Lin Huang slept from four in the morning until eleven in the afternoon. The tiredness from the journey in the middle of the night was finally gone.
When he got out of the portable tent, Fatso's snoring could still be heard from the tent.
Lin Huang patted his tent. "Fatso, wake up. We'll be delayed for another day if we don't hurry."
Fatso's snoring stopped for a few seconds before it started again.
"Fatso, wake up now. There's a monster blocking the entrance! Hurry up! "Lin Huang suddenly patted Fatso's tent hard.
Fatso immediately sat up in the tent. He put on a few clothes in a panic and got out. He asked Lin Huang in fear, "The entrance is blocked. How are we going to escape?!"
"Escape my * ss. There's no monster at all. I'm just waking you up." Lin Huang found it funny when he saw his nervous expression.
"Motherf * cker, you scared me to death!" Fatso then took off his clothes and put them back on. He looked upset throughout the entire process. It was obvious that he was unhappy with Lin Huang's behavior.
"Can't you sleep with clothes on at night in a wild zone like this?" Lin Huang was speechless at Fatso's lack of vigilance.
"It's easy to sleep with clothes on." Fatso gave a very reasonable reason.
Lin Huang did not bother to say anything else. He put away his tent and began to wash up.
The portable tent was similar to a weapon. It was the size of a broad bean in its miniature state. There was a small button in the middle of the bean. As soon as it was pressed, it would expand into a tent with sleeping bags, pillows, eye masks, and other items.
Once the tent was formed, one would have to scan one's identity at the entrance of the tent to enter. After that, one would have to scan the identity of the previous occupant at the entrance of the tent. The tent would automatically return to its original size of a broad bean. However, if there was a living creature in the tent, even if it was a mosquito, it would not be able to return to its miniature state.
Because of this, some expensive portable tents also came with an automatic cleaning function. If the tent could not be closed, the cleaning function would automatically kill the insects and then automatically clean up. The whole process would only take three minutes at most.
The tent that Lin Huang bought was this kind of high-grade portable tent. It was expensive, comparable to a piece of Bronze Equipment.
By the time he was done, Fatso had already packed up his tent. He handed him a bag of dry rations and a bottle of milk drink.
"It's not safe to cook in the level-4 wild zone. We can only eat dried food."
Lin Huang nodded and took the lunch. He had actually brought some dry food with him. He had ordered it online, but it was definitely not as delicious as Fatso's.
Apart from jerky, there were also dried vegetables. Lin Huang could not help but raise his brow. "I didn't know that you pay attention to nutrition."
"I made the jerky, and my dad made the dried vegetables. He insisted that I bring them along. If you think it's delicious, I'll give you all the dried vegetables later. "Fatso immediately understood what Lin Huang meant and pouted.
"I knew it. I didn't see any vegetarian when I went for the assessment with you." Lin Huang realized that he was overthinking when he heard Fatso's words. He initially thought that Fatso had changed.
"A famous person once said that a man who doesn't like meat isn't a good man." Fatso found a good excuse for not eating vegetables.
Fatso's words were not made up. Lin Huang had indeed seen this saying on the internet before and thought it was weird. The person who said this was a transcendent during the early stage of the new era. At that time, he was mocking a transcendent that he did not have a good relationship with. Later on, he became a demigod and the saying was passed down.
"Liking meat and only eating meat and not eating vegetables are two different things. You're a partial eater," Lin Huang corrected him.
After eating a few mouthfuls of the dried vegetables, Lin Huang suddenly felt that Fatso's partial eater must have had a reason. He had eaten too much delicious food since he was young, so he slowly became picky.
When Fatso was done washing up, Lin Huang was almost done with his breakfast.
"What milk is this? It tastes good. "Lin Huang could not help but ask as he gulped down the last bit of milk.
"This is the milk of a Snow Five Flower Cow. It tastes good. It took me a lot of effort to get some from my dad. I only got ten bottles in total. If I didn't treat you like a brother, I wouldn't have given you such good stuff. "Fatso watched Lin Huang finish the bottle of milk with a pained expression.
Lin Huang had heard of the Snow Five Flower Cow before. It was one of the top cows in Division7. The monster was only iron-level but each of them was priceless. It was comparable to the price of a relic. The daily milk production was not high, only two to three kilograms. Each kilogram of milk could be sold at the price of a bronze-level equipment.
Lin Huang had drunk almost two iron-level equipment with that glass of milk.
He wanted to ask what kind of milk it was so that he could order it and drink it in the summer. However, when he heard that it was a Snow Five Flower Cow, Lin Huang immediately gave up on that idea. "Poor people should be poor people. Only rich people can afford to drink this …"
After breakfast, Lin Huang recalled the Demonic Dandelion Vine and both of them came out of the cave. Lin Huang then summoned Bai.
"How many monsters do you have?" Fatso could not help but ask.
