Control your emotions and maintain a sliver of awe for everything in the world; this is the survival rule that Lu Yuan learned during 100 days in the natural world.
The thick scent of blood attracted those wolves. They paced anxiously nearby, howling intermittently.
"Awooo~"
They were so eager to eat! When could they start feasting?
They were urging Head wolf Lu Yuan to hurry up and get full so they could eat at ease.
However, the entrails were inedible. The Explorer's Eye had revealed the information: [flesh contaminated with neurotoxic venom]. Just by looking at the swarms of flies killed by the poison, one would understand the consequences.
Of course, in the process of skinning, Lu Yuan still found some useful parts.
For instance, within a gland, there were some reddish things resembling stones.
[Unique fuel crystals, solidified form of aged Fire Lizard fuel. Highly flammable substance, capable of burning at temperatures up to 3000 degrees Celsius.]
[Due to the unique Idealistic element they contain, coupled with years of accumulated old fuel, they have a very high energy density. A small piece, the size of a peanut, can burn for a whole day.]
[Can be used to make Long-burning lamps or to harm enemies.]
"This thing is dangerous, yet seems kind of useful..."
As a qualified garbage picker, Lu Yuan steeled himself and picked out these stones from the gland, one by one.
It was a bit disgusting, like squeezing blackheads.
Yet it also seemed somewhat stress-relieving?
The small ones were the size of quail eggs, while the big ones were as large as fists. In total, there were more than three hundred, and they filled up a plastic bucket.
"Storing them in the Storage Space should prevent spontaneous combustion."
The time flow rate inside his Storage Space was almost zero; chemical reactions essentially wouldn't occur.
Discovered Fire Lizard Board Tendons*2!
These two board tendons were located on either side of the spine, extremely flexible, each 8 meters in length; they were just like rubber bands.
Discovered leg tendons*4, one in each leg, about 2 meters long!
"I can bring them back to make bows and Crossbow Cannons."
Then, Lu Yuan excitedly found that the meat on the back of the Fire Lizard was not heavily contaminated with venom. After Identification, it was mostly considered edible.
That really was great news.
And they were big slices of tenderloin, reddish and marbled like snowflake-patterned marble—just one look could make one's appetite surge.
Lu Yuan cut several large pieces carefully, full of vigor, and stuffed them into his Storage Space.
All of a sudden, the Storage Space was crammed full!
Just that amount of meat weighed nearly a ton.
Lu Yuan deeply lamented that his Storage Space was too small.
It couldn't fit anything more.
"I need to strengthen my power soon..."
With the Extraordinary Spark, as long as his Attributes increased, he could open an even larger space.
Then thinking of something else, he cut a few slices of tenderloin and fed them to Old Wolf lying on the ground, "The first slice is for you, old buddy. We hit the jackpot this time. Suddenly, I have hope... The path to the Extraordinary, the way home, what was once a bleak future, has turned boundless."
"I, the king, should receive ninety-nine percent of the spoils."
"Old Wolf, as the second most valuable contributor, gets 1% of the spoils."
Seeing its master not giving up on it, Old Wolf's eyes welled with tears in gratitude. It stuck out its tongue and gobbled up the tenderloin.
Delicious!
In wolf thinking, being injured often equated to death.
Now to still have a bite to eat... that single eye was filled with tears.
"Woof woof woof woof!" The next second, Old Wolf lay on the ground barking like mad.
Give me more, you brat!
I'm not full yet, where are you going?!
"Your wife and child, I'll take care of them! But you can't eat more, I'm afraid you'll eat yourself to death."
Lu Yuan then fed the eager mother wolf who was jumping around beside him, almost rolling on the ground in anxiety.
With the permission of the Head wolf, these fellows immediately changed expressions and wolfed down the food.
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After eating to his fill, Lu Yuan calmed down.
"Eat more, we can't take the leftovers back!"
