Chapter 67: Bubu Wang’s Great Adventure
Edge of the Hot Rainforest.
Su Xiao, holding a long blade, was making his way through a tangle of vines. With a flash of the blade, large swaths of vines were severed.
As the vines fell, a rusted iron lump was revealed within—half of an abandoned old armored vehicle.
Su Xiao stopped. He had researched the Hot Rainforest’s information and knew that, historically, some country had attempted to develop this area.
Su Xiao examined the damage to the armored vehicle. This thing was definitely not blown open by a cannon shell; it had been torn apart by some kind of giant creature.
As the armored vehicle settled, a large amount of gold rolled out from inside. The gold pieces were irregular in shape, their color not particularly bright, and some gold nuggets were mixed with crystalline ore.
This stuff was commonly known as “dog’s head gold,” or native gold—not refined from a gold mine, but naturally formed, gold that could appear on the surface.
The half-abandoned armored vehicle was nearly filled with native gold. Su Xiao could even imagine the original situation: an armored vehicle fully loaded with native gold drove to the edge of the Hot Rainforest, and just as it was about to leave, it was attacked by some large creature. The armored vehicle’s shell, mixed with pattern steel, was torn open in one bite, and the driver died instantly.
Su Xiao compared the breach in the armored vehicle with his palm. Based on his experience, the creature that attacked this vehicle had teeth at least twenty centimeters long and had the ability to fly. That thing grabbed the roof of the armored vehicle with its claws and then tore it open in one bite.
Su Xiao didn’t want to encounter such a creature for now, but he had to advance into the Hot Rainforest.
Bubu Wang looked at the huge bite marks, his dog legs feeling a bit weak. If he encountered such a creature, it would grab him like a chick.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao passed through the vine area and entered a tropical rainforest overgrown with weeds.
Bubu Wang bounced around in the weeds. Whenever he reached a natural environment, this goofball reacted differently. After entering an icefield, his IQ immediately unlocked, and he even tricked over a thousand ice wolves into coming.
But after entering the sweltering rainforest, his goofball soul began to burn fiercely.
Just a few minutes after Bubu Wang started bouncing around, he let out a howl of agony, a sound that would make listeners sad and viewers cry.
A “bee” the size of a thumb stung Bubu Wang right on the nose. Bubu Wang was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face. This was no damn bee at all; it was a polar wasp. A polar wasp the size of a thumb—its ferocity could be imagined.
The wasp’s stinger pierced into Bubu Wang’s nose, and the intense pain from the wasp venom made Bubu Wang’s eyes roll back.
With a swish, the long blade cut through, and the wasp’s head was severed.
“Don’t move.”
Su Xiao grabbed the fur on Bubu Wang’s lower neck. Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao with tearful eyes, his innocent gaze seeming to say, “Master, I didn’t start it. I just looked at it. Was that necessary?”
Su Xiao had experienced the temper of the polar wasp before. This thing was extremely fierce. Not to mention looking at it, even approaching within five meters would provoke its active attack.
Su Xiao pulled the stinger out of Bubu Wang’s nose. In that short time, Bubu Wang’s mouth had swollen several times over, almost as thick as his neck.
Su Xiao’s mouth twitched. Considering Bubu Wang’s feelings, he held back his laughter.
Bubu Wang held his swollen dog face with his paws, his little eyes looking incredibly innocent.
“Eat it.”
Su Xiao stuffed the polar wasp into Bubu Wang’s mouth. Although Bubu Wang was in so much pain his eyes were rolling back, he still chewed it vigorously a few times, venting his anger before swallowing.
[Tip: Your follower ‘Bubuteni’ has devoured the flesh and blood of a high-level creature. High-level creature (active) ability has been activated.]
[Bubuteni’s Agility increased by 1 point.]
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After eating the polar wasp, Bubu Wang’s spirits visibly lifted, and even his swollen mouth showed signs of subsiding.
Bubu Wang’s eyes were full of disbelief, his gaze seeming to say, “Master, this Wang likes this forest, but not the wasps.”
