Now that food and fresh water are enough for two days, Su Xiao starts considering other issues.
During these two days, his stamina can remain in a peak state. As for the supply of healing items, as long as he doesn’t engage in long battles, it won’t be a problem. Bubu Wang is an amateur healer, and the Ice and Snow Goddess’ Aura can substitute part of the healing supply.
The three elents of survival are resolved, but Su Xiao is not satisfied with the current situation. Surviving five days is just a prerequisite. If the other six Contractors all survive five days, then it’s ti to compete for ga points.
Su Xiao doesn’t know exactly how many ga points he has; the number should be substantial. His previous release of breath killed quite a few Parasitic Star Crabs, and even though Alice is hostile to Su Xiao, she doesn’t dare to arbitrarily change the ga rules.
Whether the remaining six have had any adventure is still unknown. If Su Xiao is eliminated due to insufficient ga points, that would be ridiculous.
Moreover, food and fresh water only suffice for two days. To continue maintaining a peak state, Su Xiao needs to seize resources.
"Bubu, I have a decent plan."
After Su Xiao explained the plan to Bubu Wang, Bubu Wang looked bewildered.
"If it succeeds, the supplies for the remaining three days won’t be a problem. Not just that, there’s no need to worry about ga points either."
Bubu Wang considered for a mont and then nodded in agreent. A man and a dog began to set up the plan; to be precise, they were setting up bait to ’fish.’
...
Two days later.
Deep in the Forest of the Strong, a few ragged strong n are walking on foot. Their appearances are similar, all bald and strong in physique. Although they roughly resemble humans, two more eyes adorn their foreheads.
These Four-eyed Clan mbers are ’Guests,’ Alice’s reserve prisoners. They don’t qualify to reside on the first layer and only have a chance at freedom on the fourth layer.
They have two targets: one is to survive, and the other is to find and kill the Gar.
"Leader, I seem to sll the scent of food."
One mber of the Bald Four-eyed Tribe sniffed.
"I sll it too."
"Leader, we haven’t eaten for two days. If this continues..."
A few mbers surrounded their leader. The Four-eyed Clan leader’s pupils were cyan-colored and doubled.
"There’s the sll of blood."
The Four-eyed Clan leader was not tempted by the food.
"What then..."
The other mbers gulped; the rich aroma of roasted at accelerated their gastric acid secretion, eroding their stomachs as if burning was taking place. This was the body’s signal to urgently need food.
The Four-eyed Clan leader was also extrely hungry. After deliberating, he led the other six toward the source of the at aroma.
As the distance closed, the enticing scent of at beca stronger. These famished Four-eyed Clan mbers greedily inhaled the aroma through their nostrils, seemingly alleviating the hunger.
Through the dense forest, a small clearing appeared ahead.
On the clearing was a bonfire with a canine creature sitting in front, holding a skewer of roast at. The at was roasted so many tis its surface was slightly charred.
A dog... roasting at!
The Four-eyed Clan mbers were a bit dumbfounded.
"Run!"
The Four-eyed Clan leader shouted because he saw a large pit with dozens of corpses covered with heavily scented leaves to mask the sll of blood.
"Not carrying food."
A voice ca from above, prompting the leader to look up and see a man sitting on a tree trunk.
"We an no harm, we were just hungry and attracted by the food sll."
The Four-eyed Clan leader slowly retreated, sensing that if the man wanted to kill them, not one of them would survive.
"No harm?"
Su Xiao squatted on a sturdy tree trunk. Just monts ago, Reincarnation Paradise provided a prompt that his Blade of Mind had immunized against a certain Mind Control Ability. The other party acted, but finding it ineffective, lowered their stance.
"Yes, no harm intended, we’ll leave imdiately."
Sizzle—
Pale cyan tal threads appeared, forming a cage utilizing the surrounding trees.
"Death Condensation..."
The Four-eyed Clan leader’s eyes emitted a blue light. At the next mont, he felt the earth beneath him rise, with an impact surging from below to above.
Boom!
Flas surged as Alchemy Bombs exploded.
After the flas dissipated, the dust didn’t clear. Su Xiao stood up, drew the Dragon Slash from his waist, took a deep breath, and dove into the dust below.
Within the dust, visibility was poor, not exceeding half a ter. Su Xiao’s intuition ability fully activated, allowing him to imdiately sense the positioning of the Four-eyed Clan mbers within the dust.
The sound of cleaves and screams fused into one; monts later, the forest returned to tranquility.
Su Xiao cleaned the blood from the Dragon Slash, sheathed his long knife, and began cleaning the blood and bodies on site. The corpses were thrown into a nearby pit; as for the bloodstains, igniting a bonfire would suffice.
In the Forest of the Strong, there are no ’victims.’ Gars and ’Guests’ are in a competitive relationship.
If the Gar can survive five days, all ’Guests’ will be cleaned up; thus, the forest’s ’Guests’ will spare no effort to hunt down the Gar.
Su Xiao approached a tree hole, where there were several barrels of fresh water, lots of jerky, dried fruits, fresh fruits, and so plant stalks.
These foods were acquired through Su Xiao and Bubu Wang’s ’fishing.’ Bubu Wang was responsible for roasting at to lure ’Guests,’ while Su Xiao dealt with them. Within two days, a man and a dog repeated this process many tis, changing locations after luring in 2～3 groups of guests.
"The stockpile of food and fresh water is enough to last five days."
The reason Su Xiao opted to take the risk of ’fishing’ was to quickly gather food and gain ga points. Once both are adequate, he’ll find a place to hide.
Su Xiao won’t engage with overly strong guests, not because he fears their strength, but he’s wary of a certain person—Alice’s clone.
Once Su Xiao falls into a tough battle with the guests, Alice’s clone is likely to show up, putting him in a situation of fighting on two fronts, increasing the possibility of defeat and death.
Therefore, Su Xiao chooses to quickly gather food and fresh water and then hide imdiately, leaving no chance for Alice’s clone to act.
Su Xiao and Bubu Wang walked toward their predetermined hiding spot. Ten minutes later, they arrived next to a Towering ancient tree several hundred ters high.
There’s a tree hole at a dian height of this ancient tree, discovered by Bubu Wang. Heaven knows how it was found. When questioned, Bubu Wang said it found the tree hole while searching for a place to pee and didn’t pee inside after finding it suitable for hiding.
Su Xiao found this puzzling. Isn’t it just urinating? Why climb such a high tree to do it?
Bubu Wang was left with a shadow by the throne in the Dusk Palace, so if the environnt isn’t safe enough, it can’t urinate.
A man and a dog climbed into the tree hole, which stood over 200 ters above the ground. With food and water amply supplied, Su Xiao nestled in the tree hole, pulled out a tablet, and played gas.
Alice’s clone limited his actions, making this the most sensible choice now. As for ga points, Su Xiao feels even if he’s not first, he’ll be in the top three. Previously, he didn’t know how many Parasitic Star Crabs he killed, and after that, once the cooldown of release of breath ended, he sought trouble with the crabs again. After releasing his breath, he imdiately mounted Bubu Wang to flee, leaving Alchemy Bombs behind to cover the escape, and returned four tis.
When Su Xiao went for the fifth ti to find the Parasitic Star Crabs, he was stunned to discover the crabs had relocated—
PS: (Sixth update in twenty minutes)
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