Heaven-Defying Treasure-Hunting Weasel

Lin Feng curiously used his thoughts to tap "View Details" in the system, and the following panel appeared:

Individual Information: Mustelid—Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel

Level: 999 (Error @#￥%&)

Attributes: Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro, Cryo

Traits: #%*& Elemental Resistance MAX, Elemental Affinity MAX

"Finale of the End" MAX, "Mountain Collapse Rockfall" MAX, "Mindless Severance" MAX, "Aftermath of Doomsday" MAX, "Star Sea Roaming Whale" MAX, "Final Judgment" MAX, "Extreme Ice Storm" MAX, Treasure Hunting 2

Emotion: Extremely Hungry

Favorability: 100 (It is hungry)

!!!

Lin Feng instantly understood the cause of his death. Big Bro really was Big Bro. Was this the power from beyond this world?!

If King Deshret had this thing, what enemy could he not smash to pieces?!

The old me had scoffed at people with cheats. Now, all I wanted to say was: Big Bro, you're freaking awesome!

Lin Feng let out a long breath. The panic he had felt from being alone in the rainforest vanished without a trace, replaced by the reassurance that came with having his life protected.

Summon? Note: Once summoned, it cannot be recalled.

Yes / No

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Feng chose to summon his safeguard.

"Squeak?"

A flash of light appeared, and an utterly ordinary Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel materialized before Lin Feng—mostly gray and white, standing on two feet with its adorable little paws curled up. It seemed somewhat confused about why it had appeared here.

Lin Feng remembered that there were three types of Treasure-Hunting Weasels in the game:

They were the Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel, Golden Treasure-Hunting Weasel, and Great Golden Treasure-Hunting Weasel. Aside from their different color schemes, the most obvious difference was the packs on their backs—the flashier and more luxurious the pack, the higher their status among Treasure-Hunting Weasels.

And the one standing before Lin Feng was the most ordinary and inconspicuous Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel.

Back to the present.

Looking at the motionless mustelid big shot before him, Lin Feng tentatively scratched the little cutie's scruff.

"Squeak!"

The little fellow's body trembled twice, but it still did not move.

"Then... go do whatever you want?" Lin Feng gave the order tentatively.

Boom!

The instant he spoke, the Treasure-Hunting Weasel shot off at a speed Lin Feng could not even react to. The sonic boom it kicked up even left his ears ringing for a moment.

By the time Lin Feng recovered from his dizziness, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

—Everything within a radius around him was disappearing at a visible rate: trees, weeds, insects on the ground, even a rock!!!

As the tiny figure darted back and forth, the lush primeval forest around Lin Feng was stripped clean in an instant, as though it had been chewed over by a dog.

"Stop!!!"

Realizing things were going horribly wrong, Lin Feng felt as if ten thousand alpacas were stampeding through his heart. He hurriedly called out to stop the little fellow currently carrying out biological extermination.

"Squeak?"

The Treasure-Hunting Weasel, which was digging up tree roots while stuffing them into its mouth, wore a puzzled expression.

Letting out a breath of relief, Lin Feng stepped forward, grabbed the Treasure-Hunting Weasel by the scruff, and placed the motionless little fellow on his shoulder—the weight surprisingly did not change at all.

Looking at the barren scene within a hundred-meter radius, Lin Feng let out a powerless sigh before checking the Treasure-Hunting Weasel's panel:

Individual Information: Mustelid—Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel

Emotion: Half Full

Favorability: 100 (It thanks you for providing such a—huge amount of food)

Seeing that the Treasure-Hunting Weasel had gone from extremely hungry to merely half full, Lin Feng's newly optimistic mindset could not help turning pessimistic again.

—Confirmed. It ate even more than Paimon. This was someone he could not afford to support even if he worked himself to the bone.

At this rate, forget buying a courtyard in Liyue—he might starve to death himself!

As for letting this little guy keep chewing whatever it wanted, Lin Feng feared that Lesser Lord Kusanali, The Seven Archons, and even the Heavenly Principles would soon come knocking on his door. Back in his previous life, this kind of behavior would have landed him in jail!

Just as Lin Feng was grieving for his future, a green mushroom standing out sharply against the bare ground caught his attention.

"Eek, don't eat me! I'll give Nara 'Violent Burial'!"

Lin Feng lowered his head and met the gaze of the trembling green unidentified creature on the ground.

"..."

"..."

Seeing that this was obviously an Aranara, frightened into such a state by the Treasure-Hunting Weasel whose mind contained nothing but eat, eat, eat, Lin Feng felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Don't worry. We won't eat you, I promise!"

Recalling the information from the game about the Aranara, Lin Feng crouched down and tried speaking to it:

"My name is Lin Feng, and the one on my shoulder is my companion. We're not bad Nara—we just got lost in the forest. What about you?"

The Aranara covering its eyes stopped trembling and secretly peeked at Lin Feng.

Though he was not a child, Lin Feng did not look like the dangerous adults the Aranara knew.

Lin Feng noticed that once it saw what he looked like, it visibly relaxed.

"Phew, good Nara. That's wonderful. Just now, an invisible monster ate the entire forest. Laramoth was very scared."

"It's okay. The monster has already been driven away. No one will eat you." Glancing at the innocent-looking Treasure-Hunting Weasel on his shoulder, Lin Feng could only lie through his teeth.

Although the Aranara were spirits of plants and trees, similar to fairies from fairy tales, and could converse with vegetation, making them difficult to deceive, Lin Feng could only say that this clearly was not an ordinary situation as he looked at the wasteland around him, which probably did not even have a single seed left.

"Mm. I was very scared at first, but Little Nara saved the forest. The tiny Spores and tiny Dandelions with you all said that Nara Lin Feng stopped the monster and was a very, very good Nara."

Though Lin Feng felt rather ashamed, he still seized the opportunity to ask the first living creature he had encountered who could communicate how to leave the forest.

"Bad Nara, Laramoth saw them before. Before the Padisarah opened and closed three times, they were in the direction where the sun rises. Very dangerous. Laramoth did not dare approach."

Based on what little memory he had left, Lin Feng interpreted Laramoth's words as meaning it had seen other people to the east three days ago. They seemed to be dangerous people, most likely Treasure Hoarders or particularly vicious Eremites.

Compared to continuing to wander aimlessly through the forest, Lin Feng still decided to go take a look. With the Treasure-Hunting Weasel by his side, at least his safety could be guaranteed.

"Thank you, Laramoth. If I get the chance later, I'll visit Vanarana."

After thanking the little fellow who had provided him with information, Lin Feng set off as quickly as possible.

Laramoth, left where it was, wore a confused expression because Lin Feng had mentioned Vanarana.

After looking in the direction Lin Feng had gone, it waddled over to a surviving giant tree on its short legs, turned around, leaped, and vanished into the forest.