Year twenty-eight

The festive atmosphere is becoming more and more intense.

The streets were filled with children playing in new clothes, and the streets were decorated with lights and colorful lanterns. Zhang Xiaolan also asked Chen Chu and his brother to buy New Year's goods.

Then it's busy again. There are a lot of things to do, such as cleaning the front and back of the house. The day passes by in a rush.

In the evening, the two brothers Chen Chu stood outside the door, looked at Zhang Xiaolan inside and shouted, "Mom, are you really not going with us?"

"No, go play."

"Oh well."

There is a fireworks party on the Wu River tonight, so it is very lively. Before it gets dark, a huge crowd of people are gathering at the riverside, including the Chen Chu brothers.

Because there is a fireworks show every year, vendors with a keen sense of smell have already set up stalls along the street, selling all kinds of snacks, toys, fireworks, etc.

As soon as Chen Chu and his companion got off the bus, they saw the streets along the river crowded with people. It was so dense that they could not see the end. Chen Hu said excitedly, "Brother, there are so many people today."

"Yes, there are a lot." Chen Chu looked around and found Luo Fei and others not far away.

"Let's go, my classmates are over there."

As he spoke, Chen Chu brought Chen Hu over, where Luo Fei and Lin Xue sisters, Li Wenwen and Shen Jiameng were standing in front of a mask stall choosing masks.

On the opposite side, Xia Youhui, Liu Feng, Bai Mu, Li Meng, Yuan Chenghuang and Lu Haitao were squatting in front of a candy stall, watching the stall owner skillfully blow out various mutant beasts.

Chen Chu walked over and said speechlessly: "You guys, you are so old and you still like to eat candy."

Xia Youhui turned around: "Achu, you are here."

Liu Feng was dissatisfied: "Hey! Chen Chu, you are wrong. What do you mean by we are so old? You are just a high school student like us."

"We are all teenagers, what's wrong with eating candy?"

"That's right." Li Meng nodded in agreement and took a bite of the candied tail of the unicorn turtle in his hand.

At this time, Bai Mu came over and said, "Chen Chu, would you like one? The stall owner's soft candy is made with honey from golden-winged bees. It's delicious."

The golden-winged bee is an ordinary mutant creature, not even a mutant beast, but the honey it produces is delicious, sweet but not greasy, and contains natural floral fragrance.

After taking a bite, you will feel like returning to nature, so the price is very expensive.

Combined with the stall owner's lifelike sugar blowing skills, it's no wonder that business is so good.

Of course, you have to blow the candy yourself, not the stall owner. The stall owner is only responsible for pressing it with two bamboo stick-like tools, otherwise no one can eat it.

"...Golden-winged bee honey? Forget it. I don't like sugar." In order to maintain his previous image, Chen Chu still refused.

"You don't like candy, never mind, do you want this little brother? I'll treat you."

"Yes." Chen Hu was not polite at all.

At this time, Chen Chu remembered that he had not introduced them yet, and couldn't help but said: "By the way, this is my younger brother Chen Hu, who is in junior high school. Ah Hu, this is Bai Mu, Li Meng..."

"Hello Brother Bai, Hello Brother Li, Hello Brother Xia..." When Chen Chu introduced them, Chen Hu politely called them brother one by one, and immediately those guys smiled happily.

Xia Youhui took the responsibility and said, "Xiaohu, your brother and I are good brothers. Brother Xia is treating us today. You can eat or buy anything you want, just take it."

Chen Hu's eyes suddenly lit up, but he still looked at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu said indifferently: "Old Xia's family is rich. Since he said so, you can spend it as you like tonight."

"Hehe!! Thank you, Brother Xia. I'll be welcome then."

At this time, Chen Hu hesitated again and said, "But I have made an appointment with a few classmates to go to the fireworks party together. It would be inconvenient to separate the food when we eat later..."

"Classmate, male or female?" Xia Youhui asked curiously.

Chen Hu was a little embarrassed: "They are all women."

