Then, accompanied by rustling sounds and the sound of "ding-li-dang-clang", two gray-brown heads suddenly appeared in Cheng Zhenzhu's sight. After that, several small heads popped out from behind the gray-brown heads. In front of them, there was an iron rice bowl...

Huh? This familiar iron rice bowl... Cheng Zhenzhu watched several adorable creatures appear and disappear, then noticed the otter image on her system's help wall light up. Could this be the small-clawed otter she'd helped before?

Before Cheng Zhenzhu had much time to wonder, the two leading otters rolled their black eyes and came towards her, making chirping sounds, looking very excited, as if they had seen their savior.

The remaining smaller otters pushed the large iron bowl forward, their flat little heads leaning against each other, moving forward in unison...

Small-clawed otters are said to travel in pairs, so what's going on with these timid little otters pushing their food bowls? Also, while otters don't necessarily live in water, they do rely on it for food and shelter. So, how did these otters end up on the top of a mountain?

Is there a water source nearby? If there is, the people on the island should know about it, right? But no one has mentioned it. They irrigate their crops with water carried from the well on the island...

"Ohhhh~" At this time, two small-clawed otters had already walked in front of Cheng Zhenzhu.

One of its claws reached into the soft fur under its armpit and pulled out a round, light pink crystal bead, which was exactly the same as the one Cheng Zhenzhu had obtained before...

"Oh oh oh~" Another small-clawed otter was rubbing the pearls affectionately, its eyes watery.

Okay, she knew, the one who was rubbing her should be the pregnant female otter before, and now the intimacy value has reached 80. She remembered that it was 40 at the beginning, and the intimacy value increased a few times in the middle, and then there was a period of time when it increased suddenly, directly increasing by more than 20.

She speculated on the timing and felt that the sudden increase of more than 20 intimacy points must have been due to the mother otter's successful birth...

"Long time no see~" Cheng Zhenzhu happily greeted the two otters. Seeing the empty food bowls of the little ones, she remembered the many fish in her own aquarium and turned around to conjure up two large fish for the otters. "We're lucky to meet today, so consider this a welcome gift for you."

"Oh oh oh~" Seeing the two big fish, several otters became uncontrollably happy. Their eyes became round and the sounds from their mouths became faster and more urgent.

"Eat, eat..." Cheng Zhenzhu said, petting the female otter. Previously, she had been able to converse freely with the turtles, but perhaps because she hadn't yet established a deeper connection with the otter, her communication was only vague and hazy.

But with food in front of them, I think they also understand what I mean...

"Ohhh~" The slightly larger male otter next to the female otter was so happy when he saw two more fish with wonderful smell in the food bowl.

They were just about to get some food, but unexpectedly, there was food as soon as they came out!

but,

The male otter scratched at the human in front of him who had once given them food, and picked up the small, round pink crystal in his hand more carefully.

"For me?" Cheng Zhenzhu was nudged twice more, and only then did she notice the pink crystal held in the otter's small black paw. It was the same one they had given her before...

"Ohhh~" The otter didn't know whether it understood or it was just a habit, but it nodded its flat head and raised the pink crystal on its paw a little.

"Thank you." Cheng Zhenzhu petted the otter, delighted by the rose crystal on its paw. She had previously embedded a rose crystal into the map, and it had become navigational. If she embedded another, would she know exactly where to go?

These otters are really her lucky stars! Snacks, snacks are a must! Cheng Zhenzhu waved her hand and pulled out a cell phone.

When the male otter saw Cheng Zhenzhu accept the pink crystal, he chirped happily for a few times, and then happily invited other otters to enjoy the delicious fish.

Of course, before enjoying the fish, they all stood up, their gray and soft bodies, clasped their paws together, closed their eyes, and prayed. After praying, they all bared their little fangs and began to tear the fish flesh...

Cheng Zhenzhu watched the orderly movements with great interest, then picked up her phone to record them. Having arrived in this internet-free world, the only things she could manipulate with her phone were a few cameras.

After years of accumulation, her camera not only has several interesting and precious videos, but also videos of some underwater animals. Watching them when she is bored is particularly healing...

"Ohhh~" Several otters had long been tempted by the smell of fish in the food bowl. Especially after tasting the fish, they became even more excited and impatient, and they tore the fish with their mouths even faster.

In a short while, the two fish were eaten up by the six otters. Not a single bone was left, and even the blood from the bite was licked clean.

"Ohhh~" The six otters looked at the empty food bowl, then glanced at the human holding the strange thing in his hand, their round eyes filled with a little jumping hope.

Cheng Zhenzhu, who was engrossed in filming, heard a few short "嘤嘤嘤" sounds and realized that she had not yet given the cute otters a snack. She quickly turned off the camera and got out three more fish, this time bigger and better species.

"If it's not enough, I'll get more. Don't worry, there's definitely enough!" Cheng Zhenzhu said to the Lucky Stars, not caring whether they understood or not. But she guessed that the female otter on her system's help wall must have understood, and her intimacy value had increased by another 10, reaching 90...

"Oh, oh, oh~" The otters saw a few more fish in the food bowl, shouted excitedly, and continued to eat with their paws held up.

Cheng Zhenzhu opened her phone and continued filming. At this time, there were only a few dumb little otters in the area, so she didn't care. While filming the otters, Cheng Zhenzhu also took photos of the surrounding environment.

As she was taking pictures, she suddenly noticed a small object shining on the screen, not far away from the big deep pit.

Crystal mine. Cheng Zhenzhu was quite excited when she came to this conclusion.

However, there is no way to reach that small shining spot...

Cheng Zhenzhu remembered the pink bead that Otter had just given her, took it out of her pocket, and took out the map at the same time. She wanted to embed the bead into the map as before, but she didn't know how.

After trying several times, Cheng Zhenzhu stroked the rose quartz and couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.