Chapter 189: Super Useful Desiccant

Cheng Shuili occasionally wonders why the system lacks a proper review process; such bloody violent images should be banned.

But soon, she realizes she was daydreaming a bit.

This world is like that; the system only shows them the most realistic side.

Even so, the Designated Player Duel Card in Cheng Shuili's hand has never been sold again.

While having lunch, she takes a moment to glance at the number of people in the regional channel.

There are now over four thousand people still alive.

She ponders this number; the last merge was after the Extreme Cold ended, and at this rate, the next disaster's end should trigger the second merge.

By then, the basic materials in her hands will have a purpose.

The vehicle stops again; Su Rui steps out of the cockpit, sees Cheng Shuili and asks, "Wanna open a chest together? Silver."

Yo.

Cheng Shuili raises an eyebrow; Su Rui's luck is decent. Previously, bronze chests were rare when she drove; now Su Rui can even encounter silver chests.

And one silver chest is enough for her to open herself. She nods and gets out of the vehicle with Su Rui.

Saying they'll open the chest together really just means she watches Su Rui open it.

Consider it escort protection.

Cheng Shuili still cares about this first horse‑and‑cow lord of her own family.

Su Rui, feeling self‑aware, grips her dagger, takes a deep breath, stands before the silver chest, and lifts the lid.

A foul, rotten smell suddenly spreads.

In an instant, Cheng Shuili senses something is wrong.

The normally lax person immediately grips his long sword and warns, "Step back!"

Su Rui hasn't had time to see what's inside the chest, but she instinctively follows Cheng Shuili's command and steps back a few paces.

In the next second after she steps back, huge lizards burst out of the chest one by one, their scarlet tongues hissing, sharp claws fiercely slashing at the spot where Su Rui had just stood.

Cheng Shuili does not rush forward, but silently chants "Insight" in her mind!

The Abyssal Ring, rested for a long time, goes back on duty!

【Insight activated】

【Insight activated】

【Name: Toxic‑tongue Throat‑splitting Lizard】

【Origin】: Formed from a rotting corpse fused with a deadly poisonous lizard; its tongue can launch like a whip, the tip bearing a reverse hook that, once it pierces a prey's throat, injects a paralyzing toxin, making the victim watch helplessly as they are devoured alive!

【Weakness】: Cut off its tongue (causes excruciating pain and loss of attack), or use fire (it fears heat; its skin cracks when heated). Finally, tongue‑using monsters share a common flaw: they can only see moving creatures! Hide yourself!

Tongue!

Cheng Shuili immediately whispers the weakness to Su Rui; Su Rui, though puzzled about how she knows, understands it's not the time to ask.

Everyone has their own secrets, let alone Cheng Shuili, the Number One.

Sometimes being too curious isn't a good thing.

Su Rui follows Cheng Shuili's instructions, standing still without moving.

The monster, which had been focusing its eyes, anxiously shifts its gaze; its eyeballs wobble wildly in the sockets, clearly unable to find a target.

Cheng Shuili remembers this thing can only see moving things; so she throws something to attract its attention, right?

A sneak attack is definitely better than a head‑on clash.

Cheng Shuili's mind shifts; she takes something out of the Abyssal Ring, holds it in her palm, and the next moment, she hurls it forcefully!

"Swoosh!"

A sound of cutting through the air follows; the lizard monster's tongue instantly shoots out, its tip like a dagger, piercing the object Cheng Shuili threw. It seems to sense the taste is off; its round pupils become vertical slits, baring teeth as it slowly retracts its tongue.

This should have been a perfect attack moment, but Cheng Shuili receives a system popup notice.

【Congratulations! Obtained a super useful desiccant x1 (Packaging fragile, handle with care!)(The can is not responsible for loss or inconvenience caused by the item!)】

Cheng Shuili: "???"

What did she throw?

She carefully turns her eyes and finally sees a tangled ribbon on the ground and the can that had been pierced.

Can.

Xue Ding'e's can!

Where is the desiccant that came out?

Cheng Shuili blinks cautiously, observes closely, and notices that something seems stuck on the lizard's tongue; it looks extremely uncomfortable, repeatedly swallowing.

The tongue is drawn back into its mouth then spat out again, clearly in distress.

Cheng Shuili now understands: this can released a packet of desiccant, and it's definitely not an ordinary one.

It's hugely useful!

Because the packaging is so fragile, it broke the moment it emerged, sticking to the lizard's tongue.

The lizard's once‑flexible, twisting long tongue becomes rigid in an instant, the hooked tip now clinging to several crystal‑clear granules—that's the desiccant from the can.

As it swallows, those granules expand at a visibly rapid rate.

This scene is absurd, yet hilarious.

If she could move now, Cheng Shuili would sit down, crack some sunflower seeds and watch TV.

"Goo... roar!" The lizard suddenly emits a painful scream, and under its dark‑green scales, several irregular bulges swell.

It wildly thrashes its head, its long tongue whipping the ground like a lash, causing more sand to stick to the already sponge‑like expanded desiccant.

Su Rui notices the monster's eyes, which had been turned toward her, are now covered with a white haze.

"It can't see!" she whispers to Cheng Shuili, just as the lizard's abdomen suddenly makes a "Bo" popping sound.

Three sharp bone spines pierced through the skin, their pale‑yellow‑fat tips still dripping slime.

It sounded just like the prelude to an explosion.

At that moment there was no time to worry about whether they could move; Cheng Shuili immediately grabbed Su Rui and retreated rapidly.

As if responding to her movement, the lizard's skin began to bubble like boiling tar.

The water‑saturated desiccants formed strange crystals in its mouth; the spine then emitted a tooth‑aching "click‑click" and immediately snapped apart segment by segment like a zipper.

And the tongue that first touched those things, whose once supple muscle tissue turned into a pallid plaster‑like state, shattered into several pieces with a snap during its final twitch.

When the monster's skull slammed heavily onto the ground, the whole body seemed kneaded by an invisible giant hand; all the moisture inside its body appeared drained, leaving only a dry corpse on the road, along with a few desiccant pieces that had clearly not yet absorbed water.

Drying agent?

This is even more useful than a water pump!

Cheng Shuili stared dumbfounded at the crystal on the ground that had swelled to twice its size; if someone touched it, it wouldn't directly suck them into a dry corpse, would it?