Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

In the underground world, the number of creatures is unimaginable.

Basically every ten meters, at least one giant bug will appear.

Presumably, insects, no matter in that world, exist in large numbers.

Above-ground bugs are only tiny, so they're usually ignored.

But in this underground world, the size of the bugs can easily be three to four meters long, bigger than Mimi Silver King.

There are also those weird appearances, every time Xu Xin sees them, she will feel a little bit of discomfort physically.

The big bugs are indeed much scarier than the big brown bears and big tigers.

Although their lethality should not be very strong.

After all, bugs, most of them feel soft.

Except for those big beetles.

He didn't walk very fast, but shuttled through the jungle at a relatively constant speed.

The underground world also has soil.

These vines and giant plant monsters all grow in the soil.

but……

Xu Xin squatted down and grabbed a handful of dirt.

The soil is dark red.

[Completely polluted soil (ash): The soil that has been infested by unknown forces has been completely eroded and is useless to survivors. 】

Sure enough?

He just looked around with his discerning ability, and the soil here is actually completely colorless.

Gray grade, useless soil all over the place.

"Huh...?" Ke Ke also poked the dark red soil in his hand with his small paws.

Xu Xin was slightly puzzled.

By the way, where did the soil come from?

underground……

Shouldn't there be soil?

Isn't soil a substance that only exists on the surface of the earth?

Could it be that someone transported it underground?

Shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, Xu Xin stood up and continued to walk forward.

It wasn't all gray polluted soil all around.

There are also a lot of blue-level resources here.

For example, any stone on the ground is blue-level.

However, Xu Xin was too lazy to pick up these things. Li Wenxi has complained to him more than once, saying that there are too many stones as a by-product of mining.

There are too many stones on it to run out. He doesn't waste time.

The pace under his feet was a little faster, because he found that this section of the road was much easier than Xu Xin had imagined.

The giant beasts and large monsters around him seemed to have no interest in him.

Every five or six hundred meters, there will be one or two giant beasts at least twenty or thirty meters tall.

Although these behemoths look extremely ferocious, they will not kill each other, and they all keep a relatively long distance.

Looking at it this way, they seem to have already divided their own territories, they do not invade each other, and they seem to be somewhat harmonious.

The creatures in this underground world should have really formed a food web of their own.

Alien humans like Xu Xin are not in their recipes at all, and they have not provoked them, so they basically don't care, and entering their territory is not an infringement at all.

It's like a tiger wouldn't feel an invasion of a butterfly flying into its territory.

It's too weak, and I don't know if it tastes good, and it's not good enough to fit between the teeth, so I'm not interested.

So, he felt that it didn't matter even if he didn't wear the cloak of the Hidden One.

As long as he doesn't run too fast to arouse the monster's curiosity, nothing will go wrong.

That's the best way to go.

Even though he thought so, he still walked cautiously.

After all, there are too many monsters in this underground world.

It is impossible to guarantee which giant beast is more curious, so we have to shoot him.

For example, right now, about 200 meters in front of his left, there is a giant rhino the size of a heavy truck lying on the ground.

It lay on a pile of struggling mutated vines, its body remained motionless, gnawing on these moving vines leisurely.

The mutated vines that were not suppressed around made all kinds of whipping and thrusting attacks on the giant rhino, but the rhino didn't care at all.

Because these attacks couldn't cause any damage to its armor-like thick skin at all.

Not even a trace is left.

After observing for a while, Xu Xin let out a soft breath.

Too strong, he can't deal with this thing at all.

Perhaps, Ma Hongwei's new heavy crossbow, the delayed explosive heavy crossbow, could cause damage to this rhinoceros.

keep going.

Ahead, there are not only huge rhinos.

Because, far away, he heard the sound of trickling water coming from ahead.

The underground world also has rivers and lakes.

Xu Xin took two steps, but was stopped by Ke Ke's "嘤".

Its little paws touched his breastplate, and its little head couldn't help shaking: "Oh..."

It seems that it is dangerous over there, and Coco can feel it.

Whether it is above ground or underground, as long as it is a living thing, it cannot survive without water. Therefore, there are usually all kinds of creatures gathered by the riverside and lakeside.

Including mighty beasts.

There is danger along the river, that's for sure.

but……

"There is no way, Keke, we have to cross this river." Xu Xin looked forward, "This river has blocked our way."

"Hey..." Ke Ke whispered, expressing her helplessness.

Although there are thorns and vines in front of me, and I haven't seen the river yet, the sound of trickling water, the sound of splashes in the water, and even the sound of something plopping into the water are all coming from the front.

This front includes all directions ahead.

That is to say, the river is right in front of them.

Keep going.

Because of the increase in hearing, even though he can no longer observe the surrounding situation through the map when he is underground, he can still identify the location of the surrounding animals through hearing.

Mostly bugs, basically nothing to worry about.

Along the way, not only giant beasts, but also these big bugs have no desire to attack him.

Soon, he walked to a position only thirty or forty meters away from the river, and saw the river.

"Hey!" Coco called out, expressing surprise.

"...This is really..." Xu Xin frowned slightly.

