After ending the contact with Tiko, Yang Yu led the team deeper into the forest.
This time, the monster that Yang Yu wants to hunt is called [King of Mud Monster]. It is an extremely special monster that only the king among mud monsters can evolve into.
[Mud Monster] From a taxonomic point of view, it can also be considered a type of slime.
Some places even directly call them [Mud Slime], but unlike the semi-gelatinous body of slime, their bodies are made entirely of mud.
Because their bodies are made of mud, they have extraordinary regenerative abilities and can even use nearby mud to repair themselves. They are considered a very troublesome type among monsters.
Legend has it that the mud monster will use part of its body to simulate the "bait" that its prey likes, and wait patiently for the prey to take the bait.
They can even simulate people.
There is a saying among adventurers:
“If you are spending the night in the forest and hear the voice of a lone girl, follow the sound and when you see her figure, shout three times from where you are. If the girl doesn’t respond, don’t think too much, just run as far as you can.
Because you are very likely to enter the area where the mud monster is ambushing without knowing it.
Once you are entangled by the mud monster, you will eventually become a pool of mud."
Most adventurers are quite afraid of the mud monster, not only because it is elusive, but also because after taking great pains to defeat the mud monster, they don't produce any valuable materials.
You can't expect a pool of muddy creature to give you endless treasures, right
The only valuable thing you can get from defeating the [Mud Monster] is its magic crystal.
However, the mud monster that can produce magic crystals is extremely close to the king mud monster in strength, or it is the king mud monster itself.
The magic crystals of mud monsters are no better than other magic crystals, and most adventurers will not choose such prey with extremely low cost-effectiveness.
There is only one kind of person who really likes [Mud Monster], and that is the person who really wants to become stronger.
Almost everyone who defeated the mud monster could feel that their strength had been significantly improved.
When in the military camp, Yang Yu had deliberately paid attention to the level and attribute changes of the members in the army.
As the killing continues, the soldiers' attributes and levels will improve, but they don't seem to realize this.
Just like when Yang Yu was hunting goblins, to most people, goblins were just ordinary prey. They believed that their becoming stronger had nothing to do with the goblins, but was the result of their own efforts.
This cannot be blamed on them. After all, the higher the level, the harder it is to upgrade. There are very few people who can perform a large number of undefeated kills and upgrade quickly.
Even if someone knew the secret of levels and experience points and made it public, in the end, few people would believe it.
After all, for the people in this world, there are more ways to improve than just killing.
During their daily training, they will also gain experience points from each other and improve their levels and attributes.
Yang Yu and his team were unable to gain any experience from daily training. Yang Yu was not clear about the specific reason.
But being able to share experience with each other is a bug-like mechanism in itself, and Yang Yu can't ask for too much.
In a way, this is a blessing given to them by the goddess.
According to Yang Yu's speculation, the reason why the person who defeated the King Mud Monster could clearly feel that he had been improved was probably because his own attributes and levels had been rapidly improved in a short period of time.
From this we can conclude that the [Mud Monster] is an elite monster that is difficult to fight but gives you a lot of experience.
Continuing to walk through the woods, rows of footprints extended deep into the woods before Yang Yu's eyes.
Despite such bad weather, there are still adventurers struggling to make a living.
Yang Yu asked Lotkar to avoid places with footprints to avoid disputes with them.
Before officially entering this monster forest, Yang Yu asked people living near the forest where it was easiest to find the King Mud Monster.
I heard that since the bodies of mud monsters are mainly made of mud, their bodies will become extremely stiff and easy to deal with in the cold winter, so adventurers or people who want to become stronger often use the winter to hunt them.
But the mud monsters are not stupid. They have long learned to gather in the direction of hot springs.
There are so many mud monsters gathered near the hot springs that even S-level adventure teams will stay away from there and will never get close to the center.
The elderly man told Yang Yu that unless he was confident enough in his own strength, he should not approach the dangerous hot spring.
It seemed troublesome to go to other places to find mud monsters, so Yang Yu decided not to try his luck and go directly to the hot spring.
If you can beat him, fight him. If you can’t, just run away.
If that doesn't work, you can also clear the mud monsters around the hot springs.
As he walked, Lotkar suddenly caught the scent of human beings in the air, and he immediately spoke:
"Yang-woo. I smell someone else in the air."
Yang Yu looked around and saw nothing but white, without any footprints.
But Yang Yu knew that someone seemed to have taken the lead and targeted the mud monster here before them.
Yang Yu said: "Follow the smell and track it."
Lotkar nodded in response and slowed down the pace of the car carrying Yang Yu and the others.
After a while, a tent covered with snow appeared in front of Yang Yu and his friends. In front of the tent, there was only a path leading back and forth, which led to the hot spring that Yang Yu and his friends were looking for.
Judging from the smell, there is only one person here, and he is most likely here to become stronger.
Yang Yu made a prompt decision and asked Lothkar to move in the direction of the footprints.
Soon, Yang Yu and his friends found a hot spring river with steaming, clear water.
I reached out and found the water was of good temperature.
This was the first time that Yang Yu saw a real hot spring river. The river was a light jade color, and the hot steam made people feel excited.
Is this time finally here
Yang Yu definitely cannot miss such a good opportunity.
With such great hot spring water, there is naturally only one thing to do.
Boil a hot spring egg and eat it.
Yang Yu tied a rope to a wooden pole, placed the eggs in a frame, sank it to the bottom of the river, and waited quietly for the hot spring eggs to mature.
In the original world, Yang Yu spent almost all his time playing games and seldom went out to travel, so he had never soaked in something that looked high-end, such as a hot spring.
Yang Yu had no regrets.
In Yang Yu's opinion, hot springs should be similar to the big bathhouses he took a bath in when he was a child, so naturally he has no interest in taking a hot spring bath.
I’m not a Japanese who is obsessed with hot springs and wants to soak in them every time I see one.
Besides, it was not convenient for Yang Yu and his friends to take a hot spring bath, and he was particularly afraid that his newly dyed hair would fade.
It’s more comfortable to cook a hot spring egg.
There is no psychological burden, nor any voyeuristic scenes to deal with.
Just as Yang Yu was quietly waiting for the hot spring egg to mature, a black object suddenly floated out from above the river.
He just grabbed the rope hanging by Yang Yu and refused to move.
Iyas said, "Yang Yu, that looks like a person."
Bai Jin suggested: "How about lifting her up first?"
(End of this chapter)