The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers-Chapter 977: Ruined

Yue Qiguang ruthlessly yanked a handful of hair: "Speak human!"

Ji You: "Squeak squeak!"

[Even if I speak human, you won’t understand.]

Yue Qiguang: "..."

Yue Qiguang rolled his eyes, sat heavily on the sofa in the machine room, leaned back on the chair, and spread his hands: "This fool is already a qualified rat. How about we kill her together?"

Chu Jiaojiao: "Squeak—"

[Ji You classmate is under my protection! I won’t allow anyone to harm her!]

Shen Changqing, Yue Qiyuan, Yue Qiguang, and Sheng Qingyan, the four guys, helplessly watched the gender-mysterious Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao, then simply turned around and started chatting among themselves.

Yue Qiguang curled his lip and cursed: "Two fools, really think they’re rats."

Yue Qiyuan straightforwardly said: "Ignore them."

"Cough cough... Let’s pretend we don’t know them for now." Shen Changqing said, his face slightly flushed, then shifted the topic and asked: "Later, Ayan, you and Ayuan guard the surveillance room, I’ll go underground with Ji You and the others to kill the Black Gold Rats. Splitting the tasks will help us complete the mission faster."

Sheng Qingyan shook his head: "No, I won’t."

Shen Changqing: "???"

Sheng Qingyan continued: "I’m not guarding the surveillance room oh, I want to go underground oh."

Shen Changqing was surprised and asked: "But didn’t you say you didn’t want to go?"

Sheng Qingyan covered his mouth and yawned, "But it’s so boring to be stuck in the surveillance room oh, can’t even shoot oh."

Shen Changqing asked: "Then, who will guard the surveillance room?"

As soon as this was said, the scene became silent enough to hear a pin drop.

At this moment, Ji You, who switched from a rat back to a human, spoke: "Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan should stay in the surveillance room."

Yue Qiguang frowned: "No, I want to go on a rampage."

Ji You glanced at him and said: "I’m afraid the Black Gold Rats will tear you to pieces."

Yue Qiguang, feeling underestimated, clenched his teeth and said: "4444, let’s spar!"

Ji You’s tone became serious, looking earnest and said: "Little Guangguang, spiritual power is your weak point. Your body and mind coordination still have many issues. Guarding the surveillance room and relaying information to everyone challenges the use of spiritual power. You must seize chances to practice. To improve spiritual power, only through constant and diligent use and practice can you fully master it."

Yue Qiguang opened his mouth, "You want me to treat this as practice?"

This concerns everyone’s life safety, used... for practice?

Ji You heard this and instead of refuting, smiled at Yue Qiguang and said: "I believe in you, and they do too, you—must believe in yourself, otherwise, our lives hang on a single thought of yours."

Yue Qiguang stared with wide eyes, mouth agape...

Ji You raised an eyebrow: "What, you don’t believe in yourself?"

Yue Qiguang smiled: "Leave it to me. I can do it."

Ji You: "Good."

It’s settled.

Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan stayed in the surveillance room, tasked with being everyone’s eyes, while Ji You, Shen Changqing, Sheng Qingyan, and Chu Jiaojiao continued underground to deal with 11 scattered Black Gold Rats.

They still split into two groups.

Shen Changqing and Sheng Qingyan formed one group.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao formed the other.

...

The four, donning their armors, didn’t waste even a second, leapt into the collapsed black hole. Agile and swift, they vanished underground in the blink of an eye.

Liu Fufeng, witnessing this, paused slightly in his finger movements, the butterfly in his hand, intricately woven and lifelike, had its wing accidentally snapped in the middle. Liu Fufeng paused, staring blankly at the broken-wing butterfly for a few seconds—

Ruined.

Just like myself.

Ruined.

...

Liu Fufeng, looking at the dark, unfathomable collapsed hole, had a tinge of obvious envy in his eyes.

...

Underground.

Ji You crouched low, half-lying at the mouth of a pipe, Chu Jiaojiao half-lied on the other side; the distance between the two is roughly 10 meters, and about 500 meters directly ahead of them was a Black Gold Rat gnawing at Black Gold Ore, very alert, stopping to observe its surroundings after each bite, and would immediately halt once sensing something amiss.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao remained half-lying, motionless.

The Black Gold Rat didn’t notice anything wrong and continued gnawing. Although it was only level 1, its teeth were exceptionally sharp, gnawing on Black Gold Ore as if munching on peanuts, crunch ~

Crunch ~

Crunch ~

In no time, it finished gnawing a piece the size of a fingernail.

Ji You watched, feeling a twinge but could only hold it in, watching the Black Gold Ore being consumed.

After finishing, the Black Gold Rat sniffed around, felt for a moment, then leapt towards its nest’s direction. Just as it leapt, Ji You released the arrow in her palm!

Whoosh—

The Black Gold Rat, startled, the next second, was lying on its back in the pipe: "Squeak squeak—"

"Squeak—"

With the Black Gold Rat completely closing its eyes, its sound gradually vanished from the world.

Chu Jiaojiao said: "Nicely done."

After dealing with this Black Gold Rat, the two quickly moved to the next target. This time, before finding a place to hide, a level 1 Black Gold Rat sensed something wrong and charged furiously at Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao. Chu Jiaojiao, without a moment’s hesitation, swung her weapon on the spot.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

After a few swings, the Black Gold Rat’s corpse slammed onto the ground.

Chu Jiaojiao sheathed her sword: "Ji You classmate, do you want this corpse?"

Ji You disdainfully said: "No. I’m very discerning, this thing is worthless, why keep it?"

The next second.

Ji You bent down and pried out the Black Gold Rat’s teeth, putting them into the Space Button.

Chu Jiaojiao said speechlessly: "...Didn’t you say you didn’t want it?"

Ji You opened her eyes wide, sparkling, "I thought about it and figured it could sell for 100 credit points. Mosquitoes may be small, but they’re still meat, can’t waste it."

Surveillance room.

Yue Qiguang hearing this couldn’t help but curse: "You two, hurry up and get the job done, stop dilly-dallying, wasting time."

Next.

rat.

rats.

rats.

...

The two teams, four people, quickly lured out and dealt with the 11 scattered Black Gold Rats underground. In total, it took less than an hour, and now comes the main event.

Inside the tower.

Black Gold Rats huddled together, seemingly sensing something, were a bit agitated, uneasy. Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Sheng Qingyan, and Shen Changqing craned their necks, listening carefully to the murmurings of the 168 Black Gold Rats. Then, Shen Changqing cautiously opened a door handle of the Xuan Gate Tower, letting one Black Gold Rat inside come out.