Chapter 539

Chapter 539: Island of Devil’s Maw (44)

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Translator: Lonelytree

After leaping down from the Leaf of Terror, the players had been heading north (Actually for the players, going which direction was all the same, only the creatures from the main universe would be able to tell accurately the direction on the island). The further they went from the lair of the Silkworm Mother, the wider the crystalline paths became and there were less and less split in the roads. The four trekked for half an hour before they came to a relatively spacious area. At that moment, they stopped moving and officially started to rest...

“Ah....” Atobe lied down again, “This time I am not going to an inch even if you force me, let me rest for at least 2 hours first.”

“I agree completely.” Pegasus concurred as he laid down on the ground as well. On the other hand, Ambitionist leaned against the wall and sat down. He said, “My feel like my feet has blistered... But since I can’t remove my shoes, I can’t really tell. Things like this won’t appear in the status tab either.”

“Hah... then what else can you do but to be patient about it.” Feng Bujue said with a smile.

Ambitionist sighed, “Hmm... but this does remind me, next time I go for a fashion purchase, I better choose sneakers (he was currently wearing cloth shoes).”

“By the way...” After Pegasus sucked in a few breathes, he followed it up with. “Are you guys hungry yet? I feel like munching on something again...”

“Ah, I am feeling about the same.” Feng Bujue added with his finger scratching his chin. “Compared to the last time we ate anything, that was three hours ago, theoretically speaking... the feeling of hunger should not be that obvious. Looks like the effect of hunger in this scenario is much faster than compared to real life...”

“Perhaps it is because we have been exhausting ourselves along the way.” Atobe countered. “And... we have not really eaten our fill during our previous meal...”

“Impossible.” Feng Bujue instantly tossed that possibility out. “Unlike the rest of you, who was unable to truly enjoy the meal due to mental resistance...” he said rather proudly, “I have only stopped after I was 90 percent full.”

“What are you trying to prove with that....” Atobe narrowed his eyes to say, “That you are a psychopath cannibal that rival Hannibal Lecter?”

“No, I believe what Brother Feng is trying to explain is the problem related to the volume of the food we ingested and the time of digestion...” Ambitionist intervened. Feng Bujue snapped his finger and continued. “Bingo, as you can see, myself who was 90 percent full and you guys who only ate 60 to 70 percent full... reach the next pang of hunger at about the same time.” As he explained, he took out something from his inventory. Once his teammates saw what it was, their expressions all changed.

“Hey, hey! That won’t be necessary anymore, right?” Atobe was the first to shout. “Don’t we have mutton already? Why are you taking out Walker’s carcass again?”

“First, this is not a carcass but a spare food source that I have cooked and preserved.” Feng Bujue answered evenly. “Secondly, don’t you worry... I am not taking this out to eat it, even if I want to, I will do it alone, I won’t force the rest of you to eat it with me.” He raised the meat piece and placed it in the middle of his left palm. “I am just taking out this piece of meat to help with my explanation.”

“Fine then...” Atobe replied weakly. He knew very well that even if he argued for the man to stop, he would not be able to put a stop to the action of this mad man before him...

“This was cut down from the back of Walker so you can see it as a part of a rib.” Feng Bujue continued in the tone of a chef. “based on how much it weighs down on my hand...” he even used his hand to pinch the meat before concluding, “it weighs between 540 grams and 570 grams.”

“Can you please get to the point... and stop what you are doing...” Even Pegasus held his forehead and persuaded Feng Bujue.

“Stop what exactly?” Brother Jue shrugged and asked.

“Stop doing these horrible and disgusting things like it is like an everyday habit...” Ambitionist answered. “Perhaps for you, it is really nothing but you have to think about the feeling of us normal people. You are holding a piece of meat cut off from basically a human and is describing it, in terms of its weigh and cutting in the tone of a butcher, do you know how scary that is...”

