There is no doubt that things like dignity and freedom are complex issues that only begin to be considered when the most basic of survival is satisfied.

Before that, food, water, and safety were the most urgent needs of every life, and they were willing to pay any price for it.

As for the spirit of "I would rather die if I am not free", or "I would rather die standing than live on my knees", it will never appear in the lowest class that cannot even fill its stomach.

Not to mention that animals are dignified and that animals yearn for freedom, as some ridiculous members of animal protection organizations believe.

On the contrary, as long as they can ensure sufficient food and a relatively comfortable living environment, most animals do not care whether they are in captivity for tourists to visit the exhibits, they would rather stay in the zoo and slowly lose their wildness, rather than return to the wild to participate in the cruel competition and elimination.

As a bear monster that is still in a relatively primitive state, and can even be said to be a beast, it is naturally no exception.

After trying to get along with each other for a while, it found that its strange master, instead of trying to kill itself, would allow itself to devour a little mental power as a supplement for each opponent he defeated.

Although this bit of mental power is no different from leftovers, it can meet the daily consumption, and with the increase in the number of devouring, the strength is also recovering a little.

Over time, it began to feel that it was in a good state, at least much safer than hunting alone.

Looking at this pet, which was already more than half a person tall, Zhang Cheng suddenly stopped and asked, "How far is it from the place you mentioned last time?"

"It should be almost there. The bear monster hurriedly replied.

"But if I'm not mistaken, that's what you answered forty hours ago. Could it be that in your concept, the word "almost there" is not the same as I understand?" Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows and questioned.

Since the world was completely white as far as the eye could see, there was nothing to use as a reference, so he made only a prop from the beginning to calculate time and distance.

While this is not strictly significant, it is a very small amount of data that can be used as a reference.

"Sorry master, I didn't have a clear idea of distance before you taught me. In short, the places that can be reached before feeling hungry belong to the category of relatively close. The bear monster tilted its head and cautiously explained.

"So "almost there" may be a few minutes, ten minutes, or hours, dozens of hours, or even hundreds of hours?" Zhang Cheng subconsciously frowned.

According to the rules of this world, all living beings will begin to feel hungry after the total amount of spirit is consumed to a certain level, and they need to find prey to replenish themselves.

If it is not replenished within a certain period of time, the hunger will gradually disappear and the upper limit of the total amount of energy will be lowered by one level.

In other words, there are only two ways to survive in this world, one is to keep plundering and becoming stronger, and the other is to slowly consume one's spiritual power and eventually disappear forever.

Judging by the total amount of spirit the bear monster had before, if it ate once, it might not feel hungry for more than half a month......

In this boundless and white world, walking non-stop for more than half a month?

It is a pain and suffering for all life from the physical universe.

In fact, these days, if Zhang Cheng hadn't been able to discover some interesting phenomena every day and encounter some incredible lifeforms, I am afraid he would have died of boredom.

Just as he hesitated to change his itinerary and change to a place that was relatively easy to reach, a white world around him suddenly grew a large number of thorny vines.

Seeing this scene, the bear monster immediately curled up in a ball and hid in the corner as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

"It'...... It's coming!!"

"Who is it?"

It was obviously the first time Zhang Cheng had seen his pet so timid, and even the emotions of running away and resisting had completely disappeared, leaving only one reaction, that is, fear, fear from the deepest part of his heart.

"It'...... It's the hegemon! It's invincible! There's nothing to compete with. Hide! hide, or die!" the bear monster's voice trembled, and it was difficult to finish the sentence intermittently.

"Overlord, invincible?"

Zhang Cheng's curiosity was undoubtedly provoked, and he squinted his eyes and looked around, trying to find the life that created it all.

Unfortunately, even with all his might, he couldn't find a single living thing around.

What's even more terrifying is that this thorn forest seems to have no bounds, and its coverage is far greater than you can imagine.

After more than ten minutes, a behemoth appeared on the horizon.

It was like a hill that caused the ground around it to tremble violently, as if it had been earthquaked.

"This is the overlord?" Zhang Cheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

You must know that in the spiritual world, the most intuitive thing that can reflect the strength or weakness of a creature is the body shape.

Tend to be the larger the creature, the stronger the mental power, and the smaller the body, the weaker it becomes.

For a creature of such a large size, its spiritual power must have surpassed a certain limit, and it was simply not something he could compete with now.

"I see...... This is the hegemon!"

Zhang Cheng habitually licked his lower lips, hiding himself behind the huge thorn vines as much as possible, while his mental power contracted rapidly.

In the spiritual world, he is now as inconspicuous as a roadside stone.

But the next second......

He was stunned by what he saw.

I saw that behemoth like a mountain, directly a black spot so small that it was almost ignored, and it was directly smashed to pieces.

Even if you are very far away, you can still wash and feel the abundant spiritual power floating around, like a tide that constantly impacts everything.

"This ...... is the real overlord......"

The trembling voice of the bear monster echoed in his ears, making Zhang Cheng begin to wonder if the experience he had summed up through observation in the past few days was wrong, or that it was just a superficial phenomenon, rather than something more complex hidden beneath the surface.

"Overlord...... What is that, exactly?"

He frowned and muttered to himself, as if he were asking the bear monster as if he were asking himself.

But the bear monster thought that this sentence was asking himself, and quickly responded: "The overlord is the oldest and most powerful hunter, the supreme ruler, nothing can disobey their will, and in their eyes, everything but each other is food that can be taken at any time." ”