Chapter 5

Li Qingxuan had just left the Trading Center not long ago, when three World Announcements sounded in succession on the panel.

Translation: Li Qingxuan had just left the Trading Center not long ago when three World Announcements sounded in succession on the Control Panel.

Check: "On the Control Panel, three World Announcements sounded in succession." -> "On the Control Panel, three World Announcements sounded in succession." Could be "Li Qingxuan had just left the Trading Center not long ago, and on the Control Panel three World Announcements sounded in succession." Keep meaning.

We'll output: 【1】 Li Qingxuan had just left the Trading Center not long ago, and on the Control Panel three World Announcements sounded in succession.

But need to keep single line. Ensure no extra commentary.

【World Announcement: Congratulations to Wu Kedì on being the first to upgrade the shelter, earning a reward: Golden Treasure Chest +1】

Translation: 【World Announcement: Congratulations to Wu Kedi for being the first to upgrade the Shelter, reward: Golden Treasure Chest +1】

We need to keep brackets? The line includes the curly brackets with Chinese. We'll translate inside but keep the outer brackets? Probably we should translate the content, keep the same format: 【World Announcement:...】 becomes 【World Announcement:...】. Use same brackets.

Thus: 【2】 【World Announcement: Congratulations to Wu Kedi for being the first to upgrade the Shelter, reward: Golden Treasure Chest +1】

Similarly for others.

World Announcement: Congratulations Wu Kedi first upgraded Shelter, reward: Golden Treasure Chest +1

World Announcement: Congratulations Wu Kedi first upgraded Shelter, reward: Golden Treasure Chest +1

【World Announcement: Congratulations to Kolong on being the second to upgrade the shelter, earning a reward: Silver Treasure Chest +1】

World Announcement: Congratulations Kelong second upgraded Shelter, reward: Silver Treasure Chest +1

World Announcement: Congratulations Kelong second upgraded Shelter, reward: Silver Treasure Chest +1

【World Announcement: Congratulations to Meichuan Kùzi on being the third to upgrade the shelter, earning a reward: Black Iron Treasure Chest +1】

World Announcement: Congratulations Meichuan Kuzi third upgraded Shelter, reward: Black Iron Treasure Chest +1

World Announcement: Congratulations Meichuan Kuzi third upgraded Shelter, reward: Black Iron Treasure Chest +1

Upon hearing the three successive World Announcement alerts, Li Qingxuan's mind went blank; he felt a mix of grief and anger, gritting his teeth as he cried, "Wuu wuu wuu... my Golden Treasure Chest! You lot really ought to die!"

Translation: Hearing the three successive World Announcement notification sounds, Li Qingxuan's mind went blank instantly, he felt grief and indignation mingled, gritted his teeth and said: "Wuu… my Golden Treasure Chest! You guys really deserve to die!"

We need to keep quotes. Use English.

Li Qingxuan felt a sharp pang in his heart, and a doubt arose: "Could they have been just chopping wood all the time, doing nothing else? Otherwise, where would all this wood come from?"

Translation: Li Qingxuan felt a sharp pang in his heart, and a doubt arose: "Could it be that they've been chopping wood all along, doing nothing else? Otherwise, where would all this wood come from?"

The situation was unclear, but the matter had already been settled; Li Qingxuan could only suppress his doubts.

Translation: The situation was unclear, but the matter was already settled; Li Qingxuan could only suppress the doubt in his heart.

Li Qingxuan opened the regional chat channel, searched around, but couldn't find Wu Kedì, so he gave up on befriending him, and instead thought about whether he could trade for something good.

Translation: Li Qingxuan opened the Area Chat Channel, searched within it, didn't find Wu Kedi, so he gave up the idea of befriending him, and instead wondered if he could trade for something good.

【1? Actually line 14】 Wait need to keep meaning: "and on the side, he thought about whether he could trade for something good." -> "and on the side, he thought about whether he could trade for something good."

However, realizing he had nothing to trade, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Alas, I'm too poor; I need to find a few more treasure chests."

Translation: However, thinking he had nothing to trade, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Alas, I'm still too poor; I need to find a way to get more treasure chests."

Li Qingxuan glanced at the time; it was already past six. He waited patiently for another two hours, seeing no strange creatures come to "visit," he wasn't sure if any uninvited guests would show up tonight.

Translation: Li Qingxuan glanced at the time—it was past six. He waited patiently another two hours; seeing no Weird Creature come to "visit," he was also uncertain whether any uninvited guests would arrive tonight.

