Ch. 49 - Gluttonous Guest

The giant seemed to accelerate its regeneration by devouring things.

After consuming a tree, new flesh began to sprout on its face, seemingly restructuring its features, but the shape was already completely different from before.

Yang Yi scratched the ground with a chef's knife.

The giant immediately ran over to eat the dirt, digging a large hole.

“Can it eat anything?”

Unconvinced, Yang Yi scratched a large boulder protruding from the ground, applying some force, and leaving a white mark.

The giant instantly lunged at the stone, hugging it and gnawing on it, not caring if he broke a few teeth in the process.

Strangely enough, the hard rock began to soften under the influence of its saliva, and eventually, it could be chewed.

Yang Yi frowned.

Its digestive abilities were strong beyond belief.

However, it didn’t seem to have much discernment.

As long as something emitted a sweet aroma, it would desperately try to eat and gnaw at it!

So...if the giant discovered that it was the most delicious thing around, what would it do?

Yang Yi’s eyes narrowed slightly, cold light flashing from them. The chef's knife in his hand flew out and plunged into the giant's flesh.

Immediately, the giant stopped gnawing on the stone and began sniffing around like a dog, finally locking onto itself.

It bit down on its left hand with such force that it severed it. Then it devoured its left arm, followed by its right hand.

【Scene is horrifying; your sanity drops by 10.】

The giant consumed its own arms, then gnawed off its feet and half of its lower legs.

Its neck began to stretch, and it attempted to bite into its own torso.

Yang Yi couldn’t bear to watch any longer. Standing several metres away, he fired a shot.

After a misfire, his flintlock gun sparked again, hitting the giant right in the forehead.

Every ten seconds, he fired another shot.

Eight shots later, with three or four misfires, the giant’s brain was finally reduced to a pulp by Yang Yi, and it ceased all movement.

Suna, on the other hand, was recording the entire process.

As soon as Yang Yi began using the chef's knife against the giant, she knew it was no longer a threat.

She had initially wanted to stop Yang Yi from destroying the giant's brain.

After all, an intact brain would be more beneficial for dissection and research.

However, after the brain was shattered, she was curious about how Yang Yi had managed to kill the giant, so she remained silent, simply observing.

Following the giant's death, a large amount of corrosive liquid flowed out of its body, causing the ground to smoke.

“Probably its stomach acid,” Suna speculated, collecting some of the liquid in a glass vial.

But the stomach acid appeared to be digesting the glass.

After wandering around nearby for a while, once most of the liquid had drained away, Yang Yi used a stick he found on the side of the road to pull out the chef's knife.

After cleaning it with some fresh water, the attributes of the knife had changed; it seemed to be heavily corroded.

【Name: Corroded Delicious Chef's Knife】

【Type: Relic】

【Quality: Common】

【Description: Soaked in acid for too long, this knife has been severely corroded and is no longer sharp. It has a certain probability of making anything it cuts taste delicious.】

“The weapon is practically ruined...” Yang Yi felt a little heartbroken. Although the knife was dangerous, it could be a very powerful piece of equipment if used correctly.

It had withstood the blast from Yang Yi's flintlock gun, but it couldn’t stand up to the acid.

Of course, it could also be because in battles between players, weapons and equipment wouldn’t get damaged.

To transport the body, Yang Yi and Suna began to shovel dirt and spread it over the giant's body to reduce the corrosive effects.

They then tied it up with simple ropes, preparing to drag it back to the boat together.

During the process, Yang Yi also gathered information about the giant.

【Name: Gluttonous Guest (Li Rong)】

【Description: A human who has been profoundly corrupted by the Abyss and has obtained unparalleled digestive abilities, but is also trapped in an insatiable hunger. Can be inserted into the Octopus Vending Machine.】

Yang Yi noticed the key phrase — “sanity too low.”

It meant that when sanity dropped too much, the human body underwent distortion, turning into a non-human creature!

How terrifying!

Yang Yi often overlooked his sanity value, feeling that a low score didn't matter since he could still increase his attributes.

