193: Chapter 193: Corpse (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets) 193: Chapter 193: Corpse (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets) The tongue pierced through the tree canopy that was montarily defenseless from hunting, entwining the entire fruit tree and its laden fruits.
Then, the Lizard lifted its head and sharply retracted it.
The whole fruit tree was uprooted and rapidly flew towards the Lizard’s mouth.
With the tree in its jaws, the Lizard let the juicy fruits slide into its mouth, and while it was enjoying the delicious al,
accompanied by a soft noise, an object ablaze with flas ca whistling from afar, getting closer and closer.
Boom——
Before the Lizard could react, the object pierced through its skin, erupting in a violent explosion.
Instantly, a good half of the Lizard’s body was blasted apart, revealing its bloody, indistinct innards; it struggled to stand, attempting to turn around and see who was treacherously attacking it from behind.
But before it could make a move, another Armor-Piercing Projectile flew in, piercing its body and exploding thunderously.
This ti, it no longer had the strength to look back, in fact, its body was no longer intact.
He Ao, carrying a case of Armor-Piercing Projectiles, strapped the shoulder-mounted cannon beside the case, and hopped through the window onto the rooftop of a shorter adjacent building.
Part of this building had sunk into the ground, leaning downwards.
He Ao ran forward a few steps, followed the sloping rooftop downwards, reached the bottom, then jumped onto the rusted rooftop of a bus, using it to briefly cushion his landing before jumping down to the ground.
The height of six or seven floors was quickly negated by him.
He walked over to the Giant Lizard, looked at the scattered limbs everywhere, and shook his head.
The rocket launcher was a bit too powerful, leaving no intact ingredients behind.
He found a relatively whole Lizard thigh, pulled out a dagger, and carved a large piece of at off the thigh, which looked evenly layered with fat and lean.
The Research Institute said that the animals in the ruins shouldn’t be eaten due to the risk of contamination.
So He Ao was still cautious and chose a prey that looked familiar to him.
After all, in Dawn City, the Mayor’s exotic beast was a Lizard, and that beast was at least of D-rank; He Ao had drunk its blood before and felt the contamination was still within a tolerable range.
So this ti he also targeted a Giant Lizard, thinking of starting with the weaker ones to test.
The fruit tree uprooted by the Lizard was dead, and adhering to the principle that nothing should go to waste, He Ao picked it up and broke it into several sections.
Then he went into the city to find so dry grass.
As everybody knows, the kind of wood used for barbecues is important; duck roasted with fruitwood charcoal tastes different from duck roasted with ordinary charcoal.
However, the fruit tree had just died; it was wet wood, not easy to ignite, and its effectiveness was uncertain.
He Ao went to gather more dry grass, collected so dry wood and small branches from around, found a corner against the wind at the foot of a wall, and constructed a barbecue rack with branches from the fruit tree.
He stacked the dry grass and fruit wood, took out a lighter to start a fire; this windproof lighter was issued by the Research Institute to provide Explorers with a ans of starting a fire for warmth and driving away wild beasts in the night.
To start a fire with wood, ventilation is important, as flas consu a lot of oxygen.
If oxygen is cut off, it’s difficult to light a fire, so the wood can’t just be piled up randomly.
There are many ways to stack wood; He Ao preferred to arrange it in a criss-cross pattern, placing the flammable dry grass and small branches at the bottom so that the fire, burning from the bottom up with good airflow, would easily ignite.
However, this arrangent produced large flas, consuming the wood quickly, so once the fire caught hold, he would add so wood from the side to cover the vents to control the fire and extend the burning ti.
Once the fire had slowly caught hold, He Ao tied the Lizard at to a branch, wedged it onto the barbecue rack, and began to roast it slowly.
Barbecuing is a skill that requires care, as it’s easy to end up with one side burnt and the other side raw.
He Ao brushed the at with the barbecue sauce given to him by Liu Nan, who had thoughtfully included a small brush with the supplies.
Juicy fat oozing from the at on the barbecue rack sizzled, dripping onto the flas and producing a puff of blue smoke.
He Ao scored the at with a dagger and then uniformly applied the seasoning with the small brush, allowing the spices to soak into the at.
With bursts of fat crackling, a rich aroma slowly spread.
He Ao had chosen this spot at the corner of the wall because it wasn’t windy, and the air circulation wasn’t strong, so the scent didn’t carry far, and the roaring flas kept the surrounding wild animals at bay, preventing them from getting too close.
In fact, the vast majority of animals eat raw at or plants; only a minority like humans consu cooked food.
After applying the sauce two or three tis, He Ao guessed the at was about ready, then he suddenly sprang up, shooting more than ten ters forward to seize a small squirrel nibbling on the fruit and held it by the neck, returning to the barbecue.
