Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
Chu You arrived alone at the area populated by level 7 XP monsters. One type of species here was the bee, which could fly in mid-air. Its body size was as big as a small washbowl. It was very agile, and might also perform some actions to dodge the player’s attack.
However, to Chu You, all these things were useless. The longer a person stayed in a specific occupation, the faster one could discover the difference in his perceptual experience and acute awareness.
Therefore, when the bee saw Chu You holding a sword preparing to cut and slice it apart, it escaped through a corner at the side. However, Chu You was already aware of this. He straightened his wrist, changing his original vertical slicing position to wielding it with a horizontal sweep in a split second. This time round, the attack hit the other party solidly, causing a -92 fatality to appear.
Want to hide? This is merely the instinctive response of a low-intelligence monster.
In no time, this bee got killed by Chu You swiftly.
At this moment, no gear popped out from the bee, but it’s corpse remained lying there without disappearing. It even lit up with a light flame, indicating that there was something in its body. This only happened to the dead monsters in the instance. Witnessing this, Chu You did not show any signs of surprise. He knew that he might be able to discover something, prompting him to search the dead body immediately.
System: You have obtained a lump of ‘Bee’s honey.’
A look of weariness appeared on Chu You’s face immediately. He just did not seem to understand why the system had to use the term ‘lump,’ to describe the honey.
Opening his bag, he checked to see what the function of the honey was.
Production description: The beloved item of old beekeepers. In exchange, you will earn 50 experience points.
As he read up to here, Chu You lit up with joy internally. This was actually a good shortcut to level up; he could solely count on this to see if he could be promoted up to level 7.
Carrying his bag, Chu You looked around everywhere, and he discovered a bee up ahead, who was fluttering toward elsewhere. He ran over to it instantly. After he reached within the boundaries to attack the bee, just when Chu You was preparing to attack, that bee aimed its long and thin mouthpart at a flower and began to collect pollen from it.
Witnessing this scene, Chu You stopped what he was doing, his eyes reflecting deep ponder. He quietly stood 3 meters away, silently watching it.
Bees were not monsters who initiated attacks. They were herbivores, hence they would not launch an attack on players of their own accord.
It had been roughly 5 seconds, and the bee retracted its mouthpart and flew towards another corner with a buzzing sound.
It was at this moment that the long and thin Katana came brandishing down suddenly.
The provoked bee immediately turned back, angrily fighting back.
Very soon, Chu You killed it effortlessly. With an eager look, he looked at the dead body of the bee falling down. At that very moment it landed on the ground, its body lit up with a light flame.
Thank god. as Chu You watched up to here, he then felt relieved, searching the corpse immediately.
And then, Chu You earned another lump of…
He couldn’t keep going on like this. Chu You stood up after a short while. Even if he could exchange them for experience, this was still simply too slow. In actual comparison, he might as well directly enter the densely packed monster zones and rely on mass killing them in groups to earn experience. At least it was faster this way.
If this area contained the hive of the bees, then the situation would be different. Chu You’s eyes swept through the area once, and the surroundings were all dense flowery shrubs.
Forget it. He would decide after looking around first. Chu You continued to move around, since it was an exchange mission. According to his previous life’s experience, he decided to look for the hidden know-hows and merit points within the mission.
Not long after, Chu You chanced upon another bee in the midst of collecting pollen. Like before, Chu You did not move. Moments later, this bee flew to another place. Chu You immediately followed it without disturbing the bee.
When this bee was collecting nectar once again, Chu You observed sharply, and saw that the abdomen of that bee seemed to swell up gradually.
Things seem to be taking shape. Chu You squinted his eyes.
After observing it 4 times, the abdomen of this bee was already very big. It looked like it was already overloaded.
Should he attack now? It was just pure thinking. Chu You still did not move.
This bee paused for a short while in mid-air, as though it was trying to adjust to bear the weight of its body. Then, it started to fly towards a particular direction. Chu You immediately followed after it.
Along the way, this bee did not stop once. It did not take a second glance at the surrounding beautiful flowers, and continued flying towards a particular direction like before.
Seems like…there is indeed something exciting.
