The Void Furnace Travels Alone

"Spider?"

Zhang Xuezhou and his group searched for the distribution of the black-armored spiders, while Xu Lu held the small creature in his hand, his eyes filled with vigilance.

Is he going to die?

The small spider in Xu Lu's palm had a shriveled abdomen and had previously been mistaken by Cai Guoli for an ant-like creature.

But this is indeed a spider that can spin silk.

However, these spiders have empty abdomens, making it difficult for them to secrete silk.

It's normal for ants to swarm, but it's very abnormal for spiders to swarm.

"He would only desperately reproduce when he's on the verge of death, either to recycle enough nutrients or to help his offspring develop!"

Xu Lu caught a small mole, crushed it, and then stuffed the spider he was holding into the mole's ear.

He didn't wait long. When Zhang Xuezhou and the others reappeared in the distance, two small, transparent spiders had appeared among the mole's corpse on the ground.

In a short time, the two little spiders' carapaces began to harden and turn black, and they continued to gnaw on the little mole's corpse as they grew.

Let alone a few small spiders, even hundreds of thousands or millions of small spiders couldn't do anything to the Void Furnace.

However, this fission-based breeding method means a different kind of breeding, and the insect king will be born and grow among many spiders.

Where is he hiding?

The Void Furnace had no interest in the little spiders, nor in the insect kings that emerged from them, but he was interested in the owner who released these little spiders.

If he's right, the other person's injuries are probably quite serious.

If he happens to be there at the right time, he might be able to get something for nothing.

"By the way, how do I transform into fire and fly?"

Having figured things out, Xu Lu leaped upwards and then quickly plummeted back down.

After several unsuccessful attempts to jump, Xu Lu couldn't help but curse the beast that had invaded him, calling it a useless piece of trash whose body was so broken that he couldn't even use his abilities properly.

"Hey!"

He finally let out a muffled shout, and with a single Tiger Might Fighting Technique, he killed the little spider that was constantly feeding and growing. Only then did he slowly withdraw his hand and face Zhang Xuezhou and the others.

"Are we going on another long journey by carriage?" Xu Lu asked first.

"Next, we need to head to the Bisri region. After planting our flag there, we can proceed to Bram Peda, and that will be the end of it!"

Zhang Xuezhou pointed to the trucks below the mountain.

Although he has only planted three flags so far, the matter is almost complete.

Then another pole is inserted to form a square. In Branpeda, one pole is placed in the center, another is used to finish and connect the four sides, and the other six poles are used for sacrificial rituals to seize fortune.

If the rest of the journey goes smoothly, Zhang Xuezhou feels he will be able to complete the arrangements before heading to another world.

"Could I stay here with Xiao Cai and stay on guard?"

Xu Lu pointed at Cai Guoli, indicating that he did not want to accompany Ren Anran as before.

"Can!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the virtual furnace and nodded again.

"I will leave you an off-road motorcycle and enough compressed food and water, and maintain communication!"

Zhang Xuezhou made arrangements for the garrison and then bit his lip to give Cai Guoli some instructions.

After Cai Guoli agreed, he led Zhong Rang and the Human Dynasty.

"Master Xu, please don't hesitate to tell me what you need!"

After Zhang Xuezhou and the others had gone far away, Cai Guoli was able to communicate with Xu Lu after calming down his shock.

Cai Guoli's lifelong challenge has been to defeat ferocious beasts, but he never imagined that he would actually sit side by side with them and communicate with them.

It was fine when there were many people around, but being alone with them made Cai Guoli somewhat uneasy.

He even slightly regretted choosing the third flag to guard; if he had chosen a different location, he wouldn't have had to stay with this living devil.

Only when he thought about the resistance layer that had developed in his body could Cai Guoli calm down.

In any case, he currently has a margin for error and a higher chance of survival when facing high risks.

Do you think that instincts imprinted on the soul can be forgotten because of different bodies?

Xu Lu looked at Cai Guoli before asking a completely unrelated question.

"Master Xu, I don't understand what you're saying," Cai Guoli replied cautiously. "But I know that my physical condition affects my instincts. For example, before I was sixty, I could use weapons with ease, but by eighty, I was losing my strength and felt like I'd lost my feel for them. No matter how I used them, they just didn't feel right. And by the time I was almost ninety, my reactions were very slow. If it weren't for Young Master Zhang saving me, I would have died a couple of years ago!"

"Do you mean that as people get older, they forget their instincts?" Xu Lu asked doubtfully.

"That's how we are," Cai Guoli said, nodding awkwardly.

"So... then I really am getting old!"

Xu Lu raised his head, his face appearing to have aged almost ten years in a short period of time.

Xu Lu had never considered himself old before, after all, he was young and brilliant when he leaped through the Great Thousand Worlds, and was a genius among the Aristocratic Clan.

However, Xu Lu had to admit that after his body was damaged upon entering this world, he spent an extremely long time in the snake pit.

Without a physical body, Xu Lu could hardly feel his aging.

But as time went by, he did indeed grow old.

Like Cai Guoli, his reactions are sluggish, his instincts are fading, and he cannot rise again with the vigor of a young man.

"If I can't find this colleague's body, I fear I'll waste my life in vain!"

Xu Lu felt that Zhang Xuezhou and the others treated him very well, even to the point of being considerate and helpful. They provided him with everything he needed, and Ren Anran's gene medicine and Gene Fighting Technique were continuously supplied, so his cultivation speed was not bad.

However, Xu Lu felt that this upward momentum was still insufficient.

Before he can fully mature, he might grow old, which would require the Void Furnace to add more capital.

What he lacks, others may possess.

He happened to sense the opportunity right then and there.

"Old Cai, can you teach me how to ride that off-road motorcycle?"

Unable to utilize his own flying ability, and with his flying technique still in its early stages of cultivation, Zhang Xuezhou, in his awkward predicament, could only seek to borrow the power of those fragile technological gadgets.

He made a request to Cai Guoli, indicating that he wanted to learn how to ride a motorcycle and then wander around for a while.

"This thing is very simple. Just turn the handle to accelerate forward, and step on the brake to slow down. Even a three-year-old can learn it!"

Cai Guoli gave an awkward recommendation, knowing in his heart that Zhang Xuezhou's advice was entirely correct; Xu Lu did indeed have the idea of acting alone.

Of course, what Cai Guoli needs to do is not to stop it, but to help the Void Furnace as much as possible so that it can achieve its goal of acting independently.

"Now I'm safe!"

Cai Guoli spared no effort in instructing Xu Lu on how to operate the locomotive.

Of course, riding an off-road motorcycle is not difficult at all.

Just as Cai Guoli boasted that even a three-year-old could learn it, Xu Lu only learned for a little over ten minutes before skillfully driving the off-road motorcycle into the mountains and disappearing from sight. Cai Guoli waited for half an hour but did not see the other party return.