Chapter 1 An Eighteen-Hour Day

“Damn it, this planet seems to only have eighteen hours in a day? Four in the afternoon, that means it's almost dark?" After a calculation, Fang Senyan immediately arrived at a conclusion.

He immediately addressed the massive cultivation beast in front of him:

"Your name is Ramtas now, yes, I like this name. Take me to a higher location, preferably a mound! And with fewer creatures around. QВ５.\\”

Ramtas, shaped like a giant orc boar, twitched its huge upturned snout. Several globs of viscous snot splattered onto the ground. Vapors or mist-like substances swirled around its nostrils.

Fang Senyan's meticulous preparations were paying off.

Ramtas was a powerful elite created from orc genes + modulating techniques + animal essence. Furthermore, Fang Senyan had added his own blood when modulating it, thus its senses were keenly attuned to Fang Senyan, responding like an extension of his own body. In terms of strength, it was noticeably superior to other cultivation beasts. Even now, as it twitched its nostrils, it was instinctively using some natural power.

"Hill, safe, few, creatures, come, follow me!" (Boar grunt)

After saying this, Ramtas gestured for Fang Senyan to follow. Its thick hooves had a large surface area, allowing it to walk effortlessly on the soft soil. However, Artificial Human No. 1 suddenly said:

"Excuse me, Master, but I think you seem to have forgotten something. The central command's first instruction is that upon landing, everyone should quickly converge at the designated meeting point."

"To hell with all the central command's instructions! As long as I can complete the mission, everything else is bullshit! You guys hide the aircraft well and carry those damn instruments on your backs and follow us! I don't have time to waste."

Fang Senyan shouted.

All the Artificial Humans obediently complied with the command. They only had the right to suggest, not to decide.

Ramtas grunted and groaned as it walked ahead, the bristles on its body occasionally standing on end, sensing the flow of the wind. Its signature move was to use its crude "staff" to stab the ground hard in front of it. A faint green light flashed at the end of the staff, and then natural power surged into that area, stunning or blasting away any potentially threatening insects or creatures within.

These poisonous insects included large two-tailed scorpions, seemingly harmless but poisonous fat worms, and hideous beetles with sharp mouthparts, all struggling on the ground with their bellies up… Just looking at these things made it clear that they were quite unfriendly, but Ramtas, seemingly clumsy, was unfazed. It would occasionally bend down and awkwardly pick them up with its three thick-fingered hands, tossing them into its mouth like snacks, crunching and chewing with splattering juices.

This was the power of Fang Senyan's cultivation beasts. Not only could their abilities be adjusted according to the environment, but the creatures themselves could also evolve according to the local environment. Ramtas's performance at this time made it seem no different from a native Uprosean creature.

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Darkness fell very quickly, but it wasn't completely dark. The two ring-shaped asteroid belts that stretched across the sky emitted a soft, earthy yellow light. On the ground, it looked like the delicate texture of jade illuminated by lamplight, with an extra touch of indescribable exoticism.

In this vast and desolate wilderness with only a few trees, Fang Senyan, despite his great strength, couldn't help but feel a sense of insignificance in the face of the vastness of the world. But soon, the wind picked up, and it had a violent, aggressive feel, as if it wanted to tear everything apart. The wilderness seemed like a sea of young grass, rising and falling in waves.

Ramtas stopped, stuttering:

"Enemies, there, ahead." (Boar grunt)

Fang Senyan narrowed his eyes. The Solar Ladder in his chest suddenly unfurled its branches, and powerful energy flowed through his body along with his blood. The terrifying virus halo "swished" and immediately spread to its limit! A feeling of invincibility surged into Fang Senyan's heart. In the vision provided by his Mark III Carbon-Based Lifeform Detector, there were indeed five red dots slowly approaching in a fan shape about six or seven hundred meters ahead, filled with the threat of a wolf pack hunting.

"This is interesting. Let me see what kind of challenge the planet Upros is giving me."

As the five red dots slowly approached, a foul and fishy odor began to permeate the air. The smell reminded Fang Senyan of the rotten scent of glands on a duck's backside, but ten times stronger.