Li Qingxuan planned to rest first, but just in case, he leaned his black iron spear against the wall beside the bed, lay down fully clothed, and fell asleep.

Translation: Li Qingxuan planned to rest first, but just in case, he leaned the Black Iron Spear against the wall beside the bed, lay down fully clothed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

In a daze, he heard a knocking sound; Li Qingxuan instantly woke up, sat up abruptly, grabbed the spear beside the bed, and slowly approached the window, making sure not to startle the monster.

Translation: In a daze, he heard a "zhī zhī zhī" sound; Li Qingxuan instantly woke up, sat up with a swish, grabbed the spear at the bedside, and slowly approached the window, making sure not to startle the monster.

Li Qingxuan checked the time; it was already past three in the morning, with nearly eight hours until dawn, and he muttered, "Really, staying up all night doing nothing—do those strange creatures not need sleep?"

Translation: Li Qingxuan checked the time—it was past three a. m., with nearly eight hours until dawn—and muttered softly: "Really, staying up all night to do what? Do Weird Creatures not need sleep?"

With a "bang," a sound came from the door, and the panel indicated that the shelter was under attack.

Translation: With a "bang," a sound came from the door, and the Control Panel indicated that the Shelter was under attack.

Li Qingxuan peered out the window and saw a huge spider with a colorful abdomen attacking the wooden door; its upper body resembled a human, surging waves, a seductive face, but its eight eyes truly gave Li Qingxuan trypophobia.

Translation: Li Qingxuan poked his head out the window and saw a huge spider with a multicolored abdomen attacking the wooden door; its upper body resembled a person, surging and alluring, but the eight eyes on its face truly gave Li Qingxuan trypophobia.

Its waist connected to a large abdomen, eight slender spider legs supported its body, and the big spider waved its two sharp forelegs, smashing the door with loud bangs.

Translation: Its waist connected to a large sac, eight thin spider legs supported its body; the big spider waved its two sharp forelegs, smashing the wooden door with loud bangs.

"Who designed this thing? It's got a great figure but looks terrifying—though foot fetishists would get an eyeful." Li Qingxuan

Translation: "Who designed this thing? Great figure, but terrifying looks—though foot fetishists would get an eyeful." Li Qingxuan chuckled.

Seeing he couldn't break the wooden door for now, Li Qingxuan shifted his focus to the Strange Illustration.

Translation: Seeing that he couldn't break the wooden door for now, Li Qingxuan turned his attention to the Weird Encyclopedia.

【Strange Creature: Human-faced Spider】

Translation: 【Weird Creature: Human-faced Spider】

【Type: Mental】

Translation: 【Type: Spirit Type】

【Physique: 15】

Translation: 【Constitution: 15】

【Spirit: 28】

Translation: 【Spirit: 28】

【Rank: F-rank】

Translation: 【Rank: F Rank】

【Abilities: Soul Arrow, Steel Tentacles】

Translation: 【Abilities: Soul Arrow, Steel Touch Foot】

【Weak Points: Head, Abdomen】

Translation: 【Weak Points: Head, Abdomen】

【Description: A low-tier strange creature that lives in groups and has extraordinary reproductive ability】

Translation: 【Description: Low-grade Weird Creature, gregarious, extraordinary reproductive capacity】

"Damn, waiting until dawn won't work." Li Qingxuan stared at the wooden house's durability gauge, did the math, and saw that durability was dropping about two points per minute.

Translation: "Holy crap, waiting till dawn won't work." Li Qingxuan stared at the Wooden House's durability on the Control Panel, calculated, and found it dropped about two points per minute.

"No way, does the wooden house get torn apart after 50 minutes of scratching? Besides, this monster's spirit stat is far higher than mine, and it has spirit attacks—how am I supposed to fight it?" Li Qingxuan paced frantically, but had no clue.

Translation: "No way, the wooden house will be done in after 50 minutes of scratching? Plus, this monster's Spirit is far higher than mine, and it has a Spirit attack—how do I fight it?" Li Qingxuan paced anxiously, but had no idea.

When the wooden house's durability fell to 80 points, Li Qingxuan used one unit of wood to repair it—each unit restores 5 durability. "Not bad, not bad—these 15 units of wood should buy me another thirty-plus minutes."

Translation: When the Wooden House's durability dropped to 80 points, Li Qingxuan took out one unit of Wood to repair—one unit of Wood restores five durability points—"Not bad, not bad; these fifteen units of wood will let me hold out another thirty-plus minutes."

