Remodeling

Still hidden!

Zhu Jiusi glanced at the scroll, then turned his gaze to Filial Respect to Mother.

The guy had selectively displayed his information. For example, he hadn't shown the fact that he could only use his item once a month.

"Have you decided how you want to die?" Filial Respect to Mother grinned, pushed the scroll aside, and bared his teeth at Zhu Jiusi as he advanced step by step.

"The Dao Discussion Card can only be activated, not deactivated, right?"

Once a Dao Discussion Card was activated, either one side had to kill the other, in which case the dead person's path attributes would naturally vanish, or they would be separated automatically after two hours.

As he spoke, he suddenly crouched and lunged at Zhu Jiusi in a single quick stride.

He hadn't even picked up the baseball bat.

He swung his fist down!

As he struck, his eyes narrowed, glinting with cunning.

Even when victory was assured, he still had to catch his opponent off guard.

In the chat lobby, everyone watching the livestream was startled.

But in the next moment, they saw the Wild Boar charge straight back at him, slam into him, and butt him with its head.

The livestream abruptly cut out, as if someone had smashed the footage to pieces.

Everyone stared in shock and hurried to check the two men's avatars.

They were both still alive!

But the next moment, Filial Respect to Mother's avatar flickered and went dark.

Everyone was stunned.

Then a video from Master of Cloud Stack Cave appeared in the chat.

It picked up right where the livestream of the fight had left off, except it was from the Mountain Boar's point of view.

In the video, Filial Respect to Mother swung a punch. Zhu Jiusi met it head-on, smashing his head into Filial Respect to Mother's fist.

There was a crack, and Filial Respect to Mother's arm bent backward in half.

Just watching it hurt.

It hurt too much for Filial Respect to Mother to keep livestreaming while distracted. His stream disappeared.

Then the Mountain Boar charged forward without slowing, smashing through his arm bone and slamming into his knee.

Another teeth-grating crack rang out, and Filial Respect to Mother folded in half.

But the boar didn't let up. It twisted with the momentum, drove its tusks into the artery in his neck, and jerked upward, flinging his whole body into the air.

Then the video ended.

It had all happened in the blink of an eye.

As everyone watched in astonishment, the full information for an item appeared in the chat.

[Item: Destiny Breaker: Life Hunter]

[Feature: Can instantly kill Path Seekers whose Nature and Fate are both no more than three times the user's. (Note: Can only be used once a month)]

[Restrictions: 1. If either the target's Nature or Fate exceeds three times the user's, the item is ineffective.

2. The bound Path Seeker cannot be changed. If the Path Seeker dies, the item becomes useless]

"Damn—what a shame, it's useless now. This item is simply heaven-defying!"

"Completely unreasonable!"

"The heaven-defying one... shouldn't be the Cave Master? The item was judged ineffective!"

Prompted by someone, everyone suddenly realized what had happened. Looking at the Wild Boar in the video again, they found it even more unbelievable.

Filial Respect to Mother had Nature 6 and Fate 9. That meant Master of Cloud Stack Cave had to have either Nature above 18 or Fate above 27?

Either way, that was terrifying!

"Maybe his Nature is over the limit?" someone tentatively suggested.

"Master of Cloud Stack Cave figured out the rules of Journey Survival on the very first day. He's obviously extremely clever. Maybe it's his Nature?"

Eighteen was still just about acceptable. Twenty-seven, though, was practically inhuman—no, that guy wasn't even human now!

"But he's a Demon Cultivator Wild Boar! It's normal for a wild boar's physical strength to be two or three times that of an ordinary person."

"He can't have both Nature and Fate over the limit, can he?"

Everyone fell silent...

Well, that killed the conversation!

Zhu Jiusi wasn't looking at the chat. He was staring at the pile of materials on the ground, grunting with excitement.

He didn't know whether his luck had suddenly exploded or Filial Respect to Mother's luck was just terrible.

Everything in Filial Respect to Mother's inventory had dropped.

Metal ×130

Wood ×110

Stone ×125

Steamed Buns ×4

Drinking Water ×2

Cursed Map ×1

Perfect!

Zhu Jiusi grinned and gave a piglike snort.

He had enough materials to remodel the Beast Nest. Heart Without Darkness had been right: why trade food for materials?

There was a faster way to get them.

