Ren Ze, who had been focused on fighting the hedgehogs, paused. "Do you have some kind of prejudice against people with two-character names?"
"No, no," Yu Ke said with an embarrassed smile, then suddenly added, "There's a hedgehog rolling toward you."
The next second, Ren Ze jumped up and saw a spiky ball roll right under his feet.
Ren Ze: ... Thanks a lot.
Lin Xuan saw this and said, "Be careful. How can you still think about chatting at a time like this?"
He suspected Yu Ke was deliberately distracting them. Although, he too was curious about that question.
No, how did he get sidetracked by Yu Ke?
Jiang Yuntan overheard their conversation, looked at her own team who each had their tasks, and then at the other team scrambling to fight hedgehogs.
She looked at Yu Ke, whose smile still lingered, and asked softly, "Brother Yu Ke, was that on purpose just now?"
Yu Ke blinked. "No, I really wanted to ask. I just didn't expect a hedgehog to charge at him right then. And he chose to jump instead of running sideways. That pose was hilarious. Wasn't he afraid he'd land right on the hedgehog's spikes?"
Ren Ze: ... If he didn't say anything, he'd think Yu Ke did it on purpose.
But soon, he had no time to think about that because the hedgehogs attacked more fiercely, as if they were determined to fight to the death. They weren't this aggressive before.
Jiang Yuntan noticed the change too, but she was pleased. After all, if you worked hard to plant something and finally got it to bear fruit, and someone came to snatch it—well, if you couldn't beat them and they only took half, that was acceptable. You could just go back and guard the rest. But then another group of ordinary strength came trying to take the remaining food. Would you be angry? It seemed Lin Xuan's group had returned at the worst possible time.
So Jiang Yuntan's team enjoyed picking strawberries like a farm experience, while Lin Xuan's team scrambled around.
As Jiang Yuntan picked, she checked her dimension system and saw that another ten lighters had been bought. Her points were now 87.
Looking at the remaining eighty lighters, she decided to temporarily take them off the shelf and put up the twenty strawberry seedlings she had just dug up.
She wanted to see the dimension system's analysis of the seedlings. But when she put them up, the price tag nearly blinded her.
One seedling could sell for 500 dimension coins.
She blinked, hardly believing her eyes, and called out to Jin Bao.
Jin Bao's eyes lit up too. "Wow, dig up more! This is a post-apocalyptic specialty, right? It must be a new change after the world's transformation. Don't be so generous and only take twenty."
Jiang Yuntan understood. "Don't worry, I'll find a chance to dig more."
Then she checked the system's analysis of the strawberry seedlings.
[Variant Strawberry Seedling: The fruit it bears contains energy that can accelerate the recovery of bodily functions. It can grow in unsuitable environments and has certain resistance to external factors.]
In short, the fruit has energy and the seedlings are hardy. The fact that the system offered 500 dimension coins proved they were valuable. She needed to figure out how to get more seedlings.
Jiang Yuntan looked up at the scorching sun, then at the solar-powered cooling umbrella they had set aside. She walked over, picked it up, and continued picking strawberries under its shade. This way, she avoided the sun and could use the umbrella to hide her actions better when putting seedlings and strawberries into her space.
Of course, she still filled her plastic bag with strawberries. But given her usual disposition, it wouldn't be strange if she picked fewer than others.
Lin Tingxue and the others saw how relaxed Shen Hegui and Jiang Yuntan were and felt resentful. They even thought that their own team's struggle allowed the other team to be so leisurely.
Lin Tingxue couldn't help shouting at Jiang Yuntan, "Jiang Yuntan, you said we were freeloaders earlier, but aren't you doing the same now? Only our team is fighting the hedgehogs; you're not helping."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuntan moved her umbrella aside, turned around, raised her hand, and sent several fireballs flying toward Lin Tingxue.
She said coldly, "We beat the hedgehogs into submission, but it seems we haven't beaten you yet. Sometimes I wonder if you're genuinely stupid or pretending to be clueless. Don't mess with me, or I'll burn your hair off." She glared at Lin Tingxue.
Lin Tingxue screamed as she dodged the fireballs and got pricked by a hedgehog. Fortunately, she healed herself instantly with her ability.
Lin Xuan, now aware of the strawberries' benefits, was obsessed with them. He said, "Why did you have to provoke her? Even Shen Hegui can't do anything about her."
"I?!" Lin Tingxue fumed, but seeing Jiang Yuntan turn away dismissively, she didn't know what to say.
Jiang Yuntan picked up the umbrella and moved to a new spot to continue picking.
Suddenly, Jin Bao's voice sounded in her mind. "Hey, someone just bought one of your strawberry seedlings."
"Huh?" Jiang Yuntan quickly checked. The buyer was from the Interstellar Technology Dimension.
Oh, she understood. People from that dimension might be interested in these variant plants.
Now she finally understood why the dimension system had an anonymous purchase function. Sometimes, from your transaction history, others could guess what your dimension needed. If they connected, they could exploit the information gap.
If someone bought one, her points were now 88. If she could accumulate 100 points before leaving, her space would upgrade, and she'd have an excuse to take all the strawberries. Since the yield was large, if they picked them all, they might have to discard a lot of supplies. They had discussed whether to strip this entire field. Even better, if her space expanded, she could also take many seedlings. She could muddle through and take extra without anyone counting exactly.
Thinking this, Jiang Yuntan quickly checked whether the Princess had bought any items for her today.