The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1676: Chapter 1676: The Price of Courting Death

He Bi was very depressed, but his mouth slightly curved up and he muttered, saying, ”It’s because I used to make you too many braised spare ribs that you got carried away.”

Ji You had sharp ears. Hearing the words ’braised spare ribs,’ she suddenly remembered she hadn’t eaten yet and quickly asked, ”Scumbag, before Jiaojiao and I left, didn’t you go to the kitchen to cook? Where’s the food?”

He Bi rolled his eyes and said, ”Are you still dreaming? How could we have time to cook? The situation was urgent, we even threw the pot away.”

The situation was unclear and everything ahead was unknown. The atmosphere of the entire crew was very serious, and no one dared to relax. However, being too tense wasn’t good either, so Ji You asked with a smile, ”I remember you caught a laborer at that time, who was that laborer?”

He Bi spread his hands and said, ”I didn’t have time to catch a laborer.”

At this moment—

The voice of Shen Changqing came through the spaceship’s broadcast, ”Student Ji You, Senior He Bi, I was the last one in the kitchen. If you don’t mind, I tried to cook a dish of braised spare ribs myself, it’s placed on the kitchen’s constant temperature dining table.”

Ji You was suddenly surprised, ”Xiaoqing, I didn’t know you could cook.”

”Ahem...” Shen Changqing was slightly embarrassed, bowed his head slightly, and said, ”I can’t. I learned by following the recipe on the spot.”

”Impressive!” Ji You’s expression was even more exaggerated, and she praised with a smile, ”Xiaoqing is impressive, not only is she a little white lotus, but she’s also a little white lotus who can cook.”

Shen Changqing: ”...”

Shen Changqing pursed his lips and softly reminded, ”Student Ji You, I’m driving the spaceship.” Pausing for a second, he continued, ”Manually driving.”

If it capsizes later, it’s not his fault.

Ji You immediately regained seriousness and asked sternly, ”Student Shen Changqing, can’t the internal network be reestablished?”

Shen Changqing shook his head, ”There’s no way, the position we’re in now seems to be a completely enclosed entity, blocking all external and internal signals.”

Ji You furrowed her brow, ”Can you predict how long it will take to leave this place?”

Shen Changqing shook his head.

As the only mobile personnel on the spaceship, He Bi was continuously roaming inside, carefully checking for any issues that needed attention. Upon hearing Ji You’s question, He Bi spoke up, ”Pay attention to the frequency of the inner wall’s surging. Since we can’t determine it, we can only wait for it to stop on its own.”

”But if that’s the case, we won’t be able to get a specific time. It might move for another day, a month, a year, or even 10 years, 100 years...” Yue Qiyuan furrowed his brows enough to pinch a mosquito to death and said, ”It’s too passive. How long can our supplies last?”

Ji You’s heart sank slightly. When Yue Qiyuan brought up this issue, she had already thought about it.

Is the time flow in this plane synchronized with the Alliance? Will it be faster or slower? If it’s not synchronized...

That’s even worse.

With this in mind, Ji You did not voice her inner worries but instead calmly said, ”Food and drinking water supply is enough for us for 10 years. Energy... let’s look at the consumption rate, oh—” At this point, Ji You looked at Senior He Bi and asked, ”Scumbag, how much energy is left in that level 12 Crystal Core? How long can it supply us?”

The level 12 Crystal Core obtained from the mosquito helped Ji You and the team withstand a wave of the strong pressure from space overlap. It has now shrunk from the size of a fingernail to about the size of a soybean, consuming significant energy but still retaining some.

He Bi said, ”As long as we’re not too unlucky and don’t encounter another space overlap, it can last for at least 10 years.”

As soon as these words fell, the atmosphere of the entire spaceship paused. The next moment, led by Ji You, Chu Jiao, Yue Qiguang... Even Shen Changqing, who didn’t usually join in, couldn’t help but speak up to criticize He Bi at this moment.

”Pah!”

”Kids say the darndest things!”

”Pah! Pah! Pah!”

”Senior is still a kid, speaks without a filter. Heaven you mustn’t be angry.”

...

”...” He Bi opened his mouth, and after a while, looking at the wall above, said, ”That’s right, I’m just a 240-month-old kid, still immature, don’t take me seriously.”

Ji You glared at him, ”Next time, pay attention to your words, revere your own luck.”

He Bi: ”...”

Standing at the left wing hatch, ready to leap out and fight at any moment, Yue Qiguang couldn’t help but complain, ”Didn’t we say we’d avoid feudal superstition? Why is everyone starting now?”

Chu Jiaojiao glared at him, ”Shut up.”

Yue Qiguang quickly covered his mouth and dared not make a sound.

Ji You had been observing the changes in the deck’s inner wall above, which compresses inward approximately every 5 minutes, each compression increasing the pressure the spaceship bears.

Now, the Protective Shield above the spaceship is fully opened, and the entire spaceship’s energy, aside from necessary consumption, is supplied to the Protective Shield.

According to Ji You’s estimation, the spaceship’s energy reserves could sustain for 1 year.

Plus that Crystal Core, they won’t need to worry about safety for the short term.

But—

Only consumption, no production, sooner or later, energy and resources will be completely depleted. This is something Ji You can’t accept.

Ji You asked, ”Senior, has the Space Rift closed now? Based on previous experience, it should automatically exclude all external life forms within 1-6 months. Does our current situation count?”

He Bi shook his head and said, ”Doesn’t count.”

Ji You’s eyelids twitched.

He Bi said, ”If my judgment isn’t wrong, we’re no longer inside the Space Rift but in an unknown plane. Therefore, the exclusiveness of the Space Rift wouldn’t include us, meaning—the Space Rift can’t affect us now.”

”Then—” Ji You furrowed her brow, ”To go back, we have to figure out a way ourselves?”

”Yes.” He Bi nodded, his tone a bit silent, then lifted his head, looking at the inner wall above, slightly helplessly said, ”I told you to take them and leave quickly, you insisted on not leaving and coming with me to court death. Now you know it’s wrong?”

”Wrong?” Ji You looked at the top and felt the intense pressure the inner wall exerted on the spaceship’s Protective Shield once more, and said indifferently, ”We were indeed wrong.”

Upon hearing this, He Bi’s fingertips twitched.

The next second.

Ji You’s voice was clear and bright, her tone slightly rising, ”The mistake is in our limited Strength, our scant knowledge about this world, about this Universe, otherwise, we wouldn’t be so passive!”

”So—we must become stronger, stronger, even stronger.”

”Never giving up is the lifelong pursuit of us warriors.”