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Chapter 138 - 37: When in Doubt, Chop Wood First · Oct 23, 2026

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101 Chapter 101: Year’s End 2026-10-23
102 Chapter 102 - 1: New Year 2026-10-23
103 Chapter 103 - 2: Three Problems and One Decision 2026-10-23
104 Chapter 104 - 3: The Mad Plan 2026-10-23
105 Chapter 105 - 4: Codename: Raven 2026-10-23
106 Chapter 106 - 5: Titan City 2026-10-23
107 Chapter 107 - 6: Research Project – Mechanical Ascension 2026-10-23
108 Chapter 108 - 7: The Mad Shang Family Members 2026-10-23
109 Chapter 109 - 8: Love and Loyalty Are Worth a Thousand Gold 2026-10-23
110 Chapter 110 - 9: Alarm Sounded 2026-10-23
111 Chapter 111 - 10: Farewell, My Love 2026-10-23
112 Chapter 112 - 11: Five Stars Abnormal Skeleton Warrior 2026-10-23
113 Chapter 113 - 12: Success Does Not Have to Be Mine 2026-10-23
114 Chapter 114 - 13: Buling, Bulong, I’m a Robot 2026-10-23
115 Chapter 115 - 14: Where Is Your Diao Chan? 2026-10-23
116 Chapter 116 - 15: The Woman of Dawn Street 2026-10-23
117 Chapter 117 - 16: Bob and Judith 2026-10-23
118 Chapter 118 - 17: I Saw 82-Year-Old Bob Beating Laifu 2026-10-23
119 Chapter 119 - 18: Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Ancestor Just Bought a Bottle of Mineral Water (Bonus) 2026-10-23
120 Chapter 120 - 19: Awakening the Celestial Net Intelligence 2026-10-23
121 Chapter 121 - 20: Rising Brilliance Revealed 2026-10-23
122 Chapter 122 - 21: Racing Against Time 2026-10-23
123 Chapter 123 - 22: Secrets of the Ancient Film Reel 2026-10-23
124 Chapter 124 - 23: Overlapping Fates 2026-10-23
125 Chapter 125 - 24: Sword Skill—Star-Slaying 2026-10-23
126 Chapter 126 - 25: Army of One, Battles on Many Fronts 2026-10-23
127 Chapter 127 - 26: Identity Exposed 2026-10-23
128 Chapter 128 - 27: Bird in a Cage 2026-10-23
129 Chapter 129 - 28: The Magnificent Wedding 2026-10-23
130 Chapter 130 - 29: Leap of Faith 2026-10-23
131 Chapter 131 - 30: Nuwa Stone, Heaven’s Origin 2026-10-23
132 Chapter 132 - 31: Full Firepower 2026-10-23
133 Chapter 133 - 32: With This Sword, I March South! 2026-10-23
134 Chapter 134 - 33: Great Xia, Stand with the Sword! 2026-10-23
135 Chapter 135 - 34: All Cards on the Table 2026-10-23
136 Chapter 136 - 35: Bob, You Can’t Beat Me 2026-10-23
137 Chapter 137 - 36: Qin-Se Fu Lai 2026-10-23
138 Chapter 138 - 37: When in Doubt, Chop Wood First 2026-10-23
139 Chapter 139 - 38: Fengbai Village 2026-10-23
140 Chapter 140 - 39: Passion Like Fire 2026-10-23
141 Chapter 141 - 40: The Ancestor’s Call 2026-10-23
142 Chapter 142 - 41: Human-faced Owl 2026-10-23
143 Chapter 143 - 42: The Correct Way to Use the Bone Flute 2026-10-23
144 Chapter 144 - 43: The Mist Clears 2026-10-23
145 Chapter 145 - 44: Flame Village 2026-10-23
146 Chapter 146 - 45: ”Rain 2026-10-23
147 Chapter 147 - 46: World Accelerates, Unforeseen Visitors 2026-10-23
148 Chapter 148 - 47: Intelligence Analysis: Phoenix Perch Wood 2026-10-23
149 Chapter 149 - 48: Senluo Tree Realm 2026-10-23
150 Chapter 150 - 49: Rivers of Lava, Undying Corpses! 2026-10-23

Chapter 138: Chapter 37: When in Doubt, Chop Wood First

”At this moment, considering the time, Shang Jianyue should have been successfully revived by now.”

In the Qinse World, as Han Zhan walked, he muttered to himself.

In fact, Han Zhan somewhat intentionally allowed Shang Jianyue to take his necklace.

In his plan, since the Can Shang Company had betrayed Great Xia, he would release a Demon to keep them occupied, driving a wedge between wolves and tigers.

Han Zhan was willing to cooperate with Shang Jianyue based on this consideration.

The enemy of an enemy is a friend.

As for what to do once the enemy has defeated the enemy, that could be addressed after the fact.

After all, both he and Great Xia were continuously getting stronger, weren’t they?

Han Zhan felt confident about this.

Unfortunately, confidence couldn’t guide him. Han Zhan discovered an unfortunate situation—he was lost on this mountain!

It was already past noon.

Thin white mist began to spread across the mountain. The sudden onset of this fog made the already difficult mountain path even harder to navigate.

At first, Han Zhan thought he should focus on getting down the mountain and ignore everything else.

And that’s exactly what he did.

