Chapter 1601: Monster
Chu Jiaojiao kept a calm demeanor. At this moment, the pressure she was enduring was not at all less than that when Ji You or He Bi were captains, perhaps even greater, because the danger was unknown.
What specific dangers lie ahead, what they might encounter...
All of this was completely unknown, and could not be predicted in advance. Therefore, it especially tested the temporary response ability of the captain.
A slight mistake, and everyone on the ship could be wiped out, completely dead with no trace left. Because you’re dying in an unknown place, maybe not even within a universe space, even if the school or parents intervened to rescue you, there would be no route for rescue.
Therefore—
Chu Jiaojiao was under a lot of pressure, but it didn’t show on her surface at all. She still had that arrogant look, carefully watching the monitor, while continuing to contact Shen Sheng, Gu Peiyuan and others, personally feeling the changes in the tunnel wall...
No change.
Calm and smooth.
The open communication requests received no responses. This means that at this time, they had completely become a lone boat, with the unknown ahead, no way back, surrounded by no friends...
Isolated and helpless...
Chu Jiaojiao quietly stared at the monitors in front of the tunnel entrance and said, "Stay alert, don’t get distracted."
"Yes."
"Okay."
"Received."
Yue Qiyuan, Yue Qiguang, Shen Changqing, Liu Fufeng, Sheng Qingyan, those who were still awake, none opposed Chu Jiaojiao, all very cooperative. Even Yue Qiguang, who verbally expressed dissatisfaction with Chu Jiaojiao, was extremely cooperative at this time. In fact, deep down, he admired Chu Jiaojiao for standing out and taking on the greatest responsibility at this juncture, which required particular courage.
If it were Yue Qiguang himself, if Senior He Bi and Ji You were both down, and someone needed to come forward to turn the tide and manage the situation, Yue Qiguang would hesitate for a few seconds in his heart—Can I really do it? Can I really bear the burden of everyone’s lives?
He would doubt himself, hesitate to make decisions, even be indecisive about what kind of measures to take first...
At this time, Chu Jiaojiao actively stood up, not because she was arrogant, but because she was the most suitable, and also needed by everyone.
Sheng Qingyan wouldn’t stand out to oppose Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing wouldn’t either, nor himself, nor his four-limbed incompetent, foolish brother...
Therefore, from body to heart, Yue Qiguang would not oppose Chu Jiaojiao; he would only strive to cooperate with her!
This is—
Comrades!
Since you have chosen, you must trust wholeheartedly.
Then—
Chu Jiaojiao suddenly said, "Attention everyone, get down, don’t make any sound, don’t think about anything, block the spiritual power, block it completely."
Among those present, only Ji You and He Bi, still lying in the treatment cabin and being rescued, could block spiritual power...
When Chu Jiaojiao’s words fell, everyone stopped and complied.
Then.
"Fufeng, can you still do it?" Chu Jiaojiao asked quietly, pursing her lips, then continued, "That... Pretend no one exists, we need to do it one more time."
Liu Fufeng stopped folding paper, said quietly, "I’ll try."
Then.
Liu Fufeng’s face became palpably pale, veins standing out...
Chu Jiaojiao dared not delay, she too emptied all distractions, and under Chu Jiaojiao’s prior guidance, Shen Changqing switched the spaceship to autopilot mode, but the spaceship did not move quickly, rather it advanced at a snail-like pace.
Thus—
To outsiders, the entire spaceship appeared like space junk, suspended in the universe, being pushed slowly and involuntarily forward.
No one dared to open their eyes, nor did anyone dare to think of anything incorrectly, everyone pretended they didn’t exist, treating themselves as air...
It’s hard to reach this state because humans are thinking creatures, forcing yourself to become an object without thought and life, how could it not be difficult?
But!
Everyone was trying earnestly.
Large drops of sweat emerged on Liu Fufeng’s forehead.
Plop~
Plop~
Plop~
Inside the spaceship, it seemed only the faint sound of sweat rolling from the forehead could be heard—
What made Chu Jiaojiao so wary was the terrifying creature outside the tunnel wall—a creature so large that it was difficult to describe, because those within the small confines of the tunnel wall couldn’t see its complete shape or appearance...
For instance, you are a fish inside a palm-sized glass fish tank, nail-size fish that looks out of the transparent glass to see human beings outside the tank. To your eyes, you see only a vast entity, completely unable to assess the figure, size, or most importantly, the strength of the opposite.
And, while Chu Jiaojiao and others were all gathering their spirits, treating themselves as statues without any movement, outside the tunnel wall, a pair of giant pupils were staring curiously at spaceship X-N3848.
The gaze was very focused, with curiosity, and a glimmer of excitement...
For a long time.
For a long time.
...
The owner of these eyes had an extremely exaggerated form, so much so that it was impossible to describe in words, like a clutch of frog eggs, the whole body composed of transparent, sticky, viscous, unidentified matter, inside which were black dots, which were its pores, but only the pores were visible, not the hair...
And—
Their massive eyes, which dwarfed Chu Jiaojiao and company, far larger than the X-N3848 spacecraft, were only a small part of its body.
Under such a terrifying creature’s gaze, Chu Jiaojiao and others all cowered, no one dared to stick out at this moment.
Inside the treatment cabin, Ji You, sleeping peacefully, suddenly felt a wave of horrific fear creep from her feet to her scalp...
Huh?
A question mark popped up in Ji You’s head, she was about to curse someone for being so shameless, waking her from a sweet sleep which would result in a thrashing, didn’t you know?
But the words she wanted to speak got stuck before reaching her throat!
Ji You opened her mouth, letting the drool at the corner drip down, not daring to wipe it, then her mouth twitched, eyes rolled up, pretending to be a dead fish!
As her body displayed such an honest reaction, within her spiritual world, the six Spiritual Threads were quicker than Ji You, all of them diving into the Spirit Core, pretending to be dead strands.
Quiet.
In the endless quiet, it seemed the whole space suddenly became frozen.