Chapter 3 Chapter 3 "Can you farm? Or cook?"...
Ye Mian clicked yes without thinking.
Whether it is trash or treasure, you will know after picking it up and taking a look.
After both items were put into the warehouse, Ye Mian clicked on them and took a look at them respectively.
There is only one exchange option for the remains of the two-tailed snake, which can be exchanged for ten points.
However, the green and yellow stone has three options: view, use and redeem.
【Rhenium (a rare metal ore)】
[Temporarily unavailable (missing casting tools)]
[Redeemable for 100 points]
Although it was a mineral he had never heard of, Ye Mian was still interested in using this option. After thinking about it, he decided to leave it alone for the time being and just exchanged the remains of the two-tailed snake for ten points.
Then she hid the system interface, looked around, and decided on her destination - a sparse woods beside a stream.
After all, the plant atlas shows that most fungi are parasitic on some plants and trees, and they particularly like rotten and humid environments.
You can also cut some wood by the way, killing two birds with one stone.
Perhaps the mutant beasts nearby were all swallowed by the two-tailed snake, and the journey was peaceful after that without any accidents.
Dahei remained alert, with his three heads looking to one side and his nose sniffing all the time. There was a hint of expectation flashing in his red eyes.
This is the sweetness.
Seeing that it was too energetic, Ye Mian simply handed the axe to it and instructed it to chop down the nearest tree.
Having evolved once, Dahei no longer needed to be demonstrated. He bit the axe and rushed over. The next second, a "crack" was heard, and a tree that was two or three meters high broke and fell down.
"?" Ye Mian was stunned for a moment, "Ah?"
If what she just taught Dahei was how to mow the lawn, wouldn't it be possible to knock down a large area of weeds in one sprint?
However, this thought only lasted for a few seconds, and Ye Mian soon discovered that this was not because Dahei was born with supernatural powers and could chop down a tree with just one axe.
[Do you want to pick up "Rotten Wood" x3? ]
Ye Mian took a few quick steps over and found that the tree that seemed normal just now had quickly dried up and decayed after falling to the ground. The roots of the tree were also black, as if it had died a long time ago.
"how so?"
Ye Mian frowned slightly, picked up the wood first, and then let Dahei pounce on another tree.
[Do you want to pick up "Rotten Wood" x5? ]
[Do you want to pick up "Rotten Wood" x3? ]
[Do you want to pick up "Rotten Wood" x2? ]
Looking at the useless wood in the warehouse that had piled up to more than thirty pieces, Ye Mian couldn't help but feel thoughtful.
Just as she was guessing a possibility, a familiar text box popped up.
【Attack is immune】
The big black dog next to him also barked in one direction.
Um?
Ye Mian subconsciously looked down and saw a tree root quickly retracting into the ground. After a rustling sound, it disappeared.
But she has a dog with three noses!
"Dahei, chase!"
"Woof!"
The big black claws created a gust of wind and quickly followed the scent.
Seeing it running away, Ye Mian remembered that she should ask it to take her with it, but it was obviously too late now. She could only run to catch up helplessly.
Fortunately, the grove was not big, and before Ye Mian ran out of breath, he successfully saw the thing fighting with Dahei.
[Mutated root-eating tree, no direct threat, weakness is bark]
Root-eating tree?
So this is the tree that devoured the roots of the other trees, causing them to rot and dry up?
But why is the bark the weak point?
Ye Mian looked closely and saw that it should be an old tree. The trunk was thick enough for two people to hug. Several green vines hung under the lush crown, which were now working together with the roots that emerged from the ground to play with Dahei, who was originally full of fighting spirit.
Big Black couldn't do anything to it, and it couldn't hurt Big Black at all.
Ye Mian now understood what "no direct threat" meant, and also understood why the bark was its weakness.
After all, whether it is the green vines or the tree roots that drill out of the ground unscrupulously, they are all protecting the position of the tree trunk.
Just as he thought of this, Ye Mian saw Dahei accidentally entangled by a sneak attack from a tree root, followed by other tree roots and green vines, which tied up and entangled Dahei tightly.
Dahei struggled hard but in vain and could only make miserable "woohoo" sounds for help.
“…Wait!”
Ye Mian ran over, walked through the vines and tree roots that were trying to attack her, picked up the axe dropped by Dahei, and then walked straight towards the tree trunk.
When Ye Mian arrived and chopped the tree trunk with an axe, the mutant tree finally realized that something was wrong. It quickly retracted all the green vines and roots and wrapped them around Ye Mian.
At the same time, two "dong" sounds were heard, and in addition to Dahei being put down, something else was also set free.
Ye Mian didn't bother to look back, he just raised the axe and chopped again.
"boom"
The ground beneath his feet shook, and then Ye Mian found that the other side of the axe in his hand was tightly entangled, and his vision was completely blocked.
"Oh? Pretty smart."
Ye Mian originally planned to do it himself, but now he could only give the order helplessly: "Dahei, go!"
“Ouch~!”
As if he had finally found the correct way to fight back, Dahei came over howling with great excitement and took a bite on the gap in the tree trunk that Ye Mian had just cut.
