At the beginning, I traveled through the wilderness, and I controlled the beasts to survive...

Xie Mingke sighed. He worked at the school and had to work in the foreign affairs group after get off work. The only free time he had on weekends was spent working for this inexplicable man.

The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. She glanced at the pet trading market table on the screen and answered the call.

"Hello? Are you still awake?" Han Ning's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Yes, I'm busy. What can I do for you, Mr. Han Ning?" Xie Mingke tried to make his voice calm.

"A small ruin appeared in the deep mountains outside Tonghe County. Do you know anything about it?"

"Small ruins?"

Xie Ming knew that the "you" Han Ning was referring to was the Foreign Affairs Group, not just her.

She frowned slightly and replied, "I haven't heard of it. Is there anything unusual going on there?"

"It seems that your foreign affairs team is not very capable. This small ruin has appeared for at least five days, and a group of people have already died."

Han Ning told Xie Mingke about his encounter with Li Changxi tonight.

He felt that Li Changxi did not seem to be lying. His mental strength was far superior to the latter. He could clearly see the other person's heartbeat, pulse, and eye changes, and easily judge whether the other person was lying or not.

"Perhaps the abnormal energy fluctuations of the ruins are not obvious enough to be detected by the detectors in the city center."

"Or the energy fluctuations are being deliberately hidden."

"Anyway, I didn't receive any relevant information."

"Mr. Han Ning, what do you mean?"

Han Ning replied:

"Don't worry, the ruins are too dangerous. I won't ask you to join."

"If I choose to enter the ruins, I will send you information in time before entering. If I don't return within a period of time, don't hesitate to report the information of the ruins directly to your leader."

"okay, I get it."

A moment of silence…

Xie Ming, who was typing seriously, noticed that Han Ning had not hung up the call yet, so he asked tentatively:

"Mr. Han Ning?"

"Oh, maybe I need your help."

"...Please go ahead."

"Thank you for trying to collect Night Grass, Howling Flower, and Dark Spring for me within one day..."

Han Ning repeated the materials needed for the evolution of egg pancakes and fat silkworms.

None of these materials involved any extraordinary properties, and he didn't know whether they were expensive or not. Anyway, he told Xie Mingke, Zhang Nengfa, and the psychopath Li Changxi about them and asked them to collect them simultaneously.

The extra materials can be resold.

"..."

"It's a bit difficult to collect all the materials you mentioned within one day."

"Try to find as many as you can."

Han Ning now wants to become stronger as quickly as possible and find the remaining soul beasts.

As for answering Xie Mingke, he would wait until later. He didn't have the ability to do so now.

"Okay... I've sorted out the location of the pet trading market you requested earlier. Can I send it to you now?"

Xie Mingke clicked the mouse and pressed Save.

"Okay, thank you for your help. [Smile]"

……

The next day, Han Ning took the form sent by Xie Mingke and first found three small pet trading markets that were not marked on the navigation software.

This kind of market is generally similar to a fair and exists in the suburbs of the city. It is normal that it is not marked on the navigation software.

The early market is only held in the morning, and at his speed, he can only go to three locations in the morning.

The results were disappointing, no familiar fluctuations were heard from any of the three locations.

In the afternoon, he went to the police station near the scene of Li Lu's death again and was asked some questions by official personnel.

Until now, Han Ning has been curious about what Xiaolian gave to Xu Ping a few nights ago.

However, there have been several more foreign affairs personnel standing guard near Li Lu's home recently, so it is not convenient for him to get close to them.

When she first met Xie Mingke, she was temporarily called over by her leader to monitor the situation nearby.

As a result, by chance, he met him when he was killing a wild cat.

Everything was going wrong. In the evening, Han Ning, who had just returned home, heard his cell phone ring again.

He turned on the screen and took a look.

Peanut: "What have you been doing these past two days? Why are you ignoring me? Are you busy with work?"

Han Ning has been busy looking for Yin Yi and the others these days, so he has no time to engage in an online romance with a strange female college student.

He casually scrolled through the chat history and discovered that the girl had sent him at least hundreds of messages in three days.

From what I ate every day to what songs I listened to and what I did, every detail was recorded in writing and sent to me.

To be honest, seeing these words full of girlish flavor, even Han Ning, who didn't feel anything, felt that he was a little too cold.

