Chapter 1605: Blocking the Way

Chapter 1605: Chapter 1605: Blocking the Way

Ji You said this, her eyes fixed dazedly on the wall of the passage outside. Then, as she turned her head slightly, she discovered that not only she, but also Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiyuan... even Senior He Bi, were drooling helplessly.

Ji You swallowed a bit, and with some difficulty, said, "Th-this thing must be really valuable, right? Right? Right?"

"Nonsense!" He Bi slapped the wall of the spaceship, raised his hand to wipe the drool from his mouth, and said, "If this thing isn’t valuable, I’ll twist my head off and give it to you!"

But just a second later, He Bi coughed slightly and said, "But I must tell you, we don’t know how much this thing is worth. However, you must know this—it is worth a lot of money, and it’s also worth lives!"

"So..." He Bi looked askew at Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao and the others, and said, "How many lives do you have to waste?"

A silence fell over the scene.

"Ahem..." Ji You straightened her face and seriously asked, "Senior, are you sure there’s absolutely no way to dig out even a small piece of it, ahem... even a fingernail-sized piece would do, just a little bit, I’m not picky..." Before Ji You could finish, she shut her mouth on her own under He Bi’s dangerous expression.

He Bi looked at the others, and sternly said, "I hope everyone pays attention, especially certain individuals. You must adjust your mindset. You’re here to train yourselves in the space rift, not to risk your lives, and certainly not to coax others into risking their lives with you..."

"Life is what you should care about the most and protect the most." When He Bi mentioned "certain individuals," his gaze subtly swept over Ji You, the meaning unsaid but obvious.

"Ahem..." Ji You straightened her face and said, "Rest assured, senior, I have absolutely no intention of touching that thing anymore, absolutely not."

He Bi squinted at her, "Not even allowed to think about it."

Ji You: "..."

Isn’t this making it slightly difficult for people?

He Bi understood Ji You’s personality; she truly was an oddball, someone who would even dig something out from a Viper Worm’s mouth. If he didn’t hammer it in, she just might recklessly try it.

So, He Bi put away his casual expression and said very seriously, "You saw the walls of those passages close automatically, thinking that if you cut a piece, nothing would go wrong, right?"

Ji You tilted her head, obviously thinking this way.

Although Chu Jiaojiao and the others weren’t as direct as Ji You, it was clear they were thinking the same thing, and at this moment, they all looked seriously at Senior He Bi.

He Bi said, "On the contrary, the reason it can close automatically is that it’s within the overlap of two or more layers of space. Because the materials in the overlap are constantly being crushed by these overlapping layers. And while we’re in this rift passage, it’s also being crushed, but the passage walls are extremely special. They won’t disappear; not only won’t they disappear, but they might be cut into smaller, uneven-sized new passages. They won’t be crushed and obliterated like flesh and blood... during the crushing, however, it gives the passage wall a chance to reorganize. So, what you saw as automatic closing is actually just it reassembling."

Ji You: "???"

While Ji You’s mind was in a haze, Shen Changqing, who had been sitting at the main driving position, suddenly softly explained, "What Senior He Bi means is that the crushing pressure naturally formed by the overlapping space breaks through the passage wall, causing the wall to automatically close, which might even form other passages. But—"

Briefly pausing, Shen Changqing continued, "But if we were to artificially cut a piece out, not only would this layer of the passage wall not automatically close, it might break through, directly dropping us into that dark and unknown world outside, which would make our situation even more dangerous." Everyone clearly remembered that terrifying creature like frog eggs, lurking in the dark space outside.

Ji You widened her eyes.

Chu Jiaojiao touched her chin and said, "So, you’re saying that the automatic closing of the passage wall requires that terrifying crushing pressure to be achieved?"

"That should be the case," Shen Changqing nodded, then he looked up at He Bi and asked, "Senior He Bi, is my understanding correct?"

"Yes." He Bi nodded. His handsome face looked dreadful at the moment. He casually said, "Such a simple question, why did you take so long to think it through?"

Ji You and others: "..."

He Bi stared outside the protective shield, his face tense, his lips pressed into a thin line, and said, "The overlap of space this time should be ending soon."

Ji You asked, "Since it’s ending, shouldn’t that be a good thing?"

He Bi pointed at the monitor and asked her, "Do you think this is a good thing?"

Ji You: "?"

She leaned over for a look and immediately exclaimed, "What the—! What’s going on, where did this big tail come from, why is there a big tail in our passage?"

"What?" Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes widened!

"Who’s joking around?" Yue Qiyuan sat with Liu Fufeng, somehow influenced by Liu Fufeng, he folded quite a few paper cranes of blessing. Hearing what Senior He Bi and Ji You were saying, he immediately stopped folding, stood up, tossed the cranes, and walked over, saying, "What big tail? I’m telling you, this joke isn’t funny at all!"

Then—

Yue Qiyuan’s mouth was cursing, but his actions froze instantly.

Sitting on the floor, leaning in the corner to support his weak body, Liu Fufeng put down the film in his hand and nervously asked, "What is it?"

Yue Qiguang, Sheng Qingyan, and Shen Changqing didn’t make a sound.

The atmosphere grew extremely serious.

Everyone on X-N3848 stared with wide eyes at the big tail that had appeared in front of them. With a closer look, the owner of that tail seemed lively, shaking it continuously, with black spines standing erect on the tail, looking dangerously menacing.

And, the owner of this tail, its massive body, had completely blocked the path in front of the passage.

Completely blocked.

Blocked.

...

Ji You stared wide-eyed, mouth agape; the others seemed to have no desire to talk either, all looking somewhat despairingly at the suddenly appearing Star Beast.

The exact size of the Star Beast was unknown. But, this Star Beast blocking the path in front of the passage was facing away from Ji You and the others, making it impossible to clearly examine. Yet, judging by the appearance of its back, it oddly looked very much like an Old Yellow Bull.

Crack~

Crack~

Crack~

The overlapping spaces continued crushing everything around them, the passage walls continuously deformed under the pressure and gradually returned to shape. Meanwhile, the body of the Old Yellow Bull in front was also trembling continuously, with each crush forcing out blood streaks from its body. However, its thick skin and flesh seemed able to withstand the crushing for a while longer, as the power of the space overlap wasn’t fatal to it yet.