Chu You followed after this bee and went deeper, and as he went deeper, Chu You had already discovered the silhouettes of a few other bees. This indicated that he was getting nearer and nearer to the area of dense concentration of the bees. At the thought of this, Chu You rejoiced in his heart.
Not too long later, this place was already filled with buzzing sounds everywhere. The number of bees increased greatly. They were flying outside, each with their own ability to collect nectar.
It was at this moment that the bee that had been targeted by Chu You all this while flew towards a cave that was about the height of a man. Bees flew out from that cave from time to time as well.
A cave! Upon the discovery of the cave, Chu You rejoiced greatly. It looked like his idea was correct after all.
Just when Chu You was about to go forward, he realized that there was another species of bees with a different fur color standing around the surroundings of the cave. Their heads were much more complex looking, and their build was also slightly bigger. Immediately, Chu You secured them as his target.
King Bee, level 7, small boss.
They were not of the elite stratum, only slightly stronger than the normal species. Just four trivial King bees were not a problem for Chu You at all. With a scornful gaze, Chu You carried his Katana and charged forward.
When Chu You’s gigantic figure charged out from the forest, the King bee guarding at the entrance of the cave spotted the trespasser. They flew up at this moment, their mouths making buzzing sounds resembling police sirens. At this moment, regardless of whether it was the bees who had returned with fruitful labour, or the bees who were getting ready to go out and collect honey, they all halted their jobs at hand. They turned their heads to face Chu You, with rage in their eyes.
F***! What’s the situation now?
Chu You realized in a split second that he had provoked a species with a herd mentality. For species like these, as long as one of them attacked a player, every other one of its companions around the vicinity would attack the player as well, focusing their hatred solely on the player.
The bees who looked like they did not initiate attacks looked even scarier than the other species who actually initiated attacks at this moment.
Because, to a certain degree, this was a species that looked deceiving to players by numbing the player’s sense of self. After the player finally realized the truth, he would already be stuck in their trap, unable to fend for himself.
In the wild, after a monster set its eyes on you, you had to dash out of the big areas. It was not like everything would be fine after running a few hundred meters. Furthermore, the bodies of bees were tiny. Hence, they could hide almost anywhere. For a narrow and cramped space that even a human could enter, what would make you think that bees couldn’t enter either? Even if one managed to find an ideal spot that could guard against all the bees, the bees could still use their herd piling tactic to suffocate and kill the player to say the least.
As he saw at least forty bees flying towards him from every corner, Chu You could feel his scalp tingling. He took a swift glance, and broke through towards a seemingly weak link, following which a huge swarm of bees and the previous forty boss bees pursued him.
But one thing he could confirm was that these bees could not catch up with Chu You at all. Hence during the process of constantly shifting around while running, Chu You wielded his sword towards the bees behind him continuously. The strokes were simple. It was simply chopping whatever was behind him! Making use of the increased distance of his attacking boundary, those bees could not attack Chu You physically at all. With just three strokes, he created a scope range tactic: attack of sweeping horizontally!
Throughout this process, some bees who were previously collecting nectar also joined the large army on crusade, with the troop expanding continuously.
As time went by, Chu You could only continue fighting this way, killing some bees one after another. Some ordinary gear even popped out from one of the bees. However Chu You could not pick them up in time, as he continued to run ahead. The name of the gear quickly got submerged in the swarm of bees.
Seeing his stamina bar decreasing non-stop, Chu You got anxious. Was his first death actually going to happen under such circumstances. Chu You sweated profusely. This…
Was he going to let down the meaning of these three words, ‘The Reborn One’? Do you know how much significance the real worth of these three words carry? It is deeper than the seas, and higher than the skies…its existence is just paramount!
Now, this paramount existence was soon going to be killed by getting jabbed in a heap of chaos. Ah too careless… He was really too careless. He should have seen this coming earlier.
F*** you! While running, Chu You swore furiously in his heart. If he managed to make it out alive this time round, he would for sure exterminate their whole clan!
Chu You secured his line of vision on the route ahead tightly, his lightning speed causing the scenery on both sides to swoosh past him.
At this moment, Chu You spotted a lake far ahead. Chu You rejoiced in his heart.
Heaven never cuts off a man’s means. The kind will be rewarded in the end. Flowers have periods of flourishing and withering. Water flows endlessly. Labor will allow one to escape from calamity!