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Foodie.

"He's a good-for-nothing."

Kureha laughed and scolded, then continued what she hadn't finished saying: "...Moreover, this stalactite is also a medicinal herb, and its effects are quite powerful."

So what if he ate it? He won't get sick anyway.

Consider it a calcium supplement.

Xiong Bao made a soft "yelp" sound, broke off a sharp piece of stalactite, and handed it to Messer, indicating that Messer should eat it too, as it was delicious.

Waving his hand, Mercer said, "I won't eat it, my teeth aren't up to it. You should ask Physician Doriel to eat it."

Kureha's face twitched, and she glared at Messer: "You're so filial, so incredibly filial."

"Hehe!" Mercer shifted his gaze, turned around to look at his surroundings, and after a few seconds, Mercer walked to a corner.

Looking at the large expanse of dark red, vine-like rocks, with a blood-like color seeping out, Mercer scraped some "juice" with his right index finger and tasted it on his tongue.

"Ugh, it smells like rust. Ugh, ugh, ugh!"

"Come here, Bear Cub~, there's something delicious here." Mercer said to Bear Cub, who was munching on a stalactite.

Upon hearing this, the latter immediately scurried over, its large head poking its way in. Moses said:

"This is iron ore. You can have some. Remember to extract the alloy for me; I need it."

Xiong Bao's bear face froze, and he stared at Mercer with his bear eyes. He let out a "woo~" and took a step back.

He didn't want to keep eating and vomiting, then eating again.

Moses grabbed Xiong Bao's ear and said, "Oppositions are ineffective. We've refined a high-quality alloy, so we'll upgrade your equipment and give you a chance to develop your Devil Fruit abilities."

Seeing that Xiong Bao hesitated, Messer unleashed his trump card: "Work hard, and I'll take you out for a fancy meal in the future. Otherwise, I definitely won't take you with me when I go out."

Now, Xiong Bao got a little nervous, nodded hurriedly, grabbed the ground with both paws, opened his big mouth and took a bite.

Crunch, crunch.

The "vines" that were being gnawed on were scattered everywhere.

Kureha glanced at it, smiled but didn't say anything, and walked alone towards a clump of vegetation by the underground river not far away.

Mercer removed the plastic storage box strapped to his body, patted Bear Cub's head, and then followed.

As the saying goes, "You can kill the grass and catch the rabbit."

Moser did the same thing.

He gently kicked the vegetation beneath his feet, and at the same time, he activated his Observation Haki to sense the surrounding atmosphere.

"What did you sense?" Kureha asked. "Is the aura too dense?"

Mercer nodded: "I didn't expect there to be so many small animals in a place like this. Although most of them live in this river."

Before us lies a deep blue underground lake, shaped like a crescent moon, its surface rippling gently.

Some yellowish-brown moss and lush aquatic vegetation grow along the lake.

Every now and then, tiny, silvery-white fish, about the size of a palm, would leap out of the lake.

It looks delicate and cute.

I just don't know how it tastes.

"Huh? What's this?"

sudden,

Kureha's somewhat surprised voice came from behind. Messer turned her head and saw that she had moved a large rock and was looking underneath it.

"What's wrong?"

Mercer leaned over, took the large stone from her hand, and tossed it aside.

"This is."

Beneath the large rock lies a layer of rock, now exposed to the air, revealing a clump of crystals with a faint golden hue.

"Is this a gold mine?"

“It should be right, Bear, come here.” Kureha beckoned to Bear, who was munching on iron ore. “Come eat here.”

I am a brick.

We'll move it wherever it's needed.

If Xiong Bao could talk, he would definitely sing this line.

Although he can't speak, he still listens to Kureha.

It swallowed the ore in its mouth, ran over, and upon closer inspection, found it was still ore.

The bear looked embarrassed, but got into character.

It lay on the ground and started gnawing.

"You've refined gold before, and you know how, so I don't need to teach you. Keep it up!"

Xiong Bao didn't look up; he just grabbed the gold ore and started gnawing on it.

Kureha and Messer then continued their search for the salamanders.

An interlude involving a gold mine.

Their luck seemed to be getting better and better.

Before long, Mercer found five pinkish-white creatures that looked like small lizards in a small pond. They had six external gills, three on each side, which looked like small red horns.

They were caught quickly and precisely and placed in a plastic box. Water was poured into the small pond, and some small stones and aquatic plants were added.

Maintain their growth environment.

After finishing, Kureha also made a discovery. When Messer went over to take a look, there were three brownish-gray salamanders.

Put them all in the box.

"Should we continue arresting them?"

"Messer asked."

Kureha thought for a moment, "Let's grab some more. After all, they're for experiments. Just in case of any unforeseen circumstances, we should prepare more."

The two continued their grabbing.

Half an hour later.

They caught 11 more, and then they couldn't find them anymore.

Perhaps it has hidden in the water.

There are 19 in total.

Cover with the breathable plastic lid.

When the two arrived at Xiong Bao's place, they looked at each other speechlessly. At this moment, Xiong Bao had already chewed out a huge pit with a diameter of ten meters.

There was also a small pile of irregularly shaped gold blocks on the edge of the pit.

Judging from the color and texture, it has clearly been refined, and it is of very high purity.

As the two arrived, Xiong Bao climbed out of the pit below and spat out the last irregular piece of gold from his mouth.

It's about half the size of a fist.

At this moment, Xiong Bao also pointed down to Mercer and shook his head, meaning that there was no more gold mine below.

Mercer patted Bear Cub's head. "You've worked hard. When we get back, see if you can hunt any prey. If you do, I'll treat you to roast meat."

Moses stacked the gold into a pile and roughly calculated its value.

In the end, the pile of gold weighed approximately 77280 grams, which, when converted to Pelés...

Mercer looked at Kureha and smiled, "Doctor Kureha, I've done the calculations. Based on the recent gold price of 10,000 Berries per gram, this would amount to approximately 770 million Berries in total."

Kureha narrowed her eyes, did some mental calculations, and nodded a few seconds later, "Seven hundred and seventy-two million eight hundred thousand Berries."

Messer blinked and gave Kureha a thumbs up. "Awesome."

"With this income, I suppose Dr. Doriel won't lack funding for her research for the foreseeable future?"

"Ha, if we really let go and research it, no amount of Pele will be enough."

Kureha patted Mercer on the shoulder and laughed, "Kid, you still have a long way to go. This is nothing."

"Alright, now that everything's done, we can head out. This place isn't going anywhere. If you need iron ore, you can come and get it yourself when you have time."

"okay."

Without Mercer's command, upon hearing that he was leaving, Bear Cub immediately opened his mouth and gnawed all the gold into his mouth, swallowing it and storing it in his stomach.

Practice makes perfect.

Return along the same route you came from.

……

Half an hour later.

As it grew colder, the two people and the bear emerged from the crevice in the rocks.

They came to the outside world.

It was almost noon after a busy day. Moses looked at the sky and said to Kureha, "You two go back first. I'll go look around and hunt some game."

Kureha smiled and took the plastic box containing the salamanders from Messer's hand. "Okay, then be careful. But remember, don't mess with the Labang group."

You might not be able to beat them right now, and you could easily get injured. Those guys might even use the environment to trigger an avalanche. Be careful, and get out of here.

"Okay. Take care."

Kureha rolled her eyes at Messer, then chuckled and rode off separately from Messer on her bear cub.

Walking alone in the snow, feeling the wind and snow, and surrounded by loneliness, Mercer suddenly felt like singing a song.

And a rather mesmerizing melody popped into my head.

"What's it called again? Hmm, let's call it 'Two Cows,' how does it go again? Oh right, that's how it goes."