The next day, when Lu Wanqing woke up, it was already late.
She quickly remembered that she and Cui Cui had taken turns on watch last night, with Cui Cui taking the first half and her the second.
This meant that Cui Cui had already been on guard for most of the night.
Lu Wanqing looked at her child, her heart filled with tenderness. "Cui Cui, do you want to rest a bit longer?"
Cui Cui shook her head slightly. "No need."
"If you're sleepy, just tell Mommy. We have plenty of time, we can rest anytime," Lu Wanqing said.
"Okay," Cui Cui agreed.
Lu Wanqing went out of the cave and gathered some firewood. Returning near the cave, she began to make fire by friction.
Making fire by friction was difficult, but after practicing many times, she gradually became skilled. After a while, smoke began to drift out, and it was about to catch fire.
She didn't stop, continuing to rub. Soon, a flame appeared. She quickly stopped, adding more dry leaves, and the flame gradually grew larger.
Cui Cui had also arranged the dry branches. Lu Wanqing placed the flame into them, and soon, a fire was burning.
"Go get the roasted meat," Lu Wanqing instructed Cui Cui.
Cui Cui quickly turned and ran into the cave. When she came out, she was carrying the remaining half of the ferret from yesterday.
It had cooled after being left out all night. Lu Wanqing roasted it for a while longer until it was hot, then divided it in half, with one half for herself and one for Cui Cui.
When eating the roasted meat, they also felt thirsty. Lu Wanqing conjured water, and they each took a sip. Before they knew it, breakfast was over.
After eating their fill, Lu Wanqing turned to look around. She pretended to be casual, but she wanted to find anything hidden near her and Cui Cui, or any signs of insectoids. Unfortunately, she found nothing.
However, since the other party hadn't harmed them yet, it shouldn't be a big problem.
Lu Wanqing thought about it and decided to take Cui Cui to explore the forest again.
They had finished the ferret and needed to hunt for new food.
Also, they needed to look for what Wei Xingzhou had left in the forest. They couldn't continue like this forever.
Lu Wanqing took out the weapons she had chosen earlier, two wooden sticks, handing one to Cui Cui and keeping one for herself.
"Let's go into the forest and see if we can catch other prey," Lu Wanqing said.
"Okay," Cui Cui agreed.
"Ahhh, what did I miss? I woke up and found Goddess Wanqing and Cui Cui had already entered the forest!"
In the Star Network Plaza, someone who had woken up early and impatiently logged into the Star Network to watch Lu Wanqing's live broadcast found that Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui were already up and in the forest.
"You woke up late," someone replied.
Many people were in the plaza, all watching the live broadcast.
After the initial excitement, everyone was now very worried. Earth was truly dangerous, and with so many insectoids guarding outside, they really didn't understand how Goddess Wanqing and Cui Cui had offended the insectoids, or why the Insectoid Empress was treating Goddess Wanqing like this.
While everyone was focused on the live stream, in another place, at the Agricultural College of the Academy of Sciences, the ancient Earth honeysuckle cultivated by Yu Nong according to the method Lu Wanqing had taught was finally mature. A dense tree full of honeysuckle flowers had bloomed, and it was confirmed that this was the original, genetically unmutated ancient Earth honeysuckle!
Yu Nong did not take credit for cultivating the ancient Earth honeysuckle. Instead, he reported all of Lu Wanqing's previous analyses and suggestions. These methods were all conceived by Lu Wanqing, and by rights, the credit for cultivating the ancient Earth honeysuckle should also belong to Lu Wanqing.
The materials submitted by Yu Nong were complete, and the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences quickly approved them. In the section for the cultivator of ancient Earth honeysuckle, Lu Wanqing's name was written.
As soon as the news was released, the information that Lu Wanqing had cultivated ancient Earth honeysuckle immediately became a trending topic, attracting many people from the Federation and Empire to come and witness it.
However, Lu Wanqing knew none of this at the moment. On Earth, she was walking through the forest with Cui Cui. As they passed by the places she had watered before, the plants there were greener than before, looking very healthy.
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but conjure more water and sprinkle it on the other plants nearby.
It was a pity that the water she could conjure was limited. It was unlikely she could water all the plants on Earth and purify them into green plants in a short period. Besides, she needed to conserve her energy for her and Cui Cui's sustenance, so she couldn't waste too much water.
After watering for a while, Lu Wanqing continued to walk forward. However, when she reached the next patch of green grass, she saw a rabbit.
The rabbit was eating the green grass, and its fur had even turned somewhat white.
Lu Wanqing's steps instantly stopped.
Cui Cui also noticed the rabbit, her small body mirroring her mother's, and stopped.
Lu Wanqing cautiously walked towards the rabbit.
Cui Cui followed behind, mimicking her mother's cautious steps.
Suddenly, Lu Wanqing rushed out and swung a stick towards the rabbit.
The rabbit leaped with its hind legs and fled.
Lu Wanqing was anxious!
This was a rabbit!
After waiting for many days, this was finally a rabbit!
Lu Wanqing ran with the stick, chasing after the rabbit!
Cui Cui also quickly followed behind her mother and ran with them!
The rabbit was, after all, wild and extremely fast. And this was a forest, full of dense shrubs.
After Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui chased for a while, the rabbit disappeared.
Lu Wanqing's cheeks were flushed from running, and she was panting heavily from exhaustion.
Cui Cui was more tired than her mother, with sweat on her little cheeks.
"Mommy, it's gone," Cui Cui said with some disappointment, looking ahead and then around.
"Mm," Lu Wanqing nodded.
Although Lu Wanqing nodded, she was not dejected. In fact, she was somewhat happy.
The rabbit had given her inspiration. Her water could purify ancient Earth plants, and some ancient Earth animals should also be attracted to purified plants, especially rabbits.
If she could choose a few patches of grass and purify them with her water, then she could wait by the grass, or even set up traps in advance to catch the rabbit in a well-planned manner!
Lu Wanqing, in a great mood, immediately returned to the place where the rabbit had been eating grass. She used her ability to catalyze water and watered more of the surrounding grass.
After doing all this, she didn't rush to set up traps. Instead, she took Cui Cui to see the peach trees they had eaten from before.
When Lu Wanqing arrived, she found that the peach trees had basically turned green, but the number of peaches on the trees had significantly decreased. Many peaches even bore marks of birds pecking at them.
It seemed that the fruits of purified plants were indeed more attractive to mutated animals.