Chapter 1716: In Two Steps

Chapter 1716: Chapter 1716: In Two Steps

"It?" Ji You’s fingers trembled slightly, "Afraid of it?"

He Bi nodded, "There’s a certain possibility."

Ji You felt sweat suddenly pouring down his forehead, "But didn’t I already consume it completely, not a single trace left?"

How could these monsters still be afraid of it?

Could it be—

It’s still within me?

Thinking of this, Ji You shivered instantly, "No way? No way? No way?"

He Bi looked at Ji You’s rapidly changing expression, showing a toothy grin, "Don’t be afraid, it’s truly dead. However, some of its aura might still linger."

Ji You: "..."

He Bi: "Just guessing."

Ji You was momentarily speechless, opening his mouth but then saying, "Why can’t I feel its aura? I really don’t sense anything at all."

Chu Jiaojiao curiously leaned closer, sniffing around Ji You, "I don’t smell anything strange either."

He Bi replied, "Their sensing of aura might be in ways we cannot comprehend; things that our smell, hearing, or spiritual power cannot detect, they might be able to sense. It’s quite possible."

While He Bi was speaking, Yue Qiguang, Sheng Qingyan... even the usually laid-back Sheng Qingyan, lying on the deck beside Liu Fufeng, struggled to get up and gathered next to Ji You—all of them doing the same action.

Yue Qiguang, not getting a good position, cursed and grumbled, "Those who’ve sniffed should step back quickly; Daddy hasn’t smelled yet."

Ji You’s eyelids twitched repeatedly, tried to hold back but couldn’t, bursting out, "Enough, move away quickly, or my forty meter Big Chopper won’t hold back."

The next second, led by Chu Jiaojiao, the people who wanted to investigate whether Ji You had any strange aura immediately backed away.

Yue Qiguang grumbled, "I don’t see any monster aura on you, but there’s quite a bit of a poor aura."

Ji You’s mouth twitched, unable to hold back, he threw the knife in his hand.

Seeing the knife about to slash next to Yue Qiguang’s neck, for a moment, due to the short distance and Ji You’s quick action, Yue Qiguang retreated urgently, narrowly dodging it. He didn’t even have time to taunt Ji You before hearing Ji You say, "I’m not just a poor aura, I also have a killing aura. Next time my knife won’t just wander around your neck, it’ll want to taste your blood aura."

Upon hearing this, Yue Qiguang’s mouth twitched, couldn’t help but raise his hand and touch the neck where the knife nearly met him before suddenly changing direction to avoid it.

Yue Qiguang’s face showed no expression, but inside he was astonished; 4444’s progress had come so swiftly?

Indeed, he dodged it.

But—

That’s because 4444’s knife stopped itself and changed direction, otherwise—

Yue Qiguang keeled over.

Ji You’s sudden knife draw had been within Yue Qiguang’s expectation, yet he still didn’t dodge.

Yes.

If it weren’t for 4444 unexpectedly holding back, seriously considering it, he hadn’t dodged that knife.

She was just a Double A.

Not long ago, she was a 2B.

Yue Qiguang’s turbulent heart never felt more strongly than today, at this moment, about this single phrase—

Rowing against the current, not advancing means retreating.

He indeed made progress, but too slow.

Just as Mu Jianling, the teacher, said: with their current strength, they wouldn’t even be able to protect themselves on the frontline battlefield.

...

Thinking of this, the slightly agitated and hurried Yue Qiguang suddenly calmed down completely.

Witnessing this, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, and others’ moods also settled, falling into introspection and learning.

The thrown knife fell onto the deck, Ji You walked over, bent down to pick up the knife, and looked at everyone, "Comrades, perhaps that thing is still hidden in me, because I feel my Strength seems to have increased a little, I think I’m at least S-Class now."

Everyone: "..."

He Bi said, "Don’t boast here, go do a test and you’ll know, quick."

Ji You didn’t object, she immediately went for a test, and then, the test results brutally slapped her face, "Still Double A? How is that possible?"

"I clearly feel my Strength and mind are much stronger, yet there’s still no change?" Ji You stared at the result on the test screen, very unbelieving.

He Bi said, "Your Strength and mind have indeed slightly improved, but very weakly, not enough to reach the level for rank advancement."

"So you’re saying the thing you consumed can still slowly improve you?" He Bi scratched his chin, thought for a while, and casually did a test on himself, discovering this hypothesis didn’t apply to him.

He Bi couldn’t tell if he was disappointed or sorrowful, just said, "We cannot now judge why the Plane creatures fear us, though this is good news for us."

"Exactly," Ji You laughed, "Instead of guessing here, guessing there, everything is pointless without theory and actual data for analysis. Then—let’s hurry and dismantle the grids while they haven’t struck yet."

The motives behind those creatures are not pressing for Ji You and the others, what’s urgent is quickly escaping from their current confinement.

Yue Qiguang asked, "How do we do it?"

According to their previous method, everyone, including Old Niu, could together dismantle the grid barriers.

But—

This method works, but is very laborious, just a clumsy way; if there’s a better way, obviously they won’t use this.

Ji You said, "Otherwise, let’s act in two steps. I’ll go to the laboratory to try and analyze the grid wall materials, while you continue with Old Niu to attack the adjacent grids. Sound good?"

Among the 8 present, only Ji You had the system knowledge for material processing, others did not, so she alone could execute the decomposition task, the others?

Of course, they couldn’t sit idly by, dividing up roles and cooperating, continuing to dismantle nearby grid rooms with brute force.

He Bi said, "I think it’s doable."

Chu Jiaojiao rubbed her knuckles, "I haven’t fully exerted my strength while smashing grid rooms earlier, feeling a bit regretful."

Yue Qiguang replied, "Daddy has no problem."

Shen Changqing and others also had no objections, Shen Changqing looked slightly worriedly at Ji You, asking, "Ji You, can you handle it over there? Need anyone to help you?"

After all, it’s decomposing something never seen before, if facing danger, Ji You being alone in the laboratory...

Shen Changqing was genuinely concerned.