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Chapter 259 - 48 Black Widow: The Cunning Humans! (Make-up update)

Chapter 259: Chapter 48 Black Widow: The Cunning Humans! (Make-up update)

"Damn, ran into an expert... urgh."

Inside a third-floor room of the Lighthouse Inn, having ended his journey, Xu Shu randomly gagged.

It wasn’t the first time he had died; the suffocating feeling of death was no longer enough to make him too uncomfortable.

But that huge fish, honestly, its mouth and esophagus were just too stinky.

Because the journey was a fully realistic tactile experience, that sensation of being chewed up and dissolved bit by bit, in terms of disgust, was second only to Nagoul’s little demon.

Splash splash splash.

Cold ice water slapped his face, and the suffocating aftertaste in his mind slowly faded.

"No good, this method won’t work!

"No wonder every Pioneering Team must have a rascal on hand, without the skill to avoid big monsters and find smaller ones, relying purely on luck just won’t do for pioneering.

"The wilderness is too dangerous, full of strangeness and monsters everywhere, a moment’s carelessness, and you’ll fall into a monster’s trap."

"However, since that’s the case, I’m not without a plan. This supply point is now relatively safe, I can use this as a base and slowly develop..."

Xu Shu looked at himself in the mirror, shook his head forcefully, and his gaze gradually firmed up.

Thud thud thud. As a greeting of "Sir, are you inside the room?" sounded from outside the door, he stretched out his hand, pressing forward as if his fingertips were meeting his own reflection in the mirror.

"Tai Chu Scroll, journey mode!"

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[Checking current status...]

[Check complete!]

[Your situation is dire; someone is coming to trouble you. Faced with this poor widow who has lost her child, you...]

[Good, you continue to put her off, dismissing her with an ambiguous attitude, you cold and heartless thing.]

[Once again, you set out, heading beyond the eastern border.]

[The ground, damp with early morning mist, bore many monster tracks, some antler-shaped, some streamlined, all different, few in number.]

[You didn’t see them at night, and their whereabouts during the day are unknown, but they assuredly exist.]

[The direction you choose today is:?]

[You choose the old path, but as you enter the dense forest area, you change direction, circling south around the battleground of the Black Widows and belly water eels, heading in a curved path.]

[Seems like you’re ready to lay low for a bit? Good, it looks like you’ve finally realized that it’s not enough to rely on brute force.]

[You circle south for about two miles, and fortunately or unfortunately, you’ve encountered no other monsters.]

[Then you start making your way north, returning to your original spot, circling north for another two miles.]

[This time you finally spy a resting Silver-backed Mantis, the size of a young calf, silently hanging upside down on a tree, unaware of your presence.]

[It might be a stray monster; don’t you consider taking the opportunity to finish it? As a Legendary Warrior, now at First Rank level 15, you have few equals in single combat; take this rare opportunity to face it alone! You choose:?]

Stray?

Xu Shu stroked his chin but didn’t rush to act.

He looked at the huge treetops on the screen and observed carefully.

It didn’t take long to notice the problem.

The Silver-backed Mantis seemed to be resting, but in reality, there were faint black lines on its abdomen, stretching upwards, disappearing into the dense foliage.

"Fishing again, huh!"

[It’s no surprise to you; you learn from experience, having spotted a group of Iron Wire Worms ambushing in the tree, using the Silver-backed Mantis as bait is their usual tactic.]

[Perhaps you might try; will they take you down, or will you take them down?]

[You choose to retreat; Iron Wire Worms are not good at pursuit. They rustle discontentedly in the treetops but let you walk away.]

[You return to your starting point. Your Monster Hunter career has reached a crucial crossroads; to the east, two miles ahead, is a group playing with Black Widows and belly water eels and a lurking Second-tier Hu Nian, the strongest force;]

[Two miles to the north are a group of Iron Wire Worms lying in wait, strength unknown;]

[To the south, you’ve not yet discovered any entrenched monsters; maybe you could consider starting from the south, continuing the search for stray monsters, you choose:?]

[You choose to sprint at full speed, heading directly east. You are like a tiger descending the mountain, traversing this terrifying and vast dense jungle, with the remains of previous civilizations buried under the vines, the pioneer’s bones beside you, resolutely moving forward alone.]

[Worthy of a true warrior, it seems you’re going to seek death once again.]

[But monsters are, after all, monsters; they don’t fight with honor and will gang up on you, your straightforward approach won’t work.]

[You quickly arrive where five Black Widow Spiders are facing off against the strong bodies of two belly water eels; you whistle from afar, and they detect you, immediately dropping their quarrel and chasing after you.]

[You turn tail and run.]

[A live feast delivered to their doorstep; they’d be fools to let you escape just like that. They quickly pursue, leaving behind nothing but a pair of questioning eyes popping up from the water once the targets had left.]

[You lead the monsters on a wild chase across the wilderness, another tense and thrilling escape.]

[You’re fast; the belly water eels, once out of the water, are soon left behind, and they return to their habitat.]

[Only the five Black Widow Spiders relentlessly chase you, the distance between you gradually closing.]

[But the border is now right before your eyes.]