Chapter 613 - 418: This Cold Winter Should Also Come to an End

After teleportation, Zeng Tao, Jin Yue, and One all collapsed directly onto the ground.

Lou Fei’Er barely managed to stand, but her face was pale.

The Silver King lay down on the ground to rest.

"Ying!" Keke jumped down from Xu Xin’s shoulder and started poking this and that.

"...Hmm? Why don’t I have any side effects?" Qin Fu pointed to his nose and said.

"You don’t feel uncomfortable at all?" Xu Xin asked.

Qin Fu shook his head, "Not at all. But that feeling just now was quite thrilling."

Similar to a bungee jump, it was definitely thrilling.

It seems that using the Teleportation Array after mutation causes side effects, likely due to the low Spiritual Power of the mutated creatures.

In the future, using spiritual potions to enhance their Spiritual Power should improve this.

Fortunately, they all have pills, and after taking them, the side effects gradually disappear.

After everyone recovered, Xu Xin distributed their tree house seeds and instructed them not to plant them by the lake or too close to his tree house.

"That tree house belongs to Lou Fei’Er. You all should be at least twice as far away as she is." Xu Xin said, pointing to Lou Fei’Er’s tree house.

Actually, a few kilometers of distance wasn’t a problem since this whole area was his protection zone.

"Why, wouldn’t it be better to be closer?" Zeng Tao opposed, "Why can she be so close?"

She pointed at Lou Fei’Er, who often bullied her.

Lou Fei’Er’s body trembled.

It’s over!

Why mention what’s best left unsaid!

"Her, huh." Xu Xin glanced at Lou Fei’Er, who didn’t dare to meet his gaze, "She wants to stay in solitary confinement, and I’ll fulfill her wish later."

"No, please!!" Lou Fei’Er turned pale at his words, screaming miserably.

But she didn’t dare oppose Xu Xin and immediately pinched Zeng Tao’s face, angrily saying, "I told you not to babble! This matter was in the past! Yet you keep bringing it up!"

"It hurts, stop! What do you mean I babbled? Ah, let go!" Zeng Tao burbled with tears, somewhat bewildered.

"What? Solitary confinement?" Qin Fu asked curiously, "Is it a form of punishment? Will we also be confined in the future?"

"Stop fooling around." Xu Xin’s words halted their argument.

Then, he turned to Jin Yue and said, "Jin Yue, I can give you Yan Haoming’s blue-level tree house or a seed for a small low tree house. Which one do you want?"

For an ordinary person, they would certainly want the bigger and stronger blue-level tree house.

But perhaps Jin Yue had some trauma with that tree house, so Xu Xin still asked.

Sitting on the ground, Jin Yue hesitated for a moment, a flicker of fear and pain crossing her eyes, but she regained her determination.

"I want the blue-level tree house, I want to be strong." She said.

"Okay." Xu Xin nodded.

This woman is very strong despite what she’s been through.

"So you want to..."

He wanted to ask which explorer member Jin Yue wanted to join.

"...I want to stay here, I want to live by Lou Fei’Er, is that okay?" Jin Yue replied immediately, looking up at Xu Xin, "Lou Fei’Er is also an explorer’s member, can I join her?"

"Of course!" Lou Fei’Er answered directly for her, but immediately shrank back under Xu Xin’s gaze, not daring to speak.

Afraid of being confined immediately by Xu Xin.

"You can get to know the people here and decide within twenty-four hours." Xu Xin didn’t say much, "I’ll first take you to Qi Xuefei to have her check your leg."

"Okay, thank you all!" Jin Yue expressed her gratitude.

He took Jin Yue into the bracelet.

Qin Fu and Zeng Tao went to plant their tree houses.

Since Xu Xin had already specified the distance, they naturally couldn’t refuse his request.

He then gave One a seed for a small low tree house, instructing it to plant it about a hundred meters away.

After all, One is responsible directly to him, so having it close by is good.

Although One has no consciousness, it can effectively execute Xu Xin’s orders and walked away with the seed.

Only Lou Fei’Er remained, standing with her head lowered, occasionally stealing glances at Xu Xin.

"I seem to recall telling you to plant it further away." Xu Xin said, frowning at Lou Fei’Er, "Now, are you defying my words?"

It didn’t matter to him that Lou Fei’Er had planted the parasitic tree house next to the main tree house, but...

If she really could defy him now, does it mean that the contract’s effect is weakening?

Could she eventually break free from the contract entirely?

"I haven’t, I’m very obedient!" Lou Fei’Er thought Xu Xin was angry, instinctively defending herself, "At that time, you just said to keep it further away, but you didn’t say further from the main tree house. I... I just planted it further from where my parasitic tree house used to be..."

Her voice grew progressively smaller.

...Really?

Xu Xin’s mouth twitched.

The location she planted it was indeed far from her original parasitic tree house.

But... she must have understood his intention.

This was just exploiting the wording.

If it were her former self, she wouldn’t even think to exploit it.

The contract’s binding force, perhaps, is indeed weakening.

Hopefully, nothing will go wrong.

"Well... um... oh, right!"