What Should She Eat?

Feng Ling's gaze turned cold as the two Bone Blades crossed swiftly before her, blocking the Contaminant's attack!

The flashlight's harsh beam fell on the Contaminant, revealing every jointed limb and every pattern in perfect detail—

This mutated body possessed both the form of the Bug Monsters from before and human hair and skin. The characteristics of two creatures had been grotesquely fused together, making it even larger. Its neck could stretch and retract several meters like a geoduck.

The mandibles at the end of its neck clamped tightly around a human head. As they squeezed and tugged, the face twisted into bizarrely exaggerated expressions, while its vocal cords imitated human speech:

"I want... Cards..."

Feng Ling drew back a Bone Blade and stabbed fiercely at the human face!

The Contaminant's neck rapidly retracted, causing her strike to miss. Then the head slid deep into its throat, and the mandibles at its neck flared outward grotesquely, charging at Feng Ling with a stench of blood like a harvester!

At a time like this, she should have swung her Bone Blades and severed that flexible, retractable neck!

But the narrow passage restricted her movements. The Bone Blades could not be swung widely and could only thrust forward.

Feng Ling was furious. She retreated rapidly while launching thrust after thrust at the Contaminant, wishing she could immediately leave this cramped space and slaughter it in a more open area.

The Contaminant's enormous mandibles kept opening and closing, gradually putting her Bone Blades at a disadvantage. Although she struck it several times, the wounds caused by her thrusts brought it no obvious pain.

Feng Ling had killed bugs before. She knew very well that she had to split one in two or pierce straight through its body to kill it.

The holes left by her thrusts were barely an itch to the Contaminant.

The passage was nearly at its end. If she retreated any farther, she would reach the nearly vertical pit in the Parking Lot, where she would need a rope to climb upward.

If she fell back there, she would be at an even greater disadvantage.

Huangfu Miaomiao panicked as well. She only had one arm, and without Feng Ling's help, she had no way to climb up.

At that moment, the Contaminant's mandibles opened again, exposing the human face deep in its throat.

The face was squeezed into a grotesque smile, as though it had already foreseen the two women's deaths. It even let out a raspy "heh-heh" laugh.

Feng Ling suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Super Strong Super's face had been shot. Why was there not a single wound on this face?

Was this really Super Strong Super's face?

Its features had been stretched too far, and even its skull had been distorted by compression. She could not make out its original appearance at all.

Whether it was or not, she had to find a way to change this situation where she was so constrained.

How?

Since piercing its neck, carapace, and limbs did not deal enough damage, she would target its weak points!

Feng Ling gritted her teeth and drove her Bone Blade straight between the mandibles!

She had pushed her speed as far as possible, but when the Bone Blade stabbed into the creature's mouthparts, the mandibles on either side still clamped down on it with crushing force!

Pain surged through her. Feng Ling's whole body tensed, cold sweat pouring from her forehead like rain.

It was like a tug-of-war. She would not pull out her Bone Blade, and the Contaminant refused to release its mandibles!

Her vision began to swim slightly. She heard a grating, metallic screech in her ears, like metal scraping across a blackboard. Then came a crack! The enormous bite force pierced through the Bone Blade!

Feng Ling cried out in pain, her body trembling uncontrollably from the agony.

Creak... creak...

The palatal teeth continued to exert force. Her Bone Blade was about to be chewed to pieces!

Huangfu Miaomiao hid behind Feng Ling, tears forced from her eyes by the sight. She raised her hammer, hesitating over whether to step forward and help, but the moment she lifted it, Feng Ling shot her a vicious glare!

"Get back!" Feng Ling snarled, then turned and stabbed her other Bone Blade between the two mandibles as well!

Her eyes were bloodshot, her face covered in cold sweat, and blood seeped from her gums where she had bitten down too hard. She looked utterly bedraggled, yet Huangfu Miaomiao read an unbelievable thrill in her blazing gaze.

"Crazy... She's really crazy..." Huangfu Miaomiao muttered shakily. She could not understand what kind of person Feng Ling was!

Feng Ling drew a deep breath, forcing herself to grow accustomed to the immense pain transmitted through the Bone Blades.

Then she controlled the other Bone Blade and began sawing with force, as if cutting a steak—

The sharp serrations along the blade began to work. The Contaminant let out a hiss, realizing Feng Ling's intentions, and opened its mandibles in an attempt to escape!

But Feng Ling would not let it get what it wanted!

The bitten-through Bone Blade tilted sharply, locking the mandibles firmly in place, while the other Bone Blade continued cutting through the Bug Monster's body like a saw through wood!

The Contaminant's mouthparts were pinned fast. The rest of its body struggled desperately and twisted madly inside the passage!

For a moment, the entire passage shook as dust flew everywhere!

Feng Ling still refused to let go!

At the cost of one Bone Blade, she slowly sawed through its mouthparts, then its neck, followed by its chest, and then its abdominal armor and shell...

Blood and slime gushed out together. The struggling Bug Monster was finally split apart as though hacked open with a dull blade, and the human head inside was ground into mush as well.

The rumbling stopped.

The dust settled.

Feng Ling let out a breath and collapsed onto the ground, drained of strength. Her back was already soaked through.

She pulled out the Bone Blade that had been bitten through. It not only had a palm-sized hole in it, but was covered in jagged gaps and bloodstained cracks. It had lost its sharpness and edge.

Huangfu Miaomiao, who had been scared out of her wits, finally found her voice. Near tears, she said, "I don't have any more Points to exchange for Potions for you!"

Feng Ling sat on the ground and rested for a while. Her face showed no emotion as she said, "This wasn't the Contaminant from before."

"What?" Huangfu Miaomiao could not believe it. "You mean there's more than one Contaminant in the cave?"

"I don't know how many there are, but this definitely wasn't the one from before." Feng Ling slowly rose while bracing herself against the rock wall. "I left a Mark on that Contaminant. This one wasn't it. Something has probably happened on Zhou Diao's side."

Huangfu Miaomiao was at a complete loss. "Th-then what do we do...?"

"Get out first, then save them." She turned and headed upward.

No matter what, she had to send the chip out first.

"What about your injuries?" Huangfu Miaomiao asked anxiously. "Can you recover in time? Why don't we go back? If another Contaminant comes, you won't be able to hold on..."

Feng Ling suddenly stopped and turned around, staring silently at Huangfu Miaomiao.

Her face was submerged in darkness, her eyes unreadable. The blood at the corner of her mouth gave her the cold, ruthless air of a vampire.

Huangfu Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat, and she forgot what she had been about to say.

Feng Ling simply watched her in silence.

A few seconds later, she withdrew her gaze and continued forward.

Huangfu Miaomiao was frightened by the way Feng Ling looked and did not dare speak again.

What she did not know was that Feng Ling was hungry again.

The instant she had cut open that Contaminant, an intense desire to feed had surged up from within Feng Ling.

Feng Ling was familiar with that sensation. When she had obtained the Killer Bee and Mantis Cards, she had also felt that hunger, that urge to eat.

She could not possibly eat a Xenomorph's corpse.

Nor could she accept the filthy, ugly Contaminant.

Then what should she eat?

Was her stomach never full because she had chosen the wrong food? That was why she had looked at Huangfu Miaomiao—

Small, tender, delicious, and nutritious.

Just a little sketch~