"sure."

Li Meng raised his thumb and said, "Chen Chu, your brother is still the best."

"What a boast! He's already invited a few female classmates to play together in junior high school."

Liu Feng and his companions immediately started to make a fuss.

Xia Youhui even felt like he had met a confidant, and he chuckled, "Girls are great, you can eat whatever you want tonight, and if you get tired, you can find a place to rest, and I'll reimburse you then."

"This is so bad, Brother Xia." Chen Hu smiled.

Although this guy looks strong and powerful, he is still quite smart. Seeing those guys becoming more and more crazy, Chen Chu couldn't help but drive them away.

"Alright, alright, Ah Hu, go play with your classmates. Don't go crazy with them."

Chen Chu had just driven Chen Hu away when Luo Fei and the others came over. They looked at the wretched-looking people and asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, Chen Chu just introduced his brother to us." As Xia Youhui and the others said this, they started to laugh, looking even more wretched.

Li Wenwen asked curiously, "Brother Chen Chu, is he as handsome as him?"

"Handsome... seems a little bit worse." Liu Feng and the others looked at each other and realized that although Chen Hu was just as tall and mighty, he was not as handsome as Chen Chu.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the distance, and someone shouted, "It's about to begin."

By this time it was already dark, and according to the announced time, the boat for setting off fireworks on the river was already in position.

"Let's go find a better spot."

Chen Chu pointed to the small hill in the distance and said, "Let's go over there. Although it's a little far, we can see it clearly with our eyesight, and the terrain is high so we can see the whole picture."

"It's really nice there, let's go."

As they spoke, everyone squeezed out of the crowd and came to the hillside a few hundred meters away from the river. Not only them, many people had been waiting here for a long time.

Chirp! With a sharp whistle, a beam of fire rushed from the river surface to a height of several hundred meters.

With a bang, huge golden fireworks covering an area of ​​hundreds of meters exploded, like a blooming golden lotus, illuminating both sides of the river like daylight.

Accompanied by the loud sounds of explosions, the sky was filled with brilliant fireworks, many of which even formed patterns of ferocious and mighty mutant beasts after exploding.

"Wow! That looks like a golden-winged scale dragon."

"My goodness, this is such a realistic looking giant ape. It must be a hundred meters tall."

More than a dozen teenagers sat on the grass or stood on rocks in groups of three or four, admiring the rare spectacle before them.

Xia Youhui's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "The quality of the fireworks made by those factories this year is pretty good. I'll order a batch tomorrow to set off on the night of the 30th."

Liu Feng said sourly: "Damn it, rich people like you are the best. You can order fireworks worth tens of thousands of dollars just by asking."

"Old Liu, stop being jealous. With your current strength, this little money is nothing. After entering the alien beast battlefield, killing a level three mutant beast will cost you hundreds of thousands."

Chen Chu and Luo Fei sat on the grass, looking at the bright fireworks in the night sky. The girl whispered, "After so many years, we finally get to see Wujiang's fireworks show again."

Chen Chu turned his head slightly, a little surprised: "Why, didn't you come to see it before?"

Wujiang organizes a fireworks party one or two days before the New Year every year. It has almost become a tradition. In Chen Chu's memory, he has seen it many times.

In response to Chen Chu's doubts, the girl said softly, "I saw it a few times when I was a child, and then I followed my father to Simon and lived there for ten years. I didn't come back until this year."

"It's been almost ten years since we last met." After saying this, the girl looked at the bright fireworks in the night sky with a dazed look in her eyes, and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

“No wonder.”

After the fireworks display, it’s Chinese New Year. Although there aren’t many people at Chen Chu’s house, it’s still very lively.

…

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. On the third day of the New Year, Chen Chu came to the school to see Xia Youhui and others off.

The alien beast battlefield is a few primitive mountains blocked by the military. Before the new era, it was a famous primeval forest, but later some strange changes occurred.

There are endless mutant beasts there, and the evolution speed and strength of the creatures there are far higher than those in the outside world, so it is very dangerous.

