Chapter 18's various high-tech facilities dazzled Fu Le, making her feel like a country bumpkin visiting the Grand View Garden. However, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous, since she still had the identity of a fake Celestial Clan member. If she found everything strange and interesting, she would appear ignorant. And if a Celestial Clan member was ignorant, things would get out of hand, and she would be suspected.
Even so, Fu Le quietly placed his hand on the silver wall of the inner compartment. 'Interstellar spaceship, technology beyond Earth's plane, cannot be retrieved.'
Fu Le was not giving up, so he touched the stool and table, and the same words appeared in front of him: 'Cannot be collected'!
Holy crap, why? Shuttle, come out here! Give me an explanation! This mechanical race has so much high-tech stuff, why can't we bring it back to Earth? If we could bring it back, our country would be even stronger!
However, no matter what Fu Le said or cursed, the shuttle did not react.
After cursing in his heart, Fu Le roughly realized that when he traveled to another world, he would encounter things with technology far beyond Earth's, and these things could not be put into the shuttle.
However, I wonder if mesospace is possible?
The Lama people's settlement.
Fu Letian's identity as a member of the Lama tribe was immediately noticed by all the Lama people. From the moment she entered the Great Stone Gate, she was greeted by Lama people lining the way, singing and dancing, their colorful hair flying in the wind. Their tribal characteristics were very strong. The clothes they wore were exchanged from the Hemp Weavers. They were made from a plant unique to the Hemp Weavers and resembled modern burlap sacks. They were all grayish-brown, with large holes, and even exposed flesh—ugh… an eyesore. Only the nobles' clothes were white, looking smooth and soft, without any holes. It was said that white clothes were very expensive and only nobles could afford them. Hearing this, Fu Letian even considered interstellar trading. Unfortunately, she didn't have the ability to predict the future. If she had known, she would have stuffed a bunch of cloth into the shuttle and exchanged all of this tribe's Qiqi Fruit and Stone Essence reserves.
When she gets back, she'll buy loads of modern supplies and put them in the shuttle, hehe.
Fu Le was led before the clan chief to a spacious and grand stone house.
"Yu, your family has been pardoned. Let your people return to their homes. The houses are still there, unallocated." Yu and Yan led their people to kneel in gratitude, bid farewell to Fu Le, and then left.
Fu Le almost wanted to leave with Yu and the others, but there were too many people dressed in silver around her. They surrounded her and stared at her with unabashed eyes.
Damn it! That was too hasty!!
Fu Le was a little nervous at first, but she relaxed a bit when she thought that she could leave when it was time. Even if they wanted to take advantage of her, she could manage to deal with them.
The chieftain of the Lama tribe has a headband in the center of his forehead, inlaid with a blue triangular stone, which binds his silver hair so that it is not disheveled like the rest of his tribe. He wears a long silver robe with red trim that covers his entire body, giving him a look somewhat like a college student's graduation gown.
He was a rather serious-looking middle-aged or elderly man, around fifty years old.
As Fu Le was sizing up the clan leader, everyone else was staring at her, which made Fu Le's scalp tingle and give her goosebumps.
Are you going to change it or not? If not, I'm leaving!
Finally, the clan chief spoke, and his words were in familiar Chinese, which was what they called the ancient planet language: "Hello, merchant of the Celestial Clan, your name is Fu?"
A merchant of the Celestial Tribe? What's their title?
"Clan leader, hello, my name is Fu."
"According to what you said, you have star beasts to sell?"
"Yes. But I will only trade the animal head and limbs. You will have to cut the tail yourselves. I will take the rest of the meat back to the Celestial Clan."
"Oh? Your star beasts are all complete?" The clan leader, who had been keeping a stern face, immediately softened upon hearing that Fu Le's beasts were complete, and his eyes lit up with eagerness. This change was not limited to the clan leader; the other nobles around him also showed the same reaction.
Fu Le: !!!
It's unpleasant to be coveted.
"Fu, it's strange. You are a member of the Celestial Clan. Why were you imprisoned by the Mechanical Clan and didn't you ask your clan for help?" Suddenly, the clan leader's gaze turned scrutinizing, and the oppressive feeling immediately intensified.
Fu Le felt a chill run down his spine, his legs went weak and he wanted to kneel, but he gritted his teeth and said, "What does this have to do with you? If you don't need to trade, I'll go to the Hemp Weaving Tribe. Their chieftain won't talk as much nonsense as you!"
Clan Chief: ...
All around was quiet.
"You Celestial Clan merchants have never known what etiquette is! Humph! Zhu, you talk to her, I'm tired and need to rest."
Fu Le was glared at by the clan chief, but he just kept a straight face and didn't say anything, though he was panicking inside.
Don't panic, don't panic, panicking will ruin everything...
