Chapter 1071: In Danger!! (Two chapters combined)
After Gu Yin went inside, Little Purple Sable—no, now we should remove the "little" from the title!
The sable plopped down by the door, scratching its head, looking at its sharp claws, and then at its once brownish-black fur, now smooth and glossy, before finally letting out a sigh.
This fur is too good, but also too dangerous! Once it appears in the group, it will definitely be the most eye-catching one, and it will definitely be a target for poachers!
Also, the sable poked its own flesh with its paw. Was it a little fatter? Otherwise, how could it have knocked Gu Yin flying? It clearly just wanted to stand on her shoulder like before.
Thinking of this, the sable got up and leaped over to a nearby tree.
"Thud! Crack! Bang!!"
Gu Yin came out while drying her hair and saw that clumsy sable fall from the tree. The sound of it falling was painful!
Gu Yin: "...You really have no idea about your own weight? That shouldn't be the case. You seem pretty smart, and with this evolution, you should be able to understand what I'm saying."
The sable, feeling too embarrassed to get up, squeaked.
Gu Yin: "...Heh, it's no use making a sound. Get up. Tomorrow you'll go into the mountains to train. If you can't even keep up with a wild boar in speed, that would be embarrassing."
Upon hearing that it was inferior to a wild boar, the sable became indignant and immediately began to roll around.
"Squeak squeak squeak!!! Squeak squeak squeak!!!"
Seeing that it was about to pounce again, Gu Yin quickly stepped back: "Alright, stop barking. I'm going to eat. Clean yourself up, or you're not allowed in the house, you're all dirty."
When Gu Yin arrived at the canteen, the chef had already prepared the dishes.
"Perfect timing! Fresh out of the pot! Hurry up and make it! It smells amazing! My mouth was watering just from the smell of the chef cooking! Hurry, hurry, I can't wait!" Lan Yan waved to Gu Yin to sit down, set out the bowls and chopsticks for her, and waited for them to start eating.
Gu Yin looked at the people at the dinner table; they were all people who had gone into the mountains.
"Commander, where are my teacher and my martial uncle? Aren't they coming to eat?"
Lan Yan shook her head: "They're all busy. Don't worry, I've already had someone bring it to them. Let's eat quickly!"
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "Eat up, look at you, your mouth is watering! But it does smell better than regular wild vegetables!"
Seeing that Gu Yin had sat down, everyone began to eat.
Gu Yin took a few bites, put down her chopsticks, and looked at them: "Do you have anything to say?"
Lan Yan stared at the food in the bowl and murmured, "The spiritual energy is so abundant! My whole body feels warm! It has even more spiritual energy than the vegetables I grew before! No, compared to them, those don't even count as spiritual energy!!! Could this be the spiritual plant that Senior Jin mentioned before???"
"My muscles were sore just now, but I can't feel them at all!! My whole body feels so relaxed!"
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "Although I don't know the difference between this and spiritual plants, it is indeed much better than the previous food. Brother, you should talk to the commander and ask him to arrange a group of ordinary people to go up and cultivate the land. As long as they don't go too far into the lake, the middle area is safe."
Lan Yan nodded upon hearing this: "Okay, I'll go find him after I finish eating."
Dinner was quickly finished, and Gu Yin returned to the lab, where Hu Shanmin and the others had already completed all the necessary preparations.
"The data for these things is out. They are all very active, some even more so than some superhumans, especially that ginseng. The data is still changing. Take a look."
Gu Yin took the report, looked through it for a while, and nodded: "I understand. I'll study it some more."
This research continued until dawn.
The next morning, Hu Shanmin arrived at the lab and saw Gu Yin typing away at the computer, knowing that she had stayed up all night again.
"It's been a whole night, have you discovered anything else?"
Gu Yin looked up at the time and tidied the desk: "I've made a discovery, but I'll have to go into the mountains to find out more. Don't touch anything on my computer. The plan I made for you is ready. Follow the plan and cooperate with the leader to conduct the experiment. If I don't come back tonight or tomorrow, just continue with the plan. Don't worry about me."
Hu Shanmin frowned: "You haven't rested all night, and you're going into the mountains now? Should we rest up a bit before going?"
Gu Yin shut down her computer and shook her head: "Just one night, no big deal, I'm leaving."
I stopped by the canteen to grab some food, and as soon as I got back to my lodgings, I saw that the sable had woken up.
"Go have breakfast, then come with me into the mountains later, are you coming or not?"
"Squeak!!" Upon hearing this, the sable immediately got up and ran outside. Its food was prepared separately by the people in the kitchen.
After Gu Yin finished washing up and eating, and had just finished packing what she needed to bring, Lan Yan and the others arrived.
"Are we leaving on time?"
Gu Yin nodded: "Let's go."
It was a bit easier to go into the mountains today than yesterday; they followed the same path they had taken before.
When they reached the dividing line, Blue Flame transformed into a gray wolf and followed.
Nothing unusual happened along the way, except that the plants seemed to have grown a bit more overnight.
"Should we go to the lakeside, walk along the lake, or go through the mountains?" Bai Wuwen asked Gu Yin, looking at the map.
"Walk along the lake. The spiritual energy is strongest by the lake. If something with consciousness awakens, it will definitely stay by the lake. Walk along the lake to the other side, and then walk through the mountains and forests on the way back."
After Gu Yin finished speaking, she patted the sable that had followed her all the way: "Do you want to go play by yourself, or come with us?"
Zi Diao looked into the distance, then at Gu Yin, and hesitated.
"You know where I live. If you can't find me later, just come down the mountain."
