Pretending To Be A Boss

Thermal expansion and contraction are indeed true, but this principle obviously does not apply to humans. Eskimos are not short, and people from the north are often taller than those from the south.

Qiao Shanshan couldn't help it and burst out laughing. It wasn't the first time on their journey that Tang Xian had teased Dong Ran. Dong Ran was that kind of naïve girl who could believe in something completely implausible, as long as you described it well enough.

She was someone who easily trusted others.

Tang Xian was well aware of this, which is why Li Xiaoyu was actually somewhat bright. Because Tang Xian didn't dislike such people.

Tang Xian squatted down, rubbed the cat's head, and Tang Bingxiang thought this man was finally conquered by my cuteness, but immediately after, Tang Xian grabbed a tuft of fur on the back of the cat's neck and lifted the cat up, saying:

"Although you think you're one of the smarter cats, your intelligence is actually lower than Tang Gazi's. Studies have shown that parrots capable of mimicking speech, in fact, have intelligence comparable to primates like chimpanzees. You'd better learn well from Tang Gazi in the future."

Tang Gazi felt a gratifying pleasure, praising Tang Xian!

Tang Bingxiang doubted his feline life? Am I, a majestic cat, less smart than a bird?

Qiao Shanshan, as a medical researcher, actually agreed with what Tang Xian said, nodding.

The group continued on their way, and Qiao Shanshan saw that Dong Ran was no longer holding the cat, realizing that this girl really believed in Tang Xian.

She believed in him unreservedly. Qiao Shanshan was curious about what Tang Xian had done.

After walking for about two hours, Tang Xian began to discern distinct scents in his breath.

March Marsh wasn't that far from the sea of trees.

The smell emanating from the treehouse was no longer just that of fish soup but also of human scent.

Tang Xian didn't much like uninvited guests.

But among those who come uninvited, most are troublemakers; no one would leisurely make a pot of fish soup in a treehouse.

He was a bit curious. He didn't make any fuss because dealing with humans was easy, even for the top hunters.

On the other hand, if common creatures from the mining area burst into the treehouse without giving Tang Xian time to prepare, he felt that would be more troublesome.

"Tang, we've got our fish, the pond is almost ready, and you caught Tang Bingxiang. What do you plan to do next?" Dong Ran asked.

"Catch the Nvwa Snake," Tang Xian said.

Qiao Shanshan's body shook, she looked at Tang Xian in disbelief.

"Nvwa Snakes rarely venture too far south. The appearance of a Nvwa Snake in Waning Time Valley probably confirms one of my speculations."

"What speculation?" Qiao Shanshan asked.

"The fox tribe is retreating."

"??"

How did it come to the fox tribe again? Both Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran were puzzled.

"The fox and snake tribes are at war. There are some problems with the northern ecosystem, leading Nvwa Snakes to migrate southwards, and the leaders of the fox and snake tribes are fighting each other for personal reasons. Hence, the two tribes are at war," Tang Xian explained.

"How do you know this?" Qiao Shanshan asked.

"In this faction, you have to learn to trust the leader. Doubting is just a waste of everyone's time," Tang Xian replied.

"…" Qiao Shanshan was speechless.

Tang Xian then added:

"The fox tribe's new force is the Six-tailed Fox, just an ordinary perfect-level creature, vastly outnumbering the calamity-level Nvwa Snake, but the gap between calamity and perfect is too large. If it weren't for the leader, a calamity-level boss creature, the battle would have been lost long ago."

Tang Xiaojiu had been silent all along.

She remembered that brother Tang Xian had warned her to keep silent when it comes to the fox tribe. She listened to Tang Xian.

Qiao Shanshan nodded, still not understanding the basis of Tang Xian's claims, but most of the time, although he seemed to be spouting nonsense and teasing, the advice and opinions he gave were correct eight or nine times out of ten.

After observing for a couple of days, Qiao Shanshan found that Tang Xian's knowledge was incredibly extensive.

Especially in the morning, when he was teaching mining area knowledge to the two girls, one older and one younger, the content was so interesting that it was even better than those veteran teachers she had encountered on the third level.

Qiao Shanshan was still somewhat uncertain and asked,

"Are you really confident about killing a calamity-level creature?"

"No, it's very difficult to kill a disaster-class creature, but the Nvwa Snake you and your past companions encountered should be one of the weaker ones in its clan, and it was injured."

"How do you know?"

"Because you're still alive."

"..."

Qiao Shanshan found herself unable to refute this.

Indeed, that should be the case. Although she had tried every means to isolate many creatures in the mining area using chemical substances, if those things were effective against disaster-class creatures, humans would have conquered many yellow areas long ago.

Biochemical weapons only served to drive away the creatures of the mining area and were hardly able to inflict any effective damage.

Their effects on disaster-class creatures were even lower.

She had no reason to have survived.

"Did the Nvwa Snake that killed your former companions have any distinctive characteristics? Think carefully about its appearance," Tang Xian asked.

"Yes, it did. You might not believe this... but several of the snake scales were an eerie white."

Tang Xian was startled.

The White Phosphorus Serpent Demon is an evolved form of the Nvwa Snake and also the leader of the Nvwa Snakes, a disaster-class boss creature characterized by its entirely white scales.

Something was not right about this.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Shanshan rarely saw that kind of expression on Tang Xian's face.

"Nothing much. After we get back to the wooden hut, you rest for two days, then we'll head back to Pyramid to get ready. After that, we'll go find this Nvwa Snake."

Qiao Shanshan nodded. Dong Ran had also started to get used to Tang Xian's way of doing things.

After all, no matter how you explain to this man how powerful a disaster-class creature is or how many troops are needed, he just looks at you calmly and then continues to do things his own way.

However, Tang Xian could sense their unease.

He said:

"To kill a disaster-class creature, even I need luck, and right now, luck is on our side."

Tang Xian didn't elaborate further.

The whitening of the Nvwa Snake's scales indicated that it was in a period of evolution. There's certainly more than one White Phosphorus Serpent Demon among the snake clan, and this was probably also why Qing JiuYu couldn't extricate himself.

If another White Phosphorus Serpent Demon appeared at this time, the pressure on Qing JiuYu's side would likely increase even more.

There are two forms that a creature in evolution can take.

One is similar to the Hellhound evolving into the Hell Flame Wolf, obtaining some of the powers that it should not have until after evolution before the evolution is completed.

It's like in the cultivation novels where the same realm is divided into early stage, middle stage, and peak stage.

The evolution of this kind of creature is very smooth, moving directly from the middle to the peak stage.

But the other kind of evolution is the reverse.

Like this Nvwa Snake. It needed to molt, transforming into a pure white snake over several shedding episodes.

Each time, it would become weaker.

But once completed, it would advance directly from a disaster-class to a disaster-class boss creature.

Having listened to Qiao Shanshan's explanation, Tang Xian realized he was wrong.

That was not a weak disaster-class creature; on the contrary, it would become exceptionally strong in a short while.

But at this moment, it was at its weakest. Experience more on empire

Considering various feasible strategies against a disaster-class creature, Tang Xian no longer spent time teasing cats or Dong Ran, who had the intelligence of a cat.

Unknowingly, the group had entered the tree sea region.

After walking a little longer, even Tang Xiaojiu could smell the scent of food.

"Brother Tang Xian, there are people in the wooden hut."