His gaze passed over the supplies on the ground and settled on the Cursed Map.

In Journey Survival, there was only one road leading straight to the end of the Great Path. Maps weren't for finding the way; they were actually for summoning.

After you used a map, the scene depicted on it would appear beside the road.

As his gaze fell on it, the map's information surfaced on its own.

The map showed a mountain peak shaped like a severed hand.

The instant he saw it, wave after wave of mental assaults struck him. It was as though countless people were whispering inside his mind.

[Whose hand is this?]

[Oh! A new holder.]

[Come on! Come to big sister. Whatever you want, I have it here!]

[Summon me, summon me!]

Zhu Jiusi's eyes glazed over as he stared at the map. It clearly depicted half a mountain, yet that mountain radiated an extreme allure that made it impossible to resist.

Just one glance, and he was completely bewitched.

He wanted to press it into his chest and summon the mountain right away.

But the next moment, the Gen Hexagram at his brow flashed, and a woman's scream rang out.

The feeling of being lured by the mountain vanished at once.

Looking at the map again, it seemed perfectly ordinary, and another line of information had appeared.

[Cursed Map: Calamity. When the map's holder dies, all their supplies will drop.]

[Cannot currently be summoned]

The map couldn't be summoned yet.

Zhu Jiusi immediately shoved it into the innermost part of his inventory. This map was dangerous—it had an enchanting effect.

He wouldn't touch it again until his Nature had improved significantly!

No wonder Filial Respect to Mother's entire inventory had dropped.

This map was called Calamity, and Filial Respect to Mother's item was called Destiny Breaker.

Were these two things a set?

What ridiculous luck!

Zhu Jiusi sighed. He gathered everything up, then dismantled Filial Respect to Mother's Sheep Cart, getting three portions of wood and two portions of wool.

The terrain on both sides of the road had completely returned to normal. Zhu Jiusi turned around and looked through Clairvoyance.

The Mountain God Temple was still there.

Zhu Jiusi took a look. With three supporters, he had nearly all the materials he needed for his first remodeling. He was only short 27 pieces of wood.

He hadn't finished opening all the Gourds he'd gotten from Heart Without Darkness, and he already had enough wood.

He strode into the Mountain God Temple, selected the hammer, and chose to remodel the Beast Nest.

[Remodeling countdown: 01:59:59]

Remodeling the Beast Nest would take two hours.

Zhu Jiusi immediately squeezed into the nest, shuffled around, and settled into a comfortable position.

The remodeling wouldn't affect the Beast Nest's use.

The Beast Nest was the foundation of a Demon Cultivator. Inside it, his stamina recovered at least twice as fast as it did outside.

Hidden within the Mountain God Temple and lying in his nest, Zhu Jiusi finally slept soundly for once.

He woke to the scroll's notification chime.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a pile of messages on the scroll.

Daoist Number 323: "Boss Cave Master, there are a few friends who went astray earlier and want to apologize to you, but they're on your blacklist."

The message had arrived earlier, while Zhu Jiusi was asleep.

Seeing that Zhu Jiusi didn't respond, Daoist Number 323 sent over a pile of supplies.

Metal ×430, Wood ×385, Stone ×390, Steamed Buns ×21, Yellow Steamed Bun ×7, Drinking Water ×5

Daoist Number 323: "Boss Cave Master, this is compensation from eight people. Would you be willing to let this one go?"

He then included the Daoist names of all eight people.

It was obvious that Filial Respect to Mother's death had made them all panic.

Zhu Jiusi didn't reply. He simply claimed all the resources.

Only a fool would turn down free money.

His gaze fell on the second hammer. The first remodeling had merely made the Beast Nest mobile, but Zhu Jiusi's nest was like a double bed—extremely awkward to carry.

He immediately chose to remodel it again.

In the early stages of Journey Survival, getting ahead by even one step meant an absolute advantage later on.

Take the Beast Nest and vehicle remodeling, for example. The first seven Path Seekers to complete three remodelings would not only unlock their Beast Nests and vehicles as usual, but could also give their nests special attributes ahead of everyone else.

Zhu Jiusi had fallen behind on the first remodeling, completing it two or three days after Sparrow and the others.

But he should be the first to complete the second.

Journey Survival had only been open for four days. No one could possibly have saved up this many supplies.