Gu Mian rolled her eyes at him: "Let me finish. I've bound myself to an island, but there's a lot of pollutants on the island, and I need you to help me clean it up."
Before he could even hear what she said, Xu Kun immediately agreed, "No problem! Sis, whenever you say when to go, we'll go!"
Gu Mian ignored him and continued, "I have only found second-order pollutants on the island so far, but I cannot rule out the possibility of higher-order pollutants."
Killing a Tier 2 Corrupted Poison will drop a Silver Chest, but it's uncertain whether every Poisoned ...
I can give you all 15 packs of cigarettes, but it's not free; you need to help me clean up 15 second-order contaminants.
And if every pollutant drops into a treasure chest, I'll take half of it.
Also, that island is a heavily polluted area. The pollution level increases by one point for every minute you stay on the island, so you'll need to prepare the purification solution yourself.
After listening to Gu Mian's words, Xu Kun asked with a serious expression, "Is there anything else?"
Gu Mian was taken aback, thought for a moment and said, "There shouldn't be any for now. Oh, right, I'll pay for the team cards for the round trip."
Xu Kun was silent for two seconds, then asked, "Can I bring others along?"
You don't need to pay for the purification potion, and you'll still get half of the treasure chests dropped by monsters.
Gu Mian asked knowingly, "Is it Jiang Bai?"
Xu Kun: "Mm."
More people mean more strength, and besides, she'd get half the treasure chest, so she had no reason to refuse.
So Gu Mian nodded directly, "That's possible, but I don't have that many team cards."
Xu Kun said matter-of-factly, "Let him pay for it himself. Taking him to grind monsters and earn high-level treasure chests for free is already letting him off easy. What's there to say if he pays for a team card himself?"
Gu Mian: "Sending [cigarettes] is settled then. I'll use the team karting feature to send you guys when I get to the island tomorrow."
Xu Kun instantly grinned, revealing a set of white teeth: "Yeah, I'll be waiting for you!"
...
After hanging up the video call, Gu Mian realized that it was already quite late.
After quickly washing up, I filled the brazier with wood to ensure it wouldn't go out during the night, then crawled into bed, wrapped myself tightly in the blanket, and went to sleep peacefully.
The brazier's heating range is very small; once you're far away, you can't feel the heat at all, so she made several in the room to keep warm.
The room was warm thanks to the braziers, but the air became very dry. Sometimes I would wake up thirsty in the middle of the night and have to get up to drink a glass of water.
...
Gu Mian slept soundly without any dreams, but woke up the next day with a dry mouth and thirst.
With his eyes half-open, he grabbed a bottle of mineral water from the ground, unscrewed the cap, and gulped it down in one go.
Having solved her thirst problem, Gu Mian lay back in bed and drifted off to sleep again.
I slept for another hour or so before I was fully rested and got up. It was only 8 a.m., which was still quite early.
After burning all night, there was still a little less wood left in the brazier. Without adding any more wood, Gu Mian pushed open the door and went out.
As soon as I opened the door, a blast of cold air hit me.
Gu Mian hissed coldly and tucked her exposed neck further into her down jacket.
When I got to the window, I realized that it had started snowing outside. No wonder there was such a big temperature difference between the living room and the bedroom.
After quickly washing up with the leftover hot water from last night, Gu Mian began preparing breakfast.
It's so cold outside, I want to eat something hot to warm myself up.
I opened dozens of packets of rice noodles before, and they've been sitting in the storage cabinet. Now it's perfect to take them out and eat them.
Two fried eggs, a handful of vegetables, and a bowl of hot rice noodles—after finishing her breakfast, Gu Mian's palms were warm, and she no longer felt cold at all.
The snow was still falling, and even getting heavier, with a thick layer of snow visibly accumulating on the ice.
She took out two sweet potatoes, put them on the stove, and sat lazily next to them to warm herself by the fire.
This kind of weather is perfect for doing nothing and staying at home to keep warm.
When I'm bored, I open the chat channel to see what other people are doing, and after reading it, I realize that these people are really annoying.
It's truly admirable that people are still out fishing for boxes despite the heavy snow.
"It's so cold! My hands were frozen stiff after fishing up just two bronze chests. I feel like I'm going to freeze into an ice sculpture."
"Brave warrior, what makes you persist in fishing for chests outside in such heavy snow?"
"Is it because I'm bored? Are you satisfied with that reason?"
"Satisfied, satisfied. To be honest, I'm also quite bored, so..."
"[Hot coffee] Why is it snowing so heavily all of a sudden? Let me have some hot coffee to warm myself up."
"[Taro ball milk tea] Milk tea is still the best. One sip and you feel so happy."
Gu Mian nodded in agreement; she also felt a bit like drinking milk tea.
Open the trading area and search for milk tea; you'll find that there are actually quite a few types of milk tea for sale.
Bubble tea, red bean milk tea, Oreo milk tea, jasmine green milk tea, mango yogurt...
There were so many flavors that I was overwhelmed, so I simply stopped being picky and just tried one of each.
A sip of hot red bean milk tea instantly enveloped me in a sweet sense of happiness.
...
Before going to the island, Gu Mian used the copy card.
[Copy successful. You have obtained two 100ml immobilization sprays.]
Gu Mian...
That's a really low multiplier...
But something is better than nothing. Gu Mian twitched her lips as she put away the spray and checked her backpack again.
Once I confirmed that all the purification stones were in my inventory, I opened my personal panel and clicked "Teleport".
The next second, Gu Mian appeared on Moon Island.
The island was shrouded in thick fog, obstructing visibility and making it impossible to see one's location. All one knew was that this was definitely not the place one had been teleported to before.
Gu Mian had a total of 370 purification stones in her backpack, and without any hesitation, she took them all out.
"Contaminated soil detected. Current status: Can be cleaned. Clean the soil now?"
"Purify".
"Purification complete. Current soil condition: ready for planting."
The next second, the large expanse of black soil in front of me began to slowly turn brown.
Gu Mian narrowed her eyes slightly, wondering if it was just her imagination, but the fog around her seemed to have thinned out a little.
"Squeak!"
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
Hearing a rustling sound, Gu Mian instantly became alert—pollutants had appeared!
He quickly pulled out two team cards from his backpack and invited Xu Kun and Jiang Bai.
After the team card is used, it immediately turns into a white light and disappears.
The next second, Xu Kun and Jiang Bai appeared in front of her.
"Where is this? Why is there such a thick fog?" Xu Kun asked, turning his head in confusion.
Gu Mian: "Moon Island is the place I told you about yesterday."
"You scared me!" Xu Kun jumped around and turned around. "Hey sis, why were you hiding in the back without saying a word!"
Gu Mian: "...Didn't I say something?"
Jiang Bai cautiously looked around. "Stop fooling around, the pollutants are coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, two mutated beetles, each taller than a person, burst out of the thick fog.
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