"Your experience here feels so magical..." Wen Guixin leaned against the crystal statue and rubbed her temples. "Wen Xi was taken away by someone? Or was it your sister? Hmm... Should I worry about her? Is your sister okay?"
"... It's okay." Xu Xin was silent for a moment and said, "Wen Xi chose to leave with Yingying, at least her safety should be guaranteed, but..."
"But we need her!" Wang Lei continued, "Without Sister Wen Xi, our weapons resources will be greatly reduced."
"That's the case at the moment." Xu Xin nodded. "But it's not that there is no source at all. I asked Li Yajun a little bit before, and she said that there are still two iron ore sites that Wen Xi had discovered before, and they can continue to be mined. Although the speed may not be as fast as when Wen Xi was here, it can still be considered a source."
"Didn't you just say that Wen Xi's special furnaces were also taken away by her?" Zhao Xiaochuan said tiredly, "The efficiency of smelting will also be greatly reduced."
Xu Xin sighed: "There is no other way. We can only restart our own ordinary furnace first. However, until Wen Xi comes back, I am afraid that our metal resources... will only be enough for ourselves for the time being."
"We shouldn't worry too much." Ji Chaoyang said as he looked at the nearby Crystal City. "If the effects of the Crystal City you just mentioned are true, then our consumption of metal materials should be greatly reduced."
Xu Xin nodded in agreement: "That's true."
The area where they have consumed the most resources recently should be the big killer weapons he used to deal with the behemoths, but now, under the influence of Crystal City, this aspect of consumption may be saved.
Of course, this depends on how much influence this crystal city has on the behemoth.
Of course, even if the behemoth cannot be completely affected, but they cannot defeat it, can't they just hide
Hiding in the crystal building, most attacks are ineffective against them.
Several people around were also discussing the affairs of Crystal City.
"Let's go. I'll take you to see this crystal city." Xu Xin looked at the palace two kilometers away and said, "My understanding of the capabilities of this crystal city is only in concept. We should go and learn about the situation here ourselves."
Everyone agreed and entered the Crystal City, which they had been eager to enter for a long time.
"There shouldn't be any danger in this city, right?" Zhao Xiaochuan carefully reached out and touched the wall of the crystal building. "There won't be those horrible traps you mentioned before, right?"
"No, don't worry."
Xu Xin's affirmative words put them at ease, and as soon as they entered the city, they scattered and began to explore.
"This crystal material is actually a bit warm."
"That was caused by the sun, right?"
“clang!”
"Oh my god, this thing is really hard! There's a crack right there on my purple-level weapon!"
Zeng Tao, who followed Xu Xin and didn't run around, curled her lips and said, "I told you it's very hard, but you have to try it."
Zeng Tao, Lou Feier and Jin Yue did not leave. They had already explored these buildings underground and had no interest in them now.
Ma Hongwei is no longer here. Xu Xin left him at the tree house to look after the house. After all, there is Shi Wanyun who needs to be looked after there, and Ma Hongwei himself doesn't like being with so many people.
Ji Chaoyang stood in front of a crystal building, touching it with his hand, as if thinking about something.
Xu Xin looked at the ground beneath his feet.
The underground Crystal City used to have stone floors. Although the stone skins on the buildings were peeled off after the Crystal City was activated, the ground was still stone floors.
Now, the Crystal City has risen above the ground. The stone slabs on the ground had naturally been shattered when it first began to rise, and now there is a piece of soil in its place.
That’s right, the current Crystal City seems to have grown out of a piece of soil, and it has not affected the structure of the soil.
The surrounding land was not uncovered because the Crystal City emerged from the ground. Instead, it was flat and there was no sense of incongruity, as if the Crystal City had been built on this land from the very beginning.
The crystal buildings on the periphery are relatively sparse, and there are large open spaces reserved for this purpose.
Xu Xin's eyes flashed, and he entered identification mode.
"Wow!" He raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Is there such a benefit?"
"What's wrong? What did you find?" Lou Feier asked curiously.
“… The soil beneath our feet is all blue-grade.”
His eyes were now filled with blue light, with only a few green lights occasionally.
These lands are all fertile soil (blue)!
That’s right, the soil fertility here has been affected by the transformation of these crystal buildings!
Although he was in a hurry when he left here just now, he still used his identification ability to take a look at this Crystal City.
At that time, the soil on the ground was all green and white! There was absolutely no mistake!
In other words, these crystal buildings upgraded the fertility of the soil during the time he was away!
"What? All blue level?" Zeng Tao exclaimed, and immediately squatted down and touched the ground, "Is this what I'm standing on? Fertile soil?"
Her voice attracted the attention of the people around her, and they were all shocked and ran over.
Xu Xin informed everyone of his discovery.
He was very sure that this crystal building could make the surrounding soil fertile, because just now, a piece of green-level soil was like it had been fertilized with blue-level fertilizer, and the color of the soil was directly converted to blue right before his eyes!
"That's great!" Zhao Xiaochuan immediately clapped his hands excitedly, "You all know that the Points Mall is not open to us, right? I was still worried about what to do if I had no fertilizer to sell, but it turns out that Crystal City has this effect!"
