Auckland was awakened by the heat. The scorching sun made his mouth dry and his tongue parched. He slowly sat up and found that the protective suit he was wearing had turned into a pile of rags. However, apart from the soreness, his body did not suffer any serious external injuries.
He remembered the scene before the explosion. He stuffed a person into the escape pod, and then he grabbed the escape pod and ejected. The explosion then occurred. When the raging flames hit his face, Hall's mecha appeared out of nowhere and protected him firmly in front of him.
Hall!
Auckland looked around hastily. All he saw was a Gobi desert stretching for hundreds of miles, a riverbed dry for who knows how many years, and rocky slopes. Nothing but yellow sand and gray earth, not a single trace of green. The sun hung high in the sky, radiating a scorching heat that nearly cooked everyone.
Fortunately, this planet's spiritual energy was incredibly rich, nearly ten times that of the capital planet. Oakland activated his inner energy, gathering it at his feet to protect himself from burns from walking on the fiery ground.
He was going to the top of a dirt slope. He felt that the escape pod and Hall's mecha should be nearby, so he had to go to a higher place to take a look.
He finally reached the top of the slope and, as expected, saw smoke in the distance, indicating a fire. He used the Water Condensation Technique to form a ball of water, drinking from it while quickly running towards the flames.
The black mecha wreckage was scattered all over the ground in the red flames. Auckland anxiously searched through it piece by piece, calling out Hall's name. However, after searching for a long time, he could not find any trace of Hall. He felt empty inside and his eyes were sore and bitter.
"Ouch..." A very weak voice sounded. If it weren't for Auckland's extraordinary five senses, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear such a slight sound.
"Hall?!" Oakland hurried toward the sound. Beneath a mech wreckage, he uncovered a white furry creature. Its fur was now filthy, several burnt black from the flames. Blood streamed from its limbs and abdomen. Given the wreckage of the mech, it was understandable that it was so injured. Because of his severe injuries, Hall instinctively transformed into a beast form, hoping to survive.
Auckland was heartbroken. He carefully put Hall into his arms, held up a steel plate to cover his head, found a depression under the slope, first used a water ball to cool the ground, then put the small ball of fur on the ground, used the steel plate to block the sun for him, and then went to the Gobi Desert to pick up branches.
Although the surrounding area was barren, there were still many rotten branches that had died over the years, as well as some cacti growing on the dry riverbed. Auckland picked up all of these things one by one.
In just half an hour, Auckland's skin was already burning from the scorching sun. Fortunately, he was able to use his spiritual energy to condense water balls, which allowed him to replenish water in time and avoid dehydration from the heat.
While collecting cacti, he spotted the small escape pod that had crashed a few hundred meters away. It had been completely shattered, and a large, dark object lay suspiciously on the side of the road. Auckland cautiously approached and observed it, revealing it to be a black foal. If Auckland hadn't known about the orcs' existence and the connection between the black horse and Quentin's dark skin, he probably wouldn't have gone to treat the animal, but rather to bleed and roast it...
Quentin was also badly injured, with a broken hind leg and a deep wound on his back. When he was lifted up, a pool of dried blood was found on the ground. It was unclear how long he had been bleeding. Apparently, Oakland was the least injured of the three. Oakland knew this was because Hall had shielded him from all danger.
Oakland found a relatively flat steel plate, lifted the foal onto it, and dragged it back. The foal was much larger than Hall's, and Oakland definitely couldn't carry it.
After finally settling a tiger cub and a foal, Auckland began to prepare their temporary residence.
A simple shack was built on the slope using steel plates and branches. Although it couldn't shelter from wind and rain, it was still good for providing shade.
Auckland ran back and forth several times, collecting as much of the mecha's wreckage as possible, as well as a simple supply pack from the escape pod. The supply pack contained six nutrient solutions, two healing potions, and a soothing agent.
Auckland first fed the two wounded soldiers the nutrient solution, and then gave each of them a healing potion. Although it could not completely cure their injuries, it was at least of some help.
