Chapter 24: When You Encounter a Five-Meter-Tall Cow, Don't Panic, Give It a Slash First

The next day.

Early in the morning, Jiang He and Yang Xue had already arrived in front of the gourmet shop.

Having tasted the charm of the food yesterday, they naturally would not miss out today.

But as soon as they arrived, they saw the shop’s doors tightly shut.

A notice was posted on the door.

It read: Due to traveling to source ingredients, I am suspending business for three days!

The simple words left Yang Xue completely bewildered.

After reading it carefully twice, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, falling somewhat helplessly.

Why, why treat her like this!

She just wanted to eat some egg fried rice and have a cup of plain boiled water; why was it so difficult!

Jiang He, standing to the side, watched silently and could only pat her on the shoulder.

"Let's go, we can only come back after three days!"

After saying this, Jiang He suddenly felt curious about the food that would be available in three days.

What kind of food would it be that required a deity to personally go out and source ingredients?

He was quite curious.

Unfortunately, with the beast tide approaching the Nancheng Base, he would have to repel the tide before he could come again.

A day had already been delayed, and now the gourmet shop was closed.

It was time for them to head to the Nancheng Base.

After comforting Yang Xue, the two headed toward the Nancheng Base.

Meanwhile, whether it was Zhang Sanfeng, Yue Buqun, or Xuanci and the others,

the notice of Su Mu going out to source ingredients appeared in all of their minds.

For a moment, they all felt a sense of regret.

Three days meant that for a long time, they would not be able to eat the immortal's food.

In the world of Proud Smile of the Jianghu:

"The immortal going out to source ingredients this time means there must be new products coming!"

Looking at the text on the notice, Yue Buqun was the first to think of new products.

"No, it seems I must work hard to make money first!"

Thinking of the price of the new products and then considering his current financial resources,

Yue Buqun’s focus once again turned to making money.

On Mount Qingcheng, Yu Canghai, who had just sent out the remaining one hundred thousand taels of silver, felt a chill in his body for no apparent reason.

And what Yue Buqun could think of, Zhang Sanfeng, Xuanci, and the others thought of as well.

Involuntarily, everyone began to look forward to it.

However, while they were looking forward to it, Su Mu was still on his way.

With a butcher knife leaving the city, Su Mu’s journey was exceptionally smooth.

It was just that the place marked by the system was a bit far.

He had been driving for half a day and had only covered a little over half the distance!

At the same time, inside the Nancheng Base outside the city:

"How is the investigation going?"

Inside the base's high-level conference room, the defensive forces of the Nancheng Base were gathered.

Leading them was the person in charge of the Nancheng Base, Jing Chunan.

"It has been investigated clearly; this beast tide is led by a Fission-stage Five-Colored Wagyu!"

The person responsible for the reconnaissance reported the intelligence.

For a moment, everyone in the conference room gasped.

Fission stage—this was equivalent to a Glory-rank human.

After the Great Cataclysm, the continent underwent massive changes.

Biological evolution, similar to the Cambrian explosion, swept across the continent once again.

Ordinary animals had also turned into fierce beasts.

Humans classified the strength of fierce beasts into Juvenile, Growth, Fission, Metamorphosis, and Atavism stages...

Humans themselves had also gained considerable power.

The three basic, unadvanced stages were known as Apprentice, Guardian, and Glory-rank!

They corresponded to the strength of the fierce beasts.

But compared to fierce beasts, human strength at the same level was slightly weaker.

"How could there be a Fission-stage existence outside Tianlu City!"

Someone in the conference room exclaimed.

Hadn't the human experts already cleared out the areas outside the city long ago?

Why had a Fission-stage fierce beast appeared outside Tianlu City?

Their Nancheng Base was merely a defensive base on the ground; how could they resist it!

"Enough, now is not the time to discuss this!"

Jing Chunan, sitting at the head of the table, shouted sternly.

A Fission-stage fierce beast indeed should not have appeared.

But now was not the time to discuss that.

As the person in charge of the Nancheng Base, Jing Chunan’s own strength was only at the first level of Glory-rank!

He had no confidence at all in whether he could fight the Five-Colored Wagyu.

But at this moment, he could not retreat.

"Since we are responsible for guarding this place, we cannot let anything happen to Tianlu City!"

Slapping the conference table, Jing Chunan shouted.

"Even if we have to fight to the death, we must hold out until they arrive!"

He shouted at the people in the room, and for a time, a stifling atmosphere permeated the air.

Everyone in the room understood.

A Fission-stage fierce beast was not terrifying in itself.

It was just that they had no experts here capable of suppressing it.

The situation had already been reported; as long as they held on, reinforcements would arrive soon.

Inside the Nancheng Base, everyone prepared with a sense of resignation to death.

At this very moment, Su Mu had also reached the vicinity of his destination.

"Roar... roar... roar..."

Outside the forest, hearing the roars coming from within, Su Mu stopped the car.

To Su Mu’s ears, those angry roars sounded like small calves whimpering.

"This is the place!"

Getting out of the car and picking up his butcher knife, Su Mu confirmed the location given by the system.

Finding he was in the right place, Su Mu stepped directly into the forest.

And just as Su Mu arrived, fierce beasts in the surrounding jungle were all prostrating on the ground in extreme terror, shivering.

Some weak fierce beasts were even scared to death by the aura radiating from Su Mu.

At the core of the beast tide, the Five-Colored Wagyu was howling.

As a peak Fission-stage beast, it had sensed danger the moment Su Mu approached.

That sense of danger, seemingly coming from its very soul and bloodline, swept through its entire body.

At this moment, that invisible pressure made it unable to even howl; it could only crawl on the ground in fear, shivering.

The once majestic Five-Colored Wagyu had its eyes wide open, staring in terror at the forest in front of it.

It could feel that the extremely dense sense of death was approaching step by step.

Those fierce beasts that had been crawling along Su Mu’s path had long since run away in fear.

Leaving only an empty path for Su Mu to walk along.

"That’s strange, the sound was right here before!"

Walking along, Su Mu felt a hint of doubt as the howling in his ears grew quieter.

As it turned out, just as he stepped out of the forest into an open space, Su Mu was stunned.

In front of him, a two-meter-tall giant Wagyu was lying on the ground.

Its five-colored fur shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight.

At a single glance, Su Mu recognized it.

It was exactly the target he had come for.

In the system’s training space, he had seen all kinds of creatures.

Su Mu was not the least bit intimidated by something of this size.

When you encounter a five-meter-tall cow, don't panic; give it a slash first!