The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1651: Chapter 1651: The Monster’s Identity?

The slight tremor was so faint that even a person with S-level mental power would not detect it. It followed silently behind Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao were completely unaware as they headed straight towards the surveillance center of k-Q75.

Then.

They encountered a problem.

The surveillance center didn’t grant access, leaving Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao blocked at the entrance.

Ji You raised his hand, massaging his forehead: ”I’m a bit regretting not learning the lock-picking skill now.”

Chu Jiaojiao also looked troubled, saying: ”Among our group, only Sheng Qingyan and Shen Changqing are good at picking locks. Unfortunately, we can’t reach them; otherwise, we could get some guidance from outside.”

The two stood there for a moment, slightly at a loss.

A while later, Ji You suggested, ”Why don’t we try looking elsewhere?”

Chu Jiaojiao was somewhat reluctant. Having finally reached here with no results made her feel uncomfortable, so she said: ”Why don’t we try to force it open?”

Ji You spread his hands: ”Your fists are strong, you go ahead.”

Chu Jiaojiao jumped over and punched the door.

Immediately, they heard a clang, and the door opened.

Chu Jiaojiao: ”???”

Ji You stared: ”Wow!!! What kind of fist do you have? Even Iron Fist pales in comparison!”

Chu Jiaojiao opened her mouth wide, paused for a moment, and said: ”No, it’s not that exaggerated. I barely touched it, and it just opened... really.”

Speaking, Chu Jiaojiao took a few steps forward, lifted her foot, stepped into the surveillance center, and turned to Ji You: ”See, the door is open...”

Ji You saw Chu Jiaojiao go in and was about to follow when Chu Jiaojiao said: ”I’ll go in alone, you wait outside.”

Ji You retorted: ”The situation here is unclear, we shouldn’t act alone.”

Then.

Ji You took a few steps, walked to the entrance of the surveillance center, inspected it closely, and said: ”There are no signs of the lock being tampered with; it was indeed locked just now. You must have accidentally triggered it, activating the password auto-unlock feature.”

Chu Jiaojiao said: ”But I really don’t know the password...”

Ji You pondered for a moment and said: ”It must be Shen Sheng who did it.”

Thinking of this, Ji You said: ”Let’s go inside and have a look.”

After saying that, they immediately went through the door.

The next second, the door suddenly closed from outside.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao abruptly turned back, seeing nothing!

Just before the door closed, Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao’s faces were horrified, and Chu Jiaojiao anxiously yelled: ”The door suddenly closed, how will we get out later?”

As the door shut, Ji You reached out, pointed outside, shook his head, and softly said: ”Don’t speak yet.”

The k-Q75 surveillance room had a special protective barrier inside, capable of blocking most physical and mechanical sound signals and eavesdropping. Most importantly, it could shield against a certain level of spiritual detection.

The effectiveness of this shielding depended on the strength of the one attempting to spy.

According to the spaceship’s operational instructions, it could at least block Spiritual Talents below SS-level!

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao had no idea about the monster’s strength outside, but they knew it had been following them closely, never more than 5 meters away!

When the surveillance room opened, it seemed apprehensive and didn’t rush in; Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao exchanged a glance and decided to put on an act. The surveillance room’s password, provided by Shen Sheng when Ji You gained temporary login access, was something she pretended not to know, deliberately misleading the hidden monster.

Little did they expect, the monster fully understood Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao’s conversation, and was quite cunning — upon realizing the two didn’t know the password, it tried to lock them in the surveillance room. Before acting, Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao didn’t anticipate that it would actually close the door!

This monster—

Could think, understand commands, and possessed intelligence, far superior to most Star Beasts that only know slaughter.

So, is it a Star Beast? Or something else?

Or perhaps—

A genuine alien?

When the words ”alien” appeared in her mind, Ji You felt her tightly controlled, calm heart slightly stir.

Alien, huh...

Could it be real?

Once the door closed and isolated the surveillance from outside prying, the room became silent.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao didn’t rush to make a sound, instead communicating with lip-reading.

Chu Jiaojiao: ”Did it really close the door?”

Chu Jiaojiao’s mental power was slightly weaker, unable to sense the monster’s spiritual fluctuations; therefore, she asked Ji You.

”Yes.” Ji You nodded, ”I’m sure it was it.” The moment the door opened, the surrounding space suddenly rippled, though very slightly, it couldn’t escape Shen Changqing’s sharp eyes.

Chu Jiaojiao: ”It didn’t come in?”

Ji You: ”No. If my mental sensing is correct, it should still be outside.” The protective screen blocked external spiritual probing, also hindering Ji You’s mental extension, so she could only sense a small bit of the outside situation.

Chu Jiaojiao: ”Does it want to trap us, kill us?”

Ji You shook her head: ”Not sure.”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”How strong is it? Can we kill it?”

Ji You pointed outside the door, using lip-reading: ”Try to keep your emotions stable, avoid highs and lows, strong fluctuations. If I’m not mistaken, it can deduce our position and meaning of our words through our spiritual fluctuations.”

Chu Jiaojiao widened her eyes: ”That scary?”

Ji You: ”Think of yourself as an emotionless machine, try to limit your spiritual fluctuations within a 1-meter radius around you.”

Chu Jiaojiao: ”I’ll try.”

As for Ji You herself, she had learned the method of Spirit Shielding, directly shielding her spirituality at that moment. In other creatures’ Spiritual Networks, Ji You suddenly disappeared.

However, Ji You was still cautious, only communicating with Chu Jiaojiao using lip-reading.

Seeing Chu Jiaojiao slightly tense, Ji You raised her hand to comfort her: ”Don’t panic, this monster is just a bit odd, we just can’t visually capture it, but it’s definitely not strong!”

”If it were truly strong, it wouldn’t be toying with us for so long?”

”A strong being could easily kill us with a little Spiritual Pressure released.” Seeing Chu Jiaojiao’s expression relax, Ji You continued: ”So, the one outside is just a paper tiger. What we need to do now is accurately locate its position and find a way to effectively harm it.”

Chu Jiaojiao blinked, nursing her fingers with a hint of eagerness: ”What exactly is it? I really want to grab it and have a look.”

”Let’s check the surveillance first.” Ji You pointed to the surveillance room and took the lead.

Chu Jiaojiao was just talking, of course not risking trying. She quickly followed Ji You, leaning beside the surveillance.