If it were upgraded to the point where it could alter external gravity... that would be an incredibly powerful ability!
Time passed second by second, and after his body had recovered to a certain extent, Wen Jing began to burrow into the ground.
While the Stellar Beast were indeed terrifying, she wasn't the type to back down simply because of difficulties.
After all... we're already here.
"Splash!"
The hot, grayish-black sand trembled slightly and parted, revealing the head of a small, equally grayish-black insect that peeked out furtively. It was almost invisible unless you looked closely.
In the sky, the sun blazed, silently radiating its light and heat.
"Was it not locked, or was it an 'instinctive reflex' before?"
Seeing this, Wen Jing, who was ready to burrow back underground at any moment, breathed a sigh of relief. Then, on a whim, he put on his Tactical Glasses again.
Of course, this time, she was only testing whether the Stellar Beast had locked onto the Wilderness Weapon; she certainly wouldn't try to use the Tactical Glasses to see it again.
Undeterred, Wen Jing crawled fully out of the ground and continued his exploration.
She couldn't possibly not use this Wilderness Weapon; she shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Overall, while the Tactical Glasses had the side effect of causing her to become nearsighted, they greatly expanded her sensory range.
For example, the Stellar Beast is one that she herself cannot perceive but can be detected by the glasses.
Wen Jing explored in the opposite direction of the volcanic area, and after passing through a land of quicksand, he encountered the first, no, the second Wilderness Beast he had met in this world.
On the gray-black gravel, a rodent-like Wilderness Beast appeared.
The creature was not large, about the size of one and a half palms, covered in short fur, with a pair of front teeth visible beneath its long nose.
Its appearance was inconspicuous, but Wen Jing spotted it from afar using his senses. In addition, the description of Tactical Glasses provided a natural 'visibility' effect, quickly revealing its location.
"Alright! So you're my first target in this world!"
The little insect did not slow down or hide along the way, and was quickly spotted by the alert gray mouse.
"Whoosh!"
The moment it spotted the tiny creature, the gray mouse's speed suddenly exploded. With a leap, it transformed into a swift shadow like a cannonball and lunged at the little insect.
"Good speed."
The next moment, Wen Jing also burst forth with speed, dodging the attack at an even faster pace, and appeared on the back of the gray rat's neck—the spinal nerve area of most mammals.
Sensing danger, the gray squirrel's short fur bristled like sharp needles, and its well-developed leg muscles exerted force, allowing it to leap twice almost simultaneously to dodge.
At the same time, the venom in the hollow incisor has been fully secreted and can be released onto the target at any time.
However, all of this was in vain. In just one round, the insect's mouthparts had already broken through the short hairs on the back of its neck, which provided good protection, and began to devour it.
After all, the moment you see it through the glasses, the complete entry already reveals all its methods.
[ Leaping Assault ] / [ Neurotoxic Needle ] / [ Drought Resistance ] / [Social Living]
"From now on, we'll call you Jeboa because of this feature."
Wen Jing discovered that the weaker the character, the more complete the entry would be.
Anyway, all the entries for the green-glowing Jeboa were displayed at once.
However, even a creature like the Jeboa, which is clearly at the bottom of the food chain in this world, is actually at the level of the lower-level black snake that Wen Jing encountered in the Giant Tree World in terms of strength.
The difference is that she is now many times stronger than she was back then, so she can deal with the problem with ease.
The Jeboa's body is erased like an eraser; only when you eat its legs, which are particularly rich in energy and muscle, can you barely see the shadow of the insect.
"I see. I didn't gain any special abilities, but my thirst was greatly relieved..."
Even if you haven't eaten ' Treasure Shell ' before, the meat of the Jeboa can still be considered delicious.
After Wen Jing finished eating the first Jeboa, he looked up and saw two or three more identical heads popping up nearby.
This was of no surprise to her; their gregarious nature was not just for show, but something they even welcomed.
Although a complete Jeboa only gave her a decimal-level increase in strength, it could alleviate [ Scorching Thirst Contamination ], making it a mobile supply station in Wen Jing's eyes.
However, Wen Jing was taken aback when he saw the newly appeared entry for the Jeboa.
Because she actually saw a very subjective term added to it...
[Full of protein]
Uh, is this based on her recent dining review?
Chapter 112
After wiping out a nest of Jeboa, Wen Jing didn't gain much of a buff, but he finally relieved his initial thirst.
The damage caused by spying on the Stellar Beast had been replenished, but it wasn't exactly a gain for her; the newly acquired water was enough to sustain her continued exploration.
The insect has no camouflage and flies extremely fast across the wilderness.
