Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

You are still too young and lack sufficient experience, but you must understand the laws governing the operation of human society.

Bell assigned Edu homework here; Edu doesn't have to inscribe magic at home tonight, he has to go out and find a tavern.

I'll use these three silver coins I earned today to buy some intelligence.

Bell didn't have any strict requirements about which tavern to go to or what information to buy.

All of this requires Edu to learn and observe on his own. In that chaotic place filled with all sorts of information, he can grow at the fastest speed.

You can't make big money by just staying in the guild square, reading announcements, and accepting tasks from others.

This is not to say that one cannot grow by taking this path, but taking a conventional path where profits are divided among others is certainly not as good as having access to information from multiple sources and gaining benefits ahead of others.

Edu didn't hesitate at all when faced with the assignment Bell had given him; he went straight into the streets at dusk after dinner.

Edu knew that Bell was teaching him the skills to make a living, skills that would take many years of trial and error to learn without being taught.

How many more losses must one suffer along the way, struggling and fighting?

Knowing the ins and outs, Edu hurried down the street. He wanted to visit every single tavern in the old market before they became too popular.

Only in this way can he compare prices from different vendors and choose the best among the best.

Entering a bustling tavern will inevitably yield more information than entering a tavern with few customers, since more customers mean more information.

Similarly, the quality of information available in pubs with higher-priced drinks is generally better than in cheaper pubs.

Because if the people who come here to consume expensive drinks are not here to gather intelligence, then they must be strong individuals. Only those who are strong enough can afford to consume expensive drinks as a daily necessity.

Three silver coins represent the funds that Edu can mobilize.

Therefore, Edu finally chose a corner bar called Citrus Tavern.

This tavern has a great location, nestled in a corner of a residential area. While it may not be as popular as some of the city's hottest spots, its location is still quite good.

Every evening, the Citrus Tavern comes alive, but it's much quieter than those noisy, bustling taverns.

The Citrus Tavern has a cozy atmosphere, with someone playing musical instruments inside. Most of the customers are female adventurers or those engaged in life skills.

The most important reason Edu chose this location is that there is virtually no chance of someone getting drunk and causing trouble, or any violent conflict occurring here.

His individual strength is very weak. If he goes to one of the most chaotic bars and someone causes trouble that affects him, Edu will definitely be in deep trouble.

"A glass of orange juice."

Sitting at the bar, Edu ordered a fruit juice, which immediately attracted the attention of many other drinkers.

It's rather strange that a teenager, whose body is barely developed, would come to a bar where the average spending is not low.

Someone in the tavern started teasing Edu, but he responded with a smile. Although he looked a bit blank, no one seemed to care.

"Interesting. Whose little rascal are you, coming here to play so late at night instead of sleeping?"

Before long, people who had been wandering between the various tables started to approach Edu. They were all information brokers, extremely sensitive to all kinds of information, and Edu, a completely unfamiliar face, was enough to pique their curiosity.

Faced with the people who kept coming over, Edu finally fixed his gaze on a woman with a large bust.

He said he wanted to chat with this older woman, just about what's been happening lately.

And this older sister, without any hesitation, snatched the orange juice that Edu had ordered but hadn't drunk yet, and then said directly:

"Let's start with the newly identified danger zone. The unusual activity that appeared in the center of the low-risk 'Bamboo Sea' is about to be registered as the medium-risk 'White Bone City'."

Chapter 78 The Bamboo Forest Undergoes a Tremendous Transformation

After the battle between the Long River Adventurer Group and the Blood Hand Mercenary Group ended, a number of unusual events occurred in the center of the Bamboo Sea.

It started with an earthquake, then numerous cracks appeared in the bamboo forest, and a large number of reanimated remains replaced the monsters that had been wiped out in the bamboo forest, becoming a new source of danger in this area.

The Bone Spire rises from the cracks in the ground, causing all the bamboo around it to wither. Within the Spire's influence, the living remains move extremely fast and have a strong resistance to magical attacks.

A large number of adventurers flocked into the bamboo forest, and after many explorations, they confirmed that there was an unexplored ruin beneath the bamboo forest.

【The City of Bones】is the new name that adventurers have given to this underground ruin. In three days, the Adventurers' Guild will release information about 【The City of Bones】and its level of danger.

But inside the tavern, Edu already knew that [The City of Bones] was likely to be classified as a medium-danger area.

The large number of enhanced, animated remains, and the fact that the city is located underground and difficult to access, all indicate the danger of the [City of Bones].

At present, there are very few entrances to enter, and the only way to enter the dangerous area below is through a few exposed white bone spires on the surface.

No one knows what other dangers lie within the City of Bones, but the adventurers' enthusiasm for exploring it remains undiminished.

Because some lucky individuals have already brought back spoils from the Bone Spire.

