Difficulty Rises

"Yes, this is Selma. Our mission is to wipe out the primitive race here. Hmm, let me first see just how strong the natives are!"

Chaya smiled and nodded at Selyne, then soared into the air, flying to a height of over three hundred meters.

Looking around, he saw a vast green primeval forest, a dense jungle surrounded by steep mountain ranges. After surveying it for a moment, Chaya descended onto a protruding rock ledge.

He tapped the lens-like Scouter on his ear and pressed its switch. A series of beeps sounded beside his ear, while strings of data representing locations and energy levels appeared on the lens.

456, 289, 358, 985, 650...

A stream of numbers flashed before his eyes. As the data on the lens continued to flicker, Chaya's brow gradually furrowed. When the number 985 appeared, he could not help letting out a surprised sound.

"The natives of Selma have such high battle power?" Chaya's expression turned grave.

He had originally thought that, as a low-level planet, it would already be impressive if Selma's natives had battle power in the six or seven hundreds. Yet there were actually individuals with battle power close to 1,000. That was already very close to the standard of a mid-level planet.

Turning off the Scouter, Chaya looked solemnly at Selyne and said with a wry smile, "It looks like this mission won't be easy. Based on the data I just detected, there are more than a hundred energy sources on this planet with battle power above 400. Nearly twenty have battle power above 800, and several are even close to 1,000."

"In short, this mission is extremely difficult. One careless mistake could cost us our lives. Damn it, this is clearly a mission meant for Elite Warriors. How did it get assigned to us?"

Chaya cursed inwardly, but he also understood why Planet Vegeta had assigned this mission to them. It was mainly because they had performed too outstandingly in the training camp, even surpassing ordinary Elite Warriors.

"Eh, then what are we supposed to do? Doesn't that mean we won't be able to finish the mission for a very long time?" Selyne immediately felt awful upon hearing that, and her mood sank.

The mission's difficulty had suddenly skyrocketed. If they could not complete it, they could not return to Planet Vegeta, which meant she would not see her parents for a very, very long time.

"For an ordinary Mid-Class Warrior, reaching 1,000 battle power would take at least six or seven years! But our training methods are more effective than those of ordinary Saiyans. Maybe two or three years will be enough!" Chaya said calmly.

When he left Planet Vegeta, his battle power had already reached 410, while Selyne's was 370. After more than seven months of long-distance travel, although they had spent it all in hibernation, their Saiyan bodies had continued growing, raising their battle power somewhat.

Chaya had just scanned their battle power as well.

His battle power had reached 460, while Selyne's had reached 420.

They were only a little over four years old now. Other Saiyans at their age only had battle power slightly above 200.

"But that's still such a long time!" Selyne's voice was somewhat dejected, but she quickly pulled herself together and said energetically, "Brother Chaya, I won't slack off anymore. I'll definitely train hard."

Chaya nodded and smiled at Selyne's fighting spirit. It seemed pressure really did create motivation. Selyne had finally taken the initiative to ask for training.

But Selyne's next words made him realize that he had been happy too soon.

Selyne said, "So, Brother Chaya, you have to work even harder. I want you to reach 1,000 battle power in two years—no, one year. That way, I can go home sooner."

"You think battle power rises just because you say so? One year? Even two years might not be enough to break through."

Chaya irritably pressed his palm onto Selyne's little head and vigorously rubbed it, turning her soft hair into a complete mess.

"Hey, stop messing up my hair!" Selyne immediately glared fiercely and shouted in dissatisfaction.

Chaya looked around and said, "All right, put the mission aside for now. We'll probably be staying here for a long time, so we should first move the spacecraft somewhere safe and hide them. Then we need to deal with food and shelter. Honestly, my stomach is already growling."

"Yeah, yeah. I was starving a long time ago."

At the mention of food, Selyne's eyes immediately lit up, and she threw all her worries aside.

Chaya shook his head helplessly and began searching the nearby mountains with Selyne. At last, beside a towering cliff, they found a quiet valley not too far from a pool of water.

"The environment here is quite good. We can use it as a temporary residence." Chaya looked at the tranquil scenery around them with satisfaction in his eyes.

With a slight stir of the energy within his body, a dark blue energy sphere immediately gathered in his palm. He casually tossed it toward the cliff face in the distance.

With a thunderous boom, smoke surged upward, and a broad space about five meters deep was blasted into the steep cliff wall.

Chaya and Selyne then flew back to where the spacecraft had crashed, dragged up the two spherical spacecraft, and moved them into the cave in the cliff to hide them.

Those two spacecraft determined whether they could leave Planet Selma, so they had to be kept safe.

After hiding the spacecraft, Chaya flew back and forth through the primeval forest, gathering some dry vegetation and arranging it inside the cave into a temporary living area.

After finishing everything, Chaya clapped his hands and looked at their shelter with satisfaction.

"Although it's a little crude, at least it looks like a place to live. I never expected that after coming here, I'd end up doing a real-life wilderness survival challenge. Next, we need to find food."

"Selyne, come hunting with me. Today, I'll let you taste your brother's cooking."

"Mm-hmm!"

Hearing that there would be food, Selyne nodded repeatedly.

Chaya reopened the Scouter. After a series of beeps, he and Selyne shot toward the southeast with a whoosh. Five kilometers away in that direction was an energy source with only 67 battle power, clearly suitable as a source of food.

They had not flown southeast for long before Chaya found the energy source. It was a brownish dinosaur over ten meters tall.

"An Earth Dragon. We can finally have a proper feast." Chaya smiled.

"Roar—"

The Earth Dragon also saw Chaya and Selyne in midair and let out a huge roar at them as though it had spotted prey. As the nearby overlord, its massive roar immediately startled the surroundings, sending a large flock of birds screeching into the air.