The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Making a Little Money~

Being disliked and called a poor ghost doesn’t bother Ji You at all, because she really is a poor dead ghost.

Poor—

Is not scary.

What’s scary is not facing the reality of being poor.

This kind of thing where you can easily pick up 4,5000 credit points, Ji You wishes it could happen every day. This is literally picking up money! Why would she dislike that?

Ji You glances at Sheng Qingyan and snorts: ”You’ve never been poor, that’s why you can say things like that. If you ever end up like me, unable to eat or dress warmly and still drowning in debt, you wouldn’t dislike these few thousand credit points.”

Hmph—

Those rich ghosts can never understand the sorrow of a poor ghost.

As Ji You says this, she immediately receives a big eye-roll from Sheng Qingyan, as well as sympathetic glances from those around.

Ji You doesn’t mind these and continues to enjoy peeling the claws.

Suddenly—

A voice reaches her ears: ”You... really owe a lot of debt?”

Ji You looks up and sees her own big-browed son, and— there’s a rare hint of worry in Xuzhou’s eyes, but it disappears in a flash. Ji You immediately grins and says: ”Little Zhouzhou, don’t worry, even if Barbie is heavily in debt, she can handle it. You don’t have to worry; just focus on your studies.”

Xuzhou: ”...”

Xuzhou takes a deep breath and mutters: ”Bastard! Liar!”

Ji You just smirks at him, pretending not to hear.

Little Zhouzhou looks rough and tough with his thick brows and big eyes, but he’s actually just a softie on the inside.

Humph~

Tsundere.

In reality, the loan that Ji You owed to the interstellar bank has already been paid off, and she doesn’t have any debt at the moment. Tuition fees, living expenses, she has them all prepared. Right now, she has about 200,000 credit points in hand... which only means that she’s not exactly flush with cash.

But that’s just for now. Ji You always trusts that one day, she will be the wealthiest person in the interstellar era.

On this side.

Shen Changqing suddenly says: ”This Armored Beast is Level 4 Peak, not yet Level 5. Everyone knows that normally, only Star Beasts that have reached Level 4 can resist the various radiations in space and survive on their own due to the strength of their bones and blood. Actually, this Star Beast is already very dangerous. If it weren’t for our high alertness and good teamwork, we might have been able to deal with it, but once it breaks through to Level 5, if any of us is slightly careless, we could be in serious trouble.”

The main difference between Star Beasts and ordinary animals lies in the star beasts’ bodies, which contain a toxin that current human technology cannot decode or overcome. Affected by this type of toxin, humans cannot consume the flesh of Star Beasts; and if one is injured by a Star Beast attack, the toxin can enter the body through the wound, leading to minor cases requiring amputation or organ replacement, and severe cases resulting in death.

But this toxin is harmless to Star Beasts, not only harmless, but it actually allows them to adapt to various harsh environments in the Universe, whether it’s radiation or various harmful rays... And once a Star Beast breaks through Level 4, its physical strength becomes even stronger, allowing it to operate directly in space. Some powerful ones, like Level 7 or 8 Star Beasts, can mostly survive in space for a few months, or even longer...

When a Beast Tide erupts, Levels 1-3 Star Beasts are not strong enough to survive in space, so they can only be confined to a certain planet or celestial body. However, Level 4 and above Star Beasts can traverse space to various resource-rich planets, causing destruction and even tearing apart the humans of that planet...

This is also the horror of a Beast Tide. Because what can deal a devastating blow to humanity are the hordes of insane High-level Star Beasts.

Let’s put aside the problem of Star Beasts for now.

After Shen Changqing says this, everyone stops.

This problem is not something no one has thought about, everyone here is elite, and no one is dumb. The reason no one mentioned it before is that besides Ji You, who was only focused on dissecting the Star Beast to earn some skin and fur money, everyone else was thinking about the problem.

Yue Qiyuan frowns and says: ”Where did Teacher Mu go? Also, have you noticed that half of the Starship’s warriors have left?”

The key question is, when did these people leave, and they had no idea.

Whether it was Teacher Mu Jianling or the warriors, they all left silently.

So——

Are they, the students, too weak?

The scene of Ji You disassembling the Star Beast was too bloody, Sheng Qingyan twitched his brows and stepped back once, then again, saying, ”What’s so surprising about this... isn’t it obvious? They must have left because something happened at the front...”

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent again.

Because this was the answer that everyone least wanted to hear.

Shen Changqing said with a grave face, ”Let’s all stay inside the Starship and wait for Teacher Mu’s return. In the meantime, I hope everyone behaves and does not cause any trouble for the teacher or the warriors.”

Taking down a Level 4 Star Beast required a joint effort from several people. With such combat power, if they were truly on a battlefield where Star Beasts roamed freely, they would not only fail to help but might even hold others back.

The students weren’t troublemakers by nature and were very sensible, nodding in agreement.

By this time, Ji You had already stripped all the useful parts from the entire Armored Beast. She counted with delight and then said to Sheng Qingyan, ”Come here and help me see how much money these can sell for?”

Sheng Qingyan showed disdain, ”I don’t want to... I don’t want to look at such ugly things...”

Ji You: ”...”

Annoyed, Ji You said, ”You’re the one who’s disdaining it. When it’s exchanged for money, don’t expect even a single credit point.”

Eh?

Did that mean Ji You wasn’t planning to keep it all to herself?

Everyone was shocked and turned to look at Ji You.

Ji You said sternly with a straight face, ”The money will be shared by everyone, that’s for sure. But I have to declare, I was one of the main forces in killing this Star Beast, and it was me who dragged it back with hard work. I was the one who went through the trouble of skinning and deboning, so I will take a major share, one-third!”

Everyone: ”...”

Honestly, no one really cared about such a small amount of money.

Ji You continued, ”Also, classmate Sheng Qingyan is a rich guy, he doesn’t care about such a small amount, but the money that should be his won’t be a penny short. So, I’ll kindly collect it for him.”

Everyone: ”...”

Sheng Qingyan stamped his foot, ”Why would I need you to collect for me? Can’t I do it myself?”

Ji You gave him a sidelong glance, ”You don’t want it, but you don’t allow me to want it?”

Sheng Qingyan, with a look of disdain covering his mouth, said, ”Forget it, just consider it charity...”

Ji You: ”...”

Meanwhile, Xuzhou suddenly said softly, ”My share, you can have it too?”

Ji You glared, ”My boy???”

Xuzhou looked somewhat uncomfortable, ”Don’t call me those two words.”

Ji You chuckled, ”Alright alright... Little Zhouzhou has really grown up, so sensible...”

Xuzhou: ”...”