bullyxtreme Chapter 497 The Slime King Who Was Alarmed
Chapter 497 The Slime King Who Was Alarmed
Even though Sun Lili tricked her, Su Li wasn't angry. Instead, a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.
Who knows who will benefit from this deal?
Zuli's gaze swept over this strange area, which was temporarily called the 'acid ocean'.
At the very bottom of this acidic region lies an ocean of unknown depth; the rest, while called an ocean, is more like a labyrinth of countless acidic lakes. Supported by the massive skeletal remains, the entire area exhibits complex elevation differences, forming layers upon layers of lakes.
Because this bottom is the very bottom of this enormous bone.
Sun Lili stood on the edge of a lake on a high point, gesturing with her hands to calculate the distance. She then drew a perfect circle in the air with her hands, and a portal ten meters in diameter immediately opened at the bottom of the lake. Acid, as if drawn by an invisible force, poured down with a roar, flowing into the ocean below.
"I'm so smart!" Sun Lili clapped her hands in praise. "By recycling like this, efficiency can be increased more than three times."
When the lakes below are scavenged, the water will be transported back to the empty lakes above.
Zuli had already begun directing the group: "We can use these crystallized bone fragments to reinforce the dikes and divide the large lake into smaller, more manageable units. This will reduce our workload."
The work commenced swiftly. Zurich, Sophia, and Ivan were tasked with slicing the mysterious, emerald-like flesh; the blades cut through it with a pleasant, resonant sound. Meanwhile, three women focused intently on harvesting the crystals known as "Crystallized Bone Marrow."
Sun Lili began to gradually transfer water from the higher parts of the lake to the lower parts, which caused the water level at the lower level to rise slowly.
The portal opened by Sun Lili could expand to a diameter of up to 10 meters, with a considerable flow of water, filling the entire space with the rumbling sound of water.
Hours passed, and the deafening sound of rushing water echoed through the space. Sun Lili's portal had expanded to its limit, and acid gushed forth like a waterfall. Sophia suddenly stiffened, and the jade chunk of flesh slipped from her hand.
"What's wrong?" Su Li keenly sensed the abnormality.
Sofia calmly grabbed her rifle: "Alert! Something's coming!"
Two seconds later, Su Li also heard it—it was a familiar yet unfamiliar "Puni Puni" sound, like...
"Slimes?!" Song Mingyu was taken aback, then looked down at the group of pet slimes at her feet who were carrying supplies. They had all stopped what they were doing, their bodies trembling uneasily, as if they were afraid of something.
The next second, the earth shook violently!
A gigantic slime, fifty meters tall, roared up from the acidic lake, followed by an army of hundreds of smaller slimes. Each smaller slime wore a helmet made of gold, silver, copper, iron, titanium, and platinum, while the colossal creature itself wore a crown crafted from Crystallized Marrow Crystal!
Compared to the more harmless and adorable slimes around Song Mingyu, these slimes look more ferocious, resembling the scavenging monsters like mud from the origin story of slimes on Earth—D&D.
Their bodies were a nauseating green polymer of flesh and blood, their surfaces constantly writhing with bubbles and slime, emitting a pungent, corrosive odor. The giant slime king slowly turned its head; it had no eyes, but everyone could feel it locked onto by some primal, hungry will.
The giant slime exuded the aura of a peak platinum-level monster, attempting to intimidate Su Li and the others.
But this time it was strange. When the prey on the other side saw him, they were not only not afraid, but they also seemed eager to try.
"Holy crap, this is spitting out amazing material!" Su Li's eyes lit up. This was a huge piece of spitting material! "What a stroke of luck!"
"Wow, what a godsend!" Sun Lili rubbed her hands excitedly. This was a monster that could swim in acid! "What a wonderful thing!"
"What? High-level research materials delivered right to my door!" Song Mingyu's eyes gleamed with greed. A mixture of flesh and metal slime, a perfect combination of inorganic and organic matter—this was the best research material. "Keep three of each kind for me!"
King Slime trembled.
Something is wrong!
It felt as if it wasn't hunting, but rather walking into the dragon's mouth without even realizing it!
But anger quickly overwhelmed unease.
—These creatures dared to touch its food!
In this area, only slimes, whose ancestors have adapted to the environment for generations, can survive in the acid. And those [Crystallized Marrow] crystals are a special treat for the Slime King!
No one is allowed to touch it!
These crystals are non-renewable; every bit consumed reduces their quantity, so it carefully counts the days until they are gone. If they are all mined out, it will have no choice but to lead its people to migrate to more dangerous places.
...What if we encounter an even more terrifying monster?
They're thriving now purely because that "monster" down there has no interest in slimes or ores. But what about next time? Who can guarantee that an even more terrifying entity won't lurk in the new territory?
The core of the Slime King's thoughts flowed freely, a myriad of emotions swirling within him.
—Let's test the waters first!
It quietly unleashed a crude appraisal spell, sweeping over Zu Li and his group.
“Oh, an identification-type ability.” Su Li felt as if someone had touched her. “It’s pretty rough, with no concealment at all.”
“Don’t expect too much from a monster.” Sophia loaded the bullets. “But the data obtained from this spell probably won’t be very accurate.”
“Hmm, a simple realm detection.” Sun Keke finished her analysis and added, “It’s very useful for dealing with monsters, but its accuracy is very low when used to detect players.”
These days, if a player can't easily deal with monsters of the same level, it just means there's something wrong with their training.
After obtaining the strength and level of Su Li and his group through the appraisal technique, the Slime King's heart was immediately at ease.
These creatures aren't very strong either; they're all only at the mid-silver level, which is a piece of cake for the Slime King!
King Slime let out a mocking Puni sound.