Fresh Food

Puyo!

"Is this... a slime?"

Ten-plus minutes ago...

Waking from her stupor, Moss felt her body brimming with strength once again.

"Hahaha, resurrected!"

Moss leaped up from the ground, performing several backflips right where she stood!

"Fully recovered, it feels like I have endless energy in my whole body!"

Moss landed steadily, raised her hands high, and hopped about in delight.

But before she could jump many more times, she stopped her frantic movements and rubbed her stomach with both hands.

Grumble!

"I'm hungry..."

Moss looked at her stomach, which had started growling again, her expression shifting as a shiver ran through her body!

She did not want to eat that stuff that could barely be called food ever again!

"At the very least, future meals must be fresh!"

To achieve this goal, there was only one way to go without relying on luck!

"Hunting, it's hunting time! Which means I have to kill monsters to level up!"

Moss clenched her fists, a flicker of fire seemingly igniting in her eyes.

"Whoosh! Whoosh-whoosh!"

Moss stood in place, throwing a few combinations of punches with a serious expression, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Good!"

Warm-up complete, Moss prepared to head out!

Arriving at the cave entrance once more, Moss quietly poked her head out.

Thanks to the passive bonus from Senses Enhancement, Moss could see the surrounding environment clearly even in the pitch-black darkness.

Everything outside looked just as it had before, only the rotting meat Moss hadn't finished earlier was gone.

"It seems... there's no problem..."

Moss muttered to herself while looking into the pitch-black sewer.

In the dark environment, this place felt like a dead zone, yet a series of faint sounds constantly reached Moss's ears.

Rustle, rustle... click-clack... buzz...

These sounds told Moss that this seemingly motionless sewer was actually teeming with countless living creatures.

"Right! Let's go!"

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

She hugged the wall, walking while occasionally lowering her head to sniff the surrounding scents, searching for food.

However, Moss did not know that she had already become the target of another predator!

Click-click-click-click...

A dense, subtle sound came from above, making Moss, who was focused on finding food, tremble all over!

She jerked her head up to look, only to see a Giant Centipede, fully thirteen centimeters long, hanging down toward her.

Its two antennae twitched slightly; it seemed to have sensed Moss's presence, for its body suddenly swayed and it crawled rapidly toward her!

The Giant Centipede launched an attack on Moss without hesitation!

Clearly, this centipede had marked Moss as its meal!

"Waaah! A monster!"

Moss shrieked and immediately leaped to the side!

That jump covered several meters, and the notification sound began to echo in her mind.

Moss stumbled a few steps before turning back to look at the Giant Centipede, which was charging at her again.

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

Moss saw the Giant Centipede clearly and couldn't help but gasp.

A centipede this big was, in Moss's eyes, no different from a human seeing a centipede the size of a person!

After all, the current Moss was just a small house mouse less than five centimeters long.

Click-click-click-click...

Facing the Giant Centipede's second attack, Moss had to suppress the fear in her heart and put on a determined expression.

"Come on, let me make you the first prey under my belt!"

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

Feeling the power surging within her body, Moss felt a sense of certainty.

Yes!

She was a transmigrator with a Golden Finger, how could she be afraid of a mere centipede!

With Senses Enhancement active, Moss felt the world slow down; even the Giant Centipede rushing toward her slowed.

She could even see the thousands of fangs and claws on the centipede moving at high speed!

With a light sidestep, Moss easily dodged the Giant Centipede's next attack.

Immediately, Moss extended her claws, now enhanced by Claws I, and slammed them onto the Giant Centipede!

Slap!

A crisp sound rang out, and the Giant Centipede, pinned to the ground by Moss, immediately burst with a foul-smelling, transparent liquid.

Click-click-click!

The ten-plus centimeter Giant Centipede began to struggle under Moss's strike!

Its entire body began to twist left and right, thrashing up and down!

"Hmph! For scaring me, die!"

Moss snorted coldly, lifted her foot, and followed up with another stomp!

Talent: Claws I (Activated)

Slap!

The still-struggling Giant Centipede was stepped on the head by Moss, sinking directly into the wet, soft mud!

Click-click...

The Giant Centipede, which had been struggling just a moment ago, suddenly went stiff, its thrashing slowing down gradually.

"Ha, looking so scary, I didn't expect it to be so fragile!"

Moss sneered, grinding her foot over the Giant Centipede repeatedly.

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

She stumbled back a few steps, panting heavily as she looked at the dead Giant Centipede.

Having activated her talents four times in a row, her current mental stat of only 1 point was struggling to keep up.

Moss rested for a good while before she had the strength to stand up again.

She came to the side of the dead Giant Centipede, a slight curve forming at the corner of her mouth.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect I was actually quite strong!"

Moss stood with her hands on her hips, laughing up at the sky.

She grabbed the centipede on 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 her movements, looking curiously in the direction where the light originated.

Puyo!

"A slime?!"

Looking at the little ball before her, Moss couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.

The little ball looked completely transparent, round and plump, only the size of a tennis ball; it seemed it hadn't grown up yet.

Puyo!

As Moss examined this little ball, it hopped again.

"This... this is actually alive!"

A look of surprise couldn't help but appear on Moss's face, and a sense of wonder that made her want to laugh rose in her heart.

A Slime!

This was truly a classic of classics among fantasy creatures!

Only then did Moss truly feel that the world was different!

"So amazing! It's real!"

Moss reached out and poked the little Slime that was hopping about, watching it bounce like a rubber ball!

Puyo!

"Hehe..."

A healing, silly smile couldn't help but appear on Moss's face, and her mood inexplicably improved.

It was just that in this dark cave, there were too few things that looked good!

A little creature like a Slime, glowing with a faint light and looking like a crystal ball, was simply the peak of aesthetics in the sewer!

"By comparison..."

Moss looked toward her side, speechless; her own food was a Giant Centipede with a miserable way of dying.

"But forget it, in this situation, what reason is there to complain?"

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

Moss shrugged and sighed, sitting leisurely on the ground by the faint light emitted by the Slime, grabbing the Giant Centipede with both hands to prepare for her meal.

Although Moss didn't really want to eat bugs, compared to that lump of rotting meat, she felt that eating bugs wasn't entirely unacceptable.

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

Tearing off the Giant Centipede's rotten head, Moss opened her mouth and began to bite!

Crunch, crunch...

"Ugh, disgusting!"

Moss crunched down the ten-plus centimeter Giant Centipede, sticking out her tongue with a sickly expression.

A notification sound came from her mind again; Moss took a look, and it was another notification for Omnivory and Poison Resistance.

Besides that, a new talent had appeared.

Talent: Jump (56%↑)