Sheng Jiu smiled gratefully at Xie Yi's enthusiasm.
After Ares finished speaking, he and Yuan You devised a simple training plan.
Xie Yi was somewhat disappointed to hear that he wasn't involved.
However, since they had been staying here all day, facing either Zerg or mutated plants, he was still very happy to finally meet a human.
Xie Yi quickly adjusted his mindset. After Ares finalized the plan, he briefly explained it to Sheng Jiu.
"Considering you haven't had any high intensity training before, let's start with running to build a foundation, and then we can work on increasing intensity and endurance."
"I'll form a circle with my teammates in a bit, just for your safety, and I hope you won't feel too much pressure."
"Let's run 1,000 meters first to see how well you adapt, and then we'll decide on the rest."
...
After Ares finished speaking, he looked at Sheng Jiu: "What do you think of this plan?"
Sheng Jiu didn't understand these things, but thinking that the other party was a commander, he should be very professional. With a plan like this, he probably wouldn't have needed to do it personally before, right?
Thinking of this, Sheng Jiu nodded: "We can try it."
After the plan was discussed, everyone took action.
Ares and his teammates immediately surrounded the area, forming a circle to ensure Sheng Jiu's safety as much as possible.
When Sheng Jiu was surrounded by a group of men and women over 1.8 meters tall, she had a subtle feeling…
How to put it?
She had seen a joke online that said: "People with I-types are toys for people with E-types."
Sheng Jiu didn't consider herself an "i-person," but she wasn't exactly an "e-person" either.
However, at this moment, she had a feeling of being an alien toy.
Although it was a strange feeling, but Sheng Jiu wasn't going to waste the opportunity.
She quickly started warming up and running.
For safety reasons, their encirclement wasn't large, only two hundred meters.
One thousand meters required five laps.
Sheng Jiu usually cooked, so her arm strength was actually quite good, and her stamina was also decent.
By the fourth lap, she was a little out of breath, but she could still keep going.
After finishing one thousand meters, Sheng Jiu's legs felt heavy.
Ares and the others didn't move, but simply asked loudly, "Can you keep going?"
She really could!
Sheng Jiu quickly got back on the running track.
She couldn't stop, once she stopped, her stamina would plummet, making it difficult to run again.
At 1000 meters, Sheng Jiu was only slightly out of breath.
By 2000 meters, Sheng Jiu felt…
The air was a bit thin!
At 3000 meters, perhaps because her body had adapted, Sheng Jiu's condition was better than before.
Just as she was about to push through the 4,000 meters, she heard Ares shout, "Little Boss, go back! Go back to the restaurant!"
The voice was loud and urgent.
Sheng Jiu realized something was wrong and immediately pulled the doorknob.
Before entering her home, she glanced back and saw rows of large, white mouths tinged with blue rushing towards her.
Sheng Jiu: ?!
After closing the door, she nearly vomited.
After a while, Sheng Jiu quietly opened the door again.
Smack!
A huge, bluish-white mouth slammed against her doorframe.
Sheng Jiu: ...!
She slammed the door shut in fright.
After closing it, she used her body to block the door.
After a while, she realized what had happened.
That huge thing could easily swing more than twenty times around someone as small as her.
So, her attempt to block it was useless.
Taking a deep breath, Sheng Jiu asked the system, "What was that?"
[A Mutant Octopus from Frosty Water.]
Upon hearing it was an octopus, Sheng Jiu belatedly realized what those bluish-white mouths she had seen earlier were.
Octopus suckers.
If seeing that scene before had filled her with fear and disgust...
Then upon hearing it was an octopus, Sheng Jiu's mindset became remarkably calm. She could even calmly ask, "Is it delicious?"
[Delicious and chewy.]
Sheng Jiu: Slurp!
If you say that, I'm not sleepy anymore!
But thinking that it was just a mutation, Sheng Jiu asked again, "It's not poisonous, is it?"
[...Not poisonous.]
Knowing it was ingredient, Sheng Jiu quietly opened the door again.
A huge, bluish-white tentacle instantly reached out in front of her.
The anchor point had a barrier, providing excellent protection for Sheng Jiu.
The tentacle was truly enormous, and the suckers on it were moving like large mouths.
When it slammed down, the holes moved irregularly, creating a terrifying visual impact.
Sheng Jiu slowly closed the door again.
The ingredients were good, but they were deadly!
"May be I should just wait and eat what's ready." Sheng Jiu muttered softly.
[After the door opened, I scanned the area, Ares and the others are fleeing.]
Sheng Jiu: "Huh? They can't beat them either."
[Normally, they should be able to fight, but the cost might not be proportional to the gain. They'll have to hold back for their escape route.]
Hearing the system's explanation, Sheng Jiu understood.
Ares and the others were currently repairing their AI, trying to send out a distress signal.
Besides this, they are also diligently searching for energy stones.
If they find energy stones, they can activate their mechs and return on their own.
However, the reason the desolate planet is called a desolate planet is precisely because of the scarcity of energy stones, which is why it has not been mined or developed.
So, what if they encounter a mutated octopus from the frosty water?
Escape is the priority, of course.
The ingredients may be good, but life is more important!
Sheng Jiu felt a pang of regret at not getting such ingredients.
She gently shook her head: "A bit of a disappointment."
[How about you take a gamble?]
Sheng Jiu: ?
A question mark slowly appeared above her head, and she quickly exclaimed in surprise: "With my skinny arms and legs, feeding an octopus's suckers? That wouldn't even be enough to satisfy it, would it?"
[You have an anchor point protective barrier, what are you afraid of? You open the door as bait, then come back, and the anchor point will cut the ingredients for you.]
Sheng Jiu: ...
Would she risk her life for a bite to eat?
But why was she feeling a little tempted?
The system said it would protect the host's safety.
After all, they had requirements for binding with hosts.
If the host died this time, who knew when they could bind a suitable one next time?
Sheng Jiu took a deep breath: "I'll trust you this time!"
Sheng Jiu wasn't going to be the bait on a whim.
She went to the warehouse to look for tools and finally found a half meter long watermelon knife.
After swinging it back and forth a few times to get a feel for it, Sheng Jiu took the knife and went out.
As she opened the door, another tentacle swung against it!
Sheng Jiu's heart skipped a beat. She asked anxiously, "Didn't Ares and the others escape? How come it's still here?"
[This is normal. The mutated octopus's tentacles are over thirty meters long and weigh over a thousand jin (500 kg) They're also slightly elastic, otherwise, how could they have such a chewy and bouncy texture?]
Sheng Jiu: Slurp!