The hidden little children not only had dark little faces but also dirty little hands. The water source here was hard to find, and even if they happened to find a bit of water, they had to wash the food first before consuming it.
Even though the food got dirty again after being washed, there was a sense of ceremony in cleaning what was about to be eaten.
Apart from initially washing the food, by the time the two little children started eating, what went into their mouths wasn’t clean at all.
When they hid, they always find various remote and narrow places to crawl around, so their hands and faces were always dirty.
Eating with dirty hands, how could it possibly be clean?
“Not clean, but eating it won’t make you sick.”
The little rascals tear off a piece of Zerg meat and feed it to Lele, who has his mouth open: “This is what Uncle Duobi told me.”
Previously, when they lived on the barren planet, Dad had to work during the day to support the little child, so during the day, the little child had to follow other adults around.
On the barren planet, the adults had experienced raising the little child, and each person had their unique approach. When raising the little child, they all made a point to impart various life skills to him.
Making fire, roasting food, what wild vegetables were edible, wahat mushrooms could be eaten. Drinking dirty water was not allowed, but morning dew was okay to drink.
Before he knew it, the little child had already learned a lot of things.
It’s just that although the little child learned these things, Zhan Xi never let him live alone, nor did he let him survive in the wilderness. Therefore, even Zhan Xi didn’t know that he still had these life skills.
In front of Zhan Xi, the little child didn’t need to suffer. His clothes were given by Zhan Xi, and his meals were cooked by Ling Qi. He just needed to be a spoiled little child.
Despite having had a fever, falling ill, being fed many unpleasant things, and even missing baths while under Dad Ningning’s care, miraculously, Lele, though a bit thinner, improved in overall health.
“Lele, one more bite.”
“Mm!”
The two little children sat on the ground, continuing to eat Zerg meat.
“This Zerg is almost gone. We’ll catch another one later.”
“Okay, Lele, you lure the Zergs out.”
The little children were now very skilled at catching Zergs. They first find a low-level Zerg that was alone, then let Lele, the little Zerg king, appear, lure the low-level Zerg over, and then the little child secretly kill the Zerg.
The two little children cooperated tacitly, and now they no longer had to eat poisonous mushrooms.
The little children continued their meal. After finishing, they heard the Zergs outside crawling densely. Instead of going out, they huddled together and closed their eyes to sleep.
Time passed slowly.
The little child held Lele in his arms, taking a quick nap. In the daytime, the Zergs weren’t very active, unlike during the night.
At night, the little child had to keep watch and couldn’t sleep anymore.
The clamor outside continued.
On the spaceship high above, Caesar’s face was icy as he listened to the latest report from the general in front of him.
“There’s still another barrier inside... According to current speculation, it’s a defense system left over from the ancient Earth period, and as of today, the defense system is still operational.”
Their shells were the most powerful interstellar shells. Bombarding a city with such shells was enough to level it to the ground.
But never would they have imagined that these powerful shells couldn’t break through the ancient Earth system.
No wonder, even though so much time had passed since the ancient Earth period, there were still countless scholars researching everything about it.
“Now, is there any way to force entry?”
After Caesar asked this question, the general in front of him remained silent.
After a while, the general shook his head.
Just as Caesar’s face grew colder, the King, who should have been on the Sixth Planet, walked up behind him.
“Caesar, come here.”
With Raphael’s arrival, An Nuo naturally accompanied him.
The incident at the Winter Camp had originally been kept under wraps. Raphael was still hesitating whether to tell An Nuo, but before he could make up his mind, An Nuo, who hadn’t received any messages from the little child in the family group chat, sensed that something was wrong.
An Nuo, who sensed that something was wrong, insisted on accompanying him to see the little child.
At this moment, An Nuo was on the spaceship, keeping company with Ling Qi.
Learning that their little child had ended up in the Zerg nest, An Nuo’s mood could be imagined. If his health weren’t a bit stronger now than before, he probably wouldn’t be able to withstand such a blow.
“Aunt.”
Huo Lin turned around, his face tense, and called out to Raphael. He always followed the little child’s lead in calling people.
Raphael rubbed his head and handed him a small, delicate white object.
“This is a good thing just developed by the Sixth Planet, and as the young prince of the empire, theoretically, I shouldn’t be showing you this.”
“But why did you have to call me ‘aunt’ again?”
After saying the last sentence, Raphael softly explained to him how to use the white object: “When using this, be steady; it has a strong impact, so be careful not to drop it.”
“The defense system of ancient Earth doesn’t need to be completely destroyed. Breaking a small part is enough. Since there are Zergs inside, we can talk to them first.”
In this ancient Earth site, besides their child, there were other children and teachers inside.
The fate of the humans inside could not be directly determined. Therefore, negotiations and communication were necessary alongside the strong attack.
Raphael, with a military background, had Caesar forcefully break open a fist-sized hole in the defense system using the gadget he provided. Then he had someone bring the most advanced megaphone, sat behind the hole, and started talking to the Zergs inside.
Even before Wester’s artillery attack, Barry had already used the other Zergs to scout and understand the situation.
Barry was an advanced Zerg, capable of shifting to a human-like form. After understanding the situation, he had a confidential discussion with the Zerg queen.
“Our position has been exposed. If these humans disclose our location to others, we might not have peace here. Perhaps we’ll need to relocate.”
Upon hearing this, the Zerg queen roared in refusal.
Barry understood her meaning and immediately reassured her, “I know you don’t want to leave here. I will go and talk to them. What they want is those humans.”
“I will return the humans to them and ensure they don’t disturb us. How does that sound?”
This time, the Zerg queen’s voice finally softened.
The era of ancient Earth had ended, and the number of sites related to ancient Earth was decreasing. This was the last homeland for their Zerg tribe, containing something they could not let go of.
They were not afraid of external artillery, and the human holding the megaphone and using both soft and hard tactics did not scare them at all.
Their homeland had more than just a defense system.
They were not lacking in weaponry.
However, engaging in battle would damage their homeland, so they currently had no intention of starting a war.
After finalizing the discussion with the Zerg queen, Barry instructed the Zergs under him to move several carefully arranged cocoons out.
Inside the cocoons, there was still the sound of a heartbeat.
Barry had the Zergs carry the cocoons, responding for the first time to the man’s words.
