The next day,
The great fatigue from the previous battle had left Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao sleeping soundly until nearly noon. They only woke up because their stomachs rumbled in unison, like a symphony, signaling their unbearable hunger.
"Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, are you awake?"
As soon as they finished washing up, Shen Yun Yao's voice called from outside the door.
"It's Sister Yun Yao... We're awake!~"
Xiao Xiao exclaimed and then ran to open the door for Shen Yun Yao.
"Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Grandpa sent me to invite you to lunch!"
Shen Yun Yao entered and addressed them.
"Alright, let's go eat!"
"Let's go eat!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao hurried towards the door, their eagerness surprising Shen Yun Yao slightly.
...
In the Hummer,
"Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, did you... not have breakfast?"
Shen Yun Yao asked, looking at Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, who were intently focused forward with expectant looks of eating.
"We haven't eaten since lunch yesterday... It's been several meals... I'm so hungry..."
"Rumble~"
At the mention of it, Xiao Xiao's stomach obligingly let out a hungry growl.
Hearing this, Ye Feng felt his stomach even more intensely, his energy immediately flagging as he slumped weakly against the seat...
"..."
Shen Yun Yao was speechless.
She also couldn't help but think, "Could it be that because Xiao Xiao followed Ye Feng, she's been going hungry and then feasting, leading to malnutrition and stunted growth...?"
Xiao Xiao had told her she was already 14 years old, yet her body...
...
Prompted by Shen Yun Yao, the Hummer completed the twenty-plus-minute journey in less than fifteen minutes. They arrived at a somewhat old wooden house.
"After a great battle, the City Lord's Mansion of Mecha City was reduced to ruins. I never expected that the simple wooden hut we built temporarily when we first arrived here would be largely undamaged!"
"Perhaps, this is a new beginning!"
At the dinner table, Shen Bo Tian looked around with a sigh.
"Oh!~"
Ye Feng mumbled indistinctly, his mouth full of a beef rib, his eyes still fixed on the food.
Xiao Xiao was even more engrossed in eating chicken rolls, occasionally taking sips of the savory fish soup, and hadn't clearly heard what Shen Bo Tian was saying.
"Grandpa, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were exhausted from the battle and slept for a long time... They haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon and are starving!"
Seeing their reaction, Shen Yun Yao quickly explained.
"It's alright, it's alright!!~"
Shen Bo Tian waved his hand with a smile.
In fact, he was quite pleased with Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's ravenous eating, as it showed they didn't consider themselves outsiders but were dining as if at home...
Instantly, Shen Bo Tian got up and instructed the kitchen to prepare several more dishes. Although the meal was prepared for six people, it was clearly not enough.
The meal lasted for over an hour before concluding.
After dinner,
Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Shen Yun Yao leisurely reclined on the rattan chairs by the entrance, sipping coconut water through straws.
Shen Bo Tian had chatted with Ye Feng and the others after the meal and then left, as there were undoubtedly many matters awaiting his attention in Mecha City.
"Big Brother, this coconut water is different from the canned kind. It's sweeter, more thirst-quenching, and has a faint aroma!"
Xiao Xiao stretched and said to Ye Feng.
"To be precise, this is genuine coconut water. The canned kind is diluted and has many additives!"
Ye Feng replied after taking a sip.
"I see~"
Xiao Xiao was quite surprised.
"Yun Yao, aren't coconut trees grown in tropical regions? Mecha City isn't very hot, yet it has such tall coconut trees. It's truly magical!"
As he spoke, Ye Feng turned to look at a coconut tree dozens of meters tall not far to his right. The coconut water they were drinking had just been harvested from it.
"After the Great Cataclysm, many things have changed. These coconut trees are already quite normal,"
Shen Yun Yao said with a slight smile.
"Okay~"
Afterward, Ye Feng continued to chat with Shen Yun Yao. He realized that Shen Bo Tian, as the City Lord of Mecha City, one of the seven major powers, was not only exceptionally powerful in combat.
Shen Bo Tian had clearly made arrangements early on. Although Mecha City appeared to have suffered a large-scale attack with fires, monster incursions, and even nuclear-level explosions, the core of the city remained intact.
Despite some opportunistic sabotage, Mecha City had not descended into complete chaos. The Royal Guards had not suffered significant losses, and families like the Wang and Yu families, along with other rebellious factions, had all been dealt with accordingly...
As Ye Feng and Shen Yun Yao chatted, Ye Feng unconsciously fell asleep.
...
Around three in the afternoon,
"Caw~~ Caw~ Caw!"
A loud cry, like that of a crow, echoed from the sky. Ye Feng woke up from his sleep to see a large black bird flying overhead.
The black bird was on fire, and a mech was chasing it at high speed, quickly apprehending it.
"Was this one of the monsters created by Wang Ba Tian and his gang?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng seemed to understand.
"Huh?"
"Yun Yao, what's wrong?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned. Shen Yun Yao, standing beside him, was gazing intently at a crystal pendant.
"This is the pendant my father gave me..."
Shen Yun Yao came back to her senses, "I always thought it was just an ordinary ornament, but now it seems to be the Eye of Horus that protected me before..."
"It's a pity that it cracked when it was attacked..."
She sounded a little dejected towards the end.
"Cracked? Let me see!"
Ye Feng got off the rattan chair and went to Shen Yun Yao's side, taking the crystal pendant from her hand to examine it carefully.
"This pendant... seems to be an arcane crystal too... Let me try to repair it for you!"
After a thorough inspection, Ye Feng suggested to Shen Yun Yao.
He observed that the cracked patterns within the crystal pendant looked more like damaged magic arrays etched inside, rather than the pendant itself being broken.
"Uh... Okay!~"
Shen Yun Yao was slightly taken aback, then quickly nodded.
"By the way, Yun Yao, what is your strength level?"
Ye Feng put the crystal pendant into his pocket and then asked Shen Yun Yao about his lingering doubt.
Although he had previously killed the three-headed hellhound that had devoured Joseph, Ye Feng knew that it wasn't his own power...
His own strength... not counting the Tang saber, and Shen Yun Yao's not counting the powerful talismans, they should be comparable...
"This... I'm currently at Silver intermediate level... But I'm Mithril!"
Shen Yun Yao pondered for a moment before replying.
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