[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t":3,"chapter-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-84":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: The Tower Witch with an E-Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1374379,1818,"Chapter 84: Sudden Mutation","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we go by what you're saying, then what about the forks within this cave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hard to tell, though I do have two hypotheses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wufeng shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hypotheses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splitting, or giving birth. After all, since it's a living creature, whether it's an ordinary animal or a monster, reproduction is an unavoidable topic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Wufeng's explanation, Li Huai was suddenly enlightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how about we go check the fork first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. Better safe than sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roughly understood what Li Huai wanted to see at the fork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the few of them quickly retreated, arriving at the nearest fork that took only three minutes to reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, carrying the magic carriage lantern he had taken from Cam, Li Huai levitated into the air with the wind under his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Li Huai had made his entrance just like this earlier, everyone wasn't too surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About a meter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After looking at the distance between his legs and Li Wufeng's shoulders, Li Huai came to a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then went to the other side of the fork and gestured again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found that the cave entrance on this side was about 1.7 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, he went to another entrance further back, finding that it was also about a meter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, the two concluded that Li Wufeng's previous guess had a high probability of being correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster they had seen just now had very likely separated from that largest body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the initial cave entrance was only over two meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lysara, try sensing if there's any monster in this direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a moment, Li Wufeng signaled to Lysara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lysara nodded. Closing her eyes to inspect the area, she discovered that there really was a 'mountain hedgehog' present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this deduction and Lysara's confirmation as a foundation, the group returned behind the initial monster once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, what they wanted to do was kill this hedgehog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, how do we fight it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai definitely had more say in this regard, so Li Wufeng simply left this matter for him to consider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll launch a probing attack first. If things don't look right, we retreat immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai didn't have much to say; he just wanted to get it done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his talent was practically built for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wufeng didn't say much else. He cast a glance at Cam, who knowingly took off his mountaineering bag and pulled out several rectangular E-rank shields, distributing them to the group to hold in front of themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're very well prepared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing these shields, Li Huai was somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shang Chuan told us to bring them. He said your combat power definitely wouldn't be an issue, and that we just needed to protect ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wufeng didn't hide anything. After all, everyone was in a cooperative relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan should have already mentioned this to Li Huai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so blatant in telling them to protect themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was exactly as Li Wufeng had guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, Li Huai didn't say anything; he merely gave a faint nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'm going in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Li Huai took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wufeng, on the other hand, led the others backward by over ten meters, forming a defensive formation to protect themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he saw that Li Wufeng and the others had completed their defensive preparations, Li Huai raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible yet powerful gust of wind was shot directly from his hand, smashing heavily against the 'mountain hedgehog'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, the mountain hedgehog's hair suddenly stood on end, just like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having witnessed it already, Li Huai didn't pay it any mind and simply continued gathering the wind element to prepare his next attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was at this moment that a sudden mutation occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hairs on the mountain hedgehog's body individually began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a whoosh, over a dozen strands of hair were suddenly shot from its body, hurtling straight in Li Huai's direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden turn of events not only left Li Huai in front completely dumbfounded, but even the few people hiding behind him were just as flabbergasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't use this move before. Why did it suddenly lash out now? Was it because it got attacked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defend! Prepare to rescue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was bewildered, as the captain, Li Wufeng still reacted appropriately at the first opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the others immediately pulled out their potions, ready to step forward and apply treatment the moment Li Huai fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having recovered from his daze, Li Huai maximized his magical energy, conjuring a visible wall of wind in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff! Puff!—Thud—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp spines smashed heavily against the wind wall. Some with unfavorable angles were immediately blown to the ceiling by the wind wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, some with moderately good angles very smoothly drilled right through Li Huai's wind wall, piercing straight through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even two spines that plunged straight into Li Wufeng's shields, penetrating to a depth of ten centimeters before coming to a complete halt, breaking the group hiding behind the shields out in a cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now wasn't the time to be afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw the spines stop, Li Wufeng immediately darted forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai was carried out by Zhao Doulai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After immediately applying medicine to his wounds, the group fled miserably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even someone with an S-rank talent like Li Huai ended up like this, what use would small fries like them be if they went up? It would amount to nothing more than serving themselves up on a silver platter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after arriving at a cave fork did Li Wufeng instruct Zhao Doulai to set Li Huai down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you feel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wufeng looked at Li Huai with a trace of worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not too wonderful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai smiled bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the two penetrating wounds he had just suffered, Li Huai's face was extremely pale right now. He had never expected his defense to be breached so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something that had never happened before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, had he let the previous smooth sailing get to his head?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine. It was just a reconnaissance mission anyway. We didn't come back completely empty-handed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Li Huai could still smile, Li Wufeng knew it wasn't a major issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after handing him a healing potion, he sat down as well, picked up the shield, and began to ponder as he stared at the spine lodged in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we heading back first now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lysara asked somewhat timidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... Wait, let me consider.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the captain of this operation, Li Wufeng naturally had the obligation to bring back useful information. Otherwise, whether it was Shang Chuan's investment or Lan Qingyou's investment, he wouldn't be able to justify either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true considering Shang Chuan had promised them a ten percent share of the profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he said they hadn't returned empty-handed, he had only said that to stabilize morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spine was very hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Wufeng's eyes, it might even be harder than the E-rank equipment they had on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no matter how hard a monster's single spine was, it was impossible to use it to complete a mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Li Wufeng hadn't yet graduated from university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as an arts student—especially one who had audited political science classes—he clearly knew that the degree of task completion would directly impact their future image in the eyes of those two parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even though they could be considered laborers raised by Shang Chuan, if they really got into the details, they merely had a cooperative relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, Shang Chuan had many other teams of gatherers like them. They weren't the irreplaceable sort.\u003C\u002Fp>",1310,"2026-06-05T21:58:31.955Z",1,"novelbin.me","1a4c636610bbd9f7c2e1f5c6fa3258031be7b9afa849d14f01e8264a09f95cf4","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-85","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-83",965,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-cover.jpg"]