My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 244: Chapter 183: The Three Treasures of Myanmar, Part 3

Tigers are fierce, and this one wasn’t cute like Tuantuan. Best to just kill it outright.

A tiger’s head is extremely hard. For animals like this, the spine and abdomen are typically their weak spots.

However, for a tiger, those areas are only relatively weak. Its back and abdomen are supported by powerful muscles and bones. As an apex predator, it’s a beast that has evolved to near perfection in the natural world, possessing almost no physiological weaknesses.

And a tiger’s hardest part is its head!

But no matter how hard its head was, it couldn’t withstand the twenty to thirty thousand jin of force behind Li Xiang’s punch!

This tiger was massive, weighing at least 250 kilograms and measuring about three meters long. Its strength was likely as high as two or three thousand jin. For an ordinary person, even the legendary Wu Song probably couldn’t have defeated it. But in front of Li Xiang, it was just a big kitty!

CRACK!

The tiger was stunned on the spot, suffering a concussion and a fractured skull. It died a violent death.

Since Li Xiang had killed it with a single punch, its hide was perfectly preserved.

He tossed the tiger into his system inventory. The hide could be used later for sofa cushions, rugs, clothes, or hats. The fur of this White Tiger, when compared to a Northeast Golden Tabby, had its own unique charm.

The bones could be used to make medicinal wine, and the tiger penis... well, it seemed this was a female.

It was quite rare for a tigress to grow so large. It was likely the alpha of this mountain forest. Unfortunately, it was too aggressive and ambushed Li Xiang, only to be killed by a single punch.

As for the meat, it was said to be quite unpalatable—too gamey.

Among predators, perhaps only lion meat was tastier. You could eat it in Africa, and it was said to taste similar to beef. It just had less fat, so it could easily become tough when cooked. If prepared by someone without skill, the texture would be quite poor.

Lion meat in the hands of an African was a criminal waste of a precious resource; it required a master Chinese chef to be properly prepared. Of course, eating lion meat is now illegal in many parts of Africa.

But in a place like Africa, the light of the law doesn’t shine everywhere.

Never mind Africa; even in Myanmar and the Golden Triangle, lawless areas were everywhere.

System: ”Congratulations, Host. For killing the Tier Sixteen Mutated Creature, the Silver-striped White Tiger, you are awarded 1600 Achievement Points, three stalks of the Tier Eight Mutated Spiritual Medicine Purple Jade Rose, and one Tier Fourteen Extraordinary Item, the White Tiger Sword.”

Li Xiang took out the Spiritual Medicine, the Purple Jade Rose. He sniffed it gently, and its fragrance assailed his senses, making him feel refreshed from head to toe.

By now, Low Tier Spiritual Medicine no longer had a significant effect on Li Xiang. Fortunately, he had a massive reserve of them, so he could use quantity to compensate for their lack of quality.

He ate them every day, and over time, small amounts added up.

However, a Tier Eight Spiritual Medicine like this was perfectly suited for him.

He beckoned with his hand, and the White Tiger Sword appeared in his palm. It had a long, slender blade and an elegantly patterned hilt that glinted with a cold light. Li Xiang gave it a couple of swings. It was even sharper than the White Fang Dagger. After infusing it with Spiritual Power, he lightly slashed at a tree as thick as a water bucket. The tree didn’t move an inch, but when he gave the trunk a push, it toppled over, revealing a cut that was perfectly smooth and clean.

’It’s good for chopping down trees, but I don’t really like this kind of long, slender sword. It seems a bit feminine. Maybe I’ll just give it to Luo Feifei.’ Li Xiang wondered when he could lure Luo Feifei out to sea.

During the Apocalypse, the seas had frozen over, but many mutated Demon Beasts still lived beneath the thick ice. The surface ice was often shattered by massive Demon Beasts from the depths, creating enormous holes.

Compared to the land, the sea held far more Demon Beasts, and they were larger and naturally of a higher Tier.

If he could hunt and kill those Sea Beasts now, before they mutated, he could harvest a huge amount of Achievement Points, High Tier Spiritual Medicine, and Extraordinary Items.

And Luo Feifei was an expert at Water Escape. Any place with water or ice was her home turf.

Li Xiang mused that he should learn a water-related skill himself. Otherwise, he couldn’t just let the young lady do all the hard work, could he?

She was a delicate young lady, a huge star, and still a minor. How could he have the heart to make her do that?

He pulled up the system panel and did a search. There were quite a few water-related skills, but they were too expensive. Right now, he could only afford the cheapest one, the Wave-Treading Technique, which cost about ten thousand Achievement Points.

Mastering the Wave-Treading Technique would allow him to control and ride the waves, steering them across the sea’s surface as if driving a car. However, the technique alone would only let him stay on the surface; he wouldn’t be able to venture into the depths.

Therefore, Li Xiang decided to accumulate more Achievement Points over the next few days and redeem a few more Water Skills.

As for Luo Feifei, her Lifebound Divine Technique was Water Escape. She could go anywhere in the water, and it consumed very little Spiritual Power.

However, Luo Feifei was always so busy. He wasn’t sure if she would be willing to make time to go play in the sea.

As for Jiang Cai’Er, she was still in school, and her Superpower was an Intelligent Type, which wasn’t well-suited for this kind of kill-or-be-killed work.

Before long, Li Xiang found a thick Golden Camphor Wood tree. He felled it with the White Tiger Sword, trimmed off the smaller branches and leaves, and stored it in his system inventory.

Golden Camphor Wood, also known as Mountain Perfume Fruit, is a broad-leaved tree that grows in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, with the highest quality variant being imported from Myanmar. It takes at least fifty years for a Myanmar Golden Camphor Wood tree to mature. It grows slowly, is quite hard, and doesn’t wear down easily.

The wood has an extremely high oil and iron content, making it resistant to warping, acids, and alkalis. It’s also exceptionally moisture-proof and rot-resistant. Even more magically, after being planed, the surface oxidizes to a golden-yellow color through photosynthesis, a color that grows more noble with time.

Many luxury yachts and buildings have used Golden Camphor Wood for pillars, flooring, and other decorations.

Myanmar teak, Golden Camphor Wood, and jadeite are known as the three national treasures of Myanmar, all of which are exceptionally precious.

This time, Li Xiang had managed to collect all three treasures, making the trip well worth it. However, he had no intention of leaving just yet.

He had only visited the city of Mandalay last night. There were still many jadeite mines controlled by the military and drug lords that he hadn’t been to. Plus, the Primeval Forest was vast—far too large to sweep through in a single day.