Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling
Author: Onepay
Chapter 543 - 542: Backup Signal Source
The Ginsengfruit was actually very curious about what his eyes looked like after they changed color, but since there were outsiders here, he couldn’t make it too obvious.
He could only pretend to be startled: "Master, did my eyes change color?"
Yun Ran looked at the Ginsengfruit somewhat speechlessly; she couldn’t understand how the Ginsengfruit liked to act so much.
If these color-changing eyes were someone else’s, there would probably be all sorts of chaos by now.
But to the Ginsengfruit, it was merely a decoration.
"Come over and let me take a look."
Although Yun Ran wasn’t too concerned, she still wanted to see what caused this, as the Ginsengfruit happened to be the subject of her research.
After carefully checking the Ginsengfruit’s body, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Yun Ran rubbed her chin, muttering to herself, "Could it be a problem with the dosage?"
Mo Zhi, though unclear about the Ginsengfruit’s background, knew that he was also made by a master, so she wasn’t worried at all.
Upon hearing Yun Ran talk to herself, without needing further instruction, Mo Zhi immediately turned around, ready to gather more wild fruits.
With a clear destination, Mo Zhi’s speed was much faster this time, and she quickly returned with a large bag of wild fruits.
As the Ginsengfruit continued eating the wild fruits to test the dosage, Yun Ran’s gaze had already fallen upon the soil that had been brought back earlier.
Although she wasn’t a soil specialist, she could discern something obviously unreasonable in the soil.
"There seems to be some special substance in this soil; no wonder the flora and fauna here are so peculiar."
The Ginsengfruit had already devoured more than half of the fruits Mo Zhi brought back for the second time. Apart from his eyes turning entirely blood-red with a somewhat unsettling look, there were no other changes.
"Let’s leave this place for now."
No matter what was wrong with the soil here, they couldn’t change it. The ecological environment here was like this, beyond human intervention.
Just as they were planning to leave, the Ginsengfruit suddenly spoke: "Host, someone else has stepped into here!"
Yun Ran couldn’t claim to be the most impressive person, but her perception was definitely stronger than most.
However, at that moment, she didn’t notice anything.
The Ginsengfruit naturally saw Yun Ran’s puzzled expression and assuredly nodded.
"At least twenty or thirty people; they carry the smell of gunpowder, suggesting they have heavy weaponry."
To speak with such clarity, the Ginsengfruit’s perception must be accurate.
Yun Ran sized up the Ginsengfruit, making him a bit uncomfortable, and then suddenly smirked.
"It seems those wild fruits you ate weren’t for nothing; at least you can clearly sense the presence of others in Death Mountain."
The Ginsengfruit was also curious as to why the host hadn’t sensed someone approaching.
Upon hearing the host’s words, he suddenly realized.
The fruits he ate earlier, plus the fact he was not truly made of flesh and blood, made the effects of those wild fruits reach their full potential.
He was now practically one of Death Mountain’s ’members.’
Just like those snakes wanting to attack them earlier could clearly sense human proximity, hence they ambushed them in advance.
The expression on the Ginsengfruit’s face visibly became excited; could this be considered cheating?
He immediately chuckled wickedly, "Host, shouldn’t we..."
"Stop those ridiculous thoughts in your head right now!"
The Ginsengfruit immediately drooped; he didn’t really want to do anything particular, just see who those people were. If they were problematic, he would dig a pit for them.
"Don’t meddle in others’ affairs."
Especially when on a mission outside; sometimes, meddling in others’ matters means bearing their cause and effect.
"Oh, got it~"
Seeing the Ginsengfruit’s sheepish look, Yun Ran and the others continued on their way; they had to find a relatively safe place before dark.
Meanwhile, the people detected by the Ginsengfruit entered from another outer region, all carrying heavy weaponry.
Access to Death Mountain was strictly monitored by the Sihui Sect of Licheng; normally, entering required special permission.
