Chapter 31
Ji Shisan: Forget it. I better think about how to survive in human territory first.
Ji Shisan: Fortunately, I met you fellow villagers this time, otherwise I would have become a dish!
Baozi Shop Xishi: This is a novice village for ordinary people. You can't be so weak that you can't even beat ordinary people, right? Are the demon tribe's fighting power so poor?
Hunter Xinji: The monsters I encountered were all very powerful.
Ji Shisan: The ordinary person you are referring to is the ordinary person who pinched my wings just now. Her fighting power is definitely not low!
"You said Qiao Qiao is the young escort leader of our Novice Village. Anyone who wants to open an escort agency must be good at fighting." Xishi slapped Ye Ji on the back: "The ordinary people I'm talking about are people like me!"
Pheasant looked at the rolling pin behind Xishi and rolled his eyes: Are you sure you are an ordinary person?
Ji Shisan: Are the combat capabilities of the players in your village so exaggerated, even if they are ordinary people carrying pillars?
Hunter Xinji: No, our team is the strongest in the village.
Ji Shisan: I told you, losers like me still exist!
Ji Shisan: Let me tell you! If you don't have strong abilities, it's better to be a human. At least there's a rule that prevents the strong from preying on the weak. Being a demon won't work. The law of the jungle is a clear-cut reality.
Ji Shisan: I originally thought that the official statement that all player data is based on the player himself is not applicable to the demon race, but the result... Alas!
Ji Shisan: Do you know how hard it is to be a pheasant with severe myopia and difficulty wearing glasses? The system really doesn't consider racial restrictions at all, even fish that can't swim and monkeys that can't climb trees are included.
The fish that Ji Shisan was referring to as "can't swim" turned out to be his graduate school roommate. After passing the postgraduate entrance exam, they opened a resident account in the game, not to pan for gold, but simply to change the environment and relieve the pressure of study and work.
Because their online time was limited, they chose the demon race based on the advice of online experience posts. It was said that human players needed to build a relatively complete social circle there, while demon players could play well as long as they were strong or timid enough. However, there was a small line of text below the experience post that they didn't see: "Non-Africans, please avoid this option."
As a non-lucky player who always gets a guaranteed win in the card game, Ji Shisan lived up to his bad luck and successfully randomly got a pheasant with wings but no hands. However, his roommate was even worse off. Not only was his random race a fish, but it was also a fish that couldn't swim. If it weren't for his instinct to breathe water, this roommate would have drowned in the game the day he logged in.
My roommate, once again being courted by someone of a different species, said: "My species is really a fish, not a loach, and certainly not a sea cucumber! Can you use some common sense? They're all different species, and this is freshwater!"
Illiterate demon who doesn't know he has crossed species: What the hell
The fighting power of the demon race is determined by the food chain and the nature of the animal itself. As a demon, the pheasant is slightly more powerful than ordinary pheasants and has increased intelligence, but other than that, it does not have much advantage. Among the demons, the pheasant has many natural enemies. If it were not able to fly, the pheasant's survival rate would be even lower than it is now.
Ji Shisan: If I were a bear, I wouldn't dare leave the clan land without training. The clan land is the name of the demon clan's novice village. But I'm a pheasant, so I can only train, otherwise I will die if I leave the clan land.
Ji Shisan: Cultivation costs money, refining the larynx costs money, everything costs money, it's really annoying! If I had known earlier, I would have been a human being!
Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: Everything costs money...Fan Ke also said something similar.
Baozi Shop Xishi: The monk brother of Fan Ketie
Ji Shisan: Has any of the cultivator players in your village been to the demon tribe? Can I get a ride?
Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: I’m afraid not. He should have left.
Ji Shisan: Well, I am indeed a poor guy in every sense of the word.
"No, isn't being a demon race inherently advantageous? That doesn't make sense, does it?" Xishi squatted down and locked eyes with the pheasant. "Does the pheasant really have no advantages to exploit? I remember that demons have an additional attribute to increase their survival rate."
Ji Shisan sighed and continued typing in the group.
Ji Shisan: I can only say that the race I randomly got is pretty bad, but its attributes are even worse.
Chicken Thirteen: Haha, as a pheasant, the racial advantage given to me by the system is actually not tasty. Can you believe it?
Everyone looked at each other: "Isn't this a huge advantage?" It's simply a life-saving talisman!
Chicken Thirteen: ...
"It's so hot, when can we go back?" Tang Suyu came over with a bag of wild fruits, counted the number of wild fruits, and stuffed the 21st fruit into his mouth: Well, twenty, now I like it.
"The sun is already so high, are you guys still planning on continuing?" Xin Ji looked up at the sun's position and estimated the time: "We still need time to get down the mountain. We can't stay up there for too long. Those who can't bring themselves to kill the beasts shouldn't force themselves. Just think of it as a way to relax. Even I don't always get anything out of going up the mountain."
