CHAPTER XLIII
I was so startled by this thing, I jumped to the side with a "whoo~" sound, and at the same time quickly opened the imaging space and summoned the retainers.
Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao on the side heard my shout and hurriedly ran over, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
I gestured to the two of them, motioning for them not to come, while staring in the same direction.
It was a very dense bush, and a red plastic bag hung above it, but from my vantage point I could see nothing but leaves and branches.
"Retainer, go and look and see what's there. ”
The retainer still maintained the gladiatorial mode of holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, but the jet engine in the lower half of his body had been replaced by his legs again. After receiving the order, he strode forward, raised his sword and cleared the bushes in front of him, and then a large black head appeared in front of us.
It turned out to be the black lion from before.
Seeing that it was him, Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time. I didn't expect this guy to sneak up on us, he seems to be quite loyal!
"Black, why are you? scared me to death. I smiled and walked forward, raising my hand to touch his big nose. Unexpectedly, this guy whimpered, turned around and ran a few steps back, but he didn't run far, and looked back at me, looking a little timid.
Lu Li looked at the lion a little strangely and said, "What's the matter?
I shook my head, but I knew what was going on.
It's a special energy again.
The reason why Lao Hei was kind to me before was because I absorbed the special energy of his kind. And now that I've absorbed the energy of the Swifttooth Tiger, the old black is beginning to develop an instinctive fear of me, but at the same time I have the energy of the lioness left in me. This explains why the old black dodged my hand, but refused to run away - this guy must also be wondering, why is there a terrifying energy fluctuation in my friend's body?
I asked Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao to follow to appease Lao Hei, and I took off the red plastic bag with my feet, I had to get down to business first.
Carrying the plastic bag to the corpse of the Swifttoothed Tiger, I opened his mouth, and I reached in again, pulled out a large handful of red minced meat, shook off the plastic bag, and filled the meat in. Then he took out another handful, and then took out another handful, knowing that he had cleaned the rotten flesh from the mouth of the Swifttooth Tiger.
During this period, I was disgusted by the smell, but fortunately, I had seen the smell of stinky tofu fried, and this fishy smell was nothing at all.
But to be honest, my guess is that this bag probably won't be just the rotten meat of the Swifttooth Tiger's tongue, because when I reached for it, I could already feel some of the bare mandibles. This shows that there must be a part of the meat in the bag that belongs to the jaw of the swift-toothed tiger...
It's miserable, this guy.
I carried a plastic bag of minced meat back to Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao, looking a bit like a pig slaughterer, carrying a plastic bag of minced meat, and the next sentence was likely, "The minced meat you want is finished, sir!"
But I wasn't embarrassed to joke at the moment, because I noticed that Yu Xiaoxiao glanced at the plastic bag, and she had an expression that was about to spit out.
Lu Li coughed dryly twice, as if he wanted to press down on the disgusting feeling, and said to me, "Wu Zheng, it's almost time for us to go out." I've just calculated that the quickest way to do this is to walk from here to the river, and then follow the river all the way south, the way we came. ”
I nodded in agreement, turned my head to look at the black lion, and when this guy saw me looking at him, he whimpered and wanted to run, I shouted, "Stop, don't move!"
Lao Hei really stopped, and looked back at me with an aggrieved look, like a child who had done something wrong, facing a strict parent.
When I saw that he could understand my commands, I stepped forward and patted him on the back, "Get down!"
The moment my hand touched his fur, the old black was full of excitement and obediently lay down.
I nodded with satisfaction, turned back to Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao and said, "Although I don't know why, it seems that I have become a lot more obedient!"
Lu Li shook his head with a smile and said, "You look at his appearance, he should be frightened by the breath of the Swift Tooth Tiger." ”
I was in a cold sweat when I heard Lu Li's words, my first reaction was to, this kid knows everything?
Then I realized that Lu Li was not talking about me at all, but the horrific corpse behind us.
I tried my best to control myself, and I didn't show any expressions that were easy to see the flaws, and happily patted the black lion's broad back, "Come on, let this guy take us on our last ride." ”
The three of us raced on the black lion as before.
Lao Hei was still running fast and steady, and after a while we saw the small river before.
The river originally flowed all the way down from the mountains to the north, and this side is closer to the source, the water is clearer, and the current is more rapid.
We stopped by the river, drank some water and rested for a while, then got on the lion's back again and galloped away in the direction from which we came.
It was almost noon, the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, the temperature was very high, and although the lion had been running under the shade of the trees by the river, he was gradually feeling exhausted, and his speed gradually slowed down.