The ignored clan leader said something to someone else, his voice quite loud, and then stormed off toward the stone gate behind him. With a loud bang, he disappeared into the stone gate, his snort echoing in the distance, as if he wanted Fu Le to hear it.
"Respected Fu, I am Zhu, the captain of the business team. Let's discuss the details of the transaction." Another person who understands Chinese.
Fu Le stared directly at the tall, silver-haired man in front of her and roughly understood what had just happened. Her impolite behavior seemed to be standard practice among the Celestial Clan.
What incredible luck!
The little devil inside her wiped away a cold sweat. Luckily, she had a flash of inspiration and managed to get through it.
Fu Le didn't have to wait long before he witnessed the sincerity of the Lama tribe. There were two containers, each containing approximately 20,000 cubic meters of material. One container held over 20,000 Qiqi Fruits, their entire harvest for the season. There was also a bucket of stone essence, weighing about 500 jin, and some Jingjing Grass, an edible plant that grows in stone powder, resembling aloe vera. Each plant has only one stalk, perfectly straight, and over ten meters long. He was given 500 stalks, known for their detoxifying and health-promoting properties—a food only nobles could obtain. Finally, there was Elder Qi's prized creation: a protective container. Pressing the small protrusion formed an arc-shaped shield, powerful enough to block any physical attack, no matter how strong the attacker, making it impervious to blades and spears.
After checking them one by one, Fu Le accepted them with satisfaction and followed the captain to the square where the gathering was taking place.
Inside the shuttle, there were a total of 128 Gulu Beasts, 50 Sheep Beasts, 49... adding up to a total of 458 'Interstellar Beasts', which couldn't all be arranged when taken out.
After assessing the size of the plaza, Fu Le decided to release twenty giant beasts each time. The business captain gathered over a thousand tribesmen to slaughter the interstellar beasts. On this day, no one from the entire Lama tribe went out; they all stayed in the plaza to watch the slaughter of the interstellar beasts, constantly letting out exclamations and howls. The young children jumped up and down, clapping their hands with joy, which startled other tribes, who also sent scouts to investigate.
As requested by Fu Le, the Lama tribe sorted and piled the cut meat together according to the requirements. Fu Le put it all into his spatial storage, but left the internal organs, head, limbs, and tail behind. For the Lama tribe, obtaining all the internal organs was a great joy. Of course, Fu Le was not foolish enough not to add conditions, so he asked for another 100 catties of stone essence, bringing the total to 600 catties of stone essence.
Making a fortune, Fu Le grinned from ear to ear the whole time.
One was killing, the other was collecting; Fu Le was extremely busy and focused, afraid that someone might slack off.
"Fu, the Hemp Weaving Tribe, the Fengyi Tribe... have sent special envoys. They know you like Qiqi Fruit and Stone Essence, and they are willing to use them to exchange for food." Zhu came over and whispered to Fu Le that more than a dozen trade captains from various tribes had come to exchange for food.
Fu Le: ...
She only had a little over a hundred Gulu Beasts in total. As for other beasts whose meat tasted better than Gulu Beasts, she couldn't bear to part with them.
After thinking for a moment, Fu Le chose one tribe to exchange for the meat of five Gulu Beasts and five Dog Beasts. These two types were the most numerous. In return, he received five thousand catties of stone essence, fifty thousand Qiqi Fruits, and two thousand Jingjing Grasses.
'Methodite, methodite, methodite!' Just as Fu Lezhi was feeling smug, a bunch of red characters suddenly appeared in front of him.
They are all boulders.
Fu Le: ...
You finally have something to ask for.
"No way!!"
Fu Le refused, and a dense array of red exclamation marks appeared before his eyes!
Unmoved!!
Serves you right for ignoring me and not saving me! I've finally risen from the ashes and can finally sing my praises!
'With the mesenchyme, there's a high chance it will awaken protective abilities to safeguard the host.'
Fu Le: Didn't you also say that it's possible, but not certain?
"I have protective media."
Shuttle: !!! !!! !!! !
'This device's protection technology is unrestricted and protects against dielectric particles; however, it may fail under certain circumstances.'
"I don't believe you!"
Shuttle: ...! !!! !!! !!! What do you want from me to change it?
Fu Le sensed the shuttle's helplessness and anxiety, and couldn't help but laugh, "Why don't you help me when I've been in danger so many times? Aren't you afraid that if I die, you won't have a host anymore? Or do you think you can just change hosts at will?" That bastard shuttle is incredibly cunning.
"My energy is spatial power. Each time I speak, it's a drain on my energy. I'm usually in a dormant state, unresponsive to the outside world. If it weren't for the energy of the mesona shard waking me up, I would have remained dormant. Moreover, each of your tests also consumes energy; it's a passive trigger, and my self-awareness remains dormant."
Testing also consumes energy? Upon hearing this, Fu Le's coldness softened somewhat.
