"This is for you . " Old Ji took a black plastic bag out of his pocket . From the shape of the bag, he could guess that it was something like a notebook or a cell phone .
Gao Peng took it and opened it in front of Old Ji . The bag contained a beige map that felt coarse, though it was unclear what it was made of . There was also a tablet and a very precise compass .
"This tablet is solar powered . There's an electronic version of the map on it . You can also use it to make calls . . . if there's a signal . I'll teach you how to use the map and compass in the next few days . It's a map of the interior regions that shows the terrain of Yuzhou . It also shows where the dangerous places are . You should refer to it often .
"You have a flying type monster, so you have more protection than most monster trainers on expeditions . . . You need to learn to make the correct decisions when facing danger . As long as I'm here, I'll always be there to be your shield . Just do everything that you want to do with confidence . " Ji Hanwu's usual stern disposition suddenly seemed to have softened . A warm smile appeared on his face .
Gao Peng turned his head and looked up at his grandfather . His grandpa's silver-white hair was neatly groomed .
Gao Peng remembered that his hair had once been black .
"Okay," Gao Peng said .
It was worth mentioning that Silly had finally been promoted to the Commander tier in the last half month . Its portable space had grown massive in size, as it was as big as the containers that were carried by trucks . It could have been said that the qualitative change had finally ushered in the quantitative change . It had also finally become what Gao Peng wanted it to be, a moving warehouse .
After the portable space was filled with food, medicine, tents, and a series of items that were essential to surviving in the wild, Gao Peng waved at Old Ji, then turned and strode away .
Ji Hanwu stared at Gao Peng's back . He wanted Gao Peng to turn around once more, but he didn't know what to say . In the end, he could only sigh softly, turn around, and leave .
. . .
Gao Peng opened the map and tried to figure out where he was .
"I should be here right now…" Gao Peng frowned and muttered to himself .
Before the Cataclysm, Yuzhou City had held the nickname of mountain city since it was located between the mountains . It kept changing after the Cataclysm . The mountains grew even higher and became even more majestic . It was a serene and tranquil place .
On the map, the Yuzhou city was located at the center . With Yuzhou at the center, the map extended towards the four corners of the paper . Many of the peaks were painted with portraits of monsters, along with a description of those monsters .
Red circles were drawn on certain areas of the map, and inside the circles were red crosses . They marked the presence of a Lord tier monster!
The red crosses were locations that Lord tier monsters regularly appeared in .
Gao Peng had a headache from looking at the map… There are way too many red circles on the map, and they're located so close together . I think I can see at least ten of them in one glance .
Gao Peng continued to scan through the map carefully . Just a week ago, Gao Peng had discovered an interesting new feature in the data frame . If he put his focus on certain materials, he would be able to learn where the materials came from .
However, he remembered that he hadn't possessed such an ability before .
Gao Peng couldn't figure it out . He just assumed that it was his increase in soul strength that allowed him to use a new ability with the data frame . As his soul strength increased, so would the ability of the data frame .
Besides Silly, who was an Excellent grade Commander tier familiar, all of Gao Peng's other familiars were Perfect grade Commander tier familiars .
Gao Peng's main goal right then was to have Stripey and Da Zi move up to Epic grade so that they could awaken their special characteristics .
"In order for Stripey to get promoted to the Epic grade, it would need to swallow an Earth Spirit Core, then sleep for 72 hours in black soil . After that, it would evolve into an Earth Shield Spider . " Gao Peng kept looking at the map . He was trying to look for a place where there might have been an Earth Spirit Core .
Earth Spirit Core, Earth Spirit Core . . .
Here, here, and here . These three places have the right conditions to contain Earth Spirit Cores .
After thinking for a while, Gao Peng decided to go to the one that was closest to him .
"Slow down! Flamy, fly slower!
"Da Zi! Don't run too far, and that's a smelly fruit, you can't eat that!
"Stripey! Get up quickly! That's just a normal Iron Boar, not some sort of god boar! You better not kneel in front of it!"
Throughout the journey, Gao Peng had to put in a lot of effort to take care of each of them . It was extremely tiring, as he felt like he was both their dad and their mom . Each familiar had their own thoughts . As they grew older, their personalities also became more lively . They wouldn't just roll around and act cute as they had before . However, Gao Peng would rather they just continued rolling around and acting cute . . .
After half a day of traveling, they hadn't even traveled more than three miles .
Gao Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead . If they kept going at this pace, he didn't know when they would reach their destination .
Fortunately, the trees were tall and the leaves were big . All of the sunlight was blocked by the trees and leaves, plus the air was quite cool .
Usually, such a cool environment would have a lot of mosquitos . However, there were no mosquitos around . Gao Peng wasn't used to this .
Flap, flap, flap .
The sounds of wings flapping came from the distance .
Flamy, who was flying above the forest, said to Gao Peng through the Blood Contract, "Master, there are a lot of mosquitos . A lot of very big mosquitos!"
A lot of very big mosquitos? Gao Peng felt a thump in his heart . Could it be that he had jinxed it when he had thought about mosquitos earlier?
There were usually a lot of mosquitos in a group . They were some of the more difficult monsters to deal with . He had just been randomly thinking mosquitos before, but he didn't actually want any mosquitos to be there .
The dark jungle was full of thick trunks and dense shrubs that were stacked on top of one another . He could only determine the position of the mosquitoes from where the sound was coming from .
"Flamy, come down first," Gao Peng ordered Flamy .
Flamy pierced through the treetops and landed next to Gao Peng . It turned around and stared intensely in the direction the mosquitos were coming from .
Flamy then opened its beak . Yellow flames started to condense around its throat .
"There's no need to do that," Gao Peng said as he gently stroked Flamy's back .
Chirp, chirp, chirp .
Flamy swallowed down the flames .
Flamy had recently had a crazy growth spurt . It was six and a half feet tall while standing on the ground . Gao Peng had to stand on his toes and really stretch out his hand just to pat Flamy on the head .
"We need to be smart when dealing with such monsters," Gao Peng took out a giant sachet from the portable space that was a foot and a half tall .
"This is a mixture that was made with the telosma cordata plant after the Cataclysm, including purple gold lavender, scorpio gold sunflower, giant citron, and orange jessamine . They're mixed to become a super mosquito repellent . " Gao Peng lifted up the sachet and the strong scent of different flowers started to spread around .
"Now, it's time to witness a miracle . "
In the distance, the Giant Black Iron Mosquito that was flying at the front suddenly smelled a strange smell in the distance . The Giant Black Iron Mosquito almost fainted when it got a whiff .
Its wings shook violently, its bones almost broken by this stench .
"Blargh . " After vomiting, the Giant Black Iron Mosquitos quickly turned around .
The Giant Black Iron Mosquito leading the group was the spearhead of the mosquito army . The direction of its flight was the direction the other giant mosquitoes would follow .
The sounds of the mosquitos slowly disappeared . Gao Peng grinned and put away the sachet with the mixture . He looked at the familiars, who were gazing at him with admiring eyes, and said, "This is elementary . Simply elementary . "
Chapter end
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