After setting out with his troops, Gu Xi returned to the routine he had maintained while traveling before.
Reading and food became the two indispensable pillars of Gu Xi's life for the next stretch of time.
Lingxi's culinary skills had steadily improved.
She had even begun venturing into Western cuisine.
The food delivered during this period was all seventy-percent-cooked dragon meat, accompanied by all sorts of seasonings, giving it a distinctly different taste every time.
Even the soup had changed somewhat. Though it was still River Clam Soup, it was now prepared more like Russian Soup.
The smoked Red Sausage was quite good as well, and sometimes drinks like Pink Bubbles were served.
In any case, after setting out again, Gu Xi never lacked food.
At the same time, Gu Xi would send back some of the herbs and seasonings he found along the way.
After traveling like this for some time, Gu Xi encountered very little resistance and soon arrived at the mission location closest to him.
"This should be the place."
Gu Xi opened his map and took a look.
His current location was relatively close to the center of the Omatikaya Rainforest.
This was where the Omatikaya Rainforest's life force was most concentrated, with towering trees over two hundred meters tall all around.
Gu Xi had come here for one of Ika's Temporary Tasks.
Temporary Task: Rainforest Mother Nest Mission Description: Within the Omatikaya Rainforest, a life force gathering point appears every hundred years. If left unattended, life force will accumulate here for a century. When the new century arrives, a new Eva will appear here. Mission Requirement: Find and destroy this century's mother nest (0/1) Mission Reward: Life Spirit Crystal.
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