bookrebus Chapter 48 The last day it rained, and even though there was no harvest, the entire exploration was
Chapter 48 The last day it rained, and even though there was no harvest, the entire exploration was
Mo Li patted his hands, which were completely free of dirt, his expression remarkably calm: "It's cleaned up and put away. What? You want to admire it for a while?"
Ye Zixuan instinctively resisted, waving her hand: "No, I don't want to. What I want to see is how you handle this. As for anything else, I don't need to."
Mo Li patted his shoulder:
"Good, you should be glad! You made the right choice. Otherwise, if you had actually seen the long worms being processed, I was afraid it would have left you with some kind of trauma, which would have affected your mood when you tasted the food later."
Hearing her say that, Ye Zixuan suddenly thought of the unpurified ingredients that had been cut up before, and shook his head vigorously:
“Ali is right, I absolutely do not want to see it.”
Dongfang Yu: "..."
Fortunately, he was only a little curious.
Mo Li took out a piece of emerald green rhomboid crystal and its crimson inner core from the long worm's body and handed them to them: "Here, you can choose for yourselves."
Ye Zixuan's eyes widened in surprise: "This, this is the core and inner core? You're being too generous to us, Ali."
Dongfang Yu's expression shifted slightly, and his eyes softened as he looked at her: "Ali, keep this safe, you don't need to give it to us."
“You need it more than I do.”
This is the truth. Zerg cores and inner cores are extremely rare and valuable, because not all Zerg have inner cores. They must be at least a thousand years old and of a very high level. They help to improve the level of supernatural abilities, especially the core, which is one of the rarest and most important materials for making mental calming agents. If absorbed directly, the effect is even more amazing.
Such treasures can only be acquired at auctions with considerable prestige and influence. The one Mo Li handed to them would likely fetch at least a billion at auction.
"What's given to you is given to you." Mo Li didn't like this kind of dawdling, and without caring who liked which one, she randomly handed one to each of them.
Ye Zixuan was moved to tears and opened his arms to hug her, but Mo Li dodged and bumped into Dongfang Yu's arms by sheer coincidence.
Ye Zixuan immediately exploded: "Fine, Mo Xiaoli, do you have to be so biased? What's wrong with me compared to him? You won't let me hug you, but you're throwing yourself into his arms?"
Mo Li, who had initially felt a slight shyness, had it completely dispelled by her words. She pulled away from Dongfang Yu's embrace and glared at Ye Zixuan:
"Stop, don't make things up, and don't slander me. How did I become someone who threw myself into someone's arms?"
Ye Zixuan felt a chill run down his spine for a moment, but he didn't know why. He was even more unaware that Dongfang Yu had just stabbed him in the heart. He had finally managed to enjoy the warmth and tenderness of Dongfang Yu's embrace, but before he could even feel it, Dongfang Yu had ruined it.
Dongfang Yu: "Let's leave as soon as possible. We don't know when those tentacles will reappear."
Mo Li's eyes flickered. She could say that her little vine had wiped out the thousand-handed mutated spider, destroyed its lair, and even found some good things. In any case, she didn't come back empty-handed; she collected everything. It was impossible for it to have any more tentacles.
Having experienced this dangerous situation, Ye Zixuan and Dongfang Yu, upon arriving at their new destination and parking their aircraft, immediately told her to wait on it while they went to explore the area first, as the sudden dangers they encountered before were too terrifying.
"Alright, you guys go ahead, be careful, I'll wait for you up here."
As for whether she would wait patiently, Mo Li said that waiting was out of the question. She could take this opportunity to eliminate any hidden dangers in advance. Everyone said they were here to enjoy the fun of gathering, so how could she spoil the mood?
Watching them leave until their tall figures became two small black dots, Mo Li finally disembarked from the aircraft. After some investigation, apart from a black swamp with a hundred or so mutated crocodiles, she found no danger that could pose a threat to her.
Mo Li released swaying vines that enveloped the entire Black Swamp, paralyzing it. The place where these crocodiles lived was too disgusting to look at, and she had no desire to turn them into food. She simply put them into a deep sleep, and they could wake up in three days. In this way, they could explore this area in peace.
After finishing her business, Mo Li quickly returned to the aircraft, estimating the time. When Ye Zixuan and Dongfang Yu returned, they saw her reclining on a deck chair, holding a book in one hand and a pink peach in the other, looking very relaxed and languid.
Her fair and delicate face had incredibly exquisite features, and her lips, stained pink by peach blossoms, were exceptionally alluring, making one yearn to rush forward and kiss her passionately, savoring her unique sweetness.
Ye Zixuan and Dongfang Yu unconsciously swallowed, their eyes darkening in unison, a sense of restlessness stirring within them.
"You're back? Why are you standing there like an idiot? Are you sure there's no danger? Let's go now."
Ye Zixuan raised an eyebrow with a hint of helplessness.
Dongfang Yu frowned slightly, trying to adjust his demeanor. He didn't want her to notice his unusual behavior or loss of composure.
"There's no danger. I didn't expect Ali to be so obedient this time."
“I am a very trustworthy person. I said I would wait, so naturally I will wait for you.”
"Ali is very well-behaved!"
Mo Li glanced at Dongfang Yu with slight surprise, but she didn't say anything, even though she felt a little uncomfortable because his tone had sounded like he was praising a child.
"Okay, let's go, let's go."
"Ah Li, we probably won't have much to show for it. This area is rather desolate, mostly barren or overgrown with useless weeds. We haven't seen anything else."
Mo Li felt neither expectation nor disappointment upon hearing this. With the previous gains, she was already very satisfied with this gathering trip, and it didn't matter if there were no more useful gains.
"It doesn't necessarily have to be fruitful; it's just about appreciating different scenery and relaxing."
"There are even more beautiful planets to explore, I'll take you there next time."
"Okay."
It turns out that it's better not to have some ideas. There were only two days left, or rather, only one day to be precise, because the sky was clear for less than two hours in the morning on the last day. Just as they were about to leave the warehouse, a torrential downpour began, making it impossible for them to travel. In such weather, it was impossible to return early, otherwise they might easily lose their sense of direction and fall into a time-space black hole.
Ye Zixuan was initially depressed because he hadn't found anything good the day before. He thought that on the last day, with the treasure Mo Li by his side, they would definitely be able to find some delicious and novel ingredients.
That's right, all the good things in his eyes were related to food. He didn't gain much because Mo Li found an energy crystal mine that hadn't been completely mined out. The harvest was still quite substantial, but he ignored it because there was nothing edible.
"Ugh, why did it have to rain? What a waste of a day."
"How could that be? I think this rain is wonderful."