"Three or four of them." Lin Huang answered as Fatso had only seen four of them.
"This vampire should be the most powerful one, right?" Fatty could still remember the scene of Bai Ling Chen killing the vampires.
"Yes." Lin Huang mumbled.
"I'm so envious of Imperial Censors like you. You don't even have to fight. You have powerful fighters and majestic mounts … "Fatso was envious of Lin Huang's talent as an Imperial Censor.
"Different people have different talents. Naturally, they are suited for different things. It's good for you to be a Food Hunter. If you open a gourmet restaurant in the future, if you can attract a large number of hunters, you'll be able to earn Life Crystals. It'll be much more profitable than us working hard outside. It's easy and safe. "Lin Huang thought that Fatso's dream was not wrong.
"You're right. I'm more suited for a comfortable life. I'll be tired if I have to work hard every day." Fatso thought that what Lin Huang said made sense. He thought that it was better for him to be a Food Hunter.
Both of them left the hole that Bai dug and went deeper into the Fog Canyon.
Misty Canyon, if removed from the shroud of mist, from the sky, is a complex circular maze structure.
There were monsters of different combat levels and types in different areas of the maze. The closer they were to the center of the circular maze, the higher the combat level of the monsters.
The Ugly Marionette that Lin Huang and Fatso were looking for was at the periphery of the maze. However, they had no idea where it was exactly. They only had a general direction to go.
The area was shrouded in fog all year round, causing people to lose their sense of direction. There was also no signal from the internet and communication, making it impossible for them to locate their location. Therefore, both of them could only explore according to the information that they had.
With Bai leading the way, the duo's safety was not a problem. The journey was very easy. The monsters that they encountered along the way were easily killed by Bai.
"Turn left at the 12th junction … This should be it." After walking for more than three hours, Fatso suddenly stopped at a junction and looked to his left.
Lin Huang did not say anything along the way and allowed Fatso to lead the way. After all, he was here to help Lin Huang to level up to bronze-level. It would be weird if he was more familiar with the route than Lin Huang.
Although Fatso noticed that Bai's combat strength was unusual, he thought that Lin Huang had some special beast taming skills. He did not expect that Lin Huang's combat strength was unusual as well.
"If the information is correct, there should be a foothold of Ugly Marionette not far away after turning left." Fatso lowered his voice and said to Lin Huang, "Be careful. These monsters live in groups, we only need to lure one or two of them out."
Lin Huang nodded. Although Fatso was timid, he was decisive when it was time to do something serious.
Both of them slowed down and walked towards the junction on the left.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they reached the end of the path, but they did not see a single monster.
Both of them retreated to a spacious area and noticed that there were traces of a battle. The traces seemed to have been left not long ago.
"The foothold of Ugly Marionette should be here but all the monsters in the foothold have been killed. We're too late." Lin Huang concluded after some observation.
"Since this foothold is gone, let's go to the next one." Fatso did not think too much about it as it was normal for other people to kill the same monsters in the canyon.
Lin Huang did not say much and left with Fatso.
Two hours later, both of them finally found the sign near the second foothold.
"A two-meter tall spherical boulder, this should be it!" Fatso pointed at the boulder at the junction and said, "Turn right and walk for another 10 minutes. It's the second foothold of Ugly Marionette."
"Let's go." Lin Huang nodded and continued to let Bai lead the way.
10 minutes later, both of them arrived at an empty area. Still, there were no monsters. Similar to the first foothold, there were traces of a battle. It seemed like the battle had just happened not long ago.
"Someone killed it again?!" Fatso could not help but scream, "Who could it be? Why did they have to target the same monsters as us?"
"Fatso, did you tell the three of them about the Life Seed monster that you chose before you came here?" Lin Huang felt that someone was purposely targeting them. It was most likely the skinny, tanned man who had escaped earlier.
Fatso was stunned and nodded helplessly, "They asked but I didn't think it was important so I told them. Are you saying that the guy who escaped earlier is behind this?! "
"It's highly possible." Lin Huang nodded, "We've encountered other monsters along the way but none of them were completely killed. The person who did this was taking the same route as us. He did not kill all the monsters along the way, which means that he's not after the monster carcasses. However, he did not spare any of your Life Seed monsters. It seems like he's doing this on purpose. "
"It does seem like he's doing this to me." Fatso nodded after listening to Lin Huang's analysis. "What should we do now? What if he killed all the Ugly Marionettes in the canyon? I'll have to get myself a Life Seed monster … "
"I don't think so. He's just slightly faster than us. From the traces here, he arrived less than an hour earlier than us. Let's skip the third foothold of Ugly Marionettes and go straight to the fourth foothold. We might be able to reach there before him! "Lin Huang suggested.
There were only four footholds of Ugly Marionettes in the entire canyon. If they did not reach there before the skinny, tanned man, not only would Fatso, Lin Huang would have to get himself a Life Seed monster as well.
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