The night had completely fallen.
"What is Ye Feng so busy with?"
Wu Ye Lin, who had finished dinner and was resting, was a little confused. She and Xiao Xiao had gone to call Ye Feng for dinner earlier, but Ye Feng had told them to eat first, saying he was busy.
"Big Brother must have made a breakthrough in researching the Arcane Energy Gun!"
"I'll heat up the food. Big Brother can eat later~"
As she spoke, Xiao Xiao stoked the fire to a higher flame again.
"Whoosh!~"
"Boom!~ Bang!~ Rumble!~"
Suddenly, a flash of fire erupted from Ye Feng's location, and a cannonball-shaped flame appeared, striking a distant boulder in an instant.
The boulder exploded, and flames shot skyward!
"Holy crap, what's going on?"
"Enemies?"
"Damn it, who's firing cannons?"
"Hey, stay alert, enemies are coming!"
"Enemies? Raiders? Where?"
The loud explosion and towering flames immediately panicked a group of adventurers, who began to scan their surroundings warily.
Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Ye Lin quickly ran towards Ye Feng's direction, as they had seen the cannonball-shaped flame originate from where Ye Feng was.
"Big Brother?"
Xiao Xiao's voice was full of surprise, for Ye Feng was completely covered in soot, his clothes significantly scorched. Coupled with the darkness, he was barely recognizable.
"This is really troublesome... I accidentally made it too powerful..."
Ye Feng scratched his head, and a few wisps of black smoke escaped his mouth as he spoke, a side effect of the Arcane Energy Cannon he had just wielded.
Hearing Ye Feng's voice, Wu Ye Lin's furrowed brow relaxed.
"Xiao Xiao, is there any food left? I'm so hungry!~"
"Oh, yes, I just reheated it!~"
...
Soon, Ye Feng was feasting on meat and slurping soup.
"Ye Feng, you... you made an Arcane Energy Gun... No, this... this is already a cannon!"
Wu Ye Lin, holding the "gun" Ye Feng had fashioned from a tank's cannon barrel, its shape quite peculiar, looked on in astonishment.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng replied, his voice slightly muffled as he gnawed on a chicken leg, "But there's a problem with it. The side effects are too great. I was hit directly by the expelled flames just now!~"
"This... Ye Feng... you..."
Hearing this, Wu Ye Lin was a little flabbergasted.
Most Arcane Energy Guns originated from the City of Arcane Arts. Occasionally, unknown Arcane Energy Guns would appear on the black market, but their quality could not match those from the City of Arcane Arts. Yet, Ye Feng was able to manufacture one, seemingly in just an afternoon...
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Wu Ye Lin frowned.
She picked up an Arcane Energy Gun that Ye Feng had cut open for research from the ground. Upon closer inspection, her expression changed. "Ye Feng, these... where did you get these Arcane Energy Guns?"
"Oh, the raider leader had them in his spatial rift fragment bracelet. I finished researching my own Arcane Energy Rifle, so I cut these open for experiments!"
"Those Arcane Energy Rifles are still quite new. What a shame!~"
Ye Feng took a sip of clam and lean meat soup, asking with some bewilderment, "Is there something wrong with those guns?"
"Ye Feng... these... these guns have unique serial numbers from the Adventurer's Guild... They should be from the Adventurer's Guild!"
Wu Ye Lin's face was not looking good.
"No way... Arcane Energy Rifles from the Adventurer's Guild?"
Ye Feng was a little surprised.
"Mm!"
Wu Ye Lin nodded. "The Adventurer's Guild has a Vice Chairman named Zeng Ji who can also manufacture Arcane Energy Rifles..."
"To distinguish them from the Arcane Energy Rifles of the City of Arcane Arts, Arcane Energy Guns from the Adventurer's Guild have special serial numbers, carved out by a special formation!"
"The City of Arcane Arts could probably replicate this special numbering, but they have no reason to advertise for the Adventurer's Guild..."
"So these Arcane Energy Guns should be from the Adventurer's Guild!"
Wu Ye Lin quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"The raiders we encountered today were from the Adventurer's Guild?"
Ye Feng was a little speechless.
"No!"
Wu Ye Lin shook her head decisively. "Due to our survival methods, our Adventurer's Guild values cooperation with others the most. We cooperate with almost all adventurers, regardless of their strength, and we don't easily offend people!"
"Raiders, on the other hand, attack and plunder anyone they see. This is completely contrary to the core survival principle of the Adventurer's Guild, so raiders are the only organization the Adventurer's Guild has publicly disassociated itself from!"
"If word got out that we were cooperating with raiders, the Adventurer's Guild would likely fall apart overnight!"
Wu Ye Lin's brow was tightly furrowed. "These guns are so new... they look freshly made... Ye Feng, I'm going to find Uncle Liu!"
...
A moment later, Old Man Liu Tou and Lei Jian arrived, jogging alongside Wu Ye Lin. After greeting Ye Feng, Old Man Liu Tou began to inspect the Arcane Energy Rifles that Ye Feng had cut open for research.
"Uh... over there... where I was standing just now, there are also quite a few Arcane Energy Rifles there. I cut open quite a few of them..."
Seeing that Wu Ye Lin and Old Man Liu Tou seemed to attach great importance to these Arcane Energy Guns, Ye Feng pointed to his previous location.
As Ye Feng finished speaking, Lei Jian ran towards the direction Ye Feng indicated and soon returned, clutching a handful of Arcane Energy Rifle parts.
"As expected!"
Old Man Liu Tou inspected them and said with a heavy tone, "These Arcane Energy Rifles are the batch that the Zeng family claimed to have lost not long ago, though only half the quantity remains!"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Wu Ye Lin and Lei Jian's expressions changed.
"Ye Feng, I'll be leaving for a bit~!"
Wu Ye Lin bid Ye Feng farewell and then left with Old Man Liu Tou and Lei Jian.
Ye Feng frowned slightly and didn't press for details. He turned his head and looked at Qiao Ying with some confusion. "Qiao Ying, what's wrong with you? You've been so quiet since yesterday!"
"Yeah, Sister Qiao Ying, are you feeling unwell?"
Xiao Xiao chimed in.
"Uh..."
Qiao Ying, who had been staring intently at Ye Feng, lost in thought, blushed slightly upon hearing their words. "It's not that I'm feeling unwell... It's... it's that I discovered something very strange!"
"Something very strange?"
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao both looked at Qiao Ying with questioning eyes.
"It's the recovery of my Angelic Power!"
As she spoke, a white light flashed behind Qiao Ying, and a pair of silvery-white wings instantly appeared. "According to logic, my Angelic Power shouldn't recover this quickly..."
"But for the past few days, for some reason, the recovery speed of my Angelic Power has become very fast. This feeling... it's as if I'm close to some special object... accelerating the recovery of my Angelic Power..."
"I've tested it... When I'm closer to Ye Feng, my Angelic Power's recovery... it... it speeds up a little!~"
By the end of her explanation, Qiao Ying's face turned red again, her eyes filled with surprise and curiosity.
"What the heck?"
Ye Feng was speechless.
...