Chapter 333: Metallic Lifeforms? A World Reduced to a Testing Ground?

On the fallen body of the giant wild-species beast, the long-horned, right-clawed, twin-tailed giant tiger drank deeply of its hot blood, following its instinct to draw out the mysterious substance within and gulp it down!

In an instant, Baichuan felt his body spring to life once more, just as it had back in the Grey Mist.

His whole body began to liven up, no longer sluggish, brimming with vigor; the taut, strained feeling in his flesh from the previous enhancement vanished without a trace once again.

Rolling waves of heat continuously nourished him, making his entire body itch, as though his very bones were undergoing a metamorphosis.

Most importantly, his left claw also seemed to be beginning to show that mysterious, flickering black pattern.

This proved that the substance representing the bloodline of the wild beast within him had grown stronger once again!

……

When the sky was just about to brighten, Baichuan brought back one thigh of the Red-Scaled Tyrannosaurus Rex wild-species beast that had lost its mysterious substance.

It wasn't that he didn't want to bring more—its body was simply too massive; he couldn't carry all of it at all.

Moreover, the spreading smell of blood would soon attract other predators.

So, after eating some of the most energy-rich portions, he buried the most conspicuous, largest chunk of its flesh underground and brought back another portion—namely, the right thigh.

The thick smell of blood naturally drew the awakened little squirrel over to watch curiously. Baichuan smiled faintly to himself, and without caring whether it would eat or not, he directly dug out a deliberately hidden, blood-drenched heart from the thigh meat and squeezed the blood within—emitting faint red glimmers—into its water basin.

Only then did he swallow down that blood-soaked organ.

The water basin—he had coaxed the little squirrel into making it over the course of this month, step by step.

The purpose was to get it to drink this essence blood imbued with all sorts of strange powers, to see if it could trigger a metamorphosis.

A true case of repaying a drop of kindness with a gushing spring.

After finishing the cleanup, Baichuan returned to the ancient tree hollow, settled down, and quietly digested the night's haul.

Especially the increase in his Gold Finger's energy column: 【Energy: 1500】

Just the bulk of one Red-Scaled Tyrannosaurus Rex's fresh blood, along with a small portion of its flesh, had given him over a thousand points of energy!

The lion's share of that energy came from the blood.

This was the might of a wild-species beast—the energy it contained was far from ordinary!

Soon, very soon!

At this rate, he would soon be able to unlock his Core ability and regain a portion of a Planet Overlord's essence!

With various thoughts turning in his mind, Baichuan, exhausted from the night's work, fell into a deep sleep.

In the still somewhat dim tree hollow, specks of fluorescence began to emanate from the giant tiger's body, and his already not-small frame seemed to swell ever so slightly.

……

"Kra~ kra~ kra~~"

At dusk, Baichuan, who had been sleeping, suddenly heard a burst of急促 sounds resembling a dog's barking.

Abruptly, Baichuan snapped his eyes open, a fierce glint shooting from within.

This was the little squirrel's urgent cry—Baichuan, who had been in contact with the little fellow for two months now, was very familiar with it.

The little fellow was warning him.

With vigilance quietly rising in his heart, Baichuan slowly walked out of the tree hollow.

At that moment, the little fellow on the treetop was bouncing about non-stop, its tone full of urgency. Only when it saw him appear did it breathe a sigh of relief, then immediately began calling repeatedly while looking in a certain direction.

But by now Baichuan no longer needed its warning, because—

He had already seen the pack of beasts emerging from all around the dense shrubs and exotic flowers and grasses, surrounding him as they approached—it was the original wolf pack!

One by one, the six-legged original wolves crouched low, baring their fangs, viscous, foul-smelling drool dripping from their mouths, their eyes gleaming with malice as they closed in.

Strangely, his ultrasonic perception detected absolutely nothing.

Baichuan focused his gaze on the faint, thread-like green light linking the wolves together, and understood in his heart—they seemed to possess some power that could evade his ultrasonic perception.

Though somewhat surprised by this, he also felt it was only to be expected.

In the end, this ability of his came from nothing more than an ordinary bat. In this world so unlike the past, these wild-species beasts possessing special powers might not have paid any mind to a common bat's sound waves at first, but after he had hunted original wolves in large numbers over the past two months, it would have been utterly impossible for them to have no awareness or countermeasures at all.

No matter how carefully he concealed himself during each operation, he would inevitably leave behind some traces.

What he hadn't expected was that he had only just ambushed the Red-Scaled Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the wolves had already tracked him back to the vicinity of his den.

