Chapter 158 - 125: Guarding the Warehouse

Chapter 158: Chapter 125: Guarding the Warehouse

After Chen Xing finished speaking, she casually wrapped her arm around Huai Yu’s neck. "What do you want to buy? I’ll take you to the warehouse to pick it out later."

As she spoke, she glanced at Uncle Zaozi, whose face looked like a colorful palette. She couldn’t help but curl her lip, looking him up and down. "Tsk, looks like you got beaten up pretty colorfully yesterday."

Uncle Zaozi’s face darkened, but unfortunately, with so many layers of colors stacked on top of each other, nothing could be seen.

Instead, Huai Yu greeted her sweetly, "Sister Xingxing." She then set down her basket. "I brought the tea balls Uncle Zaozi mentioned yesterday, but I don’t know if they’re drinkable..."

Uncle Zaozi’s eyes lit up as he quickly lifted the cover of the basket. "Why are there so many colors? Do they taste different? What flavors are they?"

Although Huai Yu knew the raw materials, she hadn’t drunk it either, so she could only smile awkwardly.

But Uncle Zaozi’s focus was on another aspect. "Little Yu, look, your uncle has been taking you all over the place since early this morning. I’ve been pretty good to you, right? If this turns out to be drinkable after testing, you absolutely have to save a portion for me."

Huai Yu nodded heavily. "Mhm!"

Chen Xing also leaned over to take a look, picking up a pink tea ball and sniffing it. "It has a faint floral scent. Fen Da, go turn on the testing machine."

Huai Yu looked over and saw a young boy wearing a tangerine jacket climb off the sofa and head into the adjacent room. Not long after, he reached out to signal everyone. "It’s ready. Let’s test it."

Chen Xing triumphantly carried Huai Yu’s basket with one hand while keeping the other hooked around her neck. "This is a testing machine we spent a fortune on. It can detect whether something is toxic, its Mutant Value, and even its basic medicinal properties.

"If it weren’t too big to fit in a vehicle, we’d definitely take it with us on our expeditions. That way, we wouldn’t end up bringing back so much useless junk every time."

At this point, she glanced at Uncle Zaozi. "Speaking of which, I haven’t asked you yet. Did you eat that pile of mutated green dates you took from me?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Zaozi’s expression soured. He clutched his chest, feeling a wave of nausea welling up again.

Huai Yu suddenly laughed out loud. "The ones with a Mutant Value of 23? He ate them. I saw him do it with my own eyes."

She just hadn’t expected that the pile of green dates had come from Chen Xing. Judging by this, even though they bickered and fought, their actual relationship was probably quite good.

Hearing this, the rest of the group, who had been minding their own business, turned their gazes over, their eyes filled with admiration and curiosity.

Huai Yu leisurely added, "Uncle Zaozi threw up after eating half of one. He said even a dog wouldn’t eat them."

"Pfft!"

Chen Xing instantly burst into laughter, and the eavesdropping crowd couldn’t help but roar with laughter as well. Uncle Zaozi didn’t feel embarrassed in the slightest. Instead, he lifted his chin and pointed at Huai Yu.

"You have the nerve to mock me? Sure, I ate it, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. If I didn’t eat the dates, I wouldn’t have earned those points. Have you forgotten that you bought the rest of those dates from me for four points?

"So, how were they? Were they good? I don’t believe for a second that you didn’t taste them after buying them."

Now it was the crowd’s turn to stare at her.

That was a Mutant Value of 23! One of them was bold enough to sell it, and the other was bold enough to buy it!

Huai Yu thought to herself that she had indeed tasted them, but she hadn’t been familiar with her abilities back then. She had somehow purified them by mistake, so when they entered her mouth, they were sweet, crisp, and incredibly delicious.

But right now, she just smiled happily, her eyes curving into crescents. "They were pretty good! I really like things with high Mutant Values that can’t be sold. They’re very useful at my place."

Chen Xing thought about it. "Then you’ve come to the right place. We just got back yesterday afternoon. Because we were in a rush to get to the hospital, we didn’t even have time to sort through our things at the highway station..."

She didn’t mention why they were in a rush. Considering they had appeared at the hospital, Huai Yu could roughly guess the reason.

Chen Xing seemed accustomed to this kind of thing. She simply stated casually, "There are quite a few items that failed the test this morning still piled up in the warehouse. You can take a good look at them later."

As they spoke, the group had already entered the testing room. Upon walking in, Huai Yu finally understood why they said this machine couldn’t be loaded onto a vehicle.

It was massive.

It was about two and a half meters long, nearly two meters wide, and around two meters tall. It practically took up the entire small room.

If they brought this along, they would have to be careful even on bumpy roads. How could they go exploring with it?

This machine was quite different from a simple Mutant Value detector. After it was turned on, a sealed compartment popped out, into which the item to be tested was placed. It took about fifteen to thirty minutes for the full composition analysis to finish.

"Can it really detect every single ingredient?" Huai Yu was a little nervous. She wondered what she would do if it detected dung beetle saliva.

Chen Xing laughed. "If it were really that amazing, I wouldn’t have been able to afford it. It just gives a general analysis.

"Come on, the machine isn’t fully calibrated yet. I’ll take you to the warehouse."

Before heading to the warehouse, Huai Yu asked earnestly, "Sister Xingxing, I live a bit far out. If I buy things from you, can you deliver them?"

Chen Xing looked at her and pulled her closer into her arms. "Alright, since you’re so cute—as long as you buy up to a thousand points worth of items, we’ll deliver them for free, provided it’s within Flower City."

Huai Yu was thrilled! She nodded repeatedly and said happily, "It’s definitely within Flower City!"

It was just bordering the edge, that was all. But when the delivery vehicle arrived, she would have a proper discussion with the Rose Corridor. Now that the Defense Army knew about her living conditions, having a few more people know wouldn’t matter much.

As for how to buy a thousand points worth of items... considering she only had one or two thousand points left, one could tell that Huai Yu was very experienced at spending money.

Full of anticipation, she followed Chen Xing to the warehouse.

This warehouse was connected to the mall’s supermarket. It was a large, square room with various items piled up haphazardly inside. There was even a whole basket of peaches sitting in a large white plastic crate by the door.

They looked like May Fairy peaches—large and round, with a mix of green and red, emitting a very distinct peach fragrance. Having been left out for the night, the leaves attached to them had already wilted.

"Are these also over the Mutant Value limit?" Huai Yu felt it was a real pity, as these peaches looked incredibly appetizing.

Mentioning this, Chen Xing’s face darkened. "Yeah. Our whole group fought it for ages and finally managed to defeat the peach tree to pluck all the peaches, only to find out that its mutation direction was ’Awful Taste’.

"When we got back and tested them, their Mutant Value was 27!"

How infuriating was that?! It was only because Chen Xing had a calm demeanor that she hadn’t thrown them out on the spot.

Uncle Zaozi stood by the door and burst into a fit of wild laughter, earning several eye rolls from Chen Xing.

Huai Yu patted her chest. "It’s fine, Sister Xingxing. If they’re not expensive, I’ll buy them!"

A mutation direction of ’Awful Taste’—just how bad could it be?