Chapter 102: Helping Relatives Instead of Helping Others
"Look, isn't it very cute?" Chen Ye raised his palm a little higher as if presenting a treasure.
The little fox blinked its big black eyes innocently and clasped its front paws obediently. Its fluffy tail wrapped around its back and reached over its front paws, with the tip forming a beautiful S shape.
The color of its fur is not the thick, dark green, but a soft and light light green.
The color is darkest inside, and becomes lighter as it goes outwards. The tips of the outermost hair have turned almost transparent white, emitting only a light green glow. It is like a pool of ice-covered green lake, faintly revealing clear green, or like the stone pillar-shaped ore they saw underground, with a green color in the middle and crystal clear edges. The transition from dark to light is completed on each strand of smooth and shiny long hair, which is refreshing and gentle to the eyes.
"Cute, so cute." Qi Huan was the first to react and touched the little guy's fluffy tail with his index finger.
The last time he saw the white fox in Bufan’s family, he really wanted to try the feel of its big furry tail, but unfortunately he never got the chance.
The feeling on the fingertips was soft and smooth, making people unable to let go. Although the little guy shrank back shyly, the tip of his tail hooked around Qi Huan's fingers reluctantly.
It was actually a fishing system! The little guy's secretive display of affection made Qi Huan's heart blossom, and he touched her more than ten times before he was willing to stop.
Everyone who came out of the rooms after hearing the noise found that Chen Ye was holding a rare green-haired little fox, and they all came to watch curiously. Yao Yao and Wen Liang followed Qi Huan in stroking the fox, and everyone followed suit, and for a while they were immersed in the happy atmosphere of stroking the fox.
Shen also raised his chin proudly, and generously cooperated with everyone to show in all directions that he was also a spiritual person, and he had to have fun with his friends!
"Let's go to the medical area for a routine assessment and confirmation first." Only Jiufang Yu was not moved by the cute creature, and calmly reminded Shen Ye to check the little guy's condition.
Shen Ye has not had a spiritual body for so many years, and now that he suddenly appears, it is safer to check it out.
The medical area was not suitable for too many people to go there, and it was late, so the onlookers dispersed, leaving only Jiufang Yu, Qi Huan and Xu Zhi to accompany Shen Ye for the examination.
The three of them were getting bored waiting outside the door, so Qi Huan took out a pen and paper, used the wall as a table, and lay on it to continue writing a new page of the recipe.
Perhaps it was the double surprise of discovering a top-level mineral deposit and finally having a teammate with a spiritual body that the usually quiet Xu Zhi actually discussed the situation of the underground palace with Jiu Fangyu with great interest. "I see that the patterns inside are very similar to the legendary energy beam matrix. There should be several more in other directions of the mine."
"I think so too, but few people use this thing nowadays, and even fewer people really know about it." Jiufang Yu leaned against the side with his arms folded nonchalantly, his tall body forming a narrow and sharp angle with the wall.
Xu Zhi shook his head thankfully, "Luckily it's broken, otherwise the blockade matrix alone would be enough to get you into trouble. It's such a dangerous thing, and there's no warning or anything."
"It is probably lost. There is actually a 'No Entry' sign of the Jiufang family on the wall, but most of it is broken. I am not familiar with this kind of mining system, so I just remembered it later." Jiufang Yu's gaze moved from the isolation window of the medical area to Qi Huan, staring at his back silently.
"If we count the time, the one that was on Waste Planet No. 7 should be the one from your family. Maybe they found and sealed it here. Now it has been rebuilt in your hands, so it can be considered as returning to your family's hands."
Xu Zhi didn't get a response, and then he realized that his boss was staring at Qi Huan's back in a daze.
The corridor in the middle was like a chasm, separating the two of them as if they were within arm's reach yet so far away.
Xu Zhi frowned, took a deep breath, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
The corridor fell silent for a moment, with only the rustling sound of Qi Huan's pen sliding quickly across the paper.
Not long after, the door opened, Qiu Ran took off his mask and invited them in.
The three of them gathered around, and Qiu Ran handed the report in his hand to Jiu Fangyu, "Except for the late appearance time, all the reference values of the spirit body are within the normal range."
As long as it’s normal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it.
"Why did its spirit body suddenly appear?" Jiufang Yu asked.
"The subject experienced two energy surges in a short period of time from this afternoon to the evening. It has been preliminarily confirmed that this was the cause of the appearance of the spirit body."
"You mean to say that he didn't have a spiritual body before because he lacked sufficient energy?"
"Based on the current results, this should be the situation." Qiu Ran put one hand into the pocket of his green coat and nodded.
Different types of spiritual beings have different forms, characteristics, abilities, preferences and opportunities for appearance. They can only infer the causes from the final results.
"What does the energy surge anomaly mean?"