"You mean there are a lot of boulders here?"
"Yes, spatial power, very strong, they have mesenchymal stones."
"What good is it to you besides activating the protective function if I give you the Jiezi Stone?"
"The space has increased. You can look inside my space to see exactly how much the area has increased, depending on how many stones you have acquired."
"Let me ask about the price first." If they want all of her flesh, then forget it; she wants to eat it herself.
...
"Jackstone?" Zhu was stunned when she heard Fu Le's request. After a long while, she said, "I'll go ask the clan chief." Jackstone is very valuable, and he can't make the decision on his own.
Isomorphite is a very rare mineral resource, and the Lama people mainly rely on it to support their livelihood.
Fu Le saw that Zhu had left in a hurry and roughly understood that the Jiezi stone was quite valuable. The tuft between her eyebrows indicated that she was in a difficult situation. She didn't have much meat left, and she still needed to eat. She also needed to sell the milk, and the vegetables were of such high quality and very good for her health that she couldn't bear to part with them.
“Fu Le, as long as you help me get more, I’ll take you to Beast Star in the next world. There are endless interstellar beasts there. You can fill all your storage space, and their meat is delicious, no worse than what you have now,” the shuttle spoke again.
"You can control where you want to go?"
"cannot."
"Then you said you'd take me to the Beast Planet."
This time, the shuttle fell silent and stopped talking.
After waiting for a while without any response, Fu Le snorted coldly, thinking, "He really is a liar."
Until Zhu came over, the shuttle spoke, "You can specify a plane, but at the cost of ten square meters of the shuttle's area. You make the deal with them first, and we can discuss the rest in detail later."
At this point, Fu Le roughly understood why the shuttle was following her: it was to search for mesenchyme to increase its internal space. As for what its internal space looked like, a large number of mesenchyme were needed to unlock this function.
What is your purpose in expanding your business?
The shuttle fell silent again.
"Will it hurt me, or my family?"
No, not at all.
Will you let me go back to my old world?
"No, time has already reversed. I can no longer take you back to the future; I can only travel between dimensions."
"Can I take the technology here back to China? Or if there are other high-tech advancements in the future, can I bring them back with me?"
"No, anything related to high technology that could accelerate the development of science and technology on Earth is not allowed."
"Where's the wasp ring?"
"Yes. This has nothing to do with technology; it's just a substance produced by a certain ability."
High-tech products won't work, but blueprints and drawings will do, right?
'No! Absolutely not!! If you try to memorize it, I'll erase it from your mind. It will damage your brain. Host, please be careful!'
"Shuttle! You're spying on my thoughts again!!"
'This device cannot hear matters unrelated to travel.'
Fu Le: ...
...
"Fu, we can provide the stone, are you going to trade it for meat?" Zhu asked respectfully.
"yes."
After an hour-long negotiation, Fu Le took away the largest mesenchyme mine of the Lama tribe and exchanged it with several other tribes for a few smaller mesenchyme mines. At this point, the only meat left in the space was the meat of ten Gulu beasts, two cows, and two sheep.
Fu Le's heart ached so much that his chest tightened. "You better not lie to me, or you can forget about me helping you exchange for Jiezi Stones in the future!"
As instructed by the shuttle, Fu Le threw another ring filled with isotopes into the shuttle, saying, "Don't let me swallow the isotope ring!"
"Okay, thank you."
Oh, so you know how to say thank you.
The shuttle needed time to digest the isotopes, so Fu Le asked Zhu for a room to 'rest', saying he needed to rest for a day before leaving.
Upon entering the room, Fu Le saw a large stone bed that was over four meters long and wide, covered with a new linen sheet and a large quilt made of multiple layers. The bed was quite thoughtful. On the stone table next to the bed was a stone plate carved from stone, on which some kiwifruit was piled up.
All around, from the ground to the roof, were cold, hard stones. How could one survive in winter?
After closing the stone door tightly, Fu Le took out the teapot that Yu had secretly exchanged. It had ten cubic meters inside and was originally used by Yu to fill with water. Fu Le wanted the old one because she was too lazy to clean it. She could pour milk directly into it. The water inside had already been emptied by her.
After eight buckets of milk were poured in, the flask was more than half full. When she got back, she would boil some almond powder and honey water in water and mix it in, which would save her trouble.
After finishing his work, Fu Le picked up a kiwi fruit. It looked a bit like coconut juice inside. When he shook it, he could see the juice sloshing around. Once he bit through the skin, it was full of juice. It was thirst-quenching, filling, and good for his health. If this could be supplied to the troops for a long time, it would be really useful when they went out to fight.
After eating three fist-sized kiwis in a row, Fu Le actually felt full. He let out a burp, closed his eyes comfortably, and went to bed.
But I didn't sleep for long before I was jolted awake.
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