Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Round four of the competition,

began officially.

This time, Su Jie and his companions entered a desert wilderness map.

The ground was covered with yellow sand, the dunes were uneven, and the sun in the sky was extremely scorching, heating the sand until it was searing hot.

When the wind blew, the yellow sand near the dunes fluttered up, as if draping the hills in a layer of yellow transparent gauze, which was somewhat stunningly beautiful.

Su Jie and the others arrived at a town situated within an oasis. After gathering some supplies, they soaked in the fountain pool of a courtyard.

At least, the water was still very cool, not turned into hot soup by the scorching sun.

Why were the four so leisurely?

Because upon the first shrinking of the play zone, this was the center; they didn't need to move at all. Furthermore, the only ones who had landed in this town were the four of them.

Soaked in the fountain with their clothes on, Su Jie and Jos, the two men, naturally didn't need special mention, while Zhang Manman and Chen Tian Yuzi, the two women—

did not reveal anything inappropriate.

After all, their T-shirts were opaque. Even wet, they just clung to their bodies, unable to provide a feast for the eyes for the two men.

Moreover, as martial artists, the women's appearances were decent, but their figures weren't particularly striking, still somewhat unripe, naturally unable to arouse desires.

And their purpose for being here was to set a trap for the willing.

In such scorching weather, let others gather all sorts of treasures first, and then reap the benefits as easy as a fisherman hauling in his net, wouldn't that be wonderful?

"This map is the Western Region Desert,"

Jos explained, "True to its name, the environment here is harsh, all sand, with scarce resources. Medicine is rarer still, and the way to obtain a large number of resources here is not to shoot arrows through clouds but to slay desert bandits."

Chen Tian Yuzi spoke up, "I've played this mode before and encountered desert bandits. They have low combat capabilities, basically, one punch would take away four-fifths of their health, and two punches could kill them. Then they'd explode into an abundance of medicine and weapons."

Su Jie smiled and said, "That kind of has a leveling-up through monster-slaying feel."

"Exactly,"

Jos affirmed Su Jie's statement, "But, given the nature of the Supreme Cup, I'd guess that the desert bandits will have been changed into creatures from another world... "

Jos didn't continue, but the other three knew well that these desert bandits would have treasures on them that could be taken back to reality.

Be it elixirs, magical artifacts, or some other kind of special item.

"So, where do bandits usually appear?" Su Jie asked.

"At oases," Jos replied.

"Here?"

"Yes."

Jos nodded, "After all, haven't we almost always been dropping into places with a lot of resources?"

Zhang Manman suddenly thought of a question, "So, why did only we jump to this place, and no other players did?"

Silence...

After the first three rounds, the players had become wiser and understood that to claim "airdrops" and the like, you needed to defeat enemies first.

And the enemies got stronger with each round.

So, by the fourth round, no one wanted to rush for the "airdrops" first. Everyone was thinking of "reaping without sowing," or perhaps becoming the last "fisherman."

Hum—

The ground trembled, and in the distance, yellow sand filled the air, resembling a sandstorm.

But Su Jie and the others were experts; they could sense the vibrations in the ground. This wasn't a sandstorm; it was countless animals running.

So, these were sand thieves.

So, had they become the first ones to exert effort?

Su Jie stood up, left the pool, and shook off the water droplets. Under the scorching sun and arid air, wisps of steam rose from his body.

In less than a second, his clothes were dry. Brought to you by MV6LEMPY6R.

Zhang Manman and the others also rose from the fountain, and under the sun, a few pats left their clothes completely dry, albeit a bit wrinkled.

"This weather really is hot," Zhang Manman raised her hand to her forehead, shielding her eyes from the sunlight, but her body bore not a single drop of sweat.

This was a result of closing their pores, locking in moisture inside their bodies.

Such small tricks, Chen Tian Yuzi and Jos naturally knew as well, to lock in moisture, conserve the salt within their bodies, and maintain their strength.

"Honestly, if there were a glitch in our game world, and we were trapped here for life, it'd feel like we've traveled through time," Zhang Manman dropped her sun-shielding hand and spoke indifferently.

"Perhaps, but after all, this game world and the real world don't differ all that much, do they?"

Chen Tian Yuzi sighed, slowly saying, "Even so, many from my hometown wish Ming Lun could provide an even more realistic world, so they could truly enjoy a trip to another time."

"Those guys immersed in light novels and anime really make me feel ashamed."

"What's more embarrassing is that there are people suggesting that after they die, their souls should be placed in a specific world to enjoy a brand-new life... "

"I can only say, some of my compatriots are beyond hope."

Su Jie did not engage in the conversation but leapt onto the wall to observe the approaching yellow dust in the distance. At the forefront were nine black horses with tall heads, but unlike ordinary horses, they had a spiral horn on their foreheads, which was particularly sharp.

"Unicorns?" Jos expressed his surprise.

"Carnivorous unicorns at that," Su Jie, with his sharp eyes, could see the savage teeth in the mouths of these unicorns; those were definitely not the teeth of herbivores.