“Let’s go—forest first for Moonlight Blue Butterflies.” Yun Luohe called Roubao over, fed it anti-radiation food, and took it with her into the trees.Moonlight Blue Butterflies were easy to spot; under moonlight their wings refracted a dim, blue ghost-glow.Roubao could catch butterflies too. Agile and springy, it bounded up and down and could snag them with ease.If it missed, Yun Luohe whipped up the bug net, the mesh tracing an arc through the air to scoop the butterfly neatly inside.With the butterflies secured, she headed straight for the vegetable plots. Seven-Star Ladybugs were easier than expected.They clung to the underside of leaves, chewing on pests. You still had to coax them with the net, but they didn’t move, which made them far easier than butterflies.—Autumn, Day 7.Yun Luohe was up early. It rained this morning.High chance Vivira would appear, so she prepped ahead.First she checked on Yuntun and the spider eggs in the Spider Houses, then knocked out the chores: harvest with Roubao, feed the chickens, feed the livestock. No time to sow or plant trees this morning—she’d free a block at sunset for that.She had plenty of new autumn seeds and tree seeds now; no more delays.The sky was wet and the fog hadn’t lifted.Still, rain had one upside—the fog seemed motionless. Even if someone approached, it didn’t drift.Maybe the rain condensed it.Some players had unlocked a blueprint for a fog-siphon. It could draw in radiation fog, but the basic models were mediocre—one pull got you about two cubic meters, and you had to carry it and keep sucking it up around the place.It took at least two hours a day to clear the fog around a house.Yun Luohe had bought two fog-siphons, but she didn’t have time to run them herself. She gave them to Roubao, who loved the task and treated it as play—no reward needed to keep it going.By eleven, the morning had almost slipped away. Yun Luohe figured Vivira probably wouldn’t show and turned to head inside to tend to other things.Just then, Roubao meowed, drawing her attention.She looked over—on a boat made from banana leaves, a scarlet-clad woman was drifting slowly toward her.The boat was large, decked with bright flowers, racks of plants, and glass cases full of insects.No question—this was the other sea merchant, Vivira.“Guest of the Reef, I hear you have many beautiful insects. Will you show me some?”Vivira’s boat eased to the Reef’s edge.Yun Luohe said, “Sure. I’ve got some pretty insects. If you need them, I can give you a few.”Vivira smiled.“Good. I like your directness.”As she stepped off the boat and came closer, a light-curtain appeared at Yun Luohe’s side with four options:I want to sell something.I want to buy something.I want to chat with you.I’m done here.Yun Luohe: “I want to chat with you.”“Insects are my favorite—pure and beautiful. Every species has its own charm. And you? Do you like insects?”“Pretty much. These are two I found last night—nice, right?”Yun Luohe proactively presented the Moonlight Blue Butterfly and the Seven-Star Ladybug to Vivira.“Very nice. Looks like we’ll have plenty to talk about.”Yun Luohe could feel Vivira’s favorability rise.Prep had paid off.She pulled out the Lava Seaweed Crisps she’d bought from Peach and handed them to Vivira.“It’s almost lunch. You must be hungry. Have a snack.”“Oh! How did you know these are my favorite? Perfect timing—I’m starving. I just visited several guests and didn’t eat a bite.”Favorability rose again!Yun Luohe figured it was almost enough.She switched options.“I want to buy something.”Smiling, Vivira lifted a case. “Take a look—buy anything you like.”Product list:Firefly Lantern (Permanent): 200 Sea Coins— Automatically attracts common insects at night.Queen-Bee Contract (Permanent): 500 Sea Coins— Summons a hive to accelerate pollination and produce more honey.Worm-Farm Tower (Permanent): 500 Sea Coins— Houses 500 earthworms; auto-produces worm tea and worm castings.Butterfly-Growth Elixir (Today Only): 200 Sea Coins— Promotes growth of flowering crops.Butterfly Glider (Today Only): 2,200 Sea Coins— A glider made from Moonlight Blue Butterfly wings—glows at night!She wanted the contract and the glider, and since Vivira didn’t come every day, she went ahead and bought everything.Each item was limited to one—unlike Peach’s stock, which wasn’t quantity-capped.Grabbing them all was definitely worth it.After purchasing, Yun Luohe asked what Vivira was looking to buy at high prices today.High-Price Purchase List:Moonlight Blue Butterfly: 320 Sea CoinsEmerald Tree Heart: 1,000 Sea CoinsCicada Wing: 300 Sea CoinsSeven-Star Ladybug: 200 Sea CoinsCrimson-Blood Spider: 400 Sea CoinsYun Luohe blinked.Spiders counted as insects in her book—so of course Vivira liked spiders, too.She wanted Crimson-Blood Spiders—and the price wasn’t low.The worker-spider eggs hadn’t hatched yet, but the Crimson-Bloods had hatched this morning.Perfect timing.Smiling, Yun Luohe said, “Give me a moment. I’ve got quite a few Crimson-Blood Spiders—I’ll fetch them.”Spiders reproduce. Even if she sold some to Vivira, the remaining Crimson-Bloods would mature and produce spiderlings. No fear of running out.If only Yuntun were awake—Vivira would love seeing it. Maybe she’d project that affection onto Yun Luohe and her favorability would jump further.Yun Luohe brought back thirty freshly hatched Crimson-Blood Spiders from the Spider Houses.She sold the whole batch to Vivira—twelve thousand Sea Coins in one go.Vivira’s favorability jumped from an empty heart to a fully filled one.“You have so many Crimson-Bloods—wonderful.”“I’ve got other spiders too—want to take a look?”Yun Luohe gestured for Vivira to visit the Spider Houses.At the moment, only the Crimson-Bloods had hatched. The other spider eggs were still incubating—but perhaps Vivira had a way to speed them along.Interested, Vivira agreed without hesitation.Anything insect-related fascinated her.