The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Regaining Freedom

Why let him escape?

Ji You didn’t rush to answer, but smiled slightly: If we don’t let him escape, how can we notify Shen Changqing to be on the lookout? Of course, we need to let Shen Changqing know in advance that you four are dangerous and must be dealt with, so he can be prepared for you earlier.

Of course—

That’s not how you say it.

Ji You smiled and said, ”If we had killed him, how would Shen Changqing know about the current situation? What if he thinks now isn’t the best time to make a move and suddenly decides not to send troops? Where would our chance to benefit for free come from?”

Yue Qiguang thought about it and felt it made sense.

However—

It was still a bit strange.

Yue Qiguang said, ”But by doing this, aren’t we exposing ourselves right under Shen Changqing’s nose?”

Ji You blinked: ”Who said we’re exposed?”

Yue Qiguang asked, ”Aren’t we?”

Ji You laughed: ”Just now when we were talking to that boy, we only asked some common questions, didn’t torture him severely, and didn’t harm him. We just took a bit of his supplies. At most, Shen Changqing will think we are wary of his power and don’t want to make an enemy of him.”

Yue Qiguang scratched his head, deciding not to ponder these things anymore.

On this end.

After listening to the boy’s report, Shen Changqing was silent for a few seconds, and then said, ”Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, and Chu Jiaojiao still want to take advantage of me?”

Is my advantage so easy to take?

However, the four of them combined form a force not to be underestimated, with tremendous destructive power... Since it’s impossible to co-opt them, of course, it’s necessary to eradicate them as soon as possible. However—my current main task is still dealing with Lou and Lance.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Changqing said, ”Send a few of our main forces to deal with the Yue brothers, not to kill them. The primary goal is to dismantle their group of four. Don’t give them a chance to gather again.”

The four of them together are too dangerous.

His teammate took the order and left.

Shen Changqing turned to ask another boy, ”How is the situation with Lou and Lance?”

The boy replied, ”About a hundred of Lou’s men have died, and Lance’s side has lost more than 200. Currently, Lou has about 100 men left and Lance has fewer than 50.” At the same time, this boy felt both admiration and emotion in his heart: Worthy of being Shen Changqing, so formidable, dismantling the biggest threat of a team without any direct combat.

Impressive.

Shen Changqing maintained a calm, composed expression on his handsome face, but when he knitted his brows, a slight solemnity flashed in his eyes:

What’s going on?

Why is everything I want to happen going so smoothly?

The moment the thought arises, everything falls into place naturally as if someone is helping behind the scenes.

Strange.

This uncertainty kept Shen Changqing’s mind taut, unable to relax completely.

In the monitoring room.

The teachers were silent.

After a while.

Someone said, ”Number 4444 is really a big calamity. She has turned the entire exercise field upside down.”

Someone asked, ”How many survivors are there now?”

A teacher laughed: ”Thanks to student Ji You, number 4444, we have exceeded today’s target. We now have 1967 people left.”

”Hiss—”

”So quickly?”

”Last night there were still about 4000 people left, and now over half of them are dead.”

”Will Shen Changqing seize the opportunity to wipe out both Lou and Lance in one fell swoop?”

”If I were Shen Changqing, now would be the best opportunity. Miss it, and there won’t be such a good chance.”

”It’s hard to say... In my view, Shen Changqing is pretty good overall, but his paranoia is too strong. If he feels things are going too smoothly, he might not take advantage by pursuing a victory.”

”What about Lou and Lance? They’ve grown tall but not smart, easily exploited by others.”

”Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, and Chu Jiaojiao are all too impulsive, not easy to manage.”

At this point, all the teachers let out a long, collective sigh: ”Ah—this class of students doesn’t quite cut it.”

Over here.

Having just finished a battle, a few people found a place to rest and replenish their physical strength a bit.

Ji You sat to one side, holding her shriveled stomach. After two days, the physical strength consumption was too great. The two bottles of water in her hand had already run out, and she didn’t have any other food to recharge her body with. She could only endure it dryly.

The situation for Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Chu Jiaojiao, and Sheng Qingyan nearby was not optimistic either. Other than Yue Qiyuan and Sheng Qingyan, who had a nutrient solution in their hands, the rest had not even a bottle of water.

When the freshmen entered the exercise field, the supplies they carried were already lacking, especially food. Some of it had been consumed earlier, and another part of it stockpiled by a few large groups, leaving basically no spare food on the others.

The most abundant source of food in the whole exercise field was probably Shen Changqing’s stronghold.

Yue Qiyuan ate the nutrient solution in small bites, and when he looked up, he found three pairs of eyes staring at him. He subconsciously covered the nutrient solution and said, ”What are you staring at me for?”

Yue Qiguang said angrily, ”Are you still my brother? If you are, share half with me.”

Yue Qiyuan said indifferently, ”No.”

After that, he swallowed the remaining nutrient solution unhurriedly.

Yue Qiguang said, ”I’ll remember this.”

Yue Qiyuan replied, ”You remember so much; can your brain even hold it all?”

Yue Qiguang opened his mouth to speak but suddenly caught sight of a few people not far away starting to fight, two of whom had visible nutrient solutions on them. Yue Qiguang’s eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and said, ”Someone’s delivering food to daddy.”

Ji You glanced up and felt something was off, quickly saying, ”Wait a second.”

Yue Qiguang stopped in his tracks and asked, ”What? Do you think I can’t handle a few small fries?”

Ji You shook her head and said, ”No... As people are getting fewer, we should be more vigilant.”

Yue Qiguang said, ”I’m going to meet them.”

Unable to stop him, Ji You didn’t try any longer, and besides, this five-person squad was purely an alliance of interests. Ji You was the bait to stay alive, and the rest were just there to score points, not really treating Ji You as a teammate...

Comradeship?

Nonexistent.

Yue Qiguang walked away and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Ji You frowned and said, ”What happened? He was just here; could he have been eliminated?”

Yue Qiyuan said, ”I’ll go have a look.”

With that, he followed the trail to search.

The remaining few exchanged glances, and Ji You asked, ”Should we wait here or go somewhere else to look?”

Sheng Qingyan finally had the opportunity to speak, ”People don’t want to look anymore, they want to rest, having run all day, so tired...”

Chu Jiaojiao said, ”I’m going to check out Lance’s side. It would be even better if I could take him down along the way.”

And so—

The team dispersed in an instant, leaving Ji You all alone.

Ji You almost moved herself to tears: Everything went smoothly, and she finally regained her freedom...