Chapter 313 - 180: Planting Brown Rice! Exploring the Area Across the Great River! Wild Mountain Goats on the Rock Beach

Chapter 313: Chapter 180: Planting Brown Rice! Exploring the Area Across the Great River! Wild Mountain Goats on the Rock Beach

"Hey, someone’s planning to explore the jungle across the river again. You’d think they’d learn, seeing how many people have come back empty-handed."

"Seriously. I’ve been here over a week and I’ve seen at least ten teams cross. The best anyone’s done is catch two wild chickens."

"Forget it. Just another group looking for trouble. We can barely feed ourselves as it is, and they’re wasting energy swimming a round trip. They’ll be lucky if they find enough over there just to make up for the calories they burned."

"Wait a minute... How are those guys swimming so fast? They’re like speedboats, especially that first guy in the water!"

"You’re right, that speed isn’t normal. And is that a dog and an eagle...? That person, I think it’s... Chen Chong!?"

"Chen Chong? The one who killed a whole bunch of Parasites in the square?"

"Holy crap! It really is them. I was too far away to see clearly before, but now that you mention it, I recognize them. They’re actually going to explore the other side of the big river?"

"Well, if a Transcendent is going to explore, it’s bound to be different from us normal people. They’ll definitely find plenty of resources. Maybe they’ll even find those wild goats people have been talking about."

"The power of a Transcendent... Man, I’m so envious..."

....

Watched by countless envious and curious eyes, Chen Chong was the first to reach the opposite bank.

Thanks to his Water Mastery, the river, over ten meters wide, was as easy as taking a stroll for him. He felt no pressure whatsoever.

The Rock Armor Eagle flew over and landed on Chen Chong’s shoulder.

If it hadn’t been circling mid-air waiting for him, its speed would have surely made it the first to cross the wide river.

Aided by a water-enhancing pearl, Xu Jun was right behind him. For him, too, the distance was trivial.

The Tiger Striped Dog clambered ashore, shaking the water from its coat, and trotted over to Chen Chong’s side with its tongue hanging out...

After them were Wang Biao and Jia Wen, and finally, lagging far behind everyone else, were Zhang Meng and Huang Mao.

"You two came in last and second-to-last. That’s just awful. You youngsters need to train more."

Xu Jun wore a smug grin.

Zhang Meng just smiled wryly, while Huang Mao, his face a mask of grievance, complained, "You’re a Transcendent! Brother Meng and I are just regular people. How are we supposed to compete with that?"

Xu Jun retorted, "Haven’t you two eaten your share of Blood-tooth Python meat? Go back and eat some more, then see when you finally become Transcendents."

Huang Mao said resignedly, "It’s not that easy. Brother Meng and I have been eating it every single day. We’re about to puke our guts out."

"But, I gotta say, after eating so much Blood-tooth Python meat, I can definitely feel my body getting a lot stronger."

"Take this river, for instance. I could have swum across it before, but it definitely wouldn’t have been this easy. Right now, I’m only a little tired. I feel like I could swim back and forth at least three more times..."

"Alright, enough messing around. Let’s move."

At Chen Chong’s call, everyone immediately stopped their idle chatter and followed him into the woods.

It was high noon. There was no need to wring out their soaked clothes; the sun would dry them soon enough...

The jungle across the river was nearly identical to the one near the school, filled with the same types of trees and moss. The only difference was that it seemed a little less dense.

The group pressed on. Just when they thought the next few hours would be an endless trek through trees and shrubs, the environment around them slowly began to change.

The trees grew more sparse, and shards of grayish-black stone began to appear among the moss and dirt on the ground.

As the group ventured deeper, the trees, weeds, and shrubs vanished completely.

In their place was a vast, sprawling Rock Beach covered in grayish-black rubble.

On this seemingly endless Rock Beach, Chen Chong and his group immediately spotted a string of black dots in the distance.

The instant he saw them, Xu Jun’s eyes went wide.

Because they were none other than the very thing he’d been dreaming about on the way over... wild goats!

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