A white figure in the distance was attracted by the sound of the wooden house being hit and floated toward it. Upon seeing the human-faced spider, it waved its arms and lunged to attack. The spider sensed the incoming attack from behind, stopped attacking the door, and turned to face it.

Translation: A white silhouette in the distance was drawn by the sound of the Wooden House being struck, drifting toward it; upon seeing the Human-faced Spider, it waved its arms and lunged to attack. The Human-faced Spider sensed the attack from behind, stopped assaulting the door, and turned to meet it.

"Holy crap, does the spider really have spider-sense? It doesn't even have eyes in the back." Li Qingxuan sighed, took a look at the female ghost–like strange creature, and looked up its info in the Strange Illustration.

Translation: "Holy shit, do spiders really have spider-sense? It doesn't even have eyes in the back." Li Qingxuan exclaimed, glanced at the female-ghost–like Weird Creature, and checked its info in the Weird Encyclopedia.

【Strange Creature: Whispering Wraith】

Translation: 【Weird Creature: Whispering Ghost】

【Type: Mental】

Translation: 【Type: Spirit Type】

【Physique: 10】

Translation: 【Constitution: 10】

【Spirit: 32】

Translation: 【Spirit: 32】

【Rank: F-rank】

Translation: 【Rank: F Rank】

【Abilities: Psychic Blast, Phase Shift】

Translation: 【Abilities: Spiritual Shock, Illusion-Real Change】

【Weak Points: None】

Translation: 【Weak Points: None】

【Description: A low-tier strange creature that is immune to physical attacks while ethereal and can absorb the souls of the dead to bolster itself】

Translation: 【Description: Low-grade Weird Creature, immune to physical attacks in ethereal state, can absorb the souls of the dead to strengthen itself】

The human-faced spider lunged at the female ghost, while the illusory arrows beside it gradually formed; with a whoosh, the arrows shot at her, she couldn't dodge, was hit, and her form instantly faded a bit.

Translation: The Human-faced Spider lunged at the female ghost, while the ethereal arrows beside it gradually coalesced; with a whoosh, the arrows shot at the female ghost, who couldn't dodge in time, was hit, and her form instantly dimmed somewhat.

The female ghost seized the chance to close in on the human-faced spider, solidified, and grabbed it with one hand, leaving several blood streaks on the spider's face. The spider lashed its tentacles to stab her, but they merely scraped her body, inflicting no damage.

Translation: Meanwhile, the female ghost seized the chance to approach the Human-faced Spider, became corporeal, grabbed it with one hand, leaving several bloodstains on the spider's face; the Human-faced Spider waved its forelegs to stab the female ghost, but the forelegs merely grazed her body, causing no harm.

At this moment, the female ghost's eyes lit up, while the human-faced spider's eyes glazed over and it froze in place.

Translation: At that moment, the female ghost's eyes brightened, while the Human-faced Spider's eyes glazed over, and it froze in place.

The female ghost frantically waved her hands, her assault surging like a tide; blood spattered across the human-faced spider's face, and in some places stark white bone was exposed.

Translation: The female ghost frantically waved both hands, her assault like a tide; blood flowed across the Human-faced Spider's face, and in some places even bare white bone showed.

Just two seconds later, the human-faced spider recovered, leapt back to put distance between itself and the female ghost, and simultaneously condensed a mental arrow in the air, shooting it fiercely at her.

Translation: Only two seconds later, the Human-faced Spider recovered, leapt back to distance itself from the female ghost, and simultaneously condensed a Spirit Arrow in midair, shooting it fiercely at the female ghost.

After being hit, the female ghost's silhouette grew dimmer and more illusory, as if it were about to dissipate into the air.

Translation: After being struck, the female ghost's form grew ever dimmer, becoming ethereal as if about to dissipate in the air.

She, who had originally been charging toward the human-faced spider, abruptly turned and fled in the opposite direction.

Translation: The form she had originally charged toward the Human-faced Spider with suddenly reversed, and she fled in the opposite direction.

The human-faced spider pursued her relentlessly from behind, while continuing to condense arrows beside it, but its fatigue was clearly evident.

Translation: The Human-faced Spider pursued her relentlessly from behind, while continuing to condense arrows beside it, but its fatigue was clearly perceptible.

Li Qingxuan watched as the female ghost vanished into the forest, her form flickering like a phantom as she sped through the trunks and escaped.

