The deep, secluded jungle, the lush vegetation, if you don't look closely, you can't even distinguish which one is a growing tree trunk and which one is a hanging vine.
Sunlight penetrates through the dense branches and leaves, dappling the bushes, leaving behind mottled traces.
You don't see a single bird, yet you can always hear the calls of unknown birds.
And there is a indescribable smell of acid and decay diffusing in the air.
At this moment, the jungle is similar yet slightly different than before!
Perhaps it is because of the prolonged drought.
Not having walked far, they encountered a corpse.
From a distance you could already smell the stench of the corpse.
Jiang Yao and Tang Xiaoguo both covered their noses and mouths, Shen Bing also frowned.
Washing clean cloth, dripping a few drops of flower water, covering it over your nose and mouth, can effectively reduce the magic damage from the stench of decay.
Lu Zhe had Yao Yao and Guo'er stay put, he and Sister Bing covered their noses, and carefully made their way over. Not having walked far, they soon saw an animal corpse.
It was around 50 centimeters, resembling a pig, but with a much longer snout than a pig's.
Its forelimbs and head were black, its hind limbs and tail were also black, only the middle section was white.
At this time, large amounts of flies were crawling over its body, and large fat maggot babies were happily wriggling around in its nostrils and mouth.
Shen Bing looked it over: "With how extensive your knowledge is, do you know what this is?"
Lu Zhe didn't want to touch it, but through its appearance, and looking up relevant descriptions in his survival handbook, he could basically determine: "It should be a Dream-Eating Beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas!"
"Stop spewing nonsense, there's no such thing!"
"How could the ancestors lie? Actually, it's a kind of tapir that normally lives in ponds. How did it run here?!" Lu Zhe also felt something was off!
He pondered for a bit, and came up with a guess: "It normally lives in the tidal flats below, perhaps because of the drought, the tidal flats dried up, or because of competition from aquatic predators, it had no choice but to look for another place to find water sources, unexpectedly running here and dying of thirst."
Shen Bing nodded: "There are no attack wounds on the body! What a pity, if it walked a bit further it would have found the creek."
Then, Lu Zhe took out a small plastic bottle, used tree bark to gather the maggots and put them in the bottle.
"What are you doing?"
While collecting maggots, Lu Zhe said: "Yao Yao loves fishing, I'm getting some maggots to give her as fish bait, I'll surprise her in a bit!"
Shen Bing said in astonishment: "Giving maggots to a girl, Lu Zhe you are so talented, but I advise you not to do that?!"
"Why?"
"Yao Yao loves being clean so much, if you give her a bunch of maggots, are you not afraid of scaring her to tears?"
Lu Zhe thought about it: "You're right!"
Having collected over half a bottle of maggots, he poked an air hole in the bottle cap, then screwed on the lid: "Then I'll just use them myself!"
"Let's go!" The two left the corpse, found Yao Yao and Guo'er, and continued walking deeper into the jungle.
When they were close to reaching the creek, they discovered more and more animal traces!
Monkeys, squirrels, mountain goats, wild boars, and all kinds of birds of paradise!
Flying and gliding about the primeval jungle with their colorful feathers.
Tang Xiaoguo pestered Lu Zhe, wanting to catch a couple to bring back and pet, but was flatly refused by Lu Zhe!
When they arrived at the mountain creek, they also saw a dark brown deer drinking water by the streamside, and not far from it was a wild boar.
As expected, the water source attracted many wild animals.
When they saw Lu Zhe, it was as if they saw a terrifying predator, and they sensitively fled into the jungle!
This made Lu Zhe fall into contemplation: "Do I, who loves nature and little animals so much, look so scary?"
Oh well, that's not important!
Lu Zhe noticed a gratifying thing, which was that the water volume of the mountain creek had not decreased due to the drought, instead it had increased!
Lu Zhe guessed that the aggression of the warm currents and the convergence of magma at the volcano base increased the evaporation of moisture within the mountain, then going through filtration and cooling by the mountain's rock and gravel, resulting in the eventually collected water flow being even bigger than before!
This was good news!
In other words, no matter how hot the weather got, the freshwater resources on the volcanic island would not be depleted.
It was just a pity the hot spring water was still around 60-70 degrees, there was simply no way to reach the volcano base through the hot springs, and he didn't know how the planted vegetation was doing down there.
Since they had no way to bathe, they could only wash their faces in the mountain creek.
Compared to the water in the trenches at camp, the water here was more mellow, not at all like evaporated water!
Jiang Yao and Guo'er took off their shoes and happily soaked their feet in the creek water.
Some unknown little fish swam over and gently nibbled at their feet, tickling the two girls into giggles.
"Haha, I discovered another business opportunity!"
"I know! When we go back we can open up a fish spa!"
"Right on, the little fish here nibble more comfortably than the ones at shops."
"You're right, aren't they, Lu Zhe?"
Lu Zhe didn't speak, he was thinking about another issue:
"The hot spring water is sixty to seventy degrees, the water here is only around twenty degrees, what would happen if I directed the creek water into the hot spring pool?"
Shen Bing's eyes also lit up: "The temperature here might decrease?"
"Correct!"
"We could try it!"
However, when Lu Zhe came to the hot spring cave again, he started worrying again.
The hot air billowing out from the hot spring cave was getting thicker and thicker, and the smell of sulfur was also getting stronger!
Shen Bing was somewhat worried: "Can we still go in?"
"I'll try!"
Covering his nose and mouth, he crawled into the cave. He only felt the steam scalding his skin till it tingled unbearably.
If it were anyone else instead of him, any girl that went in would definitely get scalded.
Looking again at the hot spring pool, it was bubbling nonstop.
Lu Zhe didn't touch it with his hand, but estimated the temperature had already neared 80 degrees!
He hurried back out.
The three girls had all gathered around: "How is it? Lu Zhe?"
"The temperature of the hot spring has already reached close to 80 degrees!"
Tang Xiaoguo said worriedly: "Is the volcano going to erupt?"
"No! I guess it's just because of the drought, there won't be big danger, it will just be a bit difficult to get to the volcano base!"
Jiang Yao said worriedly: "The only sweet potato vine is still inside, after so many days without watering, it must have withered!"
Shen Bing said: "Lu Zhe, why don't we still try that method?!"
"Mm!" Lu Zhe nodded and started preparing.
Chopping thick bamboo, splitting them down the middle, removing the partitions to use as water troughs, propping them up one by one from high to low using bamboo poles and rocks, it was very easy to direct the creek water over.
The creek water flowed along the bamboo pipes, turning a corner and entering the hot spring cave, pouring noisily into the hot spring pool.
Then Lu Zhe checked his watch: "I'll come back and see if the water temperature changes, if it drops below 50 degrees, I'll take the risk and go in once! For now, let's go catch some fish by the lake!"
When they arrived at the lakeside.
Looking at the lush vegetation along the lakeside, Lu Zhe decided to clear out a spot suitable for fishing!
And at the same time back at camp, the two young girls encountered new trouble!
A terrifying chicken attacked the camp, launching an assault on the two young girls.
The two girls screamed in fright, firing their guns in panic but missing, only able run towards the bonfire.
But this chicken was completely unafraid of fire, charging straight at them!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