Those green vines that were trying their best to stop Ye Mian simply wanted to send out a part of them to entangle Dahei, but Dahei flicked his tail and bounced them away. They had no choice but to turn around and attack Dahei again.
Ye Mian drew back the axe and continued chopping without saying a word.
After repeated cycles of this, the mutated root-eating tree lost all its resistance before long. The green vine roots drooped limply and turned dry, and soon after, dark green liquid began to flow out of the trunk.
Dahei couldn't help but take a lick, tasted it and thought it tasted good, so he started licking it with big mouthfuls.
Ye Mian couldn't help but secretly complain as he watched - this trip out was simply to find food for Dahei.
But you can work better if you are full.
After Dahei finished drinking the liquid, Ye Mian silently handed him the axe: "Continue to chop it."
"Woof!" Dahei responded, then bit the axe and started chopping the tree trunk that was not yet dry.
Ye Mian clapped his hands, and after carefully looking around the tree, he successfully found some parasitic fungi in the cracks between the roots exposed outside the soil.
[Mutated mushroom (contaminated), tender meat, no threat (can only be eaten after purification)]
If there is no weakness, then there is none. Ye Mian picked a few flowers directly. They were thick and soft in his hands, and gave off a faint fishy smell.
The ingredients for lunch are ready, but I don’t know how it will taste.
After storing the mushrooms in the warehouse, Ye Mian looked around again, but apart from some dead trees that had dried up again after losing their support, he did not find anything new.
By the time she returned to the trunk of the big tree, Dahei had almost finished chopping, and the whole tree fell to the ground with a loud bang.
[Do you want to pick up "wood" x20? ]
After clicking yes, Ye Mian breathed a sigh of relief: "Who has such a hard time chopping wood?"
Although most of the physical work is done by Dahei.
"Thank you for your hard work, Dahei." Ye Mian took the axe out of its mouth and was about to pat its head symbolically as a comfort, but she saw it looking straight behind her and barking.
Ye Mian thought something was happening again and he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the axe when he turned around, but he ended up making eye contact with a human.
He was a young man dressed in black. He looked cool but in fact he was shivering while holding a black bag in his arms.
Ye Mian remembered that when Dahei was thrown down just now, something else fell to the ground with him. He didn't expect it to be a person.
Seeing her looking at him, he seemed a little uncomfortable and scared, but he still managed not to dodge and nodded politely to her: "Thank you for saving me."
Ye Mian did not respond for a moment. She was reading the information that popped up in her mind with some surprise.
[? ? ? (Evolver), initial skill: [Solid Wall]]
Because she had no relevant memories in her mind, she thought she could only gain insight into information about mutants.
It seems that the original body has been unwilling to accept this mutation, and has chosen to escape by using all the skills it can actively use.
Seeing that Ye Mian had no intention of paying attention to him, Xue Kai scratched his head as if to hide his embarrassment. Then, when he was about to say goodbye and leave, he heard the girl in front of him who looked a few years younger than him finally speak.
"Can you farm? Or cook?"
Xue Kai: "...I really can do it."
"?" Ye Mian was surprised, "Why do they all know it?"
"Well," Xue Kai relaxed a little seeing that she didn't mean any harm, "Because I graduated from an agricultural college, and I live alone, so I know everything."
“That’s amazing.”
Ye Mian's praise came from the bottom of her heart. After all, she also lived alone, but she could only heat up fast food from convenience stores.
But on the other hand, because food ingredients on Blue Star are scarce and rare, the food that lower-class citizens like her can eat is all processed by machines from some inferior and potentially contaminated experimental materials.
Middle-class citizens with some assets never eat this kind of food, but instead choose clean, healthy and less expensive nutrient solution.
Xue Kaigang felt a little happy when she praised him so sincerely, but when he thought about his own experience, his mood became depressed again.
"You have nowhere to go, right?" Ye Mian took in his expression and took the opportunity to offer him an olive branch. "Would you like to visit my farm? As long as you help me farm, I can give you enough food and sleep. You don't have to worry about your safety."
"Ah? A farm?"
Ye Mian's expression was too serious and sincere, and there was no trace of joking in the corners of her eyes, so even though Xue Kai found it outrageous, he still couldn't help but tend to believe her.
And her first sentence was so hurtful to him. He really had nowhere to go, and he might encounter some mutant again not long after he walked out.
But could he really follow a stranger who looked a little weird?
Even though this stranger had just saved his life not long ago.
"You can come and see, and if you don't want to stay, just leave."
After saying that, Ye Mian gestured to Dahei the way home: "Let's go back."
The man and the dog left without looking back, heading out of the woods.
In fact, what really scared Xue Kai was the three-headed dog named Dahei, but from just now until now, seeing that it always listened to the girl, his guard was gradually lowered.
After hesitating for a moment, he took a step forward and followed the man and the dog in front of him at a distance.
Halfway through the chase, the girl seemed to suddenly remember something and directed the three-headed dog to change direction temporarily and head towards a small village in the distance on the other side.
Xue Kai quickened his pace to catch up, but did not follow him into the village. Instead, he looked around warily.
Suddenly, Xue Kai heard a "boom" coming from the direction of the village. After looking in the direction of the sound and seeing what happened, he was a little stunned for a moment.
But what he saw next made him open his eyes even wider in disbelief.
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