Building Nests, Planting Eyes, and a Money Bath

The battle against the rat tide in the dark, deep mine was nearing its end, or perhaps, the slaughter was.

With Li Wei, a dragon disguised as a gnoll, and Huozi, a deeply mutated gnoll created by Li Wei's operational error, acting as vanguards, it was like having two meat grinders at the front from the start of the engagement.

Wherever they went, the scene could only be described as bloody and brutal. Perhaps it wasn't just a description, but actual flying blood and minced flesh rained down like water. The gnoll warriors following behind, upon entering the mine, had their fur instantly coated in a layer of viscous blood.

The intense smell of blood also made the rough gnoll men's eyes bloodshot, their breaths heavy, their bloodlust surging with an almost uncontrollable excitement.

Though they had participated in countless battles for survival since birth, if the riverside battle where they fought as opponents was the most terrifying and desperate they had ever experienced, then charging alongside this nightmare BOSS from that battlefield was the most exhilarating battle of their lives.

They didn't have to worry about anything else, just follow the two berserk leaders with their knives.

Perhaps because the gnolls were killing too quickly and too ferociously, and the two 'demons' leading the charge were unbelievably tough, their teeth would shatter if you dared to bite them.

This caused the starving Cavens Rats to regain some semblance of rationality after suffering heavy casualties, and they began to scream and flee in all directions.

This infuriated Li Wei, who had planned to get rich from this battle and stockpile cured meat for food. It was as if every fleeing Cavens Rat was a coin that had grown legs and escaped from his hoard.

If Li Wei hadn't suddenly thought they looked like bamboo rats from his past life and decided to domesticate them, ordering the frenzied gnolls to capture instead of kill, the Cavens Rats, terrified into submission, might not have appeared in their sight for a long time.

This was because Cavens Rats had a habit similar to amoebas; even though they were numerous and bred quickly, seeming inexhaustible, they would immediately flee when encountering a natural predator capable of destroying their species, sometimes even relocating their entire nest.

While Huozi and the gnolls were busy collecting spoils and exchanging verbal abuse with the Duergar who had arrived later and were vying for prey, Li Wei, accompanied by Pipim and a group of slimes that had snuck in from the underground river, had already arrived at a chosen nesting site after considering various factors.

It was a natural cave near the underground river, semi-enclosed. Compared to their previous temporary nest by the riverbank, this natural cave was significantly more spacious, about the size of a football field.

Before Li Wei's arrival, the slime army, acting like nannies, had already reached the location and transplanted the Fluorescent Moss that had been growing on the riverside wasteland onto the cave's dome.

Not only that, they had also embedded some shiny trinkets collected over the years, such as quartz, pearls, and luminescent stones. Though not valuable, they were dazzling under the refraction of light.

As soon as Li Wei entered, he fell deeply in love with this 'magnificent' nest—dragons are naturally drawn to shiny things, and if they were valuable, he would be even more satisfied.

"Mwee~?" Remlu, on the gnoll's shoulder, reverted to her slime form, losing her ability to speak. She made a series of babbling sounds, seemingly asking Li Wei if he was satisfied with the nest.

"Pipim, thank you, I like it here very much," Li Wei said, baring his fangs and patting the slime's head.

Li Wei had originally wanted to continue calling her Pipim, but considering she was now a mature slime and the name was chosen by their collective consciousness, Li Wei decided to respect their will.

He stepped forward, his form shifting, and a silver behemoth, over twenty feet tall, appeared in the cave.

As his true silver dragon form emerged, a biting cold wind swept through the entire cave, and a visible layer of frost condensed on the surrounding rock surfaces. If Li Wei hadn't cupped Remlu in his palm to shield her, she would have likely turned into an ice sculpture.

This was the natural domain talent inherent to true dragons, in addition to Dragon Might, which humans liked to call the Ice Aura, but Li Wei preferred to call it the Winter Domain.

It was a natural phenomenon caused by the radiating elemental energy flowing through a dragon's blood affecting the surrounding domain, and this phenomenon only became more pronounced with age.

Li Wei felt fortunate that he had transmigrated as a silver dragon. If it were a black dragon with its decay aura that corroded everything, nesting anywhere would turn the place into a swamp, which was a rather unappetizing thought for a dragon.

And it was said there was an even more unfortunate type, the Plutonium Dragon, which was essentially a mobile radiation source. Anyone who saw one would either die on the spot or develop malignant tumors, and they could barely control themselves, making them the epitome of eternal solitude.

Li Wei arrived at the center of the cave, a slightly sunken area already licked smooth by slimes. He took a deep breath and began to push his foregut, initiating regurgitation.

A few seconds later, countless blocks of precious metals like gold and silver spewed from his mouth, like a cascading galaxy. Many low-quality adventurer weapons and armor were mixed in as well.

If Black Dragon Kangerweian, who was flying back to Lady of Corruption's nest, had seen this scene, he would have surely spat blood from his eyes and let out a cry of despair and grief: "That's all my treasure! Mine! Mine!!!"

That's right, this was the treasure the gnolls had pilfered from Kangerweian's black dragon nest.

The vast majority were unprocessed precious metal chunks, such as dog-head gold the size of a human head. A portion of gold, silver, and copper coins were also mixed in, most of which were currency issued by the drow.

Although Li Wei had tried to cover them with a layer of magic before swallowing them, the effect didn't seem to be very good. Most of the coins were corroded to the point of being unrecognizable.

However, it didn't matter much. Li Wei planned to emulate the customs of dragons.

Using money as a bed.

He had even had this idea before he transmigrated. Most of the time, he saw news about someone winning the lottery and becoming rich overnight. So, sometimes he imagined what it would be like if he won tens of millions and piled the cash on his bed, experiencing the feeling of rolling on money.

Li Wei never expected that the fantasy he couldn't fulfill in his previous life would be realized in this other world.

Although Kangerweian's wealth accumulated over decades wasn't too much, barely enough to fill this shallow pit with a thin layer, Li Wei was already quite satisfied.

As if afraid of crushing the treasure, Li Wei tiptoed into the pile of treasure like a rooster hatching eggs, then slowly lay down on it.

"Oh yes, so good."

The moment Li Wei lay down, the feeling of being massaged on every scale by countless little cuties instantly made him sink into bliss.

In fact, if he hadn't remembered that he had other things to command, he could have immediately fallen into a sweet slumber.

"There's a reason dragons love treasure. The feeling of rolling on a pile of money is just too damn awesome," Li Wei thought.

"Moo~ Moo~ Moo~"

Remlu, who had been waiting for Li Wei to lie down, couldn't wait and leaped into the ocean of money. She swam freestyle in front of Li Wei, then backstroke, completely unrestrained.

Li Wei looked at her with doting eyes, then picked out an alchemical creation that looked like an eye from the gaps between his scales.

This was also a good item discovered in Black Dragon Kangerweian's nest.

Its name was:

True Sight Eye.