Chapter 268: Seeking to Live Amidst Danger
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Wuwuwu!
Violent gales howled into their ears.
Plunging… They were rapidly plunging.
Feng Lin’s team members opened their eyes and discovered that they were situated high up in the sky, pa.s.sing through the cloud layers, and in the middle of landing on a continent.
They opened up their battlesuits and gas gushed out, allowing them to stabilize their bodies and land gradually.
The star teleportation formation was truly unbelievable!
Feng Lin was full of emotions.
It took just an instant for the world to change, and they were able to traverse across the universe. It was truly a miracle.
The five of them gathered and started to search for a landing point.
Right now, the other teams pa.s.sed by them and were landing like paratroopers.
Yana opened up her microchip and a three-dimensional map appeared. It doc.u.mented the geographical situation and distribution of races in the vicinity.
This was a brand new planet with intense spiritual qi, with all sorts of intelligent races born.
Based on the scoutings done by human technology, it was discovered that there were five spots on this domain that had the greatest spiritual qi reaction. They were the Chaotic Star Lake, Three-layer Mountain, Blackwater Abyss, Cloudsmoke Swamp, and Golden Plains…
Each of these places stood out a lot when one looked down from the sky.
These were also the places with the most number of paratroopers.
However, Yana pointed to a secluded area that only had a weak energy reaction.
As the team’s brain, Feng Lin knew that she wouldn’t do things without any reason and decided to believe in her judgment.
Right now, Yi’s gaze was dim and filled with dissatisfaction. He looked at the areas that had the most number of teams landing and seemed raring to go. He was filled with battle intent. He could not wait to spar with these experts of the same age as himself.
Shamans lived in the wilderness and fought with beasts. Their battle wills were far stronger than other humans.
However, since Feng Lin as the leader had nodded, this matter was decided and he shouldn’t protest too much. The team landed toward a green mountain valley.
This was a primitive mountain valley called the Emerald Valley.
The place was filled with green trees and gra.s.s.
The planet’s environment had clearly been thoroughly scanned. All the terrains had already been named.
As a primitive planet that didn’t have a high civilization level amongst the races here, the Cultivation a.s.sociation didn’t send armies to flatten it. Instead, they treated it as a real-life examination area to test the examinees who were applying for the Cosmos Universities.
The five of them landed.
At the first instant, Feng Lin discovered that the spiritual qi was so thick here that it made his hair stand on end. It was beyond imagination.
It was even thicker than that at the Starry s.p.a.ce Golden Pyramid.
Spiritual qi planet!
It was an undeveloped spiritual qi planet.
Endless amount of spiritual qi came surging over, entering through their pores. It was as if their entire body had been cleansed by clear spring water inside-out.
A gush of wild and primitive aura came gus.h.i.+ng over. It was a natural and primitive scene.
The Emerald Valley was true to its name with beautiful mountains and rivers. Everything was covered in an emerald-green color and was extremely beautiful.
The moment Feng Lin’s group landed, they immediately opened up the holographic map to check out the surrounding environment.
Gege… Coocoo… jiejie…
Suddenly, a series of weird cries that were like that of birds’ rang out. They were like eerie laughter that brought a chill to one’s bones.
Strange waves extended out like a light breeze that stirred up their mind, causing them to feel dazed and sink into a murky state. They felt as if their bodies were floating in hot springs. Their surroundings were extremely warm and comfortable, making them feel like sleeping.
“Wake up!” Ripples appeared in Feng Lin’s calm heart, and he suddenly became wary and let out a low bellow. Violent spirit force gushed out.
Everyone’s bodies trembled and the murkiness in their eyes instantly dissipated. They were stunned.
This weird laughter was an illusory art that could bewitch people’s hearts.
“Who’s there!” They started to check out the surroundings.
The forests swayed and ma.s.sive black shadows that were over two meters tall walked out. They were three-headed monster birds that were the size of ostriches and had six long tail feathers on their back.
“What the h.e.l.l are these?” Aris gasped.
The native living creatures on this planet were really weird.
The monster birds came close and their eyes radiated with strange gleams. They stared at Feng Lin’s group with judgmental gazes. It was as if they wanted to see through them.
