Chapter 153 The Silver-White Monster Published on Jinjiang Unicorn (2 Updates)...
"Brother—!" Startled, Lu Chen instinctively shouted.
The audience, forced to freefall along with Lu Xuan, watched the rapidly approaching grassland and endured the howling wind and rain, almost going insane.
【Aaaaaah! How could the streamer just jump like that?!】
[Haha! Luckily I reacted quickly. I realized something was wrong as soon as I saw the streamer open the hatch, and immediately turned off the sharing!]
[Wait, what's wrong with this streamer? He didn't bring a parachute or any flight gear, and just jumped like that? Was he trying to kill himself?!]
A level seven ability user isn't so easy to kill.
While I admit the streamer is very skilled, isn't jumping from a height of several hundred meters really safe?
...
Compared to the strong reactions from Lu Chen and the audience, Lu Xuan appeared much calmer.
The raincoat was basically ineffective at preventing rain from falling due to the enormous impact. Lu Xuan simply used his supernatural power to cover his entire body, so that the wind and rain could not reach him.
About ten breaths after jumping off the aircraft, the ground was already close at hand.
Just when the audience thought he was going to land face-first, Lu Xuan used his gravity ability to reduce his weight and dissipate the impact, finally landing on the grass with ease while kneeling on one knee.
An invisible wind spread outwards in a circle from Lu Xuan, and as the final impact dissipated, the hem of his trench coat slowly fell behind him.
The anxious audience: ...
We're scared to death here, and you're just showing off!
hateful!
Lu Chen, who was craning his neck and desperately looking down, saw that Lu Xuan had landed safely. He immediately patted his chest and showed a relieved expression. How could he forget that his brother could also use his superpower? There was no way anything could happen to him.
Lu Xuan slowly stood up and looked up, his eyes meeting those of the long-haired cattle herd about ten meters away.
Lu Xuan: "..."
The woolly cows: "..." What strange thing fell from the sky?
Stunned by the sudden accident, the woolly cattle remained motionless for a moment before gradually becoming agitated.
The bison in the distance hadn't even realized what was happening, but the ones closer by were already kicking their legs, ready to charge.
Lu Xuan glanced at the bulls and, before they could make a move, used his supernatural power to suppress them.
Then……
And that was the end of it.
The longhaired cattle herd is missing twenty members, and nearly 500 kilograms of milk were lost from more than twenty lactating cows.
Considering the vast difference between the habitat of the woolly cattle and the area where they live, Lu Xuan does not plan to bring live cattle back.
If you want more hairy milk after you've finished it, you can always come back again.
After getting the beef, Lu Xuan rode a hoverboard around the grassland, while using a remote controller to keep the aircraft following behind him.
Not long after, Lu Xuan discovered the wild horse herd he had thought of but never encountered in the Yunlu Mountains.
Seeing the wild horse's firm and powerful muscles, Lu Xuan attacked again without saying a word.
Because the herd of horses was smaller than that of the longhaired cattle, Lu Xuan only took five, and he specifically chose the less attractive ones. The exceptionally handsome horses were left to continue running on the grassland.
We can collect some mare's milk and go back to research how to make mare's milk wine.
He then flew even further to another grassland, where he discovered a herd of wild donkeys.
The wild donkeys looked quite different from the domesticated donkeys that Lu Xuan remembered. Their fur was brownish-yellow, and they seemed to be a size larger. The dashing posture of a large group of donkeys running around made them look like wild horses at first glance, which was quite impressive.
At first, many people in the live stream mistook it for a wild horse.
There were slightly more donkeys than wild horses, so Lu Xuan thought for a moment and collected ten.
He didn't have a particular fondness for donkey meat, but he remembered that donkey-hide gelatin was made from donkey skin and was very suitable for women to consume. He could make some for Lu Qing when he got back.
Later, Lu Xuan encountered many small animals, but he didn't attack them because they didn't have much meat.
...
As he hunted everywhere, causing the animals on the grassland, who were already struggling to survive during the rainy season, to live in fear, the daylight gradually darkened.