Everyone around nodded.
"Is there a purple level?" Ji Chaoyang was a little concerned about this.
Xu Xin looked around and shook his head, "There's nothing nearby, but..."
He looked in the direction of the palace.
Maybe there is one
"... Wait, the points mall is not open to us anymore?" Zeng Tao was confused for a moment, then she raised her watch and swiped it, "Then... then we won't be able to buy those nice clothes in the future..."
"It doesn't matter. I bought a lot of them. You can wear mine. But..." Lou Feier glanced at Zeng Tao's body, then compared her height with her hand, straightened her chest, and smiled, "It's just that it may not be suitable."
“You you…!”
"Okay." Xu Xin said, "You should be able to feel the strength of this crystal city. Not only is it very defensive, it can also withstand extreme temperatures. As I said before, our past self in another time and space has left us many other resources. Let's go in the direction of that palace and talk as we walk."
A group of people walked together towards the palace two kilometers away, and Xu Xin told them about the resources he had just discovered.
"Holy crap! What? Immortality?!" Wang Lei was so shocked that he jumped three feet high. "We can also achieve immortality? Are you kidding me? What about cultivating immortality?"
The word immortality is still too far away for human beings.
Ji Chaoyang pondered: "Telomerase? It's far inferior to cultivating immortals. It only prolongs life, but it won't make you stronger. If you encounter fatal factors such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, plagues, etc., you will still die."
"It's already possible!" Wen Guixin exclaimed, "You really want to cultivate immortality! If you can really achieve super long life, that's too good to be true, right? Those people have only experienced a few hundred years more than us, but they have already developed a genetic drug for immortality?!"
It might take hundreds of years to research it, but... those people used the technology of the alien invaders, which is equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants. It is understandable that they developed a genetic drug for immortality.
"We can become stronger, right?" Qin Yunlong looked at Lou Fei'er and the others, "As long as we are like them, can't we become stronger physically? That potion can completely offset the side effects of blood vein mutation, right?"
"Oh my god... this is really like cultivating immortals..." Zhao Xiaochuan opened his mouth wide, but his eyes were full of excitement, "Can we really do it?"
After hearing the news, everyone became slightly excited and quickened their pace towards the Crystal Palace.
"I'm a little curious about the top-quality tree house seeds you just mentioned. Can you let me see them?" Ji Chaoyang asked as they walked.
"Okay." Xu Xin took out the seeds and handed them to him.
Ji Chaoyang looked at it for a while and thought: "This towering tree may become our... base camp."
Xu Xin also agreed: "I hope it can grow quickly after being planted. We will soon reach the palace, let's go over and see if there is any empty space to plant it."
Soon, everyone arrived next to the Crystal Palace.
"This Crystal Palace is really shocking when you take a closer look..."
"Let's go take a look at those resources first." Zhao Xiaochuan suggested, "Those are the real funding!"
Okay.
Xu Xin led them to the tenth crystal building from the left side of the Crystal Palace.
He asked others to try to push the door first, but no one could open it.
He reached out and touched it, exerted a little force, and the door opened.
"According to you, aren't we all part of the team? Why are you the only one who can be pushed away?" Wen Guixin was slightly dissatisfied.
"The more people who can open this door, the more likely it is that something will go wrong. That's probably what they thought." Ji Chaoyang explained for Xu Xin, "Also, when these supplies were sent to this room for storage, perhaps we in that time and space had already perished."
That's true.
In that time and space, Xu Xin and Xu Ying stayed until the end, and these resources should have been left behind by them.
That's why only Xu Xin can open this door.
…
That being said…
Can Yingying also open this door
"Okay, okay, don't stand at the door, go in and take a look!" Wen Guixin, who was behind them and kept a distance from them for fear of bumping into them, urged.
The crystal house was not big, and it seemed a bit crowded with all the people coming in.
Xu Xin walked directly to the crystal table, on which was a crystal instrument.
The instrument as a whole looks like a medical device, with a hole on the front that is slightly wider than an arm, through which one can reach directly into the instrument.
The appearance of the instrument attracted Qi Xuefei's attention. She also walked over and asked in surprise, "Is this the injection device for the genetic medicine?"
She looked at the top of the instrument: "Well, there is a groove here. The bottle of genetic medicine should be put into it from here."
Xu Xin also looked over, and sure enough, there was a small circular groove on it that was exactly the same size as the medicine bottle.
He took out the potion bottle in his hand.
"It should be inserted with the bottle mouth facing downwards." Qi Xuefei reminded.
Xu Xin did as he was told immediately.
"Card!"
When the medicine bottle was inserted into it, it encountered elastic resistance, and then after a sound, it was stuck on it.
Then, a small prototype area above the crystal instrument lit up, looking like a button.
"It seems that as long as I put my arm into the machine and press here, the bottle of medicine will be injected." Qi Xuefei thought.
"Is it so easy to inject? Um... who will go first? How about... me first?" Wang Lei suddenly said from behind.
"There are at least hundreds of these medicine bottles in that box." Qin Yunlong was also behind.
