The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 214 Schrodinger's Desert
The big lizard crawled very fast and seemed to be well adapted to the desert environment.

The monsters on the backs of the lizards would constantly poke at the surrounding sand dunes with a strange stick that was at least fifty meters long. It was only at an inconsistent speed, otherwise you would really think they were paddling boats on land.

Wang Wu followed them carefully from a few miles away, but he couldn't figure out what they were doing.
He followed them for about thirty miles. Seeing that these desert natives still showed no intention of stopping, and his bear hair suddenly moved hundreds of meters away, Wang Wu felt that he could stop and no longer follow them.

But I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but at this moment, the group of desert natives in front suddenly shouted excitedly, as if something had happened, but Wang Wu really didn’t feel anything.

He didn't find anything special!
Including the 18.2-level danger perception and the 12-level spiritual essence, nothing was found.

But—wait, it's those sticks!
Wang Wu's eyes suddenly widened as he watched the giant lizard in front of him begin to circle wildly under the control of the two monsters. The monsters above were struggling to poke the sand dune with long sticks. It looked very abstract.

But after a moment it was no longer abstract, because one end of the stick was covered with colorful sand, just like a magnet attracting iron filings, but the former was undoubtedly more magical, because after these colorful sands were stuck out, they seemed to come alive, flapping their wings and turning into small flying insects.

But those monsters skillfully threw out black cloth bags, which were pitch black without any light at all. It was so dark that it didn't seem to contain any mortal objects.

Then a magical scene happened. Those colorful little flying insects actually flew in and illuminated the black bag inside, giving off a Madonna-like temperament as if I came from the light and could not bear to see darkness in the world.

The monsters cooperated well with each other and moved skillfully. They raced against time and struggled for several minutes until they could no longer touch the colorful little flying insects. Only then did they control the big lizard, turned around, and ran wildly in the direction they came, as if they didn't want to stop for a moment.

Wang Wu watched them pass by. Although he couldn't see their faces, he could not mistake the feeling of joy and happiness. It must be a great harvest, right?

However, he did not catch up in the end, but returned to the top of his bear hair. In less than two days, the bear hair had run almost three kilometers.

In other words, if he hadn't been smart enough to leave a piece of bear hair behind to locate himself, he would have lost his lifesaver bee forever...

But where do those indigenous monsters live?

Judging from their appearance, they seem to be very afraid of being eroded by the evil wind.

Wang Wu couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and continued to stay in the desert, waiting boredly.

Soon, the third day arrived. He continued to circulate his Qi and blood, and did not notice anything unusual in his body, as if the evil wind did not exist at all.

On this day, the bear hair underground ran out seven or eight hundred meters for no reason.

Then, when night fell, without any warning, Wang Wu's bones and joints began to ache slightly. The pain was not so severe that he could not even feel it when he walked normally.

But this is indeed a sign that the evil wind is eroding and is beginning to attack.

At the same time, permanent lifespan -1 year, life stamina permanently -10, strength, agility, and defense permanently -1!

Wang Wu did not dare to delay and quickly drilled through the sand layer and wanted to return underground. What he did not expect was that the depth of the sand layer here increased to 1,200 meters in just three days. It took him a lot of effort to drill into the soil layer.

When he reached the soil layer, he immediately saw the traces of digging he had done three days ago.

In other words, the bear hair has never changed or moved.

The sand layers on the surface were shifting mysteriously like flowing water.

He returned to the tunnel and took a look at the information about the evil wind and bone plague erosion given in the attribute column. It was no different from the last time, as if the 10 points of evil wind resistance he had obtained before were completely ineffective.

But this is normal, after all, this thing is too weird.

There was nothing much to say. While practicing the internal breathing method to circulate the Qi and blood, he also circulated the dual spiritual roots of ice and fire to form ice and fire amulets in his body. He used both methods at the same time, and then, in just one second, that familiar, damn, desperate feeling came back.

But the good news is that Wang Wu didn’t have much vitality to consume last time, and he had to rely on his own strength to resist.

This time his vitality is full, so the level 15 self-healing should be able to help—

"Um, why won't my level 15 self-heal activate?"

