Just then, several Zerg queens seemed to sense something and scanned the area where Lu Manman was.
In order to avoid attracting the attention of the Zerg Queen and thus triggering an attack by the entire Zerg, Lu Manman could only use her superpower to form a shield in front of herself.
After the mutated tiger pounced on Lu Manman, it showed no malice, only licking her repeatedly.
The Zerg queens, seeing that it was a mischievous mutated beast, didn't take it seriously.
The road ahead is long: ...
Whether it was her imagination or not, she seemed to be able to see something like joy in those round tiger eyes.
As Lu Manman was thinking about how to stop it, the mutated tiger got off her and gently bit her clothes, pulling her towards a certain place, seemingly trying to take her somewhere.
Lu Manman found it strange. Seeing that the Zerg Queen wasn't paying attention to them, she obediently followed the mutated tiger.
The man and the tiger circled around for an unknown amount of time before finally stopping in one place.
There were fragments scattered everywhere, seemingly from a mecha.
Lu Manman looked at it carefully. It was black and gold, and it looked very familiar. This... was Qi Xiuyuan's mecha!
Lu Manman opened her eyes slightly, quickly removed the leaves used for camouflage in front of her, and carefully observed her surroundings.
The surrounding plants were leaning and crooked, and there were many scorched marks over a considerable area. There was also insect blood on the ground, as well as some red blood belonging to humans. Clearly, there had been a fierce battle here.
Looking at the shattered mechs scattered on the ground, Lu Manman was somewhat incredulous. Could it be that Qi Xiuyuan also found his way here, and then... died?!
No way, no way! He was the empire's strongest fighter besides her, and a very good marshal. Did he really die here all by himself?
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Manman felt a sadness unconsciously welling up in her heart.
Regardless of her relationship with Qi Xiuyuan, in her heart Qi Xiuyuan has always been a great and righteous marshal who is devoted to the army, the empire, and humanity.
It would be truly heartbreaking to see such a person perish here alone.
The mutated tiger seemed to understand Lu Manman's sadness, and anxiously circled around her again and again.
This action successfully caught Lu Manman's attention. She didn't expect the mutated tiger to be so intelligent. Lu Manman patted its back, and the mutated tiger immediately stopped.
They were digging at something on the ground.
Could there be something underground?! Thinking that there might be a clue, Lu Manman immediately took out a shovel from her spatial storage and started digging with the mutated tiger.
Lu Manman moved swiftly, and soon dug a large pit, piling up soil on both sides that almost covered the mutated tiger.
Looking at the pit in front of her, which was even deeper than herself, Lu Manman was unsure whether she should continue digging.
Looking at the mutated tiger with a questioning gaze, he whispered, "What's in there?"
The mutated tiger's enormous head began to shake.
Lu Manman's eyes widened in surprise. "You can't possibly understand what I'm saying, can you?"
The mutated tiger nodded.
Holy crap! This mutant tiger is something else!
Lu Manman, as if discovering a new continent, quickly climbed out of the pit.
Looking intently at the docile, almost adorable, mutated tiger in front of him, he asked, "You can actually understand me? What were you rummaging around on the ground for just now? Was there something in the dirt?"
The mutated tiger shook its head: No, I didn't!
"Um, okay, maybe this question is too complicated for you to answer. So let me ask you, is Qi Xiuyuan really dead?" Afraid that the mutated tiger wouldn't know who Qi Xiuyuan was, Lu Manman pointed to the mecha fragments on the ground and added, "He was the owner of this mecha."
The mutated tiger shook its head.
Lu Manman was a little unsure, "Does he not know, or is he not dead?"
The mutated tiger was still shaking its head.
Lu Manman thought for a moment and then said, "Tiger, here's what we'll do: if you don't know, shake your head twice; if you're not dead, shake your head... twenty times!"
Mutant Tiger: ...
Although they didn't understand, they still obediently shook their heads.
"One, two, three... twenty, he's not dead!" Lu Manman breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great! That's great! I knew he wouldn't die so easily."
Lu Manman continued, "But your Tiger is really something else, he can even count."
Lu Manman was now completely convinced that it could understand human speech, and then asked, "Do you know where he is?"
After shaking his head twenty times, the mutated tiger felt a little dizzy, but he still tried his best to control the urge to shake his head and nodded heavily.
Lu Manman's eyes lit up. "Where is he?"
This time, the mutated tiger neither nodded nor shook its head, and started digging at the ground again.
"What? Is he still buried in the ground?" Thinking that there might be a living Qi Xiuyuan buried alive underground, Lu Manman didn't dare to delay and quickly took out the shovel again and started digging at a very fast speed.
The mutated tiger stared wide-eyed at the long road ahead, which was practically about to produce sparks as it swung its arm.
Lu Manman dug and dug in the vast forest, but as he dug, he realized something was wrong.
Could a person really live in such deep soil? Lu Manman raised his head and looked at the pit, which was deeper than twice his own height.
Perhaps... I misunderstood.
Lu Manman immediately put away her shovel and climbed up, only to see the mutated tiger scratching at the ground not far away. Sure enough... she had misunderstood it.
Scratching the ground may simply be an animal's instinct, a way to sharpen its claws.
Lu Manman leaned closer to the mutated tiger, wanting to ask it more, but the mutated tiger suddenly turned its head and looked at Lu Manman with a cautious and wary gaze.
The beast's alertness appears somewhat ferocious.
Lu Manman stopped in her tracks, somewhat puzzled. The mutated tiger, which had been so kind and adorable just moments before, had suddenly become so fierce.
Seeing that Lu Manman had stopped, the mutated tiger then took off and started digging at the ground.
Lu Manman was a little curious, so she took a few more steps forward.
The mutated tiger's ears twitched slightly, and it immediately turned its head back in a fierce tiger-like manner.
Lu Manman: ...Okay, she stopped moving.
The mutated tiger seemed quite satisfied with Lu Manman's understanding and continued to paw at the ground.
Lu Manman moved again, and it turned back again. After several attempts, Lu Manman realized that it was really afraid of being approached.
So she simply found a rock to sit on, took out some dried mango and ate it while looking at it, wanting to see what she could find out from it.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but Lu Manman's eyelids were almost drooping when the mutated tiger came over again, tugging at Lu Manman's clothes with its mouth and gently pulling her towards it.
It's here! Lu Manman instantly snapped out of her daze, her curiosity reaching its peak against her will.
He quickly walked past the mutated tiger and headed straight for where it was scratching.
The mutated tiger suddenly leaped up and landed sprawled out in front of Lu Manman.
The road ahead is long: ...
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