My Items Can Upgrade-Chapter 153 - 133: Afraid or Not? (27-29/101)

"What is it?"

Yang Yuan and Zhao Jiayan quickly looked at Jiang Yiyi.

The little girl hugged Yang Yuan’s neck tightly and said, "It looks a bit like that... altar, yes, the Awakening Altar we used before."

"Altar?"

"Awakening Altar?"

Yang Yuan and Zhao Jiayan exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other’s eyes.

"In a place like this, it should be deep underground. How could there be an altar?"

Zhao Jiayan was puzzled and asked Jiang Yiyi, "Yiyi, did you see anything else besides that altar?"

Even though the place was very far away now, she knew that Jiang Yiyi had an eidetic memory when she felt insecure, and if she really saw something, she’d remember it for sure.

Jiang Yiyi thought about it and said, "Some... tiles?"

She wasn’t quite sure, mostly because the so-called tiles were memories from before she was five years old. After arriving in this world, she’d never seen tiles.

"Tiles?"

Zhao Jiayan looked at Yang Yuan: "Could it be that there was originally an underground building here, and that underground building was destroyed by the previous explosion, which is why the giant beast was exposed?"

Yang Yuan thought for a moment, then suddenly whipped the crow below him.

"..."

The Funeral Crow trembled but ignored it.

Yang Yuan raised an eyebrow and whipped it again.

This time, the Funeral Crow reluctantly turned around and flew back in the direction they came, but it tried to fly as high as possible, only continuing forward once it reached a thousand meters in altitude.

Before long, they arrived several kilometers away, and the Funeral Crow hovered there, refusing to go any further no matter what.

Yang Yuan didn’t force it, as he himself didn’t have the confidence to proceed.

"Grr—"

It seemed to notice their approach, as the giant beast below stood up again, roaring skyward while swinging its two front limbs that were bound by chains.

Yang Yuan raised his left hand, aimed at the giant beast, and with a thought, suddenly shot an arrow.

"Bang!"

A flash of light, and sparks exploded on the shoulder of the giant beast, the metal arrow shattering to dust.

The massive body took a step back, yet the spot where it was hit was completely unharmed.

’What kind of defense is this?’

Yang Yuan squinted slightly and urgently whipped down.

The Funeral Crow immediately turned and fled.

"Grr!!!"

A deafening roar echoed through the dark area.

But that was all, there were no long-range attacks.

"Caw!!"

After flying a long distance, the Funeral Crow suddenly cried out, its feathers fluffing up again, almost scared paralyzed and about to fall from the sky.

"Hey!"

Yang Yuan hurriedly gave it a few whips to steady its flight.

"Caw caw caw..."

The Funeral Crow struggled a few times, finally calming down, then flew even faster, fleeing from the area as if running away.

Too scary for birds!

"Its reaction delay might really be problematic," Zhao Jiayan said, a bit speechless.

Yang Yuan nodded but didn’t speak, instead thinking about the giant beast from earlier.

Zhao Jiayan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. After a long time, she said in confusion, "Do you think that altar is like a game instance? Why does this world feel more and more like a game to me?"

"You said that the previous ancient ruins also felt like an instance, yet even the self-destruct of the Firepower Flying Disc, capable of killing Celestial-level Creatures, couldn’t destroy it. This time, it’s also an instance, but it’s destroyed, leaving only a boss?" Yang Yuan asked.

"Maybe they’re instances of different levels?"

Zhao Jiayan said, "Even your Marvel crossbow couldn’t break its defense. That giant beast is probably Earth Level, right? A creature at the Human Level shouldn’t have such strong defense. And the explosion that could kill a Celestial-level Creature destroying an instance with an Earth-level boss should be reasonable... right?"

Yang Yuan thought about it and smiled, "Speculation is ultimately just speculation. Let’s take it as a possibility but not jump to conclusions, as it could affect subsequent hypotheses. Preconceived notions can significantly impact investigation results."

Zhao Jiayan smiled slightly, "I’m just curious and guessing casually. Actually, I don’t really care what this world is. Even if it’s a Game World, I’m probably still an insignificant NPC."

"’Insignificant’ is an exaggeration. If your abilities grow, you might become the ultimate wild boss," Yang Yuan joked. "If Ancient Ruins can be conquered, you could attack an ancient ruin, then replace the suppressed creature inside, becoming the instance boss."

Zhao Jiayan couldn’t help but roll her eyes, "Then replace those monsters and be suppressed? I’m not crazy."

"You could open a hotel in there, a City of Trade or something. If it’s a Game World, there have to be things like that, right?"

Yang Yuan laughed, then suddenly became serious, "Why don’t we try to kill that giant beast. An Earth-level creature shouldn’t be too difficult to kill, at least not as hard as a Drought Fiend."

Zhao Jiayan looked over in surprise and hesitated before saying, "But you killed the Drought Fiend because of the Firepower Flying Disc. Without it now, how are you going to kill it?"

"Marvel crossbow," Yang Yuan said seriously. "Didn’t you see? That giant beast took a step back under my arrow, indicating the Marvel crossbow has a threatening effect on it. It’s just that the quality of my arrows is too poor to break its defense. If we can find an arrow of high enough quality, we should be able to penetrate its defense and kill it."

Zhao Jiayan thought for a moment, "It’s up to you, but my suggestion is not to take risks."

"I won’t take risks. If that giant beast can’t come out, I’ll attack from a distance. The range is sufficient."