So he replied, "Yes, I'm very busy. I'm busy with the case and my work."

Almost a second.

Peanut: "I feel like you've changed."

Less spicy and no sugar: "?"

Peanut: "Intuitively, I feel like you have become a different person. You are no longer the bald programmer uncle you used to be. [Cat secretly monitors]"

There is something about a woman’s sixth sense, and she has indeed become a different person.

If he hadn't known from his previous life's memories that the person on the other end of the dialog box was a female college student, he would have thought he had encountered some extraordinary being with the ability to predict the future.

Han Ning was vague: "Maybe."

What's wrong with peanuts: "..."

Even if the other party did not reply, Han Ning could tell the girl's sadness from this line of ellipsis.

After all, he is not his predecessor, and he doesn't want to engage in an online romance with her. He thinks it is not a good idea to keep her hanging like this.

So, I replied directly and bluntly: "We will try to reduce contact in the future, and you can just consider it as a replacement of the account owner."

What's wrong with peanuts: "..."

After that, the other party fell into a long silence.

Han Ning switched back to the food delivery app, ordered a few stir-fried dishes, put down his phone, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Ten minutes later, when he finished washing up and returned to the living room, he picked up his phone again.

I found an extra row of chat message boxes on the screen.

Peanut What Persimmon: "Today I plucked up my courage and went to a canteen I had never been to before. I was not familiar with the terrain and I fell several times."

"But fortunately, there were many kind classmates who helped me along the way, so this expedition was successfully completed [victory]"

"The pedestrians on the road can only help me solve the inconvenience of movement."

"But...Bald uncle, you are the first person who walked into my heart, understood my dreams, and encouraged me to pursue my dreams...I don't want you to leave me, please..."

"Chasing dreams..."

Han Ning frowned and searched through the memories of his previous life.

"Dubbing and being the CV of an ACG work is her dream?"

In the memory of my previous life, there were only a few words of encouragement, but I didn't expect that this girl would remember them so clearly.

"Also, she seems to be blind."

Han Ning sighed softly: "I am indeed not him, just think of me as his friend. The original owner of the account has something to do and will not be back in the short term."

Peanut was confused: "Ah? What happened to him?"

Less spicy, no sugar: "He's good."

Peanut said: "Well, if he comes back, you must notify me."

Less spicy, no sugar: "If he comes back, I don't need to notify him."

……

The conversation came to an abrupt end, Han Ning put down his phone and waited quietly for the arrival of the early morning.

A few hours later.

In a remote coffee shop near the Blue Bay Bar.

Li Changxi, whose entire body was shrouded in shadows, with only a pair of bloodshot eyes visible, placed a heavy wooden box on the table.

"Here are all the materials I could collect. Of the 42 materials you mentioned, I have collected 36. There are also several materials that are under official control and are difficult for me to obtain."

Upon hearing this, Han Ning opened the wooden box and counted the items.

All the materials needed to evolve the omelette have been collected.

What’s lacking is the rare materials needed for the dark system of a few kinds of small fat silkworms.

However, being able to collect 36 species in one day was beyond his expectations.

He was satisfied in his heart, but pretended to be calm on the surface: "Give me another three days."

"3 days... I... I can't hold on any longer." Li Changxi gritted his teeth.

He understood that what the other party meant by saying this was that he agreed to go to the ruins together.

"Put your head here."

"What do you want?" Li Changxi was stunned, but still obediently stretched his head towards Han Ning.

Han Ning stretched out his hand, touched Li Changxi's brow, and probed his mental power.

A ray of tenacious mental power from the Four Symbols Meditation Method penetrated deep into Li Changxi's mind.

In an instant, Han Ning seemed to hear the voices of hundreds of people murmuring to themselves.

"This is... a curse. It's a bit like the curse that Holm suffered from the Aratak people."

Han Ning had some experience in this regard. He turned his spirit into a sharp blade, trying to cut off all the annoying whispers in his ears.

Swish!

It seemed as if a sharp sword was passing through the empty space.

Li Changxi's cheeks turned pale in an instant.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He suddenly coughed violently, and two streams of blood flowed from his nostrils, looking terrifying.

Despite this, his expression was extremely excited.

After a few messy coughs, he widened his eyes and rubbed his cheeks in disbelief.

"I...I can't feel that annoying murmur that's bothering me anymore."

