A few days later, Lao Niao and Lao Guo returned to the mountains with a batch of supplies.
Yun Man arrived, and with a thud, dropped a large pearl onto the rooftop of the mansion.
An Nuan was dumbfounded.
“This exotic bead is too big!”
It was bigger than Brother Hu’s head!
No, it should be the heads of Brother Hu and Tao Lao Da combined.
An Nuan exclaimed, “As expected of a whale’s exotic bead, such a massive one!”
Fu Yunting: “Where did you get this bead? You didn’t kill a whale, did you?”
“Am I that reckless?”
Yun Man lifted her chin, glaring at Fu Yunting with annoyance.
Ever since Fu Yunting upgraded to the eighth tier, she had felt unhappy.
Why did he get to the eighth tier and not her?
She had been working hard too!
Eating so much every day, sleeping and dating well, and getting along with everyone.
She even went to Gui Tian to recuperate, so why hadn’t she upgraded yet?
Didn’t they say that children grow faster if they eat and sleep well?
Where had she gone wrong?
Yun Man felt a little displeased.
Yun Man pouted, “This was sent by those orcas. An old whale died and left behind its exotic bead, and they delivered it to our waters.”
“Transported from another sea area?”
An Nuan had been afraid of the deep sea since she was a child. While sea creatures were colorful to others, they were strange and bizarre to An Nuan.
The nearby sea areas were fine; they weren’t deep sea.
Other places were uncertain.
Transporting it from elsewhere was fraught with danger and not a simple matter.
Yun Man said, “Over a dozen whales acted together, with protection from their pod, to safely transport the bead. When Gui Tian and I arrived, we even chased away over a dozen strange fish!”
Yun Man triumphantly winked at Fu Yunting.
He coldly turned his head away, unwilling to engage with Yun Man.
An Nuan circled the exotic bead and said curiously, “Thank you, whale babies, for remembering me, but with such a large bead, how exactly do we use it?”
Eating it was out of the question.
If the bead shattered and exploded, the power could level the entire community.
Swallowing it whole…
Heh, impossible, impossible…
It could be decomposed, melted, filtered, and then distributed to the community members by Fu Yunting, but the volume was too large, and it was a high-tier exotic bead.
Based on An Nuan’s judgment, this whale was also an eighth-tier creature.
It would probably be troublesome for Fu Yunting to decompose and filter this bead.
An Nuan pursed her lips, “It’s troublesome, how do we handle this?”
Mi Shuangshuang poked her head closer, and the outer layer of the bead seemed to twist.
An Nuan exclaimed, “Is this a membrane? It doesn’t look like a membrane, but rather…”
She reached out, condensed her chaotic energy into a sharp blade, and made a small cut on it.
“It cut?”
Fu Yunting was also startled.
Ordinary crystals were already hard enough; it wasn’t easy to break them.
Such a dense and massive exotic bead could be cut so easily…
Was the density of chaotic matter that high?
Fu Yunting looked thoughtfully at the small black knife in An Nuan’s hand.
As the membrane moved, Mi Shuangshuang’s nose was also bumped.
She yelped, “Ow! This thing hit my nose.”
“It seems like it can be torn.”
An Nuan grabbed a torn corner and slowly pulled, the exotic bead floated in mid-air, slowly rotating, peeling off layer by layer.
Everyone was stunned.
They had seen outrageous things, but never this outrageous.
The exotic bead of a great whale was like a giant bubble gum, rolled up in layers!
An Nuan tore the thing into several strips and took one into her mouth.
Damn, it was sweet!
The taste was both familiar and delicious.
Pure caramel sea salt flavor, with a hint of floral aroma.
How could it be so delicious!
Mi Shuangshuang and Yun Man were also dumbfounded.
Mi Shuangshuang tore off a roll and chewed it.
“The texture is a bit like mochi, and a bit like flounder sashimi. With some wasabi, it would be even more like it. Don’t you think so, Yun Man?”
Yun Man ate happily, her cheeks puffed out as she sucked on it.
Eating well makes you grow faster, so she needed to eat more!
An Nuan cut a piece for Fu Yunting.
He put it in his mouth, and the membrane immediately dissolved, the pure and rich exotic essence sliding down his esophagus into his stomach.
“I can’t describe it either, but it really has the feel of the deep sea.”
“Me too, I can’t quite describe the feeling, but it’s very comfortable and warm.”
An Nuan ate some more, and the warm feeling of shimmering sea surface seemed to appear in her mind.
Fu Yunting saw that Yun Man’s stomach was already bulging. He lifted her up:
“That’s enough, aren’t you afraid of exploding if you eat too much?”
“Hmph, are you afraid I’ll grow faster than you and surpass you? Hmph, I’m telling you, I’ll be the next one to upgrade to the eighth tier! I’ll be the first to upgrade to ninth tier and king level! You’re my subordinate!”
Fu Yunting suppressed a laugh.
It was the first time a woman wanted to take him as a subordinate.
“Boss, I’ll wait for you to take me as a subordinate, but until then, you should control your appetite. Your pants are about to split.”
Yun Man looked down and saw her stomach bulging, her slender waist turning into a small barrel.
“Ah!” she wailed, clutching her stomach and running to hide behind Mi Shuangshuang.
Mi Shuangshuang wasn’t much better off.
She was so full she couldn’t move, curling her limbs and lying on the ground with her belly exposed.
An Nuan: What’s going on? She’d only eaten a few bites, how did her stomach get so round?
Mi Shuangshuang couldn’t take it anymore, “I can’t, I need to digest for a while, I’m too bloated!”
“Me too, I feel like energy is about to erupt from my throat.”
An Nuan ate a couple more bites, puzzled, “That’s strange, I ate a lot too, and I don’t have this reaction.”
Fu Yunting also ate a lot. Although his stomach didn’t bulge, he felt a sensation similar to being drunk and having a high.
His alcohol tolerance used to be pretty good, and he had strong self-control, so he rarely got drunk.
But this time, he felt a bit dizzy.
“Perhaps the power is too pure, and the reaction is different.”
“Huh? You’re reacting too? That shouldn’t be the case.”
Eighth-tier ability users absorb more energy at once.
She ate even more than Fu Yunting, and didn’t have any reaction.
An Nuan ate a few more bites.
The exotic bead had shrunk by a fifth, and she felt quite pleased.
Fu Yunting also took a few bites, but his head was spinning and he really couldn’t stand it anymore.
Fu Yunlei arrived and saw Fu Yunting’s foolish state, gloating from the side.
“Haha, Brother, you actually got drunk! This is hilarious.”
Fu Yunting couldn’t hold on any longer and sat down, leaning against the wall.
An Nuan blinked.
He was actually drunk!
Why was she the only one unaffected?
Perhaps she had a special talent?
An Nuan took a couple more vigorous bites. Suddenly, a mist appeared before her eyes, and the sound of the sea echoed in her mind.
Her vision went black, she heard a few screams, and then completely lost consciousness…