Chapter 1318 - 1318 Manual Traces
1318 Manual Traces
Chu Nan frowned, “What’s a beast tide?”
“The so-called beast tide is the gathering of mutated beasts that are usually scattered everywhere. Because there are too many, they are called tides.” Mafaan patiently explained, “Most importantly, there will be one or a few especially powerful mutated beasts in every beast tide. If you encounter ordinary mutated beasts, you still have hope of escaping, but if you encounter these especially powerful mutated beasts, you might not even have the chance to escape.”
At this point, a trace of fear flashed across Mafaan’s face. Clearly, he had personally experienced the beast tide.
“Therefore, I suggest that it’s best for you to retreat immediately. With your strength, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to encounter ordinary mutated beasts, but it’s very difficult to say if you encounter those high-level mutated beasts. If you can’t fly in the Endless Abyss, it’s almost impossible for you to escape their pursuit.”
“That’s right. Hurry up and retreat.” Dorek also advised, “In my opinion, did those fellows from the royal family deliberately choose this moment to let you come to the Endless Abyss just to let you collide with the tide and die? However, that’s not right. There are still so many descendants of the royal family participating in the Garden Hunting Assembly. They can’t…”
“Shut up! Dorek!” Mafaan shouted and interrupted Dorek. Then, he turned to Chu Nan and instantly became amiable, “If you decide to retreat, you can leave with us. We’ve been here many times and are very familiar with the terrain before the 19th floor. It’ll be faster to leave with us.”
Chu Nan smiled and thought to himself that Mafaan spoke as if he was thinking for the few of them, but it was obvious that he also wanted the three of them to join the team so that their strength could greatly increase and ensure their safety.
“There’s no need for us.” As expected, when he heard Chu Nan’s rejection, Mafaan’s expression changed slightly, “After all, we still have to participate in the Garden Hunting Assembly. If we escape like this, it’s equivalent to announcing that we’ve given up. This won’t do.”
“But if you collide with the beast tide, you’ll be doomed. Nothing is more important than your life. You…”
Chu Nan raised his hand and interrupted Mafaan. He still had a smile on his face, but his tone was very firm.
“Since we chose to participate in the Garden Hunting Assembly, we won’t retreat easily. Don’t you think so?”
Chu Nan asked Angie Prairie and Carola the last question.
“Hmm?” Angie Prairie was busy studying the core in her hand. When she heard Chu Nan’s voice, she replied without looking up, “If you decide, I have no objections.”
Carola looked at Mafaan seriously.
“I won’t choose to leave.”
Mafaan looked at the three of them and could only sigh helplessly and shake his head.
“In that case, I can only wish you good luck.”
Seeing Mafaan turn around and call for his companion, Chu Nan stopped him.
“Wait, Captain Mafaan, what did you want to say to me just now?”
“What do I want to say to you?” Mafaan was stunned, “Did I say anything?”
“Before I asked the question, you said that we were definitely interested in hunting mutated beasts. You happened to know… what?”
“Oh… I originally wanted to tell you a few places where the mutated beasts are relatively dense and help you, but after determining the situation just now, I discovered that there might be a beast tide, so this news is meaningless. If you run to the place where those mutated beasts are gathered at this moment, you might collide with the beast tide.”
“That’s true.” Mafaan patted his head and gestured for Chu Nan to open his personal terminal before sending him a document, “This is a detailed map of the first to 24th levels of the Endless Abyss that we’ve explored. It marks the places where all the mutated beasts have encountered mutated beasts. If you pay more attention, you should be able to avoid it. However, you’ll only reach the 24th level. We can’t help if you go deeper.”
“Alright, this is enough.”
Chu Nan thanked Mafaan and the two sides did not waste any time. They watched as Mafaan and the group of people simply packed up and recovered before leaving the valley.
According to Dorek, the teleportation door that they came down from the 18th floor was different from the one Chu Nan and the others came down from. This was also reflected on the map.
Although the teleportation door Chu Nan and Angie Prairie came down was relatively closer, they were more familiar with their previous route, so they still chose to return the way they came.
Seeing Mafaan and the others disappear into the distance, Chu Nan asked Carola, “Heh, Carola, what do you plan to do now?”
Carola blinked and looked at Chu Nan as if she did not understand what he meant.
“What I mean is, didn’t you think that you couldn’t defeat Angie Prairie just now, so you planned to leave alone? What about now? Do you still plan to do this?”
“No.” Carola shook her head bluntly, “Since there’s a possibility of a beast tide, it’s clearly safer for me to be with you. The strength of three people is naturally much stronger than me alone.”
“What an honest child.” Chu Nan could not help but smile, “Alright, it’s not bad for us to have another helper.”
After saying that, he turned to Angie Prairie and discovered that the milky white light in her hand had gradually faded. The lusterless core in her palm had already turned into a pile of rotten meat and looked very disgusting.
Angie Prairie did not seem to notice. She still stared at the rotten meat with a puzzled expression.
“Heh, how is it? Did you check anything?” Chu Nan walked over and asked.
Angie Prairie raised her head and glanced at Chu Nan. Then, she clenched her palm, and the rotten meat in her palm became mush. A stream of brownish-yellow disgusting mucus flowed out and instantly emitted a stench as if this was a piece of meat that had been rotten for a long time.
Chu Nan frowned, “Angie Prairie, you just took a shower. Don’t you feel uncomfortable being covered in such a stench?”
Angie Prairie turned a deaf ear to this. She even lowered her head and leaned over to sniff the brownish-yellow mucus that flowed out of her palm. Although she could not help but frown because of the stench, the doubt in her expression completely relaxed.
“Alright, I basically understand.” An intense milky white light exploded in Angie Prairie’s palm again. Under the effect of her powerful Internal Breath, the rotten meat and brownish-yellow mucus in her palm quickly disintegrated.
Although an extremely intense stench erupted because of this, this stench came ferociously and left quickly. A moment later, Angie Prairie waved her palm and a cold wind blew, causing the stench to dissipate.
After the stench faded, Angie Prairie took a deep breath and her expression returned to its usual lightness.
“Heh, Chu Nan, I’m completely certain that regardless of whether it’s the ferocious beasts we encountered previously or these mutated beasts, they’re not natural. There are very powerful artificial traces in their bodies. Moreover, do you know? I also discovered a familiar smell in this wolf core just now.”