Chapter 7: The Jungle of Another World
Jia Zhengjin, dressed in a full set of fiber clothes and wielding a stone spear, cautiously made his way through the dense, thorny forest. His appearance at this moment was not unlike that of a primitive man who had just entered civilization.
The grass, which reached up to his chest, concealed countless strange creatures. He had just been startled by a giant caterpillar half his height. Fortunately, the caterpillar was docile and ignored the intruder, continuing to munch on leaves contentedly.
Massive trees, twenty to thirty meters tall, were everywhere, their canopies interconnecting to shield the entire forest. Sunlight couldn't penetrate, so the temperature in the forest was drastically different from the temperature outside. Dew was everywhere, and the air was filled with moisture.
"Gurgle~~" A group of striped strange birds stood in a neat line on a thick branch, tilting their heads curiously to observe Jia Zhengjin.
"Hiss~~" A giant centipede, seven or eight meters long and as thick as a bucket, passed through the nearby grass, ignoring the suddenly frozen intruder.
Just by stepping into the forest, so many bizarre creatures appeared immediately. Jia Zhengjin felt immense pressure!
Not to mention anything else, he estimated he couldn't even defeat that centipede he'd just seen. With his current equipment, he'd probably be swallowed in one bite!
Should he retreat? After all the preparations, Would he decide to back down at the last moment? What kind of behavior was that?
After a moment's hesitation, Jia Zhengjin mustered his courage, raised his stone spear, and advanced deeper into the forest.
The further in he went, the more otherworldly creatures appeared in groups. Giant cockroaches over three meters long, silver spiders with bodies that glistened like metallic machines when the light falls on them in certain angles, strange flowers with mouths that constantly made retching sounds, eerie creatures that looked like rotten logs but actually had eyes on both ends, herds of one-horned goats that looked like normal goats except for the single sharp horn on their foreheads...
The creatures here were incredibly diverse, with features completely different from the ones on Earth.
"The creatures in this world, apart from looking a bit strange, don't seem that dangerous!" Discovering that most of the strange creatures in the forest weren't aggressive, Jia Zhengjin felt slightly more at ease.
Just as he was relaxing, a chilling sound suddenly came from above. It was like nails scratching across a blackboard, a noise that made one's whole body uncomfortable.
Jia Zhengjin quickly crouched down, burying himself in the dense grass, and looked up towards the source of the sound.
He saw a giant python, with a fiery red body, coiled at the top of a large tree. It was opening it's massive mouth, large enough to swallow Jia Zhengjin whole, while facing off against a giant bird that seemed to be cloaked in electricity.
The giant bird was larger than Jia Zhengjin, but it looked tiny compared to the python. Yet it showed no fear, flapping its golden wings as it flew around the tree where the python was coiled.
As the golden bird flew, some of its feathers floated down.
Jia Zhengjin's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to carefully move about, collecting the falling feathers.
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[Feather] : Can be used to craft arrows and is an essential material for certain armors.
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After circling the python for a while, the giant bird suddenly let out a sharp cry. It's enormous body transformed into a bolt of lightning, violently striking the python's head.
"did it really transform into lightning?" Jia Zhengjin exclaimed in surprise, "can its attack have the power of 100,000 volts?"
Of course, the golden bird couldn't answer Jia Zhengjin's question. It was fully focused on transforming into bolts of lightning, continuously attacking the python.
The python, after being struck in the head several times, seemed to be angered. It opened its mouth again, emitting that skin-crawling sound like fingers scratching a blackboard, while simultaneously spewing scorching flames from its mouth.
"Wow~~ This scene is even more spectacular than a Hollywood blockbuster!" Jia Zhengjin exclaimed, promptly bending down to hide in the grass before quickly fleeing the scene. He had no desire to get caught up between these two giant otherworldly creatures or lose his life in their lightning and flames!
After walking a few steps, he heard rustling sounds from around him. Then, a group of "mushrooms" emerged from the grass! These mushrooms looked like the common umbrella-shaped ones on Earth, except they were enormous, the tallest reaching up to Jia Zhengjin's knees. Moreover, they could hop around, clearly the were alive.
Jia Zhengjin hurriedly raised his stone spear, but to his surprise, these mushrooms completely ignored his weapon. Instead, they affectionately hopped to his feet, nuzzling him like puppies.
Confused, Jia Zhengjin used his stone spear to sweep away the mushroom-shaped creatures near him, but they immediately gathered back, still sticking to his feet and constantly nuzzling him.
"Shoo! Shoo!" Annoyed by their persistence, he vigorously struck at the strange mushrooms with his stone spear, finally managing to drive them away.
He trudged through the wet, dewy grass until his clothes were drenched, avoiding numerous bizarre and potentially dangerous otherworldly creatures. Eventually, he used his [Find Ore Veins] skill to locate the nearest iron ore vein from his starting point.
The ore vein was beside a clear river, surrounded by a relatively open grassland. Most importantly, there were no dangerous creatures nearby, and The riverbank offered abundant sources for collecting materials: rocks, fruit trees, and grass.
"A perfect location for building an initial base!" Jia Zhengjin surveyed the area, and after confirming it was safe, he exchanged his stone spear for a stone axe. He began quickly clearing the grass on the riverside, preparing an open a space to build a new shelter. At the same time, he could obtain large amounts of plant fibers while clearing the space needed, which he could use to practice his crafting skills during idle times.
After all, the higher the crafting skill level, the better the quality of the items produced!
"Hop hop hop~~" Just as he was busy working, that group of strange mushrooms emerged again from the forest grass. They observed Jia Zhengjin from a distance for a while, then cheerfully rushed over, sticking to his feet and nuzzling him again.
"Aren't you annoying!" After several failed attempts to drive them away, Jia Zhengjin angrily took out his stone spear and attacked, stabbing directly at them.
After one mushroom was pierced, its body immediately deflated. But the other mushrooms remained unmoved, continuing to stick to him.
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[Message]: You killed a mushroom, and gained 1 experience point.
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"This counts as a monster?!" Even one point was still experience, and these things didn't fight back. Jia Zhengjin simply raised his stone spear and began a killing spree, slaughtering all the annoying mushrooms.
Finally free from the clingy creatures at his feet, he breathed a sigh of relief. After searching the mushroom corpses for a while, he found that each mushroom basically yielded 1 [Spore], probably something that could be planted. There was nothing else besides that!
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