The next morning, Lu Manman woke up on time, but Qi Xiuyuan was already squatting at her door.

As soon as Lu Manman opened the door, she saw a rather large mutated tiger and was startled.

Qi Xiuyuan, however, was oblivious to this. Like a guardian, he excitedly barked, "Manman, good morning!"

Lu Manman coughed and nodded, "Good morning!"

"Hey, you must be starving?" Lu Manman said, waving her hand to fill the table with food. "Eat first, then we'll get to work."

Lu Manman thought Qi Xiuyuan was hungry, which was why he was waiting so anxiously at the door.

After the two finished breakfast, Qi Xiuyuan grabbed a bath towel that Lu Manman had prepared beforehand and wiped his mouth. "Manman, I've been thinking about it. The further we go in, the more advanced Zerg queens there will be. I'm worried that your disguise will be easily exposed in front of them, so I think I'll go alone."

Seeing that Lu Manman didn't speak, Qi Xiuyuan immediately spun around and did a Thomas spin, then said, "I'm a mutated beast now, the insectoids won't take me seriously, I'll be very safe, and look, I have much better control over this body now."

Clearly, Qi Xiuyuan didn't want Lu Manman to take this risk. There were too many Zerg Queens here, and the consequences would be unimaginable if they were exposed.

Lu Manman looked at the house, which had been swept around by the mutated tiger's tail that had nowhere to go: "...Alright then, you should also be careful outside. We'll meet here later."

Seeing that she didn't insist, Qi Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, don't worry, wait here for me to come back."

Watching Qi Xiuyuan's departing figure, Lu Manman tidied up the room that had just been messed up, used her supernatural abilities to wash all the food plates and put them into her spatial storage, and then disguised herself and went out.

Lu Manman thought about it and realized that neither side really understood the other's strength. If they both cared about each other, it would only make things worse. Perhaps it would be better to act separately.

The road ahead was long and arduous. Every time they saw a mutated beast, they couldn't help but take a second look, fearing that the mutated beast might be Hua Qingmo.

The further they went, the more mutated beasts they encountered, and the more Zerg queens they met. Just as Qi Xiuyuan had predicted, many Zerg queens cast questioning glances at this humanoid vine.

Fortunately, after watching for a while and seeing no movement, they gave up.

Several times, the Zerg Queen came close to take a look, but Lu Manman covered her with more plants, disguising her as a tree and thus getting away with it.

The further you go in, the longer and more difficult the journey becomes.

Once again, a dozen or so Zerg queens cast curious glances at them; they seemed to have just seen something fly by.

Lu Manman remained on the tree, holding her breath and staring curiously at the dark objects in their hands.

The smell of this stuff is quite familiar; it's like the dark matter from before. And this looks like a dark matter crystal.

So... the dark matter Qi Xiuyuan mentioned is dark matter crystals? But Huang Yuecheng said that once this thing comes into contact with the human body, the person will die.

The cautious Zerg queen went forward to check, but finding nothing unusual, she returned, put the black crystal in her mouth, and swallowed it.

Lu Manman frowned. So, they were able to attack humans with dark matter because they swallowed this thing?

After the Zerg queens consumed the dark matter crystals, they left, and Lu Manman wanted to test them out.

They wanted to leave just because the one who looked the weakest.

Before Lu Manman could find a chance to come down, another group of Zerg queens arrived not far away. Like the previous Zerg queens, they ate the dark matter crystals and left.

Heh, that's interesting...

Lu Manman stayed behind, watching the Zerg queens come and go in waves.

After observing for a long time, Lu Manman finally selected a baby-faced insect queen and quietly gathered her water and wood-type powers, extending them into the hand of the nearest baby-faced insect queen.

They secretly dug up some dark matter crystals and tried to transport them back, but before they had gone far, they attracted the attention of the baby-faced Zerg queen.

No! How come this precious thing is flying?

Without saying a word, he opened his mouth wide, curled his tongue, and swallowed it back.

They can steal everything else, but not dark matter crystals. These are a reward from the boss, and they are very beneficial to them.

Hmm, why does this taste a bit off? I even feel a little nauseous.

The baby-faced Zerg queen couldn't hold it in and vomited.

As it continued to fly, the Zerg Queen, whose eyesight was usually poor, stared intently at that tiny black dot as if she had been given a cheat code.

It swallowed it in one gulp, then spat it out, then swallowed it again, then spat it out again. After several such episodes, the baby-faced insect queen lost her temper. She wanted to see where this thing was going to fly.

Lu Manman, hiding in the tree, never expected that she would be discovered by the Zerg Queen, whose eyes always looked apologetic, after only making a little bit of her work, and that she would be so persistent.

Seeing that the baby-faced Zerg Queen was about to follow, Lu Manman made the dark matter crystal fly a little further away, and then withdrew her superpower.

*Thud*, the dark matter crystal plummeted downwards.

The baby-faced Zerg queen quickly flicked her long tongue, but she was still a beat too slow, and the dark matter crystal fell to the ground.

The Zerg Queen didn't mind at all, swallowing the soil and crystals whole.

Yes, that's the taste. The Zerg Queen narrowed her eyes in satisfaction and left this eerie place.

OK, fine! Lu Manman tried the same method on several Zerg Queens, but failed every time.

It seems they treasure this thing very much. Lu Manman decided to try again, and if it really didn't work, she would give up and rob a weaker one instead.

This time, Lu Manman went against the grain and deliberately picked a Zerg queen who looked very intimidating, taking away a small portion of her.

Seeing that the Zerg Queen was not reacting and that Dot was getting closer and closer to her, Lu Manman was overjoyed. There was hope!

The cautious Lu Manman did not send the object flying directly towards her. Instead, she controlled the dark matter crystal to fly around in a zigzag pattern before finally stopping at a certain spot.

Suddenly, the Zerg Queen teleported to the dark matter crystal and swallowed it whole, then looked around warily.

Lu Manman: ...Luckily, she's quick-witted.

The Zerg Queen looked around but saw nothing unusual. Suddenly, her stomach churned. She endured it for a while, but in the end, she forced herself to swallow it back.

Suddenly, all the Zerg queens became alike and flew towards one place in unison.

The domineering Zerg queen finally couldn't hold it in and vomited.

Seeing that the Zerg Queen had left, Lu Manman jumped down from the tree and put the dark matter crystal into the box.

Looking in the direction they left, Lu Manman was filled with curiosity and followed them without saying a word.