Chapter 1624: Firefighting

Chapter 1624: Chapter 1624: Firefighting

The passage is not suitable for prolonged stays; Old Huang Niu is lying in front, blocking their way, becoming the biggest roadblock.

This roadblock must be cleared thoroughly.

However—

With the current strength, they temporarily cannot slay the Two-headed Bull; they can only find a way to make the Two-headed Bull move on its own, follow behind it, and slowly leave the passage.

He Bi said, "We need a few people to go out and help extinguish the fire."

Everyone was a bit surprised by this suggestion, and Yue Qiguang directly asked, "Senior, can’t we go out and kill it directly?"

At these words, the deck suddenly fell silent.

Yue Qiguang raised an eyebrow, saying, "What? Did Dad say something stupid again?"

Shen Changqing softly said, "No, Ah Guang, you’re just a bit too direct. Actually, we’ve all thought about it, but it’s not feasible."

"First of all, because of the environmental constraints." Shen Changqing pointed at the passage walls, saying, "The space here is too narrow and very unstable; we can’t use large destructive weapons. Otherwise, if the passage walls break, we could all be done for. Haven’t you noticed that when the Two-headed Bull attacks the moth, it always remains highly restrained?"

"That’s because it doesn’t dare to damage the passage walls either." Shen Changqing finished speaking, looked at Yue Qiguang, and said, "Another reason is, if we control the power and scope of the attack, we’re bound to get into a long-drawn battle with the Two-headed Bull, which is very unfavorable for us."

"We can’t stay long; we must leave early." After Shen Changqing finished speaking, he turned to He Bi and asked, "Senior, which people do you need to cooperate with you?"

This time, He Bi didn’t keep them guessing and directly named, saying, "Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, you four follow me out, the others defend."

No one had any objections.

Ji You was the first to jump out, followed by Chu Jiaojiao, then the brothers Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan. Once everyone was outfitted neatly, they directly jumped off the spaceship.

Once they left the Protective Shield’s range, the intense smell of barbecue beef meat rushed into their noses, making Ji You and the others’ breath catch.

Old Huang Niu seemed to sense something too. Although its spiritual power wasn’t particularly strong, due to having very close contact with Ji You and He Bi, it had some understanding of their spiritual fluctuations. Thus, when Ji You and He Bi left the Protective Shield and fell into the passage, Old Huang Niu suddenly became tense and instinctively held its breath.

The smell of barbecue beef was clearly less devastating than the stinky bomb’s power; Old Huang Niu would rather smell its own scorched meat scent than the stink bomb’s aroma.

Old Huang Niu’s body shook violently, its tail thrashing upwards fiercely.

He Bi led Ji You and the others to fall onto the Two-headed Bull’s upper side, manually extinguishing the fire with extinguishers. However, given Old Huang Niu’s uncooperative behavior, their progress was very slow.

In a fit of anger, Ji You yelled, "Old Niu, behave yourself! If you dare to move, we’ll send you off with the moth."

Old Huang Niu glared!

Ji You smiled darkly, "We could kill the moth, so we could kill you, understand?"

Old Huang Niu: "Moo—"

[I’m the one who killed the moth.]

Ji You said, "Without us, you couldn’t have killed the moth. The reason we don’t want to kill you is mostly because we aren’t interested in barbecue beef... cough cough... it’s because we’re friends with you. Previously, by pulling the ship, we’ve established a deep friendship with you, so we’re voluntarily helping extinguish your fire."

Old Huang Niu: "Moo—"

[What a lie.]

After Ji You suddenly shouted, the previously restless Old Huang Niu rarely paused, giving He Bi and others the chance to swiftly move forward and extinguish the fire.

And Ji You seized the moment to chat with Old Huang Niu, saying, "Old Niu, listen to me, stay calm, and once the fire is out, you hurry and leave; once you’re out of this passage, we’re still good friends."

Old Huang Niu opened its mouth, mooing called...

At this moment, the large-scale burns slowly stopped under He Bi and others’ emergency extinguishing efforts, but there were small parts left that needed painstaking cleaning.

Old Huang Niu tilted its head, incredulous at these human pests actually helping to extinguish its fire. It blinked at the humans running chaotically around it, then blinked again: "???"

Then—

Old Huang Niu met Ji You’s smiling eyes, "Hey, Old Niu, lift your right paw a little."

Old Huang Niu instinctively lifted its right paw.

The next second, Ji You landed on Old Huang Niu’s paw; the paw was so huge that Ji You could even dance freely in its palm.

But Ji You wasn’t in the mood to dance; as soon as she landed, she extinguished a flicker of flame between her fingers, and instead of leaving, she used a trash collector to vacuum all around Old Huang Niu’s paw!

The long-standing grime in Old Huang Niu’s paw was completely sucked away, making Old Huang Niu so comfortable it couldn’t help but squint its eyes.

Next.

Ji You collected the equipment, casually slapped Old Huang Niu’s paw, and said, "Lift the left paw a bit."

This time, Old Huang Niu immediately raised its left paw without a word.

It not only had two heads, but besides four hoofs, it also had two extra paws, which didn’t match Old Huang Niu’s body, looking very strange. But these were secondary; Ji You wasn’t concerned about how many paws Old Huang Niu had, she was urgently collecting the trash on Old Huang Niu’s paws—

The focus was on the moth’s corpse.

The moth died miserably, and was shattered beyond completeness, with its whole body pounded into pulp except for a pair of wings, almost no intact piece remained.

It took about a minute, after collecting all the ’grime’ from both paws, Ji You chuckled and said to Old Huang Niu, "Old Niu, if you have something untidy on your body next time, just call me, I’ll wash your hands and back for you..."

Old Huang Niu tilted its head, stared at Ji You; although it didn’t understand the reason behind this human’s obsequious behavior, it didn’t stop it from enjoying the comfort brought by two clean paws, Old Huang Niu let out a satisfied roar.

Ji You quickly left, then went to the next destination, teaming up with He Bi and others to completely extinguish the fire on Old Huang Niu.

After completing the task, everyone didn’t delay and quickly returned to the spaceship.

Returning to the spaceship, everyone and their belongings were thoroughly disinfected, passing through the inspection gate to return to the deck. Ji You quickly checked the haul from the trash-collecting trip, and others gathered around; Chu Jiaojiao asked, "How is it? Any discoveries?"

This discovery doesn’t need explanation, everyone understood it was the Crystal Core.

Ji You shook her head, double-checked the result meticulously, then checked again just to be sure, eventually spreading her hands helplessly, saying, "This moth was useless, despite evading the spatial overlap as a Star Beast, it didn’t grow a single Crystal Core."