"Eh?"
Ye Feng turned his head, a little surprised.
He found that Ling Xi had emerged from the tent at some point and was walking towards him, a troubled look on her face.
Behind Ling Xi were Leng Yue and Qiao Ying, both with a trace of worry in their expressions.
"Ye Feng, what's wrong? What's bothering you so much that you can't sleep in the middle of the night?"
Leng Yue spoke then, her voice a little low, clearly afraid of disturbing Xiao Xiao, who was sleeping soundly in the tent.
"Uh... I'm fine... I'm just a bit frustrated that there are fewer Void Rift Fragments..."
Ye Feng pointed to two large tin boxes not far in front of him.
"Void Rift Fragments?"
Leng Yue quickly stepped forward, staring at the two empty large tin boxes for a while before muttering, "Ye Feng, what do you need so many Void Rift Fragments for?"
Leng Yue's words were filled with surprise, because each of those large tin boxes contained at least a thousand Void Rift Fragments, yet Ye Feng said "fewer..."
"Yes, that's right!"
Ye Feng nodded honestly.
"I happen to have quite a few of these Void Rift Fragments!"
As she spoke, a flash of light appeared on Leng Yue's hand, and a large handful of faintly glowing Void Rift Fragments appeared in her palm. "Ye Feng, take these!"
"Oh, this is great~!"
Ye Feng didn't refuse and accepted them immediately, but his expression quickly became unnatural.
"Little guy, what's wrong?"
Ling Xi noticed Ye Feng's hesitant expression and asked.
"Leng Yue... these Void Rift Fragments have been used... I... the kind I want haven't been used!"
Although a bit embarrassed, Ye Feng still said it.
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Leng Yue looked surprised, her eyebrows curving as she looked at Ye Feng. "Ye Feng, you only want the unopened ones?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Ye Feng nodded.
"I see~"
Leng Yue frowned slightly. A flash of light appeared on her hand, and she handed a large, reddish-brown box to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng immediately took it and opened it, finding it filled with Void Rift Fragments. The system's prompt informed him that they were indeed the kind he needed, the unused ones.
"Only unopened ones... Ling Xi, this little guy is quite particular..."
Leng Yue muttered as she watched Ye Feng intently examining the Void Rift Fragments, a sly smile appearing on her face.
Then, she leaned down and whispered into Ye Feng's ear, "Little guy, Ling Xi is also an unopened virgin~ Do you want her~"
"Oh, okay~"
Ye Feng, engrossed in counting the Void Rift Fragments, only caught snippets of what was said and nodded happily, as Ling Xi happened to be handing him a large, reddish-brown box.
"Uh..."
Ye Feng reached out towards Ling Xi but stopped midway. He suddenly realized that what Leng Yue had just said seemed wrong. Meeting Ling Xi's gaze, his face blushed.
Ling Xi's fair face also turned red. As if to avoid his gaze, she handed the box in her hand to Ye Feng, looking embarrassed.
"Hahaha~"
Leng Yue seemed to find something amusing and chuckled lightly.
"You... Leng, you... you're not either!"
Ling Xi, her face flushed, glared at Leng Yue irritably.
"I..."
Leng Yue, who had just teased Ye Feng and Ling Xi, was momentarily speechless, her cheeks also turning red.
She awkwardly averted her gaze and happened to see Qiao Ying, who was also approaching with a large red wooden box, and immediately said, "Qiao Ying, what are you looking at? You're not either!"
"I..."
Qiao Ying looked innocent. She just wanted to give Ye Feng a Void Rift Fragment...
After that, an awkward silence fell over the scene. The three women, with slightly flushed faces, stood by Ye Feng's side, quietly watching the Void Rift Fragments in Ye Feng's hands disappear by the handful...
The three women exchanged glances and saw surprise in each other's eyes, clearly not knowing what Ye Feng was doing...
...
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Feng finally let out a long sigh and stretched his waist.
Ye Feng was in a great mood at this moment!
Thanks to the Void Rift Fragments given by Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying, and after spending tens of thousands of usable points again, his spatial warehouse capacity had reached 500 cubic meters...
"These Void Rift Fragments still don't feel like enough... and the usable points aren't enough either..."
Looking at the dwindling Void Rift Fragments and the number 16666 next to "Usable Points" on the [Personal Information] panel, Ye Feng muttered.
"Ye Feng, what are you doing? So many Void Rift Fragments and not enough?"
Leng Yue was very surprised, as the three of them had given Ye Feng thousands of Void Rift Fragments just now...
"Uh... nothing~"
Ye Feng shook his head slightly and changed the subject, "Speaking of which, why aren't you three sleeping at this hour, and looking so worried?"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying all fell silent. Qiao Ying even cast her gaze in the direction of Brad Base.
"Is it because of the Stone of Hope?"
Ye Feng followed Qiao Ying's gaze and guessed.
"Mm!"
Ling Xi nodded. "Little guy, do you remember me telling you before that I had explored an ancient ruin?"
"Is it also because of the Stone of Hope?"
As soon as Ling Xi finished speaking, Ye Feng immediately interjected.
"Yes!"
Ling Xi let out a soft breath, a clear worry in her brows.
"I happen to have a Stone of Hope. I got it from an ancient ruin called Civilization Spark."
As she spoke, a flash of light appeared on Ye Feng's hand, and a large, square stone appeared before them. It was the Stone of Hope.
"This... this is really the Stone of Hope..."
"And it hasn't undergone any messy modifications..."
"The original form of the Stone of Hope..."
The voices of Qiao Ying, Ling Xi, and Leng Yue followed one after another, their faces filled with astonishment.
"Actually, I've encountered more than one Stone of Hope before, but for some reason... the Stones of Hope were destroyed... only leaving behind these rhombus-shaped stones that emit white light..."
Ye Feng's slightly embarrassed voice sounded then.
Because Qiao Ying's forceful entry into Brad Base, and Leng Yue and Ling Xi's recent search for Brad, the Stone of Hope was very important to the angels...
And according to Shen Yun Yao, and the information he obtained, this Stone of Hope seemed to contain the ultimate secret of the angel race, and was the last hope of the entire angel civilization...
But now he had destroyed two of them... although it wasn't intentional...
"This..."
Ling Xi examined the faintly white, rhombus-shaped stone in Ye Feng's hand, her face full of disbelief. "Ye... Ye Feng, did you use the Annihilation Array to destroy the shell of the Stone of Hope?"
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