Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 742: Chapter 475 Special Feeling Gone? (5,100 words)

”What are you guys chatting about here?”

At this moment, Li Wenxi returned.

Following her were the armored sweetheart and those two little guys.

Well, they can’t really be called little guys now.

After all, these two small ones are now as big as an Alaskan Malamute and a large adult dog.

”Wow, what did you do!” Zeng Tao exclaimed in surprise.

”...Your face is all dirty, you should go up and take a bath.” Xu Xin couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at Li Wenxi.

She was covered in dust from head to toe, even her face had little black handprints.

”Ah, went mining for coal, what could I do?” Li Wenxi was also a bit embarrassed, ”I’ll go up!”

With that, she directly controlled the treehouse’s roots and entered the treehouse.

”...Huh?” Zeng Tao gave a soft hum and pointed at Xu Xin’s treehouse, ”This is your treehouse, right? How come Wenxi can...? Ah, you gave her permissions!”

Zeng Tao was somewhat surprised.

”What, you want permissions too?”

”Not really, I just want to see what the inside of such a big treehouse looks like... What do you want to do to me?” Zeng Tao suddenly realized, immediately became cautious and stepped back, ”Don’t think I’ll let you have your way easily!”

Xu Xin glanced at her body and then turned his head: ”Heh.”

”What do you mean!” She jumped up in anger.

”Alright, I’m going up to prepare. You go get ready, we’ll head out in ten minutes.” Xu Xin grabbed the roots of the treehouse.

”You... Hmph! Fine...” Zeng Tao gave him a hateful look and turned to leave.

Back in the treehouse, the sound of running water and soft humming came from the bathroom.

Xu Xin gathered the three beasts and Keke, then said to the bathroom, ”Wenxi, I’m heading out, going to check out that special area from before.”

”Special area?” The humming stopped, Li Wenxi’s voice came out, ”Wait, wait!”

She quickly came running out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel.

The dust on her body had been washed clean, and her exposed skin was slightly flushed from the hot water.

Seeing her in this alluring appearance, Xu Xin’s eyes twitched slightly.

He then took a light breath.

...No, not now.

There are other things to deal with now.

”Why go now? Has Shi Wanyun’s issue been resolved?” Li Wenxi was completely unconcerned about her own appearance, not even wrapping the towel tightly, her hair still wet.

”Hmm.” Xu Xin glanced quickly before looking away, nodding, ”Her situation is a bit complicated, I’ll explain when I return. Winter is about to end, and the reward for free action will also end. I need to check before winter’s over, or I might not get another chance.”

”Then I’ll go with you...”

”You better not.” Xu Xin shook his head, ”There might be danger there, you should focus on your tasks. You’re busy right now, aren’t you?”

”True. Okay, you go, be careful.” Li Wenxi wrapped herself tighter in the towel, ”By the way, I mined lots of blue-grade coal! Even triggered a hundredfold drop rate, so smelting the purple-grade meteorite ore shouldn’t be an issue!”

”Is that so? That’s great!” Xu Xin was also delighted.

Once he can smelt a piece, with his ability, he can unlock the blueprint for crafting with this metal as a material.

Then it’ll be clear what this metal can really do!

As they left the treehouse, Zeng Tao was already waiting below.

”Let’s go quickly, or it’ll get dark!” Zeng Tao was feeling quite impatient.

”Squeak!” Keke also voiced its agreement.

It curled up on Xu Xin’s shoulder, blinking its eyes as it looked around.

”Okay, hold on.”

Xu Xin patted Keke’s small head, his mind projecting a map.

”Where has Qin Fu run off to...” he muttered with a slight frown.

Honestly, bringing him on this exploration mission would be ideal.

But this guy’s whereabouts remain unknown till now.

”Qin Fu?” Zeng Tao immediately shook her head, ”Forget it, don’t bother looking for him. I just tried to contact him earlier to ask if he wanted to join, but he couldn’t be reached this time.”

Couldn’t be reached?

Xu Xin tried as well.

The result was indeed a failed connection.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Could this guy, Qin Fu...

Have gotten caught up in some triggered event?

On the map, the Hilly Resource Zone in the northwest still had a green dot.

That green dot was even located in the lake within the Hilly Resource Zone.

But due to his map ability lacking a z-axis, he couldn’t be certain of Qin Fu’s exact position.

Whether he truly was in the lake or underground.

Forget it, let him be.

It’s just a pity his detection ability can’t be utilized this time.

Xu Xin swung onto the wolf and looked at her, ”You... come with me.”

The special area is at least tens of kilometers away from here, walking would waste so much time.

”You’re suggesting that I join you on it?” Zeng Tao pointed at the Silver King beneath Xu Xin, her expression a bit odd.

”What else?”

”Roar!” The Silver King responded with a call.

”It... probably can’t carry me.” Zeng Tao said with a touch of distress.