"Xiaoruan has a skill called 'Making Iron Pickaxe'."

"Can you modify this iron pickaxe? Change the iron handle to a wooden handle to save some effort."

"Sure."

"I want one too."

Long Xiaoxiao said.

Chen Lu said gently, "You're still young, you don't need one."

Li Cunxu, without any awareness of using child labor, said, "She can use one. She's not an ordinary child; she's awakened the Dragon's Eye talent and has Dragon Race blood. Although it's only been two days since her awakening, her stamina already rivals yours."

Li Cunxu commanded Xiaoruan to chop down an almost dying Cyan Spirit Fruit tree.

The wood of the Cyan Spirit Fruit tree is top-quality, sturdy and durable. It can be used for pickaxe handles that last a hundred years without wearing out.

Xiaoruan carefully manipulated the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade to shave the pickaxe handle, while Long Xiaoxiao squatted nearby, watching with great interest.

Chen Lu asked, "From which direction should we start digging?"

The direction didn't matter because Li Cunxu didn't know where the secret realm's fissure and core were located.

"Let's dig toward where the sun rises! That way, we can easily discern the direction."

As the tunnel excavation was about to commence, Li Cunxu arranged a batch of Earth Slime, Grass Slime, and Fire Slime for them.

Earth Slime could transport the soft soil they dug out; Grass Slime and Fire Slime formed a small oxygen generator to provide air, with Fire Slime also serving as illumination in the tunnel.

Chen Lu activated her ink-black Molan Eye, initiating the Pupil Technique: Mo Lan Mechanism Art, causing a Molan to grow from the ground, twisting into a soil organ puppet. The soil puppet picked up an iron pickaxe and started digging.

Little Medicine Deer manipulated vines to pick up ten iron pickaxes for excavation.

Long Xiaoxiao rolled up her sleeves to prepare for digging but saw Li Cunxu leave.

"Brother, aren't you joining us?"

"No, I'm not joining; I have more important things to do."

With such a small tunnel space, squeezing in so many people wouldn't make the digging efficient.

In reality, Li Cunxu didn't lack manpower for tunneling.

Xiaoruan's Land of Rebirth was continuously reviving Earth Slime; although they weren't as fast at digging, they were plentiful!

At the same time, tunnels could be dug in different directions.

They could work tirelessly 24 hours a day.

Such perfect utilitarian helpers.

If these helpers were replaced with Miner Slime, it would be even better.

As for why he let them dig, Li Cunxu just wanted to divert Chen Lu's attention through tunneling.

Li Cunxu could see that even after his speech, Chen Lu hadn't given up on the idea of rescue. He worried that she might leave Long Xiaoxiao with him, and ride Little Medicine Deer alone to save someone.

Little Medicine Deer had the Crystal Light Escape, allowing Chen Lu to avert dangers, but Crystal Light Escape was merely an Escape Technique, not a strength; one or two times would be fine, but three or four times would eventually lead to accidents; luck cannot last forever, unless she's the goddess of luck—which she clearly isn't, as she wouldn't be unlucky enough to be swept into this secret realm by the Celestial Sweeping Comet.

Moreover, Crystal Light Escape is limited by the Sacred Spiritual Energy; it can only be used three times per day.

Currently known, the highest combat power in this secret realm is a Bronze-level beast, but the existence of Silver-level beasts cannot be ruled out.

Even if Little Medicine Deer could perform a hundred Crystal Light Escapes, a Silver-level beast would still cause sorrow.

Between Silver and Bronze, there is a great gap, with the difference in strength worlds apart.

"Oh! I'm really worrying myself sick."

Li Cunxu's concern isn't due to manipulation by the Peach Blossom Curse, but rather his unwillingness to see a kind-hearted girl die due to her ignorance about the wild.

Chen Lu's kindness is pure, not the kindness of a saint.

If she were a saint, she would ask Li Cunxu to save people, but Chen Lu only wanted to go on a rescue alone.

A bit foolish.

And it's because of these foolish people that the world is filled with more beauty.

Li Cunxu truly appreciates this foolishness.

Hands behind his back, whistling a little tune, he happily stepped into the grove of durian trees.

"Xiaoyi, send your clones out to find a durian tree that stands out as very special."

Simultaneously, Li Cunxu was searching as well.

Soon enough, the clone found it first.

White Spider inquired, "How did you know there was a special durian tree in this grove?"

Li Cunxu explained, "It's because of the Durian Spirit; the tree that births a Durian Spirit undergoes unique changes."

Approaching the special durian tree, Li Cunxu smelled a faint fragrance. Looking up, he saw the branches laden with durians, as if they would soon be unable to bear the weight and fall.

"That's a lot of durians! It's exaggerated even compared to grapes on a grapevine, though the size is a bit small."

This durian tree's fruits were very small, mostly around the size of a table tennis paddle.

"Let the clone taste one."

White Spider's clone picked a durian and tasted it.

"Delicious."

The clone ate voraciously, fearing the main body would come over and compete.

White Spider synchronized with the clone's taste, "It really is delicious; I want to eat one too."

Li Cunxu stopped the gluttonous White Spider.

"Don't rush; a durian tree that has borne a tree spirit isn't an ordinary durian tree—it's a mutated durian tree, and its fruits must have undergone some mutation."

"Before eating, be sure to test it, taste what effects or side effects it has."

White Spider remarked, "But the clone ate without issues!"

"Your clone might have high toxin resistance, delaying the toxin's effect."

"Xiaoruan, have the Grass Slime taste it."

Wood type weakens toxins; if this durian is poisonous, the Grass Slime will soon perish.

The Grass Slime nervously tasted a small piece, its body trembling ceaselessly.

White Spider exclaimed fearfully, "It really is poisonous!"

However, the Grass Slime didn't die; instead, like cell division, it split off a new little Grass Slime.

"Giving birth to little Slimes, what's going on?"

Li Cunxu pondered, "The durian has likely mutated to have a proliferative effect."

Then he summoned a Durian Slime to eat, and similarly after the first bite, it trembled like the Grass Slime, then split into a new little Durian Slime.

"Confirmed, this durian tree's fruit mutated with a proliferative effect." Li Cunxu exclaimed excitedly.

White Spider asked, "Why didn't my clone produce offspring?"

"Two possibilities: one, proliferation requires male and female merging, which your clone didn't undergo, hence no offspring. Slimes are asexual, needing none of this, so they can produce offspring. Two, your clone is an energy body, not a physical one, incapable of producing offspring."

White Spider's clone disdainfully discarded the uneaten durian.

Li Cunxu directed Xiaoruan to have all the Slimes take a bite, instantly doubling the number of Slimes.

Returning to the tunnel, a Miner Slime carrying an iron pickaxe swaggered past Li Cunxu.

"What's going on? Did the Land of Rebirth revive a Miner Slime?"

The appearance of Miner Slime delighted Li Cunxu; the tunneling speed could increase. However, it puzzled him, for the Miner Slime was supposed to be safely underground at the ranch; how could it have perished?

"Xiaoruan, ask it how it died?"

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