Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 173: Mishap on the Return Journey

Soon she would be able to return to her physical body.

Her indescribable emotions were evident, excitement mixed with unease, joy tinged with anticipation.

Her two little paws were tightly clasped together.

Finally, ding!

The progress bar showed a completion rate of 100%.

[Return to the physical body, Host?]

Cheng Xiaoxiao clicked, "Yes"!

In an instant, the System Mall restored to its original state.

She immediately used her thoughts to move her body from the warehouse, holding the Consciousness Fusion Decomposer with slightly trembling paws.

Nervously, she pressed the button switch.

In an instant, a pulling feeling from the soul hit her, the little black bear closed its eyes and collapsed on the spot.

And Cheng Xiaoxiao’s consciousness returned to her body, slowly merging.

Fortunately, returning wasn’t too painful, just a bit uncomfortable during the pull, a stuffy feeling that was almost nauseating, her head feeling swollen and bewildered, unable to distinguish the directions.

It took her quite a while to adapt, then she slowly sat up.

Stretching her muscles, shaking her head, extending her arms and legs, she felt there was no major problem, except for some stiffness, it was no different from before.

It’s better to be human, being a bear was too hard, once was enough for such an experience, from now on she must be careful and never make the same mistake again.

Cheng Xiaoxiao jumped up and down in place for quite a while to adapt before starting her work.

First, she took out a climbing rope, tying one end to a big tree, the other end around her waist.

Carefully, she descended slowly.

Digging away the tangled dead branches and leaves, three tightly packed ginseng seedlings came into view.

She hit the jackpot this time, there were actually three, Cheng Xiaoxiao took out a dagger, cautiously digging around the soil, afraid to damage a single root of the ginseng, as that would make it worthless.

From her professional herbal handling skills, these three ginsengs were at least over 50 years old, as long as she was careful, it was just a matter of time to dig them out completely.

After half an hour, the three ginsengs were completely dug out, plump and quite cute.

Cheng Xiaoxiao took out a fine cotton cloth, carefully wrapped them up, and placed them into the warehouse.

To be safe, she took them out of the warehouse again, letting the system store them in its belly just in case, and only then did she climb back up satisfied.

Coming to the cumin field, she took out a sickle and started harvesting.

Row after row of cumin was swiftly harvested by her nimble hands, it was very convenient, having hands felt really good, in no time she had harvested a large patch.

In a very good mood, Cheng Xiaoxiao hummed a tune and swept through the field with a joyful stride, leaving no seeds behind.

She only finished harvesting all the cumin around four or five in the afternoon.

With an hour or two left before dark, she hurried to leave.

She placed the little bear’s body next to a big tree, soon it would wake up, positioned in a prominent spot.

In case the papa bear came, it could see right away.

Actually, Cheng Xiaoxiao had thought about killing the little bear, then storing it in the warehouse, and taking it out in a bustling town to exchange for money, which would surely be a considerable income.

But she had used the little bear’s body for several days, developed some feelings, and couldn’t bear to leave the big black bear without its cub, the past two days showed that the big black bear also loved its child dearly, even more than many humans.

Even a bear knows the bond of kinship, while highly intelligent humans learn about propriety and morality but act worse than animals.

Alas! The world is a chilling desolation.

The outside world is so chaotic, this place counts as a pure land.

Very precious indeed, so she decided to let the little bear go.

Let the father and son live in peace in the vast mountains, who knows if disaster will reach this place.

She could only help this much.

The sorrowful feeling passed in an instant, she had many things to do, melancholy was not her style.

Especially after the experiences of the past two days, she had a lot to reflect on.

Although this task almost failed, and the reward was lost.

However, the harvest in the mountains was considerable, not too much of a failure.

She felt relieved, gaining something means losing something else.

Being able to save a life is already very fortunate.

Cheng Xiaoxiao quietly left the mountain peak, not daring to go too far, not daring to leave the big black bear’s territory range, staying only at the west side of the peak, where she stopped.

After the system detected no dangers within a thousand meters, Cheng Xiaoxiao took out the teleporter, clicked the transmission button, a familiar white light descended, and a few seconds later Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly vanished from sight.

In an instant.

She felt that same weightlessness again, her dizzy spinning head cleared up a bit, feeling waves of headache, as if being flipped and tossed back and forth hundreds and thousands of times, her body almost felt no longer her own.

However, her state of mind was different this time, feeling that this extreme dizziness and chaos were real and delightful.

She closed her eyes, suffering in joy.

At the moment she finally landed, it seemed to restore her body’s discomforts, which was why after the initial teleportation, besides feeling disoriented and pale, she had no major discomforts.

Amid Cheng Xiaoxiao’s wandering thoughts, she returned to the city’s hidden starting point.

Opening her clear, star-like eyes, her gaze subtly revealing both strength and gentleness, she had become stronger.

Calming her emotions, she flashed a brilliant smile, striding forward.

After a short while, she arrived at Nannan’s courtyard.

The courtyard gate was not closed, the big house was empty, a thin layer of dust covering the tables and chairs, showing no signs of habitation.

Cheng Xiaoxiao stood in the courtyard with a solemn expression, silent for a long time.

Where is Nannan?

Where is Dongfang Xu?

What exactly happened?

System: "Host, there are no living creatures within 2000 meters."

"What does that mean?"

"There are a few animal corpses on the periphery, and everywhere else is a wasteland, at least within my scanning range, there is no sign of human life."

This is very abnormal.

She’s only been gone for a few days, how does it seem like the whole world has derailed?

No choice, since no one is around, she cannot just wait here idly, she has to regroup with the main force!

Gone for several days now, her family must be worried sick, she must hurry back.

Thinking about it, she left a small note on the table, pressed under the teapot.

If Dongfang Xu or Nannan returned, they should know where she went.

System: "Host, perhaps the place was swept by the army of Daxia, all the people fled, and Dongfang Xu probably took Nannan to rejoin the main force first."

"That possibility is small; if he had returned to the main force earlier, he should have left a clue."

She had searched the house inside and out, finding no trace at all.

But nothing is absolute, without knowing what happened here, it is hard to make the right judgment.

Thinking about this, her emotions began to stir up.

With the evening already upon her, she decided to spend the night there and leave at dawn.

At the crack of dawn the next day, she did not delay further and immediately dashed out the door, running towards the woods where she had come from.

But now, she had no mule, no horse, not a single form of transport, relying on her feet to travel, who knows how long it would take to catch up with the main force.

When she came, Dongfang Xu led her swiftly past, making her feel it wasn’t far.

Now thinking about it, this place is outside the Yan State boundary, she needs to head into the heart of Yan State to Yu County, it seems it’s not ordinarily far!