"Bang!"
A dull sound echoed as Lin Yue lowered the fire axe, and the wooden box soaked in acid rain opened promptly.
Yet, the golden glow inside remained exceptionally dazzling!
[You have obtained the Golden Treasure Chest!]
The system’s voice sounded again, but Lin Yue didn’t have the leisure to listen.
"The first prize in the group ranking is so la, there’s nothing in the Golden Treasure Chest either."
The Acid Rain Lake hadn’t corroded the Golden Treasure Chest at all; it was completely intact.
He lifted the fire axe and looked towards another box.
"What’s the reward for ranking first in the world leaderboard... what could it be?"
Lin Yue knew that at worst, it wouldn’t be less than a Golden Treasure Chest.
In fact, it might be an even higher-level chest!
Having hacked open the box, Lin Yue soon saw the result he wanted.
[You have obtained the Platinum Treasure Chest!]
Haha, indeed, it’s the Platinum Treasure Chest!
Surely, if the prize were still a Golden Treasure Chest, no one would think much of achieving first in the world ranking; they’d rather fight for the first place in a group and live comfortably.
Just after defeating the giant creature, that monster known as the Ox-Carrier sothing, he also received a Platinum Treasure Chest.
So now, there are two Platinum Treasure Chests plus a Golden Treasure Chest!
And there’s the air drop reward that the system just ntioned!
This round... this round is too exhilarating.
This might be the world’s second or third Platinum Treasure Chest!
But Lin Yue was very clear.
The next world leaderboard, as well as the group leaderboard, would undoubtedly be more fiercely contested than ever with big prizes ahead; who wouldn’t be tempted!
After all, for other Survivors, the drop rate for treasure chests was still very low. Simply obtaining one from the system’s air drop, especially at such a high level, who wouldn’t be envious?
Lin Yue walked past the Acid Rain Lake that was no longer burning. He didn’t collect the two parachutes drenched in acid rain but left them there, deciding to handle them later when they dried.
In the distance, the corpse of the giant creature was still emitting smoke, though it was mostly charred; the original bull head hadn’t been consud by flas, yet it looked nothing good and constantly emitted a nauseating sll.
And this sll indeed made him feel dizzy and uncomfortable.
Glancing at the flowers on the ground, Lin Yue squatted down to sniff and found there seed to be a similar sll.
Once he donned the gas mask again, the sensation slowly dissipated.
The problem seed to be here.
Lin Yue looked at the layer of earthy-gray hair floating in the Acid Rain Lake and then at their scattered kind on the ground.
Mad Poison Herb’s seeds...
"Could it be that the giant creature plays such a role?" A sudden realization.
With gloves on, Lin Yue picked the kind of flowers that the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon once fed on from the ground, and the system imdiately identified its na.
[Mad Poison Herb]
Just as expected.
These flowers nad "Mad Poison Herb" seed to be at the core of the entire mystery.
Previous observations and various intelligence regarding the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon, a giant creature, showed it to be a mutant organism active only in a particular range.
Moreover, it is ferocious by nature and hunts many mutant creatures for food to supplent massive energy.
After consuming so much, this mutant creature might go on a spree to guzzle such "Mad Poison Herb" due to "indigestion" or so other reason to feel better, hence wandering to seek Mad Poison Herb.
Having gnawed on this "Mad Poison Herb," a particular toxin or sothing else should accumulate within its body, spreading through its breath and causing humans with no immunity to develop high fevers.
Along with the high fever were symptoms of exhaustion and general weakness, likely effects of the poison gas.
However, this toxin would be quickly tabolized away, alleviating high fever swiftly within a day.
Nonetheless, this seed true for healthy individuals, whereas those physically weak or suffering from chronic illnesses would succumb, explaining why so fever victims died during prior searches.
Lin Yue doubted that Xia Feihong’s Refugee Village likely had these flowers growing nearby, causing the high fever when he lay in a stone coffin by the woods and inhaled the poisonous gas expelled by the hunted Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon leading to that fever outbreak among the thirty people there when the beast returned.
This ti, the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon ca to his Shelter attracted by the Mad Poison Herb blooming in the Desert.
Mad Poison Herb, from its na alone, signaled its ill-nature; Lin Yue noted its propagation thod on that giant creature.
As the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon devours these flowers, they attach their seeds to its body, accumulating to form a hard shell.
As it moves, these seeds fall onto the ground becoming new plants.
After encountering the acid rain, the shell sheds so seeds carried by floodwaters, congregating in low areas like around his Shelter to germinate and regrow flowers...
The Mad Poison Herb utilizes its advantage to spread offspring, while the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon acts as its disperser.
Realizing all this, Lin Yue suddenly thought of sothing else.
The giant creature seed to have appeared after the earthquake of the previous disaster, with no sight of Mad Poison Herb before.
Yet, this plant could utilize the giant creature and acid rain flood to spread its seeds...
Isn’t it too coincidental? The Mad Poison Herb’s operation is so smooth!
At this mont, several of Lin Yue’s doubts seed to connect.
And these connected questions pointed to one possibility.
"Could it be, this disaster has a kind of... cycle pattern?"
Likely, the correct answer?
Snow disaster moistens Desert soil, earthquakes reerge giant creatures and Mad Poison Herb, acid rain flood spreads Mad Poison Herb providing sufficient water and nutrients.
Suddenly, Lin Yue felt he could even speculate on one of the details of the next disaster!
"If it’s true, then it really is a more terrifying and severe disaster than before."
Lin Yue took out a bucket of gasoline and handed it to Bai.
This Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon’s corpse must not remain.
No matter the number, burn them all away; in this hot weather, such massive at decay may lead to plagues and infestations, not to ntion the residual toxic gas within it.
Bai received the command and flew high, dousing large amounts of gasoline over the still flaming Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon.
Small flas soared instantly, completely engulfing the Ox-Carrier Serpent Dragon’s body!
At this mont, Lin Yue looked up at the sky.
A parachute drifted down from the heights.
The wooden box it carried contained Lin Yue’s fourth reward from this adventure!
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