"This is the young man. He's really good-looking, but his hairstyle is a bit of a problem. I'll get it fixed for you another day."

"Where are you from? How's it going out there? Tell me quickly."

"How did you get here? Do you have transportation? Can you take us out?"

"..."

The crowd gathered closer and closer, each offering their own opinion, as if they wanted to voice all their doubts.

Lu Manman was forced to retreat repeatedly.

Gu Lin arrived from behind, panting, and immediately shouted, "Alright! Stop asking! The child just woke up, let him rest."

These old folks were really impatient; they only heard the first part of his sentence, "The child is awake," and rushed over without even hearing the second part, "But he doesn't remember anything."

Gu Lin rubbed his legs. These people didn't care at all about his advanced age and mobility issues.

ah?

Everyone was stunned, looking at Gu Lin and then at Lu Manman.

"Do you really remember nothing?"

Everyone spoke in unison, and Lu Manman nodded, "Really!"

Everyone felt a pang of regret; what a pity.

After recovering, Gu Lin said apologetically to Lu Manman, "You weren't scared, were you? They meant no harm. It's just that you're the first outsider we've ever met, and they're all very curious. Please don't mind."

He handed her a bottle of unidentified liquid. "This is our treasured nutritional supplement. You've just recovered, so you need to replenish your nutrients."

"Thank you!" Lu Manman was indeed hungry, so she took the food and downed it in one gulp.

The strange taste was not yet used to Lu Manman's taste buds. Oh, oh, she almost threw up, but seeing the expectant eyes of the elderly, Lu Manman swallowed it.

Although it didn't taste good, it was enough to fill my stomach.

Seeing the expectant looks in the eyes of the group of elderly people, Lu Manman said, "Thank you for saving me, but I don't remember anything right now, so I can't answer any of your questions. On the contrary, I have many questions I'd like to ask you. Where is this place? Why do you say I'm the only outsider here?"

Gu Lin sighed and then began to explain the situation here to Lu Manman.

It turns out this is a Zerg planet, which is a planet occupied by the Zerg. Their planet was one of the first planets to be occupied by the Zerg.

These insectoids seemed to appear out of thin air, invading more than a dozen planets in an instant. At that time, the people lived in peace and prosperity, and had almost no power to resist the overwhelming insectoids.

The territory was quickly occupied, and by the time people recovered and regrouped to fight the Zerg, they didn't have much of a chance of winning. They still lost more often than they won. It was only after a long period of fighting that humans slowly began to be able to compete with the Zerg, and the Zerg gradually lost ground.

However, for the planets that were first occupied, they were surrounded by Zerg forces, making it difficult for the army to come in and rescue people. Even if they could, the Zerg would not come to rescue them.

Before becoming an insect planet, this planet was just a junk planet with a very arbitrary name: Junk Planet A108, which was specifically for receiving garbage from other planets.

Therefore, these survivors could only huddle together for warmth and use what was left on the planet to protect themselves.

Fortunately, the Zerg didn't seem to like this planet very much. They didn't stay here permanently, only occasionally coming to feast, which allowed them to continue their existence.

Even so, by their generation, only these eight old men remained.

The youngest of them is 89 years old, which means that they have not had a newborn for 89 years.

Because they no longer have the materials to create newborns, and in such an environment, perhaps not having children is the right thing to do, they do not intend to search for materials.

Lu Manman listened, completely confused. "What are Zerg? What are planets? What is an artificial womb?"

The group looked at each other in disbelief. It was clear that she had absolutely no memory of this, and that she knew less than they, the indigenous people who had been isolated here for nearly a thousand years.

With a helpless sigh, since they had some time, they took turns explaining these basic facts to Lu Manman.

Lu Manman was deeply disturbed after hearing this. "So, I'm destined to be trapped here forever?!"

"Not necessarily, things might take a turn for the better..."

Gu Lin's voice grew softer and softer, his heart filled with unease. For someone without transportation or great strength, this place was nothing short of a prison, where he would essentially have to spend the rest of his life like these old bones.

But he still looks so young, his height and build are like a minor's, his life has endless possibilities...

The other elderly people didn't know how to comfort him either.

“Emmm, actually, if you look at it from another angle, it’s a good thing you have amnesia and don’t remember the good life you had before. Just think of yourself as a native of this place, and you’ll feel much better.”

As soon as Zhong Lizhong finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to him. Zhong Lizhong shrank his neck uncomfortably, then realized that he was right and straightened his back.

After a long pause, everyone expressed their agreement.

“Yes, just treat them as people who were born here, as our children, and then you won’t feel pain.”

"Don't worry, we will definitely treat you well and regard you as our own child."

"Just stay here and rest assured, we will do our best to protect you."

"Yes! We haven't had children here for a long time, and now you are our child."

"..."

Looking at everyone's kind faces, Lu Manman nodded silently, "That's all I can do. I'll leave things to you from now on."

From then on, Lu Manman settled down here.

...

Outside, because Lu Manman had single-handedly killed most of the Zerg queens, the remaining Zerg dared not make any rash moves, and for a time humanity regained the initiative in the war.

The Empire and the Federation seized the opportunity to reclaim many lost planets and kill many Zerg. They even fought their way to the lair of the top Zerg queen, but were met with a fierce counterattack and suffered heavy losses before finally stopping.

After a year of relentless work day and night on the front lines, the soldiers need a rest.