The Lord of Glimmer plants the sun in the eternal night.

Despite feeling nauseous, Jiang Chuan eventually dragged the monster's corpse into the firelight.

Upon contact with light, this level 2 monster began to melt away.

The melting speed is neither too fast nor too slow.

Perhaps the reason is that the monster is already dead.

Ye Xuan was moving sweet potatoes into another wooden house for storage when she saw Jiang Chuan return, dragging a familiar-looking big black rat along with him.

What's going on?

She made sure she wasn't seeing things, and immediately stared straight at Jiang Chuan.

"Ah Shui, why did you..."

"Hehe, I found it on the road. It's dead, so you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Jiang Chuan laughed as he dragged the monster's corpse to the fire spring so that Ye Xuan could see it more clearly.

The monster was already beyond dead and was now transforming into nightmare fuel.

However, to Jiang Chuan's surprise, the large fleshy whip did not turn into rat tail juice.

"A ghost treasure?"

As if remembering something, Jiang Chuan's eyes immediately brightened.

"This is really good stuff!"

A few minutes later, only four clumps of nightmare fuel, a fist-sized rock, and the thick, long, and flexible gray tail remained, lying quietly on the ground.

"Seeds, seeds, seeds!"

In addition to the mouse's tail, there was an extra reward.

Jiang Chuan also clasped his hands together and murmured a prayer.

He is extremely eager for the mutated seeds. The only known way to obtain them is by killing monsters, but that is still a probabilistic method.

After throwing the nightmare fuel into the fire spring.

He immediately took the stone to examine it.

To thaw and hatch a "Frozen Stone Egg," you need a Level 1 Breeding House and a Level 1 Fire Spring.

...

"What a pity."

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Chuan felt a pang of regret.

It is not a plant seed, but an animal egg capable of hatching into some kind of creature.

However, his current research focus is not on this, and the breeding route will not play a significant role in the current situation of Xueyingling.

To achieve meat freedom, we must wait until our territory is secure and we have more means of defense.

However, upgrading the level of the Fire Spring is something that can be put on the agenda.

Let's thaw the pebbles first, and then we'll consider it.

Jiang Chuan carefully placed it aside, then, suppressing his nausea, picked up the large tail to examine it.

But as the information came in, he suddenly didn't find the thing disgusting anymore, and it even looked kind of cute.

[A 'rat's ghost tail' can be used for research on [weapons] and [spears].]

...

This is different from that tuft of pubic hair. This strange rat whip directly transmits relevant research information, which can be used to modify the iron spear in hand.

The prerequisite is that the iron spear is level 1, and it is currently missing 'level 1 durability' and 'level 1 piercing'.

He still has 8 points of ether.

Why don't you give it a try?

Jiang Chuan had always harbored the idea of ​​hunting monsters with long weapons.

Although there will be considerable risks, the rewards will be substantial.

Moreover, upgrading melee weapons is essential, not only for dealing with monsters, but also for hunting alien creatures.

Bows and arrows are useful.

However, once a strange or unusual creature gets close, one's situation becomes extremely dangerous.

After much deliberation, Jiang Chuan decided to consume Ether to max out the Iron Spear Trinity.

【Ether-2】

[Ether: 6]

upgrade!

In an instant, the iron spear in his other hand changed.

Its spearhead is sharper, and the shaft has become straighter and smoother.

However, it's not over yet.

Two more points of ether decreased.

next moment.

Jiang Chuan felt a slight pulling force on the tail in his left hand.

As soon as he let go, the big black tail was pulled by the suction of the iron spear and swallowed into the spear shaft.

The entire gun suddenly changed.

The material of the entire gun was darker, giving it a cold and sinister feel.

[Level 1 Big Tail Black Gun]

【Function: Whip】

[Characteristics: Level 1 Trick Spell, Level 1 Durability, Level 1 Pierce]

[Durability: 200/200]

...

"It feels different now?"

Jiang Chuan held the black gun, feeling as if the gun had come alive, somewhat like an extension of his arm.

He stood up, ready to try out the new features of the Big Tail Black Gun.

The first thing is the whip.

With a flick of his wrist, Jiang Chuan's spear instantly bent like a living rat's tail, its tip leaving five afterimages and five crisp sounds echoing through the air.

As soon as the five-strike lightning whip was finished, the spear instantly returned to its straight position.

"Holy crap, that's awesome!"

Jiang Chuan, who knew absolutely nothing about marksmanship, managed to make the iron spear look like a whip.

It's almost identical to how the Monkey King swings his golden cudgel, which weighs 13,500 jin, in a wide arc!

"I recommend you try rat tail juice!"

He cracked the whip again.

Jiang Chuan's marksmanship is extremely fluid; he can even choose to strike all five whips in the same spot, or strike them at different targets.

"The Yaksha probes the sea, the Azure Dragon extends its claws, parting the grass to find the snake..."

Once Jiang Chuan got interested, he immediately gave each whip a unique name.

Just as I was about to play again, I felt the gun getting hot, like I'd been playing for too long...

"Does it mean you need to rest after only two consecutive five-whip strikes?"

Jiang Chuan tried it out, and sure enough, after it went into cooldown mode, the Big Tail Black Gun was no different from any other gun.

However, after waiting for one minute, the gun became active again.

"Phew, not bad!"

Jiang Chuan nodded in satisfaction; this was acceptable.

"Ah Shui, what is this...?" A soft, soulful voice came from behind.

Jiang Chuan holstered his gun, turned around, looked at Ye Xuan with her mouth slightly open, and said with a smile:

"Heh, I only know two marksmanship techniques, and you've seen them both now."

"Hmm..." Ye Xuan was completely confused. There was only one type just now, so there must be a second one.

Jiang Chuan offered no explanation.

After telling Ye Xuan not to step out of the territory, he went down the mountain.

Besides delivering grain to Liu Quan, Jiang Chuan also planned to have Liu Quan accompany him to the town during his trip to Xing Shou Village.

Let's see if we can find out anything about the strange creature.

Liu Quan only knows this much. If Jiang Chuan wants to learn more, he needs to go to a relatively densely populated area. Information will be exchanged there, and he should be able to gain something from it.

He could have continued hunting for flint using "beast traps".

But the mole didn't appear last night, so his source of flint was cut off. Although he just harvested four more, it's not sustainable.

How to obtain flint in the future remains a problem.

He could go into town and see if he could get any information about how those teams that specialize in hunting strange creatures operate.

After arriving at Xing Shou Village.

Jiang Chuan suddenly heard crying coming from a house at the entrance of the village, so he asked Old Liu, who was guarding the gate.

"Oh, it's because the elderly in the Li family are not in good health."

"Grandma Li?"

Jiang Chuan had seen her on the road the time before last, and she reminded him not to go out.

Why is your body not doing well now?

He thought back carefully and realized that the old man's body was indeed too frail and his condition was indeed a bit off at the time, but he didn't think much of it.

"What's the reason?" Jiang Chuan asked.

Old Liu sighed: "I heard that she hasn't been eating enough lately, and coupled with her already poor health, that's why she has this problem."

Jiang Chuan nodded, then went to the street. There were few people there; most of the young men had gone into the mountains with the hunting team.

I only learned the details after arriving at Brother Liu's house.