owlsbooks Chapter 415 Harvest
Chapter 415 Harvest
The next morning, as the blood sun rose above the horizon, the camp was already bustling with activity.
Everyone was excitedly preparing for today's hunt.
Yesterday's discussion resulted in Xu Si, Su Su, Yang Shu, and Ya Ya, the four people with mobility, going out to hunt in more distant places.
Tashan, Chen Pei, and Fu Xiaojian guarded the home.
This aligns with Fu Xiaojian's initial assessment of combat strength.
Xu Si was on one team, Su Su and Ya Ya were on another, and Yang Shu was on a separate team.
This was all thanks to Yang Shu volunteering.
After all, if he doesn't perform well now, he might really miss his chance.
Hunting for bizarre drops can also help you get along with other members of the caravan and give you a foothold in the community—why not?
Actually, he would prefer to bring Jiang Ling along so the two of them could work together.
However, Jiang Ling's small boat was confiscated, and he refused to unbind it, so his relationship with the caravan became rather strained.
It wasn't that Jiang Ling was unwilling to truly surrender, but rather that the strange object was considered Jiang Ling's destiny.
Without that rare item, his combat power would be greatly reduced.
That's the most troublesome part.
You can surrender but you can't disarm, but what kind of surrender is it if you don't disarm?
So Fu Xiaojian is now using that strange object to leave Jiang Ling hanging.
Fu Xiaojian wouldn't necessarily refuse to return it to Jiang Ling only when Jiang Ling truly gains the approval of the rest of the team.
However, now is definitely not the time to return it; if the timing is wrong, everything will be in vain.
He also saw that strange little boat; no one else could actually use it.
next morning
Xu Si opened his eyes from the roof of the Nirvana vehicle.
After a night of meditation, the star core rotated steadily deep within my consciousness, like a tireless heart.
The sequence progress slowly climbed from 0.17% to 0.23%—a negligible increase, but it was indeed growing, even more strongly than simply relying on the star core for improvement.
This is a good thing, but the progress is still a bit too slow.
Yi Yi is still asleep deep in the heart, breathing steadily and long.
After being promoted to royal blood, her slumber time became noticeably longer.
Perhaps she needs time to process the memories and inherit the legacy; perhaps when she awakens again, she will be a completely new elf.
"Old Xu." Fu Xiaojian's voice came from below.
Xu Si floated down and landed next to the Mengshi vehicle.
Fu Xiaojian handed over half a pot of water and a compressed biscuit, then picked up a bowl and slurped down his porridge.
"What are the plans for today?" Xu Si asked, not in a hurry to eat.
"You head northeast, Su Su and Ya Ya head northwest, Yang Shu head due north, and the convoy will continue towards the Brightness Convoy." Fu Xiaojian finished his drink in a few gulps and wiped his mouth.
"Sweep as much as you can within a 100-kilometer radius. Be back before evening, don't go too far."
Xu Si nodded slightly.
At his current speed, 100 kilometers is just a short distance, and given his Sequence 6 rank, he should perhaps expand his search area.
After all, the strange drop from the low position no longer had any use for him.
"be safe."
Fu Xiaojian patted him on the shoulder and turned to arrange other people's affairs.
Xu Si finished eating in a few bites and then floated up.
The dark red figure transformed into a streak of light under the blood-red sun, shooting off towards the northeast.
Jiao Jiao looked up, unable to offer any help or say anything.
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The wasteland receded rapidly beneath our feet.
Xu Si stared at the monotonous scene for an unknown amount of time.
When the stellar veins spread to their limit, every energy fluctuation within a radius of several kilometers was taken into perception.
Level 1, Level 1, Level 2...
The strange energy reactions at low altitudes were scattered across the wasteland like dim stars.
He neither slowed down nor stopped.
These small fish and shrimps are not worth his time.
It's perfect for the rest of the team to practice.
The stellar veins continue to extend further into the distance.
Ten kilometers, twenty kilometers, thirty kilometers...
Then, he caught it.
To the northeast, about 35 kilometers away, a distinct energy fluctuation is slowly moving.
Intensity – Level 4.
A slight smile appeared on Xu Si's lips.
They changed direction and sped away.
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The level-four eerie creature was entrenched in a dried-up riverbed. It looked like a crab magnified countless times, its entire body covered in a dark red shell, with two strong, erect prows pointing high in front, gleaming with a chilling light under the blood-red sun.
It is eating.
