A young woman with a haggard but delicate face, holding a child of about two years old, alighted from Wen Jie Jie's back.
"Lan Lan, thank Mr. Ye. It was his medicine that saved you both!" Wen Jie Jie said to the young woman.
"Mr. Ye, Lan Lan and Xiao Yun thank you!" The young woman, holding the baby, bowed deeply to Ye Feng with a sincere expression. The child in her arms looked at Ye Feng with curiosity.
"Uh, no need to thank me. Your husband traded something with me for it!" Ye Feng scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
The woman rose and nodded to Wen Jie Jie, then walked to the side, clearly leaving Ye Feng and Wen Jie Jie some private space.
"You're injured, and it's a new wound?" Ye Feng looked at the several scabbed-over wounds on Wen Jie Jie's body, quite puzzled. After all, he hadn't been able to injure her in the underground ruins.
"Want one?" Wen Jie Jie stepped forward and offered Ye Feng a cigarette.
"No, I don't smoke~" Ye Feng waved his hand. Although cigarettes were a hard currency in this post-apocalyptic world, and he had some, he didn't smoke himself.
Wen Jie Jie didn't insist and lit one for herself. "By a stroke of luck, I was injected with a reinforcement serum called Fusion Mosquito. My body can transform into any object I touch. However, if the fusion speed isn't fast enough, or if the object itself is penetrated, I can get injured!"
"But they are all minor injuries, not a problem for me!" Wen Jie Jie exhaled a puff of smoke. "Xu Xun is dead!"
"After I rescued Lan Lan and Xiao Yun, I left him there. Many of the explorers he had coerced tore him apart with their bare hands..." Wen Jie Jie knew that Xu Xun had repeatedly threatened to kill Ye Feng, so she explained Xu Xun's fate.
"Oh~" Ye Feng replied with a faint "oh," not caring much about it.
"Did you kill Xu Kuang?" Wen Jie Jie added at the end, her expression quite shocked.
"Mm!" Ye Feng nodded lightly.
"You're amazing. That guy injected the Number 1 Reinforcement Serum, the Electric Winged Crocodile!" Upon hearing this, Xu Kuang gave Ye Feng a thumbs-up.
Suddenly, Wen Jie Jie scanned her surroundings and moved closer to Ye Feng, whispering, "By the way, Mr. Ye, that Necromancer's Secret Record is very profound. I've studied it for years and only grasped a few superficial aspects."
"And I heard that the Necromancer's Secret Record also hides a clue to a treasure. I'm not entirely sure what the treasure is, but it's definitely extraordinary!"
"I once went to a place that was a stronghold of the Dark Holy Cult... Some of them were looking for the Necromancer's Secret Record, precisely for the treasure it might contain. And it seems they've been searching for a very long time. You must be careful..." Wen Jie Jie said to Ye Feng with a serious expression.
"Treasure? Another treasure... .." After listening to Wen Jie Jie, Ye Feng couldn't help but murmur. After all, Han Qianxing had just told him about a sensational treasure yesterday.
"Yes!" Wen Jie Jie nodded. "Those people were looking for the Necromancer's Secret Record and also for something called the Spark Record. According to them, combining the two will reveal the clue to that treasure!"
"..." Wen Jie Jie's cautious words left Ye Feng speechless for a moment.
Because both the Spark Record and the Necromancer's Secret Record were now in his hands, although the Spark Record seemed incomplete...
"Perfect, I'll go and take a look at Mech City~" Ye Feng glanced at the Arcane Pointer on his wrist and muttered to himself.
"Mr. Ye, in this doomsday world, I don't know if we'll meet again after parting today!"
"However, if there's anything I can do to help, just ask. I might not have much else, but I'm pretty good at fighting!" After a pause, Wen Jie Jie threw the smoked cigarette butt on the ground and looked at Ye Feng with genuine sincerity.
"No need to be so polite. It's great to meet someone as genuine as you in this apocalypse!" Ye Feng smiled at her, feeling quite pleased.
