Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 947: Chapter 35: Crabs

The skirmish concluded, Su Xiao was unharmed, but Bubu Wang was unusually injured.

Bubu Wang limped out from behind the tree, the tree it hid behind was now riddled with holes, with dozens of fist-sized craters in its trunk.

The injury was at the root of Bubu Wang’s hind leg, near its rear, but oddly enough, Bubu Wang’s face and body were covered in dirt.

Under normal circumstances, with such concentrated attacks just now, Bubu Wang could have been seriously injured. But Bubu Wang is no ordinary dog; the moment it hid behind the tree, it started digging a pit with its head down. In less than 0.2 seconds, it had dug a hole large enough to hide most of its body.

Due to the attack angle and Bubu Wang’s position, its rear end naturally ’took a hit.’

Bubu Wang limped out from behind the tree, unconcerned with its injuries, it roamed around the field searching for that roasted beast leg.

”Here.”

Su Xiao picked up the beast leg from the ground, shook off the leaves on it, and the limping Bubu Wang immediately ran up.

Su Xiao examined the injury on Bubu Wang’s hind leg. The wound was deep, but fortunately, it didn’t injure the bone.

”Let’s treat the wound first.”

Su Xiao took out a slender dagger, originally heading towards Su Xiao, Bubu Wang suddenly turned away, limping off into the distance, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories.

Ten seconds later, Bubu Wang was pinned to the ground by Su Xiao.

”Ow~”

Bubu Wang howled, its big tear-filled eyes seemed to say: ”I refuse to take medicine~”

”Stop whining, the scales of that creature are still in your body. If you don’t remove them, you’ll be limping for a long time.”

Su Xiao’s words didn’t ’pacify’ Bubu Wang. Having followed Su Xiao for a long time, it knew exactly how brutal Su Xiao’s methods of treating wounds could be.

After getting hit, Su Xiao’s procedure for dealing with wounds was as follows:

For more superficial wounds, he would directly dig out the bullets with his hands. If the bullets were deep, he would first use a sharp tool to cut open the wound, remove the bullet, and then suture and bandage it — simple and rough.

After Bubu Wang howled for three minutes, Su Xiao extracted the blood-stained scale, and then applied medicine + sutured the wound + bandaged it.

Tears welled up in Bubu Wang’s eyes, but with the scale no longer rubbing against the wound, it no longer limped and its legs were much more agile.

Overall, this battle resolved the day’s food supply for Su Xiao and Bubu Wang. In the Forest of the Strong, eating three meals a day was clearly impossible; one meal’s worth per day was enough to preserve stamina.

The food acquired in addition to the dried meat in the backpack provided enough for two days.

Su Xiao and Bubu Wang quickly left; the scent of blood here was too strong. As for the corpses of those silver-scale creatures, not only were they humanoid and hard to accept psychologically, but more importantly, their flesh carried a strange odor. Even if it wasn’t highly toxic, it contained traces of toxins.

”Such meticulous scheming. If I’m not mistaken, nine out of ten creatures in the Forest of the Strong are toxic.”

Su Xiao didn’t look too pleased. These toxic creatures were certainly arranged by Alice or the wolf steward on purpose.

Compared to the scarcity of food and the guests running rampant, Su Xiao was more worried about one thing: Alice’s clone, who was also in the Forest of the Strong. If that were the case, she would certainly come to find Su Xiao, it was only a matter of time.

”Woof.”

Bubu Wang barked, a bit excitedly.

”Hmm?”

Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang and quickly understood its meaning.

”Found a water source?”

”Woof.”

Bubu Wang quickly ran towards the eastern side of the forest, with Su Xiao following closely behind.

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang arrived at a mountainous area. The range wasn’t large, with only two mountains and few trees in the vicinity.

One mountain was covered in vines, the vines were intertwined, forming countless natural vine cages, making climbing challenging, while the other was completely barren, not even a blade of grass.

Between the two mountains, there was a three-meter-wide rocky gorge about dozens of meters deep, filled with more vines, and the faint sound of water could be heard.