The Sihui Sect was tasked not only with watching over the arrays set by the Special Administration Bureau bigwigs but also preventing intelligent life from escaping Death Mountain.
It could be said that Death Mountain was the last free habitat the Special Administration Bureau left for different species in primitive forests.
Yun Ran and the others came under the cover of night when people were scarce.
But these people entered in broad daylight, bringing such obviously prohibited weapons, suggesting their identities and missions were by no means simple.
The humidity in Death Mountain was much higher than outside; some areas could even be described as damp, making it less prone to fires.
But there were still many dried branches and even some lifeless weeds, so if there was indeed a confrontation here...
With one careless action, they could really ignite this place.
Additionally, many unknown poisonous plants and the various miasmas formed for special reasons were here.
If they were roasted by a large fire, these poisons condensed in Death Mountain would disperse.
Not to mention the surrounding life forms, even everyone in Licheng might suffer.
"Captain, Satellite One’s signal has failed!"
"Satellite Two’s signal has also failed!"
...
The person called captain frowned upon hearing his subordinates consecutively report signal failures.
Before coming, they had already prepared corresponding emergency plans, but now the situation was more troublesome than anticipated.
"Activate the backup signal source!"
"Yes!"
As the voices of subordinates came, everyone hurriedly took out the backup signal sources, which turned out to be magic artifacts embedded with special stones.
Previously they had been somewhat disoriented, but now they easily distinguished directions.
"Dr. Jiang’s invention is indeed useful; it’s not affected at all in such a special magnetic field environment!"
They were commissioned by Kyoto Geology College to excavate here, a deal they couldn’t refuse due to the price offered.
Not to mention, the project leader Dr. Jiang was from the Jiang Family of the Capital City; outside of the four top aristocratic families, the Jiang Family held the most significant influence in the next tier.
If they could successfully complete this mission, they would enjoy lifelong wealth and prosperity.
Before setting off, they exhausted every resource available to them.
Everything that could be prepared was brought along.
The ’backup signal source’ they now held had taken enormous effort and resources to produce.
He could only pretend to be startled: "Master, did my eyes change color?"
Yun Ran looked at the Ginsengfruit somewhat speechlessly; she couldn’t understand how the Ginsengfruit liked to act so much.
If these color-changing eyes were someone else’s, there would probably be all sorts of chaos by now.
But to the Ginsengfruit, it was merely a decoration.
"Come over and let me take a look."
Although Yun Ran wasn’t too concerned, she still wanted to see what caused this, as the Ginsengfruit happened to be the subject of her research.
After carefully checking the Ginsengfruit’s body, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Yun Ran rubbed her chin, muttering to herself, "Could it be a problem with the dosage?"
Mo Zhi, though unclear about the Ginsengfruit’s background, knew that he was also made by a master, so she wasn’t worried at all.
Upon hearing Yun Ran talk to herself, without needing further instruction, Mo Zhi immediately turned around, ready to gather more wild fruits.
With a clear destination, Mo Zhi’s speed was much faster this time, and she quickly returned with a large bag of wild fruits.
As the Ginsengfruit continued eating the wild fruits to test the dosage, Yun Ran’s gaze had already fallen upon the soil that had been brought back earlier.
Although she wasn’t a soil specialist, she could discern something obviously unreasonable in the soil.
"There seems to be some special substance in this soil; no wonder the flora and fauna here are so peculiar."
The Ginsengfruit had already devoured more than half of the fruits Mo Zhi brought back for the second time. Apart from his eyes turning entirely blood-red with a somewhat unsettling look, there were no other changes.
"Let’s leave this place for now."
No matter what was wrong with the soil here, they couldn’t change it. The ecological environment here was like this, beyond human intervention.
Just as they were planning to leave, the Ginsengfruit suddenly spoke: "Host, someone else has stepped into here!"
Yun Ran couldn’t claim to be the most impressive person, but her perception was definitely stronger than most.
