With the decision made, Zhu Yanyi stayed behind, waiting for the arrival of the physical enhancement agents.
"Miss." Luo Gang entered, carrying a box in his hands.
Seeing this, Zhu Yanyi knew it was the agents. "The physical enhancement agents have arrived?"
"Yes." Luo Gang smiled broadly. "Miss, do you know who brought them?"
"Who is it?" Zhu Yanyi asked casually. She opened the box to inspect the agents. Since this was the first batch of mass-produced agents, she wanted to be careful and naturally performed a spot check.
"It is me." Yan Aohan walked in.
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhu Yanyi paused, stunned. She looked up, not expecting Yan Aohan to return. For a moment, she forgot what she was doing, staring at him in disbelief.
Seeing Zhu Yanyi’s dazed expression, a trace of tenderness softened Yan Aohan’s heart. He walked over, took the items from her hands, and pulled her into a deep embrace. "What’s wrong, wife? Did you forget me?"
Smelling her familiar scent, Zhu Yanyi blinked. A hint of moisture gathered in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around her waist and buried her head in her chest. "You’re back. I missed you."
"Yes, I’m back." Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s direct words, Yan Aohan felt even more tender. "I missed you too." He added, "But I heard you’ve been quite active lately. You’ve treated many people and even came to the border."
"What do you mean 'heard'? I’ve been at the border all along. Aren’t you here now?" Zhu Yanyi felt relaxed by her teasing and retorted.
Yan Aohan laughed heartily. "Exactly, exactly. I’m here too. You were already here, so I specifically came to find you." Then he said, "But I heard you seem to want to beat someone up."
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Since you know I want to beat someone, you should know that person is crazier than the madman we encountered back then. She’s playing with the whole world. Just because she has a high IQ doesn’t mean we have to crush her with intellect. I prefer using force. Thinking is troublesome and tiring." Beating people up felt like easy work to her. Given her combat skills, it was understandable; indeed, fighting was relatively easier.
Yan Aohan agreed. "That’s a good idea. However, I don’t approve of you going to beat him. You should let him come to you to get beaten. That’s the right way."
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and thought. "You’re right. So, what should I do now?"
"Aren’t you promoting the physical enhancement agents? Just continue promoting them. As for that person, ignore him. He doesn’t know yet that the Terror Base was our doing. Let some information leak out. I guarantee he’ll come to us乖乖 (obediently) to get beaten." Indeed, birds of a feather flock together. Yan Aohan’s words were essentially a trap to lure the enemy in.
Zhu Yanyi didn’t object. "You’re right. It’s better to let her come to us than for us to go find her and ask around. Besides, I want to see what kind of fungi she brings this time."
Zhu Yanyi hated killing with bacteria more than anything, even more than Gu poison. Accidental bacterial mutations were one thing, but deliberately cultivating them was another. Therefore, she disliked such people the most. She wanted to see what else this person could concoct.
"Still, we need to be careful. If she brings any bacteria or viruses, it would be bad," Zhu Yanyi reminded her.
Yan Aohan nodded. "Alright, let’s not talk about this for now. Check these physical enhancement agents first, and then we can talk about what happened while we were apart."
Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan, feeling a bit suspicious. Normally, they should talk about their time apart first. Was he hiding something? But since Yan Aohan suggested checking the agents first, she would do that.
Zhu Yanyi inspected the agents first. After confirming they were fine, she stored them in her Ruyi Space to distribute tomorrow.
Although this place was safe, accidents could still happen. It was better to keep them in her space.
After finishing the inspection, Zhu Yanyi said to Yan Aohan, "Alright, my work for today is temporarily done."
Yan Aohan coughed. Seeing her like this, he felt a bit guilty. What if she discovered he was injured?
Noticing her demeanor, Zhu Yanyi observed her closely and said, "You’re hiding something from me."
Yan Aohan hurriedly said, "No, I’m not. I’ve been away for a while, so we need to take our time telling each other, right?"
Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan seriously. "Swear to me that you’re not hiding anything."
Yan Aohan was stunned. As the Lord of the Underworld, he knew that once he swore an oath, it would be binding. It seemed he couldn’t hide it anymore. Well, he wanted to hide it to spare her worry, but if it made her sad for him, it was better not to hide it. "I swear I will hide nothing from you. So, wife, shall we find a place to sit and talk slowly?"
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "The scenery here is actually quite nice. Let’s find an open spot, hunt some wild game, and talk while we roast and eat."
Yan Aohan thought this was a good suggestion and nodded. "Alright, let’s go hunt some wild game first."
This was the primitive forest at the border, so hunting wild game was not difficult. Soon, Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi caught a wild pheasant and a wild rabbit. The rabbit was roasted directly outside. For the pheasant, Zhu Yanyi planned to make Beggar’s Chicken, so she seasoned it, wrapped it in mud, and threw it into the fire.
Zhu Yanyi also gathered some mushrooms, skewered them, and roasted some freshly picked mushrooms nearby. She left the task of turning the rabbit to Yan Aohan.
As Yan Aohan turned the rabbit, he said seriously, "I really miss these peaceful days." Thinking of his time in the Blue Water Plane, Yan Aohan felt that current life was like flying in the sky, exceptionally comfortable.
"Was the plane you went to not peaceful?" Zhu Yanyi handed Yan Aohan a small bottle of flower wine. The flower wine wouldn’t make one drunk, but it tasted good and had a faint floral scent. It was a health-preserving flower wine developed by Zhu Yanyi.
Yan Aohan took a sip before speaking. "It wasn’t peaceful. When I arrived, most of the mountains had collapsed. Upon investigation, I found that four newly born fierce beasts were causing the trouble."
"Fierce beasts? The legendary Four Great Fierce Beasts: Taowu, Qiongqi, Taotie, and Hundun?" Zhu Yanyi asked casually.