Fresh Food

Puh yo!

"Is this... a slime?"

Several minutes earlier...

After waking from her deep sleep, Moss felt that her body had regained plenty of strength.

"Hahaha, resurrected!"

Moss leaped up from the ground and immediately did several backflips in place!

"I've completely recovered. It feels like I have endless energy throughout my body!"

Moss landed steadily, raised both hands high, and hopped around happily.

But after only a few jumps, she stopped her wild bouncing and rubbed her stomach with both hands.

Gurgle!

"I'm hungry..."

Moss looked at her stomach, which had started growling again, and her expression changed as her body involuntarily shuddered!

She really didn't want to eat that stuff that could barely be called food again!

"At the very least, my food has to stay fresh from now on!"

To accomplish that goal, there was only one way without relying on luck!

"Hunting! Hunting! That means fighting monsters and leveling up!"

Moss clenched both fists, and her eyes seemed to blaze with flame.

"Whoosh! Whoosh-whoosh!"

Standing in place, Moss seriously threw several sets of combination punches, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Good!"

After warming up, Moss prepared to leave!

Once again at the cave entrance, Moss cautiously poked her head out.

Moss's vision had received the permanent enhancement from Senses Enhancement. Even in the pitch-black surroundings, she could see everything around her clearly.

Everything outside still looked the same as before, except that the rotten meat Moss hadn't finished eating earlier had disappeared.

"Seems like there aren't any problems..."

Moss looked at the dark sewer and muttered to herself.

The environment was pitch-black, making this place seem like a dead zone, but faint sounds continuously reached Moss's ears.

Rustle, rustle... Crack, crack... Buzz, buzz...

The sounds told Moss that this seemingly motionless sewer actually contained countless living creatures.

"Good! Let's go!"

Feeling the lively silent world outside the cave, Moss nodded and crawled out.

She kept close to the wall, walking while occasionally lowering her head to sniff the surrounding scents in search of food.

However, Moss didn't know that she had already become the target of another predator!

Click, click, click, click...

A dense series of tiny sounds came from above, making Moss's entire body tremble as she focused on searching for food!

She abruptly raised her head and looked up, only to see a Giant Centipede over thirteen centimeters long hanging down and facing her.

Its two antennae swayed slightly. Apparently sensing Moss's presence, it suddenly twisted its body and quickly crawled toward her!

The Giant Centipede attacked Moss without hesitation!

Clearly, the centipede had mistaken Moss for food!

"Waaah! A monster!"

Moss cried out and immediately jumped to the side!

That jump carried her several meters away, and notification sounds began appearing in her mind again.

Moss staggered forward for several steps before turning back to look at the Giant Centipede attacking her once more.

"What the heck?! How could something like this be in a sewer!"

When Moss got a clear look at the Giant Centipede, she couldn't help inhaling sharply.

Such a huge centipede was no different, in Moss's eyes, from a human seeing a centipede as large as himself!

After all, Moss was currently only a house mouse less than five centimeters long.

Click, click, click, click...

Facing the Giant Centipede's second attack, Moss had no choice but to suppress her fear and put on a serious expression.

"Come on. You'll be the first prey under my claws!"

Talent: Senses Enhancement, Speed Enhancement, Claws I (Activated)

Feeling the power surging through her body, Moss couldn't help but feel steadier.

That was right!

She was a transmigrator with a Golden Finger. How could she be afraid of a mere centipede!

With Senses Enhancement activated, Moss felt as though the entire world had slowed down. Even the Giant Centipede charging toward her had slowed.

She could even clearly see the thousands of teeth and legs moving at tremendous speed!

Moss lightly sidestepped and easily dodged another attack from the Giant Centipede.

Then she extended her claws, enhanced by Claws, and suddenly slapped them against the Giant Centipede's body!

Smack!

A crisp sound rang out as a foul-smelling transparent liquid burst from the Giant Centipede pinned beneath Moss's blow.

Click, click, click!

The Giant Centipede, over ten centimeters long, began struggling after Moss's attack!

Its entire body twisted from side to side and thrashed up and down!

"Hmph! That's for scaring me. Die!"

Moss snorted coldly, raised her foot, and followed up with another kick!

Talent: Claws I (Activated)

Smack!

The struggling Giant Centipede was stepped on the head by Moss, driving it directly into the wet, soft mud!

Click, click...

The Giant Centipede, which had been struggling moments ago, suddenly stiffened. The speed of its twisting gradually slowed.

"Ha, it looked so scary, but I didn't expect it to be so weak!"

Moss sneered and repeatedly ground her foot against the Giant Centipede.

Only after the Giant Centipede stopped moving did Moss lift her foot.

She staggered backward several steps, staring at the dead Giant Centipede while panting heavily.

She had activated her talents four times in succession. With her current Spirit value of only 1, it had been a little too much for her.

Moss rested for quite a while before finally having the strength to stand again.

She went over to the dead Giant Centipede, the corners of her mouth curving upward slightly.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect I'd be pretty strong!"

Moss planted both hands on her hips and threw her head back, laughing several times.

She picked up the centipede from the ground, preparing to eat her first prey!

But just then, a faint glimmer of light in the cave caught Moss's attention!

Moss stopped and looked curiously toward the direction where the light had appeared.

Puh yo!

"A slime?!"

Looking at the Little Ball before her, Moss couldn't help voicing her surprise.

The Little Ball appeared completely transparent. It was round and only about the size of a tennis ball, as if it hadn't grown up yet.

Puh yo!

While Moss was examining the Little Ball, it bounced again.

"This... This is really alive!"

A surprised expression appeared on Moss's face, and a strange urge to laugh rose in her heart.

A slime!

This was truly the classic of classics among fantasy creatures!

Only at this moment did Moss genuinely feel how different this world was!

"How amazing! It's real!"

Moss reached out and poked the bouncing little slime, watching it spring up like a rubber ball!

Puh yo!

"Hehe..."

Moss couldn't help wearing a healing, silly grin as her mood inexplicably improved.

It was simply because there were too few good-looking things in this dark cave!

A creature like a slime, glowing faintly and looking like a crystal ball, was practically the pinnacle of beauty in the sewer!

"Compared to that..."

Moss looked to the side with a speechless expression. Her food was a horribly mangled dead Giant Centipede.

"But never mind. In circumstances like these, what reason do I have to complain?"

"Being able to survive is already the greatest stroke of luck..."

Moss spread her hands and sighed. Taking advantage of the faint light emitted by the slime, she leisurely sat on the ground and picked up the Giant Centipede with both hands, preparing to eat.

Although Moss didn't particularly want to eat insects, she felt that eating an insect was not entirely unacceptable compared to that lump of rotten meat.

"Anyway, it should be edible if I remove the head, right?"

She casually tore off the Giant Centipede's rotten head, opened her mouth, and began Biting!

Crunch, crunch...

"Ugh, it tastes awful!"

Moss crunched her way through a Giant Centipede over ten centimeters long, sticking out her tongue with a miserable expression.

Another notification sounded in Moss's mind. She glanced at it and saw that it was another notification for Omnivory and Poison Resistance.

Besides those, a new talent had appeared.

Talent: Jump (56%↑)