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

This was the first time Lin Mo had encountered a hidden quest hint.

[Hidden Quest Triggered: There is a level 13, 600-pound rare dungeon monster (edible) in the river north of the village. It has already eaten several cattle and sheep in the village. Find a way to defeat it and you can get 600 pounds of meat, as well as one rare lightning elemental and one rare wind elemental.]

Exciting, so exciting! 600 jin, a full 600 jin! Lin Mo calculated that, based on the current return of 140 million and a national fortune index of 0.68, the Dragon Kingdom could actually get 5.712 million jin of meat.

Even if you remove the monster's internal organs, each person can still get a few ounces of meat.

Besides, some of the internal organs are edible.

This is an immense and unparalleled fortune for the current Dragon Kingdom.

After learning of Lin Mo's idea, Kabu began to talk to the old village chief.

"Click click click wow! (You point in the direction, and I'll get it done in no time.)"

The old village chief was overjoyed and immediately led Kabu and Lin Mo to the riverbank north of the village.

However, after Lin Mo arrived at the river, he suddenly realized a problem: he wasn't very good at swimming, and even if he were, he wouldn't be able to catch up with others on their main battlefield.

What should I do? Lin Mo racked his brains.

"Kajiva (Idiot, I can swim, just not very fast)," Kabu reminded him.

Huh? Yeah, Kabu looks like a toad and theoretically can swim, but he's not fast enough.

"Oh right! Fishing, how could I, a fisherman, forget about that?" This river monster likes to attack large animals like water buffalo, so theoretically it's possible to catch them.

But where would such a big fishhook come from? Lin Mo searched the entire trading market, but couldn't find anyone who made such a large fishhook.

Lin Mo looked at Kabu beside him and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Haha, Kabu, you'll be the bait. I'll tie you up with five strands of silk, and then you can go into the water and pretend to drown, splashing the surface to lure the river monster. You're so plump and meaty, I'm sure it'll take the bait soon."

Kabu's beady green eyes gleamed. "Yes, yes, when it gets close and tries to bite me, I'll grab it with my claws and kill it, then you can drag me and the river monster ashore together."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Lin Mo nodded repeatedly.

To ensure everything went smoothly, Lin Mo first tested the strength of the insect silk. One strand of insect silk could pull a 100-pound object on the shore, so five strands would definitely not be enough. Fortunately, this stuff was not valuable and there were plenty of them on the market.

Lin Mo traded 2 jin of ordinary rice for 20 sticks, then twisted them all together and tied them to Kabu's body. Kabu then jumped into the river with a splash.

Hmm! It's using the breaststroke, so it really does look like a toad.

Kabu had asked beforehand which location the buffalo had disappeared in, and that was where he would drag the silkworm threads to the "scene of the incident".

Once it arrived at the destination, it began to put on a show, struggling, sinking, and popping its head up, its four legs constantly flailing.

"Help!" Kabu said, his acting skills seemingly learned from who-knows-where.

Suddenly... something resembling a shark's dorsal fin swiftly sliced ​​through the water in the distance and swam toward Kabu.

Kabu's beady eyes conveyed a look of terror in a second, his acting was on point throughout: Is this what a veteran actor is like?

The distance was getting closer and closer: 50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters, 10 meters, Boom! A strange fish, 4 meters long, scaleless, but with a sharp dorsal fin on its back, leaped out of the water.

It opened its huge mouth and bit down on "Despair" Kabu.

Just as it was about to touch Kabu, the strange fish immediately sensed something was wrong.

Hmm? This "prey" was just acting desperate, so why is it laughing now? And it's laughing so slyly.

"Hehehe! You've kept me waiting! Take this!" Kabu thrust his left forepaw at the monster fish's chin.

"Pfft!" Sharp claws pierced through the fish's chin, and the monster fish began to struggle violently.

However, Kabu's right forepaw pierced through the gills, clamping the strange fish between its left and right sides.

The monster began to struggle violently, dragging Kabu wildly through the water. Lin Mo, meanwhile, tied the fishing line to a large tree and watched the fight unfold. "Kabu, poke it, yes, yes, cut its little pecker, just like that."

A man and a clam were fighting in the water. Kabu completely overwhelmed its opponent. Just kidding, Kabu is level 14 and has additional overall buffs. This kind of melee combat is its forte. Even I have to temporarily avoid its sharp edge, or I will be pinned against the wall by Kabu.

After a 20-minute struggle, the strange fish turned belly up, its body covered in scratches.

Kabu excitedly splashed around in the water. "Lin Mo, pull me ashore quickly!"

"Alright!" Lin Mo was also very excited and started pulling hard on the insect silk.

With a physical fitness level of 14, lifting over 1000 pounds is effortless, not to mention that objects in water have buoyancy and are much lighter.

The villagers on the shore cheered and gave Kabu a thumbs up.

Kabu thoroughly enjoyed being the main character; his mouth was practically crooked from smiling.

The kill notification sounds came one after another, another great haul.

[Congratulations on defeating a level 13 dungeon monster, the River Monster (Nightmare Rare). You have obtained 26 Beast Cores and a small amount of Life Essence. Your Life Level has increased to 14 (86%). Kabu has obtained some Dungeon Essence, increasing his Life Level to 15 (1%).]

[Kabu has leveled up to level 15 and his weight has increased to 700 jin (350 catties).]

[You have used 26 beast cores, increasing your swordsmanship to level 22 (80.3%).]

Lin Mo didn't hesitate for a second and immediately returned the strange fish.

[You have successfully returned 5.712 million catties of strange fish meat; the supplies have arrived.]

When the figure of 5.712 million jin appeared in Lin Mo's live broadcast room, the people of China rubbed their eyes repeatedly, counting the long string of zeros on it.

[Chinese netizens: Holy crap? Is Brother Lin returning nearly 6 million catties of food? And it's the rarest kind of meat?]

[A netizen from India: I'll change my nationality right away, but can I change it back after I eat the meat?!]

[Chinese netizens: Hahaha, go talk to the invisible wall at the border.]

[A Pakistani netizen commented: "I'm so envious! Lin, the big boss from China, managed to prepare so much food all by himself."]

[A netizen from the Rising Sun Kingdom: Hehe, I'm not envious at all. Just tell me what it tastes like when the time comes.]

[A netizen from the Great Cold Country: This is unfair! We killed so many monsters and none of them were edible, so why is it okay for Lin Mo to eat this huge fish? I suspect it's poisonous; you'd better not eat it.]

[A netizen from China: This is hilarious! Did Brother Lin kill too few monsters? Have there ever been any problems with the supplies he returned to us? I'd eat poison even if it's poisonous; I'd be dead long ago without Brother Lin.]

[A netizen from China commented: "Brother Lin's writing is the best. Doesn't he know if it's poisonous? Get out of here, don't ruin my appetite for meat later."]

While the arguments in Lin Mo's live stream were incessant, another live stream was also very lively—that was the live stream of Victor Cromwell, the first explorer of the Free Nation.

He was now level 19 and in the 20th floor of the maze on normal difficulty, but he was unlucky and encountered a level 24 maze monster.

At this moment, his health bar was down to 10%, while the monster's health bar was at 51%.

Victor Cromwell smiled slightly and addressed all the netizens of the Free Nation: "I have done my best. I am about to awaken my bloodline at level 20. Whether I am resurrected or not is up to you after I die."

He had no idea that being killed by a monster of level 20 or higher was going to happen in real life.