Chapter 12: Giant Octopus
The scene that appeared in the Live Stream Room.
It was not a river.
Nor was it a lake.
Instead, it was a swamp.
A swamp that seemed boundless, like a vast ocean!
In the shallow, dark green water, protruding clumps of grass dotted the landscape, and a hazy gray mist floated above the water, extending into the endless distance.
In the gray mist, large disturbances could sometimes be seen, indicating that some living creatures were present. Closer, one could hear the dense popping of water bubbles and the occasional splashing sound.
While netizens from all over the world were stunned, Qi Xuan stood in the forest beside the swamp, equally shocked.
When he came back to his senses, the expression on his face immediately became very complex.
“Unfortunately, the previous guess was wrong. The end of the water vapor is not a river, but a swamp. The idea of finding natives through the river has obviously failed.”
“But the ecosystem of a swamp is often relatively complete under natural conditions, and it will be home to a variety of creatures. For an explorer like me, I might be able to obtain enough food reserves, various medicinal herbs, and even tool materials from it.”
“Let me go over and see what’s in this swamp.”
Qi Xuan stepped closer.
The closer he got to the swamp, the heavier the water vapor in the air became, and the stench also intensified.
Qi Xuan keenly noticed that this stench should be related to the gray mist covering the surface of the swamp.
And the most crucial thing was that the gray mist was obviously poisonous. The more he breathed, the more he felt a very slight stinging sensation in his lungs.
This was still under the premise that he possessed the Devour Characteristic. If it were an ordinary person, they would have definitely died on the spot by the time they reached his current position.
But even so, if he ingested too much gray mist, once it exceeded the digestion limit of Devour, it would obviously also cause harm to his body.
But such a large piece of mysterious swamp was right in front of him, was he supposed to just leave without doing anything?
Qi Xuan hesitated for a moment.
At this moment, a loud splash suddenly came from a distance.
Following the sound, Qi Xuan was completely dumbfounded.
Netizens from all over the world were also dumbfounded.
They saw a giant python, as thick as a train, suddenly emerge from the gray mist, raising its head and standing upright, as if supporting the sky.
But the most terrifying thing was that, upon closer inspection, they realized that this thing was not a giant python at all, but an extremely tough Tentacle, which was vaguely connected to a mountain-like body, lying in the swamp. Through the disturbance of the mist, they could vaguely see that extremely terrifying form.
“What the hell is this?!”
“An octopus? Are there octopuses this big in the world?”
“Damn it, isn’t this thing Cthulhu?”
“No, I don’t want to encounter the Great Old Ones!”
“Please give me a pair of eyes that haven’t seen this thing!”
“So lewd! I want to see a doujinshi of it and the big mushroom tomorrow!”
“This thing looks very suitable for barbecue, Streamer, go take a look!”
……
The netizens’ reactions varied.
In addition to shock, many people, fearing that the world was not chaotic enough, hoped that Qi Xuan could go closer and take a look.
Some really wanted to see the fun, and some were more curious about the unprecedented creature, the Octopus monster. As for others with ulterior motives, they simply wanted Qi Xuan to die.
It’s not the lack of something that matters, but the inequality.
It would have been fine if no one had successfully landed.
Now that Qi Xuan had become the only person to land, enjoying the entire Floating Continent alone, how much envy he would attract, and how much jealousy he would attract.
Not to mention that there are still nationalities, skin colors, and other divisions in this world. As long as you don’t belong to their camp, no matter how well you do, there will always be people who oppose you and want you to die.
However, Qi Xuan didn’t care about this.
As for why… he couldn’t see the Barrage at all!!
So after seeing that terrifying Octopus monster, the only thought in his mind was to run away.
Just kidding, this thing wouldn’t necessarily be good even if Foundation Stage came, he, a mere Qi Refining First Level shrimp, what use would it be to go up there? He wouldn’t even be enough for it to swallow in one bite.
But running away was definitely not something that could be said openly. Could strategic transfer be called running away?
Qi Xuan coughed lightly and said to the Live Stream Room:
“I’ve gone far enough today, I think it’s time to rest, and I’ll stop broadcasting here for now.
After I stop broadcasting, I’ll recharge my energy and fight that Octopus monster for three hundred rounds, and I’ll report the results to you tomorrow.
If you want to know what happens next, be sure not to miss my live stream tomorrow.”
After saying that, the Light screen that covered the entire world instantly disappeared.
The Light screen disappeared so quickly that netizens all over the world didn’t have time to react.
But it doesn’t matter, the Live Stream Room disappeared and couldn’t send Barrage, but there’s still the internet, right?
Immediately, a large number of netizens swarmed onto social media and started to post:
“I’m really pissed, every time he says he’s going to stop broadcasting, he just stops, without any pause.”
“That’s right, this stopping of the broadcast is more sudden than my ex breaking up with me.”
“If this guy has the ability, don’t let me run into him, otherwise I’ll have to kneel down and beg him to live stream for me.”
“I’m so anxious, I don’t know if the Streamer can beat the Giant Octopus.”
“Are you kidding me? With the Giant Octopus’s size, even if the Streamer had seven legs, it would be impossible to win.”