"Just this afternoon, a low-level thief bypassed the living remains and stole a necklace from the Bone Spire."

If it were an ordinary necklace, this news wouldn't cause a stir.

The necklace described in the intelligence report is a magical accessory, a genuine high-end item.

Unlike magical weapons or magical armor, magical accessories have always been expensive and very popular.

Jewelry can bless the wearer, keep the wearer alert, or enhance the wearer's strength.

In short, wearing a magical accessory is equivalent to giving the wearer a permanent magical buff.

It is said that high-end accessories may also have some kind of active effect, but this is something that Edu has never seen before.

Edu and Bell had previously seen a magic ring at the market that was slightly larger than a wristband. It was the work of a newly appointed jewelry maker and had the effect of "Cat's Agility".

The ornament attracted a large crowd as soon as it was put on the stall, and a burly man quickly bought it to wear as a wristband.

"This is the intelligence I acquired tonight: the development of the unusual activity in the bamboo forest, and what the thief saw and heard."

The existence of the "City of Bones" is now a foregone conclusion.

The thief who took the ornament from the Bone Spire sold what he had seen and heard in the Bone Spire as soon as he returned to Azure Star City.

Edu didn't know which intermediary he had bought the information from, but the older woman he was chatting with assured him that the information was genuine.

"It is said that the Bone Spire has seven floors, each with a different structure, and it contains many rare treasures."

The thief who entered the Bone Spire only explored two levels of it.

The first floor is shaped like a boudoir.

The thief said he got the jewelry necklace from it, but it's unclear whether he only got the necklace or something else.

The other floor was like a weapons storage vault, containing all sorts of weapons and skeletons corroded by time. The thieves dared not explore further, so they left the contents of that floor untouched.

Besides this information, the older woman who chatted with Edu also talked a lot about the characteristics of the resurrected remains and what methods to use to deal with them.

They also mentioned the large gathering of church pastors, saying that another group of pastors, numbering three hundred, had left Cangxing City for the Bamboo Sea.

"Okay, these three silver coins aren't a bad deal."

After listening to Edu's report, Bell nodded. In this world without the internet, if you have good intelligence gathering skills, you can know everything happening in the world without leaving home, even in a place like a tavern.

Without a doubt, the bamboo forest is the focus of attention in the entire Cangxing City recently.

After all, a new dangerous place hidden beneath the bamboo forest is extremely attractive, especially after a lucky person pulled out a valuable treasure from it, which has made many individual adventurers excited.

Many adventurers were drawn to the gold prospectors.

They firmly believe that if others can do it, they can too.

If a low-level thief can turn the tables deep in the bamboo forest, why can't I, who has trained for so many years, do the same?

The adventurers who ventured into the bamboo forest believed in their own strength and their own luck. In any case, until they suffered a great loss or lost their lives, they firmly believed that they were the lucky ones.

"I also asked about the Blood Hand Mercenary Group. I think that their taking the Bamboo Sea from the Long River Adventurer Group at this crucial juncture must have some ulterior motive."

Edu shared his thoughts, but he didn't get any more information about the Bloodhand Mercenary Group from his older sister.

All that is known is that these people have become very low-key recently. Although they have mobilized their main force to the bamboo forest, they have only established a base on the edge of the bamboo forest and allowed all adventurers who enter the bamboo forest to rest in their camp.

It seems the Blood Hand Mercenary Group has started doing business on the outskirts of the Bamboo Forest, offering various logistical services such as guiding, accommodation, security, and material procurement, and they're doing quite well.

"I don't know what they're up to, but these people definitely won't lose out."

Edu gritted his teeth, feeling even worse seeing the Bloodhand Mercenaries make money than he was losing money.

Bell didn't feel much of a reaction. Even if the Blood Hand Mercenary Group was planning to rip off retail investors again, it wouldn't affect him.

Moreover, Bell had his own ideas about the bamboo forest.

"When you go out tomorrow, buy me a compass; I'll need it very much. Also, we need to visit the agricultural guild; their produce is quite remarkable."

After giving the order, Bell waited for the shadow to recover.

His suicidal desires were rising, and this time Bell planned to dig a road directly from the underground of Cangxing City to the Bamboo Sea with an iron pickaxe.

Didn't they say that the "City of Bones" is buried under the bamboo forest? Well then, Bell is going to go and see for himself.

There are other magical beasts in the bamboo forest that can help Bell perfect his magic formula.

"With a pickaxe, I can dig all the way through and in about two or three nights, I can dig an underground tunnel from Cangxing City to the outer edge of the Bamboo Sea."

Bell was confident in his pixelated props; after all, these props were utterly unreasonable.

A pickaxe can dig a tunnel about ten meters deep in about one minute.

All that's missing now is a compass to help Bell locate himself underground.