Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

The small flowers that grow on its head can even cure many terminal illnesses. Therefore, it is often captured by others.

Today, several people came to her asking her to make potions. One was fat and white, like a ball; another was dark-skinned, small, and had shifty eyes; and only one looked somewhat human... She had no interest in dealing with them. Without any politeness, she chased them away!

But then the old dwarf WALL-E came to tell him that someone had seen a group of people near the big tree where Lulu lived yesterday!

She must have been kidnapped! We must find a way to rescue her!

Wait, those three people, please ask those three for help!

And so, this scene unfolded...

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Chapter 51 Saving the Little Fairy Lulu

The fat man came to ask for help in making a magic potion because it was something very important.

Although she had previously been rebuked by the witch Carrie, she was very firm in refusing to help her in exchange for Carrie making medicine for her.

But didn't Zhao Hao, his mentor and friend, take the blame for him?

The fat man needed this potion to solve his cultivation problem, which was extremely important. Even Ameriko, who left the Song Dynasty for this foreign land, had some reasons related to cultivation techniques. So in the end, he acquiesced.

As for Zhao Hao, he was a spectator who didn't mind making things worse; to be honest, he was eager to do something!

Because he felt there was a very high probability that the task would be completed!

As for Gou Quan, Zhao Hao and Fatty originally intended to leave him at the market. But he absolutely refused!

"If you leave me here? In this place full of alien races? What if you all die and I can't get back? I won't do it! I'd rather risk my life with you!"

"Don't think I'm unprepared! Look!"

Zhao Hao and Fatty thought he was going to pull out the old abbot's talisman that said "I'll make you Laimon," but unexpectedly, this guy pulled out a pistol from his pocket!

So it turns out he wasn't completely unprepared!

That makes sense, after all, he emerged unscathed from dozens of street brawls and had brought about the deaths of over ten gang leaders.

"Browning 1888, although it's a bit old, the quality is still excellent! It won't delay killing anyone at all!" Gou Quan struck a pose that he thought was very cool while holding the pistol.

Zhao Hao noticed that the anti-slip texture on the pistol was blurred, and the edges were polished smooth. He thought that if the gun were left for a few more years, he might be able to absorb some of his destiny from it.

Although the fat man felt that pistols were not very useful in the Otherworld, there were plenty of supernatural beings who were not afraid of guns.

At least most of the demons in the Song Dynasty weren't afraid, so the monsters in Amei's otherworld shouldn't be this weak either.

However, since that was the case, the two of them didn't stop him.

Zhao Hao pulled out a thick paper figure and handed it to Gou Quan: "Quan'er, keep this safe. If you're in danger, throw it out; it can save your life!"

Seeing how Gou Quan was clutching his chest like a precious treasure, Zhao Hao worried that he wouldn't be willing to use him in a crucial moment. This guy was extremely greedy!

The fat man also chimed in, pulling out a bead the size of a fingernail. "Brother Gou, I don't have anything particularly good on me, but this Shadow Cloak Bead I got a while ago seems perfect for you. Wearing it, you can blend into the shadows while remaining still... Just so you know! I'm not saying you're unlucky!"

Gou Quan snatched the bead: "You can hit me if you want, as long as you give me something good!"

Besides these three, there were also three people on Carrie's side.

First is herself, second is the dwarf brother Wally who praised Zhao Hao's muscles and came to inform Carrie, and third is the helper the dwarf brother went out to find five minutes later, a tall, brown-skinned orc—Big Tooth!

He had a big, gaping mouth and a hunched back, but even when he wasn't standing straight, he was still two meters tall. He was very muscular, and his arms were as thick as a fat man's thighs!

Its head is very large, like a large rectangular box, with short black hair on top, and a big mouth with two lower teeth sticking out from the lips.

Big Grin was a man of few words, with a simple, honest voice. He stood to one side, carrying a long axe, and said to the witch Carrie, "Carrie, I'll help you." He didn't say much else along the way.