In order to prevent the powerful mutant beasts inside from rushing out and posing a threat to ordinary people outside, a strong man finally took action and set up a huge sealing barrier.

Those primitive mountains are separated from the outside world, the mutant beasts inside cannot get out, and ordinary people cannot get in. They can only enter through the entrance.

This time, there were not only Lin Xue and others, but also some freshmen from the Third Heaven and more than twenty senior students who went home for the New Year, almost forty people in total.

When Chen Chu came to see them off, Lin Xue and the others had not arrived yet. Instead, Xia Youhui, Liu Feng, Bai Mu and a few others had arrived early.

At this time, they all carried weapons on their backs, and there were suitcases containing armor beside them.

After Chen Chu came over, Xia Youhui said with a smile: "Ah Chu, let's go find out the situation first, and come over quickly after you switch to practicing the Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body."

Chen Chu nodded slightly: "Well, I'll come over when I'm almost ready."

Liu Feng felt a little regretful: "Chen Chu, you didn't go with me this time. I always feel like something is missing."

"We're missing a leader." Bai Mu added.

Liu Feng clapped his hands: "Yes, that's what I mean."

In the Luoya trial, they were a team. Every time they encountered an enemy or a battle, Chen Chu rushed forward the most fiercely and reacted the fastest, which immediately boosted the morale.

If the others were slower, they wouldn't even be able to pick up a head, let alone drink the soup.

"...Get out of here. You're not going to kill anyone or set fire to anything. So what do you need a leader for?" After Chen Chu finished speaking, he also laughed.

While a few people were bragging, Yuan Chenghuang and his partner arrived, carrying a heavy hammer and a giant sword. Then the six of them started laughing and bragging about their business to each other without any tension at all.

About ten minutes later, the Lin Xue sisters and Luo Fei came together.

The two girls have exactly the same appearance, height and figure. Standing together, they are very eye-catching, coupled with the exquisite face of Luo Fei.

As soon as the three of them appeared, they attracted the attention of everyone present.

Xia Youhui exclaimed: "Achu, have you noticed that the squad leaders are getting more and more beautiful?"

"Indeed." Chen Chu nodded in agreement.

Not sure if it was because they had grown taller, or because they had gained more experiences and had a more mature and stable temperament, but Chen Chu also discovered that Lin Xue, Lin Yu, and Luo Fei all seemed prettier.

Xia Youhui sighed and said, "Such a beautiful girl, I wonder which guy will get her in the future, alas." After saying that, he looked at Chen Chu with a straight gaze.

"Uh... why are you looking at me?" Chen Chu was a little confused.

Seeing him pretending to be stupid, Xia Youhui couldn't help but ask, "Ah Chu, can you bear to let others get away with it?"

Chen Chu was speechless: "Don't say those nonsense, they are coming, be careful to deal with you."

While the two were talking in low voices, Lin Xue and her two daughters came over, carrying weapons and suitcases.

Seeing this, Chen Chu took the initiative to greet them: "Class monitor, and classmate Lin Yu, please pay more attention to safety when you get over there, and be cautious. If anything happens, let Old Xia take charge."

Lin Xue nodded: "Don't worry, this is what I originally planned, otherwise I wouldn't have teamed up with him."

Without waiting for the others to exchange pleasantries, the driver of the transport bus on the roadside stuck his head out and shouted, "Everyone, get on the bus, get ready to go."

Immediately, everyone put down their luggage and weapons.

"Goodbye Chen Chu."

At the window, Xia Youhui shouted, "Achu, remember to join the chat group when you have time. I will record some videos of the alien beast battlefield for you then."

"Okay, I'll open my phone and take a look when I have time." Chen Chu nodded.

Li Meng also sat by the window and shouted excitedly: "Chen Chu, remember to come early, don't wait until I break through the fourth level before you come."

"Li Meng, are you dreaming? Do you think you can break through the fourth level in a month?"

