Chapter 1659: Iron Didn’t Come
Ji You frowned, pondered for a moment, found no clues, and then immersed her spiritual consciousness into her Spirit Space. Through the Spiritual Core, she gazed at the Six Strands in her Spiritual World, only to see six spheres.
The six spheres were huddled together, looking round and plump from afar, but a closer look was unbearably dreadful.
Ji You felt a pang of pain in her back teeth: "You..."
The Six Strands lay limp, their heads and tails indistinguishable. No, Ji You couldn’t even tell which was which at first glance...
"Boss?"
"Second?"
"Third?"
When Ji You called out to Boss, she noticed something in the ball pile move slightly, but couldn’t distinguish it, so she proceeded to call out Second, Third...
In the end, these spheres only lazily shifted a bit before lying flat again.
Ji You thought for a while and then shouted, "Does anyone want some Candy Beans?"
None of the strands responded.
Ji You’s mouth twitched, and she continued to shout, "Unlimited supply of Candy Beans!"
This finally got a reaction; one of the strands moved!
Ji You recognized it correctly—it was Fourth!
Fourth, all round and plump, struggled to wag its tail toward Ji You, seemingly with great effort, and said a few words: [Master, can you store the Candy Beans for me to use anytime?]
Ji You shook her head, "No, you must eat it now."
Once Fourth heard that, it lost interest immediately, flicked its tail, and rejoined the other five.
Ji You: "..."
Ji You took a deep breath and said, "What happened? Normally, you’d almost eat your fill if given the chance, and now after having a taste of good stuff, you’re being picky?"
Fourth, hearing this, looked a bit guilty, chuckled, and said: [Master, it’s not that, we really ate too much and can’t move. No matter how delicious you give us now, it’s useless to us.]
That was indeed the case.
Ji You was just looking at these lazy strands, not taking the initiative to report the situation in the Spiritual World to her, so she chatted with them for a bit.
Now, seeing that there was still a reliable Fourth in critical moments, she asked, "That monster, did you guys finish eating it? Not a shred left?"
Fourth answered by shaking its head and flicking its tail toward the Space Barrier, [Didn’t finish, the rest is inside the Space Barrier.]
Hmm?
Ji You felt a shiver, but was still somewhat skeptical, saying, "You’re so round and plump from eating, and yet managed to share with the Space Barrier? Impossible..."
Saying this, Ji You glanced at Fourth, deliberately testing it: "The Space Barrier doesn’t talk; could you all be colluding to trick me?"
Upon hearing this, Fourth immediately erected its tail in a huff: [Master, we only ate a little bit, Boss ate the most, Second next, Third and Old Five ate the same, and only Sisi and Sixth ate less...]
Saying this, Fourth looked aggrieved: [Sisi clearly ate so little, and still got blamed... Sisi is so sad and needs 100 Candy Beans for encouragement.]
It was also at this moment that Fourth realized that just having a good brain wasn’t everything; one also needs strong Physical Strength, otherwise, in a scramble, the brainy Sisi couldn’t compete with other strands.
Fourth silently vowed to train its physique well in the future, then looked at Ji You expectantly: [Master, it’s just 100, Sisi’s demands really aren’t high, truly.]
Ji You sneered, "If I give it to you now, can you even eat it?"
Fourth: [...]
Throughout the conversation, Ji You kept an eye on the situation inside the Spiritual World. Boss, Second... Sixth, all seemed too stuffed to speak, only Fourth still had some vitality, and Boss, said to have eaten the most by Fourth, had its belly puffed out like it was about to burst. Seeing Ji You looking over, Boss even tried to force a smile at the Master...
Ji You turned to the Space Barrier, her expression suddenly serious.
She vividly remembered being attacked by that monster, with it hitting her Spirit Space Barrier repeatedly, one hit after another...
Each attack weakened her Spirit Space Barrier a bit, almost breaking it, and Ji You had been prepared to go down with it fish-and-net style. Fortunately, Chu Jiaojiao appeared in time, giving her a chance to counterattack!
If it hadn’t been for Chu Jiaojiao, Ji You truly didn’t dare imagine what the outcome might have been...
At that time, she had no confidence in her mind.
Unexpectedly, the situation reversed...
Those parts skipped over...
Now, Ji You discovered that her Spiritual World’s Space Barrier, which had seemed fragile enough to shatter at a touch, had actually healed!
And—
Not just healed; it seemed to have doubled in thickness!
To put it in perspective, if the previous Space Barrier was about 10 centimeters thick, it was now 20 centimeters thick!
This wasn’t a minor change; it left Ji You absolutely stunned. Moreover, not only had the Space Barrier’s thickness increased, the entire Spirit Space’s range had also expanded by half!
This even made Ji You’s eyes nearly pop out of their sockets!
You know, when Ji You absorbed a High-level Soul Device, it only expanded her Spirit Space by about 0.5 centimeters.
Now, it had expanded by half! Meaning, if she had one space before, now she had 1.5 spaces.
This!
This!
Could it be that monsters are such a great supplement?
Though she still didn’t know what benefits expanding Spirit Space by half would bring, Ji You realized she had hit the jackpot!
At this moment, Ji You no longer found that mysterious monster annoying and wished she could have a stack of them at once.
Ahem...
Of course, she hoped they wouldn’t rush at her all at once, but take turns facing her.
Once she confirmed that the nearly shattered Space Barrier was completely restored and the space had expanded considerably, Ji You was finally at ease.
Next.
Ji You carefully inspected her Spiritual World and found nothing abnormal.
Ji You asked, "Fourth, you said the remaining parts of the monster were eaten by the Space Barrier? Not a bit left?"
Fourth braced its chubby body and nodded.
Ji You frowned and asked, "Then... you all ate it with the Space Barrier, and Iron didn’t appear?"
Fourth shook its head.
Ji You felt uncertain and asked again.
Fourth nodded firmly, a perplexed and puzzled expression on its plump face: [That’s right, we ate it all, it didn’t take even a little bit.]
Regarding this issue, Fourth truly couldn’t figure it out. In Fourth’s view, this thing was better than any treasure, better than Candy Beans, milk tea, Soul Devices... nothing compared to this deliciousness!
In the past, with those things, Iron always rushed to the front line, eating the lion’s share, only leaving a tiny ’soup’ for the poor strands to eat, but this time, Iron didn’t come out.
This was really peculiar.