The prey was a level three monster, already torn to pieces, its bodily fluids flowing in a dark stream on the sand and gravel of the riverbed.
What shocked Xu Si was that the bizarre eating was strange, and the bizarre being eaten did not disappear.
When humans slay the supernatural, it turns to ashes or nothingness.
Xu Si didn't rush to take action, but observed for a while. He had never really thought about these issues before.
Now he has enough power to think about it and take a look.
Under the cover of the spatial cloak, a level four strange creature would naturally be unable to detect Xu Si in the air.
The crab's feeding posture was extremely greedy.
The chelicerae deliver fragments of prey into its mouth, making a teeth-grinding crunching sound as it chews, while dark fluid seeps from the gaps in its shell and flows slowly along the sand and gravel of the riverbed.
Xu Si hovered in the air, his star-like pupils slightly contracting to take in every detail.
The bizarre devours the bizarre; the prey that is devoured does not turn into nothingness, but is actually digested, absorbed, and transformed.
This is completely different from the situation when humans kill the supernatural—when humans kill the supernatural, the supernatural disintegrates into ashes, leaving only the supernatural to fall.
Why?
Is it a difference in rules? Or...?
A thought flashed through his mind, but it was too vague to be grasped before it vanished.
Since he couldn't discern anything, Xu Si stopped hiding and revealed himself.
The crab seemed to sense something and abruptly stopped eating.
The two claws, raised high, turned slightly and looked at the visitors from the air.
Xu Si didn't move, and Cancer was also stunned.
He seemed to understand what kind of opponent he was about to face.
[Level 4 Weird Detection: Armored Cancer]
【Characteristics: Hardened carapace, crushing claws, flesh regeneration】
[Comment: Thick-skinned and tough, but not invincible.]
The system panel flashed through my mind.
Xu Si raised an eyebrow slightly—flesh and blood regeneration?
Is this something a level four supernatural ability can possess?
Could this be a fake feature?
"Really?" he whispered, surprised by the unexpected delight.
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the giant crab moved.
It didn't leap up to attack; instead, all eight of its legs exerted force simultaneously, and its massive body sank instantly beneath the sand and gravel of the riverbed, like a stone sinking into the water, leaving only a dark hole and a rapidly collapsing sand pit.
Burrowing underground?
A slight smile appeared on Xu Si's lips.
However, his stellar pulses had already locked onto Cancer's energy trajectory.
The giant crab was moving at high speed underground, circling in an arc, seemingly trying to escape Xu Si's pursuit.
"You seem to value your life quite a bit," Xu Si chuckled.
He didn't expect the guy to run away as soon as he saw him.
They're such cowards.
Actually, it wouldn't be bad to give this guy to DouDou as a contracted beast.
After all, its speed is quite fast, making it a good choice for defense, movement, or burrowing underground.
However, since DouDou already has the high defense of the Crocodile, this Cancer is unnecessary.
Xu Si didn't waste time with this guy.
Raise your right hand, clench your fist loosely, and the star field unfolds silently.
Centered on him, a spherical space with a radius of 100 meters suddenly solidified.
The air, dust, and even light lost their original freedom in this area and came under his control.
The ground trembled.
The giant crab was forcibly "squeezed" out of the ground, its dark red shell covered in wet mud, its eight legs flailing wildly in the air, trying to burrow back into the ground.
But within the star field, not even a grain of sand can be moved without its permission.
Cancer struggled for a moment, then seemed to finally realize what it was facing.
The two giant claws slowly turned towards Xu Si, their chelicerae opening and closing with a crisp clicking sound.
It's demonstrating, it's panicking, it's making a last-ditch effort.
Xu Si looked down at it, and the scarlet star deep in its starry pupils rotated slightly.
"Level 4 eerie".
He paused for a moment, as if confirming something.
When did he gain such control over Level 4 anomalies?
When did he become able to kill a level four monster so easily?
now--
He raised his left hand, palm down.
A dark red dot of light emerged from the fingertip; it was neither a meteorite nor a star arrow, but rather a trace of the stellar core's origin.
The spot of light was only the size of a soybean, almost imperceptible under the blood-red sun, but Cancer's reaction was as intense as if it had been branded with a hot iron.
Its eight legs retracted simultaneously, its two giant claws guarded the front of its head, and its entire body curled up into a ball, the surface of its carapace gleaming with a dark metallic luster—the carapace hardened.
It's on defense.
It was defending itself against a tiny speck of light the size of a soybean.
Xu Si showed little expression and even seemed somewhat disinterested.
