The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1278: Chapter 1278: Hit the Jackpot

After finishing her little performance, Ji You dragged over a small stool, propped one leg up and sat down, tapping a rhythm with her hand while she calculated the time.

Ever since she’d passed the enemy camp intel over to Cheng Haoyue and ordered him to split off two teams—one team only needed one or two people, positioned near the border river separating them from the enemy’s 6th squad, and all they had to do was make a bit of noise every now and then to scare and numb the enemies on the other side.

The other team was the real main force, led personally by Cheng Haoyue. He’d combined their own camp’s 5th, 6th, and 8th squads, a total of thirty-three people. These thirty-three snuck along the route marked on Ji You’s map and infiltrated the military base where He Zhen was stationed.

He Zhen’s military base originally had twenty people total. After receiving Ji You’s call for help, He Zhen sent ten people over, including himself, to lend a hand.

So right now the military base only had ten people left. Their side had thirty-three. Thirty-three people ambushing ten—it was obviously going to be an easy win.

On one point, Ji You hadn’t lied at all when she was talking to Shaun and Wei Yun just now: the enemy’s real target wasn’t Shaun’s station, it was the military base!

All those diversion tactics like attacking in the east and striking in the west were just to numb the enemy and leave them completely baffled.

Destroying one military base awarded 100 points.

Those points, Ji You was taking them for sure!

Five minutes.

Ji You’s order to Cheng Haoyue and the others was to wrap up the mission in five minutes.

...

Time ticked by.

A few minutes earlier, Cheng Haoyue was already leading the main force, sneaking their way into enemy territory. Even though he trusted Ji You and her abilities a lot, he was actually very uneasy right now. He... was a little worried they’d walk right into an ambush, or that something in the plan would suddenly go sideways...

Counting him, there were thirty-three people this time. With that many suddenly rushing into enemy territory, it was extremely easy to get exposed. If the enemy discovered them and rallied people to surround them, their thirty-three might get wrapped up like dumplings just like that.

With nerves jangling, Cheng Haoyue felt his fingertips trembling as he walked, but everything went incredibly smoothly along the way. Following the route Ji You had provided, they didn’t run into a single enemy.

It was like every enemy had vanished, leaving the gate wide open for them to swagger right in.

The farther they went, the more shocked Cheng Haoyue became.

The people next to him were also full of amazement. ”Captain, how did the Squad Leader pull this off?”

That’s right—everyone following Cheng Haoyue now had automatically acknowledged Ji You as their Squad Leader. As for Cheng Haoyue, the original squad leader? Ahem... to avoid being too rude, everyone had collectively switched to calling him Captain.

Cheng Haoyue wasn’t sweating the small stuff right now. His face stayed stern as he said, ”Don’t get distracted. Stick to the plan.”

Everyone quickly regained their cautious mindset and continued forward, then heard Cheng Haoyue say quietly, ”Of course she can pull it off. She’s Ji You, the only person to get onto the United University ranking with a 2B talent.”

”She—”

”She hasn’t even shown her face in front of you, just one name and you’re all lining up to follow her lead. What exactly do you think she can’t do?”

...

On this one point, Cheng Haoyue was genuinely impressed. Among the thirty-plus people he was leading now, the 5th, 6th, and 8th squads totaled ten people. None of them had ever seen Ji You in person, nor had any proper interaction with her. When Cheng Haoyue used her suggested pitch to invite them to join in on this big job, he’d actually felt pretty unsure deep down. And yet—

These squads agreed. Not only did they agree, they were extremely cooperative, doing whatever they were told with zero questioning or resistance. It almost made Cheng Haoyue sour with envy.

Of course, he couldn’t even stay sour for long, because he realized he himself was growing more and more admiring and convinced by Ji You. Just by leading him, Liu Jia, He Yu, Wang Xin, and He Nu—none of whom were particularly standout in strength—and still managing to keep everyone safe and sound, and even infiltrate the enemy from the inside... that alone forced Cheng Haoyue to concede.

Carrying a mix of uneasiness, excitement, and hot-blooded zeal, Cheng Haoyue and his thirty-three finally saw a corner of the military base come into view. It was a heavily guarded fortress, with people posted on every level.

But—

Cheng Haoyue suddenly got excited. ”I counted them—there are exactly ten guards visible outside. Which means the inside of the military base is basically empty.”

In other words—they only needed to take out the enemies on the outside, and the entire military base would basically be in their pocket!

Hearing this, everyone else got fired up too.

Then Cheng Haoyue took a couple of deep breaths, raised his hand, and said, ”Everyone, listen to my command—attack.”

They picked their ambush positions. The long-range fighters opened with a sneak attack. Bow and arrow, Crossbow Arrow... they caught the enemy completely off guard, and quite a few got taken out on the spot.

Right after, Cheng Haoyue led everyone in a full-on charge. Per Ji You’s instructions, they didn’t bother with any warrior etiquette and went straight for the multiplayer mode: each enemy was surrounded and ganged up on by at least three people.

So—

The moment the battle started, it was already over.

Over.

Cheng Haoyue stood there dumbfounded, and the dozens of teammates behind him were just as stunned. Someone said, ”Captain, are we really done?”

”That’s it?”

”That’s all?”

Cheng Haoyue really wanted to shout ”That’s all?” himself. He hadn’t even had a taste of anything ”heart-pounding,” ”life-or-death struggle,” or ”blood-boiling”... and it was... it was already over.

As the Captain of Squad 1 personally appointed by Ji You, Cheng Haoyue tried his best to steady his surging emotions. He straightened his face, kept his tone cool and composed, and said, ”Everyone, calm down. We’ve won. Through our tireless efforts and tenacious struggle, we’ve finally achieved victory. Now, let’s all enjoy the fruits of our victory together.”

Everyone: ”...”

Off-screen:

”...I’m done! First time I’ve seen someone lie through their teeth so shamelessly in person. That was your ’tireless effort’? You call that a ’tenacious struggle’?”

”Exactly. If you’re going to lie with your eyes open, at least put a bit of effort into it, okay?”

”Has Cheng Haoyue been hanging around Ji You too long and picked up her slippery tongue?”

”...I keep feeling like that wasn’t Cheng Haoyue speaking, that was Ji You speaking through him.”

...

Anyway, under the collective awkward expressions of his teammates, Cheng Haoyue led everyone smoothly into the interior of the military base. As soon as they stepped inside, they were all stunned. The weapon stockpile here was insanely rich!

As long as it was cold weapons—Military Shovel, Big Saber, Longsword, spear, Tie Chui... they had it all!

Jackpot!