Following this discovery, Zhuge Ming vanished for the better part of an afternoon, returning only around midnight. His attire looked every bit like that of a common thief: a mask, night-walking clothes, a sneaky grin, and a massive bundle strapped to his back. There was simply no way to connect this appearance with the image of a grand scientist.
In fact, in another part of Blue Sea, a youth named Wu Zixi was roaring in fury. Many of the exotic plants and Heavenly Treasures he had painstakingly cultivated and gathered had fallen victim to some unscrupulous scoundrel. Wearing a mask was completely useless against a grand scientist—did the culprit really think a mask meant no one would recognize him?
"This is the Rainbow Seven-Leaf Clover, a magical plant that grows within the Outer void, existing solely in the spatial rift between the world and the Outer. Its growth cycle is extremely short—it grows in seven seconds and withers in seven seconds. If it isn't harvested and preserved within a total of fourteen seconds, you'll miss out on this wondrous flora..."
Chapter 440