……

The six people were running quickly along a path in the forest, led by a small green lizard with striped markings and wings on its back.

These fleshy wings, covered in scales, have long, colorful feathers along their edges. Their owner is a small lizard resembling an incompletely evolved archaeopteryx, called the Dragonblood Winged Lizard.

This green-spotted creature is generally called the Green-spotted Jungle Dragonblood Winged Lizard.

This little creature is Big Tooth's pet, raised since it was a kitten, and possesses an extraordinary sense of smell. It can pinpoint a unique scent from several kilometers away and can also track a scent left from days ago.

After the witch Carrie used divination to determine the general direction of the little fairy Lulu, she sent the big-toothed green-spotted winged lizard ahead to find the way.

On the way, the kind-hearted dwarf brother Wally gave Zhao Hao and the others a brief explanation of the reason.

"...In short, for various reasons, there are always many people who want to capture some extraordinary intelligent races, and their motives are varied. In any case, Lulu is a good child, and we absolutely cannot let them take her out of the Otherworld, or everything will be over!"

The dwarf brother stroked the double-barreled shotgun in his hand, a chillingly cold expression on his face.

This double-barreled shotgun has an artistic feel, with clever decorations on the barrel and grip.

In Zhao Hao's eyes, it looked like a purely handmade product.

Even stranger, Zhao Hao saw many inscriptions and patterns on the gun, which were not simple decorations. Zhao Hao sensed the presence of psionic energy!

The dwarf brother Wally had already found out that the group that kidnapped the goblin Lulu was there to trade at the market and had bought quite a few things. There were about fifteen of them, five of whom were superhumans, and the rest were ordinary people.

The underworld isn't devoid of ordinary people; in fact, there are quite a few. However, for every ordinary person, there are several others who have gone mad because of them.

Teams like this, consisting of ten ordinary people and five extraordinary individuals, are mostly formed by forces in the surface world.

They mostly come to the Otherworld with a purpose!

These ordinary people didn't get in by chance; they were deliberately brought into the other world.

Although this would result in significant personnel losses—basically, out of a hundred ordinary people selected and brought into the Otherworld, only a dozen or so would be truly usable—the rest would have to be sent to mental rehabilitation centers for treatment. But at least it would still provide a pool of manpower.

In the Iron stage, well-trained ordinary people wielding various firearms also constitute a considerable fighting force.

Of course, this is on the premise of the main battlefield.

Strong combat ability does not mean strong survival ability; everything is dangerous in the inner world.

During her break, the witch Carrie opened the parchment map and then used a crystal pendant to sense the map.

The pendant, defying Sir Newton's rules of mechanics on the map, did not hang straight down, but was subtly tilted in one direction.

A cold smile crept across her lips: "Those people can't leave through the platform; they have to risk their lives on the swamp path. These reckless fools! They're finished!"

The world inside and outside is like a folded sheet of paper; although everything seems interconnected, only specific points are actually connected, and only through specific methods can one pass through them.

The Liberty City Extraordinary Market is not without administrators, especially the platforms that control traffic. Although it may seem like no one is in charge, anyone who violates the market's rules will be discovered and apprehended.

This group, with the little imp Lulu in tow, couldn't get through the platform.

Moreover, judging from what Carrie the witch said, they had chosen a dangerous path.

Zhao Hao and Gou Quan witnessed many tricks up their sleeves from the witch Carrie. Divination aside, there were also magic potions.

They had been on drugs the whole way, a clear, water-like potion, only the size of a little finger. After drinking it, they would feel like they were walking on air for an hour, moving incredibly fast!

And this witch Carrie, using some unknown method, was as light as a balloon, floating far away with a single step. She strolled leisurely through the forest.

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Meanwhile, about thirty kilometers away from Zhao Hao and his group, a group of people were resting in a slumped state on an open field.

There were thirteen people in total, originally fifteen, but two passed away last night.

One of them had something covered with a black cloth next to him, like a birdcage.

The group of men were all carrying travel bags, and most of them were carrying guns. They looked strong, powerful, and well-trained.

