"That sounds like a wonderful grandmother."

Lin Ye felt a bit of a headache coming on. He wasn't sure if the young girl was aware of the situation here. This ritual wasn't exactly friendly to him.

"Which dangerous plane are you connected to? We'd better prepare in advance."

Xivia still maintained an optimistic and proactive attitude.

"Well, the Abyss, the Red Sea, the Gray World, the Dreamrealm... and also, that giant plant earlier might not have been coming for you. I also have a bit of a connection with the Lord of Emerald Capital."

Lin Ye rarely did things that screwed people over. Even though this might be what the other party's grandmother wanted as a result, he had to admit that this time, he was indeed being a bit of a problem.

For an employer to run into an employee like him, their luck was incredibly, unbelievably bad.

"...Really?"

Even Xivia, who disliked speaking nonsense, started spouting nonsense.

"Of course it's true. I hope your grandmother knew about my situation and didn't just randomly find a friend to handle this matter."

Lin Ye could only absorb spiritual energy as quickly as possible to strengthen his body. Right now, he didn't even have a single piece of equipment. He could only rely on this physical body to fight enemies.

"That's troublesome then. If the enemies are all of that previous level of strength, I won't be able to hold off many waves either."

Xivia took out another bottle of pure white potion from her spatial item and drank it in one gulp. Now was not the time to be frugal; she needed to recover her strength as soon as possible.

"If I can advance to become a high-level creature, I should be able to solve a lot of problems... Do you have anything that can replenish a large amount of spiritual energy? If you do, give me one as a backup."

Lin Ye was currently a fourth-tier spiritual energy creature. His spiritual energy core and post-advancement mutation plan had long been designed. He just needed to supplement enough materials and spiritual energy to advance rapidly in a short period.

But 'short period' still meant time. Various mutation organs needed a period of time to grow to maintain host stability. If Lin Ye didn't want to drive this host body to collapse, he could only wait for this period to end.

"Here. You don't have a spatial item, right?"

Xivia took a golden ring off her finger and placed several bottles of high-grade spiritual energy potions inside it.

"Thanks. I'll return it to you before we leave."

Lin Ye slipped the ring onto his claw. The ring automatically adjusted its diameter based on the thickness of the finger.

Some Red Frogs carrying loot obtained from the giant plant's corpse approached Lin Ye. Lin Ye quickly found the core nodes of the giant plant from those chaotic core structures.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to use part of the core nodes to strengthen this host body."

After all, this was Xivia's loot. Lin Ye felt it wasn't right to just take and use it directly.

"I don't mind. I don't need this loot. But is it okay? I feel these materials aren't safe to use, and plant materials can't strengthen a flesh-and-blood host body, right?"

Xivia looked at Lin Ye curiously as she spoke.

"It's fine. At worst, I'll just clear the plants from my body again."

Lin Ye used the Emerald God Cult's Fusion Secret Technique to integrate part of the giant plant's core part into the host body's interior. A large number of plant structures grew within his body. Soon, he felt the trait gained from using the Fusion Secret Technique.

It was a trait that allowed different structures to tightly combine in various forms. This combination could not only enhance the body's stability but also improve the overall coordination ability of the body.

'Not bad. This way, I can add some more mutation structures to the body.'

Previously, considering this host body was for long-term use, Lin Ye hadn't chosen some of the more extreme mutation structures during the Alienation process.

Now he could casually add various mutation structures.

"Next, I want to find a place where we can establish a base. What do you think?"

Xivia looked like she was in much better condition.

"No problem. I already sent Red Frogs to explore this area earlier. There's one place that might be suitable for establishing a base. However, I only checked that location through the Red Frogs' perspective. We'll need to go take a look to see the specifics."

Lin Ye used the Spatial Ring to collect the remaining giant plant remnants. Xivia still sat on his back as he carried her, swiftly moving through the jungle.

Not long after, Lin Ye found the special location the Red Frogs had discovered earlier. It was a green building constructed from a large amount of plant material. Just by its appearance, it somewhat resembled an abandoned factory with walls completely covered in plants.

Since the building's materials could block mental perception, Lin Ye wasn't sure what was inside.

"Is this the place?"

Looking at the green factory, Xivia had a rather bad premonition.

"We can also choose a different place. I have a few backup locations."

Lin Ye sent a Red Frog hopping into the factory, but the frog quickly lost contact.

"Let's test it first."

Xivia used her compressed spiritual energy piercing attack to stab through the factory's wall. However, there was no movement from inside the factory. The punctured wall quickly healed.

Lin Ye also tried attacking the factory from the outside, but this factory's defensive and recovery capabilities were both utterly absurd. Unless Xivia could unleash another attack of her previous magnitude, it would be very difficult to break through this factory from the outside.

"Let's find another place. A building that shows no reaction no matter how you attack it is definitely very dangerous inside."

Lin Ye wasn't a fool. Naturally, he wouldn't choose to enter the factory interior. He could simply wait until he became a high-level creature before coming back to deal with the factory.

"Okay."

Xivia also didn't want to rashly enter such a suspicious place.

However, just as Lin Ye was preparing to take Xivia to the next location, a young man with a head full of golden hair and wearing round-framed glasses walked out from inside the factory.

"Lady Xivia? Do you remember me?"

The young man stood at the factory entrance, not daring to approach Xivia.

"Have we met? I don't pay attention to things that don't interest me."

Xivia said calmly.

"You're right. A minor character like me certainly doesn't have the qualification to be remembered by you."

The young man revealed an ingratiating smile.

"Get to the point. What's inside? Why did you come out?"

Xivia asked bluntly.

"You must have noticed the abnormal situation with this ritual too, right? Some ritual participants and I were being chased by dangerous creatures and could only flee into this building. At first, we were afraid this building was problematic, but actually, this building isn't as dangerous as it looks. Right now, many ritual participants are hiding inside. Would you like to come in and see?"

The young man explained.

"No need. Since this place is very safe, you can stay inside. We'll be leaving now."

Lin Ye carried Xivia away from that young man. He didn't believe a single word of the nonsense coming from the young man's mouth.

"Don't leave in such a hurry! We really need a strong leader right now! Also, inside this building, there's a way to obtain unclaimed rule power. Won't you come in and give it a try?"

The young man said anxiously.