The grassland was not a suitable place to camp out. Back on the aircraft, Lu Chen excitedly showered them with compliments as they left the grassland and flew towards the distant mountains and forests. Before it got completely dark, they discovered a huge cave.
The cave is larger and higher than the villager's dwelling in the Yunlu Mountains. More than 20 meters inside, there is a huge natural hole in the top of the cave, and rainwater falls down and forms a large pool of water on the sunken ground below.
The viewers in the live stream found it quite interesting.
It provides shelter from the wind and rain and has plenty of drinking water. How come such a good place hasn't been taken over by large animals?
Lu Xuan didn't find it strange.
They entered easily by flying in directly, but the cave entrance was actually quite secluded, right on the edge of a cliff. People or animals on the ground would never discover this hidden paradise without careful exploration.
Lu Xuan chose a spacious and flat spot in the cave and took out the villa safe house that he hadn't had a chance to bring out during the entire rainy season.
Lu Chen, who had thought he would be sleeping in a cave, cheered upon seeing this.
The audience, on the other hand: ? ? ?
[I almost forgot that streamers can sleep in safe houses!]
[How stupid of me! I actually believed the streamer when he said the grasslands weren't a good place to live. With safe houses available, you can stay wherever you want!]
Lu Xuan said leisurely, "It would be too out of place to put a luxury villa on the grassland, not to mention there is no shelter around, and it would be inconvenient to go out in the rain."
Living in a cave not only provides excellent accommodation, but you can also come out and move around after waking up – how wonderful!
Dinner, of course, consisted of the day's catch.
Lu Xuan didn't spend much time dealing with the long-haired ox and the wild horse.
There's not much to say about beef; it's delicious whether pan-fried, grilled, stir-fried, or stewed. However, horse meat, especially fresh horse meat, has a sour taste and needs to be frozen for over ten hours to remove the acid.
Lu Xuan once ate horse meat that hadn't been properly aged, and the taste still lingered in his mind... well, never mind.
In short, Lu Xuan used his ice-type ability to freeze the processed horse meat, accelerating the time by twelve hours, and only started preparing dinner after confirming that the aging process was complete.
He can't cook anything too complicated, so he just stir-fries one dish and braises the other.
The beef is sliced thinly and grilled.
Lu Xuan prepared some pork belly, sliced potatoes and sweet potatoes, and grilled them with beef. The pork belly was wrapped in lettuce and garlic slices with sauce and eaten. The taste was simply divine.
Lu Xuan even peeled some extra garlic and put it on the grill to roast together.
Live stream viewers: ? Why are you even roasting garlic?
Lu Xuan said, "You'll know once you try it."
The audience members hesitated for a moment, then tried it, and wow! It was surprisingly delicious.
The roasted garlic has almost no spiciness, and its texture is slightly soft and tender. It tastes especially delicious when dipped in seasoning powder. Even viewers who rarely or never eat garlic and dislike its spiciness can't resist picking it up.
By the time they came to their senses, the first batch of roasted garlic had already been eaten up.
The audience looked on in disbelief: How could mere garlic be so delicious that it made me lose myself!
This shouldn't be!
No, we have to control it!
Just as I was thinking this, I noticed that Lu Xuan had roasted a lot more garlic.
The audience members grimaced in disgust, but secretly reached out tentatively with their little hands, then quickly stuffed them into their mouths.
Ugh!!
Roasted garlic smells so good! I just can't resist!
After they finished eating the garlic, someone suddenly asked, "[Why don't you try some horse meat sashimi, host?]"
Lu Xuan said unhurriedly, "What are you trying? Trying everything will only harm you."
We can eat sashimi nowadays because the meat is artificially cultivated and has undergone strict testing. In ancient times, when people ate sashimi, they didn't need to undergo special testing to know that it would be free of parasites.
Dare to take a bite, and you might die.
Good parasites are those that are thoroughly cooked and dead, as they are all protein.
After hearing Lu Xuan's explanation, the audience looked at the two horse meat dishes that had just been prepared and fell silent.
My mind is filled with parasites, and I have absolutely no desire to eat.
