Chapter 8: Chapter 8: The Warped Jungle 8
For some reason, hearing this news made Perry Yates let out a heavy sigh of relief.
This gave her a justifiable excuse to give up. Otherwise, knowing her personality, she would have done everything in her power to get this card to five stars.
Even if she had failed in the end, she would have dwelled on it forever.
Perry Yates knew her own personality very well—she was an incredibly greedy person.
After absorbing the Twin Sunflowers card, Perry Yates instantly understood its abilities.
As expected of a four-star card with three attributes, it had granted her several abilities.
The first ability allowed her to absorb Sunlight and Moonlight to restore her energy and stamina, and even strengthen her body, just like a real Twin Sunflower.
In addition, she could also use Sunlight and Moonlight for attack and defense.
The Twin Sunflowers’ Plant Attribute was less pronounced by comparison, but it still gave her the ability to sense her surroundings through plants and to control some of them.
Perry Yates gave it a try. Right now, she could only control a few small blades of grass with weak Life Force.
As for the massive trees, although she could sense their emotions and communicate with them, they refused to obey her commands.
Still, that wasn’t bad.
Perry Yates was very satisfied with the card she had absorbed.
After confirming there was no danger outside, she smashed open the sealed entrance and crawled out.
Before leaving, she glanced back at the place where she had stayed for several days. To be honest, she was a little sad to leave.
She had to admit, it was an incredibly safe shelter. If she hadn’t been running out of food, she might have just stayed there until the game ended.
As she left, Perry Yates passed by the spot where the Twin Sunflowers had once grown.
The remnants of the Twin Sunflowers’ roots had now completely withered, and the once-barren, twenty-meter-radius circle was sprouting with new plants.
It seemed the reason nothing grew there before was because of the Twin Sunflowers.
’But it makes sense,’ she thought. ’How could a plant capable of carving out a niche for itself in The Warped Jungle have no tricks up its sleeve?’
After leaving that area, Perry Yates began to search for food.
All she had left was a single ration biscuit and two bottles of mineral water, so she was in desperate need of food, especially meat.
She hadn’t eaten meat in almost ten days and urgently needed to replenish her protein and fat.
Since fusing with the card, Perry Yates could clearly feel herself changing.
The changes were both physical and mental. Physically, her steps felt lighter, and her senses of touch and perception had improved significantly. But the greatest improvement, of course, was to her power.
It was no exaggeration: she could now clearly see the veins on a leaf a thousand meters away.
Mentally, she was no longer as timid as when she had first entered the game, constantly worried about losing her life at any moment.
She looked up. Although the dense canopy blocked most of the sunlight, the rays that pierced through the gaps in the leaves still provided her with a constant stream of energy.
As she was walking, Perry Yates suddenly felt her foot step on empty air, and a feeling of weightlessness shot through her body.
At that moment, only one thought raced through Perry Yates’s mind. ’It’s over. I must have fallen into some kind of trap.’
The black hole seemed bottomless. Perry Yates steeled herself for the impact, prepared to be smashed to death on the ground below.
A profound sense of indignation suddenly welled up inside her. She had fought so hard to survive until the tenth day and had even fused with a four-star card.
Perhaps because this feeling was so intense, the moment her body was about to hit the ground, a thick cushion of grass suddenly grew from below, catching the falling Perry Yates.
The grassy cushion didn’t prevent all injury, but its buffer saved her from being smashed to pieces after the long fall.
Still, while her life wasn’t in danger, some injuries were inevitable.
Perry Yates clutched her injured back, gritting her teeth. "Ascension!"
In an instant, the pain vanished.
Ascension didn’t just strengthen and upgrade her; it also had a healing effect. It was like getting a full status restore during an evolution.
After climbing off the cushion of grass, Perry Yates finally began to survey her surroundings.
She could confirm it was some kind of animal’s lair, but it was a little different from what she had imagined.
First, it wasn’t dark at all. Many glowing mushrooms grew all around, and while they didn’t illuminate the cave as bright as day, it was about as bright as having the lights on at home at night.
Second, the place was incredibly spacious, stretching out as far as the eye could see, giving it the feel of an underground city. There was no strange smell in the air, either.
Not only that, but the ceiling was also very high and covered with a complex tangle of yellow, vine-like plants, all laden with fruit.
When Perry Yates saw these fruits, her eyes lit up.
This was because it was a plant called the Wood Oil Vine, and the fruits growing on it were Wood Oil Fruits.
Wood Oil Fruit, also known as the avocado of the Otherworld, was rich in fat. However, its texture was better than an avocado’s, and it was extremely filling.
The only drawback was that Wood Oil Fruits were poisonous when eaten raw. They needed to be roasted over a fire or steamed for a long time, using high heat to kill the toxins.
A properly prepared Wood Oil Fruit was sweet and soft, with a texture like cream.
Perry Yates looked up. The ceiling was densely packed with countless Wood Oil Fruits.
After confirming there was no immediate danger, she saw an exposed Wood Oil Vine nearby. Without a second thought, she started climbing it, and in no time, she had reached the ceiling of the cave.
Perry Yates used the Wood Oil Vines to hang upside down and began to collect the Wood Oil Fruits.
It was a good thing her body had been through several Ascensions and had fused with the card; otherwise, she would never have been able to perform such a difficult maneuver.
The Wood Oil Fruits were either ripe or unripe. The green ones were not yet mature, so Perry Yates wouldn’t pick them. Her target was the ripe ones.
Ripe Wood Oil Fruits gave off a faint, pleasant, grassy fragrance.
After several hours, Perry Yates had finally, with great difficulty, picked all the ripe Wood Oil Fruits.
Although there were countless Wood Oil Fruits overhead, not many were actually ripe—only a little over a hundred.
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