I Am a Salted Fish in the Interstellar Era - Chapter 20

After the communication on Sea Blue Planet was restored yesterday, many people went online to check the Star Web. Some contacted their families to reassure them of their safety, while others surfed the internet to relieve stress.

The exaggerated scene of Shi Yu wielding a knife and shouting “Brothers, don’t leave” was recorded by Su Tian and uploaded to the Star Web. Her account gained hundreds of thousands of followers overnight and continued to rise.

The citizens of the Federation, anxious about the invasion of the Deep Blue Star System by unknown species, were waiting for news. Stumbling upon such a video provided a moment of levity amid their anxiety, and many were curious about the person shouting “Brothers, don’t leave.” However, they couldn’t find out who it was.

As the day went on, the video spread wider on the Star Web, and everyone was on edge. Now, someone was live-streaming a fight between Y1121 and the unknown species, and the live stream quickly attracted millions of viewers.

Shi Yu was unaware that her “glorious deeds” had spread across the Star Web. She looked at the giant spider she had heavily slashed, which seemed unaffected, with a grave expression.

The giant spider, with its quick reflexes, immediately lifted its bristly legs and charged at Shi Yu with a thunderous rumble.

Shi Yu remembered the words of Little Beauty and his bodyguards. Her gaze fell on a faint red streak on the spider’s abdomen, which seemed to be its weak spot. However, the spot was covered by a ring of sharp teeth.

Having experienced the terror of black spiders’ fangs, Shi Yu knew that attacking the weak spot on the giant spider’s abdomen risked being bitten by its fangs.

Without hesitation, Shi Yu, carrying a large knife, leaped into the air before the spider’s leg could sweep her, seizing the moment to dive down from above, driving the mecha to accelerate with gravity, and plunged the knife deeply into the spider’s abdomen.

However, the knife couldn’t penetrate the spider’s back. If not for Shi Yu reinforcing the knife with her metal-based ability, it might have shattered upon impact. The spider reacted, shaking its body wildly.

A golden light flashed in Shi Yu’s eyes. The knife, previously ineffective, suddenly sliced through the spider’s carapace like it was imbued with a defense-breaking buff, penetrating from top to bottom.

The giant spider screamed, its fangs snapping incessantly. Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao watched in astonishment as Shi Yu pulled out her knife and plunged it back in, repeating the process.

It was as if she wasn’t fighting a deadly unknown species but was instead battling an immobile mole.

When the giant spider finally stopped screaming and collapsed with a thud, several tentacles swept towards Shi Yu.

Lu Dongyan’s pupils dilated, about to lift his sniper rifle to assist her, when he saw Shi Yu, piloting the mecha, dodging every tentacle with drunken precision.

Then, she charged into a group of worm-like creatures, her ordinary knife seeming like the Grim Reaper’s scythe, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the worm-like creatures.

Lu Dongyan and Feng Xiao were dumbfounded. By the time they reacted, one wanting to lift his sniper rifle and the other to carry a cannon, the worm-like creatures, dragging their long, disgusting tentacles, were already scrambling to flee. The battle had lasted only a few minutes.

Lu Dongyan & Feng Xiao: Just unbelievably ridiculous!

When Shi Yu saw the two had followed, she collected all the energy power crystals, slung the large knife over her shoulder, and dragged her battered mecha to them: “Why did you guys follow?”

Feng Xiao was silent for two seconds, swallowed the words “to support” and said instead: “Came to watch the excitement.”

Shi Yu: “?”

Lu Dongyan nodded, and the mecha he controlled did the same.

Shi Yu, indignant, said: “You two are going to get thrown into a pig cage for this!”

She had fought so hard, and they were just spectating? Listen to this, is this something a person would say?!

?Coming for the Fame: Wow wow wow! Y1121 is too awesome! Let me catch my breath…?

?Speechless: How come those monsters were so easily defeated? Why didn’t the Thorn Legion make any progress during their rescue? Is this really the strength of a federal frontline legion? Too weak, right??

?Oh My God: Does the person above live under a rock? Haven’t you seen the official data released? The monsters named Black Leeches have a combat power above A-level but below S-level, which general A-level mechas can’t deal with. The combat power of the Octopus Steel Spider ranges greatly between S-level and SSS-level, and they were defeated so easily? It’s not about being easy to defeat; it’s about Y1121 being awesome, understand??

?Go Deep Blue Star System!!!: How can this even start a fight? Shouldn’t we just be shouting awesome??

?Marry Y1121: Y1121 is awesome! Praise Y1121!?

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As the comments flowed like water, Su Tian’s face flushed with excitement. She, along with the live stream audience, shouted praises for Y1121, while her teammates stared intently at the battered mecha that had seen combat not far away.

People are always drawn to strength, especially on the Sea Blue Star, which was invaded by unknown species.

Having someone who could slice through monsters like vegetables made everyone feel a bit more at ease.

Shi Yu was oblivious to the storm brewing online. She rolled her eyes at the two and locked onto Gu Qianqian’s location, flying towards him. This kid was quite capable, managing to run decently on a hoverboard.

A minute later, the trio caught up with Gu Qianqian.

After receiving Shi Yu’s message, Gu Qianqian stopped, his eyes red as he bandaged the unconscious Gu Mingzhan’s wounds.

Shi Yu and her two companions stowed their mechas, seeing Gu Mingzhan covered in blood. Feng Xiao was the first to frown, immediately taking out a medical kit from his space bag to check his injuries.

Shi Yu pulled the cumbersome Gu Qianqian aside, asking with a frown, “What happened to your brother? Why are you still in such a dangerous place?”

The Sea Blue Star government’s warning was timely enough that those with hovercars could normally reach shelters. Not to mention, Gu Qianqian’s family had a bunch of extremely capable bodyguards, so how could they end up in such a sorry state?

With red eyes, Gu Qianqian whispered, “Remember the exhibition hall I took you to last time? That night, a hovercar crashed into the first floor of the hall, causing a big scene. My brother and I were nearby and went to check it out, only to see monsters crawling out of the hall.”

“It was chaos. My brother insisted on entering the hall to retrieve something and got injured. After we escaped, we found ourselves without a signal, surrounded by monsters.”

“To protect me, my brother’s mecha was destroyed by monsters, worsening his injuries. We’ve been hiding these past few days, barely escaping, only for those monsters to suddenly appear like shadows, chasing us…”

Shi Yu frowned, about to speak, when the clicking sounds started again.

Looking towards the source of the noise, she indeed saw palm-sized black spiders following them.

Just like sticky plasters.