“Don’t talk about the Streamer, even if you put anyone on the field, it’s impossible to win, that thing just rolls over, and ants like us, how many die, how many die.”
“The Streamer said there were many Monsters in the forest before, and I thought he was talking nonsense, even if there were Monsters, how scary could they be? Until the Giant Octopus came out and slapped me hard.”
“If we can encounter the Giant Octopus today, we can encounter Diamond tomorrow, and Godzilla will make a dazzling appearance the day after tomorrow, I’m screwed, could it be that the Floating Continent is actually Skull Island?”
“Then I’m going to drive the Storm Red fiercely! The country, remember to send me a girl as a partner, the requirements are not high, big breasts, big hips, and eighteen years old.”
“Hello, is this the police station? Someone stole my Unit 01, the criminal is wearing a red combat suit, has a quarter of Island Country blood, please send the mecha and the criminal over, I want to educate her!”
……
The netizens were full of fun, and even discussing how to kill the Giant Octopus, it only stayed on the level of verbal abuse.
But in the No. 4 Aircraft Carrier’s operations conference room, a group of Military Officers were actually researching how to kill the Giant Octopus:
“…The Tentacles are as thick as a train, considering the size alone, ordinary thermal weapons should be useless. In addition, the target is in a swamp full of gray mist, with low visibility and soft ground, which greatly limits the mobility of heavy land combat equipment. We can consider dropping bombs, such as fuel-air bombs, thermite bombs, etc. The killing effect should be very significant. In addition, the octopus is likely to have the ability to burrow underground, so we must also prepare Bunker Buster to prevent it from escaping…”
After a long period of discussion, how to kill or capture the Giant Octopus, a feasibility report of thousands of words was quickly formed and submitted to Liu Wang’s desk.
But after Liu Wang got this report, he just flipped through it casually and didn’t pay too much attention.
Firstly, they knew too little about the Giant Octopus and didn’t know what special abilities it had. The initial report was obviously quite crude.
Secondly, they hadn’t broken through the Thunderstorm barrier yet, and they didn’t know when they could enter the Floating Continent.
Thirdly, even if they went in, they might not encounter the Giant Octopus—maybe it would have died in the hands of other Monsters by then.
After finishing the report, Liu Wang pinched his temples, and a hint of worry appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Little Li couldn’t help but ask with concern:
“Leader, what are you worried about?”
Liu Wang glanced at the Recorded Broadcast on the barrier and said with worry:
“I’m afraid this guy will really go and find the Giant Octopus.”
“It shouldn’t be, right? The Giant Octopus is so terrifying in size, normal people wouldn’t get close to it. Qi Xuan is at least a graduate of a prestigious university, and he shouldn’t lack this rationality.”
“But he’s live streaming now, so that’s hard to say.”
Liu Wang said in a deep voice:
“You should know that if there are no rules to restrain them, in order to increase the popularity of the Live Stream Room, many Streamers will do anything, especially now that everyone is paying attention to that Giant Octopus. Qi Xuan is a smart person and won’t fail to understand this. I’m afraid he will get close to the Giant Octopus in order to pursue popularity.”
After a pause, he added:
“It seems that not having Barrage is also a good thing.”
Little Li immediately reacted when he heard this.
Not having Barrage means that he won’t be influenced by the netizens and won’t make all sorts of exaggerated actions in order to cater to the netizens.
You know, on some underground websites in Foreign countries, those Streamers, in order to pursue Money and fame, all sorts of outrageous things, including theft, prostitution, and murder, sometimes happen.
Under the influence of the irrationality of the group, it’s not surprising what they do.
In this way, not having Barrage is indeed a good thing, at least it can allow Qi Xuan to maintain a calm and rational judgment.
“Well, no matter how worried we are, it’s useless, we can only watch him now.”
Liu Wang chose to comfort himself:
“I hope he can act cautiously, pay attention to his own safety, don’t get close to danger, and don’t eat things randomly.”
……
“Ptooey! What a piece of junk!”
Qi Xuan spat out the fruit pulp, his face showing an expression of sourness.
“If I had known that the Secret Pomegranate was so sour, I wouldn’t have eaten it. Isn’t this purely a scam? Who said this thing was edible? The Encyclopedia recording this thing is probably a pregnant woman, right?”
Qi Xuan, with a face full of resentment, kept drinking water and rinsing his mouth. After rinsing seven or eight times, he still felt it wasn’t enough and took out a Toothbrush to brush it vigorously.
Only when the last trace of sourness in his mouth disappeared did he stop.
Leaning against the tree, he took out the Secret Pomegranate again and ate it with great enjoyment. Until the last Secret Pomegranate was eaten, Qi Xuan couldn’t help but sigh.
After that, there were only Grass Gourd and Amaranth these wild vegetables. They could be eaten, but the taste couldn’t compare to the Secret Pomegranate.
Are the days cured by the Secret Pomegranate going to end here?
Qi Xuan was filled with sadness.
In order to improve his low mood, he decided to do a Lottery.
Opening the Lottery page, the glaring——
2BX2.5=
5B.
That’s right, in the afternoon’s Live Stream, he got a total of five Lottery chances!
