Surviving the Maze of National Destiny: Hints from the Chinese Characters I Understand

Lin Mo was surprised to find that in just a short while, the big-mouthed beast had eaten all 15 potatoes.

The attributes panel for the Big Mouth Beast has also undergone significant changes.

The life level has increased from level 5 (87%) to level 5 (92%), and it is still rising.

Its health has also increased from 76 to 89, the hunger status has been removed, and the minor injury status has changed to self-healing.

Holy crap! This physical ability is defying the heavens!

After learning about the system, Lin Mo discovered that there are three ways for the Big Mouth Beast to increase its life level:

1. Surviving and evolving in the maze, even when it sleeps or wanders around, it will increase its life essence.

2. Eat plants in the maze. The Big Mouth Beast doesn't only eat potatoes; it can eat many poisonous maze plants without any problems, such as red honey fruit. It tastes sweet, but humans who eat it will experience hallucinations and cognitive problems. However, the Big Mouth Beast won't experience this; it will only find it delicious.

3. Killing dungeon creatures will also allow the Big Mouth Beast to gain life essence for growth. According to the dungeon rules, even if the Big Mouth Beast forms a contract with its master, it will not take away the master's post-battle life essence. The dungeon rules explain that the Big Mouth Beast absorbs a different kind of essence that humans cannot absorb, and the two are unrelated.

No wonder this guy levels up faster than me.

The maze rules do not restrict the level of battle pets from being higher than the level of their owners, which is very humane. You can grow wildly as you like, as long as you have the right to do so.

Lin Mo looked at the big-mouthed beast that was still licking its lips and patted its round head: "666, normal bowel movements, a promising future!"

"Kabukabu! (Potato potato!)"

"Still want to eat? Let's go! I'll grill some more for you later!" Lin Mo put the campfire away.

This guy loves potatoes so much, he keeps making "kabu kabu" noises, so how about we just call you Kabu? "Kabu! How about that?"

"o(*≧▽≦)ツGuji! (Yay!)"

Lin Mo was overjoyed. He had just obtained a powerful battle pet. Haha, the road ahead would be much easier.

He looked at the four passageways in the basement and felt much more confident. Lin Mo glanced at the time; there were still 15 hours and 04 minutes until the start of the competition. He needed to hurry.

"Kabu, let's go!"

"Kabu-gu! (Kabu is here!)"

…………

The discussion about battle pets was very lively in the live stream.

[Chinese netizens: Wow, the stats show this big fat guy is so strong? He's almost level 6.]

[Chinese netizen: Wait, let me check the rules of the maze battle royale tournament. Is it allowed to bring battle pets?]

[A netizen from China commented: You read that right, it is allowed to bring pets. Battle pets are considered part of the explorer's individual strength. The only difference is that you are not allowed to bring supplies on the competition map.]

[Netizens from the coldest region: Isn't this a clear foul?]

[Chinese netizens: What the hell are you breaking the rules for? Your own explorers don't have battle pets, so we're breaking the rules? Whose rules are these?]

[A netizen from India: Actually, China isn't breaking the rules, because our explorers also have green lizards as pets, which are much more powerful than this big-mouthed beast.]

[Chinese netizen: Hahaha, this is hilarious! Your green lizard is practically worn out by its owner.]

[Chinese netizen: Huh? What's going on upstairs? Can you explain?]

[A netizen from China commented: "Their owner has a peculiar fetish. Whenever he has free time, he interacts with the green lizards. The footage is completely pixelated, and they don't even allow viewers to watch the live stream. Can you guess what they're doing?"]

[A Pakistani netizen commented: Holy crap, that's disgusting, but it fits the stereotype.]

[A netizen from Russia: People used to say online that Indians have strange tastes, but I'm here to debunk that myth—it's all true.]

[A netizen from the Free Nation: Oh no, Brother San! Your Explorer pet with the green-skinned lizard has betrayed you and started fighting. It looks like Brother San is losing.]

[A netizen from India: Haha, what a foolish trick. You think I'd believe that? Besides, once a battle pet is contracted, it's like a slave. How could it possibly betray you? You don't even have battle pets yourself, so you're trying to fool people with this kind of tactic?]

[Netizen from the Coldest Country: Holy crap, they've really started fighting! Everyone go watch!]

Indian Explorers Livestream Room

In the scene, in a small room, a green-skinned lizard from India with scarlet eyes repeatedly lunges at its former owner.

It couldn't take it anymore, it betrayed itself. The endless pain in its anus every day caused its affection for the explorer to plummet, but the explorer from India couldn't understand the hints and just let things continue as they were.

By today, his favorability rating had dropped to 50. When he pulled out his weapon again, the green-skinned lizard, in its terror, broke free from the monster contract and bit off the explorer's tool.

At this moment, the two sides are locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.

[Chinese netizen: Holy crap, this is so exciting! The green-skinned lizard is attacking furiously, while the Indian guy is fighting and retreating. I'm just a spectator and I don't even know where to look!]

[A netizen from China: I came here because of its reputation, and although I was mentally prepared, I was still shocked for a whole year.]

[A netizen from the Great Cold Country commented: "This is bad! The explorer from India is bleeding profusely, and his health bar is only half full. Oh no! He's lost all his tools? This is terrible!"]

In the Western Alliance command center, the representative of the Indian Kingdom was being verbally abused by a group of high-ranking Western Alliance officials.

"Look what your people have done! Fools, utterly stupid! If he had just focused on his research, he would have had women of every kind when he returned to reality. Why couldn't he control that damn pipe? Why did he have to harm his own battle pet? Now look what's happened, we've lost our research sample, a huge loss for our entire Western Alliance's battle pet breeding program!" The representative of the Free Nation's appraisers was furious.

Everyone was initially excited about the explorer's unexpected contract with the green-skinned lizard, hoping to gain some experience by studying the explorer's contract process. But now...

"Actually... it's not like we gained nothing. At least we know we can't do those things to our battle pets, right?" the Indian appraiser representative said timidly.

Everyone was stunned: Shouldn't this kind of thing never happen to a human being? And you're actually proud of it?

On this day, India single-handedly dominated most of the live stream's popularity, attracting over 30 billion viewers.

In the end, after the Indian player killed the green-skinned lizard, he himself died from excessive blood loss and severe injuries.

This time, at the request of the Western Alliance, the Kingdom of Tianzhu did not revive the explorer, because it was too shameful.

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[You are about to enter a wetland, 4000 square meters in size, inhabited by three level 3 water monkeys. They should be no match for you and Kabu. If you search the wetland carefully, you will find 1 unit of copper and a basic iron armor blueprint.]

This direction is alright. You can kill monsters to level up and get blueprints, although they're not very useful. You can trade them for other items.

Not every country's athletes have the blueprints.

Some small countries that did not join either the Western Alliance or the Dragon Kingdom have continued to develop independently, avoiding involvement in the conflict between the two sides. They are not strong, but they can barely make a living and are neither hungry nor starving.

Looking at other directions, Lin Mo had to make the optimal choice at every step to maximize the benefits.