297: The Little Ice Fox in the Inner Circle

[Refinement complete. Please retrieve.]

Little Ice Fox, half-skeptical, opened the microwave door and stretched her small paw inside, feeling around.

She felt nothing.

What she pulled out was still an empty plastic bottle.

Little Ice Fox: ???

Are scams this advanced now?

They even set up a microwave specifically to trick her into inserting coins?

"Woof woof woof! (What's going on?!)"

Little Ice Fox held the empty bottle, protesting.

Lin Feng had no solution. This microwave was provided by the system and had a dedicated coin slot, unrelated to the train ticket money he earned.

Therefore, Little Ice Fox's protest received no explanation.

[Destination reached. Passengers, please disembark.]

"Chirp chirp? (What happened?)"

When the Spirit Water Winged Beast's ride time was up, she opened her eyes and first saw the fuming Little Ice Fox, so she walked over.

"Woof woof woof woof. (This microwave scammed me of my spirit stones.)"

Little Ice Fox, exasperated, recounted her experience with the microwave to the Spirit Water Winged Beast. The Spirit Water Winged Beast listened, finding it both funny and frustrating, realizing that the green train also had its moments of scamming Ferocious Beasts.

However, she said it was just a low-grade spirit stone, so it was fine to consider it lost, as it wasn't worth much anyway.

Little Ice Fox thought she was right and cheered up again.

The two Ferocious Beasts chatted in the carriage. The Spirit Water Winged Beast learned about the wonders of the train exclusive water from Little Ice Fox and also requested to buy a bottle.

[Alright, here is your train exclusive water. Please take good care of it.]

Although Lin Feng had earned the title of "shrewd merchant" from Little Ice Fox, as long as he could sell his goods, he wasn't at a loss.

It was just a pity that train exclusive water no longer required sales progress, but it still had a purchase limit.

Lin Feng's current sales progress was:

[Transcendent Martial Enhancement Pill sales progress (0/10), Transcendent Advancement Pill sales progress (0/10), Transcendent Healing Pill sales progress (0/10), Pickled Mustard Tuber sales progress (2/10), disposable train station sign sales progress (2/10).]

With two Ferocious Beasts on board, Lin Feng began his sales pitch:

[Would you like a Transcendent Advancement Pill? Usable by those below tenth-tier, it can instantly elevate one's minor realm upon consumption. Priced at only five thousand low-grade spirit stones.]

Little Ice Fox: !!!

Spirit Water Winged Beast: !!!

Little Ice Fox was surprised that elixirs were now so expensive.

The Spirit Water Winged Beast, on the other hand, was surprised that there still wasn't an Advancement Pill she could use.

It could only be used by Ferocious Beasts below the tenth-tier, and she was exactly tenth-tier.

Since she couldn't use it, she didn't need to look at the price.

Little Ice Fox scratched her head: "Woof woof woof. (So expensive.)"

She stretched out her small paw, calculating and calculating, but still couldn't figure out how many beast crystals she would need to buy it.

"Woof woof, woof woof woof. (Oh right, are my stored spirit stones enough?)"

Little Ice Fox remembered that she had stored many spirit stones on the green train and asked.

Lin Feng checked: [Not enough, still short by over a thousand low-grade spirit stones.]

Little Ice Fox's head drooped instantly.

Lin Feng's sales pitch naturally failed.

The Transcendent Advancement Pill's price was indeed a bit high. Little Ice Fox was currently only fourth-tier, and the beast crystals she could acquire were generally below fourth-tier, with an occasional fifth-tier one or two. However, she was now riding in the VIP carriage, so money flowed like water.

"Woof woof. (Let's go.)"

Little Ice Fox didn't want to stay in this place that made her sad anymore.

So, both Ferocious Beasts disembarked.

Lin Feng, once again, failed to make a sale.

However, after Little Ice Fox got off the train, she suddenly remembered that the green train hadn't left the Inner Circle just now, so she was currently in the Inner Circle!!!

Little Ice Fox's fur immediately bristled all over.

Although she was formidable and strong, her tier was a fixed reality!

She was only fourth-tier!!!!

ε＝ε＝ε＝(#＞д＜)ﾉ

Little Ice Fox felt like she was going to die in the Inner Circle.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp." The Spirit Water Winged Beast walked over and stood beside Little Ice Fox.

What she meant was, don't worry, I'm here.

Little Ice Fox was half-skeptical, looking up to find a way to leave the Inner Circle.

The Spirit Water Winged Beast came in front of her, indicating for Little Ice Fox to follow her.

Little Ice Fox saw no other option, so she could only follow the Spirit Water Winged Beast.

The Spirit Water Winged Beast was, after all, a tenth-tier Ferocious Beast. If they encountered other ninth- or tenth-tier Ferocious Beasts in the Inner Circle, Little Ice Fox couldn't handle them herself, so following the Spirit Water Winged Beast would be safer.

They walked and chatted, and to Little Ice Fox's surprise, the surrounding Ferocious Beasts, seeing her walking with the Spirit Water Winged Beast, didn't seem to have any intention of approaching.

Why was that?

Was the Spirit Water Winged Beast so strong that she could defeat other tenth-tier Ferocious Beasts?

Regardless, the Spirit Water Winged Beast eventually led Little Ice Fox successfully to the edge of the Inner Circle.

From here, if they walked forward, it would be the Inner Circle.

Little Ice Fox was very grateful to the Spirit Water Winged Beast, but the Spirit Water Winged Beast said it was her duty, as if the two of them were meant to interact this way.

Little Ice Fox didn't understand and wanted to ask more, but escaping was paramount, so she didn't ask in the end.

Leaving the Inner Circle, Little Ice Fox felt as if she had regained her freedom, running around in the Inner Circle.

The Outer Circle could no longer satisfy her!

Having walked through the Inner Circle today, Little Ice Fox seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

She didn't know why, but she always felt that place seemed very familiar.

Yet, it was her first time entering the Inner Circle.

Oh right, when the Spirit Water Winged Beast led her towards the edge earlier, she saw many pools along the way.

Those pools were all very strange. Every time she passed them, she always had a peculiar feeling in her heart.

The water in those pools also seemed to undergo subtle changes when she appeared.

But at the time, Little Ice Fox was in a hurry to leave the Inner Circle, so she didn't observe those pools up close... Outside the 97th Stronghold, Ferocious Beast Forest.

Xiao Shen and Ximen Chuifeng came to the outskirts of this forest together for training. The absence of the green train felt truly uncomfortable, but this also perfectly illustrated that only the Ferocious Beast Forest of their 155 Fortress had vehicles that could freely traverse the forest.

"The Ferocious Beasts here, just like in 155 Fortress before, frequently experience disappearances."

After investigation, Ximen Chuifeng drew this conclusion.

"Is that so?" Xiao Shen's expression turned serious.

The disappearances of Ferocious Beasts in the 155 Fortress's Ferocious Beast Forest before were due to the agency within the Wall.

It was said that before the Bingyan Office, there was also a Beheading Agency, but for some unknown reason, the Beheading Agency was completely annihilated overnight, leaving no one alive.

After that, the Bingyan Office replaced it, continuing to capture Ferocious Beasts.

Later, the Bingyan Office also ceased to exist. It was said that the former site of the Bingyan Office was still desolate, with no one going there anymore.