Ignoring the commotion among the goblins, Su Yu returned to the campfire and sat down. Then he picked up the roasted meat in his hand and wolfed it down.
After polishing off several pounds of meat in one go, Su Yu figured he'd have to pay attention to whether any of the underwater treasure chests contained high-energy food. Otherwise, eating nothing but ordinary food would leave his jaw aching from all the chewing.
"Burp." After finishing the roasted meat, Su Yu washed away the grease with a swig of Sprite and let out a loud, satisfied belch.
[ Ding! Nightfall is approaching. The temperature will drop sharply. Please take precautions to keep warm during the night.]
Su Yu had long since learned to tune out the daily alert that automatically sounded around this time.
But then another alert rang out right after it, nearly making him jump out of his skin.
[ Ding! Attention, Survivors of Shuilan Star. Due to the extinction of a low-martial world, three hundred humans from that world will be added to each Shuilan Star Survivor's novice area. For further information, please check your respective screens.]
"Holy crap." Su Yu couldn't care less about going to sleep now.
[Low-Martial World Information]
Introduction: This low-martial world has experts who cultivate inner qi, as well as some masters of external martial arts, though they are relatively few in number. The vast majority are still ordinary humans. All have been implanted with a common language.
Notes: The islands they own may appear beside yours at any moment. Please note that they are not friendly. If you want to make friends, you can try to win them over with your personal charm.
"Damn, the novice protection period isn't even over yet, and they're already pulling this kind of stunt." After reading the information on the screen before him, Su Yu felt a headache coming on. Couldn't they let him develop in peace for a while?
Su Yu then focused his thoughts and opened the Communication Channel, wanting to see how everyone else was doing.
"If they want me dead, they might as well just kill me! I'm not Liu Bang or those other guys. How am I supposed to win over people from a low-martial world with my personal charm?"
"Give it a try and you'll die."
"Everyone, don't panic. Not everyone in that world is an expert who can use inner qi. The vast majority should still be ordinary people. Compared with us, they know less, and we have the bigger advantage. If we run into them, maybe we can even recruit a couple as subordinates with food."
"The person above makes a good point. As long as we don't run into some powerful martial artist, we can handle them."
After glancing through the messages in the Communication Channel, Su Yu didn't say anything. He simply left.
Just as Su Yu was mulling things over, the voices of the two Jiaoren made him shudder.
"Master, something unusual has happened near the island. Two hundred meters to the southeast, a small island has appeared out of nowhere."
Hearing this, Su Yu dashed to the edge of the island. By the light of the Solar Lamps, he could just make out the outline of an island not far to the southeast.
"Don't tell me I'm so unlucky that the first person from another world I meet is a martial arts expert!" Su Yu looked at the island, faintly visible in the darkness, and felt a headache coming on. It seemed the heavens didn't want him to get a good night's sleep.
After thinking it over, Su Yu made up his mind. He'd sneak over and take a look. As long as he spotted the person from a distance, his Insight Talent would let him determine whether they posed a threat.
Otherwise, having someone of unknown background right beside his island would leave Su Yu unable to sleep easy.
"Gu Yi, bring three Broadsword Skeletons over." Preparing to set out, Su Yu called out in a low voice toward the villa.
At once, Gu Yi, the Broadsword Skeleton Su Yu had appointed as captain, led three other skeletons over to him.
"Jiao Yi, Jiao Er, take two each." Su Yu glanced at the Broadsword Skeletons who had come over and gave the two Jiaoren in the water their orders.
"Understood." Jiao Yi and Jiao Er quickly nodded after receiving their orders.
"Jump in." Su Yu pointed at the sea and ordered the skeletons.
Splash! Splash! At his command, the Broadsword Skeletons jumped in without the slightest hesitation.
If the Jiaoren weren't there to catch them, the Broadsword Skeletons' mere bone frames would have sunk straight to the bottom.
Before long, two Broadsword Skeletons were clinging to each of the Jiaoren's backs. As for Su Yu, he plunged straight into the water with a powerful dive.
The seawater was icy cold at night, but Su Yu wore a Special Cold-Proof Suit, and his constitution had reached eight or higher. He barely felt the chill, only noticing that the water was a little cool.
"Let's go." With that, Su Yu sank beneath the water. The two Jiaoren also dove under, carrying the Broadsword Skeletons on their backs as they swam toward the island that had suddenly appeared.
Meanwhile, on the island that had suddenly appeared beside Su Yu's, stood a middle-aged man with a full beard, a Nine-Ring Broadsword in hand, and a somewhat ferocious face.
At that moment, though, the man was kneeling on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing as he muttered, "Immortal grandpa, spare me! Immortal grandpa, spare me! My mother's already eighty, and my three-year-old child is still waiting to be fed. Please let me leave this cursed place!"
After pleading for a while and realizing it wasn't doing him a damn bit of good, the middle-aged man got to his feet and cursed loudly. "I said, send your grandpa back at once! My brothers from Menghu Stronghold aren't pushovers!"
It was obvious the man was still in a daze. He hadn't even had time to figure out what was going on.
While the man was begging the heavens and earth for mercy, several heads emerged from the water off his island.
Two hundred meters was nothing at all for Su Yu and the two Jiaoren. They crossed it in no time.
Beneath the moonlight, Su Yu immediately spotted the man on the island.
[Human]
Name: Liu Biao
Strength: 3+(2)
Constitution: 3.5+(3)
Spirit: 1
Weapon: Nine-Ring Broadsword.
Cultivation Method: Iron Cloth Shirt, Minor Mastery. Note: The values in parentheses are the additional attributes granted by Iron Cloth Shirt.
Martial Skill: Five Tigers Breaking Door Blade, Great Mastery.
Overall Combat Strength: Ordinary Tier Five–Ordinary Tier Seven.
Personality: Vicious and merciless, a mass murderer, a fence-sitter. [Difficult to control. Recommended to eliminate.]
Seeing the detailed information about the man on the island, Su Yu couldn't help feeling secretly shocked. His luck was something else—his very first encounter was with a martial artist.
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