After searching, Su Xiao found the water source, a mountain spring. A stream, as thick as an arm, flowed from the middle of the vegetation-covered mountain, flowing down into the gorge between the two mountains, forming a stagnant pool below.

The water from the stagnant pool was, of course, undrinkable as it contained numerous microbes and parasites; however, the mountain spring water flowing from above was different, filtered through rock and carbon layers, it was fresh water.

Unfortunately, the entwined vines on the mountain obstructed the way. To obtain the spring water, there were two options: climb through the gaps in the vines or forcibly clear the path.

Su Xiao grabbed a vine and tried to pull it apart.

With a crack, the vine broke easily. It looked effortless, but Su Xiao had used sixty percent of his strength.

It’s unclear what type of vine this was; not only could it take root in the rock but was also so sturdy. Using Dragon Slash to clear a path would work, but it would consume a lot of stamina and time, which wasn’t worthwhile.

What sets humans apart from wild beasts? Humans use tools. Su Xiao took out a remote-controlled aircraft from his storage space and attached a bucket to it. He wasn’t going to hack his way up the mountain; that’s the behavior of a brute. The tools in his storage space were numerous enough that even he had lost count.

Buzz~

Su Xiao held the remote, the aircraft took to the sky. Bubu Wang drew closer, clearly meaning: ”Master, I want to play too.”

Su Xiao tossed the remote to Bubu Wang, who instantly perked up, the pain in its rear and back forgotten.

While Bubu Wang controlled the aircraft to fetch water, Su Xiao took out a piece of jerky from his backpack. With food and fresh water scarce, meals couldn’t wait for hunger to strike. Eating small amounts multiple times better ensured stamina.

After tearing open the jerky, Su Xiao tossed half to Bubu Wang before starting to chew on a small piece. This stuff wasn’t tasty, and whether it was Alice’s intention or not, they were extremely tough.

Bubu Wang begrudgingly chewed the jerky, if not for the shortage, it would have spat it out long ago as it was nearly inedible.

”Chew a few bites and swallow it whole.”

Su Xiao’s voice was slightly muffled, he swallowed the jerky with a gulp, choking with a roll of his eyes. Bubu Wang also swallowed its piece with a similar choke and roll, the synchrony between man and dog was impeccable.

Buzz~

The remote-controlled aircraft returned, the bucket hanging below filled with water, enough to last at least two days.

Bubu Wang, having lost quite a bit of blood earlier, was now parched but dared not drink, not out of courtesy, but because it wasn’t sure if the water was safe.

Su Xiao took out a transparent carbon ball, a consumable of white quality, specifically for testing water quality.

If the ball turned red, the water was undrinkable; yellow meant drinkable but contained harmful substances; green was safe, while colorless indicated high purity.

The carbon ball was dropped into the water, and after a few minutes, it turned green, indicating the water was safe to drink.

”Great, collect more freshwater, at least a five-day supply...”

Before Su Xiao could finish, he heard an extremely fine sound.

Click, click...

The sound resembled the tapping of insect legs on stone.

A pure white crab crawled out of the crevice, palm-sized. If it laid still on the rock, it would be hard to notice. This crab had the ability to block perception; Su Xiao hadn’t detected it until it was within seven meters.

”Food.”

Seeing the crab, Su Xiao smiled. Not only had they found water, but they’d also restocked on food. However, the smile vanished in an instant.

Click, click, click, click...

Dense tapping sounds followed; Su Xiao’s pupils contracted as he witnessed an astonishing scene.

Originally, there were two mountains nearby, one covered with vines and a spring, the other barren without a blade of grass.

Now, the barren mountain was disintegrating, it wasn’t a mountain at all, but composed entirely of countless white crabs.

”Woof.”

Bubu Wang barked excitedly, clearly meaning: ”Master, so much food.”

”Food, my ass, run!”

Su Xiao grabbed the bucket and bolted. Regardless of the strength of the white crabs, their numbers reached into the millions. At this point, who was the food was uncertain. Could white crabs survive in the Forest of the Strong without being formidable? Of course not; these white crabs were one of the top-tier creatures in the Forest’s food chain.