CHAPTER 484: CHAPTER 339: SPACE RING (PURPLE)

"This little boy, the carving is so cute! And so lifelike, it must be the work of a master sculptor," Li Wenxi squatted beside the little boy’s stone statue, gently tapped the stone face with her finger, then remarked in surprise, "A mysterious stone statue?"

She didn’t have the discerning ability like Xu Xin, and couldn’t see the description that said [Contains a strange vitality].

"Wah..." Keke also ran over to the little boy’s stone statue, pushed it with her little paws, and even sprawled over it, nudging its face, but it had no effect.

Xu Xin was momentarily speechless, shocked by his own speculation.

He looked out at the giant stone pillar peak, still towering into the clouds, extremely magnificent, and from the exterior, incredibly mysterious.

...It seems that the secret hidden in this snow mountain is definitely more than just a Transmission Array.

Xu Xin glanced back at the little boy stone statue sitting on the ground.

The little boy stone statue remained motionless, showing no signs of coming to life.

The stone statue was still emanating a green-grade glow.

Xu Xin knew that if it came to life, the glow on its body should be blue.

The last time in the dungeon, it was because he had put away the mutation potion synthesizer, triggering a mechanism that awoke the Chang Yin Family.

He wasn’t clear on what exactly the principle was.

So, he didn’t know how to bring the little boy stone statue to life.

"What’s wrong with you?" Li Wenxi looked up to see Xu Xin with his brows furrowed, his expression serious, eyes fixed on the little boy stone statue, pondering.

Her gaze shifted back and forth between the little boy stone statue and Xu Xin twice, then she cautiously asked, "Is there something wrong with this stone statue?"

"Yes, a big problem." Xu Xin stepped forward and gently tapped the little boy stone statue’s head, "Xiaohong, can you hear me? Can you move?"

"Wah!" Keke chimed in, pushing the face with her little paws, her big tail sweeping back and forth on the little boy stone statue’s leg.

"Huh?" Li Wenxi was taken aback for a couple of seconds by Xu Xin’s actions, feeling a bit creeped out, "You guys...what are you doing, talking to a stone statue? Xiaohong? This stone statue is called Xiaohong?"

The little boy stone statue still showed no reaction, but Xu Xin heard a prompt in his ear.

[Little Boy Stone Statue (Green): A mysterious stone statue, seemingly containing strange vitality.]

As expected, it’s the same introduction again.

Identical to the description when the Chang Yin Family was asleep in the dungeon, and the introduction of those stone statues at the snow-capped peak this time.

Xu Xin absolutely couldn’t believe there was no connection between the two.

Li Wenxi tugged at Xu Xin’s arm: "What’s actually going on, you haven’t said anything, I’m kind of scared..."

A serious and peculiar expression, coupled with the bizarre act of speaking to a stone statue, without any explanation, would leave anyone feeling a bit unnerved.

Xu Xin took a deep breath, discarding the unrealistic ideas in his mind, then said, "This is a long story, I’ll tell you while organizing this pile of items."

"Oh, okay, then I’ll help you!"

"No, you can’t discern the items’ grade, and it’s too disorganized for you to sort through," Xu Xin waved her away, then smiled, "Instead, you can see if there are any gold, silver, or jewel accessories you like."

"Hehe, you’re right!" Li Wenxi sat down next to Xu Xin, hugging her knees, waiting to hear him tell the story.

Xu Xin knelt in front of the mound of jewels and began rummaging through it.

At the same time, he shared with Li Wenxi, what he had never told anyone else, about how he encountered the Chang Yin Family and brought them out, even back to the treehouse.

"The stone statue family that came to life, the secret from fifty years ago, the group of statues at the snow mountain’s peak..." Li Wenxi sat in front of the jewel pile, her mouth slightly open, processing the tons of information, "They are so pitiful..."

Xu Xin didn’t interrupt Li Wenxi’s thoughts, continuing to search for graded items within.

He found five more green-grade mutated beast contracts, and two blue-grade mutated beast contracts.

The familiar contracts, the familiar dark red handwriting, everything indicated that these items were made by Chang Yin.

Along with the four blue-grade mutated beast contracts Lou Fei’Er found under the treehouse before, he now had six blue-grade mutated beast contracts to contract intermediate mutated creatures, and seven green-grade mutated beast contracts.

This confidence was significantly bolstered.

Like rummaging through trash, he rifled through these earth-shatteringly valuable jewels, soon spotting another glimmer of blue.

"What’s this..." he picked up the item.

It was a small red windmill.

[Small Windmill (Blue): When spun, it creates a special airflow and scent that attracts the attention of low-level mutated beasts; maybe mutated beasts like to play with windmills too?]

He was very familiar with this item.

Back then, he had given a toy like this to the little boy.

When he explored the altar before, he found a damaged little windmill there, which was likely used as an offering to the altar.

Did Chang Yin make another one?

At this time, the jewel pile moved, and Keke emerged from it, hopping onto Xu Xin’s body.

Its mouth held a bracelet, emitting a muffled noise.