"According to the sampling test of tonight's dinner, the dishes with rattan as the main ingredients were found to have energy equivalent to S-level and S+ level." Qiu Ran tilted his head slightly and nodded to Qi Huan with his chin. Their improved and upgraded testing equipment was no longer affected by the mental level of the tester himself.
After a pause, he continued, "But even more exaggerated values and levels appeared in the afternoon. That one in the afternoon was almost SS level, which directly caused Shen Ye's spiritual energy to soar, breaking through his previous limit."
"I tasted the dishes Huanhuan made with rattan sticks alone in the mine this afternoon." Shen Ye, who was buttoning his clothes, added. The energy surge time marked on the table was not long after he tasted it.
Jiufang Yu frowned, "The energy difference between the two times is one level?"
"Yeah," Qiu Ran nodded, "The one in the afternoon was ridiculously high."
"I also measured it myself with a handheld detector in the mine, and it directly exceeded the S-level." Qi Huan recalled the situation at that time and nodded.
"Huanhuan, I will work like a cow and a horse to repay you in the future!" Shen Ye happily hugged Qi Huan's neck and gave him a strong hug. Without Qi Huan's two meals today, his little fox might not come out at all.
"What do you think is the reason for this difference?" Jiufang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Qiu Ran.
"There are two things I can think of at the moment. First, the difference in environment. The free and rich energy in the mine may be higher than we imagined, or Huanhuan's ability can be more effective in that environment, producing an amazing superposition effect. This needs to be confirmed by an experiment tomorrow.
The second is the difference in the ingredients themselves. Just like the mineral deposits below are divided into A-grade, S-grade, and SS-grade, the energy contained in these broken vines also has different levels. We also did some sampling and testing before cooking this batch of ingredients tonight. 90% were A-grade and 10% were S-grade. The highest adaptable level after cooking was S+. This improvement should come from Huanhuan's ability. Therefore, we speculate that they happened to use higher-grade broken vines as ingredients when they tried it in the afternoon. "
After listening to Qiu Ran's words, Qi Huan and Chen Ye looked at each other, and their hearts moved at the same time, that pile of rattan that they had carried back for a long time!
Qi Huan quickly grabbed a handful of broken vines from his storage bag and handed them to Qiu Ran, "Measure the values of these."
Qiu Ran gave the broken vines to Jiang Xian, and the results came out quickly. There were nine of them, all of them were SS grade!
"Jiujiu brought it back, and we thought it was just taken at random." Qi Huan looked at Chen Ye and explained the source of these vines in the puzzled eyes of everyone. This SS-level hit rate could never be taken at random.
"I should have gone with it to pick up the gold." Shen Ye regretted it so much that he slapped his thigh. If he had known that the little guy was 'gold panning', he should have followed behind to help.
"That's not right. If it is SS grade originally, why is it close to SS grade at most after cooking?" Jiufang Yu keenly discovered the problem.
"Maybe it's limited by my own level and can't play the maximum role, just like when I absorbed the SS-level gems, it was wasted?" Shen said uncertainly.
Qiu Ran frowned, unable to think of a reasonable explanation for a moment.
"How about I make two more now?" Qi Huan suggested, pointing to the stove outside. This was a serious matter, so it was better to confirm it. Besides, it would only take him a few minutes to make some cold shredded rattan.
Chen Ye, Xu Zhi, and Jiang Xian accompanied Qi Huan to make rattan silk, but Jiufang Yu was kept by Qiu Ran for a routine checkup.
Qiu Ran looked at the numbers on the report and frowned. He even forgot his identity for a moment and said in a reproachful tone, "How could you do this? The condition has deteriorated so badly that I'm afraid it will be hard to hold out for another five months."
"The situation was urgent and I couldn't think about anything else." Jiufang Yu calmly buttoned his shirt.
"Aren't you afraid that you will just..." Qiu Ran paused, but ultimately didn't say the word.
"If that's the case, it wouldn't be such a loss if I could exchange my life for everyone else's."
Qiu Ran choked and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"Although we haven't found the beast core of the soul-eating dark vine, since these things are all SS-level, they may be helpful to your condition." Qiu Ran took a deep breath, looked at the vines on the table, changed the subject, and solemnly emphasized, "You must cooperate with our treatment in the next few days."
Jiufang Yu nodded, and seeing Qiu Ran's serious face, he said, "Don't worry, I'm actually reluctant to die, and I will definitely cooperate with you to the fullest."
Qiu Ran threw the mask on the table and glanced at him. "You said the same thing last time and the time before that, but you turned around and fought with the stone beast and the star beast. Now here comes a dark beast."
"Don't worry, there's no way a situation worse than an SS-level dark beast could occur." Jiufang Yu comforted his anxious doctor.
"Bah, bah, bah, please spit out what you just said."
Jiufang Yu: ...
"We may need Huanhuan's help in the next few days." Qiu Ran looked at the pile of broken vines again and asked Jiufang Yu for instructions.
