In the evening, Ye Feng and his companions were resting by the camp.
"Ye Feng, what are you thinking about, so lost in thought?"
Ye Feng was sitting on a stone stool, admiring the sunset in the desert. Suddenly, Ling Xi walked over and spoke.
"Uh... Nothing..."
Ye Feng came back to his senses. "I'm just a bit curious why Brad Base would send people specifically to capture hand-ring wearers, and it seems like more than one group is dedicated to capturing them..."
After Ye Feng's inquiries, he learned from the people of the Blood Hand Butcher convoy they encountered during the day that those people were specifically looking for information on and responsible for capturing hand-ring wearers...
"Hand-ring wearers, huh..."
Ling Xi let out a sigh, her expression complex, and she fell into thought.
After a long while, Ling Xi sighed, "Little one, if you truly want to know about the hand-ring wearers, you should go to the ruins of Ta Xing City... Perhaps, there you will find the answer you seek..."
"This... Ta Xing City?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, a wave of surprise washing over him.
"Ta Xing City, huh? Maybe I can find an opportunity to ask Shen Bo Tian?"
Hearing this, a thought popped into Ye Feng's mind, as he remembered Shen Bo Tian mentioning that he seemed to be an orphan from Ta Xing City...
"Big Brother, it's time to eat!"
At this moment, a small voice chimed in.
"Oh, okay!~"
...
After a dinner that was both delicious and visually appealing,
Xiao Xiao, Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying strolled under the moonlight, chatting. Meanwhile, Ye Feng lay lazily in a rattan chair, quietly admiring the starry sky.
He had to admit, the starry sky in the desert region had a unique charm...
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng was surprised.
As he was about to retrieve a bottle of frozen coconut juice from his spatial warehouse, he unexpectedly noticed a flashing light outside the small wooden house within the spatial warehouse.
"What the... It's a butterfly?!"
Ye Feng's consciousness drew closer and saw that outside the small wooden house in his spatial warehouse, on a small stretch of riverbank, there was a flashing, glowing butterfly.
"There are actually animals..."
Ye Feng was very surprised.
He had conducted experiments numerous times; living things simply could not be brought into the spatial warehouse. But ever since the volume of the spatial warehouse exceeded that of the small wooden house, not only had plants and a river appeared outside the small wooden house, but now there was even a butterfly...
Impulsively, Ye Feng reached out...
The next second, with a flash of light, the glowing butterfly that had abruptly appeared in the spatial warehouse was now in Ye Feng's hand.
The butterfly in Ye Feng's hand had wings that shimmered, and its entire body pulsed with light, making it very beautiful.
"Whoosh!~"
Suddenly, the butterfly gently flapped its wings and flew up from Ye Feng's hand. However, it didn't fly far, but instead circled around Ye Feng, flying leisurely.
Under the night sky, the butterfly's shimmering wings continuously flapped, and in no time, it outlined a peculiar and magnificent moonlit water surface around Ye Feng...
"Eek~"
"There's a butterfly!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice rang out, but it was very soft, as if she was afraid of scaring away the shimmering, continuously flashing butterfly near Ye Feng.
"So beautiful!"
Xiao Xiao tiptoed to Ye Feng's side, quietly watching the beautiful butterfly flutter around him, and murmured.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded slightly, looking at the butterfly dancing around him with a look of wonder.
After circling Ye Feng for a while, the butterfly seemed to sense something, slightly shifted its direction, and flew around Xiao Xiao, soon enveloping her in a shimmering, rippling light.
Xiao Xiao's pretty face flushed with excitement, her large eyes filled with surprise and joy...
Finally, Xiao Xiao slowly extended her finger. The glowing butterfly flew for a while and then slowly landed on Xiao Xiao's finger...
Xiao Xiao held her breath and curiously leaned closer to look. The butterfly immediately flapped its wings and flew a little to the side.
"Ah~"
Xiao Xiao let out a soft cry and couldn't help but take a few steps forward. The glowing butterfly didn't fly far; it circled Xiao Xiao again for a while before landing on Xiao Xiao's outstretched hand... but it flew away again after a short while... Xiao Xiao immediately followed... The butterfly soon landed on Xiao Xiao's arm again...
Thus, under the sparse moonlight of the night sky, a pretty girl and a sparkling butterfly began a game of chase...
"Ye... Ye Feng... That... Where did that come from?"
At this moment, Ling Xi arrived beside Ye Feng. Her face was filled with shock, and she lowered her voice, speaking to Ye Feng.
"That?"
Seeing Ling Xi's startled posture, Ye Feng was slightly puzzled. He followed the direction Ling Xi was pointing and immediately understood. "Are you talking about the butterfly playing with Xiao Xiao?"
"That's a Water Glow Butterfly!"
Ling Xi quickly chimed in, "Here... logically, there shouldn't be any Water Glow Butterflies!"
"Indeed, this is a desert!"
Ye Feng nodded in agreement.
"Although a glowing butterfly appearing in the desert is indeed a bit unusual... but there's no need for you to be so shocked, is there?"
Ye Feng looked at Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying behind her, feeling a bit bewildered.
Because the three women had expressions of disbelief, as if they had seen something utterly absurd.
"Ye... Ye Feng, that's not an ordinary butterfly, it's... it's a Water Glow Butterfly!"
Ling Xi swallowed and said to Ye Feng.
"Water Glow Butterfly? Ling Xi, how do you recognize this kind of butterfly?"
Ye Feng looked at Ling Xi with great surprise.
"Water Glow Butterflies... are creatures unique to the City of Angels..."
Leng Yue added, looking at Ye Feng with immense shock.
Because if she wasn't mistaken, that Water Glow Butterfly had suddenly appeared in Ye Feng's hand...
"Creatures unique to the City of Angels?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was even more astonished.
"Mhm!"
Ling Xi nodded. "In the past, my favorite thing to do was to lie quietly by the river in the City of Angels at night, watching groups of Water Glow Butterflies flash their beautiful light around me..."
"When there are many Water Glow Butterflies, the entire night sky appears like a rippling lake... complementing the moonlight... it's the most beautiful..."
Ling Xi's face was filled with reminiscence.
"This..."
Hearing this, Ye Feng was even more astonished. He couldn't understand how a creature unique to the City of Angels, the Water Glow Butterfly, could inexplicably appear in his spatial warehouse.
"Um... Ling Xi, you... you might be mistaken?"
Inevitably, Ye Feng looked at Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying with a questioning gaze.
"No!"
The three women replied in unison, shaking their heads collectively.
"Damn..."
Ye Feng was momentarily speechless.
"Big Brother, come and play with the butterfly!~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's joyful voice rang out.
"Oh, okay~"
Ye Feng, carrying a belly full of doubts, slowly walked towards the Water Glow Butterfly.
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