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Chapter 691 The Ocean Queen's crown is enough.
"This is what happens when you use the power of gold."

After performing a mass purification on the mercenaries, Floch returned and began to eat voraciously.

Seeing Yu Xia holding a mirror and looking at herself for a long time, she said, "Your eyes have only turned gold, they're not blind. What are you worried about? Are you afraid of being recognized by the people of the Holy City?"

Yu Xia didn't just look at her eyes when she looked in the mirror. She pulled her hair back and carefully examined her face and neck to see if there were any other golden features, or rather, signs of alienation.

“I’m not worried about being recognized by them,” Yu Xia put down the mirror. “I’m wondering if this polluted area will cause the golden gene to manifest automatically.”

Flock paused in his chewing motion.

Yu Xia: "My Golden Flower spirit body is still dormant. In theory, I shouldn't show any golden characteristics. When my spiritual power is sufficient, I can control the changes in my body between the two spirit bodies."

Floch said, "The pollution levels here are too high; it's normal for things to be abnormal."

“That’s fine too.” Yu Xia grabbed her pink hair and shook it at him. “This way I don’t have to pretend anymore. Maybe when I go back to the Federal District, no one will recognize me.”

Floch took a big bite of the jerky in his hand. "You're still planning to go back?"

Yu Xia: "I don't plan to go back right now; it would be too much trouble."

Floch gave a soft hum, “The sea creatures have sent people to guard and patrol the various entrances and exits of the mercenary district, and other sentries are also looking for you.”

"Other sentries? Which ones?"

Floch: "Want me to count for you?"

Yu Xia coughed twice, "No need, no need."

Those who came to find her, besides the sea creatures, were probably Alex and Canulius.

She also wrote to them. Now that everyone is busy cleaning up the contaminated area, receiving her letter has given them a break.

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Villa backyard.

"Eat."

Yu Xia scooped a few spoonfuls of chicken feed from the chicken feed bucket and scattered them on the ground.

The chickens immediately swarmed forward and began pecking at the chicken feed on the ground.

This is Yu Xia's fifth day at the Flock Villa. In just a few days, the chickens have grown stronger and taller. Yu Xia suspects that in a few more days, they will be taller than the city wall.

After feeding the chickens, Yu Xia took a basket to collect eggs from the henhouse.

The hen lays eggs almost every day, and the eggs are getting bigger and bigger. The biggest one is enough for her to eat for a meal and she might even feel stuffed.

Yu Xia held a giant egg in her hands and placed it in the basket.

She was collecting eggs here, while Kraken was touching this chicken with his tentacles, touching that chicken.

It was very interested in these chickens and would come and play with them whenever it had free time.

To Yu Xia's surprise, these chickens were wary of almost every sentry, but were exceptionally kind to the little octopus, letting it touch them without pecking at them.

The baby octopuses can even climb on their backs and heads, and they don't get angry.

Yu Xia jokingly said to it, "Cerius, you not only rule the seas, but also the land."

After she finished speaking, the little octopus raised its tentacles very seriously, indicating its agreement with her words.

Seeing its serious expression, Yu Xia immediately said, "I was just kidding, don't take it seriously."

If Serius really wanted to rule the land, she wouldn't know who to worry about, since no one would benefit anyway.

The little octopus, without changing its expression, used its two tentacles to hold up a non-existent crown and place it on her head.

Yu Xia was amused by its actions and grabbed its tentacles, saying, "I only need the Ocean Queen crown."

Upon hearing her words, Kraken stared intently into her golden eyes for a moment, then gently scraped her brow with the tip of his tentacle.

Yu Xia paused; this was the action that Selius's true form had performed on her. At that moment, the little octopus's eyes seemed to change; she wanted to look more closely, but then a noise came from behind her.

She turned around and saw that it was Maggie who had returned.

For the past five days, only she, Flock, and the little octopus were in the villa; Flock did not allow any other sentries to enter.

Only Maki came in to report every other day.

Yu Xia stayed in the villa, with Floch's mental energy acting as a barrier, and could hardly sense the changes outside.

Those shadowy figures that were quietly lurking outside the villa were kept at bay.

Only after Maki entered did Yu Xia sense her presence.

When Maki returned, Yu Xia followed her into the house carrying a basket of eggs. Actually, the basket could only hold two eggs and was quite heavy.

Kraken took the basket from her and carried it for her.

living room.

Maki finished the entire pot of water in one gulp, wiped her mouth casually with the back of her hand, and then projected the map of the North Second District onto the long table:

"We can't go there yet. The alien species are proliferating too fast at these two entrances, and we haven't found the source of the pollution, the BOSS. It's too dangerous for you to go."

Maki crossed her arms, her expression solemn.

Yu Xia's gaze swept across the map. The red dots on the projection screen were densely packed, while the scattered green dots indicated areas that had been cleared and where teleportation points had been placed.

It's been five days, and only this much pollution has been cleaned up. More pollution sources will be added every day.

However, Maki and the other mercenaries hired by Floch were clearing out the locations given to them by her and Floch.

Yu Xia's goal is to find the Blood Nest's main nest; all other gains must be put aside for the time being.

At this rate of increase in pollution sources, even if the Federal Empire and these mercenaries combined had twice the number, they still wouldn't be able to completely clean up the pollution sources in the North Second District and suppress the pollution concentration.

Only by addressing the root cause can they all be safely evacuated from North Second District.

According to the information that Maki and her team received, the entrance they came in through had been swallowed up by the gray wall.

Compared to when she first met Huo Lin and the others, the gray wall was growing much faster and the distance between them was several times greater.

“It’s too slow.” Flock frowned as he looked at the map. “It’s at least twice as slow as I estimated.”

“There’s nothing we can do.” Maki: “The pollution level is too high, and there are so many aliens that it’s almost impossible to walk. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered a polluted area with so many aliens.”

Yu Xia looked up at her.

Maki's combat suit was torn in several places, blood had congealed at the wounds, and her face was stained with dirt that she hadn't had time to wash off. As soon as she returned, she rushed over to report the situation to Floch.

Yu Xia saw the agitation in her eyes and tried to soothe her with her mental power, but Floch grabbed her hand and pressed her down.

“I will purify her in a moment,” he said.

Yu Xia wanted to say something, but seeing Maki there, she swallowed her words.

"Can you tell me what exactly you're looking for?"

Maki glanced at the two faces and still asked the question.

As the employee, she shouldn't ask the employer these questions; she should just focus on fulfilling the employer's tasks.

But after being in the North Second District for almost half a month, she found it more difficult to manage than she had imagined.

No, it wasn't just difficult, it was extremely dangerous. For the first time, she felt an indescribable fear rising from the bottom of her heart.

Whether it was a hallucination caused by pollution or something else, as an experienced mercenary, her intuition told her that she couldn't stay here any longer.

Floch could sense her fear and said, "Don't worry, I'll get you out of here safely."