The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers-Chapter 972: Bait

"How do we fight?" Ji You stroked her chin and turned to the others.

Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, and Yue Qiyuan heard this and bowed their heads in thought. Yue Qiguang, who didn’t like to think too much, yanked at his own red hair and said, "You guys decide, I’ll just do what you say."

Sheng Qingyan half-closed his eyes, staring intently at the monitor, looking uninterested and not participating in the discussion.

Liu Fufeng looked at Ji You, then at the others, sitting on the soft sofa of the spaceship, but as if on pins and needles, he thought for a moment and said, "Why don’t we retreat?"

Ji You was taken aback: "Retreat?"

Does that mean they won’t capture the Black Thorn Bee either?

Ji You’s eyes suddenly lit up, but before she could be happy, she heard Liu Fufeng say seriously, "179 Black Gold Rats, too dangerous, I’m so scared! Let’s hurry to the Southern Hemisphere to catch the Black Thorn Bee."

Ji You: "..."

Ji You gave him a sideways glance: "Your tone doesn’t sound scared at all; it sounds like you’re asking for a beating!"

Liu Fufeng looked at himself, clutching his chest, and said, "Classmate Ji You, I am truly terrified."

"Ahem..." Ji You turned her head and looked at the seriously pondering Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, and Yue Qiyuan, saying, "You three, have you come up with anything?"

Chu Jiaojiao stopped thinking and said, "179, that’s a large number, we must isolate them."

Yue Qiyuan mused, "How to isolate them is a problem."

Shen Changqing looked at everyone and said, "179 Black Gold Rats, according to rough monitoring results, only 3 are level 3. There are about 8-10 level 2 ones, and the rest are level 1 juveniles. If they all rush out, it would indeed be unfavorable for us."

Hearing this, Ji You’s lips curled upward and she said, "Everyone’s on the same wavelength. We could face off against these 179 Black Gold Rats head-on, but there’s no need. Why exert two parts of effort when one will do?"

"Moreover—" Ji You looked at Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, and others, saying, "I don’t want to see any casualties among us. So, our priority is to ensure the safety of our own lives."

Ensure?

Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... after hearing this, all rolled their eyes at Ji You, who coughed slightly and corrected, "Ensure the safety of oneself and teammates."

That’s more like it.

Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... after hearing this, were satisfied.

Ji You rolled her eyes and said, "The meaning is the same, it’s just a matter of wording, isn’t it a bit unnecessary?"

Yue Qiguang said, "You don’t care about face, but we do."

Ji You was shocked: "You actually have face?"

Yue Qiguang’s face darkened and he cursed, "Idiot! Hurry up and talk about the serious stuff. Stop blabbering nonsense."

Ji You raised her hand and pointed to the surveillance footage sent over by Shen Changqing, smiling as she said, "Classmate Shen Changqing, look at this position, what do you think?"

Shen Changqing, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Chu Jiaojiao... all followed Ji You’s direction, and with a look, everyone instantly understood. Shen Changqing’s eyes lit up and asked, "You mean to set up a checkpoint here? To trap all the Black Gold Rats here?"

Ji You nodded: "That’s right."

Ji You pointed to a hall about 1000 meters deep underground and said, "Here, there is a military defensive checkpoint tower specially built by the Dock, strong enough, secure enough, I believe even if all 179 Black Gold Rats swarm, they can’t break through. Then, we just need to guard the exit, everyone focuses fire, and we can kill them one by one."

This is known as?

Known as holding a pass against ten thousand enemies.

Chu Jiaojiao frowned: "But, how do we lure all the Black Gold Rats over there?"

Ji You said, "That’s a problem. But it’s not too hard to solve."

Yue Qiguang frowned: "It’s not too hard? If the Black Gold Rats were cooperative, we wouldn’t have to go to so much trouble to fight them."

Yue Qiyuan pursed his lips: "Ahem... Brother, please just shut up. How much merit did our Yue Family accumulate to have someone like you, this living ancestor."

Yue Qiguang: "..."

Yue Qiguang was slightly displeased: "Yue Qiyuan, you idiot, do you want to get beaten? Don’t think just because you say that, I don’t know you’re mocking my intelligence."

Yue Qiyuan: "..."

Yue Qiyuan no longer wanted to speak.

At this point, Shen Changqing’s clear voice chimed in, breaking the brief awkwardness: "It’s indeed not difficult, we just need some bait."

Ji You said, "Exactly. We need some bait."

"Bait?" Chu Jiaojiao was confused and couldn’t help asking, "What kind of bait?"

Ji You asked, "What do Black Gold Rats like the most?"

Sitting on the sofa, Liu Fufeng’s body shivered slightly: "Eating people."

Ji You: "..."

Ji You took a deep breath and said, "So, should I send you out as bait?"

Liu Fufeng: "..."

Ji You rolled her eyes and said, "Keep arguing and I’ll send you to feed the Black Gold Rats."

Liu Fufeng closed his mouth and sat still.

Ji You continued, "I believe everyone knows that Black Gold Rats love Black Gold Ore the most, and they are a very greedy Star Beast. We just need to sprinkle a little Black Gold Ore along the path the Black Gold Rats take, and we can lure them into the Xuan Gate Tower. Once they enter the tower, it won’t be easy for them to get out."

With Ji You’s explanation, everyone immediately understood.

Yue Qiguang also suddenly realized, he slapped his head and frowned, "Why didn’t Daddy think of something so simple?"

Yue Qiyuan whispered, in a low tone, "There are plenty of things you haven’t thought of."

This method wasn’t too difficult to come up with, but to pierce through all the information collected earlier and directly think of this method requires a very sharp mind and quick decision-making abilities.

This cannot be cultivated overnight.

Yue Qiyuan admitted to himself that if it were him, he definitely wouldn’t have thought of it immediately. He might have opted for a more circuitous route, or even directly abandoned the place and moved to a safer location.

Yue Qiyuan glanced at Ji You, his expression slightly complicated: Has 4444 reached this level already?

Ji You was unaware of the little calculations going on inside the minds of the Yue brothers, she looked at the group and asked, "What do you think?"

Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Shen Changqing, even the usually silent Sheng Qingyan and Liu Fufeng, all nodded.

The bait was settled, but Chu Jiaojiao thought of a crucial issue, felt a bit troubled, and said, "Then—where do we get the Black Gold Ore? Although Bee Head Star is rich in Black Gold Ore, the mines have been mostly excavated. Do we have to go underground and try our luck to dig?"

Ji You cleared her throat, raised her voice, and said, "You don’t have to worry about that, the clever me prepared it for you in advance. All you have to do is buy it from me."

Everyone: "..."