Lu Chen, however, was completely unaware of the danger and was quite interested in the meat he had never eaten before. He quickly picked up a piece and began to taste it.
Hmm... this taste is so unfamiliar, it's a bit peculiar. Is it delicious or not?
Unsure? I'll try it again.
Hmm...it's still delicious!
Lu Chen, who wasn't a picky eater, quickly sped up his eating.
The audience watched as Lu Chen ate with bulging cheeks, looking adorable and enjoying his meal so much that they couldn't help but swallow hard.
Then it suddenly dawned on me that we weren't actually eating horse meat; it was just holographic sharing, so what was there to be afraid of?
Eat that damn thing!
After the meal, the audience began to 'criticize' Lu Xuan.
[Answerer, do you know how much emotional damage your sudden jump from the aircraft during the day caused us?]
[Exactly! How could you actually jump?!]
[Actually, I realized later that the streamer has powerful superpowers and a personal protective shield, so nothing could possibly happen to him.]
Even though we couldn't get out, it didn't stop us from giving it a good scare!
[Could the streamer have done this before in the original world?]
What are your hobbies? Do you like jumping off buildings?
Lu Xuanxin said that he had never jumped off a building, but many mutated plants were huge, comparable to skyscrapers, so it was not uncommon for them to fall from a great height during a battle.
If you don't learn how to land safely, you won't have enough lives to play with.
Today he's using gravity-based abilities, while in the apocalypse he used wind-based abilities. As long as he masters the techniques, jumping from 100 to 200 meters down shouldn't be a problem.
If it's five or six hundred meters, at most your feet will feel a little numb when you land.
However, considering that the audience's complaints, aside from being a little frightened, were mainly about his safety, Lu Xuan appreciated their concern.
"I'll add another lottery when we get back, for the supplies we got on this trip, like horse meat."
Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, the audience, who were about to be in a daze, suddenly froze, and the words 'parasite' involuntarily popped into their minds again.
audience:? ? ?
Are you sure you're thanking us and not messing with us?
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The next morning, the two brothers ate some simple porridge and cakes stored in their space, and then boarded the flying vehicle again to leave the cave.
As Lu Xuan was pondering which direction to take to find more prey, he spotted a group of people struggling to move forward in the rain in the woods ahead.
Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, someone's here!"
Lu Xuan zoomed in on the screen on the aircraft and found that among these people were young and strong men, as well as many elderly, weak, women and children, totaling about thirty people.
They carried almost no luggage, looked anxious, and moved unsteadily. Several of them were being carried on the backs of the able-bodied men, and it was unclear what was wrong with them. The others were also pale and clearly in poor condition, obviously close to their limit.
Lu Chen exclaimed, "Brother, is it going to hail soon?"
Lu Xuan glanced at the time displayed on the aircraft: "Less than half an hour left."
Lu Chen looked around and found that there was nowhere nearby to shelter from the hail, and his face couldn't help but twist.
"What if they can't find shelter when it hailes, what if..."
Lu Xuan was very direct: "You will die."
The hailstones today were no smaller than the previous two, and lasted for half an hour.
In reality, it wouldn't even take half an hour, at most a minute, before the thirty-odd people below would be smashed to pieces, first knocked unconscious, then crushed to death; not a single one of them would survive.
—If there is no other human intervention.
After seeing the person below, the viewers in the live stream started discussing in the chat whether or not to help.
Most people hoped he would save them, while others felt it was unnecessary to meddle.
What should we do after rescuing people? We can't just take them all back, that would be adding dozens of extra burdens.
Lu Xuan did not express his opinion, but simply turned to look at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen hesitated for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had just remembered something. "Brother, why don't we tell them about that big cave and let them go there? If we run fast from here, we should be able to get there before the hailstorm starts, right?"
Lu Xuan said meaningfully, "If we unleash our maximum popularity, that's about right."
Lu Chen tugged at Lu Xuan's sleeve expectantly and said, "Then let's help them, shall we?"
Lu Xuan looked at him for a moment, then said, "Okay."
The viewers in the live stream who disagreed with saving the person sighed in dismay.