Yu Xiaoxiao touched the lion's head, felt a little distressed, turned back to me and said, "He seems to be a little tired, let's stop and rest for a while." ”
Lu Li and I don't have any opinions, anyway, the time Captain Xing gave us is three days, and today is only the second day, with the speed of a lion, even if we rest a few more times on the road, we may be able to get out of the forest in the evening at the latest.
A few people jumped off the lion's back, Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao each found a comfortable place to sit down, and I led the lion to drink water.
This guy doesn't dare to do anything without my orders now, and it seems that he is really frightened by the swift tooth tiger aura on my body.
If he was a bit of a domineering president before, then now he is completely a licking dog...
However, the breath of the Swift Tooth Tiger, or the special energy of the Swift Tooth Tiger, on my body feels like a good thing. When we came here before, we also rode the black lion, and at that time, the breath of the black lion almost drove away the small animals along the way, except for some larger herbivores, such as the hippopotamus with crocodile tails soaked in the water, the others basically did not see anything.
This time when I ran back, I was even more desperate, there was not even a bird call, and it was quiet along the way. No wonder when I approached the Swifttooth Tiger's nest before, the surroundings would be so quiet, and my feelings were scared away by the breath of the Swifttooth Tiger.
Seeing that the lion drank the water, I also drank two sips, the river water here is clear and sweet, absolutely natural and pollution-free, and there should be no problem with drinking it raw.
Of course, even if there is a problem, don't be afraid, diarrhea? A matter of holy healing! I can save you with just one breath left, and I can't cure you with diarrhea?
Leading the lion back to the shadows under the tree, I peeked at Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao, and found that both of them were closing their eyes and recuperating. So I took the opportunity to raise my hand and open the subsystem upgrade interface.
There is a new change on the interface, the number "20/198" displayed on the specific value meter is now "204/1584", and the number indicating the grade at the beginning has also been changed from "2" to "4".
Next to the two plug-ins in red and white at the bottom, there are two more empty white slots.
I lightly clicked on the first empty slot, and three options appeared in front of me:
Expansion: Increases the base area of the imaging space by one percent. (Passive Skill) (Repeat the selection effect stacks multiply)
Accelerated Evolution: The amount of specific energy you need to level up is reduced by one percent. (Passive Skill) (Repeat the selection effect stacks multiply)
Energy Saver Pioneer: Reduces your model's energy consumption coefficient by 1% (Passive Ability) (Repeat selection effects stack by multiplication)
First of all, I don't consider the third skill, the energy consumption coefficient of the retainers is only one, and this number is reduced by one percent, and the benefit is too low.
The remaining two skills are actually very useful, and if I didn't realize it before, the encounter in the past few days has definitely made me realize the importance of the size of the imaging space.
But after thinking about it, I resolutely chose to accelerate my evolution.
Because what I need to do now is to quickly improve my abilities and gain more skills, and to achieve this goal, rapid leveling up is essential, and the passive effect provided by accelerated evolution is especially useful.
"The plug-in 'Accelerated Evolution' has been installed successfully! The current skill level is, Level 2!"
In the subsystem's beep, I clicked on the second empty plugin slot.
Stamina: Your base energy consumption coefficient is reduced by one percent. (Passive Skill) (Repeat the selection effect stacks multiply)
Accelerated Evolution: The amount of specific energy you need to level up is reduced by one percent. (Passive Skill) (Repeat the selection effect stacks multiply)
Expansion: Increases the base area of the imaging space by one percent. (Passive Skill) (Repeat the selection effect stacks multiply)
What's going on? Is there only a few that can be chosen?
I didn't think about it, and I chose to accelerate evolution.
"The plug-in 'Accelerated Evolution' has been successfully installed! The current skill level is, Level 3!"
At this time, I was looking at the number on the specific value meter, which had become "204/1552".
I nodded in satisfaction. At this time, the voice of the surreal engine suddenly sounded in my head:
"Comrade, why did you upgrade a skill to the third level?"
This guy's voice came so suddenly that it startled me and almost stopped screaming.
Big brother, can you give me a hint or something when you show up?
"Didn't you call me directly when you looked for me? I didn't see you give me a hint. ”
Can that be the same??? you're a program! Still stay alone! I'm going to keep it a secret, you don't know how to keep it secret! If I accidentally shout out, how can you let me explain it to others!
In fact, even if I didn't shout out, if Lu Li and Yu Xiaoxiao saw the way I was dancing now, it would probably be difficult to explain.
It might even be better to shout out to explain it.
I reluctantly said to the surreal engine, "Say, what's the matter with me?"
"I just want to remind you that in fact, the three skills recommended to you every time, although they are said to be random, are actually recommended to you according to the rules, and there will not be a situation where one or several skills are completely useless. So I hope you think about it when you choose your skills. ”