LWGP - Chapter 224
Chapter 224: Saling
Logically speaking, if she suspected the other party had discovered her, even if she couldn't be certain, Wang Jiu's personality would lead her to prepare for a counter-kill. She should have immediately used resources to restore some of her strength, but this time, Wang Jiu didn't. There were three reasons.
1. She couldn't currently see the average attributes of this armored expert, which meant he had likely surpassed the 100,000 average attribute threshold. The gap between them was too large. After being buffed by the Order Book, her Demon's Eye had reached a level where it could discern targets with up to 100,000 average attributes, but anything beyond that was impossible. The opponent's armor and immunity were too strong, resulting in a direct "miss."
2. An expert with 100,000 average attributes probably hadn't directly detected her presence just now. Otherwise, he would have come straight over to capture her instead of waiting in place for a few seconds and taking out a device. It was an energy-testing device. Wang Jiu had seen it in the Goblin Shop—an energy tester worth 250,000 points, abbreviated as TC-012. A mature, large fleet, even after finding imprisoned survivors, wouldn't let down its guard. So, were they detecting energy bodies to guard against hidden enemies? In that case, her internal energy was almost depleted right now. The TC-012 wasn't top-tier and could only measure energy; it probably couldn't directly perceive her power level. But once she used resources to gain energy, it would immediately detect it, and this expert would kill her on the spot.
3. Combining the two points above, if she couldn't absorb resources, instantly kill this expert, and escape the entire fleet's attack in a single moment, then she couldn't absorb any resources. And not absorbing them meant she had to pretend to be a female survivor—a female prisoner. Fortunately, this fleet had deliberately avoided harming the female prisoners below while killing the Sand Worms. Their mission parameters likely prevented them from easily killing them.
After these three points ran through her mind, Wang Jiu decided to forgo recovery. She huddled among the female prisoners, feigning a state of weakness. Secretly, however, she had the Book of Immortality repair the surface wounds caused by the fear thorns, lest the experts notice. She only left the wounds caused by the sandstorm and the Sand Worms.
The expert's energy detector swept over all one thousand-plus female prisoners and found no suspicious targets. He reported the results to the fleet above. A while later, people dispatched from the fleet came down and took the female prisoners away. Wang Jiu, being in the physically incapacitated category, was placed directly onto an auto-levitating metal stretcher and sent to the ground, then loaded into the rear cabin of an auxiliary spaceship...
Oh, not the main ship?
This was a good thing.
Wang Jiu had already begun to assess the level of force within the small auxiliary spaceship. Once she recovered, perhaps she could seize control and hijack this vessel?
On the main ship, the expert from before had already returned and reported the situation to his superior.
Oh, an expert of this caliber actually had a superior?
"Your Highness, the D-08 Eastern Thorn Sand Worm area has been cleared. We have rescued 1,008 female prisoners of various races. Among them, 130 have been implanted with Sand Worm embryos. The logistics processing mechanism has been activated. Shall we proceed toward the Sand Worm mother nest in the central D-08 region?"
The focus of the expert's question was the mother nest, but his superior, this "Highness," reacted subconsciously, "Embryos? Sand Worms put embryos in the bellies of females from other races? I've only ever seen that in tutorials. These disgusting bugs!"
The expert bowed his head. "Different races naturally have different instincts. The Zerg Race is certainly terrifying, but they are slaves to their instincts and can never create a higher civilization."
Frenzied reproduction was the nature of the Zerg Race and the source of their terror, but the human race should forever despise and resist their invasions.
"I've never seen it before. I want to go take a look."
"Your Highness, that place is filthy. How could someone as noble as you go there personally?"
The expert spoke up to stop him. His Highness paused, looking at him thoughtfully. The expert lowered his head and said, "Most of these female prisoners are of low status from various races. If they were to see Your Highness, they would likely become dependent on you. That would not be a good thing for them. It would be better to let the logistics department arrange for them later."
"Is that so." His Highness frowned. After a moment of thought, he started walking back and asked casually, "Then how will the female prisoners implanted with embryos be dealt with?"
The expert: "Executed."
In the auxiliary spaceship, the female prisoners were settled in, but soon a medical team and a guard team entered. These were all players. Wang Jiu wondered, since these female prisoners were also players, why couldn't they escape?
She soon found out why.
A few doctors and nurses were treating the injured, but they were also picking out some pregnant female prisoners. As they did so, many of the prisoners showed fear and resistance. The pregnant ones screamed in terror but were quickly taken away by force by the guard team.
Oh, no wonder a guard team was needed.
That prison was a special Sand Worm race item. The female prisoners' average attributes were very low—some in the hundreds, some in the thousands—making escape impossible. But now that they were free, couldn't the pregnant women commit suicide to get rid of the Sand Worm embryos in their bellies?
That must mean this state of pregnancy couldn't be undone, just like being poisoned?
The Third Spacetime where Wang Jiu was from had been active for too short a time. She had never experienced anything like this before. Coupled with her cautious decision to not use her Demon's Eye, she mostly observed and pondered the situation.
However, the power level of this Fourth Spacetime was much higher than she had anticipated, and the races were more diverse. She could even see a few beast-kin females, who were clearly a level higher in genetic evolution than the races on Earth.
And the average attributes of these doctors were all over five thousand.
