The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers
Chapter 1202: Disguise
Ji You said, "Eat well so we have the energy to continue our journey."
Cheng Haoyue: "..."
This dry bread suddenly felt a bit hot to the touch.
But, in the face of hunger, Cheng Haoyue grimaced and accepted it, saying, "What are you talking about? You just want me gone so you can be the team leader in broad daylight?"
Ji You glanced at him, showing a bit of sympathy, the kind you have for a fool, and said, "Aren’t I already the team leader in broad daylight?"
Cheng Haoyue’s fingers shook, nearly dropping the dry bread again.
"Humph!" Cheng Haoyue didn’t throw it, as he was really hungry, opened his mouth to chomp on the bread... The tone was lacking some dignity as he swallowed, saying, "Where are you a team leader now? I’m just being generous and not arguing with you."
Ji You waved a hand, deciding not to argue with this puppet team leader, and turned to He Nu, asking, "Is the site cleaned up?"
He Nu said, "Finished cleaning, but I didn’t find anything. However, I did get the squad member information from the opposing team leader’s hands."
With that, He Nu handed the information to Ji You.
Ji You smiled and said, "Well done."
Upon hearing this, He Nu’s eyes seemed to sparkle, but his demeanor remained very composed, showing no excitement despite the compliment.
Ji You casually asked, "How did you find it? I checked earlier and found nothing."
He Nu said, "In his smelly sock."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You almost tossed the paper away. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Beside them, Cheng Haoyue pinched his nose and cursed, "Damn! I was wondering where the stench came from, turns out it’s this!" With that, he quickly stepped back, and still finding it smelly, retreated several more steps before stopping.
He Nu said, "It does stink, but time was tight, and I didn’t have a chance to disinfect."
Ji You’s mouth twitched, handing the note back to He Nu, he said, "He Nu, you keep this note safe."
Without reaching for it, He Nu opened his mouth and said, "Can’t it just be destroyed after reading?"
Ji You, with a serious face, said, "Why destroy it? This note might be useful for something else." Saying this, Ji You directly stuffed the smelly note back to He Nu, then turned to Cheng Haoyue, asking, "Team leader, where’s your note?"
Cheng Haoyue unintentionally touched his upper pocket with his right hand finger, immediately realizing his action, he straightened his face and said, "What note? I know nothing about it."
Ji You raised an eyebrow, "Hmm... Is there anything special about the team leader’s unique note?"
Cheng Haoyue remained stoic, saying, "What are you talking about? I really don’t know."
Ji You didn’t dwell on it, she circled the temporary base once, finding nothing special about it, the base was just a slightly flat piece of land, with no extra construction. Calling it a temporary dance platform was flattering.
While Ji You was wandering around, Cheng Haoyue looked at the five ’corpses’ lying on the ground with a complicated expression and asked Ji You, "Hey! How do we deal with these five?"
Ji You casually replied, "You’re the team leader, you deal with them."
Cheng Haoyue rolled his eyes and cursed, "Damn! Now you’re not the team leader? I must’ve owed you in my past life or something?"
How much karma did he accumulate to deserve this?
Why does fate assign such a person to punish him?
After circling the base, Ji You saw Cheng Haoyue still standing there motionless and said with a grin, "What are you holding the Military Shovel for? Dig a pit quickly and bury them!"
Cheng Haoyue’s heart trembled, "Are you serious?"
Ji You impatiently replied, "Am I joking? If we don’t deal with them, how do we explain when new people arrive?"
Cheng Haoyue’s heart palpitated even more, "Are we not seizing the chance to leave?"
"Leave?" Ji You glanced around and laughed, "With such a good location, why would we leave? Of course, we take it for ourselves."
Cheng Haoyue struggled to calm his trembling heart and said, "You’re in the enemy’s camp, you’re taking their territory, are you looking to die quickly?"
At this moment, He Nu, already bending down, worked hard to remove the wristbands from the five ’corpses’ on the ground. Seeing this, Cheng Haoyue seemed to grasp something, but he still found it unbelievable, saying, "You want to impersonate them? But their wristbands are already invalid, we can’t disguise ourselves!"
He Nu handed all the wristbands to Ji You, and upon trying them on, Ji You found she couldn’t put them on as they were uniquely paired. When paired students ’died’, the wristbands automatically destroyed themselves, and all information inside was erased.
This was one of the military’s common methods to protect information security on the battlefield, aiming to prevent the enemy from collecting confidential information through deceased warriors’ personal chips and data.
Though useless, Ji You didn’t throw them away but stuffed them into her pocket. Turning her head, seeing Cheng Haoyue still standing there, she teased, "Aren’t you digging yet?"
Cheng Haoyue suddenly didn’t know what to say.
Ji You gestured to He Yu and the other two hiding nearby to come over, then she didn’t hold back anymore, directly saying to Cheng Haoyue, "Just now with the five people, I killed four, He Nu killed one, you didn’t get any, aren’t you upset?"
Cheng Haoyue’s mouth twitched, "Wasn’t it because you forcibly took my weapon?"
A bow and arrow archer, given a Military Shovel, how is one supposed to kill?
Cheng Haoyue felt quite wronged and a bit frustrated.
Ji You chuckled, quickly changed the subject, "Let’s team up and hide these corpses in the stone pile behind the mountain, hurry up, don’t delay the time."
Cheng Haoyue seriously said, "Give me the crossbow first."
Ji You frowned, impatiently saying, "Why does a kid like you need such a thing? You don’t need something this good for playing pretend, see how He Nu doesn’t even have a decent weapon, and he still managed to kill someone with his fists. You even have a Military Shovel."
Cheng Haoyue: "..."
Cheng Haoyue was so angry, he trembled all over.
The key moment was when He Nu next to him said seriously, "I also think it’s more appropriate for Ji You to hold the crossbow."
"You... you guys!" Cheng Haoyue said indignantly, "This is outrageous!"
Cheng Haoyue didn’t get his crossbow back because once He Yu and the other two arrived, everyone cooperated swiftly and buried the five ’corpses’ of the enemy base in the stone pile behind the mountain.
Just as they finished, less than a minute passed, a few people walked over from a nearby area.
Cheng Haoyue, He Yu, and the others tensed up.