However, at that moment, she didn’t notice anything.
The Ginsengfruit naturally saw Yun Ran’s puzzled expression and assuredly nodded.
"At least twenty or thirty people; they carry the smell of gunpowder, suggesting they have heavy weaponry."
To speak with such clarity, the Ginsengfruit’s perception must be accurate.
Yun Ran sized up the Ginsengfruit, making him a bit uncomfortable, and then suddenly smirked.
"It seems those wild fruits you ate weren’t for nothing; at least you can clearly sense the presence of others in Death Mountain."
The Ginsengfruit was also curious as to why the host hadn’t sensed someone approaching.
Upon hearing the host’s words, he suddenly realized.
The fruits he ate earlier, plus the fact he was not truly made of flesh and blood, made the effects of those wild fruits reach their full potential.
He was now practically one of Death Mountain’s ’members.’
Just like those snakes wanting to attack them earlier could clearly sense human proximity, hence they ambushed them in advance.
The expression on the Ginsengfruit’s face visibly became excited; could this be considered cheating?
He immediately chuckled wickedly, "Host, shouldn’t we..."
"Stop those ridiculous thoughts in your head right now!"
The Ginsengfruit immediately drooped; he didn’t really want to do anything particular, just see who those people were. If they were problematic, he would dig a pit for them.
"Don’t meddle in others’ affairs."
Especially when on a mission outside; sometimes, meddling in others’ matters means bearing their cause and effect.
"Oh, got it~"
Seeing the Ginsengfruit’s sheepish look, Yun Ran and the others continued on their way; they had to find a relatively safe place before dark.
Meanwhile, the people detected by the Ginsengfruit entered from another outer region, all carrying heavy weaponry.
Access to Death Mountain was strictly monitored by the Sihui Sect of Licheng; normally, entering required special permission.
The Sihui Sect was tasked not only with watching over the arrays set by the Special Administration Bureau bigwigs but also preventing intelligent life from escaping Death Mountain.
It could be said that Death Mountain was the last free habitat the Special Administration Bureau left for different species in primitive forests.
Yun Ran and the others came under the cover of night when people were scarce.
But these people entered in broad daylight, bringing such obviously prohibited weapons, suggesting their identities and missions were by no means simple.
The humidity in Death Mountain was much higher than outside; some areas could even be described as damp, making it less prone to fires.
But there were still many dried branches and even some lifeless weeds, so if there was indeed a confrontation here...
With one careless action, they could really ignite this place.
Additionally, many unknown poisonous plants and the various miasmas formed for special reasons were here.
If they were roasted by a large fire, these poisons condensed in Death Mountain would disperse.
Not to mention the surrounding life forms, even everyone in Licheng might suffer.
"Captain, Satellite One’s signal has failed!"
"Satellite Two’s signal has also failed!"
...
The person called captain frowned upon hearing his subordinates consecutively report signal failures.
Before coming, they had already prepared corresponding emergency plans, but now the situation was more troublesome than anticipated.
"Activate the backup signal source!"
"Yes!"
As the voices of subordinates came, everyone hurriedly took out the backup signal sources, which turned out to be magic artifacts embedded with special stones.
Previously they had been somewhat disoriented, but now they easily distinguished directions.
"Dr. Jiang’s invention is indeed useful; it’s not affected at all in such a special magnetic field environment!"
They were commissioned by Kyoto Geology College to excavate here, a deal they couldn’t refuse due to the price offered.
Not to mention, the project leader Dr. Jiang was from the Jiang Family of the Capital City; outside of the four top aristocratic families, the Jiang Family held the most significant influence in the next tier.
If they could successfully complete this mission, they would enjoy lifelong wealth and prosperity.
Before setting off, they exhausted every resource available to them.
Everything that could be prepared was brought along.
The ’backup signal source’ they now held had taken enormous effort and resources to produce.