Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Along the way, they encountered two resource clusters. Unfortunately, neither place was suitable for Su Li and his group. One cluster mainly contained earth-based resources, and the other was underground.

These cunning old foxes on the surface are annoying enough, let alone these cunning old foxes fighting in the underground arena. Just thinking about it gives me a headache. I'm not going.

Finally, on the fifth day of their exploration, Zuli and his team arrived at a suitable map.

This place is beside a river.

Su Li and the others got out of the car and looked around.

This river is a water source for many creatures, so there are quite a few monsters around it, and conflicts are frequent. Not far from Su Li's train, they could see a corpse that had been gnawed beyond recognition, with several birds pecking at insects on the body.

"It really stinks," Su Li said, waving her hand in front of her nose. Back in the rainforest, the smell was mainly of decaying plants. But here, it was mainly the smell of rotting corpses and excrement.

Su Li and her group's destination was a grove of trees resembling a mangrove forest in the center of a distant river.

It may not have rained in this area for the past two days, leaving parts of the riverbed exposed to the air in this shallow riverbed. Some carnivorous fish are hunting for food in the mud of the shallows, and they themselves are also prey for swamp crocodiles.

Su Li looked at the mangrove forest, where there were two giant pythons, each nearly 30 meters long, with bodies thicker than a person.

"A juvenile swamp python, water and earth element, holy crap, I haven't seen a monster from the encyclopedia in ages. Seeing it for the first time feels kind of nostalgic," Su Li remarked. This python is a venomous snake, yes, you heard right, a black iron monster that's forced to use its venom again, even though it used to kill enemies by strangling them with its muscles.

Su Li continued, "Its toxin is a paralyzing neurotoxin. It paralyzes the enemy and then kills them; that's its attack method."

"Do you see the diamond-shaped pattern on the tail?" Su Li pointed to the snake's tail.

Sun Lili raised her hand and answered quickly, "I know! It's the snake's heart, right?"

"That's bullshit. That place is a fake poison sac. When attacked, it releases paralyzing gas. The real heart is one-tenth of a body length above that rhombus."

"One-fifth of its body length above the mouth is its second heart. One-quarter of its body length below the mouth is its third heart."

"Three hearts?" Sun Keke said in surprise.

"Yes, the body was too long and the blood supply couldn't keep up, so two more blood pumps were added to increase the pressure," Su Li explained.

Sofia crouched down, raised the dream, and aimed it at the spot Su Li had indicated.

After a moment of concentration, the Demon Eye locked on, and Sophia fired a series of shots.

Three enchanted fire-to-earth bullets spun and struck the swamp serpent's heart almost simultaneously.

Sofia re-aimed and fired three shots in quick succession, hitting another swamp python.

Finish work.

The swamp python juvenile, its heart shattered, writhed in agony on the ground, its massive tail whipping through the muddy water, splashing foul water everywhere.

The surrounding crocodiles didn't want to provoke them either, and driftwood floated away in all directions.

However, some animals were still restless. Smelling blood, their hunting instincts began to ignite.

In their perception, Su Li and his group were a bunch of Black Iron-level monsters. They might be strong, but if they attacked together, they should be able to steal some food.

That 30-meter-long python, who wouldn't drool at the sight of it?

The poor savage beasts had no idea about the difference between a level 18 hero and a level 18 hero with six divine items; they were practically two different species.

Zuli and his companions' various skills and techniques are their divine armor.

Only when they fight against Su Li and the others will they know what numerical power is.

Su Li saw the monsters' restless activity; black iron-grade food was a great source of nutrition for them.

This is giving Su Li a headache. How much DPS do you have? What's your armor penetration threshold? How dare you steal my loot?

But being surrounded by these monsters is very annoying.

Sigh, is there any way to get rid of these clueless monsters?

Of course! Please welcome our good partner—Ember Shadow!

Ivan waved his hand and summoned Ember Shadow.

When Jin Ying saw Su Li and the others, he snorted angrily.

"You dare to be angry?" Su Li retorted angrily. "You noticed the parasitic plant a long time ago, but you didn't tell us?!"

When Su Li and her team investigated later, they discovered that the parasitic plant spores originated from the reed roots they had dug up. At that time, Jin Ying was also affected. However, Jin Ying simply breathed fire and channeled his magic, wiping them all out.

The Shadow of Ashes didn't take the Starvation Grass seriously at all; it was a tiny thing that could be killed with a sneeze, not worth mentioning.

So he didn't tell Su Li and the others.

Jin Ying snorted again, rolled his eyes, and spat at Su Li.

Ivan translated with a wry smile: "Jinying said he thinks we're strong enough that we shouldn't be afraid of these little things."

"This... there's really no way to refute it." Su Li, a little annoyed, used her enchanted ice hand to stroke Ember's head, making Ember's hooves start digging in the mud.

The perspective of Ember Shadow is still that of the monster. To use a game example again, Ember Shadow is essentially a level 30 player without equipment. He sees the stats of Su Li and the others and thinks they are all stronger than him, so he assumes that Su Li must also be level 30 and doesn't take the Starvation Herb seriously.

"If something like this happens again, let us know in advance, okay?" Su Li pointed at Jin Ying with her index finger.

Jin Ying covered her upper lip with her lower lip, made a face, then whimpered and ran behind Ivan, nodded to Su Li, and started eating the burnt carrot that Ivan had taken out.

As they chatted idly, the influence of Ember Shadow became apparent.

After it appeared, the monsters that were itching to attack all calmed down as if they had been doused with cold water.

In their eyes, Su Li and his group were a Silver-level hunter leading six High-level Iron-level hunters—a very strong hunting team. They were extremely troublesome and should not be provoked.

Those hotheads who dare to mess with such a combination are generally only good for making roasted milk xx, not old xx soup, because they won't live to see that day.

The surrounding monsters dispersed, and then Su Li and the others headed towards the mangrove forest in the center of the river.

The anaconda's corpse was still struggling.

Su Li stepped forward, severed the spine with a few strokes, and then knocked off the fangs.

Then, Su Li cast an identification spell on the trees in the middle of the mangrove forest.

“Water-attribute wood…that works too, we still have a bit of water-attribute wood in short supply. Hmm? Wait a minute?” Su Li’s eyes widened as she looked at a small tree hole in the center of the mangrove forest.

At the entrance of that little tree hole, a plump, thumb-sized, bright yellow worm struggled to crawl out.

"bee?!"