Some wild animals are really cunning. They like to target hunters and only try to snatch the prey. They run away after getting the prey and they like to commit crimes in gangs.
Ji Shisan: What about me? What should I do, fellow villagers? Please, don't leave me here!
"As for you, let me take you to see the village chief. The staff members have their own contact information, and the village chief should have a way to contact your clan leader." Xinji scratched his head.
Ji Shisan: Then please show me the way, thank you very much!
"So when are we going down the mountain?" Xi Shi swore that she would never go up the mountain again, unless winter came and there were no more mosquitoes on the mountain... But by then the wild beasts would hide for the winter, and most of the plants would wither and die, so there seemed to be no point in going up the mountain.
"I don't care. It's up to you guys. When do you want to go down the mountain... What's wrong?" Xin Ji hugged the hound that ran towards him with its tail between its legs. His expression suddenly changed. He picked up the pheasant and threw it behind him. With a wave of his arm, he ran away: "Don't think about it. Let's go now. Hurry up! Follow me!"
Everyone looked at each other, their faces full of confusion as to what had happened, but this did not prevent them from leaving quickly according to Xinji's instructions.
I had to make Xinji explain the reason before I left. Idiots like that would usually die soon after entering another world, either due to tactlessness or indifference. Resident IDs are not cheap. Three or more consecutive deaths will result in a system ban for at least five years. Five deaths... congratulations! Unless you receive a National Contribution Award, you'll never be able to use a resident ID again.
Ji Shisan: Although, I still want to ask, why did you run?
Ji Shisan: Hello, can someone please explain this to me?
Baozi Shop Xishi: I'm running for my life! Be quiet for a while!
It was unknown what Xin Ji had noticed, but he was madly rushing along with everyone. Even when wild animals intercepted them, he didn't take a detour, but went straight up to them. After scaring the animals away with his large group, he continued on his way without a word, showing no intention of stopping. The hound didn't get off the ground the entire time, but lay obediently in Xin Ji's arms with its paws curled up, looking back from time to time, its tail no longer wagging, its furry face slightly solemn.
Seeing Xin Ji's serious expression, everyone behind him shut up and focused on their journey. Xi Shi stopped complaining about the mosquitoes and simply continued to run, pinching the bites as she ran, hoping it would at least help relieve the itch. Ji Shisan, perched on Xin Ji's back, stopped talking in the group chat and gripped the quiver straps tightly with his claws, fearing he'd be thrown off.
By the time everyone reached the foot of the mountain, the sun had risen a little higher. As they emerged from the woods, Xin Ji's expression visibly relaxed, and his pace slowed down a bit.
The horses that brought them here were grazing near the foot of the mountain. When they saw these people rushing out of the woods, they just shook their tails and were not scared at all.
Xinji still didn't explain anything. He simply counted the number of people while pulling the reins and jumping onto his horse, motioning for everyone to keep up. Everyone else didn't ask any more questions, and one after another mounted their horses and followed Xinji towards the horse farm.
"Is anyone left behind? Are all ten of us here except me?" After riding for a distance, Xin Ji shouted back, and the hunting dog, which had been holding its tail between its legs, also barked a few times.
"Here!" Ten people answered one after another.
“Click!”
"It's good that no one's fallen behind... Stop!" Xin Ji galloped all the way to the stables and pulled the reins to a halt beside the stables. "Huh... It should be all right now."
"What happened?" Xi Shi lay on the horse's back and gasped for breath: "I was so nervous just now!"
"There's a demon. I'm not sure if it's a demon beast or a demon cultivator." Xin Ji frowned and looked towards Yuanshan in the distance. "Everyone can go back. Those who don't know how to handle prey can go to the butcher's shop. I need to tell the village chief that no one should go up the mountain for the next few days."
If you encounter a unique monster, don't worry about having a great love affair. Such exceptions are mostly seen in novels. In reality... do you want to guess what their diet is?
"What a monster!" Everyone looked at Ji Shisan on Xinji's shoulder at the same time.
Ji Shisan was so angry at being stared at that moment that he said: What's wrong? What's wrong with a monster like me?
"No, the hound smelled a strong scent of blood on the other party. Regardless of whether it is a monster or not, the other party is definitely not a good person and has definitely seen blood." The "seen blood" Xin Ji mentioned does not mean being injured, but means that the other party has definitely taken a human or animal life on his hands.
"Is it that scary? Should we run further away?"
"No need. The area around the Novice Village is well protected. Going too far would be even more dangerous. Everyone, just go home quickly. I'll tell the village chief to avoid going up the mountain for the next two days."
Bei Qiao looked back at Yuan Shan and said, "It seems the beast that attacked us before has never appeared again."
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