I was transported from Lobotomy Corporation to another world.

Red put the money in his pocket, then pulled the pickaxe out of the spider and hung it back on his waist.

Afterwards, everyone got back into the car and set off again. Reed was still unable to sleep, even sitting up, after that fight.

Jun Wuhen noticed that Reid wasn't sleeping anymore and asked, "Big brother, what's your name?"

Reed looked at the other person and said, "My name is Reed."

"Brother, where are you headed? Are you also going to complete a mission?"

"My mission is to mine at the Tru mines," Reed thought for a moment, deciding against telling the truth, as doing so might very well lead to his being stopped.

Anruo, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "Our mission is to gather herbs; things haven't been peaceful at the Redtru Mine these past few days."

Red understood. Of course it wasn't safe; with a stone golem there, how could it be? Red hummed in agreement.

Jun Wuhen, who was standing nearby, heard this and said with some interest, "It is indeed strange. Although there are stone figures on the Tru Mine, they are mostly small stone figures, the largest of which is about the same height as a normal person."

"But it's strange, a few weeks ago a huge stone man suddenly appeared! As tall as a tree!"

An Ruo also said, "This caused the original miners to leave the mine because they were afraid of the danger, even though there was a lot of ore in that mine."

"The miners have all run away, and no one's going to mine the ore anymore, so this task has to be left to adventurers."

Red, sitting opposite them, listened quietly; he was actually quite concerned about what the two were saying.

The reason why a giant suddenly appeared in a certain place is still unknown; who wouldn't be curious if they heard about it?

Reed decided to see if he could get any information about the stone man. "Do you know anything about what makes that giant stone man special?"

Jun Wuhen said with great interest, "I heard that there's a colorful mineral inside the stone statue. If you pull that mineral out, the stone statue will die."

"These are all things I've heard; I don't know if they're true."

Reed nodded, said nothing more, and continued to lie in his seat.

Anruo's eyes were fixed on the necklace around Reid's neck, filled with curiosity.

"Is that necklace around your neck glowing?" An Ruo had initially glanced at it casually, and it was in that glance that she noticed the pebble around Reid's neck flash briefly.

An Ruo then kept staring at the pebble on Reid's neck; she wasn't seeing things, it really was glowing.

Reed's head twitched slightly; he looked utterly dejected, and his words sounded hollow.

"Yes, that's right, it glows."

Reed had only been lying down for a short while when he felt sleepy again.

If the other person hadn't interrupted me with their question, I probably would have fallen asleep again right away.

An Ruo shook her head and said, "What I mean is, why does this necklace glow? Is it a magic necklace?"

Reed forced his eyes shut as he heard a new word, then paused for two seconds before uttering a curt "Huh?"

"A magic necklace is a necklace with special effects. This kind of necklace is..." Jun Wuhen explained from the side.

"Wait a minute... the magic necklace?"

(゜ロ゜) "What is a magic necklace?"

When Reed asked, "What's a magic necklace?", both of them were stunned.

Jun Wuhen suddenly became anxious, frantically shaking Reid's body with both hands. "Isn't everyone aware of the magic necklace? You don't know!"

An Ruo was speechless. It wasn't that she had exaggerated too much; it was just that it was truly outrageous.

Let's put it this way: any slime with even a shred of intelligence knows what a magic necklace is!

The man in front of me looks pretty normal, well, never mind what I said, he actually doesn't look normal at all...

An Ruo lowered her hand from her forehead and asked seriously, "Every normal human knows that a magic necklace is a given. Reid, if you don't want to answer, you can just refuse me."

"Don't bother coming up with such a bizarre reason."

Anruo thought about it and figured that Reid probably didn't not know about the magic necklace, but rather that he didn't want to talk about it.

After finishing her mental calculations, An Ruo pulled Jun Wuhen back with her hand.

Reed was completely stunned. The girl opposite him had asked the question first, but she had ended up solving it herself.

Is this a self-answered question? It seems like I haven't answered anything yet.

Reed became interested in the new term "magic necklace"; it sounded really cool.

Reed planned to ask the two of them about the magic necklace; the one around his neck wasn't a magic necklace, although it was indeed quite magical.

Reed sat up and said, "I really don't know what this magic necklace you're talking about means. I grew up in the mountains and only recently mustered up the courage to come down to this town."

Upon hearing this, An Ruo raised her eyebrows again. "You mean you live in the mountains and just came down today!"

Reed nodded, spouting lies. "That's right, I've lived in the mountains since I was a child. I don't know anything about the outside world. This necklace was given to me by my father."

This is what Reed was thinking...

If it weren't for lying, would I have let that "Son of the Galaxy" take advantage of me?! Damn it! I should have just said it was my son! (‵□′)

An Ruo asked in surprise, "Then how do you live in the mountains?"

Reed replied, "I live in the mountains and I keep a group of animals; they are my animal friends!"

An Ruo asked, "Then which mountain are you from?"

The carriage suddenly jolted, causing Reed to hear only "sheng" and not "shan".

Red, not having heard clearly at first, then looked confused and said, "Huh? Born from Mom?"

An Ruo[? ]（#－.－）

Now it was An Ruo's turn to be completely bewildered. She asked him which mountain he lived in, and he just said "born of my mother." What did that mean? Was it a riddle?

Anruo looked at Reid and noticed that his face was serious; clearly, Reid was serious.

Since Reed was serious, he wasn't teasing him, which means it's very likely that this really is a riddle!

As for why it was a riddle, An Ruo couldn't quite understand. She could have just said it directly, so why use a riddle?

Had she overthought things? But in an instant, An Ruo had a flash of inspiration and knew the reason!

What Red meant by "[born of a mother]" was that he considered the mountain where he had always lived as his mother!

Red's original mother died in an accident and was buried in the mountains. Perhaps there's a tradition in the mountains where relatives are buried, and the families of those relatives refer to the mountains as their own kin.

This is a longing for one's hometown and for one's loved ones!

Anruo had thought it through completely, and her gaze returned to Reid, filled with affirmation for Reid's filial piety.

Anruo understood, but Reid didn't.

Reid watched silently as An Ruo went through a mental whirlwind, then suddenly An Ruo stared intently at him.

Reed thought he had offended the other person, but for some reason, he saw praise in the other person's eyes.

Reid found the woman in front of him strange, so he moved his seat slightly away from An Ruo.