The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 295: Chapter 295: Unyielding

Ji You looked confused: ”What the heck?”

”What are these clowns talking about?”

”What familiar recipe, familiar taste?”

Across from her, Xiaoqing spoke in a calm voice, pausing to think before explaining, ”Probably, the ’familiar recipe’ they’re referring to is you piloting an antique mech, and the ’familiar taste’ is you dying by my hands within 5 seconds.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You glared at Xiaoqing and gritted her teeth, ”Xiaoqing, dare to share your real coordinates? Real name? I want to challenge you to a one-on-one!”

Xiaoqing checked her mech, then turned around and said, ”No need. Beat me first, then we’ll talk.”

Nearby:

Audience A: ”Bets are placed! How many seconds till death this time?”

Audience B: ”5 seconds! Can’t be more than that.”

Audience C: ”Why not 1 second? I want to see her die in 1 second.”

Audience D: ”Half a second! I’ve got the screen recording and camera all set, please don’t disappoint me.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You glanced at the audience: ”Enough from you guys!”

After saying that, Ji You no longer paid any attention to the spectators who were trying to stir trouble, and began to crouch down, concentrate, and closely watched every movement of the Little Qing Mecha ahead.

Xiaoqing immediately fired an Ordinary Particle Cannon.

Ji You instantly jumped up, dodging it.

Almost without pause, Ji You heard a faint whooshing sound, knowing that the real tracking missile was coming!

She rolled on the spot, stretched her legs, and sprung forward.

Fast!

It must be fast!

Ji You wasn’t thinking about anything at that moment, not about the missile’s speed, its lethal power, nor whether she’d get hit. She had only one thought:

Run!

Faster!

Faster!

Thinking it over, she felt that her speed hadn’t reached the limits yet, that there was still room for improvement, so she decided to continue pushing her speed.

As she focused her entire mind and body on speed, she almost suddenly felt a spiritual tremor. A tentacle from the Spiritual World quietly spread out an invisible network, covering everything within a 10-meter radius around her, sensing every movement and transmitting it straight to Ji You’s brain.

She could not only hear the wind, the air resistance, but also see everything within a 10-meter radius.

Ji You’s eyes brightened:

This was really an unexpected pleasure. Was it possible to further expand her sensory range, like sensing the trajectory of the missile and dodging it earlier?

No sooner thought than done.

Ji You bit down hard, trying to expand her sensory range.

In the Spiritual World:

Old Five: [Master! I can’t hold on much longer.]

Ji You: [Hang in there! Hold on a bit longer, and you’ll get some Candy Beans.]

Old Five: [Master! I’m about to deflate.]

Ji You: [Fourth, go help!]

Fourth: [Master, you forgot, I already deflated a long time ago!]

Ji You: [...]

Just then, Ji You once again felt that hair-raising sense of crisis, and then—boom—

A missile hit the bullseye!

The antique mech shattered into pieces.

Ji You: ”Damn it!”

Audience seats:

Audience B: ”Hahaha... I won, 5 seconds.”

Audience C (in deep sorrow): ”Rag Queen, since you’re doomed anyway, couldn’t you just die sooner?”

Audience D: ”The familiar formula, the familiar taste. Didn’t earn much this time, just won 1.1 points, sigh!”

...

Then, obviously, and to everyone’s delight, the video of this battle entered the forum within seconds, becoming the hottest topic instantly, attracting onlookers who love big events.

New post below:

997L: ”I just don’t get it, why does she have to use an antique mech? Can’t she just switch to a different one?”

998L: ”Guess she wants to be famous! She became known from the last battle, but people kept associating her with the self-destructing silly boss, thinking they were the same person, so she was annoyed and wanted to prove herself.”

999L: ”Rag Queen, more like Ugly Queen! When it comes to courting death and embarrassing herself, she claims the second place, and no one dares to claim the first.”

1000L: ”Don’t mock indiscriminately upstairs, didn’t you notice how incredibly fast she was this time? Honestly, if it were any of you piloting such a mech, could you achieve her speed?”

1001L: ”Sorry, if it were me, I wouldn’t be courting death, so I wouldn’t be driving an antique mech to my doom.”

...

In the forum, the discussion and debate about Ji You are in full swing, but she isn’t interested in participating. Ji You briefly logged off Star Network, found some candy beans she had saved, and ate them all at once.

After finishing, her mental fatigue also dissipated in a short while.

She reflected on her recent escape, realizing she hadn’t directly communicated with the spiritual threads in the spiritual world or strained them, but they conscientiously came out to work. From Boss to Old Five, all were blasted cleanly from plump to shriveled.

It was also because of the active cooperation of the spiritual threads that Ji You discovered new uses for the Spiritual Silk Network. Moreover, she intuitively felt that if she could expand her spiritual network larger and wider, broadening her perceptive range, she could definitely reach speeds equal to the high-energy particle cannon, or even surpass this trackable weapon!

If—

It really worked.

Ji You felt a surge of excitement, thinking this could become one of her killing skills!

For the time being, Ji You looked at her six spiritual threads with an exceptionally kind gaze, quite pleased with their performance today; it seemed that although these guys were gluttonous, they still knew the bigger picture and cared about the overall situation.

Therefore, Ji You fed them candy beans without skimping.

Of course, after each feeding, Iron Plate ate the lion’s share and the spiritual threads got a smaller portion. After having their fill, Iron Plate slickly disappeared without a trace, infuriating Ji You.

Fortuitously, the spiritual threads had all recovered.

Ji You checked the time and realized she could still battle for half an hour. Without hesitation, she entered the battlefield again, continuing to choose challenges against Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing: ”...”

Xiaoqing, slightly depressed: ”Do you really have to court death?”

Ji You snorted: ”Come on! Let me beat you up one more time.”

Xiaoqing: ”You got it backwards, right?”

Ji You waved her hand: ”Man up, why fuss over these details? Either way, one of us is going to get beaten, let’s continue and have a spirited fight!”

Actually, her matches with Xiaoqing weren’t just about winning or losing anymore, Ji You felt it was more about training herself! She could not only exercise her spiritual power, but also her reflexes and physical strength...

Most importantly, if she could really expand her spiritual network here to 50 meters, 200 meters, 500 meters and beyond, then—winning or losing wouldn’t matter anymore.

Xiaoqing didn’t rush to agree but looked at that 1 point, morosely saying: ”Fight if we must, but could I suggest you raise the stakes a bit?” Seriously, fighting her always felt like a loss.

Firstly, there’s no winnings from the betting pool, although there are a million viewers, nobody is foolish enough to bet on Ji You winning, which causes Xiaoqing to miss out on earnings.

Thus, each fight still costs him 19 points.

Even though Xiaoqing doesn’t lack points, it still hurts.

Xiaoqing: ”Seriously, 20 points per match, or else, I refuse.” At least, it should break even, right?

Ji You: ”...”