Chapter 120
When Su Jing followed the black bear to the depression where the spiritual herbs were stored, five mining robots were circling around red and green plastic boxes filled with the herbs.
The 200 spiritual herbs collected earlier made the box heavy. The robot's tracks occasionally slipped on the layer of decaying leaves, making it difficult to lift the box to the spatial teleportation point. The display screen even popped up a message saying "Weight limit is approaching".
Seeing this, the black bear walked a few steps to the robot, and gently placed its huge front paws on the sides of the green box. The paw tips were tightly tucked in, without touching the box wall, and it lifted the box steadily as if it were a fragile piece of porcelain.
"Be careful not to crush the Qi-gathering grass buds," Su Jing subconsciously warned. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the black bear slightly adjust the angle of its paws, tilting the box at a 5-degree angle to prevent the spiritual herbs inside from piling up and crushing each other.
It actually understood! The communicator popped up at the right time: [The Tier 3 Black Bear's "Weight Balance" ability is activated, allowing for precise control of carrying force and preventing damage to supplies].
Su Jing breathed a sigh of relief and gestured for the robot to hand over the red box as well. The black bear caught it with its other front paw, and the two boxes were held steadily in its arms. It could even follow Su Jing's steps steadily toward the space transmission point. The robot, whose tracks were slipping, followed behind. With its burden reduced, its movements became much more agile.
When sending the spiritual herbs into the space, the black bear even looked down at the transmission membrane, and only looked away when he saw that the box had disappeared smoothly. His rough face showed a bit of seriousness.
Su Jing patted its head and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work. There's still some work for you to do."
The black bear let out a soft growl and rubbed its forehead against her palm, as if in response to "no problem".
The blue deer maintained its pale blue aura barrier throughout, its light blue fur shimmering under the light membrane. Seeing that the spirit herb was safely stored, it gently shook its head and walked to Su Jing's other side to continue its guard duty.
Just then, Xiao Jin suddenly darted to the edge of the depression and excitedly barked towards the southwest—
Its round ears stood up high, and its front paws gripped a stone half-buried in decaying leaves. Behind the stone, a few pale green grass leaves were faintly visible, which were the Qi-gathering grass.
"Found another spirit herb?" Su Jing's eyes lit up. She ran over with Xiao Jin, and the black bear put down the empty box and followed with steady steps. Its huge body did not crush the spirit herbs around it, which showed that it had excellent control over its strength.
Xiao Jin parted the vines beside the stone, revealing a cluster of spiritual herbs that was smaller but denser than before: pale red hemostatic herbs grew at the base of the vines, their leaves carrying fresh moisture.
Pale green Qi-gathering grasses were interspersed among them, their flower buds smaller than before, yet exuding a richer herbal fragrance; there were also a few pale yellow Body-strengthening grasses mixed in, their leaves thick and fleshy, low-level spiritual herbs that had not been collected before.
"There are more varieties this time, so we need to collect them by category."
Su Jing deployed three robots, assigning each one to one of the three spiritual herbs, while she and Xiao Jin cleared away the rubble around the herbs.
Little Jin used its tiny paws to pry open small pieces of pebbles, while Su Jing used her golden crystal dagger to cut the thin vines wrapped around the grass, their cooperation was exceptionally tacit.
The black bear didn't stay idle; it walked to the outer edge of the herb patch and used its massive forepaws to carve a shallow trench in the ground.
The trench is about 10 centimeters deep, which perfectly separates the herb grove from the surrounding woodland, preventing the robot from accidentally stepping on other plants when collecting them. Occasionally, small flying insects that try to approach are gently shooed away by it, like a dutiful "site manager".
The green deer stood on the outside of the shallow ditch, gently sniffing the air. Its aura barrier expanded to its maximum, protecting the entire herb grove inside and ensuring that no ferocious beasts would suddenly break in.
The collection process was smoother than before: the robot's silicone claws picked the items precisely, and the sorting bins were quickly filled.
Xiao Jin also brought over a few hemostatic herbs that had grown in the tree hole and were almost forgotten, and brought them up to Su Jing to show off, his black eyes sparkling.
Su Jing then picked out a few of the health-promoting grasses with the thickest leaves, put them in a separate small box, and prepared to take them back to her space to plant.
When the last health-promoting herb was placed into the sorting box, the communicator popped up a statistics notification: "[Collection this time: 40 hemostatic herbs, 70 qi-gathering herbs, 40 health-promoting herbs, totaling 150 plants.]"
The total number of medicinal herbs is 500, clearly displayed on the screen without any omissions.
When storing the newly collected spiritual herbs in her space, Su Jing specifically categorized the Body Strengthening Herb into the "Auxiliary Medicinal Plant Area," separated by a pale yellow light membrane, and labeled it "Mature spiritual herb, can be used to refine Body Strengthening Pills." Together with the previous Hemostatic Herb and Qi Gathering Herb, this formed a complete reserve of three types of low-level medicinal plants.
The black bear huddled beside the transmission membrane, only feeling relieved after watching the spirit herb disappear. The green deer also came over and gently touched Su Jing's arm with its antlers, as if congratulating her on the successful harvest.
Just as Su Jing was packing her backpack and planning her next route, the communicator on her wrist suddenly emitted a blinding golden light—[Real-time ranking update for the dungeon!]
Current ranking: 1. I am the God of Wealth (Su Jing), cumulative friendly monster affinity: 3 (first-tier treasure-hunting rat "Xiao Jin", second-tier green deer, third-tier black bear), overall score: 92 points (out of 100), leading the second place by 15 points.
The golden ranking notification lingered on the screen for 5 seconds, and the surrounding robot displays simultaneously lit up with the words "Congratulations on ranking first." Black Bear let out a low growl after seeing the light screen, as if cheering, while Little Gold jumped onto Su Jing's shoulder and happily rubbed against her cheek.
Su Jing stared at the rankings, but she wasn't very excited—she knew the dungeon wasn't over yet, and the three monsters were only temporarily ahead in terms of favorability.
Just as he was about to put away the communicator, a faint, ferocious roar suddenly came from afar. Unlike the previous howl of the Earth-Splitting Wolf, this sound was deeper and more intimidating, and even the ground trembled slightly.
The aura barrier of the blue deer tightened instantly, and the light blue light became dazzling; the black bear also tensed up instantly, its front paws slightly raised, revealing a cold light at the tips;
Xiao Jin jumped off Su Jing's shoulder and hid at her feet, his dark eyes full of vigilance.
"Something's up."
Su Jing immediately gripped the laser gun and ordered the robots: "All personnel on alert! Robots 1 and 2, take charge of frontal defense; robots 3 and 4, guard the flanks; robot 5, stay close to me and be ready to provide support at any time!"
Upon receiving the command, the robot instantly formed a defensive formation, and a "Alert Mode Activated" message popped up on the display screen, while a pale red scanning light swept across the ground.
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