Modification

Still hiding it!

Zhu Jiusi glanced at the Scroll, his gaze then falling back onto Filial Respect to Mother.

This guy was selectively displaying information; for instance, the ability that could only be used once a month wasn't shown.

"Have you decided how you're going to die?" Filial Respect to Mother grinned, pushing the Scroll aside. He bared his teeth at Zhu Jiusi and stepped forward, one pace at a time.

"The Dao Discussion Card can only be opened, not closed, right?"

Once a Dao Discussion Card is activated, either one side must be slain, causing the deceased's Dao attributes to naturally dissipate, or the two must separate automatically after two hours.

As he asked this, he suddenly crouched and lunged toward Zhu Jiusi like an arrow.

He didn't even bother with his baseball bat.

He swung his fist—smash!

As he threw the punch, his eyes narrowed, glinting with cunning light.

Even with the certainty of victory, one must still take the opponent by surprise.

In the chat lobby, those watching the live stream were instantly startled.

But the next moment, they saw the Wild Boar charge back simultaneously, colliding and thrusting its head forward.

The live stream feed cut off abruptly, as if the recording had been shattered by force.

Everyone was stunned, quickly checking the avatars of the two combatants.

Both were still alive!

But a moment later, the avatar of Filial Respect to Mother flickered and went dark.

Everyone was shocked.

Then, a video from the Master of Cloud Stack Cave was dropped into the chat area.

It picked up right where the previous combat stream left off, only from the perspective of the Mountain Boar.

In the video, Filial Respect to Mother threw a punch, and Zhu Jiusi met it head-on, slamming his head into the man's fist.

Crack! Filial Respect to Mother's arm folded backward instantly.

It looked painful just to watch.

It was so painful that Filial Respect to Mother couldn't spare the focus to stream anymore. His stream page vanished.

Then, the Wild Boar, having shattered the arm bone, didn't stop for a second, using the momentum to charge and slam into his knee.

Another teeth-grinding, crisp snap echoed as Filial Respect to Mother folded over entirely.

The boar, relentless, twisted its body, drove its tusks into the carotid artery, and jerked upward, tossing the man into the air.

The footage ended immediately after.

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye.

While everyone was still reeling, the full information of an item was posted in the chat area.

[Item: Destiny Breaker: Life Hunter]
[Trait: Capable of an instant kill against any Path Seeker whose Nature and Life stats do not exceed the user's by three times. (Note: Can only be used once per month.)]
[Restrictions: 1. If either the target's Nature or Life stat exceeds the user's by more than three times, the item fails.
2. Bound to the Path Seeker and cannot be changed; if the Path Seeker dies, the item becomes void.]

"Hiss—what a pity, it's void now. This item was heaven-defying!"

"It's completely unreasonable!"

"Shouldn't the heaven-defying one be the Master of Cloud Stack Cave? The item's check failed!"

Reminded by this, everyone suddenly realized the truth. Looking at the Wild Boar in the footage again, they found it even more incredible.

Filial Respect to Mother had a Nature of 6 and Life of 9, which meant the Master of Cloud Stack Cave either had a Nature exceeding 18 or a Life exceeding 27.

Regardless of which one it was, that was terrifying, wasn't it?

"It must be the Nature stat that exceeded the limit, right?" someone whispered in the discussion.

"The Master of Cloud Stack Cave was able to figure out the rules of Journey Survival on the first day; he's clearly exceptionally intelligent. It must be his Nature, right?"

18 was barely acceptable, but 27 was simply inhuman—wait, that guy wasn't even human anymore!

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

"He couldn't possibly have exceeded the limit in both Nature and Life, could he?"

Everyone: "..."

The conversation had hit a dead end.

Zhu Jiusi wasn't looking at the chat board. He was busy snorting with excitement as he looked at the pile of materials on the ground.

He didn't know if his luck had just exploded or if Filial Respect to Mother's luck had simply been that terrible.

Everything in his inventory had burst out.

Metal ×130

Wood ×110

Stone ×125

Steamed Buns ×4

Drinking Water ×2

Cursed Map ×1

Beautiful!

Zhu Jiusi grinned, letting out a snort like a pig.