Thinking about it, Baichuan couldn't help but laugh wryly to himself, completely ignoring the menacing posture of the ferocious wolf pack around him.

As the wolves surrounded him and the encirclement gradually closed, a path suddenly opened up within the pack.

Amid heavy footsteps, a giant wolf—also six-legged, but a full twelve meters long—appeared.

Its body was like black steel, yet interspersed with specks of dazzling golden light; the mane on its neck was extraordinarily thick, and a pair of white eyes—different from the emerald green of the other original wolves—stood out conspicuously.

Those eyes were full of disdain and arrogance. With every step it took, the wolves lowered their heads in submission, fully displaying the bearing of a king!

As if the mere few-meter-long tiger cub before it was already firmly within its claws, unable to escape even if given wings!

If one were to compare them by size alone, the disparity in the current situation was indeed enormous.

A few meters versus over ten meters—the gap was truly too vast.

Therefore, at this moment, the wolf king—secretly named White-Eyed Wolf by Baichuan—was also inwardly full of self-satisfaction.

For two full months, the scoundrel that had harassed its wolf pack, slaughtering countless of its pack's pups and keeping the wolves in constant unease, had finally been caught by it!

Today, it intended to let the entire uneasy wolf pack tear apart the fear in their hearts, and more importantly, to personally demonstrate the majesty of the wolf king before all of them once again!

To make the enemies lurking around its territory, restless and ready to move, remember its might once more!

Thinking this, the majestic wolf king, possessed of a certain cunning, slowly peeled back its savage maw into a grin.

A massive shadow gradually drew closer.

"Kra kra kra……"

On the treetop, watching the ferocious uninvited guests below, the little fellow's cries grew increasingly urgent.

Baichuan paid it no heed. His massive tiger frame stood utterly still, giving off an air of weathering any storm without budging an inch.

If this pack of wolves had surrounded him back when he hadn't yet hunted the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Baichuan might have found it quite a headache, but as for now—

"Awoo—!"

A long wolf howl rang out from the Langwang's mouth.

"Puff puff…"

A series of sounds of cloth sacks tearing rang out.

"—whine…whine?!"

The wolf howl had not yet stopped when the white-eyed Langwang was blinded.

The scene it had imagined—of several giant wolves charging out of the pack to tear at the little tiger cub—did not appear. What appeared instead was a series of thuds of bodies hitting the ground.

Blinking its wolf eyes in confusion, the Langwang slowly looked behind itself, only to see several nine-meter primal wolves that had charged out lying silently on the ground amid the rolling dust, crimson liquid spreading like a liquid.

"Huh?"

The little squirrel on the treetop was also bewildered.

From its vantage point, it could only see that within the wolf pack's encirclement, several primal wolves had just charged out when they suddenly lost their balance and fell, sliding a great distance under the momentum of their charge.

"Aoo!"

The Langwang was furious—or rather, the primal wolf pack was furious. Stimulated by the blood and the red light bursting from the Langwang's body, every primal wolf's eyes turned red.

Urged on by the Langwang, one primal wolf after another charged out.

Yet the frenzied wolves did not notice that their leader had quietly retreated a few steps, its body hidden behind the charging primal wolves, a pair of white, cunning wolf eyes constantly scanning the little tiger cub.

"Puff puff puff…"

In that instant, that cunning white-eyed Langwang finally saw clearly exactly how the charging primal wolves had fallen!

Tiny objects kept flying out from beneath the little tiger cub's fur, then shot forth violently. The moment they struck the wolf pack, another primal wolf fell dead.

Those were the exotic metal teeth Baichuan had taken from the Tyrannosaurus Rex's mouth!

They were the manifestation of the wild beast bloodline upon the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Just as Baichuan's right claw had mutated, the Tyrannosaurus Rex's mutation was a giant maw and fangs that could chew through anything, indestructible.

These terrifyingly abnormal metal teeth, in the hands of Baichuan who possessed Dianci Caozuo ability, were simply the most powerful weapons.

Using Dianci Caozuo to control the metal teeth as weapons wielded like his own limbs, nothing could withstand them, striking only vital points.

Against creatures that were not wild species, it was simply a dimensional strike!

In just a few breaths, primal wolves lay fallen across the ground. Not one could approach within ten meters of Baichuan's position, and an overwhelmingly thick scent of blood spread continuously.

The wolf pack began to grow afraid, retreating ceaselessly amidst mournful whines. No matter how the white-eyed Langwang roared commands, they no longer obeyed, and even began to question the Langwang itself.