They were just medical logistics personnel. Looking at the guard team, the lowest-ranked military force in the fleet's combat system, their average attributes were basically over ten thousand.
Then what about the real combat units?
Wang Jiu lowered her eyes, thinking that the greatest difficulty in finding the Bloodthirsty Beast that had devoured the Old Lady would probably be the players of this world.
An interstellar level... The main combat resource must be mechas, right?
Just as Wang Jiu's mind was filled with thoughts like "kill people, seize the spaceship, and steal the mecha," a female doctor with delicate features came over. She checked the female prisoners one by one, determining if they were pregnant and assessing their injuries... When it was Wang Jiu's turn, the woman reached out. Just as she had with the previous prisoners, she disdainfully poked Wang Jiu's abdomen with a finger through her clothes, releasing a halo of light. After a moment, she made a direct judgment: "Heavily injured. Active life force within the body. Should be in the fertilization period."
Wang Jiu: "???"
Who's in their fertilization period?
I just praised how awesome your world's standards were, and you send me a quack doctor.
System: "Hahaha!!"
The guard captain heard the female doctor's words and asked, "With the other pregnant prisoners?"
The female doctor looked delicate, but she was quite familiar and "experienced." She glanced at him. "This is His Highness's fleet. If a subject suspected of carrying a Sand Worm embryo gets away and endangers the fleet, endangering His Highness's safety, who will take responsibility?"
The guard captain nodded, produced a metal stretcher from his palm, and sent her out directly.
The other female prisoners watched their "fallen from the sky" companion being taken away. A few were worried and wanted to say that Wang Jiu was just an unlucky outsider, but in the end, they said nothing. Most were simply numb, as their own futures were uncertain.
"It's probably the healing ability of the Art of Immortality mimicking the vital signs of life force, causing that rookie to misjudge."
As a doctor herself, Wang Jiu understood that she had become a victim of medical malpractice.
System: "It seems these pregnant ones are supposed to be eliminated. You know, like in that movie Alien from your Earth. They definitely can't be kept alive. Are you considering taking out this guard team right now, stealing the ship, and making a run for it?"
Even though she hadn't absorbed any resources yet, restoring just a bit of Spirit Power would be enough to take out this group of guards.
"Are you afraid I won't die fast enough? The moment I seize this ship and try to fly away, the main ship will send a few nuclear-grade shells my way."
She had just overheard it; this seemed to be some prince's fleet. The main ship was definitely full of experts, not to mention the main ship's own offensive power.
This was too difficult. Even being sent to a Nightmare Dungeon would be better than this crappy place.
While Wang Jiu was contemplating how to escape, she arrived in the cabin where the "pregnant women" were being held. These women were crying and begging for their lives, hoping not to be killed. It was clear that in their minds, once implanted with a Sand Worm embryo, death was certain.
Amidst the bleakness, Wang Jiu, the "unconscious" fertilized subject, seemed much more peaceful.
The guard team was harsh. After a sharp reprimand, the female prisoners quieted down, but they all began to weep softly. Some of the pregnant women had already been anesthetized by a few doctors, ready to be disposed of.
Just as Wang Jiu was about to be injected with an anesthetic...
The guard captain suddenly stopped them. "Stop."
His words saved their lives. Wang Jiu also halted her preparations to start killing.
"His Highness has given an order. Have these pregnant women sent to the main ship to prepare for abortions. His Highness's personal medical team is ready."
The doctors present were somewhat surprised. "This? Why would His Highness do this? Sand Worm embryos are very difficult to abort. If we want to save the pregnant women's lives, it will require a considerable amount of medical resources. Although His Highness is of noble status and doesn't care about these resources, there's really no need to do this for these low-class female prisoners..."
"It's His Highness's order. If you have an objection, you can take it up with His Highness, or perhaps with Lord Saling?"
Saling was the medical officer of the main ship's medical team. She held a high status and had only deigned to accompany them this time to protect His Highness. Of course, the doctors under her command wouldn't dare to question it.
So, the small auxiliary ship flew up and docked with the main ship's corridor, sending the pregnant women inside...
After so many twists and turns, she had ended up in the one place she wanted to avoid most.
Wang Jiu felt like she was jinxed in this Fourth Spacetime. What was with this Highness? Was he some kind of saint?
She didn't know if he was a saint, but he was definitely a pervert.
"Baths! Give them baths! His Highness is coming over later. He's a germaphobe. Being too dirty or ugly will put His Highness in a bad mood."
"That one, the dirtiest one. She's covered in sand, like she's coated in breadcrumbs."
"How strange. The Sand Worms like sand themselves, so they coat the embryo hosts in sand too?"
"Rinse her off and then send her to Lord Saling."
Breadcrumb Lao Wang was sent into a pool on her levitating stretcher and given a 360-degree rinse. Maintaining her "unconscious" state, she was immediately sent to a medical room to await the arrival of a certain noble, germaphobic Highness who was coming to "broaden his horizons."
System: "I can already feel your stirring heart of slaughter."
System: "The time has come to test your temper, my Lord Lao Wang. Whatever you do, don't make a move. There are at least five experts with over 100,000 average attributes on this ship. And His Highness is just too noble."
System: "Hahahahaha!"
Wang Jiu: "..."
A tiger on the plains gets bullied by dogs. Endure the hardship, don't show off.
She would endure.
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