In the faint light of the asteroid belt in the sky, known as the "Upros Belt," the tall grass in the distance could be seen undulating like waves in the wind, and a strange and intense danger emerged from the darkness.

Fang Senyan continued to walk forward steadily, without the slightest fear. This was the confidence of a top-tier MT. If he fell so easily in this place, how could he talk about suppressing others to complete the mission?

Moreover, according to the experience he had crammed, the fiercer the creature, the more arrogant it was, and it would never share territory and food with other creatures, just like a king, there could only be one ruler in a region!

The appearance of five unknown creatures together revealed many problems.

Suddenly,

From the sea of grass five or six meters to Fang Senyan's right, a huge black shadow leaped up, with a strange sound like a rooster's crow, pouncing toward Fang Senyan.

It could be clearly seen that this was a strange-looking beast. Overall, it could be seen that it should belong to the large bird family, with a rooster's head and neck, the bare fleshy wings of a bat, and a lizard's long tail. The feathers all over its body were completely puffed up, which made its size look even larger.

At this time, the beast's wattle, comb, and eyes were bright red, its beak was yellow, and a few of the long feathers on its tail were slightly greenish. Probably in order to survive better in the sea of grass, its feathers were also grayish-white in the green.

At this moment, what this beast used to attack Fang Senyan was its pair of claws. This pair of claws were very common chicken claws, but the claws were stretched out very large, and the ends of the claws were not as friendly as the domestic chickens or turkeys we usually see. The sharp curved hooks of at least twenty centimeters in the darkness even had a cold, ghostly light.

In the real world, everyone must have caught roosters. When the two strong legs of a ten-kilogram rooster struggled to kick, even the strength of an adult could not hold it down if they were not careful. How could the size and strength of this monster be compared to ordinary roosters?

After pouncing on Fang Senyan like this, if its legs kicked out with all its strength, coupled with those extremely sharp hooked claws, it was believed that even if it were an adult bear, it would definitely have its belly ripped open if it were kicked in the middle! Even if it was kicked in the body, it would be impossible to avoid being torn with deep wounds and large pieces of flesh.

However, since Fang Senyan was prepared for alertness and had also grasped the movements in advance from the Mark III Carbon-Based Lifeform Detector, he was naturally confident in dealing with it, and pulled out the +7 Wester and slashed it over!

The monster's hooked claws rubbed against the metal surface of the Wester, making a "clatter" sound. In the darkness, you could even see a few sparks shining, but before it hit Fang Senyan, its fragile neck was slashed by Fang Senyan. Feathers flew, and it made a scream like a severed neck, and the whole body was thrown out.

At this time, Fang Senyan tried to use the Cheren-Miller pulse detector of the helmet. Unexpectedly, after this thing was combined with the Mark III Carbon-Based Lifeform Detector obtained in the last world, the detection ability was greatly improved, and a series of data were fed back to his retina:

Cockatrice

Health Points: Medium

Defense: Weak

Speed: 6 meters/second

Flight Speed: 10 meters/second, can only maintain short-distance flight.

Attack Power: Medium (with biological abilities)

Biological Characteristics: Immune to petrification

Attributes: Strength 45

Agility 55

Stamina 30

Intelligence 30

Spirit 15

Charm 60

Perception 50

Living Environment: All temperate and warm plains or forests may exist.

Organization: Small groups (4~10 heads)

Value: Beaks.

Biological Abilities: Not yet collected.

Possible Loot: Possible, because they like shiny things, their nests will have many pieces of glass and pebbles, and sometimes there are also minerals and gems.

Description: The cockatrice, a mixture of lizard, rooster, and bat genes, is a creepy and repugnant creature, and its special abilities are notorious. Like chickens, cockatrices are not good at flying, but because its flying speed is three times its running speed, it often flies up to attack enemies in battle. However, after flying for 1~3 rounds, it must rest for one round.

Do you want to pay 5,000 Universal Points so that the networked database can immediately obtain its biological ability data? Yes

No?

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Fang Senyan looked at this series of data with some joy, but simply rejected the proposal to pay. This behavior was just like Juan Tu's contemptible act of patting his butt and leaving immediately after tasting the samples at the supermarket.

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