Han Zhan was quite fit, walking for almost an hour, yet still he saw no trace of the foot of the mountain.

The distant mist obscured his vision, and the mountain path beneath him seemed endless; it was as if he was trapped on this mountain.

Just as Han Zhan was about to abandon the unfamiliar environment and reveal himself using the Fu Xi Zither Talent Ability, he suddenly heard another set of footsteps behind him.

An elderly man, dressed simply yet with an air of mystical wisdom, descended the mountain.

Given his previous experience in the Fruit World, Han Zhan immediately assessed the elderly man.

After confirming that the man showed no signs of Spiritual Power fluctuations and seemed not to be a practitioner from his footsteps, Han Zhan finally felt at ease.

”Young man, are you lost on this mountain?” the elder approached, looking at the hesitant Han Zhan, and asked.

”That’s right, elder!”

Upon hearing the elder’s question, a light sparked in Han Zhan’s eyes.

Unexpectedly, the elder’s eyes also lit up upon hearing Han Zhan’s response.

”Lost? Well, of course, with this foggy mountain, who wouldn’t get lost?”

”If you’re lost, just follow me, because I’m lost too.”

”?” A question mark seemed to hover over Han Zhan’s head as he looked at the elder, ”Elder, are you alright?”

”No problem, no problem, what could be wrong with me.” The elder spoke with a joyful expression, seemingly happy to find someone equally lost.

”So what should we do now?” Han Zhan asked patiently.

After all, this was the first human he encountered in this world—the first normal person who could speak.

”What else can we do? When in doubt, just patch it up!”

After saying that, he started to untie his waistband.

This sudden action left Han Zhan shocked.

He decided to take back his earlier judgment; just because someone can talk doesn’t mean they’re normal!

Even at your age, elder, do you still need to rely on theatrics? Immediately resorting to patchwork in a disagreement, truly vigorous in old age!

Then he saw.

A clatter echoed as an axe fell from the loosened waistband of the elder.

The elder picked up the axe and adeptly started chopping at the nearby trees.

”Patch, patch, patch...” The elder rhythmically chanted as he chopped, creating a work rhythm.

Soon, the small tree was chopped down. The elder then skillfully chopped it into smaller pieces, tied them with rope, and slung them over his back.

After witnessing this, Han Zhan understood.

This elder is a woodsman, right? So shouldn’t he be chanting about chopping wood?

Oh well, patching it is, still better than having a featureless woman pop up, asking if she’s pretty—less shocking indeed.

Han Zhan decided to stop fixating on the matter.

”Elder, is there any special method to this wood-chopping technique?” Han Zhan asked, curious about the elder’s joyful chopping.

The elder glanced at him sideways.

”You young people ask too many questions. Since I’m doing this, there’s a reason for it.”

”The elders once said, when the mountain fog surrounds you, chop down the nearby trees and make as much noise as possible; the fog will naturally disperse, revealing the path down the mountain.”

The elder’s explanation made Han Zhan’s eyes light up.

Such a notion existed!

Initially, he doubted whether the elder was just spouting nonsense, but when he saw the surrounding thick fog indeed begin to dissipate as the elder claimed, he was convinced.

Soon, the thick fog vanished entirely.

A clear mountain path appeared at their feet.

”Haha, it actually works!” The elder was more excited than Han Zhan to see the reemerged path, happily patting Han Zhan on the shoulder.

Han Zhan: ”...”

Putting aside any grievances, the two hurriedly descended the mountain.

Suddenly, a chill wind swept up from behind them.

A piercing coldness struck Han Zhan’s back, causing every nerve to be on high alert. He grabbed the elder next to him and quickly dodged the fierce attack.

A monster appeared on their path down.

Its form resembled a human, but it was covered in pig-like bristles, small, stout, yet slightly fox-like.

It was the one that had sneak-attacked them from behind.

Now it turned to face Han Zhan, a fierce expression on its face.

Upon seeing the creature, Han Zhan was taken aback.

In the ”Exotic Beast Atlas” gifted by his senior Lin Jingxuan, he had seen records about this Exotic Beast!

The elder beside him began to tremble, his speech stammering.

”It’s... it’s... it’s a Calamity Beast!”

”Calamity Beast?” Han Zhan heard the term for the first time, his mind stirred.

Different worlds, different eras, might call the same thing differently, which was possible.

But since Exotic Beasts also appeared in this world, could it mean he could deduce the real reason aliens appeared on Blue Star from this world?!

Before Han Zhan could ponder further.

The monster charged at Han Zhan again.

It had realized that the young man in front of it was the stronger threat; eliminating him first, the old man wouldn’t be a problem.

The monster’s limbs curled as it crouched, then sprung up, its short, stout body launching like a melon cannonball.

It didn’t attack directly, choosing instead to leap onto the towering forest trees above,

the dense trees making a perfect cover for its pudgy form, moving with surprising agility,

with only the sound of rustling leaves echoing around Han Zhan.

Suddenly, a shadow swooped down from the sky, aiming straight for the back of Han Zhan’s head!

”Flashy moves.” Faced with such an attack, Han Zhan, having figured out the opponent’s tactics, didn’t dodge but chose to punch instead.

Bam!

The monster was sent flying by Han Zhan’s punch.

The elder hiding behind a tree was left dumbfounded by this scene.

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