A Heart-to-Heart and a Plan for the Future
On the Floating Island, back in the villa, Yun Yun and Ni Shuang were sitting on the sofa in the living room, chatting.
Ni Shuang said softly, "Sister, with your current physique, you could've still gone to the hot springs. Do you have something you want to tell me?"
Yun Yun smiled. "How clever you are. I do have something to tell you."
Ni Shuang looked at her with a sweet smile. "What is it?"
Yun Yun spoke quietly. "Little Tu and Xianxian are refining Awakening Pills, but they can only make ten in the first batch. There are 13 people on our team, so Little Tu suggested that the three of us—himself, me, and you—don't take one yet, and we give the pills to the other members first."
Ni Shuang didn't have a problem with this. "That's reasonable. We are numbers one, two, and three on the team, so it makes sense to let the other sisters go first."
Yun Yun was relieved. "Little Tu also said that as long as you agreed, he would pass on a talent to you."
"Really?" Ni Shuang said in surprise.
Yun Yun smiled. "Of course it's true. Little Tu said we should choose from flight, teleportation, or recovery. He suggested one of those three."
Ni Shuang asked, "Sister, when did Little Tu tell you this?"
Yun Yun replied, "After lunch, when you were picking up your friends. Little Tu and I talked about it while we were out looking for the tyrannical salamander."
Ni Shuang nodded. "Oh. So, sister, which one do you think is better?"
Yun Yun said, "I suggest flight. The last time Little Tu fought the six-winged centipede, he had to carry me down the cliff. At that moment, I wished I had the ability to fly so I wouldn't have to bother him. He also thought that since he has the flight ability, he can find monsters faster, so he went to the snowy mountains alone." Yun Yun had initially considered the recovery talent, but after thinking it through, she felt flight would be more useful.
Ni Shuang smiled. "Then we should all choose flight! It would be best if everyone on the team could fly. In the future, when our team goes out, we'll all use our flight ability. That would be so cool."
Yun Yun smiled. "Little Tu has a limited number of copy cards right now. In the future, when he's a higher level, he'll give everyone the ability to inherit. He said that since we're letting others take the Awakening Pill first, he'll give us each two inheritance abilities."
Ni Shuang was overjoyed. "I'm totally on board with that."
Yun Yun teased, "Little Tu really cares about you."
Ni Shuang said happily, "He cares a lot about you, too, sister."
Yun Yun: "I just feel that Little Tu knows us very well, as if he's known us for a long time."
Ni Shuang smiled. "Sister, you're thinking too much. How is that possible? We only met him on the first day of the apocalypse."
Yun Yun: "It's just a feeling. Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Ni Shuang said cheerfully, "Well, either way, he treats you well now, right?"
Yun Yun smiled. "He treats us well."
Ni Shuang smiled brightly.
A New Deal and a Busy Afternoon
At the spa pool, the other girls were soaking in the hot spring, enjoying the beautiful scenery.
Ruoruo said happily, "Wow, it's so comfortable to be in the hot spring!"
Juzi sighed. "The apocalypse is here, but it's really great to have such a safe place."
Nako said, "They found an eighth-rank frost giant today. I wonder if there will be even higher-level monsters in the future."
Natto smiled. "There must be. Didn't Brother Su say that the black-armored turtle will evolve into a ninth-order basalt beast?"
Mina guessed, "Maybe there will be monsters above the tenth order. There are monsters, demons, and then maybe ghosts and gods."
Yuqi laughed. "Mina, you're getting more and more mysterious."
Mina smiled. "It's just my guess. I never thought the apocalypse would come, let alone that I'd become an Awakened. Now I think anything is possible."
Chen Xinyu comforted her. "It doesn't matter. Even if there are higher-level monsters, we'll fight them if we can, and run if we can't. As long as we have the Captain, we don't need to worry."
Yuqi joked, "Xinyu, why don't you tell us what happened with you and the Captain this morning?"
Chen Xinyu blushed at the memory. "Why don't you ask Mina about what happened with her and the Captain last night? Why are you asking me?"
Yuqi looked at Mina with a smile.
Mina looked at Chen Xinyu and laughed. "Xinyu, why are you pulling me into this? You tell them."
Chen Xinyu said mischievously, "Because we're good sisters."
Mina smiled. "My dear, I can't argue with that logic."
"Hahaha..." The girls all laughed, enjoying the harmonious moment.
At the same time, in the refining pharmacy, Yuto Saito and Mifen had prepared the sixth-order materials and inner alchemy, while Ye Chuchu was studying by their side.
Mifen said happily, "Okay, it should be ready by 6 PM."
Yuto Saito nodded slightly. "Alright, let's wait for the results."
Just then, Yuto Saito's phone rang. He said to the two women, "I'll take this call."
Looking at the caller ID, he saw it was Song Yi. He answered, "Hello, Officer Song."
On the other end, Song Yi said, "Yuto Saito, the strengthening potions you made are amazing! People in the military are fighting over them."
Yuto Saito's face lit up with a smile; this was exactly what he expected.
Song Yi smiled. "My leader's son, Chief Chen, has been in a poor mental state, but after taking the strengthening potion, he ran ten laps on the playground without stopping." Normal people only have around 40 attributes, so even drinking a single bottle of the potion, which increases attributes by four points, made a noticeable difference.
Yuto Saito smiled. "Officer Song, are you calling to ask if we have any more strengthening potions?"
Song Yi responded, "Yes. If you have any, we'd like to buy 2,000 bottles."
2,000 bottles? That was equal to one million spar. The Floating Island was at Level 6, and it would take one million spar to upgrade it to Level 7. If this deal went through, he could upgrade the island again.
Yuto Saito pretended to be hesitant. "A lot of people have been coming to us to buy strengthening potions, including some classmates and friends. Our stock is low; we only have a little over 1,000 bottles left. But... I can contact you before noon tomorrow. I'll get 2,000 bottles ready for you."
"Okay, thank you so much," Song Yi said gratefully. She knew how beneficial the potions were. She didn't doubt Yuto Saito's words at all.
Yuto Saito continued, "You can prepare one million spar. I'll contact you before noon tomorrow. I'm busy right now, refining the Awakening Pill."
"The Awakening Pill?" Song Yi suddenly became energetic. "You're refining Awakening Pills?"
Yuto Saito smiled. "Yes. We'll refine ten in this batch for my team members first. After we refine the second batch, I can save a few for you."
"Okay, please save a few for me. We can discuss the price," Song Yi said, filled with anticipation.
Yuto Saito: "Okay. We'll talk about the price tomorrow when I send you the strengthening potions. I'm busy now."
"You get back to it," Song Yi said.
Yuto Saito hung up the phone.
Mifen smiled. "Great! The military wants to buy our strengthening potions again."
Yuto Saito said, "This time they want to buy 2,000 bottles, and they're preparing one million spar. We'll trade tomorrow at noon."
Ye Chuchu said happily, "That's wonderful! Tomorrow we can upgrade the Floating Island again."
Yuto Saito asked, "Xianxian, how much did you refine this afternoon?"
Mifen replied, "Chu Chu and I each made two batches. We've made four batches in total, which will give us 4,000 bottles. I also have 565 bottles on me. That's a total of 4,565 bottles."
Yuto Saito: "I have 425 left, so we have 4,990 bottles in total. That's enough. Let's start practicing with the Awakening Pill and see what talents you can awaken tonight."
"Mhmm," Mifen said, full of anticipation. She wondered what kind of talent she would awaken.