The Late 'Reinforcements'

When Liu Zhi emerged, the wyverns circled around him, shrieking nonstop as if they wanted to tell him something.

With the Bone-Eating Giant Lizard's help, Liu Zhi understood what the wyverns were saying. They had learned how the Bone-Eating Giant Lizard had evolved, and hoped that the next time Liu Zhi attacked a Zerg base, he would save them some things like the Queen's body.

Those nutrient-rich things were a great help to the wyverns' evolution.

Hearing them mention nutrient-rich things, Liu Zhi thought of the nutrient pods he had found in the underground base. They were made from Zerg nutrient fluid mixed with the energy of minerals. He wondered whether the wyverns could eat them.

The wyverns didn't take Liu Zhi's concern seriously at all. They knew the afterlife quite well, and to them, death was simply the beginning of a new journey.

So when Liu Zhi suggested it, several wyverns quickly volunteered to be the first to try.

One wyvern didn't even wait for Liu Zhi to propose an experiment. It opened its mouth and swallowed a lump of Zerg nutrient fluid.

After swallowing it, the wyvern's eyes rolled back, and it collapsed on the spot. If Liu Zhi hadn't been able to feel its breathing, he might have thought it was dead.

Liu Zhi went over to examine it and quickly understood what was happening.

Unlike the wyverns that had failed to advance before, this one had enough energy but hadn't decided how it wanted to advance, so it was stuck.

Liu Zhi thought for a moment, then said to the wyverns, "Take him to my camp. It seems these things can replenish the energy you need to advance. Take these with you, too. Once you've advanced, go look for Zerg bases. The more Zerg bases we