Seeing the food, Su Yi’s eyes lit up.
He immediately stopped thinking about anything else and nodded excitedly.
After finishing their meal, the siblings headed out together.
“Big brother, quick, cut that!” Su Yue said as she walked beside him, pointing at a dandelion.
Dandelion was both a medicinal herb and a wild vegetable. It was edible.
Su Yi looked confused.
“Be good, big brother. When we get back, I’ll make instant noodles for you,” Su Yue added when he didn’t move.
The words “instant noodles” seemed to flip a switch in Su Yi.
“Okay!” he responded immediately.
He walked over and began swinging his large sickle.
Su Yi was strong, and it didn’t take long before he cut down the dandelion.
Su Yue took the plant, which weighed several kilos, and activated her mental power.
As expected, under microscopic perception, she detected a large amount of toxins within the plant.
But detoxification was her specialty.
Without hesitation, she used her purification ability.
Under her perception, the toxins rapidly dissipated.
In less than a second, they were completely gone.
With a slight smile, Su Yue glanced around. After confirming no one was nearby, she stored the dandelion in her space.
“Big brother, let’s go,” she said.
“Okay.” Su Yi glanced at the “space ring” on her hand and continued forward.
After walking for a while
Su Yue’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Sugarcane!” she exclaimed in delight.
She had found a small grove of giant monk sugarcane.
Each stalk stood tall like a pillar, imposing and majestic.
Her eyes gleamed as saliva unconsciously filled her mouth.
This type of sugarcane was extremely sweet. There were about a hundred stalks in this grove. If they took them all back, they would strike it rich.
“Big brother, hurry, cut the sugarcane!” she said immediately.
Su Yi glanced at her.
“Okay,” he replied and got to work.
The sugarcane here was as thick as a large bowl and over ten meters tall.
A sickle wasn’t the best tool, but Su Yi’s strength made up for it.
After a few minutes, he managed to cut down one stalk.
The heavy cane hit the ground with a loud thud.
Su Yue looked around quickly and, without trimming it, stored it directly into her space.
She glanced at the grove and hesitated briefly before deciding not to continue.
Their tools weren’t suitable, and it wasn’t worth wasting time.
Besides, that single stalk probably weighed over a hundred jin, enough for her to process.
After passing through the grove, they continued walking.
Not long after, Su Yue discovered a cluster of potatoes by the roadside.
This was truly valuable.
She didn’t want to miss even a single one.
She asked Su Yi to dig them up.
In the end, they got three potatoes.
Though “three” hardly described them properly.
The largest was as big as a washbasin, and even the smallest was nearly the size of a basketball.
After storing them, Su Yue checked the time on her wrist device.
It was almost noon.
“That’s enough for today. Big brother, let’s head back.”
If they moved quickly, they could still make it in time to prepare lunch.
“Huh?” Su Yi was surprised.
He looked at his empty basket.
They were going back already. He hadn’t even mined a single energy stone.
“Let’s go. I’ll cook something delicious for you when we get back,” Su Yue said with a smile.
Hearing about food, Su Yi didn’t insist anymore.
He turned and led the way back.
On the way, Su Yue had him dig up a few more wild vegetables.
This trip had been very fruitful.
When they returned to the western gate of the safe zone, there were only a few people around.
That wasn’t surprising. Most people who went out to mine stayed out the entire day.
Very few returned after only half a day like Su Yue.
On the way home, Su Yue noticed a shop selling appliances and mining equipment.
After checking her remaining star coins, she brought Su Yi inside.
Interstellar appliances were advanced and not overly expensive, but still beyond what she could afford.
After bargaining with the shop owner, she bought a medium-sized electric saw.
It cost her fifty-star coins, leaving her account with only single digits.
The saw used low-grade energy crystals, with enough power to run for about ten minutes.
Unfortunately, she had no money left to buy more energy crystals.
Passing by a general store, she bought some plastic bags, completely emptying her account.
After returning home, she immediately had Su Yi close the door.
Earlier, when they had reached the western gate, there had already been a long line.
Fortunately, it moved quickly, and they exited the city without delay.
Outside, armed drones circled in the sky.
Looking up at the city walls, defensive weapons could be seen installed above.
Beyond lay a forest more terrifying than a primitive jungle.
The plants on DQ008 seemed to have absorbed growth enhancers, growing several times larger than normal.
The same was true for star beasts. Some high-level ones were dozens of times larger than ordinary animals.
This was a common trait of energy planets.
The safe zone and the wilderness were like two completely different worlds.
“Big brother, this way,” Su Yue suddenly said at a fork in the road, stopping him.
Su Yi turned back and glanced at the large group heading straight ahead.
“We need to go farther to find energy stones,” he said.
“But it’s more dangerous,” Su Yue replied, stepping forward and holding his hand.
“Listen to me. We’ll stay closer to the safe zone.”
Su Yi hesitated.
After glancing at her belly, he nodded.
So, they changed direction and headed to the right side of the main path.
Near the safe zone, there were fewer trees, mostly wild grass.
But on this barren planet, even the grass was as large as normal trees.
They grew tall, blocking much of the sunlight and limiting visibility.
Walking through the grass felt like entering a land of giants.
Following behind Su Yi, Su Yue observed the plants around her.
Foxtail grass, euphorbia, goosefoot, club grass, mugwort… she recognized many of them.
They were lush and thriving. Aside from being much larger than she remembered from before the apocalypse, their forms remained the same.
Suddenly, she spotted a dandelion reaching up to her waist.
“Big brother, wait,” she called out.
Su Yi stopped and turned back to look at her.