Each of the monster birds’ three heads kept on crying out in all sorts of pitches, as if they were speaking non-stop in an extremely complicated language.
Gold light flashed rapidly in Yana’s eyes. She entered a high-speed calculating state.
The monster birds kept on crying out incessantly and got close to them.
Feng Lin’s group had no idea what abilities these native lifeforms had and they remained on guard.
“Coocoocoo… jiejiejie… jiji….” A series of weird cries rang out with a unique rhythm.
Feng Lin’s group looked over Yana strangely as she released the same bird cries.
The strange thing was that the many bird heads looked over.
“Coolulu.. Dingding… Dangdang…” the three-headed monster birds replied.
“Jiji… Duoduo… Jiangjiang…” Yana kept on calling out and started communicating with these three-headed monster birds. The strange cries really seemed like a type of language.
After a while, the three-headed bird in the lead cried out in a loud voice, and all the monster birds moved aside, leaving a path.
“This is…?” Feng Lin looked toward Yana.
“These monsters are an intelligent race and have their own language! I decrypted their language system earlier. They want us to follow them!” Yana said in a light tone.
Intelligent race?
Feng Lin was slightly surprised.
The native races on this planet were really strange.
“These monster birds say that we’re guests and they want to bring us to their nests and play host to us!” Yana said.
“Are they really so kind?” Feng Lin was on the alert and he communicated with the other four through mental communication. “Those not of the same race don’t think the same as us. Be careful. We’ll follow them first, observe the situation, and get an understanding of Emerald Valley’s situation. Once there are changes, we’ll immediately take action to wipe out all of them.”
Yana and the others nodded as they received Feng Lin’s command.
The five of them pretended to abide by the monster birds and followed them to the depths of the Emerald Valley.
The three-headed monster birds were like soldiers, lining up on both sides and releasing joyful cries, as if they were welcoming their guests warmly.
Feng Lin observed carefully and noticed that some of the monster birds reflected a metal glow all over their bodies. They were covered in layers of metal feathers that were like armor.
To be able to use tools was a sign that these monster birds were really intelligent races.
What kind of abilities did these monster birds have? What kind of civilization did they develop?
…
All of these were just mysteries.
The roads were slightly bendy as if it was a paradise in the mortal world. The air was filled with spiritual qi that felt very refres.h.i.+ng.
Feng Lin’s group followed the group of monster birds to the depths of the Emerald Valley.
Swoosh swoos.h.!.+
They walked to the very end and a dense forest appeared before them. It was as if green waves were seething.
“Coo coo coo….”
The monster birds cried again, flapping their wings and urging Feng Lin’s group to enter quickly.
“They’re saying that this is their nest, and they are telling us to enter quickly!” Yana translated.
“Is that so?” Feng Lin let out a cold laugh and didn’t say much. “Do it!”
He let out a bellow suddenly.
However, Aris and the others didn’t waste time on c.r.a.p talk and acted instantly.
Swoosh swoosh swoos.h.!.+
Sharp arrows came raining down.
Boom boom boom!
Tyrant aura encompa.s.sed Aris completely, taking on the form of a giant battle statue. Her fists were like mountains that came cras.h.i.+ng down, instantly turning the monster birds into meat paste.
Swinging his three tails, Su Li’s figure was as elusive as a ghost’s, flas.h.i.+ng incessantly in the air. The moment those monster birds came into contact with his body in the slightest, they would instantly turn into ashes, frozen birds, or charred corpses.
Neither Feng Lin nor Yana made a move.
Yana knew her limitations.
These monster birds weren’t even transcendent living creatures, and once the three of them made a move, there wouldn’t be a need for her to do anything.
Things were different for Feng Lin. Silver light flashed on his forehead, and his spirit force probed into the depths of the forest. He felt that there was an aura of a lifeform that had been suppressed for a very long time. It was extremely eerie and horrifying, like it would pounce out at any moment. It was a violent aura that seemed to want to annihilate everything.
He was extremely wary. These monster birds were really up to no good.
Aris and the other two made a move, and the monster birds were surprised and infuriated. They went charging out toward the three of them.
Pa pa pa!
