Chapter 1715: Fearful Things

Chapter 1715: Chapter 1715: Fearful Things

He Bi thought he had misheard, the expression on his face was quite complicated: "They’re not here?"

Ji You nodded.

He Bi’s fingers shook, confirming once more: "Literally ’not here’?"

Ji You nodded again.

Just as He Bi’s self-proclaimed handsome face was about to crumble, Ji You said, "I felt spiritual fluctuations approaching, but only for a moment; they retreated immediately."

He Bi: "They?"

Others looked at Ji You as well, and Shen Changqing asked, "Them, many? Exactly how many?"

Ji You frowned and said, "I can’t determine the exact number. I only know that a large wave of spiritual power approached, and strangely, before they entered the range of my spiritual power, they suddenly retreated."

"All of them!" As Ji You said this, even he found it unbelievable and said, "Really, all of them. In the blink of an eye, a big wave of them ran away."

Saying this, Ji You touched his chin and said, "Because they were far away, I only felt slight spiritual fluctuations and hadn’t figured out what they were, what they looked like, and then that entire wave of spiritual power suddenly disappeared."

This matter is truly strange, strange enough to make Ji You scratch his head, wishing he could run out immediately and catch all the owners of those spiritual fluctuations, then study them thoroughly.

After Ji You finished speaking, the entire spaceship fell silent.

Everyone was very depressed, not only depressed but also extremely frustrated; everyone’s faces were dark.

After a while, Shen Changqing suddenly asked, "Are they afraid of something?"

Hmm?

Everyone was stunned.

Yue Qiguang boasted loudly: "Could they be afraid of Dad?"

Everyone looked at Yue Qiguang as if he were an idiot, gave him a glance, and then turned to Ji You. Yue Qiyuan asked, "Afraid of us humans? Or afraid of the Two-headed Bull?"

Chu Jiaojiao frowned and said, "Absolutely impossible that they’re afraid of us, right? We’re all locked in cages, basically waiting to be preyed upon, what would they be afraid of?"

Think about it, no matter how scary a tiger is, a tiger locked in an iron cage, would you be afraid?

So, them being afraid of us seems really ridiculous.

Chu Jiaojiao’s words made some sense, and everyone nodded. Sheng Qingyan, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "Poor dead oh, are you sure the spiritual fluctuations you discovered are the same species you and Senior He Bi had eaten before?"

The moment this question was raised, everyone quieted down, waiting for Ji You’s answer.

Ji You frowned, shook his head, and said, "I’m not sure because I didn’t feel any similar fluctuations from them."

Yue Qiguang: "Then it’s not the same species?"

Ji You said, "It’s very possible, so the monsters we’re going to face next might be a whole new, unfamiliar species."

Chu Jiaojiao grinned slightly and said, "The unfamiliar species don’t matter; I only care if they can be eaten."

Ji You’s lips twitched and he said, "Maybe it’s them that will eat you."

Chu Jiaojiao chuckled and said, "That doesn’t matter either, until the last moment, who eats whom is not yet certain."

For example, that monster that tried to devour Ji You’s Spiritual Silk, wasn’t it eaten by Ji You?

And for example, the monster that tried to parasitize Senior He Bi, wasn’t even a fragment left of it?

...

If more brave monsters, sacrificing themselves, such a thing wouldn’t be a bad thing.

At this moment, Liu Fufeng finally crawled out from the treatment cabin, his face paler, almost as white as translucent paper, without a hint of blood color.

Seeing this scene, everyone instantly frowned.

Ji You said, "My order was for you to stay in the treatment cabin."

Liu Fufeng raised his hand, coughed lightly, steadied himself against the nearby stairs, and said, "I’m... I’m fine now."

Chu Jiaojiao brought a chair over, helped Liu Fufeng to sit down, and said, "Do we have a cane on the spaceship? Give one to Student Liu."

Yue Qiguang said, "I think it’s a good idea."

Yue Qiyuan said, "A cane would do for him, a wheelchair wouldn’t be bad either."

...

Liu Fufeng listened to everyone’s teasing, felt a bit embarrassed, and said, "I currently don’t need those things, but if I do, everyone’s sponsorship would be welcome."

"Student Liu Fufeng..." Ji You said seriously, "What did you see?"

Everyone immediately dropped their joking demeanor and looked serious.

Liu Fufeng said, "A group... a group of things I couldn’t clearly see, to me, they seemed like a dark fog, I couldn’t see them, but could instinctively feel the danger."

Speaking of this, panic showed in Liu Fufeng’s eyes. He said, "I felt they were terrifying, as if at any moment they might eat me."

Liu Fufeng’s words were not exaggerated; at the time, he vomited blood, blood oozed from his eyes and nose, primarily due to the pressure from the opponent and a trace of his inner fear.

After hearing this, everyone frowned deeply.

Yue Qiyuan stroked his chin: "That way, the monster’s form presented as a fog?"

Liu Fufeng shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, it’s just what I felt from my spiritual power, I haven’t seen them with the naked eye."

Yue Qiyuan raised a hand, rubbed his brow: "Everything here is a fog."

Ever since the captain position was snatched by Ji You again, He Bi had become more silent, only speaking when necessary, and at this moment, he suddenly said, "Let’s throw aside all the miscellaneous problems and come back to what Yue Qiguang said. They don’t dare to make a move against us; either they’re still preparing a Big Move, or there’s some form of concern and fear..."

"So—" He Bi looked at the crowd, finally fixing his gaze on Ji You, said: "What are they afraid of from us then? I present a hypothesis."

Saying this, under everyone’s gaze—

"Ji You—" He Bi started, looking at Ji You, and said softly: "You said they hadn’t entered your spiritual power coverage, yet they ran away. So—Is it possible they’re afraid of you?"

"!!" Ji You raised his hand, pointing at himself: "Me?"

Ji You felt this hypothesis was bold and baseless, saying: "What reason do they have to be afraid of me?"

Among those present, her spiritual power and Physical Strength weren’t the most outstanding; why would they be afraid of her?

He Bi said, "It may not be your spiritual power they’re afraid of, maybe they mistake you for some other thing that they fear and dread."

Everyone: "???"

He Bi’s tone was plain and deliberate, word by word: "Do you remember the monster Ji You ate? Maybe, it’s that they’re afraid of."

Ji You was taken aback: "That?"

The thing that appeared similar to Spiritual Silk, long and thin like noodles, that she had absorbed into the Spiritual World with her spiritual power?