Translation: Li Qingxuan watched the female ghost vanish into the forest, her shape flickering like a phantom through the trunks as she fled at high speed.

Although the human-faced spider moved swiftly, the trees constantly obstructed and forced it to change direction, making its speed comparable to the female ghost's.

Translation: Although the Human-faced Spider moved swiftly, the trees constantly obstructed and shifted its direction, making its speed comparable to the female ghost's.

Seeing that both sides were badly wounded, Li Qingxuan wanted to pursue, but feared he might not return, so he hesitated.

Translation: Seeing both sides badly wounded, Li Qingxuan wanted to give chase, but feared he might not return, so he hesitated.

"How bold a person is, how vast the land's yield! No unexpected wealth, no riches; no night grass, no fat horse; if a person isn't ruthless, they can't stand firm—Let's go!" Li Qingxuan pumped himself up, shoved the door open, grabbed his iron spear, and sprinted out.

Translation: "How bold can a person be, how vast the land's yield! No unexpected wealth, no riches; no night grass, no fat horse; if one isn't ruthless, one can't stand firm—let's go!" Li Qingxuan psyched himself up, flung the door open, grabbed the Iron Spear, and sprinted out.

Fortunately, Li Qingxuan's hesitation was brief; just a moment later, he caught up to the human-faced spider and the female ghost.

Translation: Fortunately, Li Qingxuan's hesitation was brief—just a moment—and he caught up to the Human-faced Spider and the female ghost.

By now the battle had reached fever pitch; the human-faced spider fired an arrow, the female ghost's eyes flashed bright, and taking advantage of the spider's stunned state, Li Qingxuan, hiding behind a tree, surged forward and swept his spear straight at the spider's head.

Translation: At this point, the battle had reached white-hot intensity; the Human-faced Spider fired an arrow, the female ghost's eyes flashed bright, and taking advantage of the spider's stunned state, Li Qingxuan, hiding behind a tree, surged forward and swept his spear straight at the spider's head.

After the female ghost was hit, her form became almost transparent; she glanced at Li Qingxuan, then without hesitation turned and fled.

The spear swept over the human-faced spider's head, brain matter burst, red and white liquid splattered all over the ground, the human-faced spider's body stiffened, and it collapsed to the ground.

A flash of white light passed, the human-faced spider was sucked into the Atlas, the Control Panel prompted: Spirit +7, gained ability 'Soul Arrow'.

Li Qingxuan heard the prompt, overjoyed in his heart, he didn't have time to check the skill description, and directly chased after the female ghost.

Li Qingxuan sprinted toward the female ghost, from afar he saw her, the female ghost suddenly turned her head, her eyes flashed bright, Li Qingxuan froze on the spot.

A hint of hesitation crossed the female ghost's face, then she immediately fled toward the distance.

After two seconds, Li Qingxuan shook his still slightly throbbing head, looked up and saw two Ghouls sprinting madly toward him, he hurriedly checked the information of these two monsters.

【Weird Creature: Ghoul】

【Type: Flesh Type】

【Constitution: 16】

【Spirit: 5】

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【Weird Creature: Ghoul】

【Type: Flesh Type】

【Constitution: 16】

【Spirit: 4】

【Rank: F Rank】

【Ability: Eat Corpse】

【Weak Point: Head】

【Description: Low-level Weird Creature, consuming large amounts of other creatures' flesh allows rapid growth, cannibalism among the same species greatly increases growth speed】

Li Qingxuan glanced at the data, seeing that the threat to himself was not great, he ignored them and continued chasing the female ghost, hoping in his heart that after killing the female ghost he could obtain another ability.

The two Ghouls pursued relentlessly, always trailing behind Li Qingxuan, but the distance between them kept growing.

When he saw the female ghost again, Li Qingxuan without hesitation instantly condensed a Soul Arrow and shot it at the female ghost. The female ghost turned her head to see the arrow, her face showed fear, then she gave Li Qingxuan a sinister look, her eyes suddenly brightened, after releasing a Spiritual Shock, her illusory body began to tremble slightly.

The arrow shot by Li Qingxuan instantly pierced the female ghost's body, the female ghost turned into countless crystal fragments that fluttered down to the ground.

Li Qingxuan, affected by the Spiritual Shock, went limp, his whole person slumped onto the ground, the iron spear in his hand also slammed heavily onto the ground, and he was unable to rise for a long time.

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