158: Chapter 157: The Letter from Feihong Town 158: Chapter 157: The Letter from Feihong Town “Hey, I said, are you sure that’s the Lord?”

“Have I ever seen it with my own eyes and it was fake?”

“But when has she ever stayed so long in an animal form without moving?

It just looks like a normal turtle!”

“How would I know!”

“Stop arguing, she’s changed back!”

Mu Ying had collapsed on the Lotus Platform for two whole days before she slowly recovered, changed back to her human form, and used Water Walking to return to the shore.

When she reached the shore, she saw quite a few people standing there, their eyes following her movements.

Mu Ying looked at them suspiciously, “What’s going on?”

“It really is you!” someone said, as if realizing it for the first time.

The person next to him quickly interjected, “Lord, you should go check the forum quickly.

Zhou Hongfei wants to connect with our Transmission Array and is already on his way here.

You need to be careful, don’t agree to it hastily!”

“Right, right, I always feel he has an ulterior motive.

You have to be careful.

Our territory can’t do without you!”

…

After listening to their chattering for a while, Mu Ying was still a bit confused.

Who was Zhou Hongfei?

Did she know him?

But she still grasped the key point: the forum.

So she nodded to the players, indicating she understood, and then immediately returned to the Tree House to open the Player Manual forum interface.

Seeing the words “Feihong Town” at the top of the recent hot posts, Mu Ying remembered who Zhou Hongfei was – wasn’t he the Lord of Feihong Territory?

“A letter from Zhou Hongfei, lord of Feihong Town, to Mu Ying of Qingshan Town.”

This hot post had been posted over a week ago and was still at the top.

“Dear Mu Ying:

I am Zhou Hongfei, the lord of Feihong Town.

Since upgrading my territory to a town, we have opened a Long-distance Transmission Array that can connect with other territories.

Qingshan Town is the best-developed territory in the Xia Country Region.

Its lord is famously beautiful on the forum, and your territory is like paradise.

I have long admired it.

I sincerely hope to share resources with Qingshan Town, make progress together, and jointly navigate this apocalypse.

I will be visiting soon and look forward to meeting you.

Zhou Hongfei, Lord of Feihong Town.”

Mu Ying was full of question marks, “What’s with this Zhou character, writing a letter is one thing, but why does it sound so pretentious?”

“When he talks about himself, he doesn’t forget to mention his title as the lord of Feihong Town, but when it comes to me, it’s just Mu Ying.

Why only mention my name when talking about establishing connections between territories?”

To say he did it unintentionally, she didn’t believe it.

After all, when talking about himself, he obviously took pride in his status as a lord and never forgot to include his title.

Also, as the top-ranked Druid, is her appearance the only thing worth mentioning?

If she were just a teenager, she might have thought he genuinely admired her!

But having lived two lifetimes, the last of which was short-lived but not sheltered as an orphan, she wasn’t naïve.

Zhou Hongfei’s letter felt like it underestimated her.

No wonder her Local People were worried and specifically warned her!

To be honest, when the Long-distance Transmission Array first became operational, she hadn’t considered Feihong Town at all.

The first and second places in her mind were Luoxia Village and Lingtian Village.

She had wanted to directly rebut them in the forum multiple times but felt it wasn’t satisfying enough and could negatively affect the image of her territory.

“Come if you want, but I won’t entertain you!

I don’t believe you can outpace me while I’m riding a broom.

If the territory runs out of money later, don’t blame me.”

Although they had posted early, according to the information leaked from the forum, they had only started traveling two or three days ago and probably hadn’t even covered half of the journey.

She could completely get ahead of them if she hurried.

After finishing building the Iron Mining Camp, the territory’s savings were still enough for her to construct a pair of long-distance transmission arrays.

As time suddenly became pressing, Mu Ying could no longer afford to rest, packed up the Player Manual, and directly teleported to Quarry Camp.

She urgently sought out Professor Su.

“You’re back?

Was your trip successful?” While others were unaware of what she had been up to, Professor Su, the provider of the mineral map, knew.

“The result was successful, but the process was somewhat tragic; it nearly left me with a psychological shadow.

I need to take a break before I look for the others,” recalling it made Mu Ying uncomfortable, “I found the rich iron ore.

Do you have time now?

Could you come and take a look?

We need your advice on how to excavate it.”

Professor Su arranged his current tasks, “Let’s go, you fill me in on the details.”

The transmission privileges for the Iron Mining Camp were not yet fully open, so Mu Ying pulled Professor Su with her to teleport.

Returning to the deep sea, although the protective shield’s luminescence spared them from total darkness, she still felt somewhat oppressed.

Professor Su crouched down and touched the rock, “Yes, this is the place!”

After confirming the ore site was correct, he then observed the surrounding environment.

The deep sea was pitch black, with only the camp’s protective shield emitting a glow, silent and still.

Professor Su understood the psychological shadow Mu Ying was talking about.

Staying too long in such an environment could indeed be distressing.

He patted Mu Ying on the shoulder, “You’ve worked hard.”

“What hard work?

This iron mining camp is going to make me a lot of money,” Mu Ying said with a chuckle, “Please check where to open the mine shaft, how best to do it, and see what else the camp lacks.

I’ve opened the transmission privileges for you.

Whenever you have time, you can come and inspect, and when I return next, I’ll open this camp to the public.”

“You’re going out to look for mines again?” Seeing the surroundings, Professor Su was naturally worried, “This iron ore alone can keep us busy for a while.

The rest is not urgent; take it slow.

Taking too big a step isn’t advisable.

You should rest for a while first!”

“Don’t worry, the next mining site will have to wait a while.

I need to deal with some matters in Feihong Town, something that got delayed because I was searching for mines,” Mu Ying explained.

Professor Su nodded at her words, “Then I’m relieved.”

After some thought, he still added cautiously, “I trust your abilities, but you must be wary of others.

Do not easily trust others and never base your security on someone else.

Always keep hold of your resources and ways out.

Even if you trust someone, don’t lose yourself.

A person truly worthy of your trust will not ask you to sacrifice your self-interest.

Understand?”

Mu Ying nodded obediently, without saying anything further.

Professor Su spoke these words from a genuine place, educating her on how to protect herself.

It was precisely because she had already understood the principles in Professor Su’s words that she recognized their value.

The most debilitating betrayal isn’t from an obvious enemy but from someone who earns your trust and then slowly erodes you under the guise of looking out for you.

After entrusting Professor Su with the preparations for the Iron Mining Camp, Mu Ying immediately teleported to the Breeding Camp.

She had already seen those two Jumping Rabbits saddled up and diligently operating within her territory.

Zheng Jing’s training work must have been going well.

She was now a bit worried about Gungun; she had to check on him before she could leave peacefully for a long trip.

Reality proved her concern was not unfounded.

Are pandas that are black and white together cute?

What about pandas that are entirely black or entirely white?

Mu Ying could now answer the first part of that question.

Not cute!