"Xiao Qi, let's make a bold assumption. There was no record of the Zerg consuming elemental crystals in the previous data. Now that they have, and even produced functional Zerg that can purify elemental crystals... does this mean that the Zerg here have evolved?"
"...It's not impossible."
"Look, there are energy fluctuations from the elemental crystals inside the queen's body, which means she can already absorb the energy from the elemental crystals! The average Zerg warrior is at most an S-class mech, and there are very few of them. But the Zerg warrior I'm fighting is so strong that even my SS-class mech is having a hard time defeating it, so its strength is definitely beyond S-class."
"...What do you plan to do?"
"Let's see who the Federation sends first." Yunqi rubbed her head. "These Zerg must be eliminated, otherwise the residents of Planet L will be in danger."
Looking at the gradually brightening sky, he said, "Kill as many as we can now, just to lighten the burden on the Federation."
The Queen was probably scared, so she placed two Zerg warriors at the entrance of the cave to guard it. Every worker Zerg soldier that went in and out would communicate with each other using their antennae.
Yunqi couldn't sneak in this time; she could only stay outside and kill any lone Zerg, determined not to let the worker Zerg collect the elemental crystals back into the cave!
Yunqi piloted her mech to kill a few more mining worker insects, collected the scattered elemental crystals, and teased, "Little Qi, you know what, these worker insects are quite good at mining! If only they could obey commands."
(ー_ー)!! "You're overthinking it, they only listen to the queen insect."
"Isn't this just indulging in a 'wonderful fantasy'?"
Yunqi glanced around again, frowned, and said, "Logically speaking, there should still be a lot of ore here, so why are there fewer and fewer worker insects coming here to mine?"
"You're scared of me now? So you won't come back to mining?"
"That shouldn't be the case. The entire Zerg needs elemental crystals. If worker Zerg don't mine them, what will the Zerg eat?"
"Are they eating the 'stock'?"
"...While it's possible...it's unlikely. I don't believe the Queen would just sit around and wait to run out of resources." Yun Qi thought for a moment, then slapped her forehead. "How could I be so stupid! They say a cunning rabbit has three burrows, the Zerg must have other exits, maybe even other Yuan Crystal mines!"
"Let's go! Xiao Qi, let's go look around and find other Yuanjing Stone mines!" With that, Yun Qi piloted her mecha, ready to set off.
"Qiqi, you should put away your mecha and conserve your strength."
"How long would it take me to run on my own two legs? I don't have any transportation..." Yun Qi complained. It's all because the transportation on the Imperial Star is too convenient. Yun Qi never thought about buying a vehicle.
I should have bought a flying car...
Xiao Qi rolled her eyes: "Isn't there me? I'll grow bigger, you can sit on my back, and I'll take you flying."
Seeing Xiao Qi's enlarged body, Yun Qi jumped onto Xiao Qi's back: "Xiao Qi, you look so cool when you grow up! No wonder you're a divine beast!"
Yunqi was so enamored with the feathers; they were shimmering and felt even better than silk, and she couldn't bear to put them down.
"Hold on tight, I'm about to take off!"
With a flap of its wings, Xiao Qi leaped into the sky and flew steadily at a suitable altitude. Yun Qi opened the personal terminal to collect terrain data, while her eyes searched the ground from time to time.
After flying through all the undeveloped areas, Xiao Qi transmitted the topographic map of the entire L planet to the quantum computer. After circling around, he found several open-air elemental crystal mines, each with a considerable number of worker insects mining.
"These bugs are really clever! They knew I was guarding one of the exits, so they deliberately sent out a worker bug to mine every day, and even put two Zerg warriors at the exit to confuse me! If I hadn't discovered it early, the Zerg would probably have quietly grown stronger again!"
What does Qiqi plan to do?
Looking at the terrain map, Yunqi saw that each mining area was some distance from its respective Zerg entrance. If the Zerg in a mining area were attacked, it would take some time for them to send troops over. Yunqi could use this time to "relocate"!
“Currently, there are a large number of worker worms mining in the three mining areas,” Yunqi pondered for a moment and said, “Xiaoqi, put me down later, I’ll go kill some worker worms. If it attracts soldier worms and Zerg warriors, tell me immediately, and we’ll go to another mining area.”
"Okay, no problem."
"Xiao Qi, you don't need to do anything this time, just put me down."
"OK."
As Xiao Qi approached the ground, Yun Qi leaped down, drew her spirit sword, and attacked the mining insects. She killed each insect with a single strike, wiping out all the insects around her.
Xiao Qi hovered in the air, watching the battle below.
"Kiki, hurry! We can go! Two Zerg warriors are leading a bunch of Zerglings this way!"
"Alright! Let's go right away!" Yun Qi waved her hand, collected the scattered Yuan Crystals into her ring space, and watched Xiao Qi fly towards her. She then jumped onto Xiao Qi's back.
"Let's go! To the next mining area!"
They killed another wave of worker insects and collected elemental crystals. Before the insectoid warriors arrived, Xiao Qi took Yun Qi to the next mining area.
This "feint attack" killed many worker insects and also yielded a lot of elemental crystals.
Xiao Qi and Yun Qi observed from above the burrow. The worker worms, having received the alarm, returned to the burrow. The soldier worms and several Zerg warriors patrolled around the burrow until two hours later, when they confirmed the danger had passed. Then, the worker worms began mining again...
Once there were enough worker Zerg in the mining area, Yunqi went down again to collect another wave of Zerg heads. Before the Zerg warriors arrived, Yunqi went to the next mining area to collect more Zerg heads...
Yunqi's ring already contains quite a few elemental crystals.
The worker insects were all terrified of Yunqi and hid in their burrows, refusing to come out. Yunqi waited for four hours, but they didn't come out, so it seemed they wouldn't.
"Let's go, Xiao Qi, let's go back and rest for a bit."
"Um."
Yunqi drank a vial of nutritional supplement and asked, "Xiaoqi, do you need to eat something?"
"Theoretically, it's okay not to eat, but I want to eat something."
Can you taste the flavor of the food?
"Of course! I'm a divine beast now!!"
"Okay." Yun Qi rummaged through her ring's storage space and took out some potato chips from the modern world. "Want some potato chips?"
Xiao Qi jumped excitedly on Yun Qi's shoulder: "I want to eat! I want to eat! I've been craving this for a long time!"
Xiaoqi's beak was really not suitable for eating large pieces of potato chips, so Yunqi broke the potato chips into small pieces and fed them to Xiaoqi.
Xiao Qi didn't stand on ceremony and ate happily: "Delicious! No wonder humans like it so much!"
"No rush, eat slowly. I have more in my storage space. I'll bring you more next time I go to the modern world!"
"Qiqi is so sweet! I love you so much!" Xiaoqi nuzzled Yunqi affectionately. "I want to eat other snacks too, so I'll pack a lot of each kind!"
Yunqi smiled and said, "Okay."
(Why not use points to buy snacks in the points mall? The answer is to save points. Why spend points to buy snacks when you can get them without spending them?) Having a storage space with a soul-bound connection is great!
After resting, Yunqi and Xiaoqi teamed up again to go to the mining area to kill worker insects using a feint attack.
Every time the Zerg warriors came, Xiao Qi would lead Yun Qi to relocate their position...
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