Chapter 34 p1
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If the Red Star Tree forest was the novice village, and the junction between the forest and the snow mountain was the beginner area, then their current location was the intermediate area.
The demonic beasts—let’s just call them that for now—in the novice village were mostly level 1-5, the beginner area was level 5-10, and their current intermediate area was level 11-20.
Yu Chi nodded in satisfaction. She had now reached the level of a beginner survivor.
It’s best to keep up the momentum and reach the intermediate level in the snow mountain!
After the three of them started moving together, Zuo He discovered that they had a treasure-seeking compass. He looked at Li Feng with an uncertain expression for a few moments, his thoughts unknown.
Li Feng secretly said to Yu Chi that this was the face of jealousy, which made her secretly observe Zuo He for a while.
There were many more good things in the snow mountain than in the Red Star Tree forest. Of course, the demonic beasts were also more ferocious. Basically, every time they found something good, there would always be a demonic beast guarding it.
Most of the time, the few of them could handle it, but there were a few times that were more dangerous.
Once was at the edge of a large river. No one knew how a snow mountain could have such a large river, but thinking of the strange geographical features here, it was not surprising.
The river was very turbulent, but on the bank, there was a tall, crooked tree with five fist-sized pink fruits hanging high on it.
Among the three of them, only Yu Chi could fly, so she volunteered to go and pick them. But no one had expected that there was actually a giant crocodile lying in this river!
From the tip of its snout to the spine of its tail, it was about 100 meters long. Especially when its four limbs stood up from the river, it was more than ten meters tall. With one open of its mouth, it could swallow the crooked tree and Yu Chi next to it whole.
Yu Chi, along with her cloud and the fruit, almost fell into that gaping maw!
Fortunately, her proficiency with the cloud had greatly improved. She narrowly dodged that mouth.
But the crocodile was not willing to give up and opened its mouth to bite Yu Chi again. Her reaction in the air was not as fast as usual. Several times, she was almost bitten by the giant crocodile, which was extremely dangerous.
The two people below were also watching very tensely, but it was too high for them to interfere for a while, until Li Feng belatedly remembered that he still had a few Dragon Ice Grasses in his pocket that Yu Chi had forced on him for emergencies.
Zuo He was still thinking of a way to attract the crocodile’s attention when he suddenly felt that Li Feng was too quiet. He turned his head and saw him frowning and stuffing grass into his mouth.
Zuo He: ?
Even if he’s hungry…
“Swoosh—”
The hair on his forehead was suddenly lifted by a gust of wind. In a daze, Zuo He seemed to have the illusion that Li Feng had suddenly flown into the sky.
…It was not an illusion.
Li Feng’s whole person “swooshed” and appeared next to Yu Chi. He grabbed Yu Chi by the waist and spun her around, holding his long spear up to meet the giant crocodile’s mouth. He probably felt that Yu Chi was in the way, so he casually threw her to the ground.
Zuo He was still pondering if his takeoff was related to that grass. Seeing Yu Chi being thrown over, his movements were not slow. He took a few steps forward and caught her, preventing the consequence of Yu Chi being seriously injured from the fall.
Yu Chi herself hadn’t even reacted. Her body had already passed through the hands of two men in a row. She was dizzy. When she came to her senses, she saw Zuo He looking down at her.
“Stand firm,” Zuo He said, letting go of his hand that was supporting her.
Yu Chi only felt her legs go weak, and she almost fell to the ground.
“Thank you,” she said, her face a little pale. This was the closest she had come to death. She had almost died in the crocodile’s mouth… you think she was going to say she was scared by the crocodile?
Yu Chi showed a bleak smile. Being chased by a crocodile was not as stimulating as being suddenly thrown from the sky.
A great save. Don’t save me next time.
Li Feng in the air was already fighting back and forth with the giant crocodile, but the size difference between the two was too great, which was frightening to watch.
Yu Chi was watching nervously when a slender and powerful hand suddenly appeared in front of her. She stared at the hand for two seconds, then tentatively placed the Treant Guardian’s hand on it.
Zuo He: …?
Oh, it seems he doesn’t want to shake hands. Yu Chi laughed awkwardly and looked up to meet Zuo He’s gaze silently.
Her stimulated brain didn’t react for a moment, but Zuo He didn’t seem to have a mouth, so Yu Chi tentatively placed the Dragon Ice Grass in the other party’s palm.
Zuo He gave Yu Chi an appreciative look, withdrew his hand, and stuffed the grass into his mouth with a blank expression—he had just seen Li Feng eat it like this.
Yu Chi didn’t have the heart to tell him that he only needed to eat the core of the Dragon Ice Grass.
The next second, Zuo He also “swooshed” and flew into the sky.
Like a superman.
Yu Chi stood on the ground and looked up.
Of course, she wasn’t just doing nothing. A life-skill player naturally had a life-skill player’s uses.
She controlled the cloud from below, so that she could catch the two of them when they fell from the sky. At the same time, she prepared various combat supplies to provide for them at any time.
They were not at a stage where they could fight that giant crocodile, but Li Feng and Zuo He were addicted to fighting—when their Spirit was exhausted, there were Ice Crystal Fruits provided by Yu Chi, and when their HP was low, there were endless bandages and adhesive bandages. The two of them had never had such a satisfying battle.
Yu Chi on the ground: Ah yes, a life-skill player’s life is not a life.
However, in order to improve her own combat awareness, Yu Chi did not stop using her abilities. She didn’t dare to go up and cause trouble for the two of them, but it was no problem to do some small actions that were within her ability.
