Scientific Travel

Deng Yin was no longer satisfied with just picking things from the ground; she reached her hand up the tree.

Not all the trees here are towering high; some are of medium height. Deng Yin specifically targets these types, picking and eating the fruit from those that bear fruit, and stealing bird eggs from those that don't.

Deng Yin always tastes the fruit after picking it.

So sour.........

It's not sour like vinegar, but a sharp, biting sourness that makes your teeth feel like they're going to fall out.

Even so, Deng Yin did not let it go and put it all into his spatial storage.

Even the shortest trees are three or four meters tall. Sometimes you can't see what's on the trees from the ground. Deng Yin climbs up and finds that there are no fruits or bird eggs.

But she would never leave empty-handed; she would at least grab a branch before climbing down.

Climbing trees is hard work. Deng Yin climbed a few trees but ran out of energy, so he had to start picking some things from the ground.

"Ouch~"

Deng Yin's outstretched hand froze in place, and he turned his head sharply to look in the direction from which the sound came.

There stood a four-legged creature with bulging fur, its entire body white except for a tuft of green fur on its head, and its eyes were ice blue.

...He seemed very aloof.

It looks... so much like the Emerald Ice Beast she just caught?

"Ooooooo?"

Deng Yin hadn't yet mastered the language, but that didn't hinder their communication.

Deng Yin: "Speak human language, I can't understand it."

Emerald Ice Beast: "Awoooooo!"

Deng Yin leaned closer and patted its head: "I've told you you don't understand, why are you still saying such inhuman things?"

The Emerald Ice Beast recognized Deng Yin's familiar scent and approached him. Deng Yin hadn't moved quickly, but the beast hadn't sensed any malice and momentarily forgot to dodge, resulting in it being caught off guard.

Deng Yin's blow didn't hurt much, but the Emerald Ice Beast still staggered back several steps, placing its front hooves on the spot where Deng Yin had just struck.

Emerald Ice Beast: "Awoo! Awoooooo! Awoooooo! Awoooooo!"

Although he still couldn't understand the words, Deng Yin understood its body language.

Deng Yin retorted confidently, "Impossible! We're both at fault, it's half and half. How can you put all the blame on me? Besides, I didn't even use any force!"

The Emerald Ice Beast looked on in disbelief, pointing to the spot where it had just been hit, howling! Awooooo! Awooooo! Awooooo! Awooooo!

Deng Yin: "Don't try to scam me! I know exactly what I did, it didn't hurt at all! I'm telling you, scamming someone is illegal! I can call the police and have you arrested!"

Despite the language barrier, the human and the beast seemed to suddenly understand each other and started arguing fiercely.

........

Deng Yin: "Alright, alright! It was wrong of me to strike first, I'll compensate you!"

The little creature's green hairs resembled the color of grapes. Deng Yin tossed it a bunch of grapes and said, "Alright, that's compensation. Now that you've taken it, you can't say anything more about me! We're even!"

The emerald ice beast sniffed the grapes on the ground, its nose twitching.

...It smells quite nice.

It harbored doubts about Deng Yin's character, but the round little thing in front of it smelled quite delicious...

It considered itself very vigilant and only ate one grape.

! ! ! ! ! ! !

tasty!!!!!!!

It threw all caution to the wind and began to eat heartily.

The grape vines were unpalatable; it took one bite and spat it out. After that, it would always tear off the small wooden sticks before eating them.

After seeing that it had eaten, Deng Yin said, "Since you ate it, I'll assume you agree with what I just said. We're even now."

The Emerald Ice Beast was too busy eating to answer Deng Yin, and Deng Yin didn't mind, continuing to pick her mushrooms.

I had only picked a few flowers when I heard a howling sound behind me again.

Deng Yin turned around, and sure enough, it was the same little creature from before, with grape juice still on its lips!

Deng Yin said warily, "Why are you following me? Let me tell you, there are no security cameras here. If you try to scam me again, I'll scam you too."

The Emerald Ice Beast couldn't understand what Deng Yin was saying. It tilted its head and whimpered, "Awoo? Awoo awoo awoo, awoo awoo."

It didn't sound like they were trying to scam people, so Deng Yin decided to observe further.

"What did you say?" Deng Yin suddenly realized, "Oh, I know! You don't mean to thank me, do you? Okay, thank me then, I'm listening."

The Emerald Ice Beast didn't know why she changed her expression so quickly, but it knew that Deng Yin was in a good mood, so it continued, "Awoo, awoo awoo awoo, awoo awoo awoo."

Fearing Deng Yin wouldn't understand, the Emerald Ice Beast simply spoke while gesturing. It sat on the ground and drew a large circle with its paw.

"What are you saying?" Deng Yin walked towards the Emerald Ice Beast and handed it a twig: "If you can't speak human language, can you write? Write on the ground..."

The emerald ice beast thought she was going to hit it with a branch, and it ran away in a flash.

Before Deng Yin could finish speaking, the little thing had already disappeared.

"It runs so fast," Deng Yin exclaimed. "Then it must be fast at climbing trees too! What a pity."

The fruit you haven't eaten is the best, Deng Yin believes. The taller the tree, the tastier the fruit.

She tried several times, but unfortunately, she failed each time.

Deng Yin's regret came and went quickly; soon she turned her attention back to the mushrooms in front of her.

Dog Egg can run like a horse, but he's not a thoroughbred; he can only run a few miles before he can't go on.

He collapsed to the ground, while the Emerald Ice Beast beside him bounced around as if in provocation.

...Fine, let him provoke me then, he's really too exhausted to run anymore...

"Ooooooo?"

Dog Egg looked to his right, and there appeared another Emerald Ice Beast.

Are there so many of these? How come they're everywhere?

Dog Egg turned around to look at the emerald ice beast he had been chasing for half a day.

Huh? It's gone.

But Gou Dan had no doubt that the two Emerald Ice Beasts were the same one, because the Emerald Ice Beast on the right also had green fur on its mouth, while the one he had just chased only had green fur on its head.

Dog Egg waved his hand weakly and said, "I'm tired. Wait a while, I'll go after you after I've rested."

Emerald Ice Beast: "Awoo? Awoo awoo awoo!"

What nonsense are you spouting? Dog Egg shushed, "Keep your voice down! Can't you see I'm resting? Have you no manners?"

Emerald Ice Beast: "Awoo awoo awoo awoo, awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo."

As if it were defying him, the more Gou Dan tried to stop it from barking, the more it barked, and the louder it became.

"The system is getting bullied by the Emerald Ice Beast!" Dog Egg pointed at the Emerald Ice Beast and threatened, "You're finished!"

"but not now!"

After saying this fiercely, Gou Dan took out a bunch of grapes from his spatial storage, and while eating them, he made a heroic gesture.

He ate grapes not to satisfy himself, but to increase his physical strength!

What a person with such a broad perspective!

When the Emerald Ice Beast saw what he was eating, it couldn't help but recall that taste...

Don't let its small size fool you, this little thing can be quite edible. The bunch of grapes I just ate was barely enough to fill a tooth gap.

The Emerald Ice Beast darted forward and successfully rescued the grape that was almost in Dog Egg's mouth...

...Then, by putting the grapes inside his stomach, he prevented Gou Dan from harming the grapes again.