I Am a Salted Fish in the Interstellar Era - Chapter 19

Without hesitation, Shi Yu retreated, pulling out her energy gun and shouting, “Get out of here quickly! These spiders come in groups, and they’re endless!”

Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao instinctively put away their spatial bags and took out their energy guns, on guard. The cool young man Luo Xiaci and Su Jianxing were a bit slower, but the others, albeit skeptical, also became alert.

The muscular man, still holding a few little puddings, sneered, “Really inexperienced. Scared by a little spider like this? If you’re so afraid of death, why come out to gather supplies? Might as well go home and drink milk!”

His words were full of insult, and everyone frowned upon hearing them. After speaking, he nonchalantly reached out to pick up a spider that seemed dead, lying upside down on the counter.

He pinched a spider leg, shook it left and right, and said disdainfully, “See? Just a dead spider, and you say they’re endless?”

One’s folly is no match for others’ intervention.

Shi Yu glanced at the muscular man’s spatial bag, bit her teeth, and immediately retreated. Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao quickly followed, while Su Jianxing hesitated but kindly said, “It’s better to be cautious outside. Since Shi Yu warned us, let’s leave quickly. We’ve gathered enough supplies anyway.”

The muscular man snorted coldly, just as he was about to throw away the black spider, but the abdomen of the previously motionless spider suddenly split open, and a ring-shaped row of sharp teeth bit down.

A pig-like scream sounded as the muscular man stepped back two steps, holding his bloody hand. Shi Yu turned around to see that only the base of his index finger remained, dripping with fresh blood.

The black little spider’s sharp teeth continuously clicked together, making a chewing noise, causing everyone in the mall to shiver.

Shi Yu, quick to react, shot the spider dead before its fine teeth could open again and warned, “Let’s go!”

As her words fell, a horrifying clicking sound came from behind the mall. By then, everyone knew Shi Yu hadn’t lied, and they scrambled to run outside.

Su Jianxing also dragged the still-screaming muscular man, struggling to run outside.

Just then, the ground shook, and the sound of collapsing buildings roared.

–

In another mall not far away, a girl was live streaming.

“Today, my team was tasked with going out to gather supplies. As everyone knows, Sea Blue Star has been invaded by unknown species, with survivors flocking to shelters…”

As the girl packed nutritional liquids into her spatial bag, she turned the live stream camera outward, introducing the current situation of Sea Blue Star. After filling her spatial bag, she glanced at the screen and quickly said, “Thank you for your blessings. Sea Blue Star will surely overcome this crisis.”

“Now—”

The girl was about to speak when the ground suddenly shook.

“Let’s go! An unknown species has appeared outside!” A team member responsible for lookout shouted from outside.

The girl panicked, not even turning off the live stream before following her team outside.

Reaching the entrance of the mall, they saw a giant spider that had appeared nearby, followed by an unknown number of worm-like creatures.

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“Damn! How did so many unknown species suddenly appear here?” Lu Dongyan’s face looked grim.

“Let’s get out of here first!” Feng Xiao said.

Everyone began to take out their mechas, while the muscular man continued to howl.

Su Jianxing obviously had no way to deal with him, and Shi Yu paused in the act of taking out her mecha, turning to stare at the space bag strapped to the muscular man’s waist.

Shi Yu smirked, walking over to the muscular man under Feng Xiao’s astonished gaze. She wielded a small knife that appeared in her hand at some point, twirling it skillfully before slicing open the bag of the space pack. Before anyone could react, she fiercely stepped on the muscular man’s foot.

“Hey big brother, do you not want to live anymore? Slaughtering pigs at a time like this? If you don’t want to die, quickly take out your mecha and head to the shelter.”

After speaking, Shi Yu calmly tied the broken strap of the space pack around herself.

Then, under the stunned gazes of Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao, she took out her mecha.

Feng Xiao was the first to snap out of it, tugging at Lu Dongyan, prompting both to take out their mechas.

The muscular man hadn’t realized his space pack was taken by Shi Yu. The pain in his foot and the loss of his index finger mixed together, finally sobering him up a bit.

Inside the cockpit, Shi Yu fondly touched the space pack, thinking about driving her mecha to escape, when suddenly an exclamation mark popped up on the virtual screen, followed by the voice of the mecha system.

?Distress signal detected, identifying signal…?

?Signal identification successful, person in distress Gu Qianqian, distress message: I am the son of the president of the Capital Star Gu Corporation, save me to the shelter, and I will give you ten billion Federal dollars?

The mechanical voice of the system conveyed the distress message with a peculiar sense of irony.

Shi Yu: “…”

Damn! This kid is still as extravagant as ever.

Shi Yu immediately located the distress signal and sent a message to Feng Xiao and the others.

?Dreaming of Being a Salted Fish: You guys go ahead, I’m going to save someone?

Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao were stunned for a moment, then saw Shi Yu driving her mecha towards the direction of the giant spiders.

Of course, they couldn’t just leave Shi Yu behind. After messaging the rest of the team, they immediately followed her.

Shi Yu locked onto the distress signal and quickly scanned Gu Qianqian’s current situation.

He was on a relatively narrow road, carrying someone on his back, with blood detected on his body.

He was injured.

Behind him, several black-clad bodyguards were awkwardly fending off the pursuing spiders. Not far away, the giant spider with several strip-like creatures was encircling them.

It seemed the unknown species were targeting them.

Shi Yu immediately connected to Gu Qianqian’s terminal number and soon saw Gu Qianqian with blood on his face.

Gu Qianqian was startled upon seeing her, and before he could react, Shi Yu said, “Do you see the crossroad ahead? Turn right immediately, there’s a hoverboard rental station there. Head straight to the northeast on a hoverboard.”

Shi Yu didn’t wait for Gu Qianqian’s reaction, pulling out the large sword mounted on the back of her mecha and striking towards the giant spider.

Shi Yu had witnessed the combat ability of the giant spider firsthand. She didn’t overestimate herself, her eyes brimming with golden light as the blade of the sword was reinforced. In an instant, she maneuvered the mecha like a beam of light descending in front of the giant spider, delivering a straight, forceful slash.

With a snap, something shattered.

Shi Yu quickly dodged, and at the same moment, a giant spider’s bristly leg swept past where she had just been standing.

At this time, a girl who had not yet left the nearby mall watched with excitement as an A-class mecha fought the giant spider. She immediately turned her live broadcast camera towards the action.

Clutching her face, she screamed, “Look, everyone! This is the mecha with the code Y1121 you’ve all been asking about! She’s appeared! She’s here!”