge sense of security.

Chu Jiaojiao kept watch and informed everyone to stay put.

One should achieve 100%, not 99.9%, especially when one has bad luck, because you can never tell how extreme your bad luck can go.

Chu Jiaojiao didn’t dare to gamble, so she continued having everyone remain unmoved.

second.

seconds.

seconds.

...

Just when the pulverizing force caused by the Space Overlap reached a terrifying peak, a massive breach opened on the channel walls, making Chu Jiaojiao and others’ eyes almost pop out, the shattered channel mouth suddenly closed back.

”Can it do that?”

”The channel wall closes too?”

”Is that thing this god-defying? What material is it made of? You all say, if I chip off a piece, is it feasible?”

Once this was said, Chu Jiaojiao and others couldn’t help but turn back, glaring at the voice’s source.

”Why look at me with such weird eyes?” Ji You, leaning against the cabin wall, touching his chin, very earnestly said: ”It cracked open and restored in less than a second; it obviously has significant controllability.”

Everyone: ”...”

He Bi jumped angrily: ”Controllability my ass! If you want to die, don’t drag us, if you want to die, find a secluded corner, a blade on your neck, it’s simple and doesn’t cost much trouble, why pull us into this thrilling game, anyway?”

”Ahem ahem...” Ji You cleared his throat, seeing everyone obviously scared stiff, quickly said: ”Don’t worry, I’m not even tempted yet. Rest assured, without your consent, I absolutely wouldn’t engage in those thieving activities.”

”Hmph~” Everyone huffed in unison, clearly not trusting Ji You.

”No.” Ji You hurriedly explained, kept explaining: ”No, really no, not even a tiny thought like that.”

Saying this, Ji You’s eyes kept staring longingly at the channel wall, inadvertently mumbled: ”But this is probably very valuable, right?”