After marrying the interstellar boss, I was taken away!

Although mineral crystals have serious side effects, they are definitely a killer when used properly. Now that they have it as a base, everyone suddenly feels that all the time wasted in the past few days has been made up for.

In line with the principle of not letting go, the garbage room must be carefully searched. Also, the black crystal that was previously speculated to be able to regenerate limbs cannot be let go.

Qi Zhen saw everyone digging dung, ahem, soil in a swift manner. She didn't care about removing the skin of the other mutant rats. She hurriedly took out a branch from the space and began to dig away the soil not to be outdone.

As they rummaged through the garbage room, the stench became more and more overwhelming. Masks were put on layer after layer. Not only were they useless, they also made them dizzy.

I could already go out through the door, but I couldn't help but couldn't run out to take a few breaths before going in.

In this way, everyone rummaged through the garbage room.

Qi Zhen found 24 mineral crystals, but the energy was not very full. From this look, it was either accidentally excreted by the mutated rat, ahem... or it was left behind by accidental death.

The harvest was mediocre, but it was a small consolation that she found 26 fruit stones.

The others were not even as good as her, most of them had more than a dozen mineral crystals, but looking at everyone's beaming faces, it was obvious that they were very satisfied with the result of picking up the leaks.

"Strange, why is there no black crystal?" Bu Yidao poked the ground with a stick unwillingly, not even leaving a lump of dung.

Not only did the others not dislike it, they even encouraged him to poke more carefully.

This inner quality is, well, powerful!

However, Qi Zhen felt that there was no point in poking anymore. She had determined that the key to allowing them to repair the body was the core in her hand.

Unfortunately, she hasn't figured out how to operate these cores yet.

Qi Feng pondered for a moment, "Maybe our guess is in the wrong direction. Let's think about whether we encountered anything special while digging the soil."

"No, it's all feces, eaten fruit cores, smelly leaves, moldy weeds and other decomposition products. Vomiting...it's okay not to mention it. The more Li Liyang talked about it, the stronger the nausea became.

Obviously I didn't feel anything when I was digging, but I happened to look back and saw... vomit on the wooden stick of Bu Yidao. One of them didn't collapse, and he vomited loudly.

Everyone's thoughts were interrupted by his sudden vomiting sound, and then he ran out of the garbage room one after another and vomited in a daze.

Let’s just say, how can vomiting not be contagious?

Qi Zhen straightened up calmly and rinsed her mouth.

She was really shocked just now. Li Liyang also clearly found the core, but didn't take it seriously. She doesn't have the noble moral character of "sharing good things", so she can keep the fruit pit secret for a day.

After doing this, everyone's thoughts about preparing for dinner faded away. They rested in the passage for a while and continued to explore the path.

The passage is still expanding, but there are relatively fewer forks, because it is time to enter the inner perimeter. About half an hour later, they encountered another team of mutant rats, eight of them again. Their body shape and hair were the same as before. They were obviously a patrol team responsible for protecting the nest.

Qi Zhen and the others have mastered the method of dealing with mutant rats, so it is naturally much easier to deal with them. Coupled with the wide passage, several people were not dispersed until the end of the battle.

It was still whoever hunted the animal who got it, and without caring about skinning it at the moment, everyone quickly put away the mutated rat in a tacit agreement and rushed forward.

The further you go in, the more patrol teams you encounter. After killing three teams in a row, the passage became completely quiet. Not sure if there are any mutant rats nearby, so everyone walks with extreme caution.

At this moment, Qi Zhen smelled a vaguely sweet smell, sweet? She couldn't believe it and thought there might be something wrong with her nose.

It is no exaggeration to say that since she came out of the garbage room, she felt like everything stinked, including herself. This sudden fragrance... Hey, it seems a little stronger? Qi Zhen sniffed and looked in front of her. It was indeed coming from here.

Her eyes lit up and she couldn't wait to speak, "Did you smell a sweet fragrance?"

What? Bu Yidao suddenly stopped and sniffed his nose vigorously, "No——", before he finished speaking, a very light fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose. He couldn't smell the sweetness, but the fragrance was really there. .

The whole person jumped up suddenly, "The source of the fragrance is in front, come with me!"

Qi Zhen saw him crawling forward with a familiar look, and immediately realized that it was because of his status as a worker ant. As for why she heard the Tao first, it was naturally because she had keen senses and was specially trained later.

Soon, they followed Bu Yidao to a cave. This was the second cave they saw after the garbage room.

Compared to the mess of the former, this place has obviously been carefully taken care of. The cave is filled with one-meter-high exotic plants. The leaves of the exotic plants are huge, emerald green and tender. They show no signs of yellowing due to lack of light and are full of vitality.

This kind of exotic plant is very common in the wild. Its appearance is enough to be used as an ornamental plant, and then it is transplanted into a safe area. Unfortunately, it has a fatal flaw: it attracts bugs, especially mutated aphids.

When she first saw this strange plant, she knew that the cave was an aphid storage room, a masterpiece of mutated ants.

Seeing that most of the mutant leaves are intact, we know that mutant rats don't like to visit here. It's normal. Although mutant rats are omnivores, they prefer to eat carnivores after their mutation.

Probably only when there is a shortage of meat will we grow new plants and seeds.

As for aphids, such a small number is not enough to fit between teeth, and no one would be interested in eating them.

Mutant ants, like mutant mice, do not eat aphids, but they love the sweet 'honeydew' secreted by aphids, just like humans love sweets.

It is said to be honeydew, but it is actually the droppings of aphids. It is shiny and rich in sugar.

Oops, we can’t live without feces today.

Woo hoo, she didn't want to scratch the cake... Before Qi Zhen could cry twice as symbolically, her stomach growled inappropriately, and then there was an indescribable longing in her body.

Want to eat! I want to eat...well...I can't say it! Qi Zhen really cried this time. She forced herself to leave the cave, even though she was drooling. She even stood three meters away, which made her feel better.

The brain also starts functioning normally.

She was thankful at this time that she only saw aphids so far.

Because ants not only like the honeydew of aphids, but also like scale insects, psyllids, cicadas or some lepidopteran larvae. We need to get it all back, mom, help!
The aphids may have mutated, and the honeydew they secrete has a particularly overbearing smell. The whole cave is very sweet, so it's no wonder it spreads so far.

Qizhen stepped back unconsciously, just in time to move out of the way for a few other people who had just reacted.

Ants take very good care of aphids for their own sweet food. You can get a glimpse of them from this cave.

Aphids live on the sap of plants, so it is not surprising that there is such a strange plant. Qi Zhen is just curious about how those worker ants did it.

His eyes immediately turned to Bu Yidao and Qi Feng, but these two guys still had not perfectly inherited the essence of the worker ants, and were still trying their best to restrain the original urge to eat shit, no, eat honeydew.

(End of this chapter)