Wang Wu suddenly discovered a very strange fact. Although this evil wind and bone plague was terrible, even if it tortured him to the point of going crazy, his health points would not decrease, which meant he would not be injured.

So, his level 15 self-healing cannot cure the evil wind and bone plague?
Then wouldn’t all the vitality points he prepared be in vain?

"That is to say, no matter what, no matter what method is used, if you are infected with the evil wind and bone plague, you will have to endure three months of pain, and then your lifespan and basic attributes will be permanently lost, and then you can gain resistance, right!"

Wang Wu finally realized a cruel truth, which was also the real reason why this evil wind and bone epidemic could be listed as a negative state at the demon emperor level.

This can no longer be cured by conventional means or through one's own immune system, but requires exchange, an equal exchange.

If you want 10 points of resistance, you have to exchange it for three years of life, 30 points of stamina, 30 points of life, 3 points of strength, 3 points of agility, and 3 points of defense!

How cruel and fucked up this is!

As long as one has normal thinking ability, who wouldn't do the math?
The resistance limit of 10000 points would require 3000 years of lifespan to achieve.

At the same time, you also have to give out 30000 permanent health points and 30000 permanent stamina points.

Including 1000 points of strength, 1000 points of agility, and 1000 points of defense.

"Unless, the increase in resistance will gradually reduce this permanent loss. However, this time, I clearly have 10 points of resistance, but it didn't work at all."

"Who dares to bet on this?"

These numbers made Wang Wu feel weak, sweaty, and shudder.

This time, he finally understood why the mother bear's bloodline evolution rate was not as good as his, and why even the Ancient Bear King and the Ancient Bear King's father's bloodline evolution rate could not exceed 50%?

Why, even the passive stealth level of the Bear Demon Emperor is only level 20?
The reason is very simple. Everyone's bloodline evolution degree is basically stuck at around 50%. If you want to move forward, you either have to lay a solid foundation in the early stage, or you have to brush up on the negative resistance of the Demon Emperor level.

But it is not so easy to gain the negative resistance of the Demon Emperor level.

10000 points of thunder resistance!
10000 points of evil wind resistance!
Can you brush it whenever you want?

This bloodline evolution degree is like another kind of attribute point. There are only so many in total. Wang Wu has invested most of his resources in passive concealment to reach this level.

The Bear Demon Emperor probably distributed the resources evenly, or chose another route.

In short, this is the cruelest truth. Who dares to bet that as resistance increases, losses will gradually decrease?

What if it takes 1000 points of resistance to reduce the damage?

What if it takes 5000 points?
At this moment, Wang Wu hesitated and became cowardly. He wanted to retreat because he really couldn't afford 3000 years of life. In fact, even if he was asked to afford 500 years of life, he would feel that it was a huge loss.

"I can't do it anymore. Unless I can find those natives and see if there is any way to reduce the permanent damage of the evil wind and bone plague, otherwise, this is simply impossible."

Next, he prepared to go back home and stop wasting his time. Instead, he might as well upgrade the three seventh-grade Tongqiao Demon Pills to Ruyi Demon Pills, or even upgrade them to Ba Ti Demon Pills or Tongling Demon Pills. He really couldn't afford to mess with the evil wind in the desert.

At that moment, he dug forward 1500 miles along the traces of previous excavation, preparing to return to the Bee Palace. However, to his shock, he found that the Bee Palace had disappeared.

He had already calculated that he would dig out 1500 miles, and even the traces of his previous excavations and fillings were still there, but the entire Bee Palace was gone.

It disappeared out of thin air, and there was still a thick layer of soil in front of him. He even dug forward for another three hundred miles without giving up, but still found nothing!

He even drilled out of the ground, but all he saw was yellow sand.

This place is so weird!

How could it be missing?
Logically speaking, it is the quicksand on the surface that is changing and shifting, which will not affect the soil layer. Could it be that the Bee Palace will move by itself?
Wang Wu quickly crawled back underground. He was in the midst of an outbreak of the evil wind and bone epidemic at this time, and he couldn't let his condition get any worse.

He began to regret it now. If he had known earlier, he should have caught up with those desert natives that day. Now he couldn't turn back because the quicksand layer on the surface was really moving rapidly every day.

