Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive-Chapter 48 - 47: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Not everyone enjoys combat. Some people’s legs turn to jelly just at the sight of a ferocious Soul Beast, let alone commanding one in battle and adapting to complex combat situations.
Being able to handle logistics and production in the rear, providing support for other explorers, is also a very important contribution.
Before, everyone was just trying to survive, with no luxury to think about anything else. The only thing on their minds was staying alive.
Now that things have improved a bit, they could start thinking about how to develop.
After all, no one wanted to stay in this godforsaken place forever.
By the time a few teachers from the mechanical engineering department had finalized the details, it was already getting late.
The day-night cycle here wasn’t much different from Blue Star before Han Ning transmigrated, so they only needed to adjust their clocks slightly.
After a short rest and a meal to regain their strength, Lü Xiuning led the team once more. He took a larger group of 30 people and headed overnight to the Botanical Garden near the East Gate to clear out the Iron-toothed Snakes and hidden Tree Spirits inside.
No one could guarantee that the enraged Tree Spirits and swarms of snakes in the Botanical Garden wouldn’t launch a surprise attack on the dormitory area under the cover of darkness.
To prevent any further complications, eliminating them directly was the best solution!
The Botanical Garden wasn’t very large. Thanks to a prior drone reconnaissance mission, everyone knew there weren’t many Iron-toothed Snakes inside. The cleanup operation resulted in no deaths, not even any serious injuries.
About two hours later, everyone dragged their exhausted bodies back to the dormitory building.
Although the physical exertion wasn’t great, maintaining a state of high alert at all times was truly mentally draining.
"From the Botanical Garden area, we collected a total of 197 snake corpses, 3 Tree Spirit corpses, and 3 Green Crystal Stones. Including the resources from outside the East Gate, Han Ning, your total share is 36 snake corpses, 2 Tree Spirit corpses, and 1 Green Crystal Stone."
Teacher Lü said as he tallied the Soul Beast corpses, pulling a large burlap sack in front of Han Ning.
"Thank you, Teacher Lü. If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back now."
Han Ning took the sack, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and said with a smile.
In truth, he could have taken a larger share of the snake corpses, but seeing his injured classmates and their dead contracted Silver Lotus Woods, he decided to give a larger portion of the corpses to them.
"Mhm, you worked hard today. Get some good rest. See you tomorrow," Teacher Lü said with a smile and a wave.
With his bountiful haul, Han Ning returned to his dorm room with Yin Yi on his shoulder.
"Lingling~"
The moment the door closed, Yin Yi flitted about the small dorm room like a happy little bird.
The small dorm room held many wonderful memories for it, such as—
It flopped onto Han Ning’s bed, hugged the blanket and rolled around, then picked up the phone next to the pillow and skillfully pressed the power button.
The cool light of the screen illuminated Yin Yi’s face.
"Ling!"
’Mini-game, start!’
Watching this scene, Han Ning couldn’t help but let out a small smile.
After evolving, Yin Yi was becoming more and more intelligent.
He didn’t disturb it. The little one had been busy all day; it deserved to relax and enjoy itself.
After touching each of the stinking snake and Tree Spirit corpses and gaining 5 points of Energy, he called out his panel.
’Yin Yi just evolved. I wonder if the requirements for allocating points have increased.’
Because of the delay, the Energy within each Iron-toothed Snake wasn’t very high, fluctuating between 0.09 and 0.1.
The Iron-toothed Snake was one of the weakest Soul Beasts he had encountered; even the Demon Eye Frogs were stronger.
However, Iron-toothed Snakes often appeared in swarms, so their strength couldn’t be judged on an individual basis.
The Tree Spirits had their most valuable Crystal Stones dug out, so their corpses didn’t have much Energy left, only about 0.2 each.
He had previously absorbed about 16 points of Energy from the Tree Spirit Crystal Stones. Adding the 5 points he just obtained, plus the remainder from his last point allocation, the panel’s remaining Energy was: 22.32
Attributes:
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Body —— +
Power: 8
Body: 9
Agility: 9
Spiritual Energy —— +
Spiritual Energy: 25
Remaining Energy: 22.32 (Current Soul Beast: 3 Energy can be exchanged for 1 Body Attribute Point, or 0.5 Spiritual Attribute Points.)
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’As expected... the difficulty of adding points has increased.’ Seeing the note at the bottom of the panel, Han Ning’s expression didn’t change much.
’Logically, after Yin Yi evolved, the quality of its internal Energy and the strength of its physical body would have increased. To become stronger, it would naturally need to absorb more Energy.’
’If the old rate of 1 Energy for 1 physical attribute point still applied, that would be a bit too overpowered.’
’3 Energy for 0.5 Spiritual Attribute points... that’s fine, it’s acceptable...’
As before, he prioritized Spiritual Energy. Leaving 4 points in reserve, Han Ning converted 18 Energy into 3 Spiritual Attribute Points and added them to Yin Yi’s panel.
A rich green light materialized from the air and converged on Yin Yi.
Spiritual Energy: 25→28 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Ling~"
Lying on the bed with its Vine Whip-like legs crossed while playing a cut-the-rope-style mini-game, Yin Yi was unfazed. It just gave a happy cry, shifted its position, and went back to playing on the phone.
Despite adding 3 Spiritual Attribute Points, Yin Yi’s appearance didn’t change at all, as if nothing had happened.
"It seems the attribute caps for the Awakening Level are quite high," Han Ning mused.
Even now, due to the lack of information about this world, he still didn’t understand how Soul Beast Levels were classified.
He could only infer from the panel’s prompts that the weakest rank was likely the "Uninitiated" level.
Then came Entry Level, then Awakened Level, and then...?
Beyond that was unknown.
Han Ning then took out the white Crystal Stone.
From within the stone, he felt faint, sharp wisps of an aura, like Metal that could slice his fingertips at any moment.
’Metal? Could the Iron-toothed Snake be a Gold-Attribute Soul Beast?’
’Other than their hard teeth, I haven’t sensed any other properties related to Metal from the Iron-toothed Snakes.’
’This Crystal Stone’s Attributes clearly don’t match Yin Yi’s. I’ll set it aside for now...’
Closing the panel, Han Ning recalled the little one’s nonchalant posture from earlier and couldn’t help but ask.
"By the way, Yin Yi, where did you learn to cross your legs like that?"
"Lingling!!"
Yin Yi tilted its head, staring straight at him.
Han Ning understood and said with a hint of resignation, "You mean... you learned it from me?"
"Ling!"
Yin Yi nodded. It mimicked Han Ning’s way of lying on the bed, placing its two arm-like Vine Whips behind its head and crossing its left leg over its right, swinging it back and forth.
"...My god." Han Ning’s mouth hung open, utterly speechless for a long moment.
"Ling~"
...
「The next day, in Liu Yueming’s dorm room.」
Han Ning stared at the fist-sized, white Gecko Eggs buried in the damp soil before him and asked curiously, "Teacher Liu, about how long will it take for these Gecko Eggs to hatch?"
"If these were geckos from Blue Star, they might take a month in a natural environment. I don’t know about the geckos of this world."
Liu Yueming shook his head, took out a thermometer, and stuck it into the soil to check the temperature.
"Do you want to raise them yourself? If so, I can tell you what you need to know."
