Hey, a group of parched wretches with chapped lips arrived at the Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop today! Ali, a merchant from the Western Regions, wearing a sun-bleached lion-patterned brocade, shouted at the top of his lungs: "Miss Xiao! It hasn't rained in the Sahara for three months, and our 'Iced Lion' has turned into 'Dried Lion Jerky'! The camels are even licking the cloth until they bleed blisters!" Huwa squatted by a wooden bucket, snickering as a piece of maltose slipped from his hand with a plop into a pile of coarse salt. He had sewn a ring of bursting water-storing candy into the claws of the dark blue lion. With a gentle squeeze, it actually oozed sweet water infused with mint. Startled, a camel smacked its lips and almost bit off Huwa's sleeve.
"Huwa! Hurry and bring over the mobile water cellar!" the Protagonist shouted. Huwa immediately poured a bucket of date honey into the loom. The stitched Arabian star map even raised little water-candy pouches, with every single star serving as an edible water-storage bag. Ali poked a hole through Orion, and the sweet water spurted out with a sizzle: "By Allah! These 'rain-making stars' are even more reliable than our oasis!" Huwa put his hands on his hips and laughed: "From now on, if you get lost in the desert, just lick the stars! There's endless sweet water, and you can even cure camel meat with it!" The Abacus Bead displayed an animation of a tap on the head: "Actually, it's high-polymer water-absorbing candy crystal techn…
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