That's right—not NO. 12 [Fighting Saint Body], nor NO. 13 [Wall-Piercing Spell].
But NO. 10 [Food is Heaven]!
You want to eat me? Then I'll eat you!
I'm gonna eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!!
And then—
Chu Yunyi opened his mouth and started sucking hard.
And, I had to say—
Though this thing looked strange and slime-like, it really did feel like jelly when he ate it.
Feeling Chu Yunyi's unexpected counterattack, the tumor wasn't about to back down. It tried to devour his flesh.
But it found that it couldn't advance even the slightest bit.
It couldn't even touch a single strand of his hair.
After sensing that Chu Yunyi had started eating it, the tumor tried one last attack, forcing its way into Chu Yunyi's eyes, ears, and nostrils.
But in the end, only its attempt to enter his nostrils succeeded.
At first, Chu Yunyi choked, which slowed him down a little.
The tumor was acting on nothing but animal instinct. It had no intelligence and could only make a nearly instinctive counterattack.
But the next moment—
It discovered that the passage beyond the nasal cavity was just like the esophagus!
"Suck!!"
Chu Yunyi sucked in a huge mouthful, speeding up his eating!
That wasn't all.
The moment the tumor entered his stomach, it was completely digested and converted into supernatural nourishment that flowed into Chu Yunyi's body.
And the more he ate, the stronger he felt!
"Delicious!"
Chu Yunyi wanted to shout, but there wasn't enough room for him to get the words out. His vocal cords only trembled faintly.
But he didn't stop.
After a dozen or so breaths,
the tumor on Chu Yunyi's head had completely vanished, fully digested by him!
And Chu Yunyi still seemed a little unsatisfied.
He tugged at his pant leg, pulled off the little tumor clinging to it, and sucked it away until it disappeared.
At the sight,
everyone at Wild Dog House was left gaping in astonishment. Nobody knew what to say, and several of them couldn't help taking a step back.
They were a little scared...
They'd seen mutated creatures eat people before.
But a person eating a mutated creature? That was a first!
It was like an elephant riding a little cow—
That was freaking awesome!
Seeing their shocked expressions, Chu Yunyi considered explaining himself, but decided there was no need.
Suddenly—
"Beep, beep."
The mobile personal terminal in Chu Yunyi's pocket flashed, displaying some images.
They were written in some kind of strange script.
To Chu Yunyi, they looked like a string of Russian Tetris blocks.
The Night Star's technology was just impossible to understand. To Chu Yunyi, it wasn't merely illogical—it was complete bullshit.
"Um... could someone translate this for me?"
"I just got here, and I can't read."
Chu Yunyi spoke, and everyone who heard him looked even more conflicted.
"..."
"I'll do it." Pomeranian stepped forward and began explaining the mobile personal terminal, pointing to its screen.
Whether Chu Yunyi was naturally clever,
or whether his NO. 5 [Eidetic Memory], NO. 7 [Perfect Order], and NO. 8 [Effortless Mastery] passive skills had all kicked in at once,
he picked up how to use the mobile personal terminal as he listened.
Chu Yunyi fiddled with it again.
He'd never worn the thing on his wrist, in case some kind of locking mechanism activated and he couldn't get it off.
So he'd kept it in his pocket.
After Pomeranian's explanation, Chu Yunyi understood everything about the mobile personal terminal.
"So that means—
"After that team hunt, they calculated our contributions.
"And now there are suddenly 780 Credit Points in this account, right?" Chu Yunyi asked.
Hearing this,
Pomeranian nodded, her expression difficult to read.
Seeing an honest-to-goodness alien like Chu Yunyi had left everyone feeling conflicted. They didn't know how to deal with him.
It had taken them a long time just to accept mutated creatures.
Now Chu Yunyi had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was all so shocking that they couldn't take it in; their minds were still frozen.
"Let's head back first.
"Golden Retriever and I need treatment." Doberman was the first to make a decision.
His mechanical prosthetics needed maintenance, and his artificial skin needed to be replaced.
Golden Retriever was in the same situation.
Both of them had been attacked by the tumor. Doberman had been injured all over, while Golden Retriever had only hurt his leg.
So they couldn't stay there for long. It would be bad if more mutated creatures showed up.
After saying this, Doberman looked at Chu Yunyi, about to speak.
But before he could say anything,
Chu Yunyi's thoughts went straight into his mind:
"No need.
"You guys go back first.
"Thanks for showing me the ropes. I'll hunt on my own from here."
Seeing that Chu Yunyi hadn't opened his mouth, yet hearing a voice enter his mind, Doberman was clearly stunned again.
Only then did he realize
that Chu Yunyi hadn't actually been speaking earlier. He'd been communicating with him telepathically.
The words Chu Yunyi had spoken aloud had just been formed with his mouth; he'd been speaking Mandarin.
In essence,
their languages weren't mutually intelligible. It was all just an illusion created by NO. 6 [Words of All Spirits].
Chu Yunyi waved goodbye to them.
The others
stuck out their right arms and held their left arms straight.
Then all five moved together, sweeping their right hands down their left arms before resting them on top.
That was probably Night Star's farewell salute.
"That's pretty strange," the people from Wild Dog House and Chu Yunyi thought at the same time.
At least in that respect, they were completely in agreement.
After briefly working with the people from Wild Dog House,
Chu Yunyi set off on the path of hunting alone.
He
was going to earn enough Credit Points to buy Night Star equipment within a few hours!
And while he was at it, he could hunt plenty of mutated creatures and gain more Control Power over the Round Table.
Two birds with one stone!
A win-win!
Chu Yunyi set off excitedly, speeding toward the distance.
Along the way,
he habitually used NO. 14 [Welcome and Farewell], nearly achieving a view of a hundred meters with a glance and covering close to a thousand meters in just a few breaths.
Meanwhile, the group from Wild Dog House reflected on what had happened that day.
They'd run into a tumor and thought the whole team was going to die there, meeting the same fate as the warriors out in the wilderness.
But who could've guessed that the newcomer they'd brought along at the start would turn out to be a mysterious alien?
If they told anyone about this,
the others would probably take them for fools or lunatics who'd lost their minds.
The two groups went their separate ways.
Each went off to do their own thing.
Wild Dog House would spend some time getting their prosthetics repaired.
As for Chu Yunyi—
he was only just getting started. He was going to hunt to his heart's content!
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