The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1589: Chapter 1589: Stirring Up Trouble

Ji You struggled to control her body, making sure she didn’t get too close to the Fierce Thunder Beast.

She carefully edged away; all of that Thunderstorm Beast’s attention was locked onto the two mosquitoes in front of it, and as for this little bug right before its eyes, it just flat-out didn’t care.

Ji You tested it, and when she realized the beast really wasn’t paying her any mind, she instantly relaxed. The wind whipped up by the frantic beating of the mosquitoes’ wings all around her knocked her about so much she couldn’t stabilize her stance, and could only drift with the gusts.

But she still tried her best, inching farther and farther away from this level-11 Fierce Thunder Beast.

When she had only managed to get roughly five hundred meters away, the Thunderstorm Beast’s tail suddenly snapped up and swatted, directly smacking Ji You back to her original spot.

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You immediately started complaining: ”Bro, don’t do this, we’re really not that close.”

The Fierce Thunder Beast didn’t even spare Ji You a glance, its eyes fixed on the two mosquitoes ahead.

Ji You waited a bit, then once again started carefully probing as she tried to put distance between them—

And then, at about the five-hundred-meter mark, the Fierce Thunder Beast lifted its tail again and slapped Ji You right back.

Ji You was a little depressed.

But she refused to give up courting death—she waited again, tried to back off again, and got slapped back again.

And thus, Ji You understood.

This damned Star Beast had decided she was its reserve food! It didn’t mind that she barely had enough meat to wedge between its teeth; it seemed intent on keeping her around for now.

Once Ji You thought it through, she simply stopped being anxious or afraid. She raised her hand and called Shen Sheng.

Hidden out in the starry sky, Shen Sheng was honestly shocked when he got Ji You’s call: ”Ji You, didn’t you drift away?”

”Didn’t go far, I’m right under that Thunderstorm Beast’s tail. Look~ see for yourself—” Ji You lowered her voice, trying her best not to attract the beast’s attention, pointed the Light Computer’s camera at the Fierce Thunder Beast’s tail, and said, ”See? This huge ass is faintly visible.”

Shen Sheng: ”...”

”Though this ass looks pretty nice, I don’t dare kick it, I’m scared it’ll hit back.” Ji You explained with a perfectly serious face, then added, ”You guys don’t have to stare at me in such shock. My teammates and the spaceship are right here, how could I have just floated off?”

”...” Ouyang Zhou genuinely had no idea what to say anymore.

Shen Sheng was completely speechless too.

To date, Shen Sheng had done plenty of crazy things, but he had never once made a call from under the butt of a level-11 Star Beast, or even considered giving that Star Beast’s ass a kick.

After thinking it over, Shen Sheng got very serious and said, ”Ji You, hang in there. Later I’ll kick its ass with you.”

”No way.” Ji You refused flat-out, saying, ”I don’t do suicidal stuff.”

”You don’t do suicidal stuff?” Ouyang Zhou couldn’t help it; he glared and said, ”Haven’t you done enough?”

You’re swaggering around under the ass of a level-11 Star Beast with not a shred of fear, timidity, or trembling, and you dare claim you’re not courting death?

Any normal person would be so scared they’d frighten themselves to death, okay?

Ouyang Zhou felt completely blown away.

As if guessing what Ouyang Zhou was thinking, Ji You cleared her throat and kindly explained, ”This big monster doesn’t have time to eat me right now, because it has to guard against those two mosquitoes causing trouble. I estimate it won’t bother with me for at least the next five minutes. Since that’s the case, what’s there to be scared of? Might as well use this temporary umbrella and enjoy my meal.”

With this level-11 Star Beast acting as her raft, Ji You didn’t have to worry about other Star Beasts for the moment.

She was its prey, already reserved; other Star Beasts wouldn’t dare set their sights on her.

After hearing Ji You’s explanation, Ouyang Zhou’s mind was even more scrambled.

[Master, you’re clearly so scared your Spiritual Silk is trembling.]

”Nonsense! That’s you lot shaking, not me.” Ji You glared at Old Five, firmly rejecting that claim.

Old Five’s one flaw was that it was too honest.

Fourth was already nowhere to be seen, probably tucked away in some corner.

Ji You took a closer look and discovered it was actually hiding under Boss’s belly. That was rare. That slippery Fourth, no matter how scared it was, normally would only stand on top of the other silks’ heads. According to its own theory, no matter how cowardly Sisi got, they must never bow their heads.

The result?

Fourth, hiding under a belly, used real actions to slap itself in the face and prove Sisi’s words were unreliable.

Ji You thought about it and still gave Fourth an order: ”Keep your eyes on that big monster. The second anything seems off, remind me to run.”

Fourth didn’t dare speak, afraid the big monster would notice, so it used its tail to show it had heard.

Ji You felt a bit more at ease, then she cleared her throat and said to Shen Sheng, ”Those two mosquitoes are way too arrogant. They’re begging for a beating. We’ll deal with them later. Right now let’s think about how to muddy the waters and bail.”

Shen Sheng nodded. ”Just holding this stalemate really isn’t an option.”

Then Ji You discussed things briefly with Ouyang Zhou and Shen Sheng, and hung up.

Next, Ji You called Gu Peiyuan, and as soon as that ended, she immediately placed a call to Shen Changqing.

The moment Shen Changqing received Ji You’s communication request, a flicker of emotion crossed his fair, refined face.

Ji You laid it out briefly but intensely.

Shen Changqing nodded.

Then.

Chased by the mosquitoes and focused solely on fleeing for dear life, X-N3848 suddenly changed tactics.

Shen Changqing piloted X-N3848 so it still kept up its desperate escape, but he no longer flew far away and instead began looping around the Space Rift. Again and again he acted like he was about to charge into it, and every time, the Star Beasts lurking around the area stirred restlessly, diverting part of the two mosquitoes’ attention and granting him a brief moment to catch his breath.

Then.

Ji You was just about to make another call when suddenly, the Fierce Thunder Beast seemed to lose its patience and slammed a paw down!

Ji You’s pupils contracted: ”!!!”

Every alarm in her head went off!

Dimwitted Old Five was still explaining beside her: [Master, it says dead food is still food.]

”Damn!” Ji You sprang up. ”Bro! Don’t! Fresh food tastes better! I swear!”

The Fierce Thunder Beast’s paw came down fast and hard! Ji You had no way to dodge. With no choice left, she cranked her spiritual power up to maximum and decided to go for mutual destruction!

She changed direction and went to kick the Fierce Thunder Beast’s ass!

At that very moment, the Fierce Thunder Beast’s paw had already come crashing down!

And just then, He Bi leapt up and slammed a fierce kick into the Fierce Thunder Beast’s tail!

The Fierce Thunder Beast instinctively whipped its tail, swatting He Bi away, and right in that instant, Ji You seized the chance, stumbling and scrambling as she crawled out. Then He Bi reached out, scooped her up, and tucked her under his arm—

Swoosh~

He Bi bolted with Ji You, sprinting dozens of meters in one go.

But—

A wave of stench overwhelmed Ji You so badly her mind went blank. She nearly spat a mouthful of old blood. ”Senior, why are you so smelly?”

He Bi froze for a beat and almost tossed Ji You away. ”If I weren’t smelly, how do you think I slipped past that group of Star Beasts?”

Ji You pinched her nose. ”But this is way too smelly, isn’t it?”

He Bi ignored her. ”Run, now.”

Thanks to that previous barrage of stink bombs everyone had fired off like crazy, the reek was now diffused everywhere, saturating the nearby starfield. That was the only reason He Bi’s concealment hadn’t been noticed by the Star Beasts.