Sky City, Catch Palu, Farm!

Sky City, Catch Palu, Farm!

At the mention of raising Palu, Lu Yuan became extremely excited.

Because Sky City was clearly his new home, a place where he would live for the long term. Food, clothing, shelter, transportation—he had to start thinking about all of it. He could no longer live as sloppily as he had in the desert.

Then he remembered something and slapped his forehead. "I encountered a Purgatory Demon Spider in the ruins of the Meida Civilization, but that little spider hadn't even matured before I killed it."

"This place should also have guardians set up by the 'gods,' right? After so many years, the guardians can't be too weak."

But it didn't matter.

Of the Four Great Calamities, Lu Yuan had already killed two. He had seen demons and monsters, ghosts and fiends, and there was even a minor calamity bug in the desert...

Could it be that he was afraid of some high-level extraordinary lifeform?

Lu Yuan let out a soft breath and looked at the little puddle. It did not seem very clean, mixed with unknown feces and the stench of camel saliva, so he decided not to drink from it.

Old Wolf and the Undying Giant Turtle paid it no mind as they drank deeply from the puddle. The slightly scorching, foul-smelling water poured down their throats and into their stomachs, making the two feel thoroughly refreshed as they threw back their heads and roared.

"Sea Snail, do you want some?"

No... I don't. It's too dirty. Sea Snail Miss politely declined, while her little green sprout quietly peeked toward the enormous City Ruins.

Was she once a resident here? What had happened in this place?

She did not know.

The chatty Sea Snail was unusually quiet, feeling a faint sense of worry for the first time.

She even vaguely wanted to escape this place.

Confusion and unease intertwined, forming a complicated emotion.

After that, Lu Yuan continued onward, hoping to find a cleaner water source so they could bathe and replenish some water.

Faced with the vast city and the dust and sand filling the sky, he actually felt as though he did not know where to begin.

Yes, compared to the tiny ruins of the Meida Civilization, this stretch of ruins was astonishingly huge.

There were two levels, each spanning hundreds of square kilometers.

"First, we'll find a suitable place to settle down. We've been traveling for nearly three years."

"I'll live here for at least ten years, twenty years, maybe even a hundred years."

Humans truly were creatures who longed for stability. The journey through the desert had drained Lu Yuan's courage and resolve.

All Lu Yuan wanted now was to find a peaceful home and cultivate until the end of time—though humans were fickle, so perhaps he would change his mind again in a few years.

"Then I'll make a call to the people back home."

"Lu Yuan, don't forget that those camels had some pouches on them. There might be a civilization here," Old Cat said. "Very likely one that left the Safe Zone."

"I know. Don't rush me. Let's find somewhere to settle down first."

"None of that is urgent."

Before long, they discovered a canal with a small but steady flow of water, continuously feeding into a little pool.

The water was crystal clear, without the slightest impurity.

"Guys, this is going to be our future home!"

The companions' morale soared.

A strange giant creature with the head of a chicken and the tail of a snake guarded the edge of the pond. Upon seeing them, it let out a shrill "gai gai" cry, its round eyes full of ferocity.

The Chicken Snake, a legendary extraordinary lifeform. Its head resembled a chicken's, while its tail resembled a snake's. It was said to be born when a rooster laid an egg and a snake or toad incubated it.

Physique: 22.3

Qi: 29.1

Spirit: 1.9

Ability: Petrification Gaze. The eyes in its chicken head possess spiritual attack capabilities. Anyone caught in its gaze will be paralyzed.

Ability: Fatal Venom. The snake head on its tail can spray fatal venom.

Extraordinary Level: Level 3

"A level-three lifeform?!"

Lu Yuan shouted loudly while carefully hiding behind the tricycle, observing the massive creature standing three meters tall.

The ruins of Sky City truly were no joke. Even an ordinary little monster was already level three!

But in the next second, his good brothers charged forward and tangled with the Chicken Snake.

What venom? What petrification? How could any of it do anything to Turtle Grandfather?

"Wa Ga Ga! Turtle Grandfather's pond!!" The Undying Giant Turtle roared madly, its momentum surging.

"What the hell is wrong with you..." Lu Yuan's face twisted. Couldn't they use a little strategy? Did they have to rush in and fight it head-on?

Still, he could understand. After spending three whole years crossing that vast, enormous desert and finally arriving at these vibrant ruins, everyone's excitement had risen to the point where it had nowhere to go!

It was not just him. All of the companions were probably in a frenzied state.

The battle between the level-five phenomenon Undying Giant Turtle and the level-three Chicken Snake ended in a draw—he had to admit that aside from its massive health bar, the bastard's Combat Power was truly pathetic.

The Chicken Snake's feathers drifted down like snowflakes.

The turtle's head had been pecked several times as well, dark-red blood streaming from wounds still tinged with venom.

Turtle Grandfather couldn't hold on any longer. "Good brother, are you still not going to help me?!"

Lu Yuan had no choice but to charge in too. In the instant the two sides became entangled, he raised his leather shield and smashed it viciously into the chicken's head!