Wolves are exactly this kind of creature—once the pack suffers heavy losses under the Langwang's leadership, they will question every decision the Langwang makes, even its position.

Even the white-eyed Langwang, having become a wild species, could not avoid this.

Therefore, under the pressure of the remaining wolf pack, the white-eyed Langwang had no choice but to step forward. If this expedition ended in failure, its position as Langwang would be lost in an instant.

A wolf, even a wild species, once it leaves the pack and becomes a lone wolf, is nothing.

Under the gaze of the wolf pack, the Langwang stepped forward, staring intently at this little tiger cub, white light gleaming in its eyes.

In response, Baichuan also raised his attention. As fellow wild species, over more than two months of occasional observation, even he had not found where the Langwang's mutation lay. In past hunts, the pack mostly hunted as ordinary wolves, and only in rare situations did this white-eyed Langwang take action—but the battle would always end very quickly.

Therefore, he didn't know much about the white-eyed Langwang… wait. Suddenly, a thought struck Baichuan. He looked toward those white-glowing wolf eyes—could the other's mutation be its eyes?!

The next instant, Baichuan was about to close his eyes. The perception ability from the bat fully activated at this moment, focusing on sensing every subtle change in the air. Then an exotic metal tooth hidden in his fur, always poised to strike, shot forth wrapped in terrifying electric energy!

At the very same moment, the instant Baichuan looked over, the white light in the white-eyed Langwang's eyes surged explosively!

In an instant, it was like a flashbang exploding, a blazing light flaring up violently.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!"

Two breaths later.

In the ears of the blinded Baichuan came the sound of the wolf pack scattering, followed by a heavy thud.

'That was close—almost fell into the trap.'

After a long while, Baichuan, whose vision had finally recovered, looked with some relief at the Langwang that had already lost its breath before him. By now, those abnormal eyes had completely lost their light, and a huge gash had appeared on its chest, the surrounding flesh faintly charred black, with a massive贯通 wound stretching out behind it.

Clearly, it must have been that the Langwang, in the instant it pounced, had not expected Baichuan to be so cunning, having long since charged up an electromagnetic cannon waiting for it, directly

After taking several deep breaths to calm his emotions, Baichuan surveyed his surroundings.

'Looks like this nest won't do for long…'

Surveying the wreckage-strewn ground, Baichuan understood in his heart.

Such a huge commotion had occurred here. To be safe and not attract other powerful creatures passing by,

He could only reluctantly abandon this place.

Of course, before abandoning it, he would harvest as much energy as he could—these wolf corpses couldn't be wasted.

Having silently decided on his plan, Baichuan also began cleaning up the battlefield.

……

After such a great upheaval, Baichuan had no plans to go out tonight either.

After stuffing all the wolf corpses into that massive tree hollow nest, and harvesting a pair of special electronic-wolf-eye-like objects, Baichuan grabbed the bewildered little squirrel and left this place, heading toward another nest he had prepared.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone Baichuan?

But after this upheaval, Baichuan was somewhat weighed down by worries for a time, falling into thought continuously along the way.

The source was naturally that Langwang's eyes.

A pair of wolf eyes utterly out of place in this world filled with a primordial atmosphere—wolf eyes brimming with a sense of technology!

If it were merely similar in appearance, that would be fine. But he had personally cut open one of those electronic wolf eyes and discovered that inside they were actually full of things resembling circuit boards and wires.

Coupled with the thought of his right claw that had completely mutated into special metal, and the metalized teeth of the Red-Scaled Tyrannosaurus Rex,

Could this be the true essence of wild beasts?

When wild beasts evolve to the end, do they completely metalize, becoming war machines of pure destruction?

The strongest beings of this world were actually not flesh and blood! But machines brimming with the ultimate destructive power?

Is this truly a normal world?

Or rather, can Wild Beasts truly be beings that appear normally?

Silicon-based lifeforms?

Or is this some being's, or even some civilization's, testing ground?

Baichuan shook his head and did not think too much about it.

As that saying goes, this was not something he should be considering right now.

Rather than thinking about these things, it would be better to think about how to grow stronger faster, accumulate three hundred thousand Energy, unlock the Core ability, and try to guide the arrival of the main body.

However, if he truly became fully metallized, then the accumulation from before might just come in handy.

Baichuan suddenly thought of the scientific knowledge he had accumulated before, the various weapon structures, and the power of nuclear energy.

If the power of nuclear energy were loaded into a metallic lifeform, would some unexpected changes occur?

……

(End of this chapter)