Sang Luoluo:... Is it possible that my sigh wasn't because of this? ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Sang Luoluo forced a smile. "Let's just leave it at that."
After dividing the last batch, Sang Luoluo put away her tools and stored all the Crystal Core in her spatial storage, unlocking nearly two hundred acres of land on the back mountain of her space.
"It's really a good deal," Sang Luoluo thought to herself with delight.
After eating and drinking their fill, He Fei and Lei Qi had rested well, and after thinking for a moment, the four of them went out together.
As he was leaving, Dr. Wang called Sang Luoluo, handed her two signal flares, and said, "If you encounter danger, fire the signal flares immediately. Never take risks."
"Thank you, Dr. Wang, I understand," Sang Luoluo said with a smile.
Once outside the tent area, Qi Feng immediately became cautious, He Fei and Lei Qi also lost their playful expressions, constantly alert to their surroundings.
Sang Luoluo didn't dare to be careless either. She discovered a mutated animal in the ice cave. Sang Luoluo looked over and sensed it immediately within a 50-meter range. However, judging from the reactions of the three of them, they hadn't noticed it immediately.
Sang Luoluo pointed to the ice block to the left and said, "There's one behind that."
Qi Feng looked over and immediately noticed the traces of the mutated animal. He fired a shot, and the Crystal Core pierced through the ice, hitting the mutated animal behind him.
Chapter 101 I have a good idea, let's see if we can get our hands on one...
"How did you find it when it was hidden by ice?" Qi Feng asked in surprise.
Sang Luoluo didn't intend to hide it from him. Hiding her ability to search for Crystal Core Crystal Core only hinder her search, so it was better to let them know openly.
Sang Luoluo pointed to her head and said, "I sensed it with my Mental Power."
"This is too abnormal." Lei Qi exclaimed. From the time he met Sang Luoluo until now, she has grown too fast.
Sang Luoluo reminded, "It has three Crystal Core inside its body."
"You can sense that too?"
Sang Luoluo shrugged. "I'm not sure either. I just sensed it with my Mental Power. I don't know if my senses are correct. Should we go take a look?"
Sang Luoluo can now clearly sense the Crystal Core within a 50-meter radius. As for other movements, they are somewhat uncontrollable. Sometimes she can detect nearby heat sources, but if the other party has little temperature or no distinguishing features, she tends to ignore them.
Lei Qi stepped forward and used a knife to cut open the mutated animal's carcass, and indeed found three Crystal Core inside.
"Amazing. You guessed right."
Sang Luoluo had only taken two steps when she reminded him, "I feel..."
He took three more steps forward and stopped. "Three meters below my feet, there are Crystal Core. I don't know exactly how many there are."
"Ah... why don't we dig it up and see? Three meters, it's not deep. I also want to see if what Sister Sang said is accurate." Lei Qi said, already taking out the tools he was carrying on his back and starting to work.
Qi Feng stood guard nearby.
He Fei also went to lend a hand. The ice layer was quite thick, and it took them about twenty minutes to dig out a Crystal Core the size of a fingernail.
"There really is." He Fei said in surprise.
After a quick burial, the four continued walking around. Their wristwatches could detect nearby heat sources, which they could generally find for most mutated animals, but there were exceptions. In this respect, Sang Luoluo felt that she had no room to maneuver.
The three of them formed a triangle, protecting Sang Luoluo in the middle. Their teamwork was impeccable, and when they encountered mutated animals, they immediately opened fire and killed them.
Qi Feng suggested, "Let Sang Luoluo collect the carcasses of the mutated animals we killed first. We can collect the Crystal Core later, which will make it easier to dispose of the carcasses then."
Sang Luoluo: "I'm fine."
He Fei and Lei Qi nodded in agreement, "That's good, it saves us from wasting time outside."
It's cold and dangerous outside at night, so it's safer to stay near the tent.
The watch would alert them when there were Crystal Core nearby. Sang Luoluo also joined them in collecting Crystal Core with her tools. She became more and more proficient with the tools, but the watch still couldn't detect some Crystal Core.
They arrived at a place full of tree branches, and the ground beneath their feet was nearly eight meters above the ground. Sang Luoluo sensed that there were Crystal Core nearly twenty meters underground. They decided against it at that distance, as it would take them an hour or two to clear the area, even with the help of tools.
Let's wait until it gets warmer next year to look for one.
They hadn't walked more than a few steps, and none of their watches had given any indication. Sang Luoluo then pointed to a specific part of the tree trunk with the red dot on her laser gun, saying, "I sense a Crystal Core inside that tree trunk."
