Chapter 39: First Day of the Eclipse Rainy Season (1) New Season, New Monsters…
It's a new season again. Yu Luowei was already waiting by the prompt card. As soon as she saw that it was available, she immediately checked the new prompt:
Rain! Such heavy rain! This is not ordinary rain!
Please go out and explore more during the first two days of this season! 】
This hint is really blunt and crude. Apparently, it's the rainy season. But what does the material have to do with the rainy season? Could rain damage the base?
I sent the reminder message to Lin Zhixia and Fang Min, and was about to discuss it with everyone when the system sent another reminder:
Welcome to the new season! Due to some issues, bases and shelters cannot be upgraded this season. The progress leaderboards have been recalculated. Please find out how this is calculated.
Everyone was shocked by the news, especially Yu Luowei. Unable to level up this season, his progress on the progress leaderboards was wiped out, and he had to start all over again.
Quickly adjusting his mindset and seeing that no one in the group was talking anymore, Yu Luowei put on a raincoat, put an umbrella in his bracelet, and started going out to explore the new environment.
The general environment outside hadn't changed much; it was still a mix of bushes and forest, though the bushes had expanded and featured more bizarre plants that didn't look like native plants on Blue Planet. Yu Luowei walked slower, paying close attention to the strange plants to see if they would trigger a warning.
According to the tips, those strange plants should be plants in the game, and they don't exist on Blue Star. There are some edible fruits in the bushes, but they can only satisfy hunger and have no attribute-enhancing function. Out of curiosity, Yu Luowei also picked some and put them in the bracelet.
The forest had also seen a new variety of trees. Yu Luowei chopped down a few, and the drops were no longer ordinary wood, but high-quality materials bearing the names of the trees themselves. There were sandalwood, gentian, and so on. Yu Luowei's exploration slowed down a bit, and he became more thorough, saying he wanted to see if he could find golden silk wood here.
The forest animals also had some new creatures to play with, like a rabbit with a single horn on its head and a pheasant with feathers that were not only colorful but also very hard. Yu Luowei had initially thought they were monsters, but unexpectedly, these little creatures were very timid and ran away as fast as they saw her. The pheasant, in particular, even took flight. Yu Luowei even picked up two feathers from where they flew away, thinking that after washing them, she could use them to cut fruit.
He caught two rabbits and three chickens and planned to take them back to the animal enclosure. However, since living things couldn't fit into the wristband space, Yu Luowei discussed with Ma Tuan and decided to temporarily put them in the pet space.
Ma Tuan was a little reluctant, and after bargaining with Yu Luowei for a while, he finally agreed, but asked Yu Luowei to let it out while she explored later.
Ma Tuan had grown a little bigger yesterday, with more auspicious cloud-like patterns on his body, adding a touch of holiness to his cuteness. Although his level was still level three, his attributes had increased.
It emerged from the pet space, startling the already trembling chicks and rabbits even more. Ma Tuan walked over to them, leaned down, and exchanged some words, successfully calming the animals down before bringing them into the pet space.
Ma Tuan told Yu Luowei that it would have to kill ten level three monsters on its own to reach level four the next time it grew up, and that the next growth would be in six days. Therefore, Yu Luowei paid special attention to the monsters when exploring with Ma Tuan.
They did encounter two monsters along the way, but they were both below level three. Yu Luowei still had Ma Tuan deal with them, just to gain experience for the future. After walking so far and still not seeing the stream, Yu Luowei realized it must have been refreshed.
Before she could feel disappointed, the air ahead suddenly became humid. Yu Luowei hurriedly led Ma Tuan forward, and after a few steps, they saw a clear lake.
A sudden turn of events, Yu Luowei quickly pulled out a plastic bottle, filled it with water, and checked the indicator, which showed mild pollution. It just so happened that her own water purifier, which she hadn't used much, was now quite useful. Yu Luowei decided to bring a large plastic bucket with her next time out to collect some water for bathing.
Ma Tuan was also curiously wandering around the lake, looking here and smelling there, and even wanted to drink some water from the lake. After all, the water was slightly polluted, so Yu Luowei wanted to stop it, but as soon as he moved, some strange noises came from the lake.
Yu Luowei looked up and saw a whirlpool gradually rising in the center of the lake, spinning wildly and getting bigger and bigger. She had a guess in her mind that perhaps the boss in the lake was alarmed, and Ma Tuan also felt threatened and took an attacking stance.
While the boss was still accumulating strength and had not yet appeared, Yu Luowei quickly condensed a new bow and arrow, ready to attack as soon as the boss appeared.
The boss was indeed extraordinary. She waited for five minutes before revealing its true form - an extremely huge black octopus with more than a dozen tentacles, two of which were wrapped around its head. As its entire body completely emerged from the water, the tentacles on its head slowly loosened, revealing six eyes and a mouth full of fangs.
This octopus looked a little shaky. Yu Luowei stopped looking at its head and planned to make a quick decision. He first used the Ice Prison, and then quickly attacked with ice arrows and rockets.
The attack method of this octopus is similar to that of the vines in the previous season, but the octopus has suction cups on its tentacles and is more powerful. It can not only use its tentacles to attack Yu Luowei and Ma Tuan, but also uproot some surrounding trees and smash them down on Yu Luowei.
This octopus was at least level four. The Ice Prison could only hold a portion of its tentacles, and for a short time. Fortunately, Yu Luowei wasn't alone. Ma Tuan's immense strength helped him deal with trees and boulders that threatened to fall on Yu Luowei. Sometimes, while the octopus's tentacles were slowly searching for trees on the shore, Ma Tuan would swoop in and deliver a bite.
