The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1266: Chapter 1266: Discussion

Even though it wasn’t certain, Ji You immediately excluded the girl next to Shaun from being the target.

Then.

Ji You turned towards the handsome boy next to Shaun.

This handsome boy had a gentle and amiable temperament, looking very easy-going. But when Ji You turned her gaze towards him, he immediately smiled at her, ”Ji You?”

Ji You smiled and said, ”Nina says she’s good at heavy weapons. What about you?”

The boy seemed a little surprised, quickly saying, ”The weapons I’m good at, um... are quite varied. Actually, I don’t really like using cold weapons, so I’m not sure what I’m particularly good at.”

Ji You’s eyes moved down and stopped at his wrist, smiling as she asked, ”You’ve been assigned a Military Shovel?”

The boy shook his head with a laugh, ”No... no, it’s just useful for some things, so I picked it up.”

Ji You heard him and spoke naturally, saying, ”Then if I come across good weapons in the future, I’ll set aside one for you to see whether you need it.”

The boy smiled, ”Okay, thank you for your concern, Ji You.”

Ji You put on a regretful expression, slapped her forehead forcefully, and said, ”At the enemy camp, we actually had the chance to get enemy weapons, but I didn’t focus on it at the time, so we missed the opportunity.”

Speaking of which.

Ji You turned to Shaun and asked, ”Shaun, what weapon do you need?”

Shaun looked at her strangely and said, ”Why are you asking this? My weapon suits me quite well, and I don’t need to change for now.” He was still immersed in the effects brought about by Ji You’s casual demonstration of a few moves.

Before this, Shaun always thought he was the strongest in the team, even though Ji You and the few teammates she brought claimed they used just 9 people to beat the enemy’s 2 squads into disarray. Nonetheless, Shaun believed he was the strongest.

Moreover, Ji You’s appearance was really deceptive, completely mismatched with being powerful.

Therefore, Shaun misunderstood her abilities.

Ji You—

Very strong.

At least several times stronger than himself.

Thinking about this, Shaun’s tone and demeanor became more serious and respectful as he looked at Ji You and said, ”Ji You, what do you think is the suitable number of people to guard the front if an enemy attack happens given our current situation?”

Since there was the possibility of an attack, preparations needed to be made in advance.

Lester was going to seek cooperation with the 4th and 5th squad, even if these two teams agreed to cooperate, their combined manpower would only be 35 people, including Ji You and the 3 she brought, and also 1 team member from the 7th squad guarding the base.

If the enemy camp were to send 50 people at once, how could so few defend adequately?

Unless, counting the 10 people from the military base there. In this case, totaling 45 people facing the enemy’s 50, with home ground advantage, the odds were favorable.

Shaun wanted to hear Ji You’s advice.

Ji You noticed Shaun didn’t answer her question, feeling slightly regretful, but understood that Shaun was highly guarded, not showing what weapons he carried himself.

This also raised a bit of caution in Ji You’s mind.

Keeping a serious expression, Ji You said, ”I think with our current manpower, at least 30 need to guard the front.”

Shaun furrowed his eyebrows.

Ji You continued, ”Indeed, it requires that many. As we don’t know from which direction the enemy will attack, increasing personnel on the front lines for patrolling is necessary, and because real-time communication is impossible, we can’t exchange information instantly. We can’t miss any visual blind spots either. People must be stationed along all defense lines so that if an anomaly is found, it can be relayed to nearby troops immediately.”

Ji You spoke, her tone regretful, ”The benefit of a denser arrangement of frontline personnel is that once the enemy’s trace is found, and the direction of the enemy’s attack is noted, those scattered on various parts of the front can immediately respond.”

”The rear?” Ji You frowned and said, ”Our base construction is quite nice, but we have a fatal flaw: our base isn’t a military one, there aren’t weapons or added value, so there’s no necessity to guard it once the frontline defense is breached. Our rear technically isn’t worth defending.”

The 6th camp base isn’t worth guarding?

Of course, it is.

Because - the signal tower is built here.

Upon hearing this, Shaun’s brows furrowed further. However, considering Ji You was unaware of the signal tower, he refrained from interrupting her and gestured for her to continue.

Ji You said, ”If the front truly breaks, I recommend we quickly retreat to another camp and then look for opportunities.”

Shaun snorted and said, ”We may not necessarily lose.”

Ji You put on a stern expression and said, ”Definitely not. We absolutely won’t lose. But this is just the worst-case scenario. I’m the kind of person who likes to prepare for the worst first before considering other possibilities.”

Shaun said, ”Do you think you can lead the defense on the frontline?”

Eh?

He trusts me that much?

Ji You almost couldn’t help but flash a grin but managed to keep a serious face and said, ”Whenever you need, I’m ready at any time.”

Shaun considered whether to let Ji You lead the team to engage with the enemy or just keep her in the rear since Ji You’s abilities were exceptional. Her personal combat skills were undoubtedly the strongest among everyone, but did she have the talent to lead troops?

On this, Ji You herself admitted she lacked such ability, which was evident from her failure while leading troops into battle before.

As the original squad leader of the 7th squad, falling to needing to join his team proved that her ability in leading troops might be lacking.

Thus, Shaun was a bit conflicted.

Then, Ji You seemed to notice his hesitation and opened her mouth, ”Squad leader, maybe I should stay in the rear, or put me in the second batch of troops, meaning assign me to the middle of the base range, so that if the frontline needs me, I can quickly head there, and swiftly return for support if needed at the rear.”

Shaun thought for a while, nodded, and said, ”Alright.”

Upon hearing this, Ji You felt grateful for being valued and said, ”Rest assured, I’ll definitely fulfill my duties and won’t let a single enemy break through. I’ll send them all packing.”

Ji You vowed with gritted teeth, ”I will send them all packing.”