Clutching the red fruit, the dumbfounded squirrel looked at He Ao, puzzled as to why it had been seized while enjoying its fruit; it struggled briefly but couldn’t break free.
He Ao took out a knife and cut off a small piece from the roasted at, holding it up to the squirrel’s mouth.
The squirrel stared blankly at He Ao for a mont, then turned its head away, refusing the piece of roasted at.
?
He Ao directly grabbed its head, pried open its mouth, and forcibly stuffed the piece of at inside.
The squirrel reluctantly swallowed the at with a gulp.
Squirrels can eat at, but most of the ti they do not.
The mont the little squirrel swallowed the piece of at, its eyes bulged, its body stiffened, and then it lay motionless.
Poisonous?
He Ao was taken aback.
He let go of his grip, preparing to place the little squirrel’s body on the ground.
But before he could act, the little squirrel sprung up like a carp leaping out of water and, with a whoosh, scurried into the bushes.
It even knew how to play dead.
He Ao couldn’t help but laugh dumbly.
He could catch the little squirrel again, but there was no need; he had achieved his goal.
The at was edible; the poison wasn’t lethal.
He Ao took out a small knife, cut off a small piece of the at, and brought it to his mouth, chewing slowly.
A twisted will surged into his brain, attempting to contaminate his mind.
Then, like a clay ox dissolving in the sea, it vanished without return.
The insanity and contamination carried by creatures in the ruins seed stronger than those of the creatures from the Copy World, but for He Ao, it was still within a tolerable range.
Along with this contamination entering his body was an energy gradually gathering in He Ao’s throat.
The mont this energy appeared, He Ao hurriedly took a deep breath, gathering ‘Heaven Qi’ in his chest cavity.
Then he allowed the two forces to rge, following the guidance from the small book in his mories, letting the two energies flow through his body for a full circuit before fusing in the chest cavity into Five Elents Qi to nourish his organs, and finally congregating in his Dantian.
Effective, it could be cultivated.
He Ao sprinkled cumin and chili powder on the roasted at, cutting and sending it into his mouth while earnestly cultivating.
The grilled at, with a faint hint of fruit fragrance, exploded with flavor between his lips and teeth.
Before long, He Ao had eaten all the grilled at on the rack, leaving none behind.
The energy from this piece of at was extraordinarily considerable; his physical attributes increased by 6 points, reaching 193, and the energy for ‘Essence Refinent and Qi Transformation’ also gathered substantially.
Just needing to gather a bit more energy, He Ao could then compress it, forming a new strand of ‘Innate Qi’.
After forming the first strand of ‘Innate Qi’ and breaking through to the Essence Refinent and Qi Transformation realm, He Ao felt that the subsequent formation of ‘Innate Qi’ seed much easier, no longer as strenuous as the initial formation.
Perhaps this was the breakthrough of a realm.
Having eaten his fill, He Ao took out his water flask, took a swig, packed up his things, and prepared to continue on his journey.
Actually, if he could still eat, he would like to continue cultivating, but mainly he was stuffed and could eat no more.
Food is food, energy is energy, after the energy has gathered, the material food still ends up in the stomach, waiting to be digested.
He looked up to survey his surroundings and noticed so red fruits scattered on the ground.
With a gentle raise of his hand, one of the fruits appeared directly in his hand.
Retrieve objects from the air.
The little squirrel he had force-fed earlier seed to eat this fruit, so it probably wasn’t poisonous.
He Ao gathered a few fruits, washed them by the stream, dried them off, and packed them into his backpack.
He then found a few intact parts on the Lizard, cut off so good pieces of at, wrapped them in a large cloth bag, and carried it on his back.
This at should last him until tomorrow.
The greatest convenience of ‘Retrieve objects from the air’ lies in the fact that you don’t have to bend over to pick up small things; a simple hand raise brings them right to you.
After packing up, He Ao continued towards the direction of the tower.
They say the mountain you see is further than it looks; He Ao had been walking for hours, but the distance to the tower didn’t seem to have shortened much.
By this estimate, he might need to walk for one or two days before reaching the tower.
Not long after He Ao left, the little squirrel he had force-fed returned to the site, sniffing around the campfire curiously.
Then it found the clean-picked bones that He Ao had left on the ground, and grabbed them in its mouth.
Just as it clenched the bones, the grass in the distance rustled slightly.
Startled, it dashed into the grass on the other side.
The tall grass parted slowly, and a small squirrel that had been dead for quite so ti and entangled in branches rolled out next to the fire.
The dying embers of the fire roasted the blood-dried carcass.
A while later, accompanied by the sound of trees splitting, the long-dead small squirrel slowly stood up, its bloodied, twisted body inching closer to the fire.
It sniffed gently.
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