Su Xiao was also surprised. He had only taken a tentative approach by letting Bubu Wang eat the polar wasp. He didn’t expect that Bubu Wang would increase his Agility attribute by 1 point in such a short time, from 44 points to 45 points.
The reason for this nearly exaggerated improvement was that Bubu Wang’s basic attributes were very low. Except for his Charm attribute, which was 75 points, the rest of his attributes were unremarkable. His Strength attribute was only 37 points.
Now, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang were in a fourth-rank war world, and this was the center of the war world, a dangerous place recognized by the Geya Alliance and the Sun Kingdom—the Hot Rainforest. How could the creatures here not be strong?
Bubu being stung by the polar wasp wasn’t because he was being goofy; it was because the polar wasp was too fast, and he simply didn’t react in time.
Even a wasp was considered a high-level creature. How strong would the other powerful creatures in the Hot Rainforest be? Or rather, how much would Bubu Wang’s abilities increase after devouring the flesh and blood of these creatures?
Bubu Wang, in a state of pain and joy, strutted forward. He hadn’t taken many steps when another polar wasp flew in from ahead.
“Woo-ah-ah (homophone: Help ah).”
Hearing this howl that sounded like “Help ah,” Su Xiao could feel how scared Bubu Wang was. This goofball was so frightened he was almost speaking human language.
The blade aura flashed. The thumb-sized polar wasp in midair had its stinger, head, and wings severed. Bubu Wang leaped up and swallowed the polar wasp in one gulp.
After chewing it carefully, Bubu Wang found that this thing was unexpectedly delicious. It was very chewy and had a faint sweetness.
This time, after Bubu Wang swallowed the wasp, no prompt appeared. This meant that the flesh and blood of one type of high-level creature could only enhance Bubu Wang once.
Su Xiao wasn’t disappointed. There were countless creatures in the tropical rainforest; he could try them one by one.
Just as Su Xiao was preparing to go deeper into the Hot Rainforest, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Announcement: A contractor has entered the Polar Region · Hot Rainforest carrying a World Core.]
[Announcement: All contractors from Reincarnation Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Apocalypse Paradise must arrive within the Polar Region · Hot Rainforest within 3 natural days.]
[Announcement: After 3 natural days, a Devouring Annihilation Energy Layer will form around the Polar Region · Hot Rainforest. All contractors located outside the Polar Region · Hot Rainforest will be subject to the Void Tree’s judgment.]
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First came three announcements visible to all contractors. Just as Su Xiao finished reading these three announcements, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Tip: The Hunter has arrived at the Polar Region · Hot Rainforest. The Hunter must place the World Core at the designated location within 72 hours. At that time, the World Coordinate will begin to form.]
[Checking world characteristics…]
[Check complete. Space transmission device activating…]
[Activation complete. A total of 7.28 ounces of Space-Time Power consumed.]
[After the Hunter places the World Core at the designated location, due to the activation of the space transmission device, the Hunter can move while carrying the forming World Coordinate.]
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Seeing the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao was stunned for a moment. This world war was clearly different from the last one.
First, the environment this time was different from last time—not in terms of terrain, but in type. Last time was an open terrain; this time was a sealed terrain. After 3 natural days, the Hot Rainforest would be enveloped by a “Devouring Annihilation Energy Layer,” and all contractors would be unable to leave the Hot Rainforest.
Not only was the terrain different, but last time, after Su Xiao placed the World Coordinate, the forming World Coordinate couldn’t move, so they had to hold their ground.
This time was different. Due to the nature of this world, Reincarnation Paradise had formed a “space transmission device” here. This device consumed a full 7.28 ounces of Space-Time Power. To put it in perspective, a large batch of contractors entering a derivative world only consumed 0 ounces of Space-Time Power.
Reincarnation Paradise had clearly gone all out this time. If they lost… no, there was no “if” for losing.
Su Xiao suddenly realized that if they could move with the World Coordinate, they might not need to beat the Apocalypse Paradise side until they doubted their existence.