“The coast is clear,” Wen Jifei called.

The group knew that heading straight back to the cave after what had just happened would have been foolish, so they had simply hiked through the mountains for a while. Only after shaking off any potential tails did they finally stop in a clearing in the middle of a dense forest.

“Quick, take it out. I’ve never even seen one of those things before.” Wen Jifei rubbed his hands together excitedly.

“Yeah, just a peek, Little Qing.” He Tangtang crowded in too. “It’s gotta be worth forty or fifty energy cores, right? How big is it?”

Even Shen Yixiu leaned expectantly forward toward Han Qingyu in her full suit of armor. “Can I touch it?”

Han Qingyu stood there in silent thought.

Meanwhile, Yin Caixin was off to the side, murmuring to herself with a thoughtful expression, “Oh, so he did get it. He just hid it to keep people from changing their minds and starting a fight.”

Then she squeezed past Shen Yixiu’s shoulder to peer up impatiently at Han Qingyu as well.

Should I tell them?

Han Qingyu honestly didn’t mind telling the other three. After all, he’d already told Rust Girl about the gas cylinder thing. Not...