"Okay, that's enough cooking. I'm tired, I'm going to rest."

Yanxi took the large water ant from Zuo Qingya's hand. "Xiaoya, do you still have any left? Uncle will exchange it for crystal cores."

Zuo Qingya nodded in agreement without hesitation, "Okay, one low-level crystal core and one large water ant."

Yanxi nodded: "Okay."

Zuo Qingya felt she had asked for too little after agreeing so readily; should she add a little more?

How many do you have?

Zuo Qingya counted them in her consciousness space, "There aren't that many, maybe a thousand or so!"

"so much?"

"What do you think! When we lured them out, I felt like the wall was going to collapse."

Just as Zuo Qingya finished speaking, a loud bang was heard. Before Zuo Qingya and the others could go and see what was happening, someone came in to report it.

"Reporting to the city lord, the outer wall has collapsed."

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zuo Qingya was speechless. "It really collapsed?"

"Let's go take a look."

"Alright!"

When Zuo Qingya and the others arrived at the site of the collapsed wall, it was clear that the wall had been hollowed out.

"Reporting to the city lord, there is an ant nest inside the wall. I suggest burning it down."

Yanxi nodded, "Okay."

Zuo Qingya watched the spectacle from the sidelines.

Outside the collapsed wall, a group of fire-type ability users surrounded the ant hole, each of them launching fireballs.

The air was filled with the aroma of roasted giant water ants.

The sound of swallowing saliva was incessant.

As soon as he opened his mouth, saliva dripped down his face. "It smells so good!"

"I'm so hungry, my appetite is really whetted."

"Yeah, yeah, what kind of ants are these? How come they smell so good? Can we eat them?"

"It should be okay, right?"

"Want to try one?"

"Can."

He took a bite of the butt, and the juice flowed into his stomach: "It's so fresh, it's so delicious!"

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

The young soldier nodded eagerly, "It's delicious! This is the best thing I've eaten in months." As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Is it really that delicious? I'll try it too."

A short while later, the little soldier, who had just finished eating an ant's butt, suddenly convulsed, rolled his eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed to the ground. It was clear that he had been poisoned.

"Ants are poisonous and should not be eaten."

The soldiers who hadn't eaten yet breathed a sigh of relief.

The soldiers who had already eaten quickly tried to induce vomiting by gagging themselves.

But several soldiers still fell.

Yanxi took out a bottle and had someone give one pill to each of the poisoned people.

They only stopped when there were no more ants left on the wall.

"Why weren't we poisoned when we ate it?"

Zuo Qingya thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that Mom added an antidote while she was cooking it."

That should be the case.

"How's it going outside?"

"It's nothing, the wall just collapsed, but the earth-type ability user has already fixed it."

"All right!"

The next day, as soon as Yanxi woke up, she learned about the small general store that had appeared in the city.

Upon hearing this news, I burst into laughter.

Their base was saved; they could finally have food and no longer have to gnaw on tree bark.

Early in the morning, the entrance to the small general store was crowded with people, all holding trash in their hands, coming to exchange it for what they wanted.

Because there are small general stores in other bases, the City of Survival also keeps some trash. So as soon as the small general stores appeared, people exchanged their trash for what they wanted.

As soon as he got the goods, he started running around the streets and alleys, promoting the small general store.

Suddenly, the city became lively, and everyone was all smiles, feeling that life had given them hope again.

The City of Survival is great. With Yanxi as the city lord, no one dares to cause trouble. Because of Yanxi's management, the city is well-organized, there is no starvation, and no one bullies others.

With the addition of the small general store, people in the city of survival will only live better.

Zuo Qingya felt she should leave now, since she had achieved her goal of coming to the City of Survival and it was time to move on to the next stop.

"Mom, I'm leaving now."

Zuo Haijia nodded: "Okay!"

"Mom, are you with Uncle Yan?"

Zuo Haijia's face immediately turned red.

"Mom, Dad is a thing of the past. If you find happiness, you must hold on to it!"

Zuo Haijia nodded, tears streaming down her face, "Okay!"

Zuo Haijia took out a sound transmission jade from her own space and handed it to Zuo Qingya.

"Take this. If you miss your mother, just put some spiritual energy into this communication jade stone, and she will hear you."

Zuo Qingya nodded: "Okay."

After Zuo Qingya walked away.

Yanxi appeared behind Zuo Haijia and hugged her.

"Sigh... you're all I have left, Tiger."

"Awoo awoo..."

Zuo Qingya was surprised to run into Ding Kai and his group at the entrance of the City of Survival.

Zuo Qingya quickly greeted them.

"Captain Ding."

Ding Kai looked at the person who greeted them with a puzzled expression. The voice sounded familiar, and it looked just like that.

Zuo Qingya pulled down her mask. "Captain Ding, it's me! Xiaoya."

Zuo Qingya forgot about her dark expression and only remembered after she had already taken off her mask.

Ding Kai couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Xiaoya? Why are you so dark-skinned?"

Zuo Qingya was embarrassed. She waved her hand, thinking, "I should have known better than to greet them. It's so embarrassing."

"Hehe..." Zuo Qingya laughed awkwardly.

"Miss, is this a new look?"

Zuo Qingya was so embarrassed that she just wanted to crawl into a hole and run away.

Zuo Qingya smiled and said, "Hehe...Are you going back now?"

Ding Kai nodded: "Now that things are done, it's time to go back."

"oh!"

"Little sister, are you going back?"

Zuo Qingya shook her head. "No, I'm going to the Survivors' Alliance."

"Miss, what are you doing there?"

"I'm just bored, so I'll go for a walk."

Ding Dong gave Zuo Qingya a thumbs up, "Awesome."

"Uh??? Do you know the way?"

Zuo Qingya said awkwardly, "I don't know it, but I have a compass, so it'll be easy to find if I know the direction."

"You're really brave! You dare to go anywhere, doesn't your mother care about you?"

Zuo Qingya felt a chill run down her spine at the thought of those two lovey-dovey people. Forget it, she didn't want to be a third wheel.

It's too bright; I'm afraid others will find it offensive.

After saying goodbye to the Wolf Path team, Zuo Qingya embarked on her own journey.

Zuo Qingya rode the tiger, looking quite relaxed.

"Tiger, stop for a second."

Zuo Qingya jumped off the tiger's back, walked to a tree, looked at the fruit on it, and touched the trunk.

"It is a positively mutated plant."

"Tiger, pick it."

"Awoo awoo..."

Zuo Qingya's hand did not leave the tree trunk; with a thought, she stored the fruit into her consciousness space.

The Consciousness Space is a transit station. Whenever Zuo Qingya receives a positively mutated plant, she keeps a portion and sells the rest.

Inventory is always high, even though consumption is high, the rate of new purchases is also quite fast.

Nature is now our free warehouse; if you want to stock up, just head into the forest, and you're sure to come back empty-handed.

Zuo Qingya picked up a fruit and ate it. "It tastes really good, just like fried chicken wings."

"Ugh... I want to drink some soda."