Used Well. (Chapter 20)
“Wow, Fu Ruo is going too? She actually agreed?”
Upon suddenly hearing that Fu Ruo will also join the ocean exploration, Ye Sheng's face couldn't help but show a huge question mark. If Fu Ruo were still purely human, it wouldn't be a problem... but now she was clearly no longer human!
The difficulty of communication and persuasion instantly rose to an extreme level!
Of course, Gu Luoyu wouldn't honestly reveal the entire process. She simply spoke briefly: “Although she's lost her memories, her affection towards you remained very high. Even if we don't invite her, she'll secretly follow behind us anyway.”
Hearing the word 'secretly', Ye Sheng immediately choked. She quickly recalled the last exploration mission.
That blue-black glint caught in the corner of her eye, it was clearly the scales on Fu Ruo's mermaid tail. Then thinking about what Gu Luoyu just said, 'her affection is very high', Ye Sheng couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
This is dangerous, this is dangerous!
It felt like she could accidentally trigger the 'swimming in a sea of jealousy' hazard at any moment!
“Maybe my psychic soothing ability is particularly attractive... Anyway, if Fu Ruo can join us in exploring the ocean, she'll probably be quite helpful. We might even discover something else!”
Ye Sheng finished with an awkward smile. Without lingering further on the topic of Fu Ruo, she reached out and took Gu Luoyu's hand, ready to leave.
Even as splashing sounds grew louder behind them, Ye Sheng didn't look back... To her, although Fu Ruo was a friend, Gu Luoyu was her intimate partner, completely different in weight and significance.
Besides, Fu Ruo was just an ordinary acquaintance.
Right now, Ye Sheng was busy spoiling her beloved, wishing she could turn into an octopus and cling tightly to Gu Luoyu, showering her with endless affection to gently pass through this situation.
Gu Luoyu could naturally see Ye Sheng's obvious attempt to appease her. Thanks to foresight, she wasn't as angry as Ye Sheng imagined. Instead, she maintained a good state of mind.
Nothing mattered more than Ye Sheng's safety!
This was merely teasing Ye Sheng a little, making the little one feel slightly nervous.
That way, during future interactions with Fu Ruo, she'd naturally keep her distance... If one had to make an analogy, Ye Sheng was like a playful little kitten, no matter how dangerous something was, her curiosity would drive her to get closer.
But if her owner trains her well, there will be no need to worry.
Habits would control temperament.
She will remember commands and avoid breaking rules again... Of course, Gu Luoyu didn't want to completely apply pet-training methods to Ye Sheng, after all, Ye Sheng was someone she loved, not a pet.
So she will only employ a few small tricks.
Right now, it seemed she'd used them well.
However, Gu Luoyu couldn't hold back in front of Ye Sheng for long. Her intention to tease quickly failed, and before she knew it, Ye Sheng was riding on her head again, becoming even more audacious.
In response, Gu Luoyu simply gazed with crimson eyes filled with amusement. Seeing Ye Sheng's radiant smile and instinctive closeness, her heart always swelled with joy.
She would do everything possible to protect their beautiful future!
...
Since the last ocean exploration dive, team leader Liu Li hadn't proceeded with a third exploration as expected. Instead, she ordered everyone to rest properly for two days.
Perhaps it was to ensure everyone participated in the mission at their best condition!
That's what Ye Sheng thought. She didn't waste the two-day break either, immediately following Gu Luoyu to the seaside to catch edible seafood. Stocking up as much as possible now would save her from spending large amounts of money buying them later at the base.
Regarding the issue of having too few spatial items to use, Ye Sheng had thought carefully for a long time. She realized she couldn't keep relying on luck with lottery draws, first, her current points weren't abundant; second, the lottery was full of uncertainty.
Like last time when she wanted to draw a spatial item, she kept drawing but got absolutely nothing!
Therefore, Ye Sheng decided to directly spend lottery points to purchase a spatial item... This was a function she'd recently discovered. Not only had Gu Luoyu's psychic strength suddenly increased, but the lottery space itself was quietly changing as well.
Although lottery draws still require enormous points, a points exchange zone has now appeared.
Any desired item can be obtained using lottery points.
However, compared to lottery draws, exchanges required at least five times more points...
Items that replenished vitality, which Ye Sheng desperately needed after becoming pregnant, were naturally available in the lottery space. But seeing the long string of zeros behind the price, Ye Sheng felt she'd probably need to wait until her next life to afford one.
Who knew why vitality-restoring items were so expensive!
This was also why, after discovering the exchange function, Ye Sheng remained unenthusiastic. If she had that many lottery points, she wouldn't be worried, she'd be drawing like crazy already!
Thus, for poor Ye Sheng, the exchange function was merely decorative.
But now, with abundant fish caught at the seaside, Ye Sheng gritted her teeth and finally spent a huge amount of points to exchange for a spatial item, the Storage Ring. It contains a hundred-square-meter space that could be upgraded using lottery points to expand its capacity.
Although this single item had completely emptied Ye Sheng's wallet, the ability to expand space later made it equivalent to an evolving piece of equipment!
Worth spending any amount of points on.
As for space utilization...
That depends on Gu Luoyu using her psychic energy to process the fish, shrimp, and crabs, removing unnecessary shells and leaving only the delicious meat. For a moment, Ye Sheng felt like a little mouse fell into a rice bin, happily bustling about nonstop.
She quickly filled every inch of the Storage Ring.
After the food storage operation concluded, Ye Sheng finally had some free time. She followed Gu Luoyu to thoroughly explore the surroundings, during which they unexpectedly discovered a rare fruit tree, its exterior resembled durian, but the flesh was like coconut.
Although they only found a few low-radiation contaminated fruits suitable for use, the juice was so incredibly sweet and fragrant that Ye Sheng was extremely satisfied.
Unlike Ye Sheng and Gu Luoyu leisurely strolling around as if on an outdoor picnic, others in the team were tensely adjusting their mental states.
The next dive exploration will reach depths of over ten thousand meters... Unlike shallow dives, at such depths, any accident would mean they'd never return.
The deep, mysterious ocean, swarms of contaminated creatures, just imagining it makes fear continuously rise in people's hearts.
It was difficult to maintain a good mindset.
But a mission was a mission. It couldn't be stopped just because someone temporarily backed down. They could only calm their fear as quickly as possible.
“Ha ha ha! This golden orb, I knew it! I knew it was a great treasure!”
Inside Dr. Na Nali's private tent, a burst of laughter suddenly erupted. Immediately after, Dr. Na Nali burst out, his hair mysteriously exploded, holding in his hand an item shimmering with golden light.
Dr. Na Nali had actually succeeded in dividing it and reducing its temperature!