The blow was immensely powerful, and the leather shield carried the soul-damaging force of the Eternal Tinder.

The chicken's head was severely injured at once, drooping limply as it fell unconscious.

But the strange creature also had a snake head on its rear!

With a whoosh, the snake head bit toward Lu Yuan while spraying a stream of viscous venom.

A foul wind hit him head-on. The venom shot forward like a bullet, absurdly fast!

Without sufficient combat experience, one really could have capsized in the gutter. A beast's final struggle was vicious beyond measure—there was no such thing as holding back.

Unfortunately, Lu Yuan never overestimated himself, nor did he underestimate others. Before every battle, he habitually figured out all his trump cards. His accomplishments had been earned through blood and wisdom!

A simple use of "Different Dimension" allowed him to evade the savage strike.

Having missed, the snake head's entire body stiffened in place.

Just as the head tried to retract, Lu Yuan abruptly appeared in midair again and slammed down with his shield, transmitting the Eternal Tinder's radiance into the snake head.

At once, both the snake head and chicken head collapsed crookedly to the ground, unable to remain standing.

"Not only are we moving into a new home today, we can even have spicy chicken..." Lu Yuan grinned ferociously as he drew the longsword from his waist.

"Cluck cluck!" Paralyzed on the ground and unable to move, the Chicken Snake began begging for mercy in the face of the terrifying killing intent, tears streaming from its eyes.

Look over there... there are eggs!

"Hm?!" Lu Yuan's heart stirred. Turning around, he spotted the eggs in the corner, hurriedly picked one up, and examined it closely.

The poor Chicken Snake lay paralyzed on the ground, humiliated as it watched helplessly while its eggs were taken away.

Bitter tears flowed from its chicken eyes. What sin had it committed to encounter this pack of crazed bandits today?

The eggs were quite small, like ordinary chicken eggs. There were around thirty in the nest.

Chicken Snake Egg (Unfertilized): A delicious food. Consuming it temporarily increases resistance to Idealistic Toxin and enhances the body's healing ability. Common-grade Natural Oddity.

Long-term consumption can permanently, though slightly, increase resistance to Idealistic Toxin.

"Holy shit, they're that amazing?!" Lu Yuan was startled after reading the description.

He had originally wanted to eat KFC, but after seeing these eggs, he immediately changed his mind. He wanted to raise this level-three creature as Sky City's first Palu.

So, out of kindness, he tossed it a few corn kernels.

The Chicken Snake wept bitterly, staring longingly at its eggs. It refused Lu Yuan's offer of surrender outright and directly used Petrification Gaze.

But it never expected Lu Yuan to pull out a mirror and hold it up toward it.

Its little eyes kept glaring and glaring, until it froze itself in place.

This Petrification Gaze did not actually alter the structure of matter.

If it did, the ability would have been far too brutal. It was actually a powerful mental attack. Unfortunately, mirrors were this ability's natural nemesis.

The Chicken Snake was paralyzed on the ground once more, utterly motionless like a stone.

Lu Yuan rummaged through his Storage Space for a while and found a box of fertilized chicken eggs.

His Storage Space could not hold conscious life, but unconscious living things such as fruit, eggs, meat, and mushrooms could still be stored.

He had brought these fertilized eggs from the Lize Civilization, intending to raise chicks in the future to improve his quality of life.

Now, he could only grit his teeth and give them to this three-meter-tall mother hen to comfort its wounded heart. (Lu Yuan had kept some for himself.)

"Cluck!" The chicken lay there as though resigned to being slaughtered, occasionally letting out a mournful cry.

Do you want to raise this chicken? Sea Snail asked.

"If I want to live here long-term, I really do need to raise some livestock to improve my quality of life."

"Besides, its eggs can't hatch chicks."

"My eggs are fertilized. They can hatch chicks. This is a perfectly fair exchange."

I'll calm it down... Don't worry. Give me some food, and I can pacify it. Sea Snail Miss said confidently.

Keeping a chicken was not without its benefits.

For one thing, it was a native creature and fairly strong.

If he kept it outside, it could alert them in time to any disturbance.

For another, fighting over water sources might be an unspoken rule in this region.

Lu Yuan still needed to go out and explore. He could not squat here guarding the place all day.

Of course, the most important thing was that this chicken had a bit of intelligence and could lay eggs.

So making it a security guard seemed like a pretty good choice.

With that in mind, Lu Yuan filled the tank with water, his heart brimming with a sense of security.

The water level in the pond kept dropping, and in an instant, half of it was gone.

The Chicken Snake lay paralyzed on the ground, tears welling in its eyes. Sea Snail Miss beside it consoled it, the turtle cursed at it, and the madman fought over the water.

Old Cat even grabbed a handful of grain and stuffed it into its mouth.

"Cluck-cluck!"

Those round eyes filled with confusion. What the hell was going on?!

The Chicken Snake's dimwitted brain had been thoroughly dazed by the stick-and-carrot treatment.

It stopped caring and happily began to eat.