Smelter Shi Ye: "I have quite a lot here. I'm not sure exactly how much, but it should be five or six tons."

Mengmeng: "Please save it for me first."

Smelter Shi Ye: "Great! I was just wondering what to do with all this quicklime. You've really helped me out. I don't need any money for this quicklime; I'm giving it to you for free."

Mengmeng: "How can I accept this? Sister Shi, please don't be so polite with me, I still have to pay you."

She has plenty of money now.

Metallurgist Shi Ye: "I'm not being polite, but this stuff is worthless. It's all waste from smelting other minerals. I have no use for it and it takes up space. You've really done me a huge favor."

Since Shi Ye had already said that, Meng Qingyin no longer insisted.

Mengmeng: "Do you have any activated carbon?"

Metallurgist Ishino: "No."

Mengmeng: "Okay, I understand. Then I won't bother you any longer."

Metallurgist Shi Ye: "Perhaps you could ask Granny Jinxiu."

Meng Qingyin was taken aback. Oh yes, there's also Granny Jinxiu!

Can't her inventory be refreshed based on the players' needs?

However, she doesn't have the Heart of the Night Demon right now.

But she has Ye Yingjun.

Meng Qingyin arrived at the Tower of Babel.

Ye Yingjun was leaning back in his jeweled chair, dozing off with one hand supporting his chin.

Hearing footsteps, he suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing that Meng Qingyin had arrived, he immediately stood up and gave up his seat: "My lady."

Meng Qingyin sat down on the jeweled chair and said in a gentle tone, "Ye Yingjun, kneel down and I'll ask you for a favor."

A hint of doubt flashed across Ye Yingjun's face, but his body reacted faster than his brain, and he knelt down with a thud.

Meng Qingyin quickly helped him up with both hands: "Cough cough, I was just joking with you, why did you take it seriously?"

Ye Yingjun was dumbfounded: "Did you come all this way so late just to play a joke on me?"

Meng Qingyin: "...Actually, I have something to ask you. Do you still have the Heart of the Night Demon?"

"No, we Night Demons have very long lifespans, there aren't that many Night Demons who die of old age." Ye Yingjun shook his head, indicating that he couldn't help.

Meng Qingyin was somewhat disappointed.

It seems we'll have to find other solutions for activated carbon.

She had originally thought that she might be able to trade the Night Demon's Heart for a desiccant or other more useful items from Granny Kim Soo.

Seeing her looking worried, Ye Yingjun quickly asked, "Have you encountered any problems, sir?"

"It's not exactly a difficult problem, just a bit tricky," Meng Qingyin said. "I'm looking for activated carbon, but I can't find it. Oh, right, and strong stone powder, which I've never even heard of before."

"Strong stone powder?" Ye Yingjun's expression changed. "Why would you need something like this?"

His reaction was so strong that it was hard for Meng Qingyin not to notice: "Yes, strong stone powder is a raw material for making desiccants, and desiccants are very useful on this map. What, have you seen it before?"

“Then I’m afraid you won’t be able to find it for the time being.” Ye Yingjun shook his head regretfully, “because strong stone powder is a product of Niu Tou Valley.”

Meng Qingyin frowned: "Ox Head Valley? Where is that?"

Ye Yingjun: "Niu Tou Valley is on Pinggu Star, the place where the Niu Tou people have lived for generations, which is also Niu Meng's lair."

Meng Qingyin was somewhat surprised that the strong stone powder actually came from Pinggu Star?

But why does the game include things related to Pinggu Star?

Players simply cannot obtain it.

Does the game not want players to obtain the desiccant blueprints?

But if you don't want players to obtain it, then why does it appear in the first place?

No, that's not right!

The desiccant recipe came from a reward from Samezawa's quest! Samezawa gave it to her!

But why would Jiaoze give her something like this?

Could it be...?

Jiaoze wants her to go to Niutou Valley?

If that's really the case...

Then she might really be able to split the relationship between the five gods!

But how is she supposed to get to Bull Head Valley?

"Ye Yingjun, has Hu Lingyun contacted you? Did she say when she would help you break the seal?" Meng Qingyin asked.

If Ye Yingjun's seal can be broken, perhaps he will have a solution.

“She hasn’t contacted me since then.” Ye Yingjun suddenly seemed a little melancholy. “My lord, could it be that Hu Lingyun has regretted it?”

Meng Qingyin: "After all, she is the White Fox King. She shouldn't go back on her word. Just wait patiently."

Ye Yingjun sighed heavily: "Alright then."

Meng Qingyin returned to the ship with a heavy heart.

As soon as they boarded the ship, they heard a series of crashing sounds outside.

She looked out and saw that the sea in the distance was pitch black, and only the areas illuminated by the ship's lights were clear enough to see the surroundings.

The sound came from something jumping onto the ship in large numbers from the sea.

Qingfeng, Qin Feng, Zaizai, Sanxue Tongzi, and Ye Taohua are fighting against those things.

Meng Qingyin was startled and immediately checked the center console, only to find that it was surrounded by a dense cluster of red dots.

It's a sea monster!

Meng Qingyin immediately rushed out.

The deck was piled high with monster corpses, and when Meng Qingyin looked, she realized they were small krill!

[Krill Monsters: Blue monsters. They often live in colonies; a single krill monster colony may contain tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of krill monsters! Be careful!]

One after another, the krill monsters leaped out of the sea and onto the boat, and if you weren't careful, you would be pierced by the sharp spines on their heads and get a bloody hole.

The most troublesome thing is that there are just too many of them; it seems like they can't be killed off.

Upon seeing her arrive, Night Peach Blossom immediately complained, "My lord, these krill monsters were lured here by that blue jellyfish! It lured the krill monsters here and then ran away. That fellow is ungrateful!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he was stung by the krill monster without noticing, and he screamed in pain.

Enraged, Ye Taohua transformed into her Night Demon form. In her Night Demon form, her skin was thick and tough, making her immune to being pricked. With a single slap, she could kill a whole bunch of them.

Seeing this, Ye Zhe Er Gen and the others, who were grimacing from the stabbing, also followed Ye Tao Hua's example and transformed into their Night Demon forms, rampaging and killing indiscriminately.

Even so, the krill monsters were still everywhere.

Meng Qingyin looked around but couldn't find any trace of the blue jellyfish monster, so she looked away.

Now is not the time to settle scores with it; we need to deal with these krill monsters first.

These people alone are far from enough; we need some kind of weapon with a wide range of destructive power.

Oh, right, the pea mortar!

Meng Qingyin ran back to the driver's cab to check the status of the pea mortar.

There are currently 3,000 Pea Shooters, and all 3,000 shells are at full power.

The Pea Mortar's characteristic is that the longer it grows, the greater its power.

Let's show her today just how powerful Mann's Pea Shooter really is.

Meng Qingyin peeked out and called out, "Qingfeng, all of you come in! I'll use the pea mortar to deal with them! Ye Yingjun, you five stay away from the ship too, so you don't get caught in the crossfire!"