"I have made my bottom line very clear to you before. You can provide appropriate assistance, but you cannot put pressure on him. Especially, his safety must be guaranteed. And you are not allowed to disclose my true physical condition to him, the Ferocious Beast Squad, and the Si family." Jiufang Yu's tone was calm, but the warning in his words was self-evident.
Qiu Ran hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "Master, don't you really want to consider trying to use the guide to repair this road?"
"Haven't we discussed this?" Jiufang Yu looked at Qiu Ran, "How confident are you?"
"Two..." Qiu Ran paused, "Thirty percent."
Jiufang Yu glanced at him and did not expose his rounding. "The level gap between him and me is so big. How likely is it that the scene rift will cause irreversible damage to his spiritual body and mental power level?"
"Seventy percent." Qiu Ran broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
"30% bet on 70%?"
"But at least his life is not in danger." Qiu Ran argued with gritted teeth.
"That is the future of an excellent and extremely rare top healing guide, and also the hope of healing for countless sentinels whose visions will collapse in the future." Jiufang Yu sighed and looked out the window at the dark night. "I want to live, but not at the expense of others, especially him."
Qiu Ran clenched his hands in the pockets of his coat, then let go again dejectedly without saying another word.
"The results are out." Chen Ye ran in from outside holding a plate and announced to Jiufang Yu and Qiu Ran, "It was SS grade before and after cooking."
Both people in the medical room frowned.
"Could it be that the level of the ingredients is too high, and Huanhuan's current level gap is too big, so the energy increase has become less obvious?" Xu Zhi raised the question. After all, the energy of SS-level is several times higher than that of S-level, not just doubling as the name suggests.
"It's too late now. Let's go back and rest first. We'll study it tomorrow and see if we can find the cause." Qiu Ran suggested when he saw Jiufang Yu's face turning pale.
"Boss, take it back for a midnight snack." Chen Ye quickly stuffed the plate into Jiufang Yu's hand. This was not an ordinary midnight snack, but an SS-level midnight snack, which was most useful to his boss.
After everyone left, Diwuyuan in the treatment cabin in the observation room next door slowly opened his eyes.
The young master stared at the curved protective shield above the treatment cabin, frowning his childish brows in confusion. Strangely, his hearing seemed to have become better than before, and he unexpectedly heard something incredible.
On the other side, Qiu Ran returned to the room and hesitated for a long time before finally opening the communication interface with Jiufang Yan.
Back in the room, Qi Huan finished preparing the recipes for Po Ren, and practiced the guide mental power operation for more than an hour as usual, before hurriedly going to bed. Considering the time of the guests' return starship, tomorrow's clear sky banquet needs to start three hours earlier than before, and they have to get up earlier.
At dawn the next day, Qi Huan and Po Ren started working at the makeshift stove outside.
After getting up, Yao Yao, Jiufang Yu, A Luan and other seniors led people down the mine again to continue exploring the remaining area. The owner and Diwuyuan, who left the treatment cabin this morning, sat at the long table, "accompanying" the two people at the stove to cook.
Jiujiu sat on the lid of the teapot on the long table, seriously training Xiao Tengzhi to help him get things. Xiaobai was responsible for sitting on the handle of the teapot and watching. He was a little sluggish after "recovering from a serious illness" and didn't want to move.
The shop owner was no longer idle this time. There were several colorful mecha buttons in front of him. He picked a golden button first and pressed it lightly. Then, a golden mecha appeared beside the long table in the morning sun.
Looking more closely, it was covered with scars of varying depths. There were two large holes on the left thigh and right foot, and the cover of the right arm compartment was also flipped and deformed. In a nutshell, it was horrible.
"Tsk." The shop owner looked at the mecha in front of him, shook his head, and took out a bookshelf-like toolbox and placed it next to it. There were not only various tools in it, but also countless materials and small parts.
Jiujiu and Xiao Tengzhi curiously went into the bookshelf and rummaged around, while Xiaobai just stood by and watched.
Diwuyuan half lay on the table, looking at Jiujiu and Xiao Tengzhi who were making a fuss in the bookshelf, then looked at the arm compartment cover that the owner had removed, and sighed softly.
"You're so young, but you've got so many worries." The shop owner said casually, looking at the deformed hatch cover in his hand.
Diwuyuan blinked his large black and white eyes and said, "Senior, if you accidentally heard a friend's big secret that needs to be kept secret, but this secret may also be important to another friend, would you tell the second friend?"
"Which one is more important to you, the first friend or the second friend?" The shopkeeper took out a rewarming oven and put the hatch in it.
"Both are important, but if I have to say, the second one should be more important." Diwuyuan silently glanced at Qi Huan who was busy at the stove.
"Then tell me." The owner said lightly.
"But won't that be unfair to our first friend?" Diwu Yuan looked conflicted.
"First of all, I overheard it, he didn't tell me, so I have no obligation to keep it confidential," the shop owner shook the hammer he had just taken out of the toolbox and said without hesitation, "Secondly, I always help my relatives and not my friends."
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