Bizarre Survival: I Can Devour Thousands of Talents

Chapter 28: The Main Ingredient Acquired

The two exchanged pleasantries and subtly conveyed their views on the guild to each other.

Unexpectedly unified.

As the top two explorers on the current leaderboard, neither of them has any plans to join or form a guild for the time being.

[Ba Yi Cai Dao: "Alright! With Brother Xiao's words, I'm relieved for now. The main issue is that everyone's clearly a bit agitated right now; let's discuss these things once things calm down in the channel!"]

[Owl: "One more. Oh, and here's your equipment back."]

Ling Xiao, who had personally experienced and used the superior equipment to defeat his enemies, was well aware of its power.

But the more this is the case, the more we must not betray their trust and kindness.

The thorn ring was sent back without a second thought.

Qi Heng, who was checking the wound's treatment, was taken aback upon seeing this, then hurriedly asked, "Why are you returning my things now? Did you encounter that strange creature?!"

Without waiting for [Xiao]'s reply, he directly opened the homepage.

The dazzling level 4 was so bright it blinded Qi Heng's "dog eyes"!

[Ba Yi Cleaver: "Holy crap! Dude! You not only encountered one, but you fucking killed it!? That was a level 5 monster! And a bizarre one at that!"]

[Xiao: "Brother Dao's equipment was well-borrowed."]

[Ba Yi Cleaver: "Holy crap! Brother Xiao, your flattery is practically smeared on my face! Can you share some combat experience? I'm really a bit clueless about these ghosts and spirits..."]

There's nothing to hide.

Ling Xiao immediately recounted, in detail and concisely, his experience of fighting back after being ambushed.

Anyway, he doesn't have any hidden advantages that need to be concealed.

At most, due to their gluttonous nature, they might easily leave a bad impression of being "ghouls," so their claims about helping with innate abilities are vague.

But that's normal.

Unless someone is completely insane, no one would reveal their innate talent to the public.

Just as [Bayi Cleaver] only said that the talent's destructive power was not weak, Ling Xiao only summarized the Gluttonous Heart as a "support talent" with decent adaptability.

[Bayi Cleaver: "Okay, now that you mention it, soul skills are indeed important! Let me go and pick some out! Oh, and here's your deposit back!"]

Ling Xiao refused to accept the money, simply replying, "Keep the money you received for the intelligence!"

Refuse to accept, play dead.

Three hundred ominous copper coins would be a huge sum of money for 99.9% of explorers today.

Even if the opponent is the number one on the leaderboard, "August 1 Cleaver," Ling Xiao believes there are definitely many more.

The information about those monsters and the function of the Thorn Ring were of great help.

So he never intended to get that money back from the very beginning!

The channel started arguing again.

Ling Xiao glanced at it a few times.

Sure enough, the exposure and connection of true identities brought forth the complexities of human relationships.

Verbal disputes, factionalism, moral blackmail...

He couldn't imagine that if they gathered offline, the conflicts and internal strife would destroy humanity even faster than the eerie environment and various monsters!

It's so boring.

Utterly boring...

Once the campfire dies down, any Nightshade Rabbit could easily cure these guys who only know how to talk.

Too lazy to watch the barking and howling on the channel, Ling Xiao decided to inspect his spoils from this trip.

[Decomposition in progress...]

It's better than a Fallen Corpse that turns into a pool of pus and blood. The Illusionary Demon still leaves behind a corpse after it dies. Now we'll just wait and see what materials it can drop.

【获得：诡异生物（魂屑*6、血液*28）、幻寐妖皮*9、诡异源核*1、诅咒银币*2】

OK OK.

These are all things I've never seen before.

Those must all be good stuff!

Ling Xiao took out a cursed silver coin and flicked it vertically with his thumb.

Under the firelight, there was no shimmering on the surface.

He held it in his palm and examined it carefully, noticing that the surface of the silver coin had a dull, dark appearance.

Unlike the bright luster of ordinary silver coins, the cursed silver coin seems to be shrouded in a hazy shadow, giving people a heavy and oppressive feeling.

"A curse... I earned this money through my own hard work, why should it be cursed by something?"

Focus your gaze and develop a discerning eye.

【Cursed Silver Coin: One of the three common currencies, its strange power is both a curse and an excellent material for spellcasting】

"Are there three types of currency...?"

Ling Xiao had some suspicions after obtaining the ominous copper coin, but he didn't expect the verification to come so quickly!

"The mutants drop copper coins, and now silver coins are appearing on the weird ones too."

A silver coin, about half the size of a palm, twirled and "flowed" between his fingers. Ling Xiao rested his chin on his knee, lost in thought.

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"Logically speaking, if I kill all three types of monsters to unlock the hidden class, then each of them should correspond to one of the three currencies."

"But the copper and silver coins match, what about the gold coins that the Impure Species should have dropped...?"

"Is it because Fallen Zombies are transformed from 'humans,' making them too common and unremarkable, thus lacking prestige among monsters?"

"Maybe you'll have to kill a tainted species like the Illusionary Demon to get a normal amount of gold coins..."

Humanity's most important weapon is thought, but thought also requires reliable intelligence support.

With so little information available, Ling Xiao could only draw conclusions from his limited experiences.

He also tried searching within the channel.

By the way, the chat system is incredibly user-friendly; it even includes keyword search functionality.

But in the end, they gained nothing.

Not to mention gold coins, no one even knows about the cursed silver coins.

Excluding any potential schemers, he was probably one of the earliest explorers to come into contact with the cursed silver coins.

Although the Monster Hunter hints had previously confirmed this, many people have directly obtained Ominous Coins from treasure chests.

Who knows if someone might just pull out a cursed silver coin?

How many copper coins could I get for selling this thing...?

Of course, I'll only think about it at most.

Ling Xiao wasn't foolish enough to resort to the "scarcity makes things valuable" money-making scheme at a time like this.

I temporarily set aside my curiosity about the cursed silver coin and examined the rest of my finds one by one.

He suddenly realized something:

"This level 5 Illusionary Demon dropped a complete Source Core and its blood! Doesn't that give us all the main ingredients needed for the Talent Enhancement Potion recipe?!"

With a slap on his forehead, Ling Xiao stood up in surprise.

In all the hustle and bustle, I almost forgot about my most crucial innate talent!

I previously thought it was too difficult, and that I would struggle for a long time before I could even try to hunt level 5 monsters.

Unexpectedly, I had already accomplished it before the trial was even over!

The most valuable active ingredient has now been obtained; what's lacking are the excipients.

It hadn't even been fifteen minutes yet.

Based on Ling Xiao's past behavior, this period of peace and tranquility will only be extended, never shortened.

But now he can't wait any longer!

Whether it's the monster indicators for hidden professions or the different types of blood needed in the recipes, they all come from only one source.

Ling Xiao pulled out the torch that he had grown accustomed to using on business trips, and he looked radiant.

"Gray fog... I'm fucking here!"

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(End of this chapter)