Zhang Mu woke up very late this time. Between the depletion and recovery of his mental strength, he was actually very tired.

When Yuan Rui handed the food sent by Long Qi's soldiers to his bedside, Zhang Mu learned that everyone in the camp had already marched into Jinzhong City.

Yuan Rui blinked her big eyes and looked at Zhang Mu and said, "Uncle, why aren't you worried at all about whether they will encounter danger this time? The previous war was so terrible. I was taken away at the beginning of the retreat. I heard that many people seemed to have died. Will it be the same this time?"

Zhang Mu ate the roll in his hand without caring, and only replied to Yuan Rui after he swallowed it, "If they can't even recapture Jinzhong City like this, they'd better wait for death.

Do you know why that woman waited for a day? She wanted to exchange Jinzhong City for the lowest price. If we turn back right after we come back, the mutant beasts in Jinzhong City will probably go crazy because of the death of the king and put all their hatred on our troops.

Mutated beasts that are well-organized are scary, but mutant beasts that are insane are also scary.

And this one day is enough of a buffer, because even if the mutant beasts do not take action, those first-level zombies will definitely attack first. The instinct of zombies is to eat, and it doesn't matter whether you are human or mutant beast. Without the restraint of the king, they are all food.

The relationship between the two sides is already tense and delicate. Once blood is shed, it will definitely trigger a riot in the whole city.

So, just rest assured and wait for them to come back and hand over my beast cores."

Yuan Rui nodded, not quite understanding, and helped Zhang Mu put the remaining food waste into the trash can, then sat quietly in the

Zhang Mu looked at him from the bedside.

However, if there are thousands of beast cores, the existence of the Epoch Merchant Ring will still be exposed. Should it be exposed directly?

Forget it, let's talk about it later. However, he believed that even if Long Er and Long Qi knew about it, they would not ask too many questions. Zhang Mu suddenly remembered that he still had the second-level beast core prepared for Yuan Rui in his arms, so he took it out directly.

Half black and half white, exuding an inexplicable charm at the junction of black and white. Zhang Mu felt that the beast core left by this old white fox was really too different. He had countless beast cores passing through his hands in later lives, but he had not found a dual-system crystal core like this white fox. However, the spiritual part was relatively mild, and the healing part Yuan Rui also had it.

Yuan Rui looked at the beast core in Zhang Mu's hand with curiosity. She was very smart and immediately thought of the dual-lineage white fox in the story Zhang Mu told her yesterday.

"Is this the beast core of the white fox? One yin and one yang, one life and one death. It looks very magical."

Zhang Mu raised his palm slightly, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's for you."

"Give it to me?" Yuan Rui was really panicked this time. She knew from Zhang Mu's description how precious this thing was. This was the second-level beast core that Zhang Mu had exchanged his life for.

She was about to refuse, but seeing Zhang Mu's eyes that refused to be rejected, she could not say anything. She could only nod silently. However, she soon became excited and asked Zhang Mu, "Uncle, after I advance to the second level, will I be able to help you and don't have to wait for you to come back?"

Zhang Mu thought about it seriously and replied to Yuan Rui, "Half of it is healing ability.

Even if a healing evolver advances to a high level, he will not have the ability to attack. After all, healing alone is already a natural advantage. But the beast core you are using now is very special. The other half is pure spiritual energy, and the white fox's mental power tends to be more offensive. I don't know what kind of changes it will bring when it is integrated into your healing ability.

However, I should be able to at least protect myself, so I can feel more at ease and not have to go alone."

In fact, Yuan Rui didn't understand what Zhang Mu said before, but she knew that if she used this beast core to advance to the second level, she would definitely be able to help Zhang Mu not become a burden to him.

The little girl was very happy with this. She smiled instantly and happily accepted the white fox beast core that Zhang Mu gave her. She leaned forward and kissed Zhang Mu on the cheek, then looked at him with a smile.

When she touched that icy texture, Yuan Rui felt a surge of power. When this beast core came into contact with her body, it began to stir up the boiling healing energy in her body. It seemed that the energy in her body was about to explode. All the cells in her body were longing for it, and she wanted to swallow this beast core right now.

But Zhang Mu suddenly felt something was wrong. He sat up from the bed and took the beast core back. Only then did Yuan Rui get rid of the confusion and wake up.

Zhang Mu stood up and shouted to Yuan Rui, "I'm going to look for Long Qi. Wait for me, I'll be back soon!"

Just now, Zhang Mu discovered that he did not have enough Yuan Crystals in his Epoch Merchant Ring.

It cost too much to get the mother-and-child gourd before. Now I am really short of money and have to borrow!

(End of this chapter)