Su Muyao heard the Space System's words, her expression shifted.
Sweet potatoes!
With sweet potatoes, they'll have food to eat today.
Sweet potatoes are a good thing; they can be made into all sorts of delicious dishes.
Moreover, sweet potatoes have a high yield, so they can be grown if farming is possible.
"System, you're amazing. With sweet potatoes, we won't have to go hungry today."
Su Muyao didn't expect those two beastmen companions to hunt food for her.
The Space System excitedly said, "Host, walk forward a bit, I can help detect food around you. Within a hundred-mile radius, I can search."
Su Muyao smiled and said, "Okay."
"But let's dig up the sweet potatoes first."
Su Muyao went to the spot the Space System mentioned and pushed aside the grass to see the sweet potato leaves.
Su Muyao quickly picked some sweet potato leaves.
Wen Nanxi didn't head further away but stayed beside Su Muyao for protection.
Seeing her picking some grass from the ground, he was taken aback.
"What are these?"
Su Muyao explained, "These are sweet potato leaves. They can be used to make a lot of food."
Pausing, she thought about this world's knowledge of food and said, "Trust me, these aren't just grass."
According to her predecessor's memories, the folks of the Beast World Continent didn't know about sweet potatoes.
Even in the Beast Emperor City, the most prosperous place, people weren't aware that food could grow underground.
Everyone mostly ate food from above the ground.
Pausing for a moment, Su Muyao blinked her clear, soft, and cute eyes at Wen Nanxi, saying, "Wen Nanxi, could you help me dig under here?"
Wen Nanxi met her soft and cute gaze, listening to her gentle tone, his expression subtly moved.
In the past, she always ordered them to do things, never speaking nicely.
Let alone softening her tone like this.
Wen Nanxi softly said, "Sure."
Then he infused his superpower into the bone knife and dug downward.
With one forceful move, a whirlpool-like pit appeared on the ground.
It exposed some sweet potatoes, but the strong force had shattered a few into pieces.
Su Muyao quickly said, "No, don't use so much force. That's food down there."
Wen Nanxi paused his movements; the red chunks below were indeed food.
In their understanding, food grew above the ground.
Seeing Su Muyao's serious expression, he lightened his grip and gently dug the soil.
Then he pulled out one piece of food after another.
Su Muyao looked at these sweet potatoes, her eyes lighting up with a smile.
Watching Wen Nanxi clean the soil off and put them into a basket, she softly said, "Thank you!"
Wen Nanxi was momentarily stunned because he had never heard her say the words "thank you."
He focused and looked at her, then chuckled silently, "This is what I should do."
One backpack and one basket were simply not enough to hold all this food.
Fortunately, Su Muyao had space; she directly stored the sweet potatoes in her Space System.
Wen Nanxi watched as the many items on the ground vanished into thin air.
He seemed to realize something, and even the most composed person showed an incredibly astonished expression.
Wen Nanxi whispered, "Space?"
Su Muyao nodded, "Yes, I have a Space Ability too."
To live well in the Exile Tribe, having space was crucial for hunting and gathering food, easily storing things.
It was very convenient to use.
So she didn't intend to hide such an ability.
Besides, showing her superpowers would make the beastmen cautious and deter them from plotting to kill or retaliate against her.
Hearing Su Muyao's confirmation, Wen Nanxi's heart stirred with turmoil.
She not only had Healing Ability but also Space Ability?
Space could store food and items; very few beastmen on the Beast World Continent could awaken Space Ability.
Healing Ability was even rarer.
He had never heard of anyone having a Dual Ability.
"The wife indeed seems different now from before."
At this moment, she seemed shrouded in layers of mysterious veils, revealing one after another.
"I told you, I want to turn over a new leaf and live well. After three months, I'll set you all free."
So don't be eager to target or kill her; after three months, they'd be free.
Wen Nanxi didn't say much more.
Su Muyao filled her space with lots of sweet potatoes.
"There are mushrooms and wood ear nearby, let's gather some to take back."
"These are poisonous."
In the Beast Emperor City, mushrooms and black ear were known to be poisonous; everyone knew this from a young age.
Su Muyao explained, "Some mushrooms are poisonous, but some aren't. Also, if treated properly, wood ear isn't poisonous."
Either way, if they didn't believe it and didn't eat it, she would.
Su Muyao didn't care about Wen Nanxi's thoughts and went ahead to pick mushrooms and wood ear.
After walking a while, the Space System spoke again, "Host, there's ginger and green onions a hundred meters on your left."
Su Muyao hurried to dig them up.
With green onions and ginger, they can make many dishes and reduce the fishy taste.
With this food, at least they wouldn't go hungry for the next few days.
Probably because they killed a beast around here, there weren't many beasts nearby.
As dusk approached, they decided to head back.
On the way back, Wen Nanxi transformed back into a serpent, and Su Muyao sat obediently on him, not daring to move or hold on too much.
Yet Wen Nanxi sped swiftly, with wind racing past her ears.
Su Muyao almost lost her balance and nearly fell off.
Wen Nanxi softly held her with his tail, saying, "Wife, you can hold on tight!"
Hold tight…hold tight?
Didn't he dislike her getting close or clinging to him?
By noon, she recalled holding him that one instant; his snake body stiffened as if he wanted to throw her off.
Though it was subtle, she noticed it.
"No..."
Su Muyao was just about to refuse when the Space System screamed, "Host, quickly hold on to him, hold tightly! Even a hug for a long time will grant some small permissions from the Space."
Su Muyao resigned herself and held onto Wen Nanxi.
The moment she held onto him, he seemed to slow down.
Su Muyao could now look at the mountainous scenery below.
She spotted a river running through a valley, with clear waters, and even saw the fish within.
Those fish were large, many five to six pounds, and some even weighed about ten pounds or more.
In comparison, those two to three-pound fish were considered small.
"Wen Nanxi, let's go to the riverbank and catch some fish!"
Wen Nanxi landed at the riverside, transforming back into human form, gently holding Su Muyao, placing her softly on the ground.
Su Muyao felt his attitude towards her had changed a bit.
"Wife wants to catch fish for fun?"
"No, I want to eat fish meat."
Wen Nanxi gave a gentle smile, "Okay."
She never liked fish with a strong fishy taste.
Plus, there were bones; previously, some people in the tribe, desperate from hunger, had choked on bones while eating fish and died.
As a result, people rarely ate fish.
Wen Nanxi used his Wind Ability to skim the water's surface, bringing over a dozen fish onto the riverbank.
He picked some grass and strung each fish together.
Even performing these tasks, his movements were so elegant and noble.
Su Muyao thought there would be too much fish meat left over, so it could be made into fish balls.
As they prepared to leave, Su Muyao also discovered river snails and prawns in the grasses by the river.
Her eyes lit up; the Beast World Continent was much better than the post-apocalyptic world, full of resources and food everywhere.