The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 326: Chapter 326: Added to the Blacklist

In a remote corner of an enclosed, strictly guarded laboratory on a distant planet, Shi Ya, dressed in a white lab coat of the research institute, looked at the message sent by Ji You with a slight start.

Suddenly——

A notification tone interrupted her brief reverie. Shi Ya opened her Light Computer, and the message immediately popped up—it was from He Bi.

——[Yaya, I know you can see my message. I hope you can stay calm. The choice you are making right now is not conducive to your future development and is not very safe either. Please consider it carefully.]

After reading it, Shi Ya didn’t reply but casually turned it off.

She thought about it and raised her hand decisively, moving He Bi into the blacklist.

On his side, He Bi waited for a while, but did not receive a reply. His expression darkened, and after thinking it over, he directly dialed Shi Ya’s contact number. However, as soon as he tried to call, he realized he had been blocked.

He Bi: ”...”

Feeling helpless, He Bi had no choice but to give up temporarily.

Over here.

Ji You replied with a single ’Okay’ and waited a bit, guessing that Senior Shi Ya must be busy. She wasn’t disappointed; she was about to turn off her Light Computer when, somehow, Ji You’s habit of rambling kicked in. She rattled off a string of characters, blabbering about her sweeping victories over opponents on the Alliance’s internal network, and said to Senior Shi Ya: [Senior, you would never guess, but I’m now rolling in points. When you come back to school, I’ll treat you to a meal.]

After typing that, Ji You clicked send.

As soon as she sent it, she started to regret it, worried whether she might have disturbed Senior Shi Ya at work. Hesitating, she was thinking of retracting the message when she saw that she had received a reply from Senior Shi Ya: [Very impressive.]

It was a very short sentence, only three words, but knowing that these words came from Senior Shi Ya’s mouth, Ji You felt extremely happy, almost wanting to jump three feet high.

Ji You: [I will continue to work hard.]

After sending this message, Shi Ya did not reply.

Ji You waited a few seconds, thought of what Senior He Bi had said, and then thought about Senior Shi Ya’s attitude. She felt a strange sensation she couldn’t quite grasp or scratch—an unsettling emotion stirring within her.

Ji You believed that although Senior He Bi was a stingy jerk and a pauper, he definitely wasn’t a bad person, so he wouldn’t do anything to harm Senior Shi Ya.

But——

What exactly was it?

Ji You didn’t feel right asking Senior Shi Ya directly. After much deliberation and thickening her skin, she continued to send another message to her senior: [Senior Shi Ya, even though we haven’t known each other for long, you can trust me. If there’s anything difficult that you can’t decide on, you can come to me. Anything at all.]

Ji You sent it.

For a long while.

There was no response.

She didn’t know if Senior Shi Ya had seen it or not.

Inside the laboratory.

Shi Ya gazed blankly at Ji You’s message. The tension in her brows relaxed in an instant, and she involuntarily smiled. Another researcher, who by chance saw this, was very surprised and asked with an inquisitive and scrutinizing tone: ”Shi Ya, what’s made you so happy?”

This person, ever since entering the lab, had always been as cold as ice, with an aura of ’all living things keep away.’ Now, to see such an expression was truly unexpected.

Shi Ya immediately put away her smile and said indifferently: ”It’s nothing.”

Having said that, she turned and walked away.

...

After a few minutes, Ji You didn’t get a reply from Senior Shi Ya, but she wasn’t sad. At least, Senior Shi Ya had replied to her message before, which meant she was safe for the moment.

That was enough.

Ji You then immediately began to study today’s material course.

After finishing her studies, she didn’t rush to submit her homework but made herself a cup of Cloud Mist Milk Tea. After drinking it and feeling the changes in her Spiritual World, she found that whether it was the Spiritual World, the Spiritual Silk, or the Iron Plate, there were no changes. However, the message from Xiao You proved that Cloud Mist Tea was very beneficial to Xiao You’s body.

That’s enough.

For this Cloud Mist Tea, Ji You is ready to go all out.

So, she immediately enters Star Network and starts competing.

There is 1 day left until the promotion match, and tonight is crucial. As long as Ji You wins 3 more matches, she can advance. This is about the Cloud Mist Tea, and Ji You clenches her teeth, determined to get into the promotion match.

Therefore—

The cheapskate Ji You, to ensure her advancement, painfully spends 250 points for every match to buy 500 Ordinary Particle Cannons, then compresses them into miniature versions.

These Particle Cannons, compressed by Ji You’s spiritual power, are almost as powerful as Tracking Particle Cannons, and they’re even cheaper.

The only issue is that—during each match, she has to multitask, fighting her opponent while also dedicating spiritual power to compress Particle Cannons, which consumes a lot of her energy, but she grits her teeth and bears it.

After securing strong victories in the first two matches with her powerful artillery.

As Ji You is browsing through the challenge application page, contemplating on who to choose as her opponent, a message suddenly pops up. She looks at it, and is surprised: ”This Daddy Universe Strongest actually wants to challenge me?”

Daddy Universe Strongest, a top player ranked in the top 80 of the East District’s freshman level.

To say the East District’s strength is top-notch would be an overstatement; after all, only ranked 80th, he’s at the bottom end of top players. But if Ji You looked down on him because of his low rank?

Certainly not.

Because Daddy Universe Strongest’s low rank isn’t due to his lack of ability, but because he has only played 12 matches, losing only 2, both to opponents ranked in the top 20 of the East District.

So—

This person is very strong.

Ji You absolutely cannot afford even the slightest bit of contempt.

Therefore—

Ji You doesn’t hesitate for a moment before choosing to refuse.

Joking? Her current goal is to ensure her own promotion, not to show off her prowess to others for some empty fame.

Over here, Daddy Universe Strongest is very surprised to see himself rejected and sends a message: [What a piece of junk, you’re scared of Daddy, aren’t you? That’s why you rejected Daddy’s challenge, right?]

Scared?

Ji You rolls her eyes in a very unladylike manner and ignores him.

Unexpectedly, this guy becomes even noisier when ignored, he’s more energized: [Too scared? Can’t even reply to Daddy’s message? Just admit you’re a coward, and Daddy will let you off.]

Coward?

She, the Rag Queen, scared by a mere rank 80 nobody?

Don’t make me laugh.

Without another word, Ji You immediately adds the other party to her blacklist.

There’s no time to waste on such fools right now.

Over there.

Daddy Universe Strongest sees himself getting blacklisted and his eyes widen in disbelief, shouting: ”What? This person actually dares to blacklist Daddy?”

”How dare she?”

”How could she?”

”Ah!!!”

”Daddy was waiting to beat her down hard!”