The materials were enough for him to upgrade his Beast Nest. Heart Without Darkness had reminded him correctly; why bother trading food for materials?

By changing methods, materials came much faster.

His gaze swept over the supplies on the ground and landed on that Cursed Map.

In Journey Survival, there was only one road leading to the end of the Great Dao; the map wasn't for navigation, but for summoning.

Once the map was used, the scene depicted on it would appear by the side of the road.

As his eyes fell upon it, the map's information naturally revealed itself.

The mountain peak in the map looked just like a severed palm.

The moment he saw the map, waves of mental shocks hit him, as if countless people were whispering in his mind.

[Whose hand is this?]

[Oh! A new holder.]

[Come! Come to sister, everything you desire is here!]

[Summon me, summon me!]

Zhu Jiusi's eyes grew hazy as he looked at the map; although it clearly depicted half a mountain, that mountain exuded an extreme temptation that made it impossible to resist.

Just one glance, and he was instantly obsessed.

Zhu Jiusi wanted to press it into his chest and summon the mountain peak immediately.

But the next moment, the Gen Hexagram between his brows flashed, and a woman's scream echoed out.

That feeling of being seduced by the mountain instantly faded away.

Looking at the map again, it appeared plain and unremarkable, but an extra line of information had appeared.

[Cursed Map · Calamity: If the holder of the map dies, all supplies will burst out.]

[Currently unable to summon]

This map could not be summoned yet.

Zhu Jiusi immediately shoved the map into the deepest layer of his inventory; this map was poisonous and possessed charm.

Until his nature improved significantly, he would never touch it again!

No wonder Filial Respect to Mother had dropped his entire inventory.

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

Was this thing part of a set?

What heaven-defying luck!

Zhu Jiusi sighed, collected all the items, and dismantled Filial Respect to Mother's Sheep Cart, obtaining three portions of wood and two portions of wool.

The terrain on both sides of the road had completely recovered. Zhu Jiusi turned around and looked through his Clairvoyance.

The Mountain God Temple was still there.

Zhu Jiusi took a look; with the support of three, the materials for the first upgrade were basically sufficient, with only 27 units of wood still missing.

He hadn't even opened all the gourds obtained from Heart Without Darkness, and the wood was already gathered.

He stepped into the Mountain God Temple and selected the hammer to upgrade the nest.

[Upgrade countdown 01:59:59]

Upgrading the nest would take two hours.

Zhu Jiusi crawled directly into the nest, wiggled his body, and lay down in a comfortable position.

The upgrade did not affect the use of the nest.

The nest was the foundation of a Demon Cultivator; the rate of stamina recovery inside the nest was at least twice that of the outside world.

Safe within the nest and hidden by the Mountain God Temple, Zhu Jiusi finally had a sound sleep.

He was woken up by the dinging sound of a Scroll.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a pile of messages on the Scroll.

Daoist Number 323: "Boss Cave Master, there were a few friends who strayed onto the wrong path earlier and wanted to apologize to you, but they are currently on your blacklist."

This had been sent earlier while Zhu Jiusi was sleeping.

Seeing that Zhu Jiusi did not respond, Daoist Number 323 directly transferred a pile of supplies.

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

Daoist Number 323: "Boss Cave Master, this is the compensation from eight people. Do you think we can let this matter slide?"

He immediately attached the Daoist Numbers of the eight individuals.

Clearly, the execution of Filial Respect to Mother had left them all fearing for their own safety.

Zhu Jiusi did not speak; he simply claimed all the resources.

Only a fool would turn down easy money.

His gaze fell upon the second hammer; the first modification had only made the lair mobile, but Zhu Jiusi's lair was like a double bed, making it extremely inconvenient to carry.

He immediately chose to modify it again.

In Journey Survival, being one step ahead in the early stages would translate into an absolute advantage in the future.

Just like with the lair and vehicle modifications, the first seven Path Seekers to complete three modifications would, in addition to the normal upgrade paths for their lairs and vehicles, be granted special attributes for their lairs ahead of schedule.

Zhu Jiusi had fallen behind on the first modification, finishing two or three days later than Sparrow and the others.

But for the second modification, he should be the earliest.

Journey Survival had only been open for four days; it was unlikely anyone else could have accumulated this many resources.