"There are about seven or eight Crystal Core hidden in the withered grass roots about a meter deep underground."
"There are several Crystal Core in the tree hollow up there, but I sensed the presence of living beings; it might be the nest of a hibernating mutated animal."
"Wait, let's dig them up one by one."
He Fei and Lei Qi exchanged a glance, looking at Sang Luoluo as if she were a hot commodity. With her around, the speed at which they found the Crystal Core was many times faster than the two of them combined.
After digging up the first location, they found a hibernating, highly radioactive mutated python in a tree hole at the top of the second tree trunk. The Crystal Core that Sang Luoluo sensed was inside its belly. However, the hibernating python hadn't even awakened before Qi Feng and Lei Qi simultaneously shot and killed it.
After collecting the mutated python's corpse, Sang Luoluo moved on to the next location.
There were indeed Crystal Core inside the withered grass. As the weather turned cold, the seeds on the withered grass could not take root and sprout, and the roots and stems were easily cut off. Eight Crystal Core were successfully dug out from inside.
The commotion they caused alerted the nearby mutated animals. Several mutated rats rushed across the ice, He Fei fired several shots with incredible speed, taking down the mutated rats one by one.
Sang Luoluo said, "This one contains Crystal Core."
Sang Luoluo also collected the corpses of the other two mutated rats without Crystal Core, planning to deal with them together later.
Continuing forward, Sang Luoluo discovered many Crystal Core underground, but they were quite deep. She frowned and said, "In this area beneath our feet, about fifteen meters deep, there must be at least dozens of Crystal Core. There are also mutated animals moving around down there; I think it might be a rat's nest."
"Fifteen meters underground? That's a bit difficult. But give me some time, and with the right equipment, I can manage." Lei Qi's eyes lit up; he didn't want to miss out on so many Crystal Core.
Qi Feng cautioned, "We don't have the right tools to dig a tunnel. We don't know where those Crystal Core came from, but if they're inside mutated animals, they can move around easily. It won't be so easy for us. Even with just the four of us, it will take time to dig down."
He Fei didn't want to give up either. "But there are dozens of Crystal Core there. Boss, are you really willing to just give up like this?"
Sang Luoluo said, "Our tools may be rudimentary, but it's not impossible. Why don't we give it a try? We'll finish digging here before dark and then head back."
Since they all wanted to dig, Qi Feng didn't stop them. He nodded and said, " He Fei, you keep watch. Lei Qi and I will do it."
Sang Luoluo gave the tools to the two of them and marked the location for them. The two of them then began to dig at the feet of her.
The top layer was ice. Considering that they had dug very deep, the ice blocks they dug out would be quite large. Sang Luoluo tried to use her Mental Power to move the ice blocks they had dug out away from here. She found that she could control such heavy things, so she followed behind to clean up the ice and soil layers they had dug out.
Qi Feng carefully dug the pit deeper, enough for the two of them to fit inside, so that even if something unexpected happened, they could react quickly.
The commotion alerted the nearby mutated birds, and He Fei fired his gun, hitting several and scaring away the others.
They dug deeper and deeper, and after an hour, they finally broke through the underground passage.
This is the lair of the mutated rats.
Dozens of Crystal Core of various sizes were scattered in the pit on the ground. Lei Qi quickly picked Crystal Core up and put them in his pocket.
Qi Feng warned, "Be careful, the rat holes here lead in different directions, watch out for the mutated rats pouncing."
His reminder instantly snapped Lei Qi out of his daze. He knew how powerful those mutated rats were, not to mention that these mutated rats had undergone high-radiation mutations, making them faster and more powerful. While the mutated rats of the past might have been slightly afraid of humans, now that they were growing bigger and stronger, they were not afraid of humans at all, and sometimes they would even attack humans as food.
" Sang Luoluo, you're amazing!! We found so many Crystal Core, each of us can get about ten. What a great harvest!"
Sang Luoluo suddenly realized something, her expression changed, and she blurted out a warning. "Mutant rats are coming! Be careful!"
Qi Feng immediately aimed his gun at the hole below, leaped upwards, and landed steadily above.
As soon as the mutated rats appeared, Qi Feng fired two shots, successfully killing the mutated rats below.
Seeing that they were safe, Sang Luoluo reminded them, "Those two mutated rats have Crystal Core inside their bodies."
Qi Feng jumped down and threw the mutated rat corpse onto the ground.
Sang Luoluo collected the mutated rat corpse from above.
"I sensed another Crystal Core, about seven or eight meters away from the rat hole, with about a dozen of them. In the opposite direction, about twenty meters away, there were also seven or eight Crystal Core."