Chapter 112

Too lazy to waste any more words, Fu Le went ashore and walked towards the stone steps.

On the ship, Ah Jian asked, somewhat displeased, "Captain, are we just going to let her go like that?" He was annoyed that the woman hadn't even said thank you.

Fu Le: Damn it, didn't your captain just refuse to take it?

"What else? Are you going to kill her? Or keep her as a pet?" another young man said.

"It's unlikely, but she's a woman and doesn't have any memories. Can she survive?" In this desolate land that devours people without spitting out the bones, women are usually protected by their families, but even so, they still have a hard time living.

"No, it won't happen." Guan Ya said calmly, watching Fu Le's retreating figure.

In my memory, the moment the woman opened her eyes, the murderous aura emanating from her made her seem like no ordinary woman. She might have been a mercenary from some ship who had fallen into the water and suffered amnesia from the shock.

As he climbed the steps, Fu Le stared blankly at the workers and the stone houses. Everyone was busy carrying seafood caught at sea. Their expressions were numb and empty, like robots, repeating the same tasks. No one was chatting or laughing. Fu Le even wondered if these people would laugh.

What should she do?

Many people were trading, and Fu Le could often see people paying with fluorite. She wondered what she could use to exchange for some fluorite to cover her expenses, as she needed to find a place to stay first.

"The shuttle, you retrieve the isotope, I don't need to do anything, right?"

"No need, I have to go. Take care of yourself, don't die."

Fu Le: ...

If I don't ask, are you going to forget that you came here to retrieve the boulders?

Surely this world isn't just about seafood? Seafood is good, but you can't eat it every day, right?

The only thing Fu Le could think of to exchange fluorite with everyone was clothes. However, seeing that everyone was wearing the burlap sack clothes she was wearing, she didn't dare to take them out. What if there wasn't normal cloth from her original world here? Wouldn't she be attacked by everyone?

As Fu Le walked, she noticed some people and cast questioning glances at her. Some were indifferent, while others were unfriendly or disgusted. Fu Le hurried past them, walking further and further away.

"Sister, where are you going? Do you need a ride? My family's beast-drawn carriage is fast and can take you anywhere." A little boy's voice came. Fu Le looked over and saw a boy of about ten years old. He was not tall, dark-skinned, and his big head looked particularly frightening. Because he was thin, his eyes bulged out. He was looking at her with a curious expression.

"I want to go to the market, but I don't have any fluorite right now."

"How can I ride the bus without fluorite? My mother said that you have to give fluorite to ride the bus." The boy shook his head and refused.

"Have you ever eaten candy?" The child's eyes were bright, he seemed to be doing well in life, and he wasn't very wary, so Fu Le asked directly.

"Candy? Of course! Chuchu candy is delicious. Have you ever tried it, sister?" The little boy was very happy when it came to candy and started chatting with Fu Le on his own.

"Is there a market around here? If you can tell me where it is, I can give you a piece of candy as a reward." The market best reflects the local living conditions, and she needs to exchange it for fluorite.

"Is it a candy?" The boy's eyes lit up when he heard that it could be exchanged for candy; few children can resist the temptation of candy.

"No, they're fruit candies." Fu Le pulled out two orange-flavored candies, each about the size of a finger. The colorful wrappers shone brightly in the sunlight, successfully persuading the boy to agree.

However, just in case, Fu Le didn't give him the candy wrapper, but instead peeled it off and gave him only the candy.

In this world, Fu Le is pretty sure that without plastic, if the candy wrapper isn't handled properly, it will bring her trouble.

The boy was disappointed at not getting the shiny candy wrapper, but he instantly cheered up when the orange-flavored candy entered his mouth. "Come on, sister, I'll take you there. It's not far. We'll ride in a beast-drawn carriage. My auspicious beast can carry people too, but you have to give me three more pieces. After all, the market is quite a distance from here, and my Arui also likes candy."

Without saying a word, Fu Le gave him three pieces of gold. The little guy was overjoyed and put them all into his little pocket on his chest.

The little boy's auspicious beast is a black miniature horse with wings. Apart from the wings, it is no different from a real miniature horse. Its limbs are short and thick, making it look clumsy. Its eyes are also dull, indicating that it is not very intelligent.

This horse is much stronger than a person! It seems that the energy-extracting formation only absorbs human energy, not animal energy.

As he mounted the horse and soared into the sky without any shelter, Fu Le's cheeks were blown to the sides by the wind as he sped up at such a speed!

It's still a bit chilly...

Halfway through the journey, the little boy fed the pony some candy, and the pony neighed joyfully and sped up. Fu Le hunched her neck and lay prone on the horse's back, her teeth chattering from the cold. But the little boy sitting in front of her, riding the auspicious beast, seemed unaffected, staring straight ahead, seemingly impervious to the cold.

Below were rows of shrunken houses, all made of stone. Looking at the crowd, they were all a dull gray, without any of the colorful clothes she had hoped to see.

After about half an hour, the pony began to slow down and then slowly descended.

The so-called market was just a small square of stalls spontaneously formed by ordinary people on a barren slope full of gravel. There were no sheds set up; everything was just laid out on the ground.

"Sister, at the end of this market is the cave. You can rent a cave there. The market has everything you need."

"Okay, thank you, Ava." The little guy called Ava, and it sounded natural to him.

"You're welcome, sister, your candy is delicious."

Fu Le was wearing gray cloth shoes, and to blend in better, she even smeared mud on the surface of the shoes. After saying goodbye to Awa, Fu Le approached the entrance of the market.

The people entering and leaving the market seemed to have better spirits; at least their eyes weren't as empty as those of people at sea.

On the burlap spread out on the ground, there were vendors selling meat, flatbread, fish, and cloth—coarse burlap, fine cloth, clothing, animal skin shoes, animal skin boots, animal bones, bone bowls, bone spoons, bone knives, as well as animal milk and blood. There were also stone bottles and jars. Fu Le was overwhelmed by the variety.

Fu Le squatted on the beast blood stall. The stall owner was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old. Although he was thin, he was in good spirits, with regular features and a youthful look in his eyes. "This is the blood of the serpentine beast. It can be used as medicine to treat dysentery." The young man was very happy to see someone squatting down to look at it and answered the questions eagerly.

Fu Le reached out and pointed to the large iron bucket, "Put some on my finger."

Although the young man found it strange, he did not refuse, saying, "Just stick it in yourself."

Fu Le took out a needle, and then, to the young man's astonishment, inserted it into the blood, smeared it on his fingertip, and said, "Winding beast blood has a good effect on gastrointestinal diseases."

It was indeed a good thing. Fu Le changed the needle and inserted it into the beast milk bucket next to her. "Youyou Beast Milk, strengthens the body" is the same as the milk in her space, both have the effect of strengthening the body.

"Can we barter?" Fu Le asked, noticing the increasingly strange look in the young man's eyes.