Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Ling Lan had initially thought that she would have to stay in this forest created by the learning space for two to three years before she would be able to get used to it. Reality proved that humans were indeed an extremely intelligent species, especially those who already had offensive and defensive capabilities. Adapting to this extremely dangerous environment was much easier than she had imagined. After a month, she was already able to move about freely in this primeval forest.
Ling Lan had never been a rash person, so after Instructor Number One had disappeared, she had been very careful with every step she took. After all, she had never come into contact with a primeval forest before, so she was completely clueless about this place. Moreover, she believed that this primeval forest must be very frightening. Her initial thought was not about hunting, but how to hold out until she woke up the next day.
In reality, she was still too naive. The terrors of this primeval forest were not something she could imagine. She did not even manage to hold out until nightfall before she was bitten by an unknown venomous insect hidden in the bushes. This was her first death. Using the internet slang from her previous world, this was her first death.
In fact, Ling Lan's first death was not an easy one. It was even bloody, enough to make one lose their appetite just by looking at it. The scene was incomparably horrifying.
Ling Lan definitely did not want to experience this kind of death again in this lifetime. The venom of those insects was extremely vicious, producing a terrifying pain. This pain was even more bone-deep than the pain she had experienced in her previous life, or the pain she had experienced in her medicinal bath in this life. This was because it was no longer just pain — there was also an uncontrollable itch that scratched at the depths of her heart... she would never forget it for the rest of her life.
Ling Lan was in pain for three whole days, and also itched for three whole days. She watched with her own eyes as she peeled off her own flesh and blood bit by bit from her body. She actually felt a sense of pleasure in her heart. In the end, her body was torn apart, almost reduced to a bare skeleton, and only then did she breathe her last.
She had thought that she was finally free, able to leave this terrifying forest and return to reality. Unexpectedly, the moment she opened her eyes, she had returned to the place where Instructor Number One had left her. Only then did Ling Lan understand that this world created by the learning space was not as simple as she had thought. She just needed to hang in there for a while before she could return to reality.
It might be a mission, and if he didn't complete it, he would fall into it and be unable to return.
Although Ling Lan couldn't forget the fear of her first death, in order to return to reality as soon as possible, she had to force herself to continue exploring the depths of the forest to complete her mission. Ling Lan had not forgotten what Instructor Number One had said. The meaning was clear — she had to learn how to hunt.
However, when Ling Lan had successfully killed an animal that was weaker than her in the forest, she had not seen the learning space react at all. She knew that this mission did not allow her to take any shortcuts — she would probably have to kill a beast that was several times stronger than her in order to succeed.
Thus, she began to challenge this primeval forest. Along the way, she encountered countless dangers. She was lucky enough to escape, but of course, the outcome of most of them was death.
She had been swallowed by the ant tide and turned into a pile of bones. She had also been ambushed by cute little animals, and in the end, she had become their meal. She had even accidentally eaten a poisonous fruit and died from the poison. She had also experienced the bites of the mosquitoes that spread plague in the forest, and in the end, she had died from infection.
However, her countless deaths had not been in vain. Ling Lan gradually learned how to survive in this primeval forest. She summed up her experience and threw away the weakness and kindness that this place did not require, leaving only calmness and ruthlessness. From then on, all living creatures only had two labels in her eyes — — danger and food.
Just like that, Ling Lan went from her initial fear and anxiety to her current calmness and composure, fearless in the face of any danger. The entire primeval forest was like her own backyard — she knew all the living creatures and dangerous places like the back of her hand.
And this time, choosing to hunt the swamp king was a decision she had made after careful consideration. Even though in terms of terrain, the swamp was more dangerous than other places, it was also because of this that the swamp king here was relatively weaker than the kings of other territories. Besides, a terrain that was advantageous to the swamp king might not necessarily be disadvantageous to her.
Just like that, Ling Lan's ambushes had failed several times in the beginning. In the end, most of the time, she had become the swamp king's excrement, only managing to escape by sheer luck a few times. However, each failure was a form of experience. Slowly, Ling Lan had grasped the swamp king's hunting habits. In order to numb the swamp king, although Ling Lan came to the swamp every day to lurk, she had resisted the urge to make a move for an entire week …
Ling Lan still remembered Instructor Number One's complaints to her back then, saying that she did not know what was real and what was fake. If she kept ambushing, it would not be ambushing anymore. And Ling Lan would definitely not make the same mistake a second time.
Today, however, Ling Lan had seen an extremely rare opportunity. Perhaps because Ling Lan had not made a move this week, the swamp king had thought that it had eaten up all the creatures that had been blind every day. On top of that, this time, it had hunted down its favourite food, the big water snake whose meat was absolutely juicy. This made the swamp king extremely happy, and actually caused the swamp king to let down its guard instantly...
And so, Ling Lan made her move decisively. And this time, Ling Lan had achieved a clean one-hit kill. Because of this success, it proved that Ling Lan had truly mastered how to conceal her killing intent and capture her prey.
Once the swamp king was dead, Ling Lan narrowed her eyes and savored the moment when she had killed it. There was no excitement, no excitement, only calmness and focus. Ling Lan sensed that something was different from her usual self. She knew that she had been too concerned about the result before, so she had not been able to maintain that state of mind that was as calm as ice. Once she had broken it, her killing intent would have overflowed.
Ling Lan smiled. She clenched her fists tightly — perhaps she would be able to go back now, and leave this damned place. Although the current Ling Lan was no longer afraid of this primeval forest, she still did not like it here. It was very lonely here — there was no one to talk to her, and no one to give her warmth. She was about to be crushed by a feeling called loneliness. Luckily, she had great endurance, otherwise she would have gone mad even if she had not died.
Right then, Ling Lan sensed something strange behind her. She did not turn around, but her body quietly shifted into a different position — she was instantly prepared to defend and counterattack.
"Well done!" A familiar voice rang out from behind her. This voice made Ling Lan feel both excited and resentful at the same time.
Without even thinking, she stomped her foot and used the momentum to send her body flying backwards. Then, with a flip in the air, she faced that person and stretched out her leg decisively to kick him viciously...
Hells, bastard Number One! I'm going to kick you to death! Having suffered so much, Ling Lan could no longer maintain her composure.
Instructor Number One was expressionless. Seeing Ling Lan's attack, he did not move at all. He only stretched out two fingers and tapped on Ling Lan's little foot.
"Bang!" A soft sound rang out as the two collided. Ling Lan felt a huge force come from beneath her feet, and her entire body flew backwards. That foot that could shatter the defenceless swamp king's skull actually felt numb, and she instantly lost her ability to fight.
Ling Lan twisted her waist in the air and controlled her body to land where she had originally been standing, on the head of the dead swamp king.
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Also, I would like to apologise to everyone who reads the novel. Since yesterday, my body has been very unwell. Even after sleeping for a whole day, my condition has not improved. Instead, my condition has worsened, so I had no choice but to go to the hospital for an intravenous drip. When I came back, my family was originally very against me turning on the computer to write, but thinking that I had already stopped updating for a day yesterday, if I stopped again today, it would be a waste of everyone's support. However, whether I can update as scheduled in the next few days, I can't guarantee. I can only try my best. After all, the doctor has me on an IV for three days straight...
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