Chapter 112 Treated as a Beast
With the starship under continuous attack, Zhou Jiu learned about the latest situation of the Crimson Moon Star Pirates from Qi Qi, who was out running around.
Zhou Jiu gripped the "Mysterious Maiden" around his neck, ready to escape if the starship were destroyed.
As Zhou Jiu secretly calculated the retreat route of the Crimson Moon Star Bandits, a glint suddenly flashed in his eyes. So this was the opportune moment they had been talking about.
Zhou Jiu brought Qi Qi with him and looked out the window at the star trails.
"Commander, this is bad! They came prepared, and their starships are far more equipped than ours."
"Keep pushing forward and break out of the encirclement."
"Commander, if we go any further, we'll reach the Ancient Blue Star region."
After a long time, Zhou Jiu felt an even greater tremor. The entire starship was falling rapidly downwards in free fall. Zhou Jiu's hand just barely grasped the spatial button on his neck. He quickly pulled it off and opened the spatial button. As the starship disintegrated in the air, he quickly crawled into the "Mysterious Maiden".
Even though the recoil force inside the mech reduced the pressure, the impact of the massive gravity as it crashed to the ground still made Zhou Jiu, who was inside the mech, feel quite uncomfortable.
Zhou Jiu landed on the ground in a daze, feeling the powerful spiritual energy probing from all around. He quickly put away Xuan Nu, with Qi Qi on his head, and moved little by little in the corner of the starship wreckage.
Suddenly, a series of rolling sounds came from the ground. Zhou Jiu silently turned his back and hid in the wreckage, using his mental power to draw runes to conceal himself.
As Zhou Jiu watched the enormous creature gradually shrink and then transform into a human-sized beast, his spiritual power materialized, and Zhou Jiu's pupils constricted.
The ability to change its size at will and overcome the constraints of its physical form through mental power—have the alien beasts of Ancient Blue Star evolved to this extent? Zhou Jiu was horrified. She needed to quickly inform the arriving Federation army of this news.
Zhou Jiu carefully concealed his aura, leaning back cautiously, watching through a small gap as the beast devoured the remaining half-dead man bit by bit, then gently tossed aside the remains that were pinning him down with a claw.
Zhou Jiu knew that the place she was hiding in was not safe, so he carefully moved from the side and retreated towards the outer edge of the starship.
With a loud crash, the large slab of the starship wreckage in front of Zhou Jiu was blown away, exposing her to the group. The alien beast stared intently at her, while Zhou Jiu warily glanced at the alien beasts around her. She stood quietly in place, her hand on the mecha's spatial control button, ready to act immediately if the other side made a move.
"Your mental energy is failing you, you little brat?"
Zhou Jiu stared in surprise at the beast's face. How could she understand the beast's words? No, these weren't spoken words; they were mental powers, just like her conversations with Qi Qi sometimes.
"It has even transformed into a human-like form. Guards, guards, send this underdeveloped brat to primary school. This brat can't speak."
Zhou Jiu remembered that Qi Qi was sitting on her neck at this moment. Perhaps this was why the other party mistook her for one of their own kind. Zhou Jiu took Qi Qi's hand and patted it gently, signaling Qi Qi not to move. She watched without saying a word as another strange beast came. This strange beast was the one she knew. It was a strange beast of about level six, of unknown species.
Zhou Jiu remained silent and followed the Level 6 guards in front of him, keeping his outer perimeter enveloped in mental energy to avoid being discovered.
They had traveled halfway and were already far away from that powerful, shape-shifting beast with immense mental strength.
Feeling his mental energy was greatly depleted, Zhou Jiu pondered the mental energy trajectory of the strange beast he had encountered, and an idea came to him.
Zhou Jiu tentatively tried to simulate the mental energy patterns of the strange beasts he had seen before using his mental energy. He kept sketching out the drafts in his mind and making revisions until he finally figured out a mental energy pattern similar to that of the strange beast.
Zhou Jiu gently tapped Qi Qi's hand, and Qi Qi instantly understood Zhou Jiu's meaning. She tacitly used her mental power to envelop Zhou Jiu, achieving the effect of disguise. Sure enough, the beasts did not reject Qi Qi's mental power. Although there were differences, they were essentially no different from the beasts on the exile island of the desolate star. They identified whether they were of the same kind by their mental power.
Zhou Jiu manipulated his mental energy with his fingers, combining the mental energy patterns and runes he had discovered to draw a rune for himself. The moment he attached it to his body, a layer of mental energy protection, similar to that of the strange beast, wrapped around Zhou Jiu's body like a mesh.
After completing this, Zhou Jiu signaled Qi Qi to withdraw the external mental energy, gripped the spatial button with one hand, and kept his eyes fixed on the beast at the front, waiting to counterattack immediately if the beast noticed anything amiss.
The other party continued to lead the way without moving an inch. Zhou Jiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. It was good that it was useful; otherwise, in this world filled with strange beasts, Zhou Jiu couldn't guarantee that he would be safe and sound.
The atmosphere was tense, and Zhou Jiu didn't have a chance to properly look around at this familiar yet unfamiliar place. After observing for a long time and finding that the method was indeed effective, Zhou Jiu began to look around.
Ancient Blue Star has changed. All the cities have been submerged, turning into a series of uneven caves. As far as the eye can see, there are no tall buildings. Instead, there are sand, mud, and huge garbage dumps made of metal.
No one was there. As they continued walking, Zhou Jiu's gaze gradually dimmed.
But soon, Zhou Jiu told herself to trust in humanity's survival skills. She had only half-learned these things that had been passed down for thousands of years and was still considered one of the same kind of beasts. There were so many Xuan Masters left behind on the ancient Blue Star who were more powerful than her. They must still be alive.
The level six guardian beast transported Zhou Jiu to a sand nest about five meters high, pounded the sand nest with force, and then turned and left.
Zhou Jiu looked at the sand nest in front of him. The physical strength of a level six alien beast could break through the mecha's protective shield. The force of the hammer blow just now was so great that it only caused a little sand to be blown out of the surrounding area of this simple sand nest that was almost everywhere.
Zhou Jiu's expression grew increasingly somber. This was a battle with no future in sight, and she felt waves of despair wash over her. She couldn't let the Federation's army die. She suddenly lost faith in the future of humanity on Ancient Blue Star.
"What are you standing there for? Come and report for duty. Today is the exam, a good opportunity for you to see how good you are. As an immature young beast, the outside world is full of danger and death. Don't run around outside until you officially graduate, understand?"
Zhou Jiu stared at the transparent bubble of mental energy in front of him, then looked curiously at the person who had spoken. Danger and death?
Even such powerful beasts have something they fear. What exactly is their natural enemy?
Zhou Jiu followed the force pulling her forward.
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