Wen Jie Jie also grinned, then called out to Lan Lan, who was chatting with Xiao Xiao in the distance, and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment!" Suddenly, Ye Feng stopped her.
"Hm?" Wen Jie Jie turned back, looking at Ye Feng with some confusion.
"Long journeys are not easy, take these for you!" As he spoke, Ye Feng's hand flashed. He produced a section of Steel Scale Bear bone, a syringe of penicillin, two packs of Gan Mao Ling sachets, and over a dozen streptomycin pills. After all, he had plenty of streptomycin...
"Th-thank you!" Wen Jie Jie received what Ye Feng handed her with a dazed expression. The burly man's eyes were actually red.
"Take care!" Wen Jie Jie looked deeply at Ye Feng, then walked towards Lan Lan, and they left together.
After seeing Wen Jie Jie's family off, Ye Feng continued to study the mech's spark, while Xiao Xiao continued to wander around, looking at this and that.
In the evening, Han Qiuli brought a document about the Red Bank Ruins. Because Han Qianxing had noticed Ye Feng's interest in researching the Red Bank Ruins, he had asked Han Qiuli to bring it over. To Ye Feng's surprise, the information provided by Han Qianxing even included a photo of Joseph, the research commander of the Red Bank Ruins. Ye Feng had been curious before; this guy was rumored to have transformed into a creature called a "Ghost"...
...
Perhaps it was because Han Qianxing had cleared out Xu Kuang's faction, or perhaps this expedition team had reaped significant rewards in the Red Bank Ruins, but the entire Tyrannosaurus Rex base was filled with a festive atmosphere.
For the next few days, Han Qiuli basically took Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao around the Tyrannosaurus Rex base and its outskirts for sightseeing. Xiao Xiao had a lot of fun. Han Qianxing did not come over; Han Qiuli took them to play and experience different local customs. The three of them ate a lot of unique creative local delicacies...
For a time, Ye Feng almost forgot the oppression of the apocalypse, as if returning to the days of his past travels...
...
Good times always pass quickly.
One noon, at the east gate of the Tyrannosaurus Rex base, the rested Ye Feng was sitting in the driver's seat of an armored vehicle, with Xiao Xiao beside him in the passenger seat. Han Qianxing and Han Qiuli stood by the driver's side. This modified, comfortable armored vehicle was precisely what Han Qianxing had gifted to Ye Feng. The car was packed with food, supplies, and of course, arcane gemstones...
"Little friend Ye, won't you stay a few more days?" Han Qianxing said with a smile, trying to persuade Ye Feng to stay.
"No, I've already been here for over half a month~ I've gotten fat~" Ye Feng waved his hand lightly.
"Ye Feng, here!" Han Qiuli handed Ye Feng a mirrored arcane yuan coin. "Contact me if you have time!"
"Okay~!" Ye Feng took it, replying.
"Then, may we meet again!" Ye Feng waved goodbye to Han Qiuli and Han Qianxing.
"Sister Han, Uncle Han, see you again!" Xiao Xiao leaned out, joining the conversation.
"See you again!" Han Qianxing and Han Qiuli also waved to Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, nodding in greeting.
Then, Ye Feng started the vehicle and slowly drove away from the Tyrannosaurus Rex base under the gaze of Han Qianxing, Han Qiuli, and others.
"His future achievements are limitless. Perhaps he can truly find the legendary Lamp of Creation!" After Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao disappeared from everyone's sight, Han Qianxing sighed. Han Qiuli, however, stared in the direction they were heading, lost in thought, with obvious envy in her eyes.
"Lili, do you also want to go out and explore?" Han Qianxing looked at Han Qiuli, his brow furrowed.
"Father, I..." A spark of light flashed in Han Qiuli's eyes, but she quickly lowered her head again.
"Lili, you've grown up. It's normal to have your own ideas!" Han Qianxing sighed. "Fine, Lili, pack your things and go to the City of Arcane Arts, to see the place where your mother grew up..."
"Wh-what..."