Chapter 65 Snow White
Bai Tang put down her book and went to open the door for Gu Yu.
Bai Tang opened the door, and sure enough, Gu Yu was outside.
The two walked into the house. Gu Yu entered the house and saw Lin Fan and the others. She greeted them.
Then Bai Tang poured her a glass of warm water and asked Gu Yu to sit down first.
Gu Yu took the warm water Bai Tang handed her, took a sip, and then said:
"Do you remember the six mutated wild boars you brought back yesterday?"
Bai Tang: "I remember, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the mutated wild boar?"
Gu Yu said mysteriously, "Captain Chen Weiliang found something on the wild boar."
Bai Tang: "Oh, stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me what it is."
Gu Yu: "An experienced craftsman found undigested food from a mutated wild boar in its stomach—a completely white fruit."
Bai Tang was stunned. White fruit? She had never seen this before.
Then Gu Yu continued, "Captain Chen Weiliang had someone take that fruit to the research lab for professional analysis."
It was discovered that this fruit contains some vitamins and is safe for humans to eat; the fruit can be absorbed and digested by the human body.
Therefore, the base officials plan to organize people to go outside the base to find some of the same fruit, bring them back for research, and see if they can be cultivated on a large scale at the base.
Bai Tang: "Have you ever seen what that fruit actually looks like?"
Gu Yu: "I saw the laboratory analysis conducted in our research lab."
The fruit is snow-white overall, about the size of an adult's fist, and contains small red granules, which are probably seeds.
When the experts saw that the seeds were red, they were initially unsure whether humans could eat them, because the brighter the color, the greater the likelihood of poisoning.
However, tests revealed that it was just an ordinary fruit, non-toxic, and safe for human consumption.
Bai Tang: That's really great news!
After telling Bai Tang about this, Gu Yu hurriedly prepared to leave again, saying:
"I still have work to do in the lab. I'll come visit you after I'm completely done with it."
Bai Tang saw Gu Yu to the door, then returned to the house and saw Lin Fan and the others gathered together, seemingly talking about something.
Gu Yanxu said, "Let's go to the base's service hall in a little while and see if there are any missions related to that fruit."
Officially released tasks offer significantly more contribution points than regular small tasks.
After they finished speaking, they drove to the base's service hall.
Upon arriving at the lobby, they saw on the mission panels: "Recruit some squads to find fruit outside the base."
Bai Tang strode to the mission window: "Our team wants to take on this mission, please process it for us."
Just then, Zhao Lei's hearty laughter came from the side: "Hahaha, it really is you guys! I saw you from afar just now, and I didn't even recognize you."
But then I thought, I knew you would definitely take on this task.
Bai Tang: "What a coincidence! Are we going on a mission with Captain Zhao again?"
Zhao Lei said with a smile, "This time, the base arranged for us to go with the team that received the mission."
Because experts speculate that this fruit may be food for mutated wild boars, there may be mutated wild boars active in the area where these fruits are found.
The base asked us to come along so that the team members could be protected.
However, when I saw that it was your team that accepted the mission, I felt that you should be the ones protecting our safety. You guys are just too awesome.
Gu Yanxu: "Captain Zhao, what are you saying? We will definitely go with the people from the base."
In case anything happens and I need your help, please take good care of me.
Zhao Lei: "That's for sure."
The two of them complimented each other.
After accepting the task, Bai Tang glanced at the deadline, which didn't have any major requirements. The task was to bring back fifty catties of white fruit within a week.
The other teams also saw the mission, but they didn't know what the white fruit was, so no one dared to take it on rashly.
Bai Tang had Gu Yu tipping her off, so she knew what the white fruit was.
Such a task posed absolutely no challenge to them.
However, Bai Tang and the others told Zhao Lei that they needed to go back and prepare their things, and would set off again tomorrow, and would rest today.
They agreed on a departure time for tomorrow and then parted ways.
Bai Tang and his group went to the base supermarket again and bought some daily necessities and whole grains. With so many people in their team, they couldn't just have no spending at all.
Then they went to browse around the stalls set up at the base.
Bai Tang wanted to see if she could find some more things for Mu Mu to use.
However, after looking around, I didn't find many things that Mumu could use.
He took two gold bracelets from a woman in exchange for a pound and a half of whole-grain biscuits he had just bought at the base supermarket.
Even a small fly is still meat; for Mu Mu to transform into human form, she needs to accumulate spiritual power over time.
Therefore, even small things like gold and white crabapple should be accumulated little by little.
They wandered around for a while longer, buying some trinkets they wanted before driving home.
When they got home, it was lunchtime. They ate a simple lunch and then sat on the sofa in the living room to digest.
About half an hour later, Bai Tang led them into the space.
Under the guise of letting them exercise after meals, Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan chose to run around the area where fruit trees were planted.
Their idea was that when they got tired of running, they could take a break under the fruit trees and eat some fruit.
The fruits in Baitang Space are all natural, pollution-free, and pesticide-free.
The others chose to exercise on the gym equipment.
Gu Yanxu looked at them and said, "From now on, when you're not taking on missions, after lunch every day to digest your food, come into the space to exercise."
"It saves me from eating too much meat and fish every day and losing muscle mass."
After saying that, he also started lifting weights on the side.
Bai Tang, carrying canned goods, and Mu Mu leisurely jogged along the edge of the spatial land.
As Bai Tang jogged along, she asked Mu Mu, "Approximately how much spiritual power do you need to transform into human form?"
Mu Mu said, "I'm not sure about that either, but I always feel that no matter how much spiritual power there is, I can absorb it all."
Because as I absorb knowledge, I also grow, and as I grow, the space around me expands.
Bai Tang understood what Mu Mu meant: the space would grow larger as Mu Mu grew up.
Then Bai Tang said to Mu Mu, "Don't worry, I will help you find some gold and antiques."
After all, you've been so considerate to me, so I need to take care of you too.
Mu Mu said happily, "I knew Tangtang was the best to me!"
The group spent the entire afternoon in the space, only leaving when it was almost time for dinner.
After leaving the space, Bai Tang poured each of them a cup of water from the stream within the space.