CHAPTER 603: CHAPTER 437: STRANGE TERRITORY_2

"Gawu!" Bai also spotted it and then signaled Lin Yue to head over there.

"How many kilometers, Bai? Trying to be lazy, huh?" Lin Yue noticed that ever since Bai saw him with the flying machine, it seemed to enjoy flying on its own more.

Has it gotten lazy?

"Bai, come down here. We need to have a talk. Your recent attitude is not okay."

Bai howled softly twice, then followed Lin Yue back to the ground.

"Goodness, your attitude really isn’t great, Bai. We need to set things straight. You’re..."

"Gugu ga..."

A roar suddenly came from not too far away!

Hmm? An enemy attack so soon?

"Bai, how about channeling some of that anger? Remember not to leave any for me... Whoa, you’re charging fast!"

Like a gust of wind, Bai dashed out through the wild grass, flattening a large patch in its wake!

Soon, a series of screams came from another direction, echoing repeatedly!

Is Bai getting a bit... overpowerful?

Were its wings and arms strained those two days, causing pent-up energy?

But soon, Lin Yue didn’t think so anymore.

Bai excitedly dashed back, tossing over two creatures that looked like a mix between a horse and a lion, then immediately ran out again.

Lin Yue looked down to see that these two creatures... were still alive.

So, Bai still prefers opening treasure chests over killing them?

Still have over fifty thousand treasure chests at home to open! Jeez!

There’s still over ten thousand buried treasure chests in the ground! Jeez!

Lin Yue held his forehead, watching Bai toss the remaining barely-alive monsters before him like setting up a street stall.

Finally, at the 22nd monster, Bai stopped going out and looked at him expectantly.

"Okay, it’s back to your favorite part, Bai. Go ahead and open them later, please."

This time, Lin Yue didn’t bring much. For exploration, isn’t some simple stuff enough like sniper rifles, grenade launchers, shotguns, submachine guns, robot dogs, and such?

Why carry so much stuff?

Lin Yue even brought just enough food for two meals, leaving the rest in the cold storage.

Even with several thousand cubic meters of storage space, Lin Yue wanted to keep it empty as much as possible.

Soon, the 22 mutated creatures were swiftly struck down with the Outstanding Iron Spear, earning Lin Yue 22 Copper Treasure Chests.

"Donkey-headed Lion? What an unceremonious name." Lin Yue yawned and saw Bai still looking at him expectantly.

"Open, open. They’re all yours, Bai. Don’t be shy."

Copper Treasure Chests? Not interested in opening them myself.

I’d rather not open these.

In fact, Lin Yue even considered letting Bai open Silver Treasure Chests in the future.

He’s really only interested in Golden Treasure Chests, Platinum Treasure Chests...

Oh right, when will there be another Palladium Treasure Chest?

Having just got one of those most precious of all, Lin Yue really was eager for another turn.

"Do I have to uncover the entire map of this area again for it?" Lin Yue suddenly had some thoughts.

Wait a minute, if... if he really opened up this entire area’s map?

Lin Yue suddenly felt motivated!

Isn’t it just about killing monsters and opening treasure chests?

Even...

"Gawu!" Bai suddenly cheered.

Lin Yue snapped back and immediately looked at the little guy, finding that Bai had already opened all the treasure chests in such a short amount of time!

"Alright, let’s see what came out... Huh? Snail noodles?"

Upon hearing "snail noodles," Bai suddenly let out a happy howl.

"Okay, okay, I’ll cook you a pot later, knowing you love eating it."

Lin Yue placed the items from the treasure chests into his Storage Space one by one!

[You obtained 5 packs of snail noodles, Area Map Fragment X1]

[You obtained 3 packs of whole wheat bread, Area Map Fragment X1]

[You obtained...]

Basically, it was a combination of food + map fragments.

Food fits well with Bai, this little foodie.

As for the map fragments, they aren’t too bad either.

Lin Yue took out his System Tablet, looked over it again, and found that out of the 21 map fragments he got, only two were nearby, with the rest scattered all over unknown places.

As for the donkey-headed lion corpses, a quick check.

[Edible, tastes pretty good.]

Oh wow, nice, nice.

The canned food production line will have some new products.

However, best to try it himself first.

If it’s especially tasty, making it into canned food would be a waste.

Lin Yue concluded that overall, this round was profitable.

"Yeah, not bad. Bai, let’s head to that little hill over there to confirm the surrounding terrain first."

Lin Yue said, trying to ride on Bai’s back, only to realize his legs could no longer "ride."

"Ummmm..." Lin Yue quickly slid back down, signaling Bai to hug him with its arms.

Seriously, this little Bai has grown taller again.

Bai picked up Lin Yue, spreading its wings to fly toward the small hill.

Wearing goggles, Lin Yue looked down at the ground.

"Bai, fly higher!"

Lin Yue noticed the area was covered with wild grass.

Not much difference from a desert.

However, among the wild grass, there were clearly many mutated creatures, evident from the movements in the grass.

Bai flew higher, allowing Lin Yue to see even further.

However...

"Still plains. The survivors around here definitely don’t lack firewood."

Strong currents completely enveloped him, and Lin Yue stopped looking at the ground, awaiting Bai’s landing.

Before long, Lin Yue felt Bai begin to ascend, then after some time, it began circling until it finally landed on the ground.

Lin Yue found himself on a flat rocky platform at the top of the small hill.

"The view here is significantly better."

Lin Yue took out his telescope, scanning all around, finally focusing in the direction they came from, where the shimmering expanse lay at the end.

"A large river? Or a lake?"

As for behind this small hill...

"Full of mountains. I didn’t believe there were any survivor shelters here... but there actually is one."

Lin Yue saw that not far from the hill’s mountain foot was indeed a Refugee Village with walls.

He took out his System Tablet, checking the area map.

Sure enough, there was a display for one.

However...

"An uninhabited Refugee Village..."

No indication of any people present.

"Might as well gather some Shelter Design Maps. The walls can be deconstructed for stone, which could be quite useful."

"Bai, let’s go have a look over there."

"Gawu."

Bai lifted him up again, diving downward!

It didn’t take long before Bai landed...

A spot about three to four hundred meters from the walls.

Lin Yue was about to question why when he raised his eyes to the wall, seeing an unbelievable scene!

"People? No, those black-gray triangle ears growing on the sides of the head and with tails, are they survivors? Humans?"

Lin Yue put down his telescope.

Somewhat in disbelief.

What’s going on?

Which cosplay-loving friend is standing on the wall this time acting as a guard?

No, the map didn’t show anyone there!

Lin Yue raised his sniper rifle this time, using the high-power scope to look in another direction, where he saw another one with black-gray ears and tail, armed and on patrol!

Looking closer, Lin Yue finally noticed that these "people" had faces covered in black-gray fur, and were shorter than usual humans.

"These look... very wolf-like? Wait, in the Lizardmen murals, it seems..."

Lin Yue recalled the Lizardmen murals depicting a human race with two big ears, treated like slaves.

He also remembered what Old Sun had mentioned about various strange races.

"Could it be... this door..."

Lin Yue suddenly realized something!