For example, secretly extending a few vines to tie up the crocodile’s single foot, or suddenly closing the crocodile’s mouth. Although the vines couldn’t last for long, they could occasionally create an unexpected effect.
The level of this crocodile was not as high as they had imagined, only level 18, but she didn’t know what it had eaten to grow so huge.
The few of them spent a lot of effort and finally managed to kill it.
Yu Chi felt that she hadn’t helped much, but the system’s judgment was very humane. All the effort she had put in, including the consumption of the Ice Crystal Fruits, was returned to her in the form of EXP.
She was just a little bit away from reaching level 10 directly.
The giant crocodile dropped a lot of good things. Just a huge crocodile skin was worth it. After making armor for the three of them, there would still be a large pile left to sell.
These things were temporarily stuffed into Yu Chi’s space.
After discovering how useful Yu Chi was, Zuo He began to be like Li Feng.
Yu Chi asked him if he wasn’t worried that she would run away with the things.
Zuo He looked at her with a blank expression. “I’ll go to your boat to find you.”
Yu Chi: Okay, I’ll be honest.
She had almost forgotten that this world was completely unscientific. With the other party’s strength, even if she couldn’t get any benefits on her boat, she wouldn’t have an easy time either.
The few pink fruits that the crocodile had been watching closely had a very amazing effect. Yu Chi speculated that all the ones that had grown before had probably been eaten by this crocodile.
【Item: Lover’s Fruit
Grade: Rare
Description: Once, someone was abandoned because of old age and fading beauty. Later, they accidentally ate this fruit and regained their appearance, and the two reconciled. It was named Lover’s Fruit, meaning that lovers will eventually be together.
Each one can extend life by a hundred years. Do not eat too much.】
“This ‘do not eat too much,’ how many can I eat?” Yu Chi immediately asked. This description was unclear, and the consequences of eating too much were not stated. What if she exploded and died like in a novel?
Li Feng replied casually: “You’ll know if you try.”
The effect of the Lover’s Fruit was extremely rare, which showed that there was a difference between rare-grade and rare-grade spirit plants.
But there were only 5 of them, and there were three of them, which was not easy to divide.
It just so happened that both Li Feng and Zuo He were seriously injured, and only she was unharmed. Thinking of this, Yu Chi had a wicked idea—
“How about we juice them?!”
Her voice was sonorous and powerful, startling both Zuo He, who was quietly healing, and Li Feng, who was thinking about how to eat the crocodile meat.
Li Feng was incredulous: “Of course, meat should be roasted. How can you juice it?”
Zuo He also frowned upon hearing this and cast a disapproving look at Yu Chi.
…With that expression on your faces, I’ll also feel that I’m being very strange, Yu Chi’s mouth twitched.
Finding that she was the only one who cared about the distribution of the Lover’s Fruit, she couldn’t be bothered to care anymore. She directly stuffed one into each of their hands and said, “Roast it if you want. This Lover’s Fruit will be the appetizer.”
As for the other two Lover’s Fruits, they didn’t ask for them. Yu Chi planned to plant them in the [Two-Sided Mirror] space. At that time, she could just give them some other things as compensation or, after the things were planted, give each of them a few.
The higher the level of the demonic beast, the more fragrant the roasted meat. At first, Yu Chi was not very keen on these demonic beast meats.
She had raised some low-level ones in the [Two-Sided Mirror] space, so she didn’t have to worry about not having meat to eat in the future—but after they had eaten the demonic beast meat of the level 8 Frostfeather Bird before, they found that not only was the meat delicious, but it also contained powerful energy!
After one meal, Yu Chi felt that her body had become much tighter. Although there was no obvious change in her attributes, she felt that her muscles were denser.
The three of them sat cross-legged by the bonfire, their eyes all fixed on the roasted meat. The aroma from it, even Zuo He, who did not value his appetite, could not hide the greed in his eyes.
Yu Chi endured her hunger and chatted: “To be called Lover’s Fruit for this reason, isn’t there a sense of ironic hell?”
Zuo He nodded in agreement. Even he, who liked to watch dog-blood dramas, did not support the origin of this name.
It insulted the love in his heart.
Li Feng had no opinion on the name. His gaze was focused, and the way he looked at the roasted meat was like looking at his beloved wife.
Yu Chi: “Let’s give it another name—a certain woman almost fell into a crocodile’s mouth to pick this fruit, so it’s called…”
Li Feng: “Crocodile Fruit?”
Zuo He: “Croc’s Maw Fruit?”
Yu Chi looked at the two of them with contempt and said loudly: “So it’s called—Almost Fruit!”
“…”
The air fell into a brief silence. All three of them felt that the other two’s names were terrible.
Yu Chi: “This is all to warn future generations. In short, it’s settled!”
After all, I picked it, Yu Chi thought smugly. When she looked down again, she found that the name of the Lover’s Fruit had tactfully changed.
【Item: Almost Fruit
Grade: Rare
Description: Once, someone almost fell into a crocodile’s mouth to pick this fruit, so it was named Almost Fruit, meaning to be careful.
Each one can extend a hundred people’s lives. Do not eat too much.】
Yu Chi: “Good.”
Besides the giant crocodile, another place worth mentioning was a dark blue bamboo forest. It looked calm on the outside, but even small demonic beasts could not be seen inside, which was a bit strange.
The few of them suspected that a large demonic beast was hiding inside. They stepped in cautiously, and then were all blown away.
Yes, blown away.
【Item: Thunder Pattern Bamboo
Grade: Rare
Description: Known as the little cannon of the plant world, each section is stronger than the last.】