Chapter 8: Mobile Base

"Mino, how does Little Xuanwu compare with the fierce beasts in your impression?" Mu Liang turned his head and asked.

He needs a reference to understand the strength of a level-2 Rock Tortoise.

"Little Xuanwu?"

Mino was stunned, only to realize that it was the tortoise's name.

Biting her lower lip, she pondered for a while and said uncertainly, "In terms of body size, little Xuanwu should be larger."

Mu Liang nodded. The advantage of the Rock Tortoise was that it had a huge body.

And that is also its shortcoming, which meant it was slow and not flexible enough.

Nevertheless, the talent of the Rock Tortoise, 'Earth Spikes', is just enough to replace this shortcoming.

"Mu Liang, can I climb on its back and have a look?"

Mino blinked her blue eyes and asked eagerly.

"Of course." Mu Liang said with a chuckle.

He transmitted his intentions to the Rock Tortoise.

"Woo~~"

The Rock Tortoise issued a low cry, then the long rock thorns on the side of the tortoise's shell suddenly contracted, and rocks rose up on the ground to form a stone staircase.

"Wow! Little Xuanwu can understand us?"

Mino's eyes twinkled with surprise, looking at the two-meter-high rock stairs.

"Can understand me." Mu Liang took the lead in climbing up the rock stairs and landing on the Rock Tortoise's back.

The rock spikes on the tortoise's back were also retracted, leaving a flat area of ​​seven or eight square meters in the centre of its back.

There was a half-meter-long ring of rock thorns slanted up from the rim of the tortoiseshell, which formed a natural enclosure.

"Thank you." Mu Liang praised the Rock Tortoise with his mind.

"Woo~~"

The Rock Tortoise responded happily to the praise.

"Little Xuanwu is so smart."

Mino climbed onto the tortoise's back and turned around to see the stone stairs retracting to the ground.

The girl looked around and sized up the flat tortoiseshell.

Mino jokingly said, "Mu Liang, do you think we can build a house on Little Xuanwu's back?"

"It seems… not impossible."

With a flash of inspiration, he felt that what the girl said was reasonable.

After all, there will be more and more tamed creatures in the future, and it's a bit inconvenient to stay in human gathering spots.

They also couldn't sleep in the wilderness.

In particular, the tortoise's current size would definitely grow larger and larger if continued to evolve.

The tortoise is huge, but it could be used as a living space.

Seeing that Mu Liang was lost in thought, Mino asked hesitantly,, "You don't really want to build a house on the tortoise's back, do you?"

"Not yet, the place is too small."

Mu Liang came back to his senses and said with a light smile, "However, it's still possible to build a wooden shed for the time being."

"Are we going to live on the tortoise's back in the future?" Mino confirmed excitedly.

"What do you think of owning a mobile house?"

Crossing his hands, Mu Liang raised his eyebrows and said, "We're not in a hurry yet.

"That's... that's great."

Mino jumped up excitedly, looking forward to it, "At that time, we can travel around like adventurers."

Or, she can search for her elder sister while travelling.

"Mu Liang, let's make a firepit on the back of the tortoiseshell. Will it hurt Little Xuanwu?"

"No, he won't. He's protected by rocks and stones."

"Mu Liang, if we bring a lot of things up here, will Little Xuanwu feel too heavy?"

"Even if we added a hundred more of you, it won't feel heavy."

Mu Liang leaned against a rock spine and looked at the young girl who was planning excitingly.

He suddenly felt that it was not bad to have such a lively and cheerful girl accompanying him.

Mino yelled crisply, "Mu Liang, let's go back to camp now. I'm going to take down the wooden shed."

"No worries."

Mu Liang shook his head in amusement, and reminded, "Don't forget about the bandits attacking the camp."

"Uh… I was so excited that I almost forgot." Mino stuck out her tongue embarrassedly.

She came to Mu Liang, clutched the hem of his clothes and said weakly, "If it's too dangerous, we… let's leave tomorrow."

Although the girl was kind, she was also very selfish and only cared about the people around her.

Mino didn't want to put Mu Liang in danger, especially when she has a new life that she was looking forward to.

"It's not dangerous." Mu Liang looked up at the dusky sky and saw a beam of sunlight shining down in the distance.

After a while, the sun was blocked by clouds again.

He just wanted to remind the people in the camp. It was up to them if they decided to believe it or not.

The day after tomorrow, he will leave with the girl.

In such a world, we should only do our best in giving kindness.

"By the way, how's your relationship with the people in the camp? Do you have friends?"

Mu Liang still didn't know the girl's social circle very well.

"A few people who caught small lizards together, our relationship is alright."

Mino looked into the distance and said nonchalantly, "I'm hiding from the others."

"Partners?" Mu Liang asked softly.

"It should… probably be considered so." Mino's eyes were a little erratic, and she scratched her cheek awkwardly.

She thought of the few people who had caught little lizards together with her. They didn't catch as many little lizards as her, and they even wanted to grab her little lizards.

As a mutant, the result can be imagined, those few people were beaten into submission, and were instead robbed several times by her.

After that, those few people kept avoiding her.

"It seems that they were not partners." Seeing the girl's performance, Mu Liang understood what was going on.

From this, it could be seen that the girl's previous life was very tough.

Therefore, he was Mino's first friend.