"What are you guys chatting about here?"
At this moment, Li Wenxi returned.
Following her were the armored sweetheart and those two little guys.
Well, they canāt really be called little guys now.
After all, these two small ones are now as big as an Alaskan Malamute and a large adult dog.
"Wow, what did you do!" Zeng Tao exclaimed in surprise.
"...Your face is all dirty, you should go up and take a bath." Xu Xin couldnāt help but laugh as he looked at Li Wenxi.
She was covered in dust from head to toe, even her face had little black handprints.
"Ah, went mining for coal, what could I do?" Li Wenxi was also a bit embarrassed, "Iāll go up!"
With that, she directly controlled the treehouseās roots and entered the treehouse.
"...Huh?" Zeng Tao gave a soft hum and pointed at Xu Xinās treehouse, "This is your treehouse, right? How come Wenxi can...? Ah, you gave her permissions!"
Zeng Tao was somewhat surprised.
"What, you want permissions too?"
"Not really, I just want to see what the inside of such a big treehouse looks like... What do you want to do to me?" Zeng Tao suddenly realized, immediately became cautious and stepped back, "Donāt think Iāll let you have your way easily!"
Xu Xin glanced at her body and then turned his head: "Heh."
"What do you mean!" She jumped up in anger.
"Alright, Iām going up to prepare. You go get ready, weāll head out in ten minutes." Xu Xin grabbed the roots of the treehouse.
"You... Hmph! Fine..." Zeng Tao gave him a hateful look and turned to leave.
Back in the treehouse, the sound of running water and soft humming came from the bathroom.
Xu Xin gathered the three beasts and Keke, then said to the bathroom, "Wenxi, Iām heading out, going to check out that special area from before."
"Special area?" The humming stopped, Li Wenxiās voice came out, "Wait, wait!"
She quickly came running out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel.
The dust on her body had been washed clean, and her exposed skin was slightly flushed from the hot water.
Seeing her in this alluring appearance, Xu Xinās eyes twitched slightly.
He then took a light breath.
...No, not now.
There are other things to deal with now.
"Why go now? Has Shi Wanyunās issue been resolved?" Li Wenxi was completely unconcerned about her own appearance, not even wrapping the towel tightly, her hair still wet.
"Hmm." Xu Xin glanced quickly before looking away, nodding, "Her situation is a bit complicated, Iāll explain when I return. Winter is about to end, and the reward for free action will also end. I need to check before winterās over, or I might not get another chance."
"Then Iāll go with you..."
"You better not." Xu Xin shook his head, "There might be danger there, you should focus on your tasks. Youāre busy right now, arenāt you?"
"True. Okay, you go, be careful." Li Wenxi wrapped herself tighter in the towel, "By the way, I mined lots of blue-grade coal! Even triggered a hundredfold drop rate, so smelting the purple-grade meteorite ore shouldnāt be an issue!"
"Is that so? Thatās great!" Xu Xin was also delighted.
Once he can smelt a piece, with his ability, he can unlock the blueprint for crafting with this metal as a material.
Then itāll be clear what this metal can really do!
As they left the treehouse, Zeng Tao was already waiting below.
"Letās go quickly, or itāll get dark!" Zeng Tao was feeling quite impatient.
"Squeak!" Keke also voiced its agreement.
It curled up on Xu Xinās shoulder, blinking its eyes as it looked around.
"Okay, hold on."
Xu Xin patted Kekeās small head, his mind projecting a map.
"Where has Qin Fu run off to..." he muttered with a slight frown.
Honestly, bringing him on this exploration mission would be ideal.
But this guyās whereabouts remain unknown till now.
"Qin Fu?" Zeng Tao immediately shook her head, "Forget it, donāt bother looking for him. I just tried to contact him earlier to ask if he wanted to join, but he couldnāt be reached this time."
Couldnāt be reached?
Xu Xin tried as well.
The result was indeed a failed connection.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
Could this guy, Qin Fu...
Have gotten caught up in some triggered event?
On the map, the Hilly Resource Zone in the northwest still had a green dot.
That green dot was even located in the lake within the Hilly Resource Zone.
But due to his map ability lacking a z-axis, he couldnāt be certain of Qin Fuās exact position.
Whether he truly was in the lake or underground.
Forget it, let him be.
Itās just a pity his detection ability canāt be utilized this time.
Xu Xin swung onto the wolf and looked at her, "You... come with me."
The special area is at least tens of kilometers away from here, walking would waste so much time.
"Youāre suggesting that I join you on it?" Zeng Tao pointed at the Silver King beneath Xu Xin, her expression a bit odd.
"What else?"
"Roar!" The Silver King responded with a call.
"It... probably canāt carry me." Zeng Tao said with a touch of distress.