Mission in another world with my transformed best friend

“Little sister Martha, don’t worry, we still have some dry food here. Why don’t we go find a safe place outside the village…”

"No, I don't want my two saviors, the adventurers, to sleep on the cold ground tonight... Wait, adventurers!? I remember now, big brother and big sister, come with me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Martha suddenly sped up and ran in another direction of the village. She soon stopped in front of a house that was relatively well-preserved, but it was only slightly better than a complete ruin.

Wang Kai and Zhang Lan, who had followed, exchanged glances. This place was still unsuitable for camping, and they couldn't see anything worth searching for.

Martha looked around, picked up a metal sign from the ground with a few words written on it, and the two of them went over to take a look.

"Adventures' Guild?"

“Yes!” Martha puffed out her chest and slowly walked to the center of the house, saying confidently, “I remember now, when I used to help out here, I saw a basement inside, it should be not far from the entrance… This is it!”

After saying that, Martha squatted down and groped around on the dark ground for a while. She seemed to find something like an iron bolt, and with a strong pull, a wooden barrier stood up...

"This is it. This is the Adventurers' Guild's storage room. There must be food and clothes inside..."

The basement wasn't deep, and wisps of black smoke billowed up from the entrance. Martha coughed a few times, then, after entering the underground storage room, casually lit an oil lamp hanging on the mud wall and began searching while waving her little hand...

"It's alright, smoke is lighter than air. As long as the basement entrance is opened, the smoke will dissipate quickly!"

After spending most of the day climbing mountains and trees, running around, and rescuing people... Zhang Lan, who is now in a female body, had long exceeded her tolerance for hunger and fatigue. If the dry food and bread she carried with her hadn't been so hard, she would have taken a few bites long ago.

Wang Kai seemed unconcerned, his face showing only slight fatigue. He took off his iron armor, let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and stretched.

Little did they know, Zhang Lan, who had found a place to sit down, had witnessed every single action...

"That Er Gou guy is really lucky. All that flabby fat he had before has been replaced by such a young and strong body. Those broad shoulders and thick arms, plus very prominent chest and abdominal muscles, and taut leg muscles that look like they belong to a powerful man... Even in the previous world, to achieve this kind of physique in your teens would require high-intensity training from a young age..."

In comparison, Zhang Lan couldn't help but look down at herself.

Her slender figure and long, thin arms perfectly embodied the image of a "soft and delicate girl."

Perhaps it's because the mage class is destined not to need a strong physique. As long as you know magic, you can stay behind the party and deal damage during adventures, under the strong protection of your companions.

And to be honest, in terms of looks, Alice, the former owner of this body, is absolutely top-notch. After all, this otherworldly face was definitely one of a kind in the previous world.

Aside from that, she lacked other aspects of feminine charm. She was not tall, and her lower body was only about an "A cup". Her slender waist could not withstand long journeys, let alone walking several kilometers of mountain road today.

Now, while she's relaxing, the lower back strain and soreness in her feet are gradually making her feel uncomfortable...

"Here, take this... Sister Martha found some recently stored wheat bread that's still a little soft, and it even comes with some butter that's been melted by the high temperature. It smells amazing... Here, have a taste!"

Coming to her senses, she looked up and her eyes were once again filled with Wang Kai's silly grinning face.

Zhang Lan paused for a moment, took the bread, and prepared to take a bite. The aroma of the bread, mixed with the smell of Wang Kai's sweat, wafted out in front of her, making her little nose twitch...

"This is... wasn't male body odor supposed to smell disgusting and sour before? Why does it smell so strange now?"

Zhang Lan's mind wandered, and this strange thought popped into her head. She then shook her head and began to eat her bread in large bites. Seeing this, Wang Kai smiled and said...

"Look at the way you eat. Exactly the same as when you were in junior high and mooched meals at my house for months. I thought you must be suffering from some kind of culture shock and loss of appetite after becoming 'Alice'... But it seems that's true, health is the foundation of everything. How can you have the energy to do anything if you don't eat your fill, right!"

Listening to Wang Kai's seemingly harmless teasing, and watching him nibble on his bread, memories of my youth slowly surfaced in my mind. Indeed, during those darkest months of junior high school, if it weren't for Wang Kai's family, I might have been forever trapped in darkness, with no future to speak of...

After finishing one piece of bread, Zhang Lan unceremoniously asked Wang Kai for a few more. She then ate them in a very rough manner and at lightning speed. As her stomach was full and the hunger subsided, fatigue set in, and her eyelids began to droop with worry.

Just then, Masha found some stored quilts and blankets, and Wang Kai helped arrange the wooden boxes into a bed frame, then laid out the quilts and blankets to make a simple bed.

Martha, who had already noticed Zhang Lan's physical condition, helped her over. After Zhang Lan's bottom touched the soft bedding, she didn't care about her image and lay down on her side, then said something.

"Wang Kai, I'm going to rest for a bit. Call me if you need anything..."

Before Wang Kai could reply, Zhang Lan's steady breathing came through, indicating that she had already relaxed her whole body and was going to sleep to analyze this ridiculous "transmigration to another world" story.

"This guy is just like he was back in junior high, eating and then sleeping at home!"

Wang Kai smiled helplessly. A best friend is a best friend; even if her appearance changed or her gender altered, she's still Zhang Lan at heart. Martha, standing to the side, glanced at the two of them, her big eyes darting around, and whispered something.

"Big brother, what's your relationship with this lady?"

"We've been neighbors almost from elementary school through high school..."

"Oh, no wonder you two have been inseparable these past few days in Tara Village... By the way, what are primary school and high school?"

Wang Kai was stunned for a moment. He wasn't in the mood to explain the terms from his original world to this girl from another world, so he just gave her a few perfunctory answers.

What Wang Kai was most concerned about right now was information about this magical other world and other factors that would be beneficial to future development. Stimulated by his gaming brain cells, dozens of questions immediately popped into his head. Just as he was about to ask them one by one, Martha picked up a piece of clothing that had been prepared next to her, looked around, and said with a slightly shy tone.

"Um, big brother, could you go upstairs and leave for a while? My clothes are still wet, and I want to change, so..."

Wow, I didn't expect the girls in this other world to be so precocious, and to awaken to the concept of gender differences so quickly.

Wang Kai didn't say anything, and quickly climbed to the ground. At this moment, the moonlight outside was shining silvery white, and the hellish scene around him appeared even more eerie under the moonlight.

Wang Kai was also unsure why a village had been destroyed in just a few hours. Was it a natural disaster, a man-made calamity, or an invasion by demons?

But regardless of the cause, this kind of "complete destruction" is beyond description as a "natural disaster." If it was "man-made," it's gone too far, seemingly attempting to erase other things while destroying the village...

No, no, no, I hope this is just part of the game's main storyline, and that it's just to leave behind an NPC girl named Martha.

Since the game is designed this way, there must be a reason for it. Even though I'm currently a novice adventurer, there are still countless questions about what to do next...

Adventurer! Wait a minute...

Thinking of this, Wang Kai immediately began to carefully search the ruins of the Adventurers' Guild. Soon, he found several books that had not been completely burned in a corner of a broken wall. Upon picking them up, he found that they were just some popular science books about crops and farming, somewhat similar to materials about "postpartum care of sows" in the rural areas of his original world.

Uninterested, he searched his surroundings more carefully and found several other books...

"Introduction to Merck Town Specialties", "Anecdotes of Katla City", "The Self-Cultivation of Growers", "On How to Maintain Ironware"...