Free time was fine by her. Come to think of it, she had spent the past two days chasing down information and hadn't properly explored Mussel Bay. Then again, the Sea Beast incident had left the town rather desolate. Its people didn't seem in high spirits, and it might be inappropriate for them to have too much fun sightseeing.
Ye Chuqi had a clear goal. Now that San San had identified every Node, she needed to set them all up as quickly as possible. She didn't want to wait until her next visit to take the Ore Vein. Who knew what might happen in the meantime?
The task wasn't complicated. It just covered a vast area, with far too many places to visit.
San San complained, "You're the one who wanted to cover such a huge area."
Ye Chuqi protested, "It was your idea!"
San San: "..."
They bickered as she ran from place to place. By the time the moon stood high overhead, she had finished setting up every Node on land. Only the ones beneath the sea remained. When she completed the final Node below the fissure, a flash of light passed over it and vanished into the Formation Patterns. At last, Ye Chuqi let out a breath of relief.
"Damn, finally done." She rubbed her hands together excitedly. "Now it's up to you, San San. This is all food for you!"
"Leave it to me!"
What Ye Chuqi had to do was neither especially hard nor especially easy. She needed to use her Divine Sense to locate the entire Ore Vein. Only then could San San use it as a medium to take the vein.
The greatest difficulty was that this was a rich Black Iron Ore deposit with abundant Black Ghost Stone alongside it. That meant