After repeated exposure, the explorers became aware of the problem, and subsequent research revealed that this raspberry-like fruit could cause paralysis.
After that, just in case, explorers would never touch raspberry-like fruits unless absolutely necessary. Nobody wanted to accidentally poison themselves and end up feeding someone else when they were in danger.
However, while explorers would avoid anesthetics like the plague, doctors were overjoyed, seeing it as a natural anesthetic that allowed them to easily subdue unresponsive patients during treatment.
Therefore, doctors would also issue tasks to collect hemp fruits, asking explorers to help collect them.
If the explorer's mission is easy, the explorer is willing to do so, since it allows them to earn extra income while killing two birds with one stone.
After Kaopu gave her a good explanation, Xu Ling's first reaction was that Kaopu actually wanted to make a fool of her, and her second reaction was that she didn't take it seriously.
"Maybe it's a raspberry?"
It itself said it looks exactly like a raspberry, so it might actually be a raspberry, not some kind of sesame fruit as it claims.
"Yeah?"
Seeing that Xu Ling was acting normally, Kaopu began to doubt whether it was really a raspberry, but the scan showed that it was genuine hemp grass.
Is there a problem with its scanning?
He started to doubt himself.
Why are you overthinking it? Just try it yourself and you'll see!
Xu Ling, ignoring its self-doubting gaze, held the bright red fruit in her hand and waved it in front of Kaopu.
Xu Ling's words make sense; you only know after you try it yourself.
So, Kaopu reached out his little hand, took it from Xu Ling's hand, and then threw it into his mouth.
In the first second, Kaopu tasted the sweet and sour flavor, and it even felt pretty good. However, in the next second, it felt something was wrong.
It saw Xu Ling turn around and go back to the bushes after it brought the fruit, slowly picking raspberries. Her movements were like a movie in slow motion, magnified frame by frame in front of Kaopu's eyes.
No, that's not right, how did Xu Ling become like this?
It couldn't help but shout at Xu Ling, "Host!"
Kaopu thought he was shouting very fluently, but what Xu Ling heard was "Master—"
Xu Ling, who was having a great time picking the fruit, stopped what she was doing, looked up, and couldn't understand what kind of trick this was.
"What’s wrong with you?"
The reliable person in front of him stared wide-eyed, remaining silent for a long time.
Xu Ling had always known that the reliable one was a mimic, but now that it was standing there with its gaping maw wide open and not saying a word for a long time, to be honest, it still looked a bit scary.
What's wrong with you?
After waiting for a while without seeing the reliable person move their mouth, Xu Ling became a little impatient.
After a long while, the reliable mouth finally moved, opening and closing like in slow motion.
"This—is—meth—fruit—"
This time, Xu Ling understood.
This is meth!
This fact made Xu Ling's eyes widen, and the next second a burst of laughter escaped her lips.
In Kaopu's eyes, Xu Ling slowly opened her eyes wide, then slowly curved her eyes into a smile and opened her mouth wide, making her look very comical and amusing.
Then, after a couple of seconds, it seemed to hear Xu Ling's mocking laughter.
Reliable: ? ? ?
"Are you mocking me?"
Xu Ling readily admitted that being slow to respond was truly comical, like performing a skit.
It had initially wanted to see her make a fool of herself, but reality took a dramatic turn. She was fine after taking the methamphetamine, while the reliable one was completely paralyzed by it.
It's estimated that its internal programs are currently stuck.
Xu Ling thought to herself with schadenfreude.
Fortunately, the effect of the methamphetamine didn't have a particularly large impact on the reliability; it only caused a slight delay in response for a few minutes before returning to normal.
"Laugh! Laugh! You're still laughing!"
Kaopu looked at Xu Ling with an undiminished smile and a teasing expression, clearly annoyed.
Who would have thought that it, as a system without a physical form, would be knocked out by methamphetamine, yet Xu Ling showed no reaction whatsoever.
Before it could recover, Xu Ling watched the joke while stuffing several more methamphetamine pills into her mouth.
Xu Ling is completely mistaking hemp fruit for raspberries. I wonder if the physicians of the Simon Empire would cry their eyes out if they saw this.
Seeing her like this, Kaopu wanted to say something to her, but before he could speak, a slight rustling sound came from behind him.
It immediately made a shushing gesture to Xu Ling, indicating that she should not speak.
In an instant, the surroundings fell silent, with only the wind blowing slowly, carrying a few words.
"Is this really...this place?"
"I saw it...it ran away..."
They were explorers.
Kaopu frowned, judging from the distance of the sound, it should be at the outer boundary.
Originally fearing encounters with explorers, it directly sent Xu Ling to the inner part of the Misty Forest.
This place is already quite a distance from the outer perimeter.
Ordinary explorers, without the ability to protect themselves, will not easily leave the outer perimeter and venture into the inner part of the Misty Forest.
After years of exploration, there are no major dangers left in the outer areas. Currently, only some weak wild animals still live there. Therefore, even novice explorers can survive in the outer areas.
However, the inner side is still fraught with danger. Not to mention the spreading maze, there are also poisonous insects and plants that are hard to guard against from time to time.
Therefore, only highly skilled and daring lone wolves or adventurers who value teamwork dare to venture into it.
The two people who just spoke seem to be heading inside, clearly unafraid of the dangers they might encounter there.
Thinking that he came to the Misty Forest to avoid other people, if he were to run into other people, it would go against his original plan.
The reliable person made a decisive decision: "Let's go! Let's go inside!"
Once those words are spoken, if it seems reliable, then fly in one direction.
Although Xu Ling overheard a few words, seeing that Kaopu didn't want to run into others, she didn't think much of it and followed behind him.
Xu Ling didn't notice that wherever she walked, the grass and trees made way for her, and after she passed, they returned to their original places. The footprints she left were also covered by vines on the ground.
Soon, her figure was completely hidden by the lush vegetation.
The place where she and Kaopu had just been was restored to its original state, and no one noticed that someone had briefly stayed there before.
Before long, the tranquil forest entered the two of them.
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