“Fine~ Fine~” Feng Bujue accepted the criticism from his audience but as we all know, his action was not going to change. “For our current purpose, we will assume this piece of meat is 550 grams.” He used his finger to gesture at the meat and said, “at the altar, the portion that I ate was about 500 grams and the rest of you ate less than 350 grams.” He paused for the information to sink in. “But now, we have felt the pang of hunger at almost the same time...” At this point, Feng Bujue raised his eyes to look at his teammates. “Now do you realize where the problem lies?”

“Ok, done.” Bill stood next to the large ‘carcass dumpling’ and slapped the thing next to him with a sense of accomplishment...

“Carry that thing and follow me.” Billy then said.

“Ah?” Bill was befuddled. “We are still not leaving this godforsaken island yet?”

“Yes.” Billy again lowered his head to check his watch. “I still need to pay a visit to someone... and then I promise you we will leave this place...”

...

“I say... does this count as night time?” Pegasus looked at the crystals around them that had slowly dimmed in brightness and opened his mouth to ask. By then the players had finished their food and had been resting for one and a half hour already. In the first 10 minutes, they were quite worried that the system might suddenly decide to deem them as being afk. But... half an hour passed and nothing happened. So the group sighed in relief, so it appeared like in this scenario, the system approved as ‘resting’ as an action.

“Who knows...” Feng Bujue replied, “There is no celestial entities like sun or moon in the sky...” Suddenly an inspiration struck him. “Perhaps the concept of ‘sky’ does not even apply to this place, who knows what is that thing that we see above us? And who can tell how time works at this place? Perhaps the night time here will last for 30 plus hours; perhaps the reflection on the sky is the real Island of Devil’s Maw and this island that we are on is merely a mirror image; or perhaps... the creatures here will transform into another form at night...”

“We are truly helpless considering we can’t even tell the most basic four nautical directions...” Ambitionist sighed.

“Hmm... It’s not so bad, right...” Pegasus crossed his arms behind him and said, “Even if the crystals have all stopped glowing, we still have the bonfire and we have other lighting equipment.”

“But the problem in that case will become...” Feng Bujue’s gaze changed slightly and he continued, “Is it really wise for us to stay close to a source of light when the whole crystalline maze is sunken into darkness...”

“You’re right... We will attract the attention of the monsters.” Atobe followed Brother Jue’s train of thought. Ambitionist added, “Yes... if this place really does have the so-called ‘night time’, then it will definitely have the presence of nocturnal creatures. In that case... it is indeed not a good idea for us to stay around such an obvious light source.”

“Then... how has everyone’s Stamina Points recovered?” Feng Bujue asked.

“It is going better than I thought, mine has recovered back to 60 percent.” Ambitionist responded.

“Same here.” Atobe followed up.

Pegasus finished it up with. “Almost the same.”

“Okay then, let us be prepared to move on then.” Feng Bujue said as he stood up and patted away the crystalline dust that stuck to his clothes.

“Hah?” Atobe gasped in shock. “Hey... but the surroundings are getting darker and darker.”

“That is why we need to get moving...” Feng Bujue explained. “our human eyes are not evolved to see in the darkness, no matter what, we need light source to see the things around us. In either case of us staying at a fixed point or keep moving, neither of these conditions would allow us to keep a light source going on and off... So in that case, might as well pick up our flashlights and start exploring.”

“Hmm.” Pegasus also stood up and worked his muscles. “We have stayed here long enough already, it is time for us to move to another place.”

“To stay here or to leave... which one is more dangerous...” Ambitionist thought loudly to himself. “I choose to sustain from making a choice...” He turned to look at Atobe. “Atobe, what do you think?”

Atobe was stunned. This time he was pushed to become the decision maker, that did not happen very often.

“I...” After some time of hesitation, Atobe ultimately came out with, “I still think... we better get a move on... after all, we still need to complete our quest.” Actually he did not put much thought behind this, he just instinctually leaned towards Feng Bujue’s decision. At that moment, instead of following his feeling, might as well follow Brother Jue’s plan...

Therefore, under the principle of