Mystery Journey (7)

Throughout the night, a certain area of ​​the vast forest was turned upside down. Countless Zerg lost their long-stored energy crystals, and evidence of the thieves' crimes was found at the scene.

For example, a beetle discovered the fallen fur of a giant creature outside its collapsed nest; a female mantis, after eating a male mantis and about to return to her nest to raise her cubs, discovered the broken wings of a bee...

The Zerg who lost their food reserves were furious. They would either go directly to the door and fight the thieves to the death, or gather their own kind to launch a vigorous hunt.

Many giant creatures that were fast asleep were caught off guard when their nests were disturbed. When they saw the culprit, they found that it was the Zerg that usually liked to rush out and snatch their prey. They were instantly furious and roared and fought with the Zerg that were coming aggressively, vowing to make the Zerg disappear completely from the forest.

Fortunately, the two sides did not speak the same language, otherwise if they let the secret slip during the fight, the kids who were hiding in the dark watching the fun would have been chased by them.

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The next morning, when Shi Jianxia woke up rubbing his eyes, he was confronted by the cub who came to take credit. He was so scared that he almost threw it away. The fat cub felt wronged for a while and it took a long time to coax him.

The nine-tailed fox thought it was pretending, so it forced its way into Shi Jianxia's arms and secretly stepped on the cub's butt with its little paw pad at an angle where she couldn't see, making it turn its head and glare at it.

The little white fox immediately showed a confused and aggrieved expression, buried its head in Shi Jianxia's arms, and its nine beautiful little tails drooped down, almost welding the words "朏朏 bullied me" on its body.

朏朏 had not expected it to be so cunning. Its beautiful big eyes widened and soon it showed a tearful expression.

Shi Jianxia: "..."

She resigned herself to her fate, weighing their little butts and warning them slightly, "Don't start a fight, or you'll all go to the corner and think about your mistakes."

The nine-tailed fox's ears moved and were slightly pressed back into airplane ears. The guilty look made Shi Jianxia laugh.

朏朏 glared at the nine-tailed fox in a fierce voice, so loudly that it seemed as if she was afraid the fox couldn't hear her.

The little white fox immediately raised its head and wanted to meow, but it had not yet been promoted to level 3S and could not make any sound. It could only hang its head dejectedly. It was really wronged this time.

Shi Jianxia was both angry and amused, so she simply changed the subject to draw the attention of the two drama queens away, "What good things did you two do last night?"

Speaking of this, both the big fat cub and the little white fox didn't care about competing for favor, and they all waved their front legs to try to let her know their "great achievements" last night.

Just at this moment, the other kids also came into the tent and immediately performed a pantomime of what they did last night, which made Shi Jianxia laugh.

She treated them all equally, stroking the little head of one cub, holding the short legs of another, and calling them "good cubs" one by one.

When all the cadets woke up, they gathered together to count their gains from last night and were successfully astounded by the piles of energy crystals.

Even Jiang Yingdu, who was usually quite calm, couldn't help but ask, "So many?"

Energy crystals of various colors piled together, reflecting a sparkling light under the early sunlight. Fortunately, Gongye Jiwang released the mimicry field to isolate the aura of the energy crystals, otherwise it would definitely attract the covetousness of giant creatures.

Everyone quickly divided the energy crystals.

Shi Jianxia's cubs did the most work during last night's house-stealing operation, so she was allocated the most energy crystals.

After the cubs ate these energy crystals that tasted better, they were quite disgusted with the remaining insect crystals in her space bracelet, but the energy crystals were obviously not enough for so many cubs to consume.

They seemed to have reached some kind of consensus. Three or five of them gathered together and whispered to each other. Before Shi Jianxia assigned them any tasks, they rushed into the depths of the forest.

The cadets are also ready to go and prepare to continue their 'stealing' in another place tonight.

Gongye Jiwang had gone out that morning and returned with some watermelon-sized berries. Seeing everyone had divided up the energy crystals, he pointed at the cut berries and said, "These are the edible berries we found, as recorded in the intelligent computer. I've tested them with instruments, and they're fine. I just tried one, and it tasted great. Would you like to try it?"

Although everyone still has nutrient solution reserves in their space bracelets, no one knows what will happen in the future. This simple and easy-to-carry necessity is worth saving as much as possible. If you encounter danger and need to dive into the sea or encounter other situations where you cannot get food, nutrient solution is a life-saving thing.