The light spot popped out from the fingertip at a slow, even slow, speed, so slow that its trajectory could be seen with the naked eye.
But the moment it fell, the crab's shell was pierced like paper.
laugh--
A soft sound.
There was no explosion, no shockwave, and not even much energy leakage.
The point of light pierced through the crab's shell, its flesh, and all its defenses, before silently exploding at its core.
The crab's body collapsed immediately.
Then, dark red cracks appeared on the surface of the carapace, spreading outwards like a spider web.
The cracks became more numerous and denser, extending from the carapace to the legs, from the legs to the claws, and from the claws to every inch of the body.
wow-
The entire crab resembled a shattered stone statue, disintegrating into countless tiny fragments.
There was no flying blood or splattering of bodily fluids; the fragments turned into grayish-white powder in mid-air and were scattered by the wind over the wasteland.
Only a dark red, fist-sized fragment of the carapace remained, gleaming with a cold, eerie light under the blood-red sun.
Purification Points: +8000
[Remaining Purification Points: 138100]
[Obtained a mysterious drop: Armor Fragment]
A star guide handed the fragment to Xu Si.
It feels heavy in your hand, with a texture like metal or jade. The surface has fine patterns, like some kind of ancient script or natural veins.
He stored the fragments in his dimensional space and looked up towards the northeast.
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When Xu Si returned to the camp, the blood-red sun had just begun to set in the west.
The camp was much livelier than when he left.
Su Su and Ya Ya have returned. Wisps of immortal mist floated around them, and their clothes were mostly torn, indicating that they had encountered something strange, at least level four or higher.
A crow stood on the roof of the ambulance, its three eyes blinking in turn, its crest feathers trembling gently in the wind, looking quite pleased with itself.
Yang Shu also returned, squatting in the shadow of the truck, his wings folded behind his back, holding a compressed biscuit in his hand and taking small bites, his expression somewhere between satisfaction and exhaustion.
It looks like there was some gain.
Fu Xiaojian stood in the center of the camp, with several strange items piled up at his feet.
A segment of an unidentified creature's limb; a complete skull; a heavy, stomach-like object; a tuft of hair resembling yarn.
And a dark green, shriveled eggshell, with some kind of viscous fluid still remaining on the edges, like an alien egg spat out of a mouth.
It seems that this is the strange thing that the two of them handed over.
Apart from the eggshell, most of the drops were level three strange occurrences, which can be seen from the energy reaction.
Xu Si glanced at Su Su; that eggshell must have been obtained by Su Su at a considerable cost.
Considering that neither of them had any spatial equipment and that these gains were already quite remarkable, Xu Si stopped paying attention to them.
"Old Xu? How's the harvest?"
Fu Xiaojian has almost finished counting. Including the previous four, the team has gained another one today, bringing the team to ten strange drops.
Xu Si didn't say anything, but simply shook his cloak, and a bunch of things fell down with a clatter.
Fu Xiaojian was stunned.
Not only him, but everyone in the center of the camp was stunned.
The things fell out of Xu Si's cloak with a clatter, piling up on the ground like garbage, making a series of dull thuds.
Shell, bone plates, glands, sharp teeth, eyeballs, tentacles, and a brain of some unknown creature, still slightly wriggling...
There were more than a dozen items, of various sizes.
The sunlight from the blood-red sun fell on the eerie fallen objects, refracting various cold, eerie lusters that illuminated the open space in the center of the camp in a kaleidoscope of colors.
"This..." Fu Xiaojian opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He crouched down and reached out to move the pile of things.
Shell fragments, at least level four.
Bone fragments are also classified as level four.
Glands, still level four.
These bizarre level 4 drops accounted for about half of the total.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't find any higher-level anomalies in the end, Xu Si wouldn't have bothered with those level-three anomalies.
However, this is enough to show how efficient Xu Si is.
"Did you do all of this by yourself? Do you want to keep some more?" Fu Xiaojian asked.
The team leader was somewhat uneasy about having Xu Si contribute so much for no reason.
Didn't he say that handing over half would be enough? Could it be that Xu Si didn't keep any of it?
Xu Si didn't say anything more.
The system had already seen all of these things, so they were of no use to him.
He kept the truly valuable items, as they might be of greater use to the team.
This was also his last investment in the team.
Fu Xiaojian seemed to sense something as well.
So, watching Xu Si float back onto the roof of the Nirvana car, he didn't say anything more.
He felt too ashamed to express his gratitude.