This world is far more vast than the Giant Tree World. If we slow down, it would probably take a very long time to explore this world each time.
Moreover, exploring the environment and hunting must be done simultaneously, otherwise they will be Scorching Thirst Contamination.
After trying to evolve resistance to thirst with less than 50 Skill Points, she completely gave up on the idea of autonomous evolution.
Therefore, Wen Jing also roughly calculated based on her own consumption that her water consumption for moving 100 kilometers in this world was roughly equivalent to that of two Jeboa.
I just ate six Jeboa, which means I can travel 300 kilometers.
Moreover, 300 kilometers is a straight-line distance. Normal exploration is not a two-point line. There are consumptions in between, so the exploration range will be reduced, at most 100 kilometers.
Therefore, if Wenjing travels more than 100 kilometers without encountering other prey to replenish its supply, it will have to consider Wen Jing and returning to its original habitat.
"No matter how you look at it, it's all the Stellar Beast's fault!"
The little insect gathered information about its environment while expressing its anger towards the culprit.
As time went by, Wen Jing discovered that the stars in the sky remained fixed in the same position, radiating their light and spreading their heat, unlike normal stars that move around.
"If I hadn't glanced through the glasses at first, I probably would have noticed the anomaly later."
After exploring the gray-black wasteland for nearly an hour, Wen Jing finally encountered traces of other creatures.
The little insect hovered above what appeared to be an ordinary patch of sand, gazing at the bright red crystal in the center, radiating an aura of energy.
"It even has a trap!"
[ Regenerating Crystal Armor ] / [Ambush] / [ Scorching Heat ] / [ Drought Resistance ] / [Slow]
This creature's ability to conceal itself is remarkable; it seems to have no material exchange with the outside world, and the only energy reaction it exhibits is perfectly concealed by the crystal.
If it weren't for the Tactical Glasses, Wen Jing would have initially thought he had encountered some kind of Ancient Wilderness mineral.
Now that we have this awareness, upon closer observation, we can see that the gravel around the crystal is smaller than the particles in other areas.
"Hidden in quicksand?"
However, this terrain poses no threat to Wen Jing.
The insect flashed, and the next moment, the blade formed by the Energy-Shaping Weapon sliced towards the crystal.
"Bang!"
The crystal shattered, yet it wasn't completely destroyed by Wen Jing's attack.
"The defense is very strong."
Wen Jing was surprised; this strength was already comparable to that of a level three shield.
Struck by this attack, the creature beneath the quicksand suddenly flipped over, revealing parts of its body covered in translucent crystalline armor.
"Hiss!"
A fiery red tongue swept across the spot where Wen Jing had just stood.
The attack missed, but the eye of the creature, half-exposed from the quicksand, remained fixed on the small insect.
Immediately afterwards, a strange energy fluctuation emanated from it, and the surrounding shattered crystal fragments were ignited as if by a fuse, instantly creating a chain of energy explosions.
An explosion zone formed within a radius of more than ten meters from the center of the battle. The insect did not retreat, allowing the bombardment to fall on its carapace.
The heat and impact left shallow scorch marks on it, which quickly disappeared.
Wen Jing didn't use the Energy Shield at all—her physical strength was now higher than a level three shield, so it was better to use the same energy for [Recovery] rather than wasting energy on a level two shield.
At this moment, she could also see clearly that the creature under the red crystal appeared to be a mutated large lizard, which looked to be at least over a meter long.
The red, bait-like crystals were growing on its back, and its body was also covered with a similar, translucent crystalline armor.
"Huh? This design... From now on, I'll call you Bulbasaur."
The little insect's eyes gleamed with a hunting light, and despite the area-of-effect attack of the energy blast, it charged at the lizard once more.
She still had a good impression of lizards, after all, the [ Basic Mimicry ] trait she obtained from her first hunt of an enemy came from Vine Lizard.
The Bulbasaur had clearly never encountered such an enemy before, and its body immediately began to sink rapidly.
Its crystalline armor appears to be extremely hot, melting all the sand and gravel in contact with it, allowing it to move quickly and nimbly like a fish in water, even in quicksand with some resistance.
Just as Wen Jing thought the other party was about to escape, the Bulbasaur flipped over and swung its thickened tail at her.
The creature's tail was flat, making it look less like a typical lizard and more like a salamander.
However, what relieved Wen Jing slightly was that this creature's tail didn't hide a head like the Vine Lizard's.
It's true that different environments nurture different lizards.
"You've come at the perfect time."
Wen Jing, Wen Jing stuck the Gravity Silk to the opponent's tail, and his [ Sharpness ] enhanced mandibles slashed at the surface of the crystal armor.