Shi Jianxia took a piece and took a bite. It was sweet, crispy and full of juice. He immediately squinted his eyes happily and ate several pieces in one breath.

Baili Xuanyao said with a sigh, "Gongye, you really have everything."

He even brought along equipment for testing food, and didn’t think it was too much trouble.

However, the benefits of carrying everything with you become apparent at this time. You don’t have to worry about what you put in your mouth conflicting with your body.

Gongye Jiwang smiled and took out a rabbit-like creature about one meter long from his space bracelet. Its neck had been cut and it was dead.

Que Zhaoying exclaimed, "Such a big rabbit?"

Bai Qiqi said casually: "The rabbit is so cute, you actually want to eat it?"

Mu Shaoqi saw the bloody hole on the rabbit's head and knew that Gongye Jiwang had dug out the energy crystal inside. He then said, "The rabbit is so cute, I want to eat it! Who among you can cook?"

Finally, the cadets worked together to process the big rabbit. Some cooked it into soup, some roasted it, and finally the rabbit meat was fragrant and tender, more delicious than any food they had ever eaten before.

After eating, everyone felt warm in their stomachs, their bodies were full of strength, and even their mental strength increased a little. They were amazed and thought that it was because the rabbits grew up on a planet full of energy and had transcended the scope of ordinary creatures, so the meat was naturally more delicious.

Mu Shaoqi burped, "If we can stay here for a while, our combat effectiveness will probably improve by leaps and bounds."

The cadets have already experienced the benefits of energy crystals, and now they have eaten rabbit meat that contains energy. In this favorable environment, the speed of improving their mimicry combat level will definitely be faster than in the Federation.

Bai Qiqi rubbed her bloated stomach and said, "Come on, I still want to go back early. If it weren't for Xia Xia's mimicry that monitors the surrounding situation so tightly, how could we sit here and eat so much?"

Que Jinghong, who was always quiet, also said, "Also, I think we shouldn't do too much to steal Zerg energy crystals. Those higher-level Zerg have intelligence. If they realize something is wrong or discover our whereabouts, we'll be in danger."

If the Zerg were a loose group, they could be manipulated at will, but the problem is that they have a king.

This means that the Zerg are not acting independently. If the Zerg that have suffered losses all complain to the king and exchange information with each other, they will find that the "theft incident" is not an accident.

Her words quickly calmed the cadets, who had obtained a large amount of energy crystals and enjoyed a delicious meal.

Jiang Yingdu said, "Let's keep a low profile and carefully investigate the situation, shall we?"

The cadets nodded in unison.

Since the environment here is so favorable, they don't know when they can return to the Federation through the deep-sea trench. It is best not to set fires everywhere to alarm the Zerg, but to hide their tracks and improve their strength.

With the combat capability improved, everything will be easy. There is no need to worry about encountering high-level Zerg and being defeated by them.

Shi Jianxia hurriedly called back the cubs who were preparing to act secretly, to prevent these naughty cubs from turning the forest upside down and causing trouble for everyone.

"By the way, Gongye, have we cracked the intelligent computer chips we brought back yesterday?" Bai Qiqi suddenly asked.

After everyone focused their attention on the 'stealing operation' last night, they stopped caring about the progress of cracking the intelligent brain chip.

Gongye Jiwang replied, "It has been cracked. I took a rough look at the contents. They are all various records and suicide notes."

When talking about the suicide note, he paused before continuing, "They were not sent by the Federation, but by the Higanbana people. Moreover, they did not come here to study the Zerg, but to find people."

While communicating with the kids, Shi Jianxia immediately looked up and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Gongye Jiwang shook his head. "The message they left behind didn't mention who it was, but only used 'she' as a pseudonym. It must be a woman."

"she?"

Shi Jianxia repeated the word in a low voice, and the images of the completely dead experimental subjects floating in the experimental tanks in the secret laboratory in the deep sea emerged uncontrollably in his mind.

Could this 'she' be related to those experimental subjects?

If the original experiment was successful, and the experimental subject accidentally drifted to the Zerg universe, and the doctor knew about this and wanted to bring 'her' back, so he has been sending people to the Zerg universe for many years.

But how did the doctor know for sure that 'she' was still alive? And what role did the secret laboratory buried deep in the sea play in this?