Free Web NovelChapter 397: Chapter 292: Mysterious Item, Keeping Each Other in Suspense
"What is it? You’ll know if you come over and take a look."
’Jeez, woman, I’m out in the wilds waiting to harvest mushrooms! I don’t have time to go to your house and see this mysterious item you’re talking about...’ Lin Li grumbled inwardly.
Then he looked up at the scorching sun hanging in the sky, relentlessly showering the earth with its blazing rays, and said to Su Yue.
"It’s so hot outside right now. I really don’t want to go out in this heat.
When the sun is about to set and it’s cooled down a bit, I’ll head over and take a look at that ’very interesting thing’ you mentioned!"
Although Su Yue was very eager for Lin Li to come to her house right away and see the Spiritual Artifact in her hands.
But she had just stepped outside and experienced the scorching heat herself. Hearing Lin Li’s words, she had to agree it was a bit much to ask the already somewhat lazy Lin Li to come out in this weather.
So, she nodded and said, "Alright, then! Come over this evening..."
Just as Su Yue was about to hang up, Lin Li called out to her again, "When I come to your place this evening, I’ll bring something special for you."
"Oh?!!!" Su Yue asked curiously, "What kind of special thing?"
"As for what special thing it is, you’ll find out when I get to your house this evening," Lin Li said with a smile.
Hearing Lin Li’s reply, Su Yue realized his sentence structure was almost identical to what she had just said.
"Are you mocking me? Fine, I’ll see you this evening. Talk to you later."
"Okay."
After ending the call, Lin Li stuffed his phone back into his pocket. His gaze returned to the corpse of the strange Mutant Beast lying not far from him.
More than two hours had passed since he killed this Mutant Beast, but so far, no red mushrooms had sprouted from its strange corpse.
’Did I misjudge? Maybe this Mutant Beast isn’t the kind that grows red mushrooms at all?’
Staring at the Mutant Beast, which had been dead for over two hours without any sign of red mushrooms, Lin Li began to doubt his initial judgment.
’Impossible. All of this Mutant Beast’s reactions indicated it was the exact kind of strange Mutant Beast that grows red mushrooms.’
Lin Li first suspected he had made a mistake, then shook his head, dismissing his own doubts.
As more time passed, he pulled out his phone to check the time. Three hours had gone by since the Mutant Beast died, yet there was still no sign of red mushrooms on the corpse.
According to the information Lin Li had gathered beforehand, after this much time, the red mushrooms should have started growing by now.
But in reality, nothing had happened. This time, his conviction was completely shaken, and he felt his initial judgment had indeed been wrong.
’Sigh, I really got it wrong. The freshness of this Mutant Beast corpse has passed its peak, so the Magical Little Tree won’t eat it anymore. Now all I can do is call a transport drone to sell it off.’
The fact that he had waited three hours for nothing due to his misjudgment left Lin Li feeling quite frustrated.
Just as he took out his phone, ready to summon a transport drone, his hand, which was about to unlock the screen, froze.
Then, his frustrated expression vanished in an instant, replaced by a look of pleasant surprise...
’I wasn’t wrong! This Mutant Beast really is the kind that can grow red mushrooms...!’
Lin Li stared in delight at the corpse of the irritable yellow ox beast, which had previously been inert. Now, small mushrooms were rapidly sprouting from it.
At first, these small mushrooms were white and only the size of a fingernail.
But within a minute, they grew from the size of a fingernail to the length of an adult’s finger, their color changing from the initial white to a vibrant red.
’It seems like these red mushrooms absorb the free-roaming Spiritual Energy from the air as they grow!’
Lin Li expanded his Perception while watching the red mushrooms grow from nothing.
During this process, he discovered that the red mushrooms sprouting from the Mutant Beast’s corpse actually needed to absorb the free-roaming Spiritual Energy in the air to grow.
’Forget it, why think so much? I should just collect these red mushrooms first!’ Lin Li muttered to himself as he looked at the mature red mushrooms.
Then, he retrieved a large plastic bag from the Mysterious Small Island, walked over to the Mutant Beast corpse covered in red mushrooms, squatted down, and began picking the vibrant red mushrooms.
It took a bit of time, but Lin Li picked every last red mushroom that had grown on the Mutant Beast, filling two large bags.
Unfortunately, these red mushrooms only grew in one crop. Otherwise, he could have waited a while longer for them to keep growing and harvested a few more batches.
After picking the red mushrooms, Lin Li picked up his Spiritual Longsword, hacked off one of the yellow ox beast’s legs, and stored it, along with the two large bags of red mushrooms, in the Mysterious Small Island.
Afterward, he took out his phone and summoned a transport drone to retrieve the corpse of the strange Mutant Beast.
On the forums, many people had posted that they would buy the corpses of these strange Mutant Beasts at high prices. Lin Li could have contacted those peers and sold it for a premium...
But he didn’t want too much contact with his peers, so he dismissed the idea of selling the strange Mutant Beast’s corpse to them.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that he now had over twenty million in his account and didn’t need the extra cash from the price difference.
If he were dirt poor right now, he definitely would have sold the strange Mutant Beast’s corpse to his peers.
However, when placing the order for the transport drone to retrieve the strange Mutant Beast’s corpse, Lin Li made a note in the remarks section, specifying that this was the kind of strange Mutant Beast that could grow red mushrooms.
He figured the courier company’s management, who handled the retrieval and sale of the Mutant Beast, wouldn’t price it as a common Mutant Beast.
The selling price probably wouldn’t be much lower than what his peers who posted looking to buy these strange Mutant Beasts were offering.
After Lin Li placed the order for the transport drone, he waited in place for about ten minutes before he saw one appear on the horizon, flying rapidly toward his location.
Then, the strange Mutant Beast, now missing a leg, was placed in the container by Lin Li. After receiving the take-off command, the transport drone flew away with its cargo.
The round trip took about twenty minutes. How convenient! The saying ’technology makes life easier’ is no joke.
’Alright, my mission to collect red mushrooms is complete for today. Next, I should get back to hunting some Mutant Beasts and harvest a new, ripe Magical Little Fruit as soon as possible.’
After watching the transport drone depart, Lin Li muttered to himself, then picked up the Spiritual Longsword leaning against a large tree, preparing to hunt one or two more Mutant Beasts before lunch.
The sun began to set, the descending star dressing itself in a beautiful, bright red garment. More than half the sky was dyed crimson by the magnificent sunset.
An agile figure sprinted across the wilds. Every so often, a blazing Fireball or a menacing Cyan Wind Blade would shoot from its hands.
SWISH.
CRACKLE.
BOOM.
GRUNT...
The blazing orange-red Fireballs and the menacing Cyan Wind Blades struck the desperately fleeing Wild Boar Beast, which was covered in a thick shell of mud.
The fierce Superpower attacks continuously shattered the mud shell, tearing into the flesh of the Wild Boar Beast underneath and causing it to let out a series of piercing squeals.
Although the pain wracking its body was excruciating, the Wild Boar Beast didn’t dare to stop for a single moment.
Because if it dared to pause even for an instant, the terrifying human pursuing it relentlessly would surely not give it another chance to escape.
