The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 446: Chapter 446: Ji Enters a Deep Depression

Dr. Luo suddenly stopped talking.

Ji You waited a few seconds, but when Dr. Luo didn’t continue, she couldn’t help but ask, ”Teacher... what did you mean just now by ’however’?”

Dr. Luo’s eyes shifted away from the medical device’s screen and turned towards Ji You, a trace of pity flashing through her gentle eyes, ”Are you sure you want to hear it?”

Ji You: ”...”

This—

Could she even choose not to listen?

At this point, Dr. Luo still thought to tease her with a humorous tone.

Sigh!

Ji You sighed heavily, closed her eyes, and with resignation said, ”Teacher! Just tell me straight up how many days I have left to live!”

Since it’s a knife either way, whether she extends her head or shrinks it back, might as well face it head-on.

”Pff—”

Seeing the expression on Ji You’s face, Dr. Luo couldn’t help but laugh in an unkind manner. Raising her hand and pointing at Ji You’s head, she scolded with a laugh, ”What are you thinking? What is your brain made of? I’m really curious now...”

Ji You: ”Don’t... don’t... My brain is constructed just like an average person’s. Just your average person’s...”

Geez!

The way she’s talking like a mad scientist is scaring me to death, isn’t it?

The smile in Dr. Luo’s eyes was unrelenting as she pointed at Ji You, scolding, ”Relax! With the vitality of your cells, living another hundred or two hundred years won’t be a problem.”

Hearing this, Ji You’s frown turned into a smile in no time, saying, ”You scared me; I thought I only had a few days left to live.”

She’s got a hundred or two hundred years left for endeavors.

Just the thought is delightful.

Dr. Luo said with a smile, ”However—”

Ji You: ”...”

Here it comes again.

Ji You’s smile twitched, and she hurriedly urged, ”Teacher, can’t you just say what you mean all at once? This rollercoaster of emotions is really not fun at all.”

Listening to Ji You’s anxious tone, Dr. Luo glanced at her and said with a smile, ”Physique issues are easy to fix. However, the damage to your spiritual power is too great, nearly impossible to repair.”

Ji You: ”Huh???”

Dr. Luo laughed, ”You heard me correctly.”

Ji You: ”Huh???”

Ji You took a deep breath, almost unable to believe what she was hearing or seeing, ”Teach... Teacher... The way you’re saying this with a smile on your face really makes it hard for me to believe it’s true.”

Who... Who smiles while pronouncing someone else’s death sentence?

Ahhh!!

Dr. Luo put away her smile and said seriously, ”Don’t believe it? This is your diagnostic report, take a look for yourself.”

With trembling hands, Ji You took the electronic report on the light screen and then she saw rows upon rows of dense numbers and characters, incomprehensible to a layperson. But the very intuitive holographic image virtualizing her spiritual power was something Ji You could understand at a glance.

This—

What’s with this hole-ridden, damaged spirit space that looks like a sieve?

Ji You instinctively looked up at Dr. Luo.

Dr. Luo said, ”This is simulated using a specific instrument after connecting to your spirit space, reflecting the current state of your spirit space.”

Ji You was a bit puzzled, ”How... How can this be?” It wasn’t like that at all. Her spirit space was supposed to be ethereal, always dominated by six spiritual threads...

Dr. Luo said, ”Don’t doubt it. This is the result. See those sievelike holes? Your spirit space is full of holes, not a single area is intact. To put it simply for you to understand, a normal and complete spirit space is like a beautiful girl with a fair and delicate face. But yours? The damaged spirit space you have is like an ugly girl who also has a face full of pimples and acne, get it?”

Ji You: ”...”

A hellish comparison.

And this is supposed to be simple? It’s utterly chilling, horrifying, and eerie, full of freakish vibes, isn’t it?

Ji You didn’t want to speak anymore.

But Dr. Luo clearly preferred seeing Ji You shut down, as she continued, ”Your spiritual power, do you want to repair it?”

Ji You’s eyes widened.

Dr. Luo said, ”It’s not hopeless. There are currently two methods: using a High-level Soul Device. Or consuming large amounts of precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures like Candy Beans and Cloud Mist Tea.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You asked in a low voice, ”What happens if I don’t get treated?”

Dr. Luo smiled and said, ”Don’t worry—you won’t die. It’s just that—you won’t be able to become a Mechanical Warrior, nor will you be useful to society. In the future, even if you go to the garbage planet to scavenge, you won’t be able to... In our medical field, we have a term for such people: Unrecoverable Waste of Resources, in short: Trash.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You clutched her chest, ”Teacher... please stop, I can’t take it all by myself.”

Dr. Luo sighed, ”Pity.”

Ji You: ”...”

Silence.

A deathly silence.

Ji You gritted her teeth and suddenly asked, ”Teacher... is there a way to purchase a High-level Soul Device?”

Dr. Luo shook her head and said, ”Sorry, I don’t know.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You asked, ”Then... if I want to buy lots of Cloud Mist Tea, Candy Beans, where can I get them?”

Dr. Luo still shook her head, saying, ”Sorry, I don’t know. If you have a way, please share it with the teacher, I would be very happy.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You made a bitter face, pursing her lips, and gesturing to her paralyzed body, ”Teacher... let’s set aside the issue with my spiritual power for now, can you first treat my body?”

”I almost forgot about that.” Dr. Luo, upon hearing this, slapped her forehead, smiled with a hint of apology, and said, ”Transfer 50,000 points to me.”

The hand that Ji You was preparing to use to transfer the money was suddenly forced back, ”How much?”

Dr. Luo grinned, ”50,000 points.”

Ji You: ”!!!”

Ji You, trembling, exclaimed, ”Impossible, right? You’re kidding, right?”

Dr. Luo said seriously, ”Honest and fair to all.”

Ji You: ”...”

Dr. Luo continued, taking out another medical report, pointing to one of the images, and told Ji You, ”Look for yourself, with the extent of damage to your body, not even a divine doctor reincarnated could heal you without spending money. Here, here, and here... especially this area, you see this hole? It’s almost as big as a bowl. To completely repair it, the cost of Repair Liquid and medicine is also very expensive. The infirmary here is still short of a few things, I also need to find a channel to purchase them for you...”

Blah blah blah...

A whole bunch of them.

Ji You couldn’t remember the key points at all.

She just wanted to shut down.

And then—

Ji You looked up, close to weeping, ”Teacher... do you have any painless, instant death medicine that can let a person die instantly?”

She might as well just die.