They flapped their wings crazily, bringing forth waves of strong gales that sent rocks raining down.
The monster birds that were draped in armor even spurted out black flames from their mouths.
The auras contained in those flames were like demonic auras, but yet different.
Ten Thousand Arrows Spread Open!
Yi kept shooting out arrows, sending countless arrows raining down single-handedly like a peac.o.c.k that was spreading out its wings. It was a beautiful sight that was filled with lethal killing intent.
With each arrow shot out, there would be one person, no, one bird that would be struck and die a horrible death.
Aris’s battle statue was over 30 meters tall. As she stomped onto the ground; the earth, rocks, and trees would crumble. The monster birds were like mantises trying to stop a chariot, instantly crushed into meat paste.
Black fire, violet lightning, white ice….
Magical techniques were like shooting stars, shooting out to and fro in the sky.
Su Li was as elusive as a ghost, darting amongst the monster birds and taking their lives without any restraints.
In the beginning, the monster birds tried to put up a resistance, but in the end, they were terrified after having seen so many of their kind being killed. They completely broke down and started fleeing in all directions, leaving behind bird corpses everywhere.
The trio stopped their actions and wore cold expressions, ready to step forward to harvest their spoils of war.
“Be careful!” Feng Lin let out a low bellow.
Roar!
Strong gales blew.
A huge black shadow darted out from the forest and opened its big mouth that was like a black hole, engulfing everything before it.
Feelings of danger rose in their hearts and they retreated.
Kacha kacha!
They turned and saw those bird corpses being swept up together with earth and rocks, and the black mouth started chewing on them.
The ma.s.sive head slowly shrank back into the dense forest, leaving a pair of apricot-yellow color eyes glaring at everyone. The pair of eyes slowly closed and concealed within the darkness.
Everything happened in an instant.
Feng Lin and the others didn’t even manage to see the true form of the black shadow clearly. They merely saw from its head that it looked like a huge python-shaped living creature.
It was only then did they understand why Feng Lin asked them to make a move. There was a trap here waiting for them.
These monster birds clearly lured them here intentionally to send them to their deaths.
The group started to take care of the spoils of war that were left behind.
Yana opened up her ident.i.ty microchip and started to a.n.a.lyze their battle plan. “The reason I chose to land here is because the first round is to test our survival skills in danger. The winner wins against all! Therefore, it isn’t a clever decision for those people to rush and land on those spots with thick spiritual qi. The compet.i.tion would be too intense! They might lose their battle prowess at the very first instant due to internal conflict. We have ten days to slowly plan things out. There’s no need for us to restrict ourselves within a disadvantageous environment! This is a spiritual qi planet that is filled with spirit crystals. Each native race here possesses all sorts of strange things. Next, we should make use of the resources here for our development and become stronger! Our goal should be in the word ‘turtle’ [1]! If we don’t, we won’t be able to come out first! In a situation where we seek to survive amidst danger, it’s very hard to clinch first place if we were to fight head-on. On the contrary, the chances of winning would be higher if we were to lay low and launch sneak attacks! Our slogan would be: we lose if we don’t turtle, once we turtle we’ll get to eat chicken for dinner [2]! …”
Feng Lin and the others nodded in agreement.
Next, Feng Lin got to work and deal with the spoils of war.
“Hmph?” Su Li started to repeatedly a.n.a.lyze the monster birds and seemed to have discovered something. He entered deep in thought.
“What’s the matter?” Feng Lin asked.
Su Li fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking up.
“On Mount Yiw.a.n.g, there’s a bird that is shaped like a crow, has three heads and six tails, and is good at laughing. Its name is Yiyu. When eaten, it can let the person sleep well without nightmares, and it can also be used to ward off evil. If I’m not mistaken, this is the world in the Cla.s.sic of Mountains and Seas [3]!”
[1] Turtling is a gameplay strategy that emphasizes heavy defense, with little or no offense. Basically, turtling minimizes risk to the turtling player while baiting opponents to take risks in trying to overcome the defenses.
Suggesting victory.
[3] Extract and references are taken from the Cla.s.sic of Mountains and Seas, a compilation of mythical geography and beasts.