"This is just temporary suppression... I can't find the root cause, but it should help you relieve it for a few days. There should be no problem now."

Han Ning withdrew his fingers and spoke in a calm tone.

"Shihua is right. You are indeed our savior... Thank you for saving my life. Everything will be subject to your arrangements."

Han Ning made a move and Li Changxi was immediately impressed.

He even took out the blood-soaked python head from another bag and handed it to Han Ning: "Please accept this item. I hope it can help you."

"Well, that's it for now. You go back and rest for two days. I'll let you know when we're ready to leave." Han Ning did not refuse and accepted it decisively.

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

...

late at night.

Han Ning thought about it and sent another message to Xie Mingke: "Are you there [smile]?"

Soon, there was a reply from the other side: "I am working hard to collect the materials you mentioned. I have collected so much so far..."

Without waiting for Han Ning to ask, Xie Mingke took the initiative to send him a chart.

Han Ning browsed through it and found that Xie Mingke had collected 16 kinds of materials, 5 of which were not collected by Li Changxi.

This brings the total amount of materials to 41/42.

What’s missing is a powerful hallucinogenic plant called “Mi Shen Cao”.

"Thank you. Do you have any clues about the magic grass?"

Han Ning originally had no plans.

As a result, Xie Mingke quickly replied, "Yes."

"In the Botanical Research Institute of Ludao University, there are more than a dozen plants of the Mystic Grass used for experimental cultivation, but the laboratory's anti-theft standards are very high, so I can't get them."

"Ludao University...Aren't you a teacher at Ludao University?"

"Mr. Han, I'm not a botany teacher, I'm a literature teacher [smile]"

"Also, I need to tell you that Mr. Xu Lin in the laboratory is my direct supervisor in the foreign affairs group. He is a Sequence 8 Transcendent, and his Transcendent Sequence is a Botanist."

"Haha, your school is really full of talented people. Then I'll trouble Teacher Xie to help me get the opening and closing schedule of the laboratory. I didn't even ask you for the internal structure diagram. This request... is very simple, right?"

"You...you want to steal?"

"Stealing is too ugly. I should say borrowing. I will return items of equal value when I have the chance."

Xie Mingke was still trying to persuade her: "I advise you to give up this idea... Teacher Xu is quite capable."

"Don't worry about that. Just get me a schedule as soon as possible."

"If you don't tell me, I'll take it as your agreement."

In front of the screen, Xie Mingke's delicate face changed several times.

Finally, she sighed and murmured to herself in an imperceptible voice: "I am getting deeper and deeper into trouble."

...

A simple bathroom interior.

Han Ning stood in front of the bucket full of ice cubes, looking at the light blue liquid in the plastic bottle in the palm of his hand, a long-lost joy appeared on his face.

This is a blood purification potion called "Cold Mist Potion" that can help the egg pancake evolve to a higher form.

The blood purification, or evolution, of the egg pancake requires an environment close to 0c.

The refrigerator was too small, so he went to a convenience store and bought out all the ice in the store. He then bought a big bathtub and poured all the ice into it.

"Come on, come on, Egg Pancake, you're going to get bigger and stronger tonight."

"Are you ready?"

"hiss!"

The omelet jumped into the ice bucket on its own initiative. Come on, it can’t wait any longer!

"Open your mouth."

"hiss!!"

The pancake did as he was told and opened his mouth.

Han Ning opened the bottle cap and poured a small pool of liquid into its mouth.

Icy mist flickered in its mouth and then disappeared.

Swish!

Suddenly, there seemed to be a faint dragon roar in the air.

The originally white scales of the pancake quickly turned into aqua blue.

At the same time, water elements gathered, the indoor temperature dropped, and its size began to grow rapidly.

The cold water in the ice bucket gradually formed ice cubes.

The originally transparent ice gradually turned light blue.

A shrunken ancient dragon shadow suddenly emerged from above the snake-like body of the egg pancake.

This spiritual power from the ancient dragon in the Amethyst World seemed to have endowed the pet snake's body with different magical abilities.

A round little bulge slowly rose from the head of the omelet.

There are also four lumps on its abdomen.

A row of azure blue spikes like mane grows on the midline of the back.

"Is this... influenced by the ancient dragon's bloodline, and has it transformed into a dragon?"