The patrol team focused their main attention on the man in black robes and the scarred man, while Xia Chuhe and the others quietly slipped away without attracting much attention.
After running out of the Cape Trading Market and getting into the car, Xia Chuhe briefly told the others what had just happened, but omitted the "troublemaker" that Bao'er had mentioned. He only said that the scarred man had his eye on the black-robed man's goods and wanted to steal them.
Xia Chuhe was quite surprised by Bao'er's idea of shifting the blame. She had always thought Bao'er was an honest and simple girl with no guile, but she didn't expect her to be so quick-witted.
After being bullied by the man in black robes and the scarred man, Xia Chuhe wanted to take revenge, but he needed to spend time and energy planning it out carefully. Unexpectedly, Bao'er improvised and used a fake item to start a "war" between the scarred man and the man in black robes, letting them fight like dogs.
Xia Chuhe secretly decided that once he left the base, he would take a detour to find Xinghuo and try to stay away from the Cape Trading Market to avoid any further complications.
Ultimately, it's because she was too weak.
...
On the way back to the base, Bu Yi reminded Xia Chuhe, "We still haven't found a guide."
Xia Chuhe thought for a moment: "Let's post the tasks on the Haijiao app. Those smugglers should know a lot of people willing to be tour guides."
This method is more reliable than searching for someone like looking for a needle in a haystack in the market. Bu Yi immediately posted a trading thread in the software.
...
Back in the courtyard, aside from what Wang Yan had prepared, Xia Chuhe reassessed the farm's situation and summarized the gains from the Bird Island instance.
The Bird Island instance is only 40% complete, but Xia Chuhe obtained two A-grade magic seeds—sesame and chili peppers—for a total of 80 experience points. Combined with the remaining 90 experience points, he can upgrade the farm to level eight and still have 70 experience points left.
The eighth-level farm has 512 plots of land, which is 512 square meters, totaling approximately 0.8 mu (rounded up, and hereafter recorded in mu).
The buildings consisted of a feed mill, a mill, a bakery, a sugar factory, and warehouses (except for the feed mill, none of the other factories were ever used; the crops grown were just enough to feed the poultry).
Magic seeds include wheat, corn, soybeans, apples, carrots, sugarcane, sesame, and chili peppers, while common seeds include potatoes.
The common poultry included chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, rabbits, pigs, and sheep (two rabbits, two pigs, and two sheep were randomly selected and bred into a small number), and one cow.
Special animals include a parrot that can freeze for 20 seconds, a hummingbird that can record videos, a monkey that steals things, a venomous snake, a little black dog that can do backflips, and a big yellow dog that can't do anything.
Oh, and there's another dragon egg that's been incubating in the hen's nest for almost three months without any sign of life. The old hen is so discouraged she's questioning her existence and isn't as plump as the other chickens.
The warehouse contains a lot of work clothes, various daily necessities (obtained from the Nuwa Factory), more than a dozen agricultural machines (obtained from the Raptor Academy), barbecue grills, grill pans, pots and pans, and other eating utensils (custom-made by the store)... The daily necessities are more than enough for more than a dozen people to live outside for decades.
A high-tech space combat kit containing a pistol and over fifty special bullets.
And special items—a selfless propaganda leaflet, a panacea, and a divine search technique that can be used twice.
There is also a malicious eye parasitizing Xia Chuhe's eye socket.
And two books whose purpose I don't know.
Thinking of the little animals that had performed so many great feats in various dungeons, Xia Chuhe decided to keep them as pets outdoors whenever possible. To that end, she would need to go to the shop later to get them some special supplies.
...
When everyone had prepared their belongings to some extent and called Xia Chuhe to collect them, Xia Chuhe had one last time to confirm with Bao'er whether she was determined to stay outside.
Xia Bao'er said, "I want a pair of stilts and a black robe that adults wear. I've seen stilts in books, and I can practice them."
Xia Chuhe: "..."
Since the girl was determined, Xia Chuhe didn't ask any more questions.
After packing up their things, Xia Chuhe went to Sister Li's food shop to get a lot of food. Since Bao'er couldn't easily enter the base, she couldn't eat in the restaurant, so everyone ate together in the courtyard.
Li Yue noticed something amiss when she saw how much stuff was being packed: "Are you leaving?"
Xia Chuhe made an excuse: "No, I still need to go to the Animal World instance first!"
Li Yue's eyes lit up: "If I go, can I travel with you like last time?"
"A warm welcome," Xia Chuhe said with a smile.
Li Yue was delighted: "I'll treat you to the main course today! But the dough didn't rise very well, so eat the steamed buns slowly and don't choke."
...
The steamed buns were very soft and fragrant.
When Xia Chuhe was distributing steamed buns to the others, he hesitated for a moment and did not tell them about Li Yue's reminder.
Then, that unlucky guy Wang Yan found a foreign object in his steamed bun—a piece of oil paper. He held up the oil paper: "Sister Li is so careless. Luckily, we were the ones who found it. If someone else had found it, they would definitely have made her pay for it."
Wang Yan was about to throw away the oil paper when Xia Chuhe frowned and said, "Let me take a look."
She held the oil paper above her head, pointing it at the light on the roof.
There are clear markings on the oiled paper—gene therapy, generous reward offered.
It seems that Li Yue wants Xia Chuhe and others to help her buy more gene-based drugs.
Although Xia Chuhe didn't understand Li Yue's intentions, he still bought it for her, since he had more points than he could spend. Everyone bought the gene-enhancing drugs up to the purchase limit, and Wang Yan even asked a few friends for help. Including what he had bought before, they bought nearly two hundred doses of gene-enhancing drugs in total.
Three days later, after packing their things, Xia Chuhe and the others appeared before the Animal World instance with Li Yue. The butler also came with Xia Chuhe.
The butler said worriedly, "Now, in the Animal World replica, no one who goes there a second time ever comes back."
"Those Raptor Academy dungeons, not many people who went before survived, but I still went anyway," Xia Chuhe laughed. "Don't worry, you don't need to collect their corpses if they die."
"It's bad luck," the butler said. "Will you go back after you come out?"
"I'm not going back. Keep an eye on those nameless bastards for me when you have time. I'm leaving." Xia Chuhe waved his hand.
The butler took out a box: "I don't have much to give as a gift, so I've just saved these up."
Xia Chuhe opened the box, inside were ten magazines, neatly stacked.
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