The edge of the Hot Rainforest.
Su Xiao advanced through a thicket of vines, a long blade in hand. Blade Glow flashed, slicing through a large swath of vines.
As the vines fell, a rust-covered lump of iron was revealed within them—a derelict, old-fashioned Armored Vehicle, only half of it remaining.
Su Xiao stopped and examined the Armored Vehicle's damaged sections. He had investigated the Hot Rainforest's records and naturally knew that a certain country had once attempted to develop this area.
Su Xiao inspected the breach in the Armored Vehicle. It clearly hadn't been blasted open by cannon fire. Some enormous creature had torn it apart with its teeth.
As the Armored Vehicle had landed, a large amount of gold had rolled out from within. The gold came in all shapes and sizes and had a dull color. Some of the gold blocks even contained crystal ore.
This was what people commonly called nugget gold, or native gold. It hadn't been refined from a gold mine, but formed naturally—gold that might appear on the surface of the earth.
The half of the derelict Armored Vehicle was almost filled with native gold. Su Xiao could even imagine what had happened back then. An Armored Vehicle loaded with native gold had reached the edge of the Hot Rainforest. Just as it was about to leave, it had been attacked by some large creature. Its shell, reinforced with patterned steel, had been torn apart in one bite, killing the driver on the spot.
Su Xiao compared the breach in the Armored Vehicle with his palm. Based on his experience, the creature that had attacked it had teeth at least twenty centimeters long and possessed the ability to fly. It had grabbed the roof of the Armored Vehicle with its claws, then ripped