"There's no other way!"
Lu Zhe looked at the human figure hidden in the tree above and said solemnly, "What if he has some very important supplies? Also, I won't be able to sleep well without figuring out what on earth is going on here!"
Tang Xiaoguo said timidly, "Just thinking about it makes my hair stand on end!"
"Some things are like this - when you don't know the cause and effect behind it, you'll feel tremendous fear. But when you get to the bottom of everything, you'll feel very assured instead." Lu Zhe continued, "Don't worry, I'll handle it!"
The girls looked at each other, feeling somewhat worried but also agreeing that Lu Zhe made sense.
Right, the less you know what something is, the easier it is to imagine something terrifying. Knowing what it is may make it less scary.
Jiang Yao worried, "It's so high up there! You're not going to climb it, are you?"
"I'm climbing it, don't worry, this tree is very sturdy!"
He pulled out a torch from the stack of firewood, estimating it would burn for three to five minutes.
He walked to the base of the tree and held it in his mouth.
To ensure safety, Lu Zhe added 15 potential points to Strength and 15 potential points to Stamina!
This significantly improved his strength, stamina and resilience.
Along with his already decent agility, he was confident he could conquer a tree!
When he reached the tree, he grabbed it forcefully. His tremendous strength allowed his fingertips to dig into the bark!
With another leap upwards, his moves were like a seasoned free solo climber, and he easily scaled the tree!
Shen Bing exclaimed in awe, "So awesome!"
Ning Shu asked, "Yao Yao, does he have this kind of skill?"
Jiang Yao shook her head, "I'm surprised too!"
Shen Bing suddenly thought of something, "Hey girls, let's spread out a hammock in case he falls we can catch him!"
"Good idea!"
"Gotta hold the hammock with your hands, don't pinch the mesh with your fingers!"
"Got it!"
Back to Lu Zhe, after climbing about 15 meters up, he finally saw the thing!
Despite bracing himself mentally, he still felt like throwing up!
This was a freaking dead body!
An actual, honest-to-goodness dead body!
The dark skin had become leathery, tightly wrapped around the bones. The white teeth were exposed, looking exceptionally sinister and terrifying in the flickering firelight!
What kind of person would end up in a place like this?
And how did he die?
He had to get to the bottom of this!
Lu Zhe took a deep breath to calm himself, then began to carefully observe!
Most of the flesh on the skeleton had dried up or been eaten away by bugs and birds, exposing large areas of white bone.
Next, Lu Zhe noticed a small hole on his forehead!
Gunshot wound?
That was likely the cause of death!
He wore tattered uniforms with a ratty backpack, the original color unrecognizable!
Many areas were encased in tree resin, preventing decay in those spots!
Impossible to identify the country, but as long as it wasn't a compatriot, he didn't care.
Looking closer, a rusted long gun was slung over his shoulder, and a rucksack on his back!
The bag was covered in sticky resin!
The resin may have helped preserve something inside!
But it was hard to examine up here, best to get it on the ground!
Lu Zhe yelled down, "Stay clear, I'm bringing it down!"
"Bringing what down?"
"It's a mummy!"
"What??"
"Lu Zhe, are you joking?"
"Stop blabbing and move away so I don't hit you!"
Shen Bing and the four girls quickly ran away!
Lu Zhe heaved the mummy down along with the backpack and a chunk of tree bark!
Screams erupted from below: "Ahhh it's a ghost!"
"No ghosts here, I'm coming down!"
Lu Zhe shimmied down the tree trunk.
"What is this thing??"
"I told you, it's a mummy!"
Another round of shrieks from the girls.
Shen Bing was braver, she shined the torch around, "It really is a dead body!"
She examined closely, "Can't tell which country from the outfit!"
Lu Zhe pointed to the small hole on its forehead, "This bullet hole means he was shot dead before he fell. His parachute got caught in the tree."
"Let's see what else he has."
Lu Zhe picked up the long gun.
The barrel was badly corroded with rust, the stock mostly rotted away leaving just half.
Ning Shu remarked, "Hey this looks a bit like the legendary Type 38?"
Shen Bing took the gun and tried the bolt, it didn't budge, completely seized by rust.
She said, "Should be from 70 years ago. Too bad it's too degraded to use, otherwise it would've been great for us!"
"Wow, your knowledge is so extensive!" Ning Shu said admiringly, then asked, "Anything else?"
Lu Zhe searched the body, finding a handgun and 20cm paratrooper knife on his waist!
Similarly, without proper maintenance, the handgun was badly corroded and unusable.
But the paratrooper knife was hugely valuable. The plastic handle was encased in resin but intact. The blade had a sheath, and only light rust - clearly made of superior steel, still extremely sharp even without sharpening!
Additionally, on his lower back was a Type 30 bayonet!
The Type 30 was very different from modern bayonets. Attached to a gun it was a bayonet, but seperated it was a good medium-sized knife.
It was about 50cm long total, with a 37cm blade and 12-13cm handle, plus a hand guard, locking ring and sheath.
Some rust but very serviceable after some sharpening.
Lu Zhe swung the knife, it felt great in his hand - for his current situation, simply premium survival gear!
He also had an ammo pouch, but bullets were spoiled by moisture.
Two grenades - likely duds now.
Lu Zhe placed them carefully aside to avoid accidental detonation.
Next, the backpack.
Paratroopers carried full marching kits, this was the key find!
First thing he saw was an M18 helmet hanging off the pack, very sturdy without ventilation holes for integrity.
Maybe due to climate, he only wore his cap when jumping, no helmet.
Now covered in resin, the helmet was unblemished - Lu Zhe was psyched, "Friends, we've struck gold!"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