With the cooperation of one man and one panda, they finally solved the problem of the octopus's tentacles. Yu Luowei struck while the iron was hot and prepared to use the Lion Soul Flame to kill the octopus boss. Unexpectedly, this broken octopus had no martial ethics and still had a second stage.
The octopus monster first unleashed a massive wave of energy. Yu Luowei immediately called back Ma Tuan and took out her shield to block it. Then, the octopus retracted its few remaining tentacles and tightly wrapped itself around it. Yu Luowei wanted to interrupt its transformation, but the octopus seemed invincible at this point, and her attacks were completely ineffective. She was forced to wait for the octopus to fully evolve.
During this time, the octopus's tentacles gradually increased, wrapping it more densely. After about a minute, the octopus boss completely turned into a strange purple, its tentacles became longer, and there were many more spots on them.
When these tentacles gradually loosened from the octopus boss's body and surged towards Yu Luowei, she could see clearly that they were not spots at all, but eyes.
This was the first time she had seen such a strange monster in the game. Yu Luowei immediately concentrated her mental power. Sure enough, the next second, as more and more eyes on the tentacles opened, she felt waves of mental shock.
Yu Luowei had already used up a lot of his mental power in the first stage, and even with all the countermeasures he'd taken, it quickly dropped to critical value. Fortunately, Ma Tuan seemed immune to the mental attacks and continued to bravely attack the tentacles, which slightly weakened the octopus monster's offensive.
In this situation, skills were definitely useless, but luckily Yu Luowei carried various skill cards with him. The second-stage octopus monster must have reached level five. In order to quickly resolve the battle, Yu Luowei decided to use the Obliterate Card.
But the octopus monster is a boss after all, and Yu Luowei's mental strength is very low, so she had to use another precision attack card, assist the annihilation card to locate the octopus monster, and then eliminate it.
The Obliterate card was indeed a red-level skill card. The octopus monster, which had been so aggressive one second, disappeared from the space the next. The lakeside forest, which had been extremely noisy just a moment ago, suddenly became much quieter.
Yu Luowei was about to take a break when the system notification sound suddenly broke the silence:
[Congratulations to the survivor Yu Luowei for defeating the level 5 boss: Black Abyss Octopus.
Achievement obtained: King of the Black Abyss; has dominance over the entrance to the Black Abyss.
Obtained: 2 Orange Treasure Chests, 1 Black Abyss Set Blueprint, 10 Black Abyss Fish Skins, 10 Black Abyss Eyes, 10 Black Abyss Tentacles.
When the octopus evolved, it had already started to drizzle, and now it was slowly getting heavier. Because rain was the disaster of this season, Yu Luowei knew it wouldn't stop for a while, so he endured the headache, put on raincoats for himself and Ma Tuan, and then temporarily returned to the forest to rest.
After the environment refreshed, the location of the forest farm had also changed slightly, right behind the lake in an area with sparse trees. It would normally take seven or eight minutes to walk there, but Ma Tuan saw that Yu Luowei was distressed and insisted on carrying her, otherwise she would refuse to leave. Yu Luowei had no choice but to let Ma Tuan lead her into the forest farm.
The raindrops outside could not enter the forest. Because of the prompt, Yu Luowei wanted to continue to go deeper into the new forest, so after eating something, he opened two supply treasure chests in the forest, hoping to obtain some props that could instantly restore mental strength.
The luck value of 7 really worked, and Yu Luowei opened two bottles of energy potion from the box. After drinking it, it could instantly restore 500 points of mental strength. After confirming the prompt and finding no side effects, Yu Luowei took out a bottle and drank it all.
After drinking it, the pain in his head and the fatigue in his body were instantly swept away. Yu Luo moved his body slightly, and found that he was in the same state as when he first left the house. He temporarily ignored the other spoils, called Ma Tuan, quickly dried his body by the fire, put on his raincoat, and set off again.
There was something special about walking in the forest in the rain. But Yu Luowei was not in the mood. She was looking for golden silk trees while walking towards the direction of the mountains in the forest in the previous two seasons.
After walking for a long time, they finally encountered a level 3 monster on the road. Ma Tuan dealt with it and continued on. They had already exceeded the distance to the cave, but Yu Luowei still saw an endless forest in front of him.
The mountains that blocked the road finally disappeared, but unfortunately, the copper mine disappeared with them. Yu Luowei sighed and stopped moving forward. He searched for treasure chests on the road as he walked back. He had been in a hurry when he came here and walked very fast, so he didn't have time to look for it.
Ma Tuan, who was faster than Yu Luowei, volunteered to search elsewhere so he could put the treasure chest in his pet space. After some thought, seeing that the rain wasn't about to get any heavier, Yu Luowei agreed, only warning Ma Tuan not to stray too far and to return if the rain got too heavy or if he ran into danger.
Ma Tuan's back disappeared into the depths of the woods in a flash, looking very energetic. Yu Luowei was also infected, and his steps became lighter. He searched everywhere. If he couldn't find the treasure chest, he would chop some special wood, focusing on making sure the thief didn't leave empty-handed.
The light of a treasure chest is somewhat obscured by the rain. After misjudging it several times, Yu Luowei finally confirmed that there was a supply treasure chest (blue) under a giant mushroom tree. She was about to take it and leave, but unexpectedly, she encountered another obstacle.
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