I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 101 - 100 Petrified Lizard

Chapter 101: Chapter 100 Petrified Lizard

That was an eight-legged reptilian monster with a long tail and many prominent bone spikes on its back, the color of which matched the stones exposed on the ground’s surface.

Its eyes no longer emitted a green light as before; they resembled two large copper bells.

It appeared to be a small clan, with about seven to eight large ones and four to five smaller ones.

"Petrified Lizard, levels 1-4, large reptilian creature, its skin can change color with the environment, adept at camouflage. Its eyes can emit a cold green light petrifying the enemy it gazes at. The petrification effect can be as strong as permanent, with the effect strongest within a hundred meters; the farther the distance, the weaker it becomes. Its stomach contains a unique digestive fluid that can digest creatures it has petrified. The blood of the Petrified Lizard can either neutralize or prevent its petrification effect, and pouring it on stones can significantly harden them..."

From the magic identification of creatures’ message, Mu Ying understood everything.

She had been petrified before, fortunate that her level was high here, her blood was thick, and she had newly acquired protection from the Thousand Faces Clothes. The Petrified Lizard was quite distant, which weakened its petrifying effect; otherwise, the "maximum permanent petrification" effect alone would have been enough to trouble her greatly.

Who would have thought there were creatures that could kill with their gaze? Truly, one cannot guard against it.

The group of Petrified Lizards were about levels 3-4 for the large ones and 1-2 for the smaller ones.

From their levels, it was clear they were not from an instance.

So far, no ghouls of level 3 or above have come out of an instance’s gate.

With no instance of Petrified Lizards nearby, Mu Ying could breathe a sigh of relief. The situation with the ghouls was still dragging on, and it felt like Petrified Lizards were even more difficult to deal with.

These lizards seemed to be guarding her, reluctant to let go of her as their prey.

One small Petrified Lizard was particularly close.

Thinking of the effects of the blood of the Petrified Lizard, Mu Ying wanted to catch one to try.

The Petrified Lizard was covered in stone-like scales, and coupled with its physique, though not mentioned in the biological recognition, it was evident that the Petrified Lizard’s dominant attributes were Strength and Constitution, not low in defensive power.

At this moment, her magic was somewhat insufficient. Enemies with great strength and high defense were her weakness. Magic Control was hard to restrain such adversaries, and Attack Magic was not highly targeted, which could be largely absorbed by the Petrified Lizard’s all-around protection.

Now that the opportunity was rare, with a small Petrified Lizard so close, only swift and effective damage could keep this small Petrified Lizard pinned down.

She did not think that after injuring a Petrified Lizard, it would just stand dumbly under the protective shield waiting for her to kill it.

Thus, she discarded any magic that wasn’t quick enough or didn’t have sufficient lethal force.

The Balance Scythe was also unusable; Petrified Lizards did not disrupt the balance of nature nor were they despised by nature.

Having the Balance Scythe made Mu Ying realize how broad nature’s love was; it despised very few things.

Mu Ying was a Druid who worshipped nature, but she was not nature’s puppet; she loved what nature loved, hated what nature hated, and loved herself even more.

Protecting nature was her professional cultivation guideline but not her guideline for handling situations. There was a slight hint of natural power around Petrified Lizards, but Mu Ying would not soften her heart because of this.

After all, she was also part of nature’s survival of the fittest; she certainly had the right to wield the butcher’s knife for herself, so long as she did not disrupt the natural balance. She could do as she wished within limits.

At such a close distance, there was no need for a bow and arrow.

Ultimately, between a spear and a sword, Mu Ying chose the sword.

After all, she had two swords, one long and one short, allowing her to strike simultaneously.

To be absolutely sure, Mu Ying did not take any chances even against a level 2 small Petrified Lizard.

First, she used Enhanced Attributes to increase her Strength, then she added a Frozen Metal effect to one sword and a Scorching Metal effect to the other.

Finally, she took out a bag of salt and a bag of chili powder, mixed them together, moistened the blade, and sprinkled the mixture on the sword. Without poison, this would have to do.

Lastly, she used Silence Magic to erase the sound of her footsteps.

She approached the small Petrified Lizard step by step, stood close to the protective shield, aimed for the lizard’s eyes, and stabbed fiercely with both swords, stirring vigorously.

"Roar!!!" the small Petrified Lizard screamed in pain and reflexively retreated a few steps away from the danger.

The swords reluctantly came out.

If the small Petrified Lizard could speak Universal Language, it would certainly be crying out right now, complaining about its eyes hurting, its head aching, feeling both cold and hot, as if it was about to split open!

The small Petrified Lizard, with its eyes shut, screamed miserably, and the other Petrified Lizards all looked over.

Two large Petrified Lizards were anxiously pacing back and forth.

But all the Petrified Lizards stayed away from approaching the protective shield.

Mu Ying didn’t want her prey to get away, so she whipped out the Thorny Whip, wrapped it around the legs of the small Petrified Lizard, and forcefully pulled it inward.

If it wasn’t a small one, she might not have been able to drag it at all.

But its mindless violent struggle caused Mu Ying quite a bit of trouble, though it also interfered with the other Petrified Lizards.

Seeing their injured companion gradually moving closer to the source of its injury, the large Petrified Lizards tried to intervene.

Clearly not very intelligent, their first reaction was to bite the small Petrified Lizard and drag it outward.

But with the small Petrified Lizard blind, suffering internal injuries from the blade that had penetrated half its brain, and the lingering aftereffects of the chili powder and salt, it could only attempt to alleviate the pain by violently thrashing about.

Thus, its fellow Petrified Lizards, accidentally struck in the face by it, dared not approach carelessly anymore.

However, the wounds from its eyes to its brain were indeed fatal, and the Petrified Lizard’s struggles only hastened the loss of its strength and life.

Seizing the opportunity, Mu Ying dragged the small Petrified Lizard as close to the sub-camp as possible, while she rode her broom low in the air within the sub-camp to avoid being accidentally injured by the Petrified Lizards.

Soon after, the small Petrified Lizard completely expired.

Only then did Mu Ying descend, took its entire body into her Storage Pouch, planning to ask Tongbi 559 about the valuable parts of the Petrified Lizard’s body before dissecting it, since keeping it in the Storage Pouch would keep it fresh for later use.

The death of the small Petrified Lizard enraged the other lizards, but they could do little about it and gave up after several attempts to ram the sub-camp’s protective shield.

They even dared not stay outside the protective shield anymore and burrowed deep into the Chaotic Stone Forest instead.

Mu Ying breathed a sigh of relief and then continued constructing the quarry.

The sub-camp encompassed the foothills of three Stone Mountains.

First, using her control over the territory, Mu Ying transformed the corner stones into stone and stored them in the territory panel.

Then, she created mines at the sides of the three Stone Mountains, with the entrances inside the sub-camp and extending to the boundary of the sub-camp.

In the future, people could dig from here inward. Even if they dug outside the range of the camp, the entrance would still be inside, keeping monsters out and ensuring a safe work environment.

Finally, she built a row of wooden houses on the open space outside as a temporary rest point for the workers and the person in charge of the quarry.

A rudimentary quarry was thus preliminarily completed.