Chapter 1606: Selection

Chapter 1606: Chapter 1606: Selection

The space overlap continues, it won’t end in the short term, but according to He Bi’s preliminary estimate, it should end in about 10 minutes.

Is 10 minutes a long time?

Too short!

So short that everyone feels they haven’t lived enough and want to live another 10 minutes.

So—

After a moment of silence, everyone on spaceship X-N3848 asked in unison, "Who went to the bathroom just now?"

No one spoke.

Silence.

Silence is more uncomfortable than a death warrant, Ji You raised his hand and rubbed his brow, saying, "Is someone unlucky by nature, making us so unfortunate?"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Fufeng’s gaze flickered slightly, and he lowered his head somewhat dejectedly.

Ji You glared at him: "I didn’t mean you, don’t take it personally."

Liu Fufeng: "..."

Liu Fufeng suddenly looked up at Ji You, his mouth twitching, "Ji You, you misunderstood, I wasn’t lowering my head because of myself, it’s because... well... I think you all seem pretty unlucky."

Ji You: "..."

Liu Fufeng raised the playing cards in his hand, saying, "Just now during a break, I read everyone’s fortune with cards and found your luck is all pretty bad."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads, collectively showing disdain toward Liu Fufeng, Yue Qiguang grumbled, "Ignore him, he’s just a con artist, always babbling, never doing anything serious. Dad saw it clearly just now, his method of fortune-telling with playing cards is a makeshift one, how accurate can it be?"

In this matter, Yue Qiyuan rarely sided with his foolish brother: "That’s right, ignore him. What bad luck, the world is challenging us now, if we overcome this obstacle, we’ll be stronger than before."

...

The road ahead blocked by Old Yellow Bull is indeed a very serious issue, Chu Jiaojiao, Ji You, He Bi clearly have no time to participate in Liu Fufeng’s superstitious discussions...

Chu Jiaojiao rubbed her chin, asking, "Senior He Bi, Ji You, which of you can withstand my punch strength right now?"

He Bi glanced at her, "Little sister, who are you looking down on?"

Ji You’s eyes flashed, immediately stepping back, saying, "Don’t... I’m too fragile, definitely can’t bear your punch."

He Bi appeared somewhat perplexed when Chu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "As Ji You can’t either, it’s perfect, I can’t handle this either, let’s leave it to Senior He Bi."

He Bi: "..."

The next second.

Chu Jiaojiao and Ji You exchanged a glance, and surprisingly said in unison, "That’s right, the captain position has always been yours, senior, only you can take on this grand responsibility now! Senior—we believe in you!"

He Bi: "..."

He Bi felt his hand itch, also showing symptoms of rising blood pressure.

These two guys, so quick in seizing power, and now when things go awry, they’re slipping away with equal speed and decisiveness...

He Bi took a deep breath, saying, "You two, go cool off somewhere..." Just as he finished, He Bi paused, then changed his words, "Don’t rush off yet, go wash your hands in the bathroom before cooling off."

Clearly, He Bi suspects that Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao didn’t wash their hands after going to the bathroom, causing everyone to be so plagued with bad luck.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao stepped aside, letting He Bi take over the control room.

Of course, it’s not because of their banter that they voluntarily stepped aside, but because at this moment, having He Bi manage the spaceship is clearly the best choice.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao consciously stood back, assisting on the side.

He Bi looked at the numbers displayed on the energy reserve system, his expression slightly grave, saying, "The energy provided by the 12-level Crystal Core can approximately sustain us for about 12 more hours, if it exceeds this time, the Crystal Core might just expire."

Ji You’s finger twitched.

He Bi said, "Of course, this is just my speculation based on the displayed energy amount, it might not be accurate." They don’t possess data regarding how much energy is contained within the 12-level Crystal Core.

"It’s consuming too much," Shen Changqing remarked with concentration, "The power of spatial overlap is too great, the energy within the Crystal Core is rapidly depleting, Senior He Bi’s worry is very valid, hence what we should do now is stay put temporarily, then seize the opportunity to escape."

To seize the opportunity, a very strong judgment ability is needed to grasp the optimal timing.

However, the problem now is that the passage is quite narrow, only accommodating a slightly smaller spaceship like X-N3848, once the spaceship accelerates, there must be no obstruction ahead.

But now there’s an additional Star Beast, a Star Beast’s size almost matching the passage’s...

So, this path is completely blocked.

How to escape?

How to seize the opportunity?

There’s no multiple-choice question at the front, only a guaranteed death situation.

He Bi’s expression remained unchanged, saying calmly, "For now, don’t bother with that bull, let’s focus our attention on the space overlap."

At this point, He Bi suddenly pointed to the top of the Protective Shield, saying, "See the corridor wall over there? The corridor wall is continuously being weakened, we don’t have much time. Once it breaks, we might face the terrifying pressure of the space overlap, at which point the 12-level Crystal Core will be useless."

"So—" He Bi squinted his eyes, saying, "No matter the strength of this bull, we need to face it."

With that, everyone’s expression tightened.

He Bi said, "Let’s adopt a volunteer mode, whoever wants to go with me, raise your hand now. Remember, for this mission, I can’t assure anything, we can only adapt to circumstances."

As soon as He Bi finished, the next second, everyone raised their hands.

He Bi was a bit surprised. He couldn’t help but look in Liu Fufeng’s direction, Liu Fufeng’s physical fitness ranks bottom among everyone’s, truly weak Liu Fufeng.

Even Liu Fufeng raised his hand.

This is an almost death-defying journey, and someone as fragile as Liu Fufeng could still stand without collapsing, now he’s even signing up to venture outside with everyone—this greatly exceeded He Bi’s expectations.

Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing... everyone, all looked at He Bi eagerly, seemingly with two words in their eyes—Choose me! Choose me! Choose me!

He Bi raised his hand to rub his brow, muttering, "Really can’t do anything about you guys, okay, I’ll pick based on my mood then."

Based on mood?

Can you really pick based on mood? Indeed, Senior He Bi seems unreliable.

Then.

He Bi said, "Ji You—"

Ji You immediately stepped forward, "Here!"

He Bi said, "Stay on the spaceship."

Ji You: "..."