—Inside the Spider Houses, Vivira’s eyes went wide; her mouth fell slightly open.Rows upon rows of incubation boxes for spider eggs.“My goodness—an insect lover’s paradise!” she breathed, feet carrying her forward as her gaze flicked eagerly from box to box. “What species is this? I’ve never even seen it.”Yun Luohe stayed close, explaining patiently. “These are different spider eggs I collected. These are the Amber Spider Eggs—they can hatch into various worker classes.”She handed Vivira the Spider Breeding Compendium.After reading, Vivira fell into thought and murmured, “I never imagined spiders could be this extraordinary.”“Right now only the Crimson-Bloods have hatched. The others will likely take a few more days.”Vivira crouched to inspect the Amber Spider Eggs up close. “Excellent. I’ll be back to see them when they hatch.”“Please do. Come by anytime.” Yun Luohe pointed toward a spider nest in the corner.“It’s getting late—I should go. But since you keep so many spiders, you must be an insect lover like me.” Vivira slid a yellowed diagram from her plant-specimen folio, webwork sketched densely across it. “Look—this is a field-guard system using spiders that I found in an old sea log. You raise spiders in special cages and they’ll be the most diligent farm sentries!”“It’s of little use to me right now, so take it as a meeting gift.”[Received /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ Vivira’s gift: Spider Farming Guide.]Seeing Vivira back to her boat, Yun Luohe said warmly, “Come by again if you need anything.”“I will—first place I’m coming is here. I want to see those little ones after they hatch.”—After Vivira left, Yun Luohe studied the Spider Farming Guide.Turns out you can place spider cages in the plots and have spiders patrol the fields.By day, the spiders eat pests—crop damage rate −80%.At night, the webs condense dew—next-day irrigation effectiveness +50%.Spider cages weren’t hard to make: Mutant Vine and high-grade spider silk, plus some spider-favorite food.Spiders liked many things—but each species had different tastes.The guide listed several species, including Crimson-Bloods.Which meant she could assign Crimson-Bloods to field duty before the other worker classes were ready.If it worked, their value jumped again—not just combat spiders but little farm hands, too.Clearly worth breeding more Crimson-Bloods. She couldn’t use that many herself, so she could allocate some to other members of the Association.Yun Luohe decided to compile everything she knew about spiders into a unified intel pack and send it to Tianji Pavilion—at minimum, a full S-tier dossier.Tianji Pavilion’s intel taxonomy was excellent now.Intel was divided into categories: Islands, Equipment, Players, Life, Ingredients, Disasters, Seafloor Materials…Twenty-plus intel types in all.Her spider intel bundle spanned at least the Species category, among others.If listed for sale, it could also be broken up into multiple products—not many players had as many spiders as she did, and most didn’t need a full set.Splitting it also let her tier pricing by value.She classified Crimson-Blood Spider husbandry, habits, and uses as A-tier intel, detailing their roles in combat and field management.But the complete spider-farming system was priced as S-tier intel.Some players would start with A-tier only. After reading, they’d see the value and upgrade to the expanded S-tier.Salesmanship, basically.Tianji Pavilion hadn’t done this at first—it was Mu Zitang’s idea later, and it worked very well in practice.Silverback Wolf Spider intel, however, was set straight to S+ tier.Only high-level players could encounter Silverbacks. Beyond appearance and attack methods, its silk’s special applications were highlighted.As for the Spider Queen, despite limited material, rarity and potential value put her in S+ as well.S+ intel couldn’t be sold casually. Previously it needed Yun Luohe’s sign-off, but now Tianji Pavilion had an internal committee authorized to approve.They also flagged any player who bought S+ for special attention.In District 2, only a dozen or so had purchased S+ so far—two-thirds from the European Emperor Association.Mu Zitang specifically instructed Tianji Pavilion staff: if the European Emperor Association came to buy intel, don’t go soft—charge top-tier rates, and no VIP membership perks.Tianji Pavilion made plenty off them alone.With the Trade Hub about to merge districts, Mu Zitang was preparing to scale up the intel shop so all districts could trade with each other.On merge day, they’d stage a grand opening promotion—make a splash.So for days he’d had Tianji Pavilion staff posting on the forums to warm up the brand—and they’d posted the autumn-winter disaster prophecies Yun Luohe had collected earlier.“Autumn: a black sun will shroud the land; the wind will carry shadows that devour all.”“Winter: all things freeze; wind and frost turn to blades; giants become rulers of the world.”Everyone knew the autumn disaster was radiation, but later phases would escalate.The “black sun” hadn’t appeared in current weather, either.And winter hadn’t come yet, so people took the prophecy seriously. The thread had already gone hot, with replies in the tens of thousands.The surge of attention boosted Tianji Pavilion in turn.They hadn’t decided which intel to give away free on merge day yet.Mu Zitang had been wanting to call Yun Luohe to discuss it.Seeing her drop intel in the Pavilion’s internal group just now, and knowing she was free, he used the Conch Communicator to call.

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