"By the way, Lord Immortal Fu, it seems I forgot to report something to you earlier..."
As the off-road vehicle drove past the gate of Gold-digging Town, Lin Wanying suddenly slapped the steering wheel, appearing somewhat regretful.
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
Ansheng looked slightly puzzled. Although the inside of Gold-digging Town had experienced conflict, most of the fighting was limited to small-scale street battles. The wooden and brick structures of the houses remained intact, and some shops were even open for business.
"We must be careful of the locals' revenge..." Although Lin Wanying's face was hidden by the biochemical mask, her words conveyed seriousness, reporting to Master Fuli:
"Mayflower and the Longevity Club acted horribly, first causing conflict that affected the mining areas, then forcibly recruiting laborers. The local people may not voice it, but they harbor lingering resentment."
"They might intentionally serve the local specialty food 'fufu' in the name of offering, without providing soup!"
Lin Wanying spoke with a solemn expression, repeatedly cautioning Master Fuli not to eat anything randomly.
On local dining tables, 'fufu' holds a status akin to rice on the tables of Xia Country. Made from green plantains and cassava-like plants, it is pounded and cooked to resemble mashed potatoes, but tastes like sticky bean paste.
Eating fufu without curry soup can clog the throat and choke someone to death.
Before the chaos erupted, Lin Wanying was almost sent to the hospital due to choking on the stuff.
"Choke... to death?"
Ansheng was left stunned, a look of disbelief appearing on his face: "Is this... revenge?"
Upon hearing Lin Wanying's extremely serious warning of potential retaliation from the townspeople upon entering the city.
Ansheng initially envisioned machine guns, cannons, or purple-black fungus beasts causing havoc, affecting multiple miles with a wave of the hand.
But... Lin Wanying's 'revenge' left Ansheng speechless and amused.
"Yes, this is their revenge..." Lin Wanying's cheerful voice turned grim, as if shadowed by a cloud: "What else can they do?"
"This is the greatest disrespect the law-abiding citizens can imagine for the invaders..."
"This seemingly petty revenge is already the most malicious trick they can conceive."
Lin Wanying seemed to be cautioning Master Fuli about the local people's sneaky nature, but her words sounded more like subtle persuasion.
As a medical student, Lin Wanying once assumed the most inhumane scene could only belong to laboratories under the Longevity Club, or perhaps the storage rooms of sacrificial suppliers.
In fact, the killings for profit couldn't touch Lin Wanying's empathy.
But around Gold-digging Town's tribal areas, Lin Wanying unexpectedly witnessed the birth of an infant.
During the infant's first bath, elders in the tribe would lift his legs and toss him high repeatedly until he was killed.
Full of the arrogance of the civilized, Lin Wanying, disdainful of the locals, was shocked, feeling goosebumps all over and increasingly hateful towards these savages.
However.
The Grassland Navigator casually remarked: "Dead. Seems this child's physique is too weak to adapt to living in the area of Gold-digging Town; may he return to Dambala..."
With oligarchs controlling the area, diseases rampant, soil heavy metal pollution severe, the scarcity of medical resources, any newborn lacking a strong physique can't survive up to the age of five, succumbing to various diseases, even virulent infectious diseases devastating the entire tribe.
Early death and early reincarnation, hope lies in the next life, perfectly exemplifying the locals' survival conditions.
Although Lin Wanying also disliked the locals' stench, wearing biochemical suits constantly, their random deaths and the freedom to die left her deeply shocked.
Therefore.
If someone in the town dares threaten Master Fuli, Lin Wanying hopes Master Fuli can grant them a painless end, without interrogation.
The situation may not change, but making their end slightly more bearable shouldn't be difficult.
"What do you take me for, a scavenging fox? How could I possibly pick up and eat everything? Step aside and reflect."
Though Lin Wanying's words were indirect, Ansheng suspected she was like Ah Qing, jokingly accusing him of picking things up to eat, so he teased her with a reprimand.
......
When the off-road vehicle entered the town's roads, suddenly, a dark head appeared from the backstreets, stealthily scrutinizing the vehicle, with a face full of panic.
"Hmm!?"
As Ansheng surveyed his surroundings, preparing to scratch lottery tickets inside the supermarket, beams of golden light erupted from his wish list in his mind.
A multitude of wishes surged in simultaneously, turning the wish list into a disco ball's light sphere.
Seeing this, Ansheng was amazed, completely unprepared for such a volume of wishes in Gold-digging Town.
"With such a large number of wishes, maybe... bring Old Lin and them here, gather them up for execution?"
"Anyway, the landlords wouldn't die from execution."
With so many wishes refreshing, Ansheng didn't even have time to browse them, though he could roughly guess what the locals were wishing for deep down.
"Master Fuli!"
"We've been eagerly awaiting your arrival, please come quickly and see what's the matter with our colleague."
While Ansheng humorously weighed the benefits of executing the landlords, a group of people dressed in plain clothes, looking dust-covered, rushed out from the street and waved to Master Fuli from the sidewalk, their faces anxious.
"Hmm?"
Seeing a bunch of sun-darkened Xia Country faces, Ansheng was momentarily stunned.
"Are you... overseas forestry engineers?"
Seeing authentic compatriots who could call his name directly, Ansheng asked with a hint of doubt.
"We're not engineers, we're forest resource investigators dispatched here, part of overseas special missions."
"They're fighters, we're intelligence gatherers."
Huang Ming, feeling relieved upon hearing Master Fuli speak, said:
"Our colleague is facing something strange, possibly connected to the mountains, and we want Master Fuli to take a look."
"We've consulted with Li Xiao, and he said you might be in Gold-digging Town, and he asked us to invite you for a consultation."
"I'm not a medical expert, what consultation?" Ansheng asked with a perplexed face: "What's your colleague's current symptom, and what did Old Li say?"
"Uh... his symptom is crazed behavior, hitting anyone close. Li Xiao said, treating crazed behavior and discordant priorities, you're quite adept."
"???"
Ansheng was dumbfounded, momentarily speechless.
You've got to admit... Old Li sees the fox right on point.
The symptoms are a perfect match.
Even the sickness looks like Master Fuli.