Another World: That's too much. I have to start from scratch to get the contribution value.

Chapter 426: Mutation - Loneliness 35

The two walked into the building one after the other, passed through the silent corridor, and stopped outside the lady's room.

The patriarch pushed the door open and placed the candle in his hand on the candlestick.

The flickering candlelight lit up the room, illuminating the lady lying on the floor.

At just one glance, they discovered that there was something wrong with the color of the insect's abdomen. It was not the original color, nor was it the clear color after painting.

It's an unhealthy pink color.

The clan leader's expression suddenly changed, "Go get a flashlight."

"I just happened to have it with me." Anjiu turned on the switch.

Candlelight has an orange-yellow hue, which will affect the specific color of the insect's abdomen. A flashlight emits white light, which is more realistic.

——It turned pink as expected.

An Jiu was surprised and asked, "What's going on? Why did it change color?"

The clan leader didn't know the reason either. He was more panicked than anyone else, but in front of his clan members, he had to remain calm even if the world was collapsing before him.

"Don't be impatient," he said in a hoarse voice, "let me take a look first."

He walked over and placed his palm on the insect's belly.

"A little hot."

But Madam's body has always been at normal temperature, or even at low temperature. How could she have experienced the current situation?

The patriarch frowned and pressed down with a little force, trying to find the egg he had touched before.

His fingers sank down and were wrapped in the skin. He found that the temperature inside was higher and there were clear signs of movement.

Soon, he found it.

"Fortunately, the egg is still there and the shell is still hard."

The patriarch carefully touched every part of the skin on the insect's abdomen, and from time to time he glanced at his wife's peaceful face, trying to see some clues from her expression.

He knew that his wife's change was related to the special liquid, but he had no idea what would happen next.

We can only go forward.

"Continue with our plan. Put the basin down. I'll come check on it in a while. Don't think too much. It'll be fine."

Anjiu said nothing and did as the patriarch ordered.

Back on the small platform, both of them felt a little heavy-hearted, using busyness to cover up their inner uneasiness.

After gathering the idle floats, Anjiu said hello and went down to catch the skeleton man.

Time was not enough for her to see the final outcome of this matter, but there were only two options: good or bad.

She bet on it ending well.

Before leaving, try your best to do more for the patriarch.

A busy night.

After enduring the most sleepy period, the morning arrived as promised.

The skeletons hid back underground before this. Anjiu said goodbye to the three fellow villagers and agreed to come back in the evening. They walked on the water back to the platform outside the snail house.

After climbing ashore, An Jiu lay down on the spot exhausted, his limbs sore and weak, his eyes almost unable to open due to the stinging sunlight.

From time to time, I could hear the crackling sound of bones rubbing against each other as the skeletons struggled.

It won't take too long before they quietly melt, but the melted liquid will not flow chaotically, but will gather in the basin beneath them.

Anjiu sat up and looked around.

The patriarch is not here. He must have gone to his wife's place.

She brushed the water off her hair and pulled at her wet collar. A cool breeze blew in and she shivered violently.

Forget it, no more hesitation, I’ll go over and take a look after changing my clothes!

Anjiu changed his clothes in the dark passage, wiped the water droplets on the ground and walls with a towel, threw them into the space, and rushed to his wife's room.

Just as she was about to turn the doorknob, the door opened from the inside.

The patriarch's stubbled face lifted up, but his sagging eyelids revealed his fatigue.

"…You're back. I was just about to go outside, outside—"

"Well, it's daybreak, and the skeletons have gone back underground. How's the lady?"

Anjiu looked over his shoulder and looked behind him.

The clan leader stepped aside and said, "It's darker than before."

Indeed, the lady's belly became even redder.

When you look at it up close, the color looks like blood on the skin.

An Jiu murmured: "How could this happen..."

"I don't know." The chief shrugged casually, "Fortunately, the fertilized egg is still there."

But the bad news was that he only found this one in the insect's belly.

Anjiu noticed that the basin he had brought last night was empty, "Did you apply the ointment to the lady again?"

“Well, I wanted to try and see if it would work, but it just sped up the color change,” the clan leader said with a wry smile.

Now I can only place my hope on the egg in my stomach.

"I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap first. I'll leave this to you. Be careful not to let those three outsiders in."

Anjiu slept well last night using a sleep-aid pillow, but the clan leader did not. He was already underdeveloped, and had been stiff all night, plus he was scared, so now he was tired and sleepy, and his eyelids were drooping.

"Go ahead, I'm here."

But the patriarch did not return to his own room, but went to another room to sleep on the floor.

An Jiu was unaware of this, and when he was the only one left in the room, he couldn't help but put his hand on it.

The temperature was like touching a cup of scalding water, and it didn't feel as soft as it had appeared before, like a thin scab had formed on it.

Press down with a little force and a round egg will appear under your palm.

It was very small, even smaller than the tiny eggs she had seen before.

Through the skin, Anjiu discovered that the egg was also red.

"I hope you can hatch successfully and stay with the clan leader. He is actually a very good person..."

While the patriarch was resting, Anjiu returned to the bottom of the sea again and used space to transfer a large amount of supplies.

Food, wine, daily necessities, clothes, beddings...she tried her best to prepare everything needed for daily life.

He even brought back two camp beds.

The patriarch slept until dark and didn't come out.

Anjiu sat on the shore with his feet buried in the sea water, eating while looking at a huge iceberg in the distance.

Suddenly, she saw a faint red line.

Passing through her body, it pointed straight to the secret door.

——The portal appeared.

——It actually coincided with her guess.

Anjiu stuffed the last bite of sausage into his mouth, washed his fingers in the sea water, stood up and walked over.

She opened the door, wanting to confirm whether the final location of the portal was in the secret passage.

No, there is no red light in the passage.

The red light stopped on the secret door, which meant that the portal and the secret door overlapped.

What a coincidence, those three people really managed to climb up the snail house.

Anjiu just raised his lips and smiled, then he became worried again.

As she was about to return home, what excuse should she use to disappear from the patriarch's world?

Anjiu couldn't imagine what the clan leader's reaction would be if he found out that he couldn't wait for her to be resurrected for a long time.

A complex emotion arose in her heart, regret, sadness, helplessness, and some guilt.

But the skill was triggered because her life was in danger, otherwise how could she be alive until now and still standing here struggling?

Just do your best and get things done. They will eventually go their own way.

Grandma is still waiting for her to come home.

"It's getting dark, time to catch the skeleton man."