After being abandoned here by Terry, the original owner also came to this cave, just like me. This is the signal base for communication with the Alliance. There is a passage inside that connects to the communication station above. The original owner once tried to contact the outside world through this place, but unfortunately the communication station was destroyed by the Zerg. The original owner was discovered by the Zerg while repairing the signal and fought to the very end before falling down unwillingly.
Shi Lan was incredibly lucky this time, managing to stumble upon a place that is currently considered relatively safe.
She knew that her current skills were not even half of what the original owner had been capable of, so she had no intention of getting off the mostly damaged aircraft. She planned to practice her body-refining technique here first, and ideally, temper her skin, muscles, and bones to their best. Once she reached the early stage of the Gathering Whirlwind technique in the martial arts world, she would be able to deal with those monsters outside that seemed to have taken growth hormones.
Fortunately, the original owner had brought a lot of nutrients when she came over, out of caution, which solved the biggest problem Shi Lan was currently facing.
After tentatively shutting off the aircraft's power, Shi Lan opened the window a crack to ensure air circulation. She then moved her seat back, cleared away the surrounding objects, and slowly stretched her body in this space of less than two meters, trying to make every movement precise. Never before had her muscles been stretched so much that they creaked and groaned. The intense pain caused Shi Lan, who was used to pain, to break out in a cold sweat.
Two hours later, Shi Lan slumped in a chair, panting, and bit open a vial of nutrients, slurping it down.
This nutrient solution tasted like rice flour paste, completely bland. If it weren't for the fact that she had just finished training and her body desperately needed to replenish its energy, she probably would have vomited it up the moment she ate it.
Gritting her teeth, Shi Lan finished drinking the beverage, tossed aside the empty skin, patted her stomach, and began body tempering again.
Pressure truly drives motivation. Shi Lan felt she had never been this diligent since she started doing missions. Compared to the last world, where she never practiced physical skills again after completing a mission, she had completely made up for it this time.
With each training session, the nutritional supplements were dwindling, and finally, when only two supplements remained, she stopped exercising.
Surrounded by surging power, Shi Lan could feel that her body was in the best possible condition at this stage. She took out the laser knife that had been set aside and prepared to go out and find a way out, just like the original owner of the body.
After disembarking from the aircraft, it was still very dark around her. In the distance, she could hear the rustling sound of claws crawling across the ground. Shi Lan knew that the passage that the original owner had once walked through was probably already occupied by the insectoid race. Her only way out now was to force her way out from the outside.
Shi Lan tightened her grip on the sharp laser blade in her hand and cautiously moved towards the direction she had come from.
After dodging two groups of insectoids that rustled past, and walking for another ten minutes or so, a bright light shone in. Shi Lan was delighted; that must be the entrance she had come from.
After passing the cave entrance, a few steps away was a Zerg creature twice the size of Shi Lan. Beside it were several smaller Zerg creatures, each only about a meter long. The larger one extended its two forelimbs covered with sharp spines and hovered in mid-air. A bird, unaware of what was happening, flew by. The Zerg creature simply waved its forelimbs and sliced the bird in half. The smaller Zerg creatures below excitedly waved their forelimbs and quickly devoured the bird.
Shi Lan felt a chill run down her spine. What a vivid lesson this was! It showed that the intelligence of the Zerg was not as low as the original owner had thought. What she had once thought was instinctive killing might just be a misconception caused by people's lack of understanding of the truth.
Shi Lan looked around warily. Apart from the one large and three small insectoids, there were no other insectoids there.
Shi Lan gripped the laser knife tightly, trying her best to slow down and move as quietly as possible to approach them.
She has obvious human features, so it won't be easy for her to get through the insectoid encirclement. She plans to kill these insectoids, use their wings and forelimbs to disguise herself as an insectoid, and use this to get through the blocked security line to the top communication station.
The large insect moved its antennae, seemingly communicating with the smaller ones. Taking advantage of its lowered head, Shi Lan rushed forward and suddenly lifted itself up from the ground, directly attacking the second thinnest part of its body, the junction connecting its abdomen and forelimbs.
The Zerg seemed to sense something was wrong, and strangely twisted its head 180 degrees, its large forelimbs swinging as it reached for Shi Lan's head.
Shi Lan slashed fiercely into its body, and at the same time, with her own weight, she tilted to the side along the force of the laser blade. When the blade was stuck in the center of the intersection, she pressed down hard, and the huge insectoid only had time to let out a hiss before crashing down, and a stream of brown juice spurted out from the broken end.
Seeing that the larger one had fallen, the three smaller Zerg swung their forelimbs at Shi Lan. Shi Lan didn't take them seriously at all, and easily dealt with them one by one with a slash.
After cutting off the wings from the smaller ones and the forelimbs from the larger ones, Shi Lan tied them to herself and tentatively swung them around a couple of times. Although the forelimbs were a bit heavy, the blades were sharp. Perhaps because she was used to cold weapons, she found the forelimbs of the Zerg much more convenient than the laser sword that emitted blue light.
It was midday, and Shi Lan squinted at the sun.
In the original owner's memory, the Zerg's defenses were weakest when the sun was at its strongest. Their eyes seemed unable to withstand strong light, and at this time they would hide in dark places and wait for the sun to set.
This is probably one of their few weaknesses.
Shi Lan carefully stepped over a dilapidated wall and came to a pitted and uneven open space.
Shi Lan looked at the scene in astonishment. In her memory, this place was full of lush trees. How long has it been? How come there are no tree roots left?
Two hundred meters away, there was a lonely three-story building. Most of the windows on the top floor were broken, and some broken glass shards reflected a dazzling light in the sunlight.
Shi Lan glanced away from the blinding light and walked cautiously along the wall. She could hear occasional sparse sounds, and each time she stopped and stood still until the sounds faded into the distance.
After walking intermittently for two hours, Shi Lan finally reached the edge of the small building. In the shadows fifty meters away, three tall insectoid creatures lay there, seemingly dozing.
Shi Lan frowned, pondered for a moment, and then decided to force her way in.
Zerg communicate with each other mostly through hissing and contact with their antennae. When she came over, she made sure there were no Zerg left on her side, and these three were sleeping. If she had moved quickly and quietly enough, they wouldn't have had time to notify their other companions.
Shi Lan had made up her mind. Gripping her spiked forelimbs, she walked towards the nearest, somewhat plump, insectoid creature. (To be continued.)
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