"Calm down, the problem is not serious. I still have more than 20,000 vitality points, and the evil wind and bone epidemic can be controlled. At worst, I will continue to dig forward. According to the fact that I dug directly to the Bee Palace last time, this strange desert is not an absolute dead end. There is also a way to survive. At worst, I will give up hundreds of years of life and wait in the desert for those natives to appear again."

"Besides, the evil wind and bone plague cannot be contracted by simply going out. Instead, one must stay outside for three days. So, as long as I only go out for a short while each time, it should be able to alleviate the symptoms."

At that moment, Wang Wu stopped struggling and focused all his energy on dealing with the evil wind and bone epidemic.

One month, thirty days, not a single day less.

Then there will still be permanent loss of lifespan and basic attributes.

The second month, still thirty days, same loss.

Until the end of the third month, the whole process was exactly the same as the last time, even the symptom of losing all the fur was the same.

Perhaps the only good news was that he had plenty of vitality this time, so it only took him half a month to recover and get exactly 10 points of resistance to evil wind.

It was so fucked up that Wang Wu couldn't help but ask about the attribute column and the inherited soul jade, "Can you give me some reasonable suggestions?"

But as expected, there is no such feature.

Attribute bar + inheritance soul jade pretending to be dead throughout the process.

But this also illustrates one thing. Back then, the Bear Demon Emperor didn't even have the courage to brush up on his resistance to evil wind. No, that's not the case. It is very likely that he already knew the tragic price that would be paid.

Including the father of the ancient bear king’s father, and even the mother bear, none of them had ever come to brush up on the evil wind resistance, otherwise the inherited soul jade would definitely give some opinions.

"This matter has come to an end. I won't do it anymore!"

Wang Wu took a deep breath and prepared to continue digging the tunnel forward. At worst, he would dig another five thousand miles.

However, when he was about to take action, he hesitated for a moment, because he was now certain of one thing. This desert that seemed to be hidden in the southwest corner of the Western Wilderness was definitely not what it looked like now. It was very strange and mysterious. Wang Wu even felt that it might be a living thing.

Putting aside other things, the last time he dug 4800 miles in one breath, he actually found the Bee King Palace in one go. Was this luck?
He once thought it was luck, but now he thought that it was most likely that his behavior of digging tunnels inadvertently conformed to some mysterious, unknown law. This law might be frequency, so he happened to encounter the Queen Bee Palace.

Including his encounter with the desert natives this time, perhaps it all implies some kind of pattern.

"Fuck, could there be some ancient formation hidden in this place?"

Wang Wu couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

"So, I've already missed the Bee Palace and the desert natives. If I leave now, what else will I miss? What will I miss when I come back in the future?"

“It feels like a Schrödinger’s desert!”

"Every moment I will encounter something. No, every living being that can survive the evil wind and bone plague will encounter something next. Maybe it's good, maybe it's bad, but who knows?"

“It feels like this is a desert full of philosophy.”

Thinking of this, Wang Wu smiled silently and went out again to try to verify it.

At this moment, he left a piece of bear hair containing vitality on the ground, which was not the fragile bear hair that had lost its vitality and quickly turned into dust due to the evil wind and bone epidemic, to use as a mark.

A few minutes later, he came to the ground, but it was still a piece of yellow sand and there was nothing there, just like before.

Wang Wu didn't care about this. He just lay down on the ground obediently and waited quietly.

The result was as he expected. After just a few hours, he suddenly realized that the bear hair had flown nearly 1,200 meters.

He immediately jumped up and sprinted towards the bear's position. Just as he was about to reach above the bear's position, he saw a big lizard in the distance. He encountered the group of desert natives again.

This time, Wang Wu activated the Concealment Demon Pill without hesitation, and followed the giant lizard when it passed by. He did not dare to go up, for fear of alarming the natives, and his passive concealment did not mean that he had no weight.

Fortunately, even if the big lizard runs very fast, Wang Wu can keep up.

After these natives had another great harvest, he followed them and ran for nearly five hundred miles in one breath until a huge sand dune appeared in front of them.

The big lizard went straight through.

It was as if the great sand dunes were an illusion.

But Wang Wu wanted to take the opportunity to get in, but he sank firmly into the sand pit. Apart from eating a mouthful of sand, he gained nothing.

(End of this chapter)