The vibration in my lower back never stopped.

After thinking for a moment, she pried open the bandage on the drooping rabbit's mouth and opened a small gap, "You'd better be okay."

"There are fruits in that cave. Delicious fruits!" Chui Chui Mouse was very excited, but his voice was very low, making him sound sneaky. "I ate it once before, and I will never forget the taste. It must be the same."

Ji He raised his eyebrows, jumped down the pit again, and put Chui Chui Rat down from his waist.

"Where is the fruit?"

After the rat landed, it began to dig the soil quickly. Its claws were very long and made the soil fly up. Its speed was faster than Ji He.

She raised an eyebrow, put a grape in her mouth, and ate it while watching the rat digging a hole.

In less than five minutes, Ji He saw a black vine head appearing, and Chui Chui Rat became visibly excited.

She quickly squatted down to help.

The black vine grew longer and longer, and the fruits underneath soon appeared. They were black and round like potatoes.

When you pull it, you can get a large piece, and there are quite a lot of them.

After Ji He pulled out all the fruits, he was surprised at the yield. There were at least a hundred fruits on one vine, which was a pretty good yield!

[Iron Ball Fruit: Also known as plant meat, it tastes like meat even though it is a plant. When roasted in fire, it will swell. The fruit will randomly become either poisonous or non-toxic after it becomes larger.]

Good stuff, she likes it!

Isn't this something similar to barbecue?

When the time comes, sprinkle some cumin and chili powder on it to make the kids next door cry with envy.

It’s just that the random appearance of toxic and non-toxic substances is a bit unfriendly.

Just as Ji He was about to take the iron ball fruit away, he saw the drooping mouse, which had been so excited just a moment ago, now had its ears drooping and looked very disappointed.

She felt something in her heart and gently touched him with her arm, "What's wrong? Weren't you quite happy just now?"

"The pollution level is too high. We can't eat it." Chui Chui Rat squatted on the side, holding the remaining half of a cabbage stalk and biting a small tomato in his mouth.

The sweet and sour tomato juice seemed to flow down its mouth into its heart.

It feels like the painful hearts have been redeemed.

This is what mice should eat!

Ji He took out the interstellar detector and aimed it at the iron ball.

"Damn, the contamination level is 48%, not recommended for consumption."

There was no surprise at all about the drooping mice. They live underground and their noses are their detectors. They can tell whether something is edible or not and whether the pollution level is high just by smelling it. They don't need this thing at all.

The iron ball fruit in front of me has a fishy smell in its fruity aroma, which is stronger than the fruity aroma. It is obviously not edible.

Ji He said nothing and silently put the iron ball fruit into the space.

She had harvested a lot of things in the interstellar space before, but she had not tested them and assumed that all the food was edible. Now that she thinks about it, many of them must have been contaminated beyond the standard.

And her space had the ability to purify itself long ago.

As long as you put it in and take it out to eat, the food meets the edible standards.

This time should be no exception.

After tying Chuichui Rat back behind him, Ji He jumped out of the pit, kicked the man's body into the pit, quickly covered it with soil and stomped on it.

"Chuichui Rat, your nose is so good, can you smell the scent of the iron ball fruit?"

"It depends." After being tied up for the second time, Chui Chui Rat had gotten used to it and was even very relaxed. "I don't know how many layers of iron-headed earthworm mucus are covering this hole. This mucus can make my sense of smell go awry. I can only smell it if I dig it open."

Ji He understood now.

"Then I'll dig the soil. If you smell it, shock me." Ji He tied its mouth again, picked up the shovel and dug as he walked.

When I was walking just now, I felt the soil under my feet was very flat.

After digging hard, we found that only the top layer was flat, and it was all the solidified green mucus of the ironhead earthworm.

After this stuff solidifies, it is somewhat similar to cement and also a bit like asphalt.

Under the green slime, there are stones of different sizes and bones of unknown animals.

There are quite a few.

Many creatures must have died in this cave.

This iron-headed earthworm spits out bones after eating?

Not likely. That thing should have a strong digestive ability.

Then it should be the remains of animals that died for other reasons?

The meat rotted, and what was left were the bones?

Ji He dug as he walked, making the entire cave a mess.

The rat behind her waist didn't respond so she kept digging.

When they were almost at the entrance of the hole, the rat, which had been invisible until now, shook a little.

Ji He took it off from his waist with understanding.

Chuchui Rat attacks!

Digging the soil like crazy.

After the excavator had been functioning for about 5 minutes, a familiar black vine appeared in front of Ji He.

"Can this fruit be planted?" Ji He felt a little itchy as he looked at the dozens of fruits that had been dug out.

This yield is higher than that of potatoes.

It’s too long.

"This thing needs to absorb the mucus of the iron-headed earthworm to grow. We can't raise it." Chui Chui Rat shattered Ji He's dream. "My great-grandmother's great-grandmother once tried to get the green mucus from the mouth of the iron-headed earthworm, but failed."

"Can we still get the mucus from the iron-headed earthworm?" Ji He suddenly became excited. She found that this mucus had many uses. Apart from other things, it could also be used as asphalt cement for paving the ground.

"When it falls asleep, it will drool. That mucus is its saliva. It can have as much as it wants. But their sense of smell is very sensitive. They can hear the slightest sound of wind." Chui Chui Mouse was not optimistic about Ji He and wanted to persuade her to give up.

"We have been successful before, but we found that the pollution level of the iron cones grown with green saliva cannot be guaranteed, so it is not worth it."

It took the lives of several rats to obtain the green saliva, but most of the fruits grown from it are inedible. Isn't this a complete waste of life?

They tried it once, then gave up decisively and chose to grow black fluorescent grass.

Although this thing tastes terrible, it has a high survival rate and most of the time the pollution level does not exceed the standard.

It is considered the life-saving food for their clan.

Ji He seemed to be thinking about something.

The most important thing for her now is to complete the task. As for the green slime, she can only get it after completing the task if she has time. Otherwise, forget it.

"How do I remove the green slime that sticks to my body?" Ji He felt that there must be a way for the Chui Chui Rat, otherwise their clan would have become extinct long ago.

"Water, wash with water." As expected, Chui Chui Rat knew it very well, but he continued, "It's a pity that there is not a drop of water here. We usually don't drink water. Finding water is harder than escaping from the mouth of an iron-headed earthworm!"

"If you get sprayed, you might as well endure it. If you're lucky, you'll survive the hunt. Over time, ten or twenty years, the effect of the green slime will fade, and you'll be free."

Ji He: “…”