Xia Chuhe touched the tip of his nose guiltily. Luckily, he had the reliable little hummingbird. Otherwise, relying solely on his ability to burrow underground, he didn't know how long he would have had to stay buried to find this place.
The two briefly recounted their respective experiences.
Dong Huimiao said urgently, "You need to find a way to get me out first."
Xia Chuhe fiddled with the lock for a long time, but even the fiercest fire couldn't burn the lock cylinder.
"Why make things so complicated? Just wait." Xia Chuhe said, taking out the low-end "Xia Chuhe" skin from the farm. "You go into this skin first, and we'll make other skins after you come out."
"I'm so tired... Tell me about the clue we made that deal with first." Dong Huimiao was exhausted from constantly trying out new abilities. Since Xia Chuhe was there to "protect" her and there was a way out, she decided to lie down and rest for a while.
“You should have seen the shadowy figure turn into a human that night… that’s because I fed it a piece of blueberry. It only said four words to me—'See the truth.'”
The sudden clue caught Dong Huimiao off guard: "Wait, why did you feed it Blue?"
"Medications have side effects, right?"
The winter-damaged seedlings nodded.
"Bru is a medicine, right?"
The seedlings were destroyed in winter, and then the nod was made.
"So Blue has side effects, right?"
The winter-damaged seedlings nodded again.
"But the person who took Blue didn't experience any side effects, so the side effects must have been transferred or hidden. I suspect the shadowy creature might have received the side effects. The shadowy creature stole the slime not because it really wanted the slime, but because it wanted the slime's final product, Blue. So, I'll give it a Blue pill to try."
Xia Chuhe finished stating his guess in one breath.
Dong Huimiao blinked, feeling a little dizzy. She could understand every word, but the transition from guessing the side effects to feeding the shadowy figure Blue was still quite disjointed.
However, in order to save face, Dong Huimiao pretended to be calm and said, "That's what I was thinking too. I was originally looking for an opportunity to try it out, but you beat me to it."
Xia Chuhe: "...Come out once you've rested enough."
As the winter-damaged seedlings closed their eyes, preparing to gather strength for the transfer of their souls, heavy footsteps came from outside the fence.
The two exchanged a glance, tacitly avoiding mentioning the relocation. One hid in the ground, while the other feigned resentment and cursed.
The fence was opened, and two patrolmen carrying large iron barrels walked in one after the other.
Dong Huimiao raised her voice: "You lot who deserve to die a horrible death, let me go right now!"
"You only have the energy now. Let's see if you can still curse later!" The patrolman held out his hand to his partner. "Brother."
The person behind him pulled a funnel from under the workbench and handed it to him.
The patrolman peered through the gap and poked the funnel into Dong Huimiao's mouth, deliberately pressing it down as he said, "This newcomer, give him two spoonfuls."
The person behind scooped a spoonful of black, viscous substance from the bucket and slowly poured it into the funnel, stopping only after pouring two spoonfuls.
The thick, foul-smelling substance poured into her cavity, even though it was just a skin, made Dong Huimiao feel nauseous and want to vomit, but her supine position prevented her from doing so.
"You filthy thing, what did you feed me?!"
"Wow, you still have the energy to talk. Give me another spoonful."
Another person advised, "No, we can't let them die from exhaustion too soon."
"What are you afraid of? You know the one locked up inside? She's been here since I joined the army. Several generations of people have died in the other enclosures, but she's still alive. Besides, she's short-lived; she'd die in one bite. She still has the energy to curse, so let her drink it!"
After being given another spoonful of winter-damaged seedling fertilizer, it became completely obedient.
The two men carrying the buckets entered each insect-human chamber in turn and fed the people confined in the enclosures an unknown substance.
At this moment, Dong Huimiao realized how wrong her reaction was; luckily, the two patrolmen were not observant.
In the other insect chambers, those who had been humming softly or remaining silent began to wail in pain after consuming the unknown substance. Some even shook their heads violently, banging their heads against the fence with a loud thud.
The seedlings, destroyed in winter, quickly joined in with a few fake howls.
After the patrolmen left, Xia Chuhe came out, and Dong Huimiao said anxiously, "My stomach hurts, quickly take out your skin bag."
Now, she didn't care about resting anymore; all she wanted was to escape the discomfort.
Food is one of the substances that drives the skin. When Dong Huimiao was in the skin, she had even eaten rotten flesh, but the feeling brought by that substance just now was even worse than rotten flesh. She didn't want to endure it for even a second longer.
Entering the low-grade "Summer Hoeing" leather bag, Winter Destroyed Seedlings breathed a sigh of relief: "Give me a lamb and some straw, and I'll make a leather bag to use first."
"See if you can make this person a success." Xia Chuhe took out a hummingbird and showed it the person in charge's appearance from every angle.
Dong Huimiao, who died in place of Xia Chuhe, had naturally met the person in charge. A person who could personally send a city lord away must have an extraordinary identity. Using his body to travel through the Heavenly God Temple would minimize obstacles.
Dong Huimiao couldn't help but praise, "You're really cunning!"
"You flatter me." Xia Chuhe smiled, though he wasn't in a very good mood.
When thinking of the person in charge, one inevitably thinks of "Ms. Lu," and naturally, one cannot help but think of Lu Danggui.
"You stay here and work on the leather, I'll go check out the other insect chambers."
Dong Huimiao cautiously put away the freshly skinned lambskin, afraid of missing any clues: "No, I'll go with you."
The wailing from inside the insect-human chamber was intermittent, like a vengeful ghost calling for death.
The two went one after the other to the nearest human-insect chamber.
“Do you remember the woman who angrily left when she first got Mini Blue? That’s her,” Dong Huimiao introduced to Xia Chuhe.
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