The river is very wide, at least fifty meters wide.

Compared with the creek next to his tree house, it is much wider.

The river is not rushing, and the flow is steady.

But from this point of view, there is nothing unusual.

But the biggest anomaly is the color of the river.

The water flowing in the entire river, under the shining white light in the sky, showed a light red color.

That's right, this river is not an ordinary river!

This should be a polluted river!

It can be seen from the vegetation by the river.

After Xu Xin walked for so long, most of them were ordinary, unmutated thorny vines, and the number of mutated vines was relatively small.

But by the river, all the vines are mutant vines!

The branches of these vines stood up and swayed in the air.

It was this mutated vine that the giant rhino just ate.

Compared with the mutated vines on the ground, these vines by the river were not much thicker, that is, less than 20 centimeters in diameter. They were almost the same as those vines that Xu Xin encountered on the ground that were enhanced in special areas.

Moreover, the blood streaks on their vines are not as bright as the special areas on the ground, but rather dim.

These vines are probably the bottom of the food chain in this underground world, right?

It is equivalent to the grass on the ground.

Although there are unmutated vines in this underground world, just like the vine bush where Xu Xin hid just now, it is just a pile of unmutated vines.

But he didn't seem to have seen other creatures eat those unmutated vines.

Whether it's giant beasts, giant bugs, or vegetarian animals, they basically eat these mutated vines.

It feels like they need to use these mutated vines to supplement something that ordinary vines don't have.

Thinking of the madness of these underground creatures when the Silver King appeared, Xu Xin seemed to understand.

"...Is it still mutated energy?" Xu Xin said to himself.

These giant beasts really lack mutation energy.

In their eyes, things without mutated energy are things that are not even worth looking at.

For example, Xu Xin now.

There was another burst of rejoicing in his heart.

This is also due to Lou Feier and his bracelet, otherwise, he might not be as relaxed as he is now.

I just hope that nothing will happen to Lou Feier.

Holding the halberd tightly in his hand, he walked towards the group of vines.

"Hey...!" Ke Ke suddenly called out, and at the same time, he stopped in his tracks.

He heard the clattering sound of something emerging from the water.

Through the gaps in the vines, he saw a jet-black beetle three meters long coming out of the river.

Just out of the water, its body is shiny, and the two black horns on its head also reflect a metallic luster.

Then, walk towards him.

... This guy came for him? !

It quickly approached the group of vines.

At this time, rhythmic vines swarmed up and attacked the pure black beetle!

However, at the lowest end of the food chain, it is impossible to turn over.

Even if it's just a relatively "ordinary" giant black beetle.

The two horns on the beetle's head did not move, and the mutated vines were thrown on it, as if they were thrown on the blade, and were cut into two sections.

But those stabbing mutated vines couldn't break through the beetle's defense at all.

The pitch-black carapace is like an extremely powerful alloy, and these mutated vines are completely unable to leave traces on it.

"Pitiful……"

"Hmm..."

These mutated vines that dominate the ground and serve as killers for survivors in dangerous areas are so humble in this underground world.

No one can beat this.

The group of vines still wanted to fight the beetle, and countless vines entangled towards the pitch-black beetle, trying to bind it.

But the beetle immediately spread its wings and flew up!

Xu Xin's eyes widened.

This beetle has wings! I didn't see it at all!

Under the high-frequency vibration, the surrounding vines were shattered into powder!

By the river, an entrance of about four meters was also cleared.

The other vines didn't dare to continue attacking the beetle anymore, they all retracted silently and continued to swing.

The beetle landed slowly, retracted its wings, changed back to its original appearance, and walked towards Xu Xin and Ke Ke again.

"Huh..." Ke Ke flinched in Xu Xin's arms.

Xu Xin took out his long halberd, held it tightly in his hand, and stood still.

Once the beetle made a move, he could fight back directly.

However, he had no intention of actively attacking.

After all, this place is full of dangers, and it is really impatient to find enemies for yourself.

And bugs generally live in groups, if killing one leads to a bunch, then he will be really cool.

This guy really came for him?

Why did it come out of the river?

But things don't seem to be what he imagined.

This pitch-black beetle with a body length of at least three meters passed him by.

It's just that when passing by, the pitch-black beetle turned its head and glanced at him, and its mouthparts opened and closed slightly.

The wings vibrated slightly and made a somewhat clear sound.

Then, the giant beetle ignored Xu Xin, turned around and crawled away.

"...Huh?" Ke Ke looked at the back of the giant beetle, tilted his head, and there was some doubt in his cry.

Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

This giant beetle is too easy to deal with vines, and its real strength may be very strong.

If he fought alone, he wouldn't be cowardly, but with so many monsters around, it's better not to fight.

So, this big beetle just came to the river to drink water?

"Hey!" Ke Ke pushed Xu Xin, pointed to the big beetle that just left, and then gestured with two small paws, "Hey!"

Xu Xin was taken aback for a moment, then his pupils shrank.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the pitch-black giant beetle.

But in just a few seconds, the beetle was gone.

"...You mean, the beetle made the sound just now to tell us...don't enter the river, otherwise it will be dangerous?"

"Oh!"