Chapter 9 New Members of the Management Group
Meng Qingyin clicked into the "Highway Survival Management Group".
The pheasant has joined the group chat.
Upon seeing the message notification, Meng Qingyin was slightly taken aback.
Another new person has joined the group chat?
The group chat immediately became lively.
[White Fox: Welcome new member @Pheasant! A warm welcome!]
[Azure Wolf: Welcome @Pheasant!]
[Honey Badger: @Pheasant Welcome, welcome!]
[Hyena: @Pheasant Welcome!]
Pheasant: Hello, I am a pheasant native to the Green Green Grassland.
[White Fox: Pheasant Bro, don't be shy, we're all family here! I never expected you to be the first original member to join.]
[Pheasant: Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I was catching bugs to eat when I felt the summons and I was totally confused—do you guys know which player unlocked the Green Grassland site?]
[Honeypot: This is a player from server 30, but that's not important. Pheasant, I'm very interested in Green Grassland, could you tell me about it?]
[Pheasant: I'm honored! Green Green Grassland is a station with almost no danger. We have a lot of a fruit there—the chicken heart fruit—which is very thirst-quenching. If you have the chance to go, you must try the chicken heart fruit.]
[Hyena: Sounds pretty good, the fruit is non-toxic, right?]
Pheasant: Of course! You can eat it without worry!
[White Fox: But I don't like eating fruit.]
【pheasant:……】
There's been no more activity in the management group because [White Fox] killed the conversation.
But Meng Qingyin had an inexplicable strangeness about her.
She had always thought that the administrators in the group were people. Although she wasn't sure if they were aliens or something else, they could still be categorized as "people".
They simply gave themselves animal names to conceal their identities.
But the newly added [pheasant]...
His profile picture is a rooster with colorful feathers, which is not surprising, because the profile pictures of the [white fox], [hyena], [gray wolf] and [honey badger] are also the corresponding animals.
But the pheasant said he was "eating insects" at the time...
This statement makes it hard not to draw certain conclusions.
Also, she just got the "Green Grassland Pass" and then "Pheasant" was added to the management group. Is there any connection between the two?
My mind is a complete mess; I can't make sense of anything.
Meng Qingyin shook her head, trying to shake off those thoughts.
Let's not think about those things anymore, let's go check out "Green Green Grassland" first.
The pheasant said that there was almost no danger there, and that it was rich in a very thirst-quenching fruit. She had an hour to stay and could pick some.
With that in mind, she used the [Green Grassland Pass].
The next moment, the straight, endless highway in front of us was replaced by a winding dirt road with a green virtual arrow in the middle.
[Green Grassland: Please proceed 500 meters forward from here.]
Meng Qingyin set off on her balance bike, the ride was bumpy and dusty.
Soon, the end of the dirt road appeared before us, leading to a lush meadow. Even before we got close, we could smell the fragrance of fresh grass, and the air felt noticeably more humid.
Looking out, the lush green grass and the azure sky meet in the distance, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Even the clouds in the distance seemed to hang lower.
Occasionally, a few shrubs are scattered across the grassland, bearing small red berries.
Meng Qingyin's eyes lit up. Could that be the chicken heart fruit?
She strapped the stun gun to her waist, grabbed her bag, and ran to the nearest bush.
Although [Pheasant] said there was almost no danger here, it also meant there was still some danger. She felt more at ease carrying the stun gun.
The bushes are only about the height of a person, growing very vigorously, with round leaves about the size of a one-yuan coin.
Scattered on it are some red fruits the size of cherries, which look fresh and juicy.
Meng Qingyin reached out and picked one.
[Chicken heart fruit: An edible berry. Slightly sweet and very juicy.]
She wiped it off briefly and took a bite. The juice of the fruit burst in her mouth, and it tasted slightly sweet when she swallowed it.
It tastes pretty good and can also be used to quench thirst.
The only drawback is that the skin is too thin; a ripe fruit will crack open with the slightest touch.
Meng Qingyin picked another fruit that wasn't very ripe, put it in her mouth and tasted it. It was less sweet and juicier.
This level of ripeness is perfect for quenching thirst.
She started picking chicken heart fruits.
Although the berry bush was quite large, it didn't bear many berries. In addition, Meng Qingyin didn't want the berries to be fully ripe, so she didn't pick too many berries from the bush.
But it doesn't matter, there are plenty of berry bushes on the grassland!
Meng Qingyin quickly ran to the next berry bush to pick some.
The chicken heart-shaped fruits I found were placed directly into the system backpack, which is quite convenient.
Soon, Meng Qingyin discovered that her backpack was full.
I glanced at it and found that the last square contained [Chicken Heart Fruit x99].
It turns out that there is an upper limit to the number of squares.
Meng Qingyin quickly ran back to the scooter, cleared out all the materials from her system backpack, put on her camouflage bag, and ran back to the grassland to continue picking.
About forty minutes later, her system backpack and camouflage bag were full.
Meng Qingyin jogged back to the scooter, dumped the miscellaneous items from the storage box onto the cargo bed, laid a layer of toilet paper at the bottom, and carefully poured all the chicken heart-shaped fruits from her bag into it.
Then, she jogged to a new clump of bushes.
Before she could even stand still, a brightly colored pheasant flew out of the bushes and pounced on her.
Meng Qingyin was startled and immediately grabbed the stun gun. When the pheasant was about to get close, she swung the gun and pressed the power button.
"Sizzle sizzle!"
The pheasant was instantly stunned by the electric shock and fell to the ground.
Meng Qingyin stepped forward, picked up the pheasant by the wing, and ran back to the scooter.
She rummaged through the pile of junk and found a rope, which she used to securely tie the pheasant's legs and wings. She then tied the other end of the rope to the sidecar of the scooter to ensure that the pheasant couldn't escape even if it woke up.
Only then did he feel relieved enough to continue picking chicken heart fruit.
Unexpectedly, she caught a pheasant. Meng Qingyin was in a very good mood. Later, when she picked fruit, she would pay special attention to the bushes to see if any more pheasants would come to her.
Unfortunately, there were no more pheasants after that.
However, with only three minutes left, she discovered a different kind of chicken heart fruit.
This chicken heart fruit is as big as an egg, and its color has changed from bright red to a brilliant golden yellow.
[Mutant Chicken Heart Fruit: The fruit has absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, sun and moon, and has mutated. Eating it increases agility by 1 point.]
Meng Qingyin's eyes lit up; this was a real gem!
She carefully picked the fruit, wiped it clean, and ate it all.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, it's safest to just eat it.
After finishing the meal, she didn't feel anything special. She wondered if it was just psychological, but the way back seemed shorter.
Perhaps it was because she became faster.
As soon as Meng Qingyin got back on the scooter, the green grassland and dirt road immediately disappeared, replaced by a straight highway and sand dunes on both sides.
On the truck bed, the pheasant woke up and glared angrily at her with its tiny green eyes, clucking and trying to flap its wings to fly, but its wings were tied tightly and it couldn't move at all.
However, Meng Qingyin felt that this pheasant looked somewhat familiar.
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