Her heart skipped a beat, and only then did she belatedly realize...
In my haste, I accidentally pulled him into the space as well.
"What...what are you looking at! If it weren't to save you, I wouldn't...wouldn't have brought you here!"
"Let me tell you, don't even think about it. Here, killing you is as easy as crushing an ant!"
Zi Xi subconsciously took a step back, her eyes filled with panic, and she stammered as she tried to remain calm.
Mo Chen did not answer. He simply squatted down slowly, reached out his hand, and gently touched the lush green grass at his feet with his fingertips.
A realistic touch, and a vibrant life force.
He raised his head and took a deep breath of the incredibly pure air.
"Where...is this place?"
"Who...are you?"
Mo Chen looked at Zi Xi, his voice hoarse and low due to extreme shock, and asked, word by word.
Time seemed to stand still in the space, with only the rustling of the wind through the wheat ears and the contented grunts of piglets in the distant pasture.
Zi Xi looked into Mo Chen's deep eyes, her heart pounding and her brain racing.
Should we silence them?
But apart from extreme shock, Amo's face didn't seem to show any greed or malice; rather, it was more of an incredulity.
This calmed her panicked heart a little.
There's no escaping it now, and lying doesn't seem to cover it up.
Zi Xi steeled herself and decided to give a half-truth, half-lies.
It was as if they had simply shared an interesting secret, rather than revealing a treasure powerful enough to shake up the interstellar landscape.
"Here, have a taste? It's much better than the fruit outside."
Zi Xi walked to the edge of the thriving tomato field, picked a bright red tomato, and handed it to Mo Chen.
Mo Chen didn't answer, but just looked at her, gesturing for her to continue.
Zi Xi awkwardly withdrew her hand, took a bite herself, and juice spilled out.
"After I left the Chu family, I found a batch of very strange things on the black market."
"The seller said it was some kind of ancient civilization heritage. I thought it was cheap, so I just bought it as a novelty."
As Zi Xi chewed, she pretended to casually begin making up a story.
"Later, I accidentally dripped blood onto the pendant, and that's how I discovered this place."
“I tried planting these antique seeds, and to my surprise, they actually grew, and grew exceptionally well.”
Zi Xi helplessly spread her hands, looking both helpless and lucky.
"Look, these were all grown from that batch of seeds. I don't know what they are, but they're edible and taste amazing."
"I think my cooking is good, not because of any culinary skill, but simply because the ingredients themselves are amazing."
Zi Xi waved her arms, sketching the vibrant farm, her tone filled with a joyful sense of "I'm so lucky!"
She deliberately downplayed her deeper connection with this space, portraying herself as a lucky person who had an accidental encounter.
This way, one can explain the origin of the space and the uniqueness of the ingredients, while also protecting oneself to the greatest extent possible and avoiding arousing excessive covetousness from others.
Mo Chen listened quietly, his gaze sweeping across this space that defied scientific explanation, before settling on Zi Xi's little face, which was trying hard to appear honest, and he couldn't help but find it amusing.
She found something that so many explorers sent out every year couldn't find, so easily?
Black market, ancient civilization heritage, blood oath?
This explanation is full of loopholes and is reminiscent of third-rate novels set on ancient Earth.
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