Free Web NovelChapter 33: Chapter 33: Wheel of Sorrows and Joys
"We have two and a half minutes left, we’ve got to find the next hiding spot first. Let’s talk as we move." Bai Wu started to lead the way.
"Why do you think there are other hiding spots here?"
Finding such a tree hole had already seemed strange to Yang Zhen.
"Do you know what state some perverted Hunters most hope their prey will be in? It’s not a passive resignation to death, but the belief that there is still hope, the constant struggle."
If the entire jungle only harbored one Evil Fallen, then why hadn’t it filled in these hiding spots over the long centuries?
Perhaps this was all intentionally left by it. Bai Wu saw great issues with the terrain.
To that Evil Fallen, maybe these tree holes and hiding spots were like women and clothes, directly consuming them would be akin to not wearing clothes, but sometimes wearing clothes makes it more titillating than being naked.
Similarly, the wealthy in ancient times always liked capturing women with their eyes blindfolded, their fun known only to themselves.
Bai Wu started to move forward.
Following the logically sound reminders of Constantine, the three began to recover their senses...
They might indeed be facing a predator that enjoyed tormenting its prey.
It was then that they began to notice the peculiarities of the terrain.
"Take a close look around, the spacing between the plants is uniformly consistent, the canopy of the trees, the area it covers is also the same. Did you just take shelter from the rain, from an acid rain?"
In some areas of the world outside the tower, acid rain was not uncommon, but for Yang Zhen and the others, it was their first time encountering acid rain with such powerful corrosive properties.
Flesh would be erased in an instant, and even that Evil Fallen would be in excruciating pain if drenched by the acid rain.
But oddly enough, these plants possessed a bizarre resistance; like umbrellas, no matter how intense the rain, they remained unharmed.
Bald-headed Liang Yu started to explain:
"It’s some sort of corrosive liquid that looks just like rainwater, and when it falls on the plants, it’s non-corrosive. We originally had five people, one of them a Scout, who thought the rain was like any other and went ahead to scout the path, but then... in an instant, a layer of skin was dissolved by the rain, and he died out there."
Bai Wu nodded, having guessed as much.
"And so you experienced emotional fluctuations, which then attracted the monster, and you started to run?"
In the midst of talking, Bai Wu and his group actually found something like a cave, and interestingly, this hole was under the shadow of the tree canopy.
Kicking away some of the broken branches and fallen leaves near the hole, Yang Zhen replied:
"Yes, but that Evil Fallen is very weak... Its speed, its strength, they’re not that great..."
"So for the first four hours, you were under the delusion that we could win if we could hold on? Baldie, you stay up here, the two of you come down with me." Bai Wu prepared to investigate the hole.
This hole reminded him of orc burrows in an old game.
The bald-headed man instinctively refused:
"Why do I have to be the one to stay?"
"Someone’s got to stay behind, and you’re a sensory type."
"Laosi, follow orders." Yang Zhen also thought Liang Yu was more suitable.
Qin Lin didn’t have much of an opinion, and although Constantine was a stranger, he gave him a sense of security.
Regarding the hole, his eye’s annotation gave Bai Wu some information: freёweɓnovel.com
[Who wouldn’t want to find a burrow in a little grove? There used to be a sprightly girl here, but now there’s only a skeleton left with no culinary potential. She may have some clues on her, but it’s best to be quick about it, Dandelion’s about to start looking for his next meal. Countdown, four hundred seconds.]
Dandelion?
It seems to be Disciple Seven.
Elijah’s face was not that of a Westerner, and even though his body was no longer human, Bai Wu knew that it was the face of an Easterner.
Could this Dandelion also be an Easterner?
Bai Wu thought of something strange. He hadn’t been to the upper three levels but he knew that the bottom level was the most populated, yet he had never encountered people of other skin colors on the bottom level.
"I’ll take the lead, you guys follow," Bai Wu started walking into the tunnel.
However, at this moment, Yang Zhen stopped Bai Wu and said:
"Let Qin Lin take the lead, it’s safer."
Without Prayle’s Eye, Yang Zhen was worried about this tunnel. Now that he knew of Evil Fallen’s mischief, he became very cautious.
Bai Wu, guessing this, didn’t quite understand why Yang Zhen wanted Qin Lin to go first...
But seeing that Qin Lin didn’t object much, Bai Wu suddenly realized the reason.
This person, somewhat similar to Shang Xiaoyi, possessed a very lucky number in his Talent Sequence, 777: Wheel of Sorrows and Joys.
Three sevens represented luck, but the Wheel of Sorrows and Joys wasn’t exactly lucky, Bai Wu had seen the Talent Sequence list, noting down the contents of all the Sequences.
For Sequences numbered three hundred and above, there were detailed explanations.
The effect of the Wheel of Sorrows and Joys was that there was a six out of seven chance each day of encountering seventy-seven times the misfortune of an ordinary person. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
If misfortune didn’t strike, and it was the remaining one-seventh, then the person’s luck would be seven hundred and seventy-seven times that of normal times.
In short, the chances of him winning the lottery, finding money, or drawing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon were much higher than for others.
However, people did not envy this Talent, because... the chance of misfortune was high. If unlucky, one might not even live to see their lucky day arrive.
Bai Wu didn’t say a word, but guessed that today must be this person’s lucky day.
This was actually a good thing.
Especially since he had sacrificed two teammates, it was likely that this fellow would undergo some sort of transformation today.
...
...
The tunnel wasn’t very dark because there were strange red fluorescent mushrooms growing on the walls.
Bai Wu found it odd that these mushrooms made him think of platelets.
"My name is Qin Lin..." Qin Lin tried to speak, trying to relieve some of his fear.
"You better move faster, Baldy will be warning us soon," Bai Wu reminded.
Okay...
The tunnel wound like a passage, without any branches, in other words, if one wanted to hide here, there would be no way out.
Before long, the three reached the deepest part of the tunnel, and following the red glow, Qin Lin saw a skeleton. He normally wouldn’t fear such things, but this time, he was suddenly so scared that he stepped back several paces and nearly lost his balance.
Bai Wu moved to the front, coming before the skeleton to observe it.
[A woman’s skeleton, dead for over two hundred years, is one of Dandelir’s collectibles. The rest of the collectibles are elsewhere. Oh, by the way, she left a testament that’s hard to tell if it’s true or false: that monster can regenerate infinitely, no matter how grievous the injuries, it will quickly recover. But if it touches rainwater, it will also suffer greatly and will need time to recover.]
Bai Wu’s point of interest lay in the note about the testament being potentially unreliable.
Meaning, although the testament might very likely be the experience summarized by predecessors who challenged this place, perhaps the experience was incorrect.
Bai Wu asked:
"Tell me about the Evil Fallen, what else did you find when you fought with it?"
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