However, morale was low at this time.

The white superhuman leading the group was also secretly annoyed; the map he had bought earlier did indeed show a path leading to the surface world. It was a map that had been magically verified; it couldn't be fake.

But to my utter surprise, I was tricked. This road is impassable in the summer and autumn because it is too dangerous.

Yesterday evening, these people had already reached the swamp trail marked on the map.

It's an area in the jungle with many swamps and pools in the low-lying areas, where there is only one narrow path that can be passed "safely".

This safety refers to winter; it's much safer after it snows. But it becomes unsafe in spring, and very dangerous in summer and autumn.

Last night, two members died under mysterious circumstances. And their deaths were extremely gruesome!

One of them was bitten by a parasitic spider and died in his sleep that night. The next morning, when someone touched him, his entire body collapsed, and hundreds of small spiders burst out and scattered, leaving only a stinking, completely eaten skin!

Another person was bitten by a leech with red spots, and the treatment was somewhat rough, leaving the leech's teeth in the wound. The person started having a fever and vomiting blood in the middle of the night, talked in their sleep all night, and died vomiting blood before dawn.

These people have been guarded against in every possible way, but outside of the non-gathering areas of the inner world, it is still very dangerous, and many extraordinary creatures are deadly.

Even extraordinary individuals wouldn't casually appear in such a place, let alone ordinary people without psychic protection.

As mentioned before, guns can help ordinary people maintain a certain level of combat capability, but they don't improve their survivability.

Even though these people had undergone rigorous training and many were veterans who had seen life and death on the battlefield, their morale plummeted after witnessing the tragic deaths of their comrades.

Moreover, after entering this swamp path, the terrain became complex and difficult. After wandering around for most of the day, they had not even traveled ten kilometers and had already been attacked by several extraordinary creatures.

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Chapter 52 The Hunt Begins!

That night, Zhao Hao and his men chased the enemy to the edge of the swamp trail.

However, Carrie the witch did not lead the group any further.

Carrie held a crystal ball, looking at it as she said, "Many creatures in the swamp path are dangerous. It wouldn't be good if we had to spend the night there. I've already tracked down these thieves; they can't escape."

That night, Big Grin cut down many tree branches and built a makeshift shelter next to several trees. The witch Carrie sprinkled several bottles of potion around the shelter and then began casting a warning spell.

The dwarf brother picked up a few stones, drew symbols on them with psionic energy, and then threw them around. He also took some mechanical insect-like objects from his pack and tossed them nearby!

Those mechanical insects were incredibly lifelike, but if you lifted their carapaces, you could see intricate gears inside! And they were even powered by psionic energy; they started moving on their own as soon as you let them go, crawling all over the place!

Zhao Hao: Bro, what kind of skill is this? How do you control this thing? Did you invent semiconductors? Is psionic energy the ultimate productive force?!

Zhao Hao, Gou Quan, and the fat man squatted on the ground, intently observing a mechanical beetle. They completely bewildered the beetle, leaving it unsure of where to go.

The fat man said, "I've heard for a long time that a profession called 'Spirit Mechanic' has emerged in the West in recent years, which combines psionic energy with machinery. I never expected to see it today!"

The dwarf stroked his long beard, a dismissive expression on his face: "Hey, this is just a personal hobby, nothing special. These mechanical insects can only perform simple early warning and reconnaissance tasks. I've heard that some skilled mechanics can already create mechanical beings with a certain degree of intelligence! They're in no way inferior to those high-end magical puppets..."

He was right. Although he wielded a psionic double-barreled hunter and could create some psionic mechanical insects, the psionic energy Zhao Hao sensed from this dwarf was a heavy and stable one.

He's most likely not a spirit weapon master!

Moreover, although this guy seemed a bit unreliable, he led the group to avoid several large supernatural creatures and groups of supernatural creatures along the way.

On one occasion, there was a family of creatures that looked like bison with armor, and the one in the lead had a psychic ability level of at least Black Iron 5!