Free Web NovelChapter 48: Chapter 48: Head East
Bai Wu looked around and began to use the method of directional locking of Prayle’s Eye.
If you stare into the darkness, these eyes won’t give any answer, which also means... if you go blind, or experience temporary blindness, the ability cannot be used.
But as long as the eyesight remains, even if you gaze into the void or at obstacles, the notes sometimes give some information.
However, how to analyze the truly useful parts from this information is up to the eye’s owner’s skill.
Bai Wu looked to the north.
To the north lay the prairies where the herbivorous animals lived.
"During the security check, the detector kept ringing. The security lady asked me to take out all of my belongings for inspection, but it continued to ring. Then she asked what I did, and I said I was a herbivore from Baichuan City Zoo. She said, ’Wow, no wonder it detected metal substance. Good morning, scrap iron! If you take this road, you won’t be attacked by the Evil Fallen, they may long for oil, but they don’t crave blood.’"
Bai Wu hesitated for a moment.
"If I walk straight north, cross the iron fence, and enter the herbivorous animals’ living area. But the notes didn’t mention whether this area has any useful information... and this road is relatively safe. I don’t feel fear, and they won’t attack me..."
He didn’t make a decision and looked towards the west.
"If you follow this highway back, you will go towards the outskirts of the zoo, which is a park divided into two parts, an amusement park and a house of horrors—areas even more distorted than the zoo. With your current strength, it’s too early to challenge that place. Or you could try, maybe if you die, you can transverse once more?"
The zoo is a separate area, so if you go back, get around those three ostriches, will I then enter the real purple area?
"This direction is too dangerous, it seems to be a wrong answer."
Bai Wu looked to the east:
"The iron fence to the south has been breached, letting loose the dumb irons. They have taken over half of the rest stops along the road."
In comparison, Bai Wu looked to the south:
"If behind you is scrap iron, then these are the dumb irons. Although dumb, they are very powerful. Not all mechanical beings can be generalized, their energy reactors can absorb both oil and flesh and blood."
"Four directions, none of which mentioned which way is a waste of effort. It seems I must judge for myself, or rather, all four directions have some clues worth exploring."
The latter possibility seems greater, but Bai Wu must choose the most efficient route.
He finally decided to go towards the east, the other end of the highway.
"The notes mentioned this place has many human rest stops. Textual information is likely not hidden in the prairie, but instead in these rest stops."
Just seven hundred meters away from Bai Wu, there was an observation deck, a twenty-two-meter-high structure with a resting room for tourists in the middle and a telescope on top.
Bai Wu jogged towards the observation deck, his vision already receiving feedback:
"I have another piece of good news and bad news for you. The good news is, there’s a Spirit Possession item inside here that can only be used outside the High Tower, which is the telescope. The bad news is... you can’t take it with you. Also, as a conscientious talent, let me add another piece of bad news, there is a little dummy sleeping inside the observation deck."
Bai Wu quickened his pace. This was the first rest stop, the information gathered was that inside this fort-like observation deck hid a certain Evil Fallen.
The opponent was sleeping, which was an advantageous situation.
"I have seven minutes until the next negative attribute arrives. I should at least take a look at the telescope’s effect."
Within seven minutes, to prevent more negative attributes from affecting him, Bai Wu had to exit the non-combat state.
He quickly arrived at the base of the observation deck, climbed the spiral staircase, and entered the entrance to the resting room.
At this moment, Bai Wu handled the situation like Liu Bei carefully handling a child—gently and cautiously.
The rhythmic sound of gears turning reached his ears. He guessed that this must be the snoring of the mechanical fools, right?
Bai Wu gently pushed open the door, just a crack. He recognized the Evil Fallen that appeared before his eyes.
[A juvenile rhinoceros, a third-level Evil Fallen with the Mutation Entry: tough skin and flesh. Rare Mutation Entry: Mechanization. It’s dreaming, galloping joyfully across the savannah in its dream, with a plump Italian heifer sending it flirtatious glances. Just as humans like beast girls, we rhinoceroses also fancy members of other species.]
A cultured person would never interrupt another’s sweet dream.
Especially since Bai Wu, in his previous life, had found that many young people, even years after reaching adulthood, still had their most genuine experiences come from dreams... how pathetic.
With only five minutes left, he bypassed the rhinoceros. He searched the room quickly.
The mechanical rhinoceros wasn’t very large, as it was still quite young, but its body was already covered in steel.
On the desk behind the rhinoceros, there were some promotional flyers for other exhibits at the zoo.
Usually, visitors enjoy linked attractions, much like if you go see Donald Duck, the staff will tell you that Mickey Mouse is also adorable today, and if you go see Mickey Mouse, someone will suggest that the Grey Wolf looks spirited. freeweɓnøvel.com
Looking through them, Bai Wu found a circus promotional brochure.
"This circus must belong to another area."
The brochure was illustrated with various animals and a few people dressed as clowns. Due to its age, the colors on the brochure had flaked off, making the clowns look rather ferocious.
[Just a teaser for the next... next-next-next episode. The world may be vast, but as long as you keep venturing beyond the tower, you will eventually encounter this circus troupe.]
In the cabinet under the desk, there was no valuable information left. Just some daily necessities, band-aids, pens, and such.
But on the other wall, Bai Wu saw some notices posted.
"Please do not feed diesel No. 35 and ethanol gasoline."
[This sentence dates back to the year 2022.]
The phrase was somewhat nonsensical, but putting it together with the current state of the zoo, Bai Wu suddenly understood.
"Starting from 2024, just before the arrival of The Era of the High Tower, it must have been one of the most chaotic periods in human history, but the mutations had already begun several years prior."
"In 2022, the zoo animals became mechanized, and instead of food, they could be fed various oils."
The absurdity was that according to the reports from the Ninth Hospital, many Evil Fallen had already started appearing around the city outskirts. And inside the city, people still had the leisure to visit the zoo?
But on second thought, it made sense. The big bad wolves here looked like steel Garurus, and the gorillas resembled General Gorilla from the Beast Warrior series; no boy could resist such temptation.
The rhinoceros kept snoring evenly and loudly.
With four minutes left until the arrival of the next negative attribute, Bai Wu ascended to the top floor.
The telescope in the observation area was a Spirit Possession item, and Bai Wu was curious about what clues it could provide.
[Weakness Prospecting Mirror, it may not be as erudite as I am, but it’s more dedicated and passionate, offering only one hint—the opponent’s weakness.]
(To be continued)