"Squeak!! Squeak!!" Upon hearing this, the sable turned and ran towards the other side of the forest, but after a few steps, it turned back to look at Gu Yin.
Gu Yin waved her hand: "Go."
"Squeak!" It turned and leaped into the jungle, disappearing from sight.
"Where did it go?" Bai Wuwen wondered.
Gu Yin turned around and walked forward: "It has its own people. After going through such a thing in the mountains, it is most likely worried about its people and went to look for them."
So that's how it is.
After walking for three hours, the group arrived at the pit where Gu Yin had previously discovered the ginseng.
"Let's rest here for a bit, eat something, and then continue."
Gu Yin told them to rest, and then went down into the pit herself.
This pit used to be full of wild ginseng, but later the larger ones were all dug up, leaving only the smaller ones, which were only two or three years old. Normally, there shouldn't be any changes, but this is an unexpected situation.
Gu Yin went down into the pit, looked at the ginseng tree that was almost as tall as her, her lips twitched, and she squatted down to start digging.
"Ginseng? It's not going to look like an infant again, is it?" Lan Yan jumped down and pushed Gu Yin aside.
"I'll do it, my claws, it'll be faster."
With its sharp claws, it dug out the ginseng in no time.
"It's alright, it's only a little thicker than my arm. It's not fully formed yet, but it looks like it'll be ready soon. Should I call someone over to keep an eye on it?"
Gu Yin took the ginseng, examined it, broke off a piece, tasted it, and shook her head: "No need, let them grow on their own. They have plenty of spiritual energy; it's only a matter of time before they develop consciousness. I'm leaving..."
Before he could finish speaking, the ginseng in his hand immediately shrivelted.
"Awoo??" Blue Flame was stunned, and even howled like a wolf.
Gu Yin looked at the shriveled ginseng in her hand, which eventually turned to ashes and became nothingness, and her mind went blank.
"I smoked it?"
"Then what about me?" Lan Yan dug up another one and handed it to Gu Yin.
"Try again, is it your superpower causing this?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yin took the ginseng, closed her eyes, and began to introspect.
Sure enough, as the Yin-Yang diagram spun rapidly, the green spiritual energy quickly concentrated in her palm. After the ginseng was drained, it spun again, as if nothing had happened.
Gu Yin: "...It really is a superpower. This healing superpower is a bit greedy."
The green energy within the Yin-Yang diagram, which was absorbing external spiritual energy, paused for a moment before immediately resuming its rotation.
Gu Yin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. It seemed that the Yin-Yang diagram given by her master did have a suppressive effect on these supernatural abilities.
"It's okay, let's go. As long as we know what we can and can't eat, that's fine."
After resting for a while, everyone continued on their way.
It was eerily quiet the whole way; there wasn't a sound, not even the chirping of insects or birds!
"Everyone, pay attention. It's unusually quiet here. Walk forward for about ten minutes, and you'll reach the base's rest area. When I came here before, even though there weren't any large animals, there were still insect sounds. Prepare your best skills in case of any unexpected situations. Chi Xing, you go first, Gu Ran, you bring up the rear. Bai Wuwen, those of you without special abilities, go in the middle."
"OK!"
Just five minutes after I left, it started raining heavily.
Braving the heavy rain, the group quickened their pace and finally arrived at the rest area, which was the inn, five minutes later.
"The houses here are in good condition. They weren't flooded or damaged, and the cooking utensils are still there. Not bad at all." Gu Yin inspected the houses and nodded.
After taking off their special raincoats, the group cleaned up and then sat down to rest and prepare food.
Bai Wuwen looked around. Because of the rain, the already dark environment became even more gloomy.
"Ayin, we haven't seen those trees yet. Could it be that we guessed wrong? Maybe they weren't sentient, but were eaten when they were about to become conscious because their spiritual energy was so abundant?"
"That's possible, but if it's really as you say, then the danger is even greater."
Bai Wuwen: "...Then let's stick with tree spirits. These little monsters are always a bit dumber than those unknown beings, and easier to teach."
Gu Yin chuckled and shook her head.
“I’ll go to the bamboo grove and gather some tree roots to start a fire so we can cook something to eat. I’m hungry.”
Gu Yin looked at the two clumps of bamboo about seven or eight meters away and nodded: "Don't go too far, be careful, just bring a few bamboo roots."
The bamboo roots, submerged under the withered leaves and not wet, can be used.
Bai Wuwen took out the talisman, just in case.
Seeing that he was prepared, Gu Yin was no longer worried. She went inside and took out the equipment. Because of the rain, the collected grass and wood were wet, and they could be dried for a while once the fire was lit.
"Come here, one of you, help us. There are bamboo shoots we can dig up here; we can use them to stew chicken later!"
Bai Wuwen's voice came from not far away. Gu Yin had just finished arranging the plants and called out, "Coming!"
He went to the tool shed and got a hoe. The wooden handle of the hoe was rotten, so he could use a bamboo stick to make a handle later.
"Old Bai, do you have any suitable bamboo? We can make a wooden handle to make it easier to dig."
"Yes, do you want dried or fresh bamboo? I just saw some dried bamboo behind me, it doesn't look very big, it broke off a while ago, I'll get it for you... Oh my god!!! Ah! What is that!! I'm exploding! I'm electrocuting! I'm binding! Oh my god!! Big shots, come save me!!"
Gu Yin was still deciding which one to use when she saw Bai Wuwen being pulled into the jungle by something!
"Hold on!!" Lightning erupted from her hand, and she used it like a whip! Gu Yin lashed out in that direction!
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