But if it could lead to distortion, the situation would be vastly different!

He certainly didn't want to give up being human!

Fortunately, up to this point, Yang Yi’s sanity had not fallen below 10.

A sanity level of 10 seemed to be a boundary — a dividing line between humans and non-humans.

A sanity level below 50 indicated madness, below 30 could lead to suicidal tendencies, and below 10 resulted in distortion!

Those who had a sanity level below 30 and chose to commit suicide...perhaps weren’t wrong!

At least they would retain their humanity in death, rather than transforming into monsters.

Yang Yi shared his thoughts with Suna, and she acknowledged his concerns.

They should never let their sanity drop below 10!

After spending some time and losing three simple ropes, the two finally dragged the Gluttonous Guest’s corpse to the shore.

Once aboard the ship, a claw hook could grab it, allowing the corpse to be stowed in the cabin.

Yang Yi glanced at the time; only 5 hours of daylight remained.

He decided to pause his exploration and not delve deeper into the island, turning instead to collect the corpses of the dead silk spiders on the island.

Suna went to the laboratory, eager to dissect the corpse; she would likely follow Yang Yi if he called her.

Yang Yi could only return to the island alone, focusing on collecting the spider corpses.

They could be classified into three categories: juvenile, adult, and giant.

Juvenile spiders couldn’t be used for vending, while adults could.

【Name: Giant Silk Spider Monster (In Evolution)】

【Description: A rare special individual of the silk spider monster with the potential for evolution. It can achieve a leap in life levels through human body transplantation.】 Searᴄh the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Yang Yi found one giant silk spider monster and 20 adult silk spider monsters.

The rest were a large number of juvenile spider monsters, particularly abundant, and fortunately, they all had some silk on them, making them valuable for collecting to create sweaters.

In total, he obtained 327 units of silk spider hair (including the adult spider monsters).

Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star.

He first tried to use the adult spider monster corpses to upgrade the Nightmare Star, but it indicated failure.

【This is a beast and cannot be used for upgrades.】

It seemed monsters had classification distinctions; only the more sinister ones were referred to as "otherworldly demons."

Monsters like the large spider were only classified as beasts.

The giant silk spider monster, however, was classified as an otherworldly demon because it could graft onto human bodies.

Yang Yi rubbed his hands together, preparing to use the 20 adult silk spider monster corpses for vending. At the same time, he sent a private message to Suna.

“Suna, are you sure you want to do it? Your luck seems better than mine!”

“Don’t bother me!” Suna was busy dissecting the Gluttonous Guest and didn’t want to be disturbed.

Yang Yi shrugged.

Her loss!

He wouldn’t stockpile; he would open one as soon as it was drawn.

【You have obtained a Spider Shell Heart Mirror】

【You have obtained a Silk Sac】

【You have obtained Wood 3】

The subsequent items were mostly basic resources and a small amount of Shell Coins, only yielding one bronze resource chest.

In total, he gathered Wood x138, Fabric x112, Stone x10, Steel x1, Sulphur x21, Crystal x1, and Shell Coins x100.

If a treasure chest was drawn, then the following ten draws would be quite a loss.

Or he could turn the adult silk spiders into velvet sweaters instead!

He thoroughly understood the rules of the vending machine.

For a specific type of monster, the first two pulls were almost guaranteed to yield an item, but it became much harder afterwards.

As for golden legends, it seemed that only the European king could obtain them, and it should have nothing to do with how many times one drew.

【Name: Spider Shell Heart Mirror】

【Type: Treasure】

【Quality: Exclusive】

【Description: A heart mirror made from the hardest head armour of the silk spider, which can provide excellent protective uses. 】

【Name: Silk Sac】

【Type: Consumable】

【Quality: Good】

【Description: A silk sac that can squeeze and spray spider silk. Its strength exceeds that of ordinary ropes, with a weight capacity of 500 KG. It's lightweight, has strong adhesion, and can bind enemies. Capacity: 100/100, but afraid of being wet. 】