Then, he formed a water ball and began to physically cool them both down. The high temperature and blood loss caused both of them to develop a fever. Seeing Hall lying on the ground, barely breathing, and his spiritless appearance, Auckland was heartbroken.
Besides changing the water and cleaning the wound, Auckland devoted himself to cultivation. He left the nutrient solution for the wounded and nibbled a small piece of cactus every day. Although it was bitter, he could still endure it. He was only one step away from the Foundation Establishment stage. Once he broke through, he would be able to abstain from food and not worry about starving to death. As for the next few days, he would just have to endure it for now.
Auckland practiced quietly every day, and the rich spiritual energy around him was constantly attracted to him. The spiritual energy continued to flow through his body along the meridians in his body, widening his meridians while making his qi sea become more and more full.
The dissipated spiritual energy benefited the two wounded men around him. The spiritual energy merged into their blood and bones, improving their physical fitness and recovery from their injuries.
This planet seemed to have no distinction between day and night, with the scorching sun blazing overhead constantly. Auckland had no idea how much time had passed before the nutrient solution ran out, forcing him to travel further afield each day to find food. Their current food source was cactus, which was fine for the foals, but the meat-loving tiger cubs couldn't handle it. In just a few days, they had lost so much weight that they felt like bones.
Although Auckland felt distressed, he had no choice but to work harder to find food. Since there were cacti here, there must be other living things!
He believed that Elaine and the others would not give up, and someone would come to rescue them. During this time, he had to find a way to ensure that they could all survive.
Finally, on the day of Oakland's foundation-building breakthrough, he felt the Qi sea in his Dantian was already full, more than enough to sustain the breakthrough. He began to practice the second level of the Fire Cloud Art and the mantra, compressing the spiritual energy in the Qi sea again and again, condensing it into a liquid state, thus achieving the goal of improving his cultivation.
Auckland compressed all the spiritual energy in his body to the extreme, and finally formed liquid spiritual power, which merged into his internal organs, meridians, blood and flesh drop by drop, thoroughly tempering his muscles and bones, and expelling all impurities from his body.
The liquefaction of spiritual energy not only increases the amount of spiritual energy stored, but also the quality of the Dantian and the Qi Sea. Therefore, once the foundation is established, the cultivator's cultivation will achieve a qualitative leap. When Auckland was still Liu Linchuan, cultivators who established the foundation could already be respectfully addressed as "Senior Brother" within the sect.
Without the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Auckland had to rely entirely on himself to build his foundation. The spiritual energy in his meridians was completely drained, and the internal energy in his Dantian was compressed to the extreme. The pain was unimaginable. By the time the foundation was complete, Auckland looked like he had been fished out of the water, and there were some strange black and smelly things on his body, which was extremely disgusting.
"Awoo awoo..." The furry ball, which had recovered a little bit of spirit, glanced at Auckland with its ice-blue eyes in disgust, waved its paws, and told him to go out and clean up quickly, as he was almost suffocated to death.
Auckland suddenly had evil intentions and stretched out his hands as if to hug Hall, which frightened the fur ball so much that even the hair on his tail stood up.
Oakland laughed and walked out of their temporary resting place. When he reached a deserted place, he cast a spell to condense a huge water ball, which rolled over his body, absorbing all the dirt one by one. Finally, he threw it out at once, and it landed on the hot ground, turning into a puddle of water.
Just as Auckland was about to perform another dust removal spell to make his body cleaner, he suddenly heard some strange noises, as if coming from underground.
Auckland immediately released his spiritual sense to observe the situation underground, and surprisingly, he discovered that it was a bug! A worker bug as big as a human! It was the same ugly bug that had fought against them in the universe before!
Perhaps the planet was too hot, and these insects could not stay on the ground for a long time, so they could only burrow underground and did not notice their arrival.
The water ball condensed by Oakland's spiritual energy and the dirt discharged from his body penetrated into the ground, attracting the insects lurking underground.
what to do?
They were most likely on top of the Zerg's nest, and there were only three of them, two of whom were injured.
What should they do? What can they do?
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