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

The next second, the end of the endless void exploded—yes, it literally shattered.

A colossal creature emerged from the crack in the void.

The void exploded at its end, and the distant void shattered into countless points of light that flew backward.

Before the light had completely dissipated, a claw emerged.

It wasn't the kind of ferocious beast claws covered in scales and with claws like knives that you might imagine; it was a round, chubby palm, adorned with sacred beast claw armor.

The claw pawed at the air twice, as if checking if the crack was wide enough, and then a head popped out.

Too fat, that's not an exaggeration, it's a statement.

As the round belly squeezed into the crack, even the void itself distorted slightly, and fragments of the void fell down in a flurry.

"Master, it's gotten fatter again!" Kali muttered.

"I can see it now." Lin Mo was a little doubtful about the results of this evolution. This was 1 Fantasy Source Essence. He felt like he had been ripped off.

Kabu, now fully evolved, is even fatter and rounder.

Its head looked like it was growing on a giant, golden balloon. Its round belly made up most of its weight, and four short legs supported that heavy mountain of flesh. When it walked, the flesh on its belly jiggled like jelly.

The gilded tattoos spread from its back to its limbs, flowing with a dark golden light on its round body, but on a toad, they seemed to have lost their proper elegance.

Two sharp horns stood atop its head, golden and dazzling in the void.

But the shape of that corner was not quite right. Rather than a corner, it was more like two bumps that had been punched and instead of healed, they had grown into sharp points.

With each step it took, its two horns swayed in the air, like two enoki mushrooms bent by the wind.

A tail? No tail. Or rather, its tail was too short and blended into its rear end.

It finally squeezed out completely from the void. How long is it? It's impossible to estimate, but in its complete form, it's at least several thousand meters tall.

Lin Mo suddenly realized that when Kabu appeared, the most panicked ones were not Kali, but the surrounding mythical beasts of the mountains and seas, some of whom pretended to look at the scenery in the void.

Jiufeng: "Wow, what a beautiful meteorite! It's so dark, it has a unique charm."

Some people were pretending to be injured, with Qinglong raising his tail and crying out that his stomach hurt.

Zhulong's lips twitched. Pretending not to recognize Kabu, he turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, the battle is over. It's time for us to return to Blue Star."

Qilin: "Yes, yes, the food in the Dragon Kingdom is so good! I'm starving."

Taotie: "There are still children from the Dragon Kingdom who want to see my performance of eating three pigs in one bite. I'm outta here. A beast shouldn't deceive children."

Xuanwu: "Yes, yes, I also promised some kids at school that I'd take them rafting."

A group of guardian beasts of mountains and seas prepared to leave the endless void as if nothing had happened.

Suddenly... a huge, round, and large fist slapped over, gradually enlarging until it sent all the mythical beasts of the mountains and seas crashing onto the threshold of the Gate of the End.

"Kaki-gu? (Oh? Not coming to play rock-paper-scissors? Not going to trick me into a one-on-one match?)"

Zhulong was shocked: "You remembered?"

"Smack!" Another powerful slap landed on Zhulong. "Kaki-gu? (You expect me to never wake up, huh?)"

The white tiger also came over to mediate: "Oh dear, Lord Tun Tun, we wouldn't dare! Back then, you were the one who shouted 'I am the strongest divine beast of mountains and seas' and charged in. We couldn't stop you!"

"Kakigu! (Damn it, you're the one who pushed me in there back then, go to hell!)" The white tiger was slapped and sent flying somewhere.

Little Flower, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. "Honey, what's wrong with it?"

"No, it's nothing, it's just like that."

Lin Mo had a contract with Kabu, and at this moment, he gradually understood the ins and outs of the matter, and was shocked: So these crazy prompts were all created by me? Damn it.

He remembered that summer when a toad came to his house claiming to be a divine beast. Lin Mo was both surprised and frightened to see a talking toad, so in order to save his life, he did everything Kabu wanted.

But as the night deepened and they talked more and more, Lin Mo came to believe it. It turned out that he had exchanged two potatoes for a grand plan to save the universe, making it extremely cost-effective.

To ensure he had an absolute advantage in future explorations, Lin Mo decided to use Chinese as the prompt word.

The complexity of the Chinese language is obvious to all. The same sentence and the same characters can express completely different or even opposite meanings. How do you decipher them?

For example: do you think "firefighting" means putting out a fire? Is "very lively" and "not lively" the same thing? Raw fish slices are slices of dead fish. Waiting for a red light means waiting for a green light.

Before death is before life; "I need your help" means "I don't need your help"; "Taking the elevator" means "standing on the elevator"; "In principle, it's okay" means "It's not okay," and "In principle, it's not okay" means "It's okay."

A great victory over the enemy equals a crushing defeat; nightclubs are for drinking, hotels are for staying overnight; cigarette butts equal cigarette butts; one and a half hours is three and a half hours...

There are far too many examples like this. In addition, there are absolutely no references on Chinese on Earth. In the short term, no one can compete with Lin Mo in terms of Chinese knowledge.

"I'm such a clever guy," Lin Mo thought to himself, giving himself a silent thumbs-up.

Xiao Hua, standing beside him, quietly put her arm around Lin Mo's arm. Lin Mo glanced at her, but she lowered her head and remained silent. Lin Mo tacitly approved: She got off easy. Sure enough, beautiful women can do whatever they want.

Now, the threat to the entire universe lies within this Gate of Ending, and Lin Mo plans to finish it off after everyone has rested for a while.

Kabu thoroughly punished each of the guardian beasts of the mountains and seas before letting the other party leave, then hopped over to Lin Mo's side. "Kaji-gu? (Hmm? Who is she?)"

"It's me. You were the one who translated our conversation back at Blackwater Lake," Xiaohua said with a smile, patting Kabu's head.

Kabu jumped away impatiently. "Kajigu! (Don't touch my head, you'll stunt your growth! Why are you bothering my pet? What are you up to?)"

Lin Mo: Oh? You're not even going to act anymore?

Little Flower: A human pet? What's going on?

Kali: Let's fight! Let's fight!

"Kabu, do you think you're good again?" Lin Mo stretched his muscles, his knuckles cracking.

Kabu brandished his chubby paws, his belly jiggling with laughter. "Kaji-gu! (The rivalry between master and servant is always like this; I want to try it out. Hehehe!)"

Lin Mo looked at his system information. In this battle, he killed 65 million End Creatures. He had accidentally reached level 10,000. His swordsmanship was just right. At level 100 million, his swordsmanship had gained a new effect.

Congratulations! Your "Souls Under the Blade" effect has been upgraded to "Servants Under the Blade".

[Servants under your blade: Creatures you kill become spirits, capable of obeying your commands, possessing 1 million times the strength of their original forms, and able to exist for 100 million seconds.]

Lin Mo snapped his fingers at the nearest spirit: "Go, beat it up! Yes, yes, all 500 million of you, come at me at once!"