The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1701: Chapter 1701: Object Descending from the Sky

Ji You asked the question, and Chu Jiaojiao was a bit nervous too, waiting for the answer.

Liu Fufeng lay on one side of the narrow mechanical cabin, his breathing stabilized a bit, and replied, ”7.”

Ji You frowned, ”7?”

Based on Little Golden Dragon’s description of Liu Fufeng’s spiritual power, he should be able to explore more than this. Moreover, all of her six spiritual threads felt that Liu Fufeng’s spiritual power was too rampant, violent, and extremely destructive, not very likable... Then, the reason he can only detect the seventh must be due to his physical strength.

As she thought about this—

Liu Fufeng frowned and said, ”I can only detect 7, actually my spiritual power can explore further, but my physical strength can’t bear it anymore.”

Ji You said, ”Describe the situation you see to me.”

Liu Fufeng exhaled before saying, ”Those cubicles, each one is the same proportion, the same scale, exactly like the one we are in now. I only saw 7, the others I don’t know for now.”

This was the same as what Ji You saw. After confirming with each other, Ji You’s brow furrowed, and the uneasy premonition in her heart deepened.

Here—

Could it really be a breeding farm?

Specially for raising humans?

But—

So many cubicles, tightly packed, an endless sea of cubicles, are they all for raising humans? How many humans would these aliens have to capture?

Surely this breeding farm wasn’t just established, and they were simply unlucky enough to become the first batch of residents?

Then, the previous encounters with Little Dragon Shrimp, the vortex... were all bait to lure them into this plane? But... that doesn’t make much sense. Because when Senior He Bi discovered the Little Dragon Shrimp and thought of using the Soul Device to fish them, it was largely by chance. Besides, the works of several masters of Soul Artifact Manufacturing did not successfully catch any Little Dragon Shrimp...

Instead, it was Green Glaze Master’s Soul Device that caused such a big commotion and dragged everyone into this plane.

Coincidence...

In Ji You’s view, all of this was indeed a coincidence.

This place is definitely not specifically for breeding humans.

And, if it’s not explicitly for breeding humans, coupled with the materials used to build these cubicles, which are 60% similar to the walls of the passages, elastic and resistant to physical attacks... it indicates that the breeding ground of cubicles has been constructed for a long time.

But—

If it isn’t newly established, then... where are the previous residents?

Where did they all go?

And, if this is an alien breeding farm, then this place certainly hasn’t been abandoned. Sooner or later, they will release ’products’ here.

Then, at that time, how should Ji You and her team deal with the situation?

If the breeder discovers these intruders, Ji You thinks there are probably two possibilities: either kill or expel...

Also, who is the breeder?

Is it really those aliens who look like Spiritual Threads? If it’s them, Ji You and her friends are in an even less optimistic situation. Because these Spiritual Thread Monsters clearly have no intention of communicating or befriending Ji You and the others.

They... are the kind that really wants to eat people.

If it’s not these aliens and another race, why hasn’t this race appeared until now? Were they not detected? Or do these cubicles have a disinfection system that will naturally eliminate outsiders when the time comes?

Thinking about this question, Ji You inexplicably remembered that terrifying White Light. Where it passed, Ji You even wondered if the X-N3848’s level of protection would turn to ashes.

Will this White Light appear again?

When will it be next time?

...

These all are issues.

The more Ji You thought, the more she felt that their current situation wasn’t optimistic. The last time they encountered the White Light, it was because she had a vague premonition of that alien monster’s existence, which led them to find a way out, taking everyone past the White Light, and indeed, the White Light did not sweep into this cubicle.

But now, being trapped in a cubicle, unable to get out, what if the White Light strikes again, where can they run?

Can they still run?

Ji You felt deeply worried, but she didn’t show a bit of anxious behavior, and calmly looked at Chu Jiaojiao and Liu Fufeng, saying, ”Now it’s basically certain that cubicles can trap our bodies but not our spiritual power. Maybe the breakthrough lies in the use of spiritual power.”

As soon as this was said, Liu Fufeng and Chu Jiaojiao immediately widened their eyes.

Chu Jiaojiao said, ”Damn, how come I didn’t think of that?”

Liu Fufeng, lying in the corner of the mechanical cabin, holding the metal wall, said, ”If the breakthrough is in spiritual power, does it mean that only those whose spiritual power can penetrate the cubicles can make a contribution?”

Currently, there are 8 people in the team, Chu Jiaojiao was excluded, and it’s estimated that Yue Qiguang’s spiritual power might not do either.

That leaves only 6 people.

Liu Fufeng thought about this and said, ”How can we use spiritual power to break through?”

Ji You remembered something she hadn’t mentioned before: she saw the monster that Senior He Bi devoured reach the cubicle from afar within seconds, moving like a constantly swimming snake. As it traversed the cubicles, it seemed like they didn’t exist and offered no constraints.

Ji You and the others had tested, proving that the cubicle walls could bind the body but couldn’t restrain spiritual power.

That means this monster might also navigate through the cubicles using spiritual power.

Then—

If this monster is just a spiritual body, does it have a physical body behind it?

When Ji You extended her spiritual power outside the cubicle just now, she sent out Spiritual Silk: Fourth, which shrank into a slender thread, constantly crossing the cubicles, nimble, just like that monster.

Ji You described what she saw, and after hearing it, Chu Jiaojiao immediately realized Ji You’s concern, her face half fallen: ”Damn, isn’t the way to escape here by letting spiritual power escape the body?”

”Who can do that? It’s impossible.” Chu Jiaojiao’s head grew a size larger: ”Even if it were possible, what about our bodies? Just leave them here?”

”Problem is, if we don’t have bodies, won’t we become monsters too?” As Chu Jiaojiao finished speaking, she viciously pinched her thigh!

This is also why Ji You found her own speculation ridiculous, and she immediately dismissed it.

The reason for bringing it up now is that Ji You wants to gather everyone’s strength to think about how to use this characteristic of spiritual power to escape their current predicament.

”Let’s stop thinking about this problem for now, and we will immediately return, switching with Shen Changqing and the others to test the distance of spiritual power detection in the cubicle.” Ji You withdrew all released spiritual power.

Next.

Ji You raised her hand, speaking to the two, ”Let’s go—”

But before her voice fell, she saw a huge, dark object above them, accompanied by a deafening roar, crash, crash, crashing towards the direction of their cubicle.

When they realized what it was, Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Liu Fufeng, and everyone on the spaceship widened their eyes: ”I...!!!”