Chapter 581: 001 Returns
After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at their destination.
Looking at the towering red pine tree that stretched as far as the eye could see and required five or six people to encircle it, Gu Yin couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature!
"This place is so beautiful! It's like a fairytale forest from a book! So many fungi are growing on the lush green moss! These are hazel mushrooms, and these are pine mushrooms! What's this thing that looks like a cat's paw?"
Gu Yin has been picking mushrooms for a hundred years, and when she sees one she doesn't recognize, she asks Bai Mengshan for directions.
"These are shiitake mushrooms. They're thick, delicious, and nourishing. They can even lower cholesterol! My dad came over a few days ago after it rained and picked two big baskets of them. I didn't expect there to be more now!"
While helping Gu Yin pick them up, Bai Mengshan reminded her which ones she couldn't take.
"Don't you have matsutake mushrooms here? Are there any in here?"
Bai Mengshan nodded: "Yes, but it's hard to see. There's so much moss here that it goes up to your calves when you step on it, so it's hard to spot. If you look closely, you can see monkey head mushrooms on some of the trees."
Gu Yin wished her eyes were scanners, or that she had tentacles! She couldn't possibly pick them all up! She really couldn't!
There are so many experts joining Gu Yin's team! Who wouldn't be confused after reading this? Who could resist picking it up?
Oh, there is one person, that's the old man.
Seeing Gu Yin's frantic state, Zhou Wansheng shook his head and instructed everyone to start setting up tents. He then sprinkled insect repellent around the area and set up a stove, as it would be time for dinner soon.
Since it was already getting dark, the things that needed to be done could only be done tomorrow.
After the tent was set up, Gu Yin picked a lot of mushrooms.
"Is there a water source nearby?" one of the experts asked, looking towards Baimeng Mountain.
Bai Mengshan nodded: "Yes, luckily there are water sources in more than one place, otherwise we would be in big trouble when those animals come to drink! We'll light a fire when we go to sleep at night, just in case."
He then said he would take them to wash up.
Gu Yin also thought of this problem. She looked at Zhou Wansheng, who smiled and said, "It's really nothing. That medicine isn't ordinary. There won't be any big insects within hundreds of meters. Don't worry."
So everyone followed Bai Mengshan to the side and walked for about five minutes until they saw a stream, about five meters wide.
"Is the water here melted snow from the mountains? Are there any fish?"
"If you're lucky, you might find catfish under the rocks. Because of the water quality, the catfish here aren't fishy, and their meat is tender, making for a very sweet and delicious soup!"
Upon hearing Bai Mengshan's words, the bodyguards immediately took off their boots and began turning over stones downstream.
Gu Yin looked for a while and found there were none, so she followed the others back first.
When we returned to the campsite, the tents were already set up, the simple stone stove was also set up and a fire was being lit, and water was boiling in the pot.
The water was brought up by the bodyguards, but it wasn't much; it was enough for two days, and they wouldn't be staying for long, so it was sufficient.
"The mushrooms are cleaned. What are we having for dinner tonight?"
"Let's have something simple: boil some noodles and add some mushrooms. It's easy and convenient," Secretary Zhou said with a smile as he tended the fire.
Gu Yin had no objection to this. She moved a rock over to sit on, took a tree root, strung the shiitake mushrooms together, and slowly roasted them by the fire. After the mushrooms wilted, she brushed them with a little oil, added some salt, and continued roasting them.
When I was little, my grandma used to roast mushrooms like this for me.
"Host! I'm back!"
Staring blankly at the firelight, Gu Yin was startled when she suddenly heard 001's voice in her mind, and almost dropped the mushroom in her hand!
"Are you sleepy? If you are, go and rest in the tent for a while. We'll wake you up when dinner is ready." Secretary Zhou was so startled that he quickly grabbed Gu Yin's shoulder!
Gu Yin neither explained nor refused, but nodded with a smile: "Then I'll go take a nap first."
After returning to her own tent, Gu Yin took off her shoes, went inside, lay down on the sleeping mat, and closed her eyes.
"Why did you take so long! When I called you earlier, you didn't answer, and I thought something had happened to you!" Gu Yin entered the system library and frowned as she looked at 001 flying in.
001 exclaimed excitedly, "This place is so vast! I flew further and further away and lost track of time! Host, this place is truly magical! So many things here possess spiritual energy! There are even places in the middle of the forest where the magnetic field is off! I must have been disturbed by the magnetic field while I was there, which is why I couldn't hear your voice!"
Gu Yin hurriedly asked, "Does it have spiritual energy? Is it a medicinal herb? Is it the kind of spiritual energy found in the cultivation world? Or is it the kind of spiritual energy found in the chalcedony back in Myanmar?"
001 immediately shook his head and said, "It's not like chalcedony, it's plant-based, and also animal-based! It does resemble the spiritual energy of the cultivation world, but it's far inferior to that of the cultivation world."
Gu Yin's eyes lit up with surprise; those must be medicinal herbs!
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