Lu Yuan kept cutting off chunks of meat, feeding the mother wolves until their bellies were round and bulging. In the end, they were so full they lay on the roadside, nearly vomiting.
Even Lu Yuan himself carefully sliced off a few pieces of meat and swallowed some raw.
The taste of raw meat was genuinely not that good, with a strong smell of blood and a numbing, spicy sensation.
But after eating it, he felt warm all over, as if a stream of warmth was running wild inside his body.
"This fire lizard meat's level... is much higher than spider meat!" Lu Yuan sensed immediately—the warmth brought by the fire lizard meat was more than double that of spider meat!
The difference was quite significant!
"Alas, no matter how high a spider's potential is, it's still just a small spider, while the fire lizard has practiced for a long time... So potential really doesn't mean much," he said, enduring the rough texture. After eating two small pieces, he felt somewhat full.
The warm current slightly made up for the huge deficit in physical strength.
The flesh and blood of an extraordinary life contain unique idealistic elements, which are very beneficial to life's growth, development, and even evolution.
Scientists from the Meida civilization have conducted extensive research on this.
They believe that even if a person has no superpowers and poor aptitude, as long as they consume the flesh and blood of extraordinary life for a long time, they can slowly enhance their physique; there is also a certain probability to improve the aptitude of the next generation.
For this reason, the Meida civilization established numerous research groups to make full use of mutant creatures as much as possible.
After all, civilizations that haven't left the safe zone are relatively poor in resources, and the cost of artificially breeding mutant creatures is also very high.
And the cities of the Meida civilization are filled with all sorts of messy advertisements, like Super DHA, Super Protein, Idealistic Elements, etc., as long as they are associated with these terms, the prices of goods soar tenfold, a hundredfold! The disparity between the rich and poor in the Meida civilization is actually quite large, and with limited resources, the strong remain strong, and the weak remain weak.
In short, eating more meat is definitely correct!
Afterward, Lu Yuan spent a whole day with an ax, forcibly skinning the thick lizard skin.
Parts that were immovable or unchoppable were strategically abandoned.
Just the skin alone weighed almost a ton.
Looking at the pile of leather, which had become a small hill, and lamenting that the storage space was full, he could only chop the whole skin into more than a dozen pieces and transport them one by one.
Having done all this, Lu Yuan was exhausted. He squatted on a rock, gasping for air.
But now was not the time to rest. Lu Yuan had to muster his spirit and find the handcart again.
He loaded the fire lizard skin and the broken-boned Old Wolf onto the handcart and slowly made his way back to his own camp.
As for the big iron ball-like "Civilization Manager," it could only be temporarily left here.
He would fetch it after making space in the storage space.
"Ao wu!" The mother wolves excitedly howled, always carefree.
Lu Yuan also joined in the howling. His light voice echoed between the mountains and the valleys, stirring an inexplicable sense of exhilaration deep within him.
The clouds in the sky rolled like golden waves, the orange sunset reflected off the towering mountains in the distance, and the vast green mountains were tinged with a layer of rosy red.
What kind of ending would do justice to the current wandering and hardships?
Lu Yuan watched this magnificent twilight scene and realized his mental state was different from before.
When he came, he was despondent, blaming heaven and others, feeling that everything in his life had lost its meaning.
Leaving, he seemed to have found hope and expectations for the future.
Even though he was very tired, looking like he could collapse at any moment.
But a person can be destroyed yet not defeated!
"Damn it, God, I've overcome everything!" Lu Yuan stretched out a hand towards the sky.
Pushing the cart, he made his way back to the campsite, and it was already night.
He opened the metal door, pushed a cart full of spoils into the house, and then carefully moved Old Wolf onto its special bed.
Old Wolf opened its eyes and wagged its tail, signaling its good condition.
"Whew... there's no place like home."
Back in a safe place, Lu Yuan's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and he collapsed to the ground, deflated.
The adrenaline had long been exhausted. He was like an old car that had run out of fuel, even burning out all the oil...
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