"Beep~ Alert: Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard detected, location, 10 meters below and behind!"
"Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard: An ancient ferocious creature of the desert, it inhabits the cool sands underground, moves swiftly, and is adept at hunting with its long tongue. Its tongue is covered in numerous sharp barbs and contains hundreds of toxic bacteria. Its saliva is highly corrosive and it possesses a certain degree of intelligence~"
Just as Ye Feng was wondering what was erupting from underground, the system's prompt sounded.
"Damn it!"
Hearing the system's prompt, Ye Feng immediately took out his AK47.
Even though he was confident in his body, he had no certainty against bacteria and corrosive fluids.
Especially bacteria, who knew what kind of bacteria they were... What if his few antibiotics were useless...
"Bang!~"
With a dull thud, a large amount of sand was flung into the air, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Immediately after, a reptilian figure, four to five meters long, appeared in Ye Feng's vision. Its form was somewhat blurry due to the dust.
"Aowlu~"
To Ye Feng's surprise, after emerging from the ground, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard did not attack him directly. Instead, it let out a strange cry and retreated several meters.
"What the hell?"
Ye Feng was puzzled.
As the sandstorm gradually subsided, Ye Feng could finally get a clear look at the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard.
It was a creature about 6 meters long, with scaly limbs, a somewhat pointed head, a mouth resembling a crocodile's, and eyes larger than those of an ox.
At this moment, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard was incessantly flicking its crimson tongue, its eyes fixed on Ye Feng, in a standoff. It kept shuffling backward in small steps, appearing somewhat nervous.
Ye Feng, in turn, observed the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard with a hint of confusion.
Because after emerging from the ground, it hadn't attacked him. Instead, it observed him with a cautious demeanor, and its limbs were taking small steps backward, seeming to be somewhat afraid of him...
In no time, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard retreated to a corner beneath a large rock, with nowhere else to go.
Seeing Ye Feng still staring at it, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard’s hind legs sprang, digging a sandy pit and burying itself, leaving only its head exposed.
"This... what the hell? An ancient ferocious creature?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng was utterly bewildered.
However, since the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard showed no signs of attacking him and actively distanced itself, Ye Feng didn't bother to kill it.
Under the scorching sun, waves of heat rolled in. Ye Feng glanced around before quickly returning to the driver's seat.
"Big brother, that big lizard seems to be scared of you!"
As soon as she got into the car, Xiao Xiao, who had been observing from the window, spoke up.
"Scared of me?"
Ye Feng was perplexed. He hadn't roared or attacked the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard!
"Mhm mhm!"
Xiao Xiao nodded seriously. "Big brother, when I was little, my sister told me that animals are different from humans~"
"They can sense how strong the person or creature they encounter is through their aura and scent, by instinct... Especially some animals with a certain level of intelligence~"
"Some large monsters will get scared and run away just by looking at a powerful human..."
As if sensing Ye Feng's confusion, Xiao Xiao quickly explained.
"Is that so~"
Ye Feng began to understand. The system's prompt had indeed mentioned that the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard possessed a certain degree of intelligence.
Seeing Ye Feng return to the car, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard began to move. However, it did not approach the Hummer where Ye Feng was. Instead, it moved towards a corpse of a desert bandit.
"Sssluu~"
The Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard's crimson tongue shot out, licking a large chunk of flesh from a desert bandit's corpse and chewing it.
While chewing, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard didn't forget to turn its head to look at Ye Feng.
Seeing that Ye Feng made no move, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard extended its tongue again, licking an even larger piece of flesh from the desert bandit's corpse...
Subsequently, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard continuously "cleaned" the bodies of the desert bandits with its crimson tongue...
Throughout the entire process, the Desert Long-Tongued Giant Lizard did not approach Ye Feng's location!
After watching for a while, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao lost interest. He set up the infrared alarm and then reclined to rest.
At this moment, Ye Feng was summarizing and analyzing the information he had gathered since arriving in this world, especially concerning strength.
Firstly, there was the Reinforcement Serum. He didn't know which organization developed it, but it seemed to be related to Enhancement Fruits and zombies.
It could indeed greatly enhance the injector's various abilities and grant them animal-related powers, but it came with many uncertain risks.
For example, like Lin Senhai, the cannibal from Clayden Town, who became stronger but eventually turned into a pile of rotten flesh, or like the subordinates of the Crocodile Men in Zhanbi City, who became half-human, half-beast...
From the Reinforcement Serum Ye Feng obtained, the outer casing of each bottle was etched with an animal symbol representing the related ability. Some Reinforcement Serums were not for enhancing abilities but were used as zombie virus neutralizers...
Among the Reinforcement Serum series, there was a type called Number 1 Reinforcement Serum, which was an extremely special sequence. Injecting it would grant the reinforced ability of a powerful creature from ancient times.
The Crocodile Men of Zhanbi City, after injecting Number 1 Reinforcement Serum, turned into a giant monster like Godzilla. The Tyrannosaurus Rex encountered in the City of Despair had also been injected with Number 1 Reinforcement Serum...
Secondly, there was the Desperate Potion. Ye Feng knew very little about this. It worked by putting the user's body on the verge of desperation through a special method, thereby stimulating their potential and gaining power.
Desperate Potions also carried extremely high risks. If the body could not withstand the power contained within the Desperate Potion, it would instantly explode and die.
Of course, after taking the Desperate Potion, it was also possible to withstand it, but one's mind might collapse, turning them into a foolish giant...
Ye Feng had seen many instances of these two risks occurring with Desperate Potions in the City of Despair.
Finally, there was the Arcane Energy system, which had the lowest risk but was extremely difficult to awaken or cultivate, and the cultivation resources were very hard to obtain.
This was also Ye Feng's current cultivation system for becoming stronger, although it seemed a little different...
According to Bing, everyone possessed arcane energy, and it permeated every corner of this world.
However, some people could naturally use it, while others couldn't even sense it. Only by awakening their own origin arcane energy could they control the arcane energy in nature...
And only when their internal origin arcane energy could undergo attribute changes would the power of arcane energy truly be displayed. With attribute changes, the power of arcane energy would undergo a qualitative transformation, no longer just strengthening the body; offense and defense would be greatly enhanced.
There were 5 common attributes of arcane energy: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth...
Of course, there were also some stranger ones that Ye Feng didn't know how to classify, such as Lingxi's angelic power, the strength of the dog-headed man, Coleki's sound control technique, and the incredibly powerful mysterious woman in white...
"Big brother, the sun isn't as hot anymore. Should we continue on our way?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice sounded.
Seeing Ye Feng with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep, she couldn't help but remind him softly.
"Oh, okay~"
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