Chapter 23 – The Extraordinary Telescope

In the darkness of the crypt.

There came the toothsome sound of chewing, which lasted for a few moments before the dead silence returned.

“Little one, this time, first you fled in distress, yet you easily defeated your opponent, did you learn anything?”

Xu Jingnian summarized.

Genpou exhaled a cold breath.

What did you learn?

“A?”

It expresses its ideas accurately.

“What, you actually just thought the ice tasted okay? What a foodie ……”

Xu Jingnian was a bit staggered and advised:

“This tells us not to be afraid of any situation, maybe what we encounter will be a paper tiger!”

“A!”

Genpou stated that the owner had just told him to run and was obviously scared of everyone as well.

“Was that fear on my part?”

Xu Jingnian said helplessly, “I was concerned about you ah ……”

Forget it.

At least this time, Genpou really mustered up the courage to face his opponents head on, and a timid nature is not something that can be completely changed overnight.

There’s still work to be done.

“Let’s pick up the drone first, and I’ll stop by and see what you’ve changed since you ate that ice lump.”

Genpou nodded.

……

After a while, Xu Jingnian opened his eyes and saw a small head emerge from the hole in the ground, and then it was Yuan Bao who jumped out holding the drone in his paws.

It puts the drone on the ground.

Xu Jingnian, on the other hand, opened the Favored Beast Panel and found that it had directly risen a level and was nearing full growth progress again.

[Rank: Cub Fifth Order (81%↑)]

Now that he had risen to the fifth rank, which was considered to have come to the middle rank of the cub stage, Xu Jingnian carefully observed Yuanbao.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but it was found that the scales and armor all over its body seemed to become a bit more shiny.

The defense at this time was definitely greatly enhanced compared to the very beginning of the first rank.

“Eating enemies can also grow, this leveling up is flying, when the rankings are settled next week, who will be number one if I’m not number one?”

The corners of Xu Jingnian’s mouth curved up slightly.

Then Genpou went back down to the mines.

He also temporarily dismissed the idea of exploring the crypt with a drone, the imaging was blurry and really hard to maneuver, and he thought he’d hit a wall when he was shot down by a beast.

He then opened the House of Ore chat panel and sent a message.

Ore Vendor: “Good news, I have plenty of fire crystals now, everyone, and don’t dive in, if you need to trade come and chat up a storm.”

Currently, his inventory of fire crystals couldn’t even fit into a silver treasure chest anymore, and with the rate at which Yuanbao ate up and consumed it, it wasn’t as good as the nine cows that were dug up.

A little too rich.

Xu Jingnian felt that just leaving it to eat dust without doing anything would devalue the fire crystals more and more as everyone progressed.

It won’t hit rock bottom, but it won’t be as hard to find one as it is now.

After all, if he could mine, others could actually make their favored beasts mine, at most, they would dig and rest for a while, not as efficient as themselves.

So if you put it away now and don’t use it, you’re at a loss.

Might as well take more out of the deal.

After a while there was a message from the chat group, this time none of the old acquaintances seemed to be available, but one of the divers bubbled up.

Blackscale: “What does the boss need?”

Ore Vendor: “No requirements, you guys just say it, no matter if it’s basic resources or transcendent resources, I’ll take whatever I can use!”

Black Scale: “Ten cans of luncheon meat for one fire crystal?”

Lunch meat?

Xu Jingnian thought about it, it was good, it could be, but he still decided to pull the plug again, he couldn’t lose his traitorous nature.

Ore seller: “It’s okay, but the temptation is not to add more or less.”

Blackscale: “Another pan, no more!”

Ore Vendor: “All right.”

Xu Jingnian didn’t hesitate and immediately pulled up a deal.

Fire crystals -1, leaving out the fire crystals that were put into the meta-meal bowl, 63 left.

Canned lunch meat +10, pan +1.

It was a good deal, only being able to eat unseasoned pork jerky and meat floss buns, Xu Jingnian also wanted a change of flavor.

It’s food anyway, so it’s certainly not a loss.

The can of lunch meat from Misty was then put away and the pan was placed by the campfire.

If you change the oil a little more.

You can stir-fry it for dinner later.

After a while, one thing led to another, and another unfamiliar name sent a message.

Linlin: “Boss, I have a transcendental telescope that can see the energy levels of beasts, it’s worth at least twenty fire crystals, do you want it?”

Ore Vendor: “What do you mean you can see the energy levels? Tell me exactly what it does precisely, and as for the fire crystals you don’t have to worry about them, but I’ll trade them only if I think it’s worth it!”

Linlin: “Hmph, this thing is awesome, like if your favored beast is now at the first cub stage, and you look at it with this telescope, it will directly reveal the cub realm.

“Ditto for looking at the Transcendent stage or even higher levels.”

It’s kind of fun.

Xu Jingnian decided to take this prop, and he wanted to see just what level the giant beast guarding his doorstep was.

Good for the heart.

Again, had to pull some strings.

Ore Vendor: “If this telescope is so good, then why did you change it, I guess there was probably some kind of defect?”

Linlin: “Hee hee, the boss is so smart, there is indeed a small flaw, this telescope only shows energy levels for creatures seen in a straight line, but wherever it is obscured by the mists a little bit is ineffective.”

Got it.

This was a misty world, and in the mist, to be able to see a beast in a straight line, it would have to be that the other party was close enough to get within a few meters!

And in that case, using binoculars to look at each other’s ranks only when the beasts are rushing to their faces won’t do much good.

If you can beat it, you can beat it, and if you can’t beat it, it’s useless to know the energy level of the other party, at most, you can die with some understanding.

However, Xu Jingnian wanted it.

After all, his purpose was only to use it to look at the doorway behemoth, and by the time he increased the range of the bonfire, he would naturally be able to see it in a straight line.

But with this fatal flaw, don’t blame him for killing the price hard!

Ore Vendor: “So you’re not fooling anyone? What’s the use of this telescope to make my death a little more understandable?”

Linlin: “Hehehe, you really are a treacherous …… boss, say it, how many fire crystals can be exchanged?”

Ore Vendor: “What do you mean by treacherous? I just don’t want to take a loss, at most five fire crystals, love to change!”

Linlin: “Five? That’s too little, this telescope is a Transcendent Tool anyways, you might as well just rob it!”

Ore Vendor: “The flaws are too big to be useful, I traded it in for just a collection, and now it’s four!”

Linlin: “OK, OK, OK, it’s still five.”

Ore Vendor: “No, just four, do you know how good the Fire Crystal is? It can help raise a pet beast by at least two or three levels!”

Linlin: “Okay, four is four.”

Without saying a word, Xu Jingnian immediately pulled off a deal, cutting from twenty to four, a real blood profit, a little afraid of his opponent’s sudden regret.

Fortunately, the deal went well.

Fire Crystals -4, 59 remaining.

Exchange for +1 to Transcendental Telescope!

Xu Jingnian had to admit that this time, it was the most he had ever earned, all because the other party didn’t know what he was going to use it for.

Wait for Misty to deliver the item.

Xu Jingnian first used his binoculars to take a look at the mists, and sure enough, he couldn’t see through anything, nor did he have any effect, no different from the naked eye.

Buzz off–

He maneuvered the drone to take off and dash into the mist, quickly locating the behemoth crouching at the edge of the campfire’s lighting range, a large red color showing up in the thermal imaging.

Retrieve the drone again.

Xu Jingnian looked at the pitch-black mist, his vision seeming to penetrate through and see the giant beast behind him.

He opened the campfire panel.

“Lighting range, set to 30 meters!”