Chapter 218 Desert Journey

The next morning, the various tribes began to make repairs. The strong natives, both men and women, were getting ready to go, while the weaker ones stayed in the cave.

Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing also set off, randomly choosing a direction to go.

On the way, the two turned on their protective gear and ate some fresh food. The Flying Cloud Rat, who hadn't eaten yesterday, was happily munching on a large pork chop while perched on Rong Yi's shoulder today.

"How are we going to find the Red Jade Sandworm if we keep going like this?" Rong Yi asked, looking at the vast expanse of yellow sand.

Wei Yanqing: "Check the detection function; if it can't find it, try something else."

On the surface, there were no other living beings around them, but the three-dimensional detection images showed that there were a large number of living beings active underground, although they were some distance away from them.

The well-fed flying cloud mouse started squeaking and pointing its little paws outside, meaning it wanted to go out.

Rong Yi didn't stop her. Whether it was running away or doing something else, she wanted to see what extraordinary abilities this rat had.

Remove the protective gear. "Go ahead, and bring us some good stuff when you come back. As a reward, we'll treat you to something delicious."

The Flying Cloud Rat tilted its head, chirped, opened the membrane under its armpits, and leaped up, swaying and floating like a kite.

Rong Yi licked his lips. "It's gotten fat."

"Pfft—" Wei Yanqing couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It's okay, you can lose weight by converting fat into energy later."

The flying mouse left, but the two did not stop. Whether the little mouse could find them was not a concern.

Less than half an hour later, the sandy ground began to tremble.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately began searching for the source of the problem. Before long, they spotted one of the directions where a giant red object was moving through the yellow sand, like a fish swimming in water.

Amidst a sea of ​​giant red cylindrical objects, a black dot hurtled straight toward them.

Rong Yi looked closely and realized it was a Flying Cloud Rat.

"How did it provoke the Red Jade Sandworm?" Rong Yi asked, puzzled. "Did it sense that we were looking for these things?"

Wei Yanqing slowly frowned. "Let's go first."

Most of the red jade sandworms chasing the flying cloud rats are at the tenth rank, with a few sandworms at the eleventh rank mixed in.

As the flying creature drew closer, Rong Yi noticed that the Flying Cloud Rat was holding something in each of its two paws.

She cupped her hands together to catch the mouse, which was holding two plump worms, their bodies translucent and their interiors shimmering with silvery light. They looked more like strangely shaped, exquisite gemstones than living creatures.

"This is... the larva of the red jade sandworm?"

Otherwise, she couldn't understand what else could cause a group of high-level sandworms to relentlessly chase after this flying cloud rat.

Upon hearing Rong Yi's words, the Flying Cloud Rat's cries became more cheerful, and it tried to hand her the larva.

Before the red jade sandworms got close, Rong Yi reached out to try and catch one. But as soon as his hand touched the larva's skin, the crystal-clear skin, more fragile than paper, broke open like water, along with the silvery flesh inside, like melting ice cream.

Rong Yi: "..."

Her movements froze, completely unaware of what she had done wrong.

Following the principle of not wasting food, the Flying Cloud Mouse immediately stretched out its mouth to catch and swallow it.

Wei Yanqing: "It's been directly stored in the storage compartment. It seems we can't touch it."

Who knew it would turn out like this?

The red jade sandworms became even more ferocious, apparently sensing that one of their larvae had died.

Collect the remaining larva and turn back to fight the sandworm.

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After a fierce battle, the Red Jade Sandworms, having suffered a great loss, dragged their broken bodies back under the yellow sand, remembering the scent of the two men and the rat, waiting for the day they could take revenge.

Since the Flying Cloud Rat could catch larvae well, Rong Yi placed the larvae stored in the storage compartment onto its paws, had the system take a few pictures and put them on the interface, and sold the larvae through a private transaction.

This one transaction alone could bring the unwinding progress to 72%, and that's just a prediction; the actual transaction result could be even higher.

The fragile larvae wiggled nimbly on the flying squirrel's claws, but no matter how they wiggled, they were firmly trapped.

Not long after the image was uploaded, Rong Yi's private messages exploded. It was the first time she had been asked questions by a system host with so many different professions.

There are even headquarters administrators who ask how much the larvae cost first, and then ask where she is. It's best to go to headquarters and cooperate with the investigation yourself.

Rong Yi deleted her message and continued to check other price inquiries.

As I scrolled through the pages, I came across a familiar face: a creature from a high-level energy world, a giant black dragon.

Looking at the dialog box, I learned that the Black Dragon, who was once known as the Lonely King, had a Silver Dragon companion. A few years ago, the baby dragon was born and had just hatched. As the baby dragon's father, the Black Dragon naturally often picked out good items in the system interface to improve his child's potential.

After the system filtered the offers, he gave the highest price.

[Red Blood, enough with the chit-chat, if you're not satisfied with this price, I can raise it again.]

Heilong had always been so decisive, and Rong Yi was quite impressed with him.

The price is acceptable, but the larvae are extremely fragile and cannot be touched, otherwise they will tear apart like water, greatly reducing their effectiveness.

The energy stones have been deposited into your account. Please check and confirm.

The black dragon was fast, and Rong Yi sensed a surge in the number of energy stones in the storage compartment. Not only were there many, but each stone was also of a higher grade.

The larvae were enveloped in soft light and automatically packaged and delivered to the black dragon's storage compartment.

Rong Yi breathed a sigh of relief after completing the transaction. "The larvae have been sold, and the progress has reached 73%."

You can only leave this world when the progress reaches 80%. One larva completes two-thirds of the progress directly, and completing the remaining 7% is not difficult.

Wei Yanqing was somewhat surprised by the price. "I had long heard that the larvae of the red jade sandworm were precious, but I never imagined they were this precious."

"It can increase potential by 30%, and it can be used repeatedly. Although it is not as effective as the first time, it can still increase it by 10%."

Red jade sandworms aren't too difficult to deal with, but the conditions under which they form are extremely rare.

Not long after, Heilong sent another message, this time not a text message, but a video request.

Rong Yi was puzzled but answered anyway, "What's wrong?"

I scanned the larvae when I received them, and they're not fake.

A majestic black dragon appeared on the screen, its emerald green vertical pupils exuding an oppressive aura that could be felt even through the screen. The Flying Cloud Rat was so frightened that it scurried into Wei Yanqing's arms because Rong Yi was too close to the screen.

“The Crimson Blood larva is real, but the spiritual energy surrounding it will damage its body and diminish its effectiveness. I can only let A-Yun eat it first.”

Ayun, the black dragon's mate, came over to look when she heard the video call connect. It was a very beautiful silver dragon.

"I have a favor to ask: could you catch one more larva? I can raise the price by one-third."

This price will allow Rong Yi to quickly fulfill the conditions for leaving.

Rong Yi pressed her tongue against her lower lip, "We can try, but we can't touch the spiritual energy..." She looked at the Flying Cloud Rat, "Then after we catch it, we can only keep it for now. Once I've dealt with things here, I'll send you a creature that can touch the larvae to help your little dragon swallow it."

Heilong followed her gaze and saw Wei Yanqing next to her.

Knowing that the system headquarters had a rule against asking the host about the location of resource planets that were not their home planet, the black dragon could only ask in return, "How long will it take? Little Dragon is currently in the best stage of absorbing larvae."

Rong Yi pondered for a moment, "Probably less than a year."

Even if she was a regular customer and knew a little about Black Dragon's personality, she couldn't just give him the Flying Cloud Rat.

(End of this chapter)