Chapter 61 p1
◎ Zuo He, a betrayal? ◎
Before setting foot on Giant Island, Zuo He had performed a divination for their trip. The hexagram indicated a close call but no real danger.
But after being chased by a giant for 10 minutes, Yu Chi began to doubt the accuracy of this hexagram.
“You’re a fucking charlatan!” Li Feng had already started cursing.
Yu Chi, having contracted the repetition disease: “A charlatan.”
An Jin, hahaha: “A charlatan!”
Zuo He nimbly jumped onto a plant leaf, his expression calm. “Are you going to place your hopes on divination?”
That’s what he says, but isn’t it all because this guy’s divination tool is too ridiculous?!
Yu Chi couldn’t help but recall what had happened before they set foot on this island—
After preparing everything, Zuo He had spoken with an arrogant posture: “A level four island is too dangerous. I’ll do a divination before we set off.”
Yu Chi’s eyes had widened, shining with golden light. This was a fantasy world. Divination and such should be very credible!
Li Feng had sneered: “I didn’t expect you to have such a skill.”
“Are we finally going to see it!” An Jin was also very expectant. Prophecy talents were rare. It seemed that Zuo He was going to take out his trump card this time.
However, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, he had taken out a lottery tube… that’s right, a lottery tube, with 9 wooden sticks inside.
Zuo He had calmly shaken the lottery tube, then drawn one from it, looked at it for a couple of moments, and said, “Don’t worry. We’ll have a close call but no real danger this time.”
He had placed the wooden stick in the center of the table for everyone to see. On it were written four large characters—a close call but no real danger.
“…”
Silence, a strange silence had filled the air between them.
Yu Chi had stared at this wooden stick in disbelief. Li Feng’s face was full of a ferocious smile, feeling that he had been played. An Jin’s face was dazed, and he had begun to doubt life.
Zuo He had calmly said: “What’s wrong with you guys?”
What’s wrong… this guy actually asked them what was wrong?!
Is this how you do a divination!
With this kind of thing, he wouldn’t even be able to make a living as a charlatan. This was the prophecy-type talent that An Jin had said was coveted by the world… hehe.
Yu Chi’s expression was stiff. The gap between imagination and reality made her extremely sad. “You predict through drawing lots?”
“Is there a problem?” Zuo He was very calm. “This is my talent item.”
Yu Chi: “.”
…
The memory ended. Yu Chi suddenly found that there was no movement around her. She didn’t know where the giant had gone, and she didn’t know where her companions had gone either!
“These idiots, they must have gotten separated,” Yu Chi ground her teeth, having no hope for the intelligence of the others. “Forget it, I’ll see if I can go back.”
On the other side.
Li Feng jumped down from the huge bushes and picked up a huge stone to throw back. “Is this giant ever going to end—hey Yu Chi, can the vines restrict his movement a little?”
No answer.
“Yu Chi… uh, where is this guy?!” Li Feng’s voice changed in fear.
Zuo He came to a screeching halt, stopped, and looked around. “We should have gotten separated.”
“Hahaha, sister wasn’t eaten by a giant, was she?” An Jin tilted his head.
Li Feng: “…Do you think she’s your sister?”
An Jin glared: “What are you talking about? Don’t try to drive a wedge between us!”
Li Feng: “.”
Zuo He sighed. “In short, let’s shake off the giant first, and then go back to look for her.”
Yu Chi felt that this place was probably a paradise. Countless rare and exotic herbs were displayed before her. Although the system couldn’t identify them, many of them were in the elf’s 《Plant Compendium》.
“This should be a Smoke Fruit,” she took out the 《Plant Compendium》, carefully compared it, and then nodded in satisfaction.
A Smoke Fruit was just an ordinary excellent-grade spirit fruit. It was called a Smoke Fruit because it could burst out a cloud of thick smoke when it exploded.
Yu Chi forcefully broke off a Smoke Fruit that was as tall as her. She thought for a moment, used her Frost Blade to cut the Smoke Fruit open, and instantly, countless thick smoke came out of the opening, covering her whole person.
“Cough cough cough…” Yu Chi choked until tears came out. She desperately used her fingers to block the cut, but the thick smoke still came out from between her fingers.
Seeing that she couldn’t block it at all, she simply picked up the Smoke Fruit and threw it into the distance with all her might. Her physical fitness had not changed, and this fruit was not heavy. It soon flew towards the horizon and disappeared in an instant.
Yu Chi took out a fan and blew around for a while. The smoke around her finally dissipated. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the Smoke Fruit with shining eyes.
Isn’t this a modern smoke bomb? It’s very useful in battle and when escaping.
However, the smoke in the 《Plant Compendium》 was only the size of a palm. She didn’t know what was wrong with this island. The plants that were of a normal size outside had all become huge here.
The Smoke Fruit grew on a huge bush. There were about 12 of them near her. Yu Chi put each one she broke off into the [Two-Sided Mirror], busy and happy.
She had originally wanted to put the bush in directly, but the little flower fairy had told her with her fingers that the plants here were not suitable for growing in the [Two-Sided Mirror] and would wither directly, which meant that she could only pick the existing ones.
Yu Chi was not disappointed. They planned to stay on Giant Island for a week this time, and this time was enough for her to collect resources.
She walked forward cautiously, pushing aside the grass, and was always on the alert for the movement nearby. After all, the creatures here were too huge, and it was easy to get injured if she was chased.
Yu Chi tiptoed and pushed aside a weed as big as a banana leaf, and was suddenly blinded by a golden light. She saw three golden mushrooms growing in the swamp in front of her, with starlight-like spots on their caps.
“A little familiar. It should be something good,” she blinked, opened the 《Plant Compendium》 again, and saw that the description on it said: Star Mushroom, increases a creature’s tolerance.
It seemed a little unclear to look at it this way, but if it were changed to a player, the data would probably be: Star Mushroom, increases a player’s stamina.
This was, after all, an elf’s 《Plant Compendium》. The descriptions on it were all the elves’ understanding. If she needed to know the specific effect, she would have to try it herself.
Yu Chi took out a small shovel. Just as she was about to go forward, the swamp suddenly began to bubble.
A giant catfish covered in scales broke through the water. Its whiskers were thicker than Yu Chi’s waist, and its open mouth could even see strange bones.
“…” Yu Chi screamed, “Excuse me!”
She took out the Smoke Fruit she had just picked and smashed it. In the midst of the loud “bang,” thick smoke rose. Yu Chi took the opportunity to roll to the side of the Star Mushroom, stuffed it into the [Two-Sided Mirror] along with the mud, and when she turned around, she did not forget to grab the glowing reeds on the edge of the swamp.
Although she didn’t know what it was, something that glowed must be a good thing!
She ran a long way until she could no longer see the movement on the other side of the swamp before she stopped, panting heavily with her hands on her knees.
“So big,” Yu Chi was still shaken.
She had indeed fought with giant creatures, but without a system to judge the creature’s level, she felt that her whole person had lost her sense of security.
She couldn’t judge the other party’s level and could only determine it from the sense of threat. But for such a big monster, the first reaction would be to turn and run!
When she had been on Cold Moon Island before, the rabbits and pheasants had at most enlarged by one or two times, which was already very exaggerated. But now it was not just one or two times, it was probably more than 20 times!
“Forget it,” Yu Chi sighed sadly and continued to walk back along the previous path. Thinking of the reeds she had just grabbed, she took them out to identify them.
【Moonlight Reed: A material for making magic scrolls.】
Magic scrolls? Yu Chi was stunned for two seconds. She didn’t know much about magic. It was only after thinking for a while that she reacted.