These past few days, Mo Li had been eating nonstop, and the amount of magicules in his body had risen sharply.
While increasing his strength, Mo Li had also been searching for useful clues to determine where exactly he was.
But this cave was far too large. Mo Li had wandered around for several days without reaching the end.
Mo Li sprawled his legs out and sat on the ground, unable to stop himself from complaining.
"Just how big is this cave? Why can't I finish exploring it?"
"Scratch, scratch."
Just then, some strange sound seemed to come from somewhere nearby. It sounded like a rat grinding its teeth.
Mo Li quickly looked toward the source. Although the sound was not very loud, he still found where it was coming from by instinct.
If he had only just arrived in this world, Mo Li definitely would not have done something so unnecessary. But after all these days, he still had not seen any other living creatures.
After all, Mo Li wanted to see what the creatures of this world looked like.
Driven by curiosity, Mo Li slowly walked toward the sound.
Mo Li arrived before a rough, uneven wall and reached out toward where the sound was coming from.
He moved aside a rock.
Through the gap, Mo Li could see the scene behind the wall.
A strange sight entered Mo Li's eyes.
A huge rat-like creature and hundreds of its kind were chattering away as though discussing something.
Mo Li listened for quite a while but failed to understand a single word.
Then Mo Li accidentally stepped on and crushed a small stone.
"Damn it."
Mo Li cried out inwardly.
The Rat Leader also noticed the disturbance.
It looked toward Mo Li.
Just as Mo Li thought he was about to be surrounded and attacked, an unexpected scene left him dumbfounded.
The Rat Leader turned around and ran without the slightest hesitation.
The remaining Rat Pack froze in place at the sight, as though they had yet to process what had happened.
Every rat was utterly baffled.
"Holy shit, Boss, why are you running? No, wait for us!"
Only then did the rats react, hurriedly chasing after it.
"Wait for you? I can barely save myself! How would I have time to wait for you?"
The Rat Leader squeaked as it ran.
Seeing this, Mo Li hurried after them.
"Don't run! I'm just taking a look. I won't do anything to you!"
Mo Li explained as he ran.
"You think I'd believe that? Do you take me for an idiot? You don't look like a good person—no, a good beast. And with that aura of yours, do you think a smart rat like me would fall for your lies?"
The Rat Leader rolled its eyes and ran off without looking back.
The Rat Pack behind it hurriedly followed.
Before long, they had vanished without a trace.
Mo Li was left speechless by the scene.
"Am I really that scary?"
"Forget it. If they want to leave, then leave. It's not like I care."
Mo Li curled his lip and gave an arrogant little snort.
Looking at the pitch-black path ahead, Mo Li gritted his teeth and resolutely walked forward.
After walking for a while, Mo Li could not help complaining to Gamer.
"Gamer, when do you think I'll finally get out of here?"
"I do not know. I am merely a skill, not an encyclopedia, nor am I a sage. Therefore, I cannot answer your question."
Gamer replied mercilessly.
"You really are useless. Compared to Cute King's Great Sage, you're miles behind."
Mo Li said sarcastically.
"Fine, fine, so that's how we're playing it. A few days ago, you said I was your favorite skill. And now, after only a few days, you're saying I can't compare to Great Sage? Just you wait. Don't let me find an opportunity, or else... heh heh."
Gamer thought to itself.
Just then, Mo Li sensed an aura, and it was not weak. It was at least B-rank, perhaps even A-rank.
After several days of research and Gamer's guidance, Mo Li was no longer the clueless fool who had just arrived in this world.
"This aura is at least B-rank, and could be as high as A-rank. My current strength is A-, and with the old man's skills, the advantage is mine overall."
Mo Li assessed the situation.
Then Mo Li headed in that direction.
After climbing over a small hill, the creature emitting that aura came into Mo Li's view.
Its entire body emitted a faint blue glow.
A blue, translucent jelly-like monster was freely weaving through clusters of Magic Ore and Hippocrates Grass.
Everywhere she passed, the things beneath her disappeared.
"Holy shit, isn't that Cute King?"
Mo Li could not help feeling shocked.
Mo Li quickly recovered, lowered his head, and fell into thought.
"Cute King is still in the Storm Dragon's cave, which means Mikami Satoru was just killed and reincarnated into this time. That means the Storm Dragon hasn't been swallowed into Cute King's Stomach yet. The story hasn't begun—no, it has only just begun..."
The more Mo Li thought about it, the more excited he became. That meant there was much more room for him to influence things.
After all, in his previous life, Mo Li had been a seasoned anime fan. He had watched the classic Cute King more than once.
He had long since become thoroughly familiar with Cute King's world setting.
"No, that's not right. This isn't a novel or anime. Maybe this world isn't so simple."
Mo Li thought with a serious expression.
Having read countless novels and watched countless anime in his previous life, Mo Li knew very well that reality and anime were different. Although he knew the entire plot, who knew what else this world might be hiding?
Before transmigrating, Mo Li had not believed in transmigration at all. He had even thought this world was merely a novel or anime. But after transmigrating, he learned that it was not fictional. This world truly existed.
It was no different from his original world. In fact, it was even more exciting.
Moreover, Mo Li was not someone who originally existed in this world. There was a saying in web novels called the butterfly effect: even a tiny change could affect how events developed, let alone a living person like him—no, a living dragon.
So if he wanted to live well, Mo Li had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious. He could not act recklessly.
Mo Li continued observing this future protagonist and future strongest being in the world.
Crawling, jumping, rolling, eating ore, eating herbs—it was no different from how an ordinary Slime survived.
"But after eating so much, she doesn't excrete anything. Isn't she afraid of getting an upset stomach? Ah, right. I forgot about her skill."
Mo Li could not help thinking.
At that moment, Gamer spoke up.
[Don't forget that Cute King possesses the Special Skill Predator.]
Predator: Cute King's Special Skill. It possessed functions such as Predation, Analysis, Stomach, Mimicry, and Isolation.
Predation could draw targets into the user's body. It could be used on organic or inorganic matter, including skills and magic.
Stomach could store objects obtained through Predation. It could also preserve substances produced after Analysis. Anything stored in Stomach would not be affected by time.
Isolation could store harmful effects that could not be analyzed, purify them, and restore them into magicules.
These three functions allowed Cute King to devour anything without suffering any consequences, making Mo Li extremely envious. And Stomach could even serve as portable storage, making him more tempted the more he thought about it.
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