"Don't worry, you go about your business. I can find out for myself. Don't you trust my abilities?"

Xia Gu always felt that Xue Lan wanted to protect her well, but she was never a flower in a greenhouse.

"If you're really worried, I'll have Xuanli and Xueqing accompany me, okay?" In the end, Xia Gu relented and wanted to take the two young women with her.

Upon hearing this, Xue Lan immediately nodded in agreement. As long as someone was there to protect Xia Gu, there would be no problem whatsoever.

"If you're going to develop the mines, you can ask the people of the Gem Tribe before you set off to see if they have any tips, so you won't waste your time."

Xue Lan knew that the mine that excited Xia Gu so much must contain energy crystals.

However, the other orcs could not touch the crystal core; only Xia Gu could.

Therefore, Xia Gu had to develop the entire process herself, while Xuan Li and Xue Qing could only sit on the sidelines and not touch the crystal core.

He was worried that Xia Gu would be too tired, but Xia Gu quickly shook her head. She had already recovered a lot of her strength, so developing the mine was a piece of cake for her.

Soon, Xia Gu led the two young women into the search, lightly equipped, and began searching using the locations provided by the system.

However, before setting off, Xuanli and Xueqing did indeed listen to Xuelan's advice and went to the Gemstone Tribe to learn about mining techniques.

At least there's still a chance to use it, and there's no problem in learning another skill.

Once they arrived at their location, Xia Gu and the two young women took out shovels for mining ore.

However, in order to save energy, Xia Gu directly used her own energy to blast open the mine.

After a period of blasting, all that was left were rocks; no energy cores were seen at all.

[Xia Gu: You damn system, get out here right now! Why haven't I found any energy cores even after blasting such a large area?!]

Xia Gu sat down to the side, wiping away her sweat, while Xuan Li and Jing He served her tea and water.

Xia Gu simply couldn't hold back and directly complained to the system.

[Host, the coordinates may be slightly off, but there is definitely an energy core here. I suggest you dig around and take a look.]

The system's words were still useless to Xia Gu; she hadn't expected that all her previous efforts had been in vain.

In order to gain more energy, Crystal Mushroom had no choice but to suppress its anger and treat this as a training exercise.

After resting for a while, Xia Gu continued to use her energy to blast the rocks.

Xuan Li and Xue Qing, who were standing nearby, were also doing their best to help Uncle Li.

Another period of time passed, and they still hadn't found any energy crystal core mines.

This really made Xia Gu question her life choices.

"Xiaxia, is it possible that there isn't a mine here that you want? Should we go back first? You're carrying my child and need to rest."

Xuan Li really felt sorry for Xia Gu. It was already hard enough being pregnant with her cubs, and now she had to come and mine the cave.

Xia Gu kept her anger bottled up; she was just a little resentful.

"It's alright, I'm not that fragile. Don't try to protect me like Xue Lan does."

Once Xia Gu said this, Xuan Li did not continue to offer advice.

[Xia Gu: Is your system useless? How come I've been digging for so long and haven't found anything?]

However, the system did not give Xia Gu any response, because he was also a little confused.

[Xia Gu: Stop pretending to be dead. Why don't you give me another spot? I don't want to have come all this way for nothing.]

Since we've come all this way, we can't just leave empty-handed.

That would be pointless, and Xia Gu hates doing pointless things the most.

The system was indeed in a very difficult position; if it could speak, it would have already done so.

It's not good to keep Xia Gu urging us until now.

[Sorry, host. To unlock more energy effect locations, you must complete tasks step by step.]

[Xia Gu: You really can't tell the difference between the king and the queen. You're still telling me this now. If I don't get the energy core, I won't be able to protect myself. If I die, can you survive on your own?]

[Host, even if you threaten me, I can't tell you. We system developers also have competitors. If you don't complete the tasks and I fail the assessment, my corresponding rewards will be withheld by my superiors.]

[Host, if my rewards are withheld by my superiors, then I won't be able to give you more rewards. These are all equal exchanges.]

Xia Gu found it utterly ridiculous, never expecting that the system would even have the concept of competition among peers.

She really didn't know what kind of bizarre system she had bound herself to, but Xia Gu's new life had already been heard by the system.

The system dared not refute this, and could only swallow its resentment.

Seeing Xia Gu's sullen expression, Xuan Li sat down next to her, wanting to comfort her.

"Alright, Xiaxia, if you want to continue digging the mine, Xueqing and I will stay by your side."

"But let Xueqing and I dig it up from here. You just watch from the side. Once we find the energy crystal core you mentioned, we'll stop."

As orcs, they were not allowed to touch the energy core, otherwise their energy would be completely absorbed.

They would also die completely, so faced with such a dangerous situation, they could only do their best.

Xuanli and Xueqing didn't want Xia Gu to keep working, so they thought it better to let her rest on the sidelines and wait for the results before letting her take action.

"No need. There might not be any energy cores at this location. I must have looked in the wrong place. Let's not rush."

"Let me think about it some more, otherwise it's pointless to do so much useless work."

Xia Gu sighed, knowing that this matter was not so easy to do, but it was all thanks to the system.

She really didn't expect that this system was actually an artificial idiot; otherwise, how could it make such a mistake?

[Host, I can hear your thoughts. Could you please stop slandering me? My location is indeed shown here.]

The system sounded somewhat aggrieved, as if Xia Gu had misunderstood it.

[Xia Gu: Don't joke with me like that. If that's the case, are you being targeted by your boss?]

Thinking about all this, Xia Gu felt it was still very likely to happen.

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