I don't know when, everyone had gathered behind him.
Come to think of it, everyone would pay special attention to this potion that can make people achieve "eternal life".
"Hey, hey, move aside a little, I can't see you!" Wen Guixin shouted from behind, not daring to get close to them for fear of bumping into them.
"Don't worry." Ji Chaoyang was very steady and reminded the people around him, "There is enough for everyone. Now we need to consider whether this potion... will have side effects like the mutant pill."
"Shouldn't there be any?" Zhao Xiaochuan said, "Isn't this left by one of our own people? Besides, what side effects could make someone give up eternal life?"
Xu Xin also thinks so.
To be honest, if there weren't so many people here, Xu Xin would have already put his arm in to try out the first shot.
"Why don't you let me go first?"
At this time, Lou Feier suddenly spoke.
"I have the blood pattern mutation, and it is also the highest level of mutation. Didn't they say that this potion can eliminate the side effects and mental control of the blood pattern mutation? Let me try the first shot, it should be able to test the full function of this gene potion."
Everyone thought about it and immediately agreed.
Xu Xin looked at her.
If you inject this drug...
Lou Feier should be out of his control, right
Moreover, without the constraints of the contract, the sense of closeness she had with herself because of the contract would disappear. At that time, would she still consider herself and her group of people as partners
Thinking back to what she did to me...
Can this woman really be fully trusted now
Lou Feier was also looking at him with a strange expression, as if she wanted to say something but didn't.
Xu Xin's brows slowly relaxed.
… Well, it seems there is no need to worry so much.
We have been together for such a long time, it’s not like I have no feelings for them at all.
Moreover, even if there is no emotion, everyone knows that they, the explorers, are the strongest support, especially after seeing so many resources, who would give up on them
No normal person would do that.
At the same time, he also wanted to believe in the current Lou Feier.
She is basically the person who spends the most time with him besides Wen Xi.
Then give both parties a chance.
"Okay, you will take the first dose." Xu Xin nodded, "You are indeed the most suitable."
Lou Feier's thin eyebrows relaxed and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.
"Hurry up! Do it quickly and tell me if it hurts after you're done!" Zeng Tao immediately pulled Lou Feier in front of the instrument.
"What's the hurry?" Lou Feier rolled up her sleeves, revealing her white arm with bloodstains, and then put it into the instrument.
Her other hand rested on the lit button.
Everyone around her looked at her nervously.
She didn't press it immediately, but turned her head to look at Xu Xin and said with a smile: "Xu Xin, thank you for trusting me. Since you trust me so much, let me tell you something."
Xu Xin was a little surprised: "What?"
What does she want to say
"Hmm..." Lou Fei'er thought for a moment and asked, "Do you still remember how I became a mid-level mutant?"
"Upgraded to intermediate level?" Xu Xin was slightly stunned, thought for a moment and said, "I gave you a purple-level mutant snow leopard heart?"
That was the only purple-level special resource obtained during the beast tide at that time.
After that, he never even got similar purple-level special resources again. Even if they were purple-level, they were basically just the superficial stuff.
Now that I think about it, it must be a very rare thing.
"Then do you still remember what the introduction of that heart was?" Lou Feier chuckled.
Introduction to the heart
Xu Xin began to think.
The people around were a little confused about the conversation between the two, but they didn't interrupt. Instead, they listened with some curiosity.
The introduction of the heart, he remembered, was…
Contaminated mutant snow leopard heart (purple): after the mutant creature eats it, it can quickly increase its strength, and restore and fully control its own consciousness. This heart has the same properties as contaminated meat...
Is this it
At that time, after eating the heart, Lou Feier not only rose to the intermediate level, but also gained a great improvement in her mental state. She would not lose her mind due to excessive killing. Although she would still be afraid of high-level mutant creatures, she would basically not be controlled anymore.
Any questions…
…
Um
Xu Xin frowned.
Complete control over your own consciousness
Um
Xu Xin immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at Lou Feier in shock, who had a subtle expression on her face.
"You thought of that?"
Seeing Xu Xin's expression change, Lou Fei'er immediately showed a smug smile on her face, "How is it? Have you never noticed it? Is my acting not bad?"
this… !
Xu Xin was really shocked this time.
She... had already gotten out of control?!
When she ate the snow leopard's heart, had she actually broken free from the mental control of the contract
After that, she would no longer be affected by her own orders? !
As a result... After such a long time, he didn't notice anything at all
The corners of Xu Xin's eyes twitched twice.
… This woman’s acting skills are a little… too scary.
"Ah? What do you mean?" Zeng Tao said in confusion.
When others saw Xu Xin's drastic change in expression, they were all a little puzzled, only Ji Chaoyang looked thoughtful.
"So, you don't have to worry that I will betray you. Um..." Lou Feier said, and directly pressed the injection button, then frowned slightly, her arm trembled, and a light hum came from her throat.
But soon, her frown slowly relaxed.
She turned her head and looked at Xu Xin again, panting slightly, "Because I... can't leave here anymore."
As she spoke, the bloodstains on her collarbone and neck gradually faded.
Finally, it disappeared.