"You never know. What if I'm lucky enough to pick up a top-level resource that can help me break through two realms in a row?"

"Do you think it's possible?"

Two transport buses started slowly and drove out of the school with the roar of their engines.

Watching the bus carrying his familiar classmates disappear at the street corner, Chen Chu, standing at the school gate, felt inexplicably emotional, wondering how everyone would have changed when they met next time.

Maybe they will be surprised.

These guys all thought that if they went to the alien beast battlefield in advance, they would be able to catch up with or even surpass him in realm with the help of the resources and environment there.

Unfortunately, these guys had no idea that he was only one step away from breaking through to the fourth level.

Next, we will wait for the day after tomorrow’s cleanup mission to begin, harvest contributions, soar into the sky, and then be strengthened simultaneously with the Sword-Armored Flame Beast’s four evolutions.

By then, his fighting power should surprise everyone.

Thinking of this, Chen Chu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at the graceful girl beside him and smiled: "Let's go too."

…

More than a hundred meters deep under the sea, the colorful coral reefs attract many marine creatures to live there.

And on the coral reef, there lay a ferocious giant beast that was fifteen meters long, covered with black scales, with dark red light flashing in the gaps between the scales.

However, the giant beast's aura was restrained at this time, and it stood motionless like a black stone, with many beautiful ornamental fish swimming around it.

With the hard training during this period, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast's secret method of concealment has also made certain progress, and it can now perfectly restrain its own aura while standing still.

However, this state is only suitable for lurking. Once it moves, the invisible energy and blood emitted by its terrifying body will break through the concealment of the secret method.

Lying on the coral reef, looking at the small fish swimming around in front of it, the giant beast's light golden vertical pupils showed a thoughtful expression.

Because in the past two days, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast found that its growth rate had slowed down a bit.

Of course, this slowdown refers to the growth in body size, and the evolutionary value is still accumulating at a steady rate.

"Is it reaching the limit of evolution?" The Sword-Armored Flame Beast thought thoughtfully.

Chen Chu knew from the beginning that there was a limit to the growth of living things. For example, the axolotl could only grow to 30 centimeters at first, but after one evolution it reached 70 centimeters.

It can grow from a small salamander that can be easily stepped on by a child to 15 meters long because it strives to break the limits of evolution step by step.

Obviously, it has once again reached the limit of its third evolution, and this time its body size may stop growing to eighteen or twenty meters.

However, more than fifty days have passed since the third evolution, and the evolution value has accumulated to two thousand. If I work harder, I will be able to evolve within a month.

Of course, if you are lucky during this period and can hunt and eat a few level six mutant beasts every day, the growth rate of the evolution value will be faster.

But this is wishful thinking.

Although a level 6 mutant beast in the ocean is no different from a cabbage, the question is whether it dares to run around? It might be swallowed by a level 9 giant beast halfway.

The ocean is too big and three-dimensional, and no one knows what creatures are hidden beneath the dark sea.

Even the Sword-Armored Flame Beast has been very cautious during this period, moving forward step by step, and its hunting range has slowly expanded along the known and explored territories.

Although this mode is safe, the problem is that it is time-consuming. If you are unlucky, you may only encounter ordinary level 3 or 4 monsters in a day.

Just as the Sword-Armored Flame Beast was thinking about the problem, a faint whimpering sound came from the sea.

Hearing the unique call, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast couldn't help but look up.

On the turbulent sea, a huge beast with a body length of 29 meters was rolling. It was the unicorn killer whale that had once cooperated with the Sword-Armored Flame Beast.

Not far behind it were the three young killer whales and the female killer whale.

At this time, the two young killer whales had grown larger, reaching twelve meters in length, and there were dark red lines between the scales on their bodies. It was obvious that the two blood crystals had been eaten by them.

Bang! At this moment, the sea water in the distance exploded, and a black ferocious beast jumped out of the sea. Immediately, the unicorn killer whale cheered.

Brother, I finally found you.