I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 284 - 280: The Little Ones

Chapter 284: Chapter 280: The Little Ones

Having found the small underground city, Mu Ying’s venture here was satisfying, and she could finally go back!

Back at the entrance of Tomb 112, this wall was the only connection between the exterior tomb and the main area of the underground city.

There were layers of soil separating it from adjoining tombs in other places.

The underground city was Little Stone’s reserve food; she had to save it for her.

Similarly, it was best to keep the news of the underground city a secret for now.

So she needed to find a way to seal this last loophole.

Mu Ying thought for a moment and built a small camp of only 530 square feet outside Tomb 112 in the tomb passage.

She then removed parts of the stone walls to the left and right of the door of Tomb 112 and the floor tiles outside, completely disconnecting it from other areas of the underground city.

Then she went to the soil layers between other tombs and dug up a lot of soil to fill the gap, and blocked it off with stone walls.

And the edge of the small camp was right up against this band of stone walls.

This small camp was temporarily for her use alone; if someone dug through the dead-end corridor of the opposite tomb, they would just see a layer of soil like any other, not suspecting anything different was behind it.

Even if someone discovered a problem and dug through, the camp’s protective shield and stone walls would stop them, and she would be immediately alerted.

With that, the secret of the underground city could be temporarily preserved.

Moreover, the small camp could also be linked to the territory’s Short-range Teleportation Array, making travel convenient for Mu Ying in the future.

She held Little Stone in one arm and led Gungun with the other, disappearing into the corridor.

When she appeared again, the spring sunshine made her squint.

It really had been a long time since she had seen the daylight.

Even though she had Dark Vision, which allowed her to see in darkness, black was still black.

This blue sky, lazy clouds, brilliant sunshine, and the breeze that swept across the mountains and grasslands, all things the dark underground could not compare to.

Mu Ying took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, feeling extremely comfortable!

Only then did she realize that even though she frequently visited the Emerald World to adjust her mood, her spirit was actually quite tense.

"Sister!"

"Sister!"

"Sister!"

"Mom!"

"Mom doesn’t like being called mom, you should call her sister!"

"Oh, sister!"

Hearing the crisp little voices, Mu Ying looked in the direction they came from. It was the Gem Fairies, fluttering their tiny wings and flying over to her, enveloping her in a warm embrace.

"One, two, three, four?" Mu Ying glanced at the Gem Tree, and sure enough, there was another leaf, and a small house appeared under it.

"Mom...sister, I’m Dongdong!" said a Gem Fairy wearing a green thin leaf grass skirt, with a little purple-pink flower and a blue berry on her head, curtseying to her, her cheeks blushing.

"Just call me mom," Mu Ying relented, more used to being called mom as her family grew. She still had Little Stone to feed, so having a few more children to care for didn’t really matter.

Tao Hua immediately became excited: "Mom! I missed you so much!"

Bo He poked her little finger: "Mom!"

Iron Bamboo made a stern face: "Mom!"

Finally, the latest newcomer clung to her finger: "Mom, mom, mom!"

A certain stone cake: My mom! o(╥﹏╥)o

Mu Ying ignored Little Stone and pinched the Gem Fairy: "Are you... Asparagus Fairy?"

All the open space in the Plantation was planted with Asparagus, and it looked like this year’s Asparagus was indeed growing much better than last year.

Even though she had used the Plant Growth technique on the soil, it was not yet the time for the Asparagus to bloom on a large scale, yet a small patch had already produced tiny berries.

These Asparagus plants in her garden were somewhat out of season.

The goblins born from the Gem Tree all tended toward the specific plant species they originated from, each with its own strengths. For example, Tao Hua had the deepest influence on the peach forest, Bo He was adept at caring for mint, and Iron Bamboo greatly impacted the Iron Bamboo Forest. However, they were all Gem Fairies, capable of tending to other plants with no issue—just not as impressively as with their own type.

For instance, with Tao Hua around, the peach forest would maintain green leaves even in winter, enjoy an extra-long blooming season, bear fruit earlier, and the fruits wouldn’t rot if not picked in time but instead stay in perfect condition on the trees.

But she did not have such an effect on other fruit trees, unable to make them bloom and bear fruit out of season. At most, she could only make them more prosperous.

"Right, right, the little berry was coaxed into life by me!" Dongdong said cheerfully, picking a small berry and handing it to her.

"Thank you, Dongdong," Mu Ying poked its chubby red cheeks, ate a berry, and her eyes lit up. "So sweet!"

Though the mutated Asparagus berries were edible, they were not very sweet and had a bit of a tangy taste, but this berry burst with sweet juice as soon as she bit into it, and it wasn’t too sour, making it much more delicious.

Little Red also poked its head out curiously from her arm, tantalized by the tiny people.

Dongdong prodded Little Red: "Want to try?"

Little Red nodded its head.

As expected of nature’s darlings and skilled handlers of plants, the Gem Fairy communicated effortlessly with Little Red.

Before long, Little Red’s thorny spines were adorned with a bunch of blue berries.

Little Red stood proudly, very pleased with its new look.

Little Stone: Slurp! Granny!

Mu Ying: "..."

She also had another stone grandparents who was about to faint from hunger!

Fortunately, only she, his master and mom, could hear its voice; otherwise, she’d be socially dead.

Glancing at a certain giant Fur Ball that had run off to the Iron Bamboo Forest as soon as it arrived back home, she couldn’t count on it and had to handle things herself.

Stone Milk was no challenge for her at all.

Back in the Magic Potion Workshop of the Magic Hut, she took out the grinding vessels.

Then she fetched a thick stone slab from her space, used the Stone Shaping Technique to chip off a palm-sized piece, crushed it, put some into the grinding vessel, then used the Enhanced Attribute to strengthen her Strength, and began to grind with a pestle, gradually adding water.

Grinding vessel: o(╥﹏╥)o

Little Stone: (¯﹃¯)

Accompanied by the silent cries of the grinding vessel and the slurping sound of Little Stone, the stone powder mixed with water turned into stone paste.

"Is that enough?" Mu New Mom Ying asked her household’s stone offspring.

Little Stone nodded repeatedly: Want to eat!

Mu Ying prepared a small wooden bowl, poured the Stone Milk into it, and then dumped Little Stone entirely into it.

Little Stone: Slurp! Slurp! miamiamia...

Mu Ying watched as the murky gray-white stone paste was slurped up through Little Stone’s tiny mouth from the wooden bowl and came out clear from another small hole, smoothing out while Little Stone’s stony body plumped up slightly.

Mu Ying: "..."

"Little Stone, is the digestive tract of your Underground City straightforward? You don’t need to digest?"