Seeing the atmosphere turn a little strange, host Xiao Ying quickly changed the subject.
"Xu Fan, it's time to get moving."
Although Xiao Ying didn't much like Yuan Yuan's attitude either, hundreds of millions of viewers were watching the livestream.
But one thing was certain.
Host Xiao Ying believed the authorities could properly handle the Wolf Ancestor's remains.
And their country's researchers could produce results as quickly as possible.
Yan Kingdom was no longer the backward, weak nation it had once been.
It no longer needed dozens of scholars to calculate formulas by tapping away on abacuses.
The land was at peace.
A prosperous age, just as the ancestors had wished for.
That was no empty promise!
Everyone once again turned their attention to contestant Xu Fan.
After replenishing their fresh water, Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf got to their feet and left.
No matter how you looked at it, they were in a place with neither a water source nor anywhere to shelter from the wind and rain.
On the contrary...
Nuger Worm corpses littered the area around them.
The air was tainted with the sharp stench of blood and rotting flesh.
Even viewers watching through their screens felt extremely uncomfortable.
Xu Fan, at the center of the corpse-strewn area, must have felt even worse.
"Although I've gained some of Whitebeard's power, I'm still not Whitebeard."
Xu Fan muttered to himself.
Before becoming one of the Four Emperors, Whitebeard had already been a notorious pirate on the seas.
The number of people who had died at his hands was beyond counting.
But during his time in this world, Xu Fan had done little more than build up his strength.
Occasionally, he'd teach some thugs a lesson.
This was his first time wiping out over a thousand creatures in one go.
After tidying his gear, Xu Fan set off again.
The Female Snow Wolf, of course, obediently followed behind him.
Fortunately, the Nuger Worms' territory wasn't very large.
"Looks like these Nuger Worms settled around the Wolf Ancestor's remains."
About seven or eight minutes later,
Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf had left the Nuger Worms' territory.
But the foul smell of blood continued to spread.
They walked a little farther.
Only then did Xu Fan feel that the smell had become less intense.
And...
As they kept moving, there was less and less snow on the ground.
The temperature was also noticeably rising.
At last, Xu Fan found an inconspicuous cave and stopped.
It offered shelter from the wind and rain, and there was no snow on the ground.
It was an ideal place to live and set up camp.
Besides, time in the Forbidden Land passed at almost the same rate as on Blue Star.
Dusk fell.
Xu Fan didn't plan to keep going.
"We covered dozens of kilometers in daylight alone, and then we got into a fight."
"We should get some proper rest."
For one thing, visibility was poor at night.
Quite a few predators were nocturnal.
For another, although Xu Fan was in excellent shape, the Female Snow Wolf wasn't.
This was the first time in her life she'd ever done so much exercise.
The battle with the Nuger Worms had especially drained her strength.
She didn't even have the energy to run and could only follow Xu Fan at a leisurely pace.
Because of that, they hadn't gotten very far that afternoon.
If they kept going,
the Female Snow Wolf might just drop dead on the spot.
"Come to think of it, the creatures in the Forbidden Land seem to have pretty poor stamina."
Xu Fan couldn't help making that remark. He propped his backpack against the cave wall and started gathering branches and dry leaves nearby.
He was preparing to start a fire for the night.
In the Live Stream Room...
"Even a ferocious beast rated D-rank in the Forbidden Land gets called weak by contestant Xu Fan. Is he humblebragging?"
"I wonder how Holo would feel if she could understand what contestant Xu Fan said."
"Yeah, Holo isn't weak at all. She covered dozens of kilometers in a day—no, it was probably only half a day, right? That's already an incredible pace. If they hadn't run into the Nuger Worms, maybe they could've covered a hundred kilometers."
"It's not that Holo is too weak. It's that contestant Xu Fan is too strong!"
"Now that you mention it, is contestant Xu Fan a little too strong? He marched dozens of kilometers without even turning red or getting winded. His breathing stayed completely steady. What are his lungs made of?"
In the viewers' eyes,
contestant Xu Fan's stamina was simply absurd.
He'd nearly run even the Forbidden Land's ferocious beasts to death!
Who would believe it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?
No...
Even seeing it with their own eyes, they still found it baffling and unbelievable.
Even the Forbidden Land's ferocious beasts had nearly been run to death by contestant Xu Fan.
It was hard to imagine how an ordinary person could keep up with his pace.
After all...
A week from now, a second contestant would enter the Forbidden Land.
Just thinking about it made them worry for that person.
Of course, Yan Kingdom's viewers were only joking around.
They were amazed by Xu Fan's unbelievable physical fitness.
As for how they felt deep down, they were not only excited, but thrilled.
Xu Fan represented Yan Kingdom.
Any resources he found in the Forbidden Land would appear within Yan Kingdom.
They'd be perfectly happy if Xu Fan turned out to be some kind of android or Terminator.
Before long...
Xu Fan had gathered everything he needed to start a fire that night.
"Perfect. Time to eat something."
Xu Fan once again conjured up a flame in a seemingly magical way.
To him, starting a fire outdoors seemed as effortless as breathing.
Then...
He set the smoked meat over the fire to warm it up.
No matter what, he and the Female Snow Wolf were still within the Snow Forest.
The temperature here remained below freezing.
It had left the smoked meat frozen solid.
There was no way to eat it without heating it up.
The moment the Female Snow Wolf saw Xu Fan start grilling the meat, a glimmer of excitement flashed in her eyes.
She circled the fire.
She looked as if her mouth was watering.
"You'll have to wait a little longer before you can eat."
After the Nuger Worm incident, Xu Fan had grown fonder of the Female Snow Wolf.
His tone had also become gentler.
"Oh, right."
But Xu Fan didn't wait to see whether the Female Snow Wolf understood him. As if he'd just remembered something, he turned around and rummaged through his backpack for the second Treasure Chest he'd obtained.
A C-grade Treasure Chest.
One rank higher than the one he'd gotten for killing the Snow Wolf King.
At the same time, host Xiao Ying, the guests, and the viewers in the Live Stream Room were all drawn to the Treasure Chest in contestant Xu Fan's hands.
After all, Xu Fan had gained Wrist Strength Enhancement from the previous chest.
That was proof that Treasure Chests contained wonderful things unavailable in the real world.
What's more, even the Female Snow Wolf was drawn to the chest when Xu Fan took it out.
She looked very expectant.
"I wonder what kind of reward contestant Xu Fan will get this time." Host Xiao Ying swallowed nervously.
For some reason, she felt even more nervous than contestant Xu Fan.
"Even a D-Rank Chest gave him such a great reward as Wrist Strength Enhancement. The reward in a C-grade Treasure Chest should be even better, right?" Brother Qiang held his breath and stared intently at the chest.
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