The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Is Iron Up to Something?

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...

In the invisible virtual space, centered around Ji You’s location, a range of several tens of meters gradually turned into a dangerous zone of turbulent waves...

Initially, Mu Jianling and Doctor Luo were about half a meter away from Ji You. Due to the oppressive force, they also feared that forcefully intervening might harm Ji You, so they had no choice but to retreat half a meter.

meter.

meters.

meters.

...

Until they reached the door of the medical room, with nowhere else to retreat.

In the emergency situation, Doctor Luo, utilizing her authority as head of the medical room, forcefully created a small safe zone for them to exist in, which separated them from this overpoweringly oppressive force.

Silence.

The expressions on Mu Jianling and Doctor Luo’s faces were very grim.

In any case, neither of them could have imagined the situation developing to this extent. Doctor Luo said, ”Should we notify Old Hong?”

Mu Jianling raised his hand, lightly pinched the bridge of his nose, and said, ”Notify him. The more people we have, the more strength we’ll have.”

Doctor Luo immediately contacted Principal Hong.

Upon hearing the news, Principal Hong’s brow furrowed so tightly it could crush a fly: ”If it’s really a collapse of the Spiritual World, that’s going to be tricky.”

How serious is the collapse of the Spiritual World?

At best, one becomes an imbecile; at worst, one loses their life.

Doctor Luo said, ”Jianling and I are standing guard here, but our spiritual power can’t get close at all, not even a single strand. Any closer, and it would be shredded by her violently collapsing Spiritual World.”

Principal Hong, with a stern face, said, ”We must ensure this child’s safety at all costs. I’m on my way immediately.”

...

Doctor Luo ended the communication, raised her eyes, and looked towards Ji You, who was frowning and breaking out in cold sweats. With a tense face, she said, ”Let’s just keep watch for now. If there’s no other way, we’ll have to forcefully intervene.”

Here.

At the eye of the storm was Ji You, her Spiritual Body in the Spiritual World, which was like a ball, blown around haphazardly by the roaring and the winds from an unknown source, unable to find a foothold to settle down.

Those pitted barriers, likened by Doctor Luo to an ugly girl covered with freckles and acne, now had their holes growing larger and cracks splitting wider...

Ji You looked on with both frustration and anxiety!

It was as if fate was against her!

What could she do?

What could she possibly do?

In her desperation, Ji You told herself to be calm! Calm! Calm! Perhaps such self-suggestion was somewhat effective, as the incessantly splitting and collapsing areas began to show signs of halting.

Ji You felt a surge of joy.

It was working!

Ji You’s face was tense as she inhaled and exhaled, repeating the process over and over... The boisterous wind also began to subside, and the thundering booms gradually ceased...

Ji You let out a sigh of relief.

But then—

Before she could even catch her breath, the entire Spiritual World began to crumble catastrophically, and a tremendous force continuously hammered at all the barriers of the Spiritual World.

Crack~

Crack~

Crack~

...

Ji You stood with her mouth agape, trembling hands, watching as the halted cracks suddenly began splintering again, and with an unstoppable momentum, violently burst apart...

Ji You: ”Dammit!”

Boom—

After the cataclysmic noise, as the sky was shrouded with dark clouds and the ravaged Virtual Space lay before her, suddenly, a cluster of mysterious light appeared. Initially, it was just a mere flicker of flame...

Then, it burst forth like the first light of the Universe, quickly engulfing the entire Spirit Space with an unstoppable force. Ji You’s Spiritual Body found itself right in the center of this bright light, feeling all warm and snug, as if basking in the gentle sunshine, almost ready to fall asleep the very next second.

second.

Ji You suddenly startled awake, ”What the hell, thinking about sleeping at a time like this?!”

She gave her head a hard slap.

Then—

She realized that the comforting light wasn’t emanating from her own Spiritual World, but rather—from a far-off place, with a hazy mist in between, the light scattered from a great distance.

Ji You focused her gaze, trying to get a clearer look, and saw that the source of the light wasn’t like the sun’s circular shape but somewhat resembled—

It was an Iron Plate!

”Holy shit!”

Ji You’s eyes widened: ”Is this thing, an Iron Plate?”

As soon as she spoke, Ji You knew there was no doubt! No matter the distance, even if turned to ash, she’d recognize the Iron Plate!

Confirming that the light came from the Iron Plate, for a moment, Ji You found herself speechless, shocked, and furious!

This damn Iron Plate had swallowed up so many of her things, and was causing trouble at such a critical moment?

Ji You cursed aloud: ”Iron! Get your ass out here! I’ll beat the crap out of you!”

Silence.

Dead silence.

The wind stopped.

The fracturing fissures ceased.

...

Ji You cursed for quite a while, yet the Iron Plate remained indifferent, still suspended high in a place far, far away from Ji You. All that was left around her was her Spiritual Body, a hazy fog, and the sight of the pitted and scarred Spiritual World...

Hold on!

Something’s not right!

The pitted areas seemed to have lessened?

At first, Ji You didn’t believe it, but as her vision swept over, one by one, countless pits and depressions began to heal at a steady, gentle pace, gradually mending themselves and disappearing...

Ji You was stunned: ”What’s going on? My Spiritual World actually has the ability to heal itself?”

Wait!

That’s not right!

Ji You looked up, toward the distant ’source of light’, the Iron Plate, and she noticed, before each depression was repaired and healed, it was enveloped in light from the Iron Plate...

Does that mean?

It was the Iron Plate that helped restore her fragmented Spirit Space?

Ji You was somewhat speechless: ”Iron! What the hell do you want? Spit it out! Money? Or my life?”

The Iron Plate glowed silently.

Ji You stood with her hands on her hips, scolding: ”I’m telling you, you won’t get a dime! You can have my life! It’s your call!”

Basically, Ji You was throwing in the towel.

If outsiders knew that even at this juncture, Ji You, that poor dead soul, Old Miser, was still hung up on money over life, they’d probably be speechless indeed.

But Ji You didn’t feel the slightest bit ashamed.

Just as she said this, the Spirit Space, which had temporarily quieted down, suddenly reverberated with thunderous booms.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The sound approached from a distance, Ji You shuddered with fright, losing her money-over-life bravado and acting quite scared, shrinking her neck and clutching her head, cursing wildly: ”Shit! Here it comes again!”

Upon closer inspection, this thunderous noise was coming through the dense fog, and at that moment, Ji You vaguely saw giant pythons, vast and indescribably colossal, writhing within the mist...

Ji You: ”...”

Aren’t these the Spiritual Silk?