[They actually saved him?]
[Is the streamer some kind of saint? In a natural disaster, survival is just about taking care of yourself; how can you possibly save everyone?]
[Exactly! What if it's another weirdo like those people in your livestream replay? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?]
[It's not like we're taking them back; we're just letting them take shelter from the hail in the cave. It's such a small thing, why can't we do it? After all, it's over thirty lives.]
[The streamer is a saint? I suggest you watch the replay of his live stream where he slaughtered two factions in Yangshan County :)]
The newly joined fans continued to complain, and the familiar top-ranked fan reappeared.
Use your brain more often. Lu Chen is still young. Have you ever thought about the trauma that watching a group of disaster victims who had no grudges against you being killed by hailstones would leave on a child?
It's true that the cataclysmic period is brutal, and it's fine to protect oneself and not meddle in others' affairs. But ultimately, the cataclysm will end in a few years. However, if Lu Chen loses his basic reverence for life from a young age, what will his future be like?
The nitpicking audience was speechless.
The term "childhood trauma" is not unique to modern times. Looking at the many wanted criminals in the Star Covenant who have committed numerous crimes, at least half of them have had tragic childhood experiences.
It's not that Lu Chen will definitely do anything bad or become a villain in the future.
However, becoming a lovable little darling who loves life and is willing to lend a helping hand to those in trouble is far more endearing than becoming a cold-hearted adult who doesn't take appointments seriously.
Lu Xuan discovered that his top fan understood his thoughts very well.
Besides being concerned about the impact on Lu Chen, there was another reason why he was willing to help.
If this group of people were all young and strong, they might have changed their flight direction as soon as they discovered the trail, before Lu Chen could see them.
In reality, even when they themselves were not in good condition, the able-bodied men would still protect the elderly and children in the group.
He appreciates those who are willing to help the elderly and children who would otherwise be unable to survive in extreme climates.
But how exactly to help...?
...
On the ground, the young and strong leader in charge of the team pulled up his raincoat, which offered little protection from the rain, wiped the rain off his face, and occasionally observed the surrounding environment.
A moment later, I vaguely felt an unusual wind blowing from above. I subconsciously looked up and found that a silver-white 'monster' had appeared in the air at some point!
The others in the group followed his gaze and screamed, "Ah—! There's a monster!"
Those who hadn't noticed it before were instantly terrified upon seeing the 'silver-white monster,' and couldn't help but scream, "Aaaaaah—!"
"Run!" the leader shouted.
The others instinctively ran forward, while some subconsciously looked back, only to discover that the monster had followed them!
"It's coming after us—!"
"Don't look back, keep running!"
More than thirty people supported each other and ran with all their might. Occasionally, someone would trip and fall in panic, showing a look of despair, thinking that they were sure to be eaten by the monster. But even when their companions ran back and pulled them up, the monster did not catch up with them.
People ran frantically, filled with panic and a hint of doubt, and after running for an unknown amount of time, they finally arrived near a cliff.
Seeing that the monster was still following behind, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more desperate.
The leader, with his sharp eyes, noticed what appeared to be a small path along the edge of the cliff. Gritting his teeth, he ordered, "Keep running forward!"
Everyone trusted him and obediently continued running even when there seemed to be no way forward.
Many people were thinking, "At worst, I'll just jump off a cliff!"
Anyway, they couldn't hold out much longer in this damn weather. Rather than being eaten alive by monsters, they'd rather die from a fall.
As some people began to reflect on their lives, whether long or short, a sudden enlightenment appeared before them: the entrance to a massive cave.
Everyone was stunned and stood there in shock.
"Don't just stand there! Go inside!" the leader shouted.
More than thirty people hurriedly ran into the cave and hid behind a boulder.
The timid old friends trembled, sheltered among the able-bodied young men, but...
"Why didn't the monster come in? Could it have left?" After a long while, someone whispered.
The leader frowned, hesitating whether to go out and check the situation, when several loud 'bang bang bang' sounds came from the cave entrance.
The disaster victims, who had just begun to recover, were immediately terrified and screamed again.
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