NOVEL NEXT Chapter 176: Picked Up Epic Level Trash?!
Thinking this, Lu Yuan slowly squirmed two kilometers across the sandy terrain.
The density of insects had reached the point where they could be seen everywhere.
A small Spiral Worm happened to crawl over; it didn't notice the tender and delicious Lu Yuan but rather took him for a soft bed and lay directly on top of him.
How can there be such soft sand?
The small Spiral Worm blissfully rolled around.
"Damn it, look a gift horse in the mouth," grumbled Lu Yuan, feeling deeply uncomfortable with this close contact with the creature. Thankfully, he was wearing a protective suit, so there wasn't skin-to-skin contact.
He picked up two straws from the ground, prodded the damned insect with them, and then threw another straw onto other insects.
This seemed to be a serious provocation.
Suddenly, the creatures became furious!
They began to fight with each other.
"Luckily, these guys haven't evolved any intelligence; otherwise, crawling around here, I'd have been dead a long time ago," he thought to himself.
When he was about a kilometer away from the Star Sea Snail, Lu Yuan took out a small crossbow arrow from his Storage Space, attached a barbed hook to it, aimed, and with a "whoosh," launched it.
The barbed hook glided through the air, accurately ensnaring the large snail.
Seemingly able to discern that Lu Yuan was rescuing it, the snail stayed still and silent, allowing Lu Yuan to pull it along.
Lu Yuan carefully crawled back the way he came, placed the large snail on his tricycle, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
...
At that moment, the Undying Giant Turtle also recovered from its stone-like state and cheerfully said, "Bro, where did you get that seafood? It smells so good!"
Lu Yuan gave it a disdainful glance; in fact, the snail didn't have any fragrance at all, only the stench of insect gastric juices.
[Big dumb turtle... you're not dead?] The voice trembled.
The turtle appeared to have been bitten to death by the insects but was now living again and seemed relieved.
"So it was you, caught by my brother. Wakaka, extra meal today!" The turtle moved forward and threateningly took a bite.
Then it stayed put, its indestructible teeth nearly chipped off.
Lu Yuan knocked on the snail and said, "Mr. or Mrs., open up, here to check the water meter."
He had to Identification what exactly this thing was.
Otherwise, it might as well be cooked and eaten, to recover the Star Sea Snail.
[Wait... wait a moment, please move me to a shady area, I don't bask in the sun.]
Seemingly aware that the outsiders harbored certain precautions, the snail hesitated for a long time before its lid opened.
A small vine poked out with a light blue gemstone tied to it, shining a dazzling luster under the sunlight, very beautiful.
[Unknown Stranger, for an unnamed reason, only in the form of a soul, I reside within an object capable of holding souls.]
[Shape:1.5]
[Qi:18.1]
[Spirit:33.9] Continue your adventure at empire
[Ability:??]
[Extraordinary Level: Level 1]
Lu Yuan was taken aback, what was this three-dimensional distribution?
Especially the Divine Attribute of 33.9, was frankly exaggerated beyond belief.
He himself only had 16 points in the Divine Attribute.
The Eternal Spark, Complete Spiritification, these two Innate Abilities, might increase the upper limit of "Spirit" a bit...
Plus, long-term consumption of "Soul Baby Fruit" could also raise it slightly.
But exactly how high that upper limit is, is indeed hard to say.
Before the Soul is fully solidified, 20-25 points in "Spirit" should be quite an achievement already.
33.9 Spirit, is truly outrageous!
This Attribute value is something Lu Yuan could hope to catch up with only after solidifying his Soul, before that he basically had no chance.
He took another look at the green vine that could move.
[Sea Soul Grass, a magical plant with an affinity for Souls. Many animals use Sea Soul Grass to replace lost limbs.]
[Due to its special soul attributes, Sea Soul Grass is an important trading commodity among intelligent civilizations.]
[Now nearly extinct due to over-harvesting.]
The green vine displayed its Soul Gem for a moment and then retracted with a "swoosh."
[You see, I can't stay in the sun for long, sir, thank you for rescuing me.] The other party said politely.
"What's your name? How did you end up like this? Which civilization do you come from?" Lu Yuan shot out a string of questions.
[I... don't… have a name.]
[I was born inside this snail, and only in recent years have I developed consciousness. Then those insects came over, devoured me, and I fell into a long slumber.]
[Only after listening to your conversation did I awake again.]
"Another amnesiac," Lu Yuan sighed, holding his forehead, "What else do you know? How did you learn to speak Chinese?"
[I... just by listening, I got it, isn't that simple?]
"Where do you want to go? You must have some goal in life, right?"
This question seemed to stump the other party.
[Where should I go?] The party sounded quite puzzled.
"How did your Sea Soul Grass survive? There's no water in this place, plants need to absorb moisture for growth, right?"
[Oh, it was this thing that helped me survive.]
The other party used its vine to show a black shiny object.
Lu Yuan looked closely and saw it was a type of biological material called "Super Absorbent Gel," possibly part of a certain insect's body.
[This material contains biologically active components that can capture water vapor from the air. Even under 30% relative humidity (lower than the desert humidity at night), each gram of this gel material can absorb about 1.8 grams of water.]