Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Your arm will explode.
"Wow! A bunch of Blood Grass." Ye Jingyi stood inside a cave, spotting a group of Blood Grass growing in one corner. He carried Hui Ying on his back, with the Bald Bear behind him, wearing an expression of disdain.
It's a cursed fate of three lifetimes that he encountered this peculiar human again. This guy insisted on using his lair as shelter. When the Bear tried to disagree, this guy brandished a large, pointy object, threatening to slice him open for investigation, which frightened him out of his wits. With no other choice, he reluctantly brought this eccentric individual into his home.
Sob... Sob… I should have returned to the tribe. The outside world is so dangerous.
"Not bad! You have many good things at your home. Blue Orchids, there are so many. Tsk tsk, you are really rich." Ye Jingyi placed Hui Ying on the ground and scanned the cave.
Hearing this, the bear looked at the blue orchids in the corner with a face full of disgust. "That's not a good thing. It gives me a stomach ache."
Ye Jingyi stopped and stared at him weirdly. "I am surprised that you only suffered a stomach ache. Eating this flower can cause you diarrhea, aka Backdoor trots. A normal person will squat for three to four days because of this blue orchid."
Now he was even more curious about this bear. Eating such a medicinal plant should have caused more severe consequences, yet it only gave him a stomach ache.
The bear tightened his legs after hearing Ye Jingyi's explanation, casting a fearful glance at the bunch of blue flowers. Although he did not understand most of Ye Jingyi's words, he grasped that this plant is deadly and would cause him to squat for a few days.
"Since you are free, go and catch some fish for me. Remember to catch the bigger ones," Ye Jingyi, feeling the protest from his stomach, instructed the bear.
Initially, the bald bear wanted to refuse, but he reconsidered and reluctantly agreed.
"Okay! I will catch big fish for you." The bear tried his best to keep a straight face, but a smile cracked on his bear face.
Ye Jingyi was startled after hearing his words. He expected the bear to protest, and he prepared to exert some force to make him obedient. However, he looked at the small smile on the bear's mouth and instantly understood what was going on in his mind.
'Wanting to escape by using this method? Too naive!'
He walked near the bear, patted his thick, hairy hand, and said, "Okay! You can go now. I have planted a bomb on you. As long as you don't return within one hour, this bomb will explode, and you will lose your hands."
He said all this with a warm smile on his face, but the Bald Bear felt cold all over his body.
"Are… you serious?" The bear gulped and asked with a trembling voice.
"What do you think? Do you want me to give you a demonstration?" Ye Jingyi continued to speak with a smile.
"Ouch!"
Just as he finished speaking, the bear felt pain in his hand. He became frightened and shouted, "Don't! Don't! I believe you."
After he finished speaking, he felt the pain disappearing from his hand. He sighed a breath of relief and looked at Ye Jingyi with eyes full of fear.
"So, are you going or not?"
"I am going!" The bear said as he scrambled out of the cave.
After the bear left, Ye Jingyi shook his head and mumbled, "Silly bear! Do you think I can't cure you?"
There was no such bomb; it was just a lie he made up to make the bear more obedient. He planted a small bug made from nanoparticles to monitor his location. After all, this bear is strong and can help him in various ways until the Nano Combat suit is fully restored.
"Lynx! What's the progress of the repair?" Ye Jingyi asked Lynx.
"Barely 1% has been repaired. For full repair, it will take 459 days at the current energy input," Lynx said in a usual cold tone, and Ye Jingyi became speechless. 459 days? Can he survive until then?
He needs to find a faster way to repair the Nano Combat suit. It's fortunate that the Nano Combat suit is not destroyed; otherwise, it would be more difficult for him. With the remaining suit, he can make various equipment. A Nano Combat suit is composed of millions of tiny nanoparticles, each with a memory chip that records blueprints of various weapons and equipment. So, as long as there is enough energy, he can form any object and weapon.
Now, with the number of Nanoparticles, he can only form some small equipment like a knife. If he wants to make other equipment like energy guns and stuff, he needs to increase the number of Nanoparticles. And how to increase the nanoparticles? More energy! If there is enough energy, the nanoparticles can duplicate themselves and multiply.
So, we come back to square one! How to get more energy? There are several options, like constructing a windmill, making more nano cranes absorb more solar energy, etc. But all of these are not stable sources, as he would need to change the place from time to time. Just thinking until here, Ye Jingyi has a headache.
"Forget it. Full repair in a few days is impossible. It's better to hide from the enemies and slowly repair it." Ye Jingyi shook his head and muttered. Slowly, he started to inspect his temporary shelter.
"Hmm, Flame Lily, there are four. Not bad, this bear has a good collection."
"Blood Aloe Vera! This is good. With this, I can stop this woman's bleeding... Ah? What is that?"
While looking around, Ye Jingyi noticed something. At the end of the cave, there are a bunch of skeletons piled on each other. But this does not attract him, but something beneath it. Beneath the pile of the skeleton, there is something buried inside the soil, as just now he saw something shining.
He arrived near the place and pushed all the skeletons aside and examined the soil. After looking for a second, he removed the top layer of the soil. And sure enough! There is something shiny beneath the soil. He removed more soil and finally saw the object buried beneath the soil. Inside, there is a small crater filled with nail-sized crystals of various colors. It looked like a collection of gems.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone