A World Where People Eat People

Ding! You obtained Redeye Rabbit Meat ×3.

Ding! You obtained Ironclaw Rat Meat ×5.

Ding! You obtained Wood ×4.

Ding! You obtained Coo-Coo Bird Meat ×1.

Ding! You obtained Stone ×2.

A string of notification chimes rang out. All the items Huang Peng had dropped were collected into Nan Feng's backpack.

Aside from food, there were only two kinds of materials left: wood and stone. No equipment had dropped.

After thinking it over, Nan Feng felt that was perfectly normal.

After all, everyone had only been in this world for less than half a day and had barely killed any ferocious beasts. Where would equipment even come from?

As for Destined Divine Weapons, Nan Feng figured there was a high chance they couldn't be obtained as drops.

After taking stock of his gains, Nan Feng glanced at Huang Peng's body lying on the ground.

By now, the double vision before Nan Feng's eyes had completely vanished—the hallucination effect had worn off.

"Dying right outside my door. What bad luck."

Suppressing the faint trace of fear in his heart, Nan Feng grabbed Huang Peng by the legs and dragged him into the distant woods.

The heavy smell of blood could easily attract ferocious beasts. Nan Feng had no desire to have beasts swarming around his Wooden Cabin.

"It's getting dark..."

Nan Feng raised his head and looked toward the sun, which was about to set in the distance.

Without realizing it, Nan Feng had already spent four or five hours in this Primordial World.

The first night was about to arrive.

"I wonder if nighttime in this world will be even more dangerous?"

The thought suddenly filled Nan Feng with a sense of urgency.

Before it became completely dark, he needed to find two more units of stone and raise his Destined Divine Weapon to mid F-rank.

"I have enough wood already. I'm only short two units of stone. It shouldn't take long to find them."

Nan Feng looked around as he walked, and before long, he spotted two large rocks.

Ding! You obtained Stone ×2.

"Done!"

With the materials gathered, Nan Feng did not linger and hurried back to the Wooden Cabin.

By then, the sky outside had already begun to darken—night had fallen!

"Whew... It's dark."

"These past few hours really have been dangerous."

Inside the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng finally relaxed and prepared to upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon.

He opened his Tactical Watch and selected the Destined Divine Weapon panel.

—Materials required to upgrade Destined Divine Weapon: Wood (8/3), Stone (5/5).

He had enough materials, with five extra units of wood to spare—four of which had dropped after killing Huang Peng.

Nan Feng did not hesitate and decisively chose to upgrade.

A flash of golden light passed, and the panel for Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon underwent a subtle change.

Destined Divine Weapon:

Weapon Name: Dilapidated Armory

Current Rank: Mid F-rank

Type: Backpack

Attributes: Backpack Slots +15

Materials Required for Upgrade: Wood ×10, Stone ×20

Equipment unlocked in the Arsenal: Desert Eagle, Wooden Dagger

—As the Destined Divine Weapon's rank increases, more equipment will be unlocked.

Nan Feng examined it carefully, then nearly cursed out loud. "What the hell? It only added five backpack slots?"

"Fine, it didn't add any Attributes. But couldn't it at least unlock two more pieces of equipment for me?"

Thinking of equipment, Nan Feng immediately opened the equipment panel and looked at his Desert Eagle and Wooden Dagger.

Desert Eagle:

Current Rank: Mid F-rank (increases along with the Dilapidated Armory)

Type: Weapon

Attributes: Strength +6, Energy +4

—Each attack consumes 4 Mana and deals damage equal to 100% of Attack Power to the enemy hit.

—Equipment from the Dilapidated Armory.

Wooden Dagger:

Current Rank: Mid F-rank (increases along with the Dilapidated Armory)

Type: Weapon

Attributes: Strength +8, Agility +2

—Each attack deals damage equal to 80%–100% of Attack Power to the enemy.

—Slightly enhances the bleeding effect.

—Equipment from the Dilapidated Armory.

Only after reading the Attributes of both pieces of equipment did Nan Feng let out a sigh of relief.

Other than the Attribute increases, the Desert Eagle's Mana cost had also been reduced.

Previously, Nan Feng had needed 5 Mana to fire one shot. Now, he only needed 4.

The Wooden Dagger had also received a slight boost—previously, each strike could only deal 70%–90% of Attack Power as damage, but now it could deal 80%–100%.

Nan Feng was fairly satisfied with these Attributes.

After all, he had only used three units of wood and five units of stone. Getting results like this was already quite good.

After equipping the Desert Eagle, Nan Feng's Strength had reached 20, and his Attack Power had hit exactly 100, finally entering triple digits.

If he equipped the Wooden Dagger instead, his Strength would increase by another 2 points to 22, and his Attack Power would rise to 110.

But compared to fighting ferocious beasts in close quarters with a Wooden Dagger, Nan Feng would rather give up those 10 points of Attack Power.

Who would choose close combat when they could shoot from afar?

After studying things for a while longer, Nan Feng heard his stomach growl.

Nan Feng had been fighting all afternoon without eating anything. Now that he finally had a moment to rest, his stomach immediately began protesting.

"Hmm, I have a lot of ferocious beast meat in my backpack. I can take some out and eat it."

"But there's no fire... Do I have to eat it raw?"

After considering it, Nan Feng first took a piece of wood from his backpack, then raised the Desert Eagle and fired a shot at it.

Whoosh!

The Mana Bullet instantly pierced through the wood, leaving behind a few sparks.

"It works!"

Nan Feng gave himself a thumbs-up, then hurriedly gathered some wood shavings and started a fire.

The previously pitch-black Wooden Cabin finally had a trace of light and warmth.

Nan Feng opened his backpack and looked at the food inside.

"Rat meat, snake meat, Coo-Coo Bird Meat, and rabbit meat..."

"Then of course I'm eating rabbit meat. Rabbits are so cute—how could I not eat them?"

Nan Feng took out a portion of rabbit meat and began roasting it over the fire.

While the meat roasted, Nan Feng opened the Chat Channel, intending to chat idly with the others.

The Chat Channel was still lively. Nan Feng glanced at the upper-left corner and discovered that there were even fewer people in this region now: 691/1000.

In only half a day, 309 people in this region had died.

Nan Feng sighed, then looked through what everyone else was saying.

"I'm so hungry. I only killed one rat today. It's nowhere near enough to fill me up."

"You should be grateful you have something to eat. I don't even have food!"

"Stop talking about that. I still haven't managed to start a fire. Is rubbing sticks together really useful?"

"Is there any big brother who can come save me? I'm so scared!"

"Miss upstairs, stop it already. You've been spamming the chat all day."

None of it was particularly useful. Nan Feng skimmed through it and found no information worth noting.

Just then, the voice of the Genesis System sounded in Nan Feng's ear.

Ding! Detected that a Chosen One has upgraded their Wooden Cabin to E-rank. The Trading System will open in 5 minutes!

The instant this news came out, the Chat Channel exploded.

Bao Jian: "Holy crap, which big shot is this? They upgraded their Wooden Cabin to E-rank in half a day?"

Xing Tianyu: "Wooden Cabins don't have low or mid F-ranks. They can be upgraded directly from F-rank to E-rank."

Huang Yuanming: "Even if it can go directly to E-rank, that's still outrageous!"

Qiu Feihong: "That's right. Upgrading a Wooden Cabin requires Wood ×100 and Stone ×60. It takes me over half an hour just to chop down one tree, and I only get three to six units of wood. How did that big shot get 100 units of wood?"

Nan Feng silently watched them chat without saying anything.

He thought of an item lying in his backpack: the Demolition Permit.

Demolishing someone else's Wooden Cabin allowed one to recover wood and stone.

If Nan Feng had guessed correctly, the Chosen One who had upgraded their Wooden Cabin to E-rank must have killed many other Chosen Ones.

Only then could they possibly have upgraded their Wooden Cabin to E-rank in such a short time!

Nan Feng looked through the gaps in the wooden walls at the cold moonlight outside and could not help feeling a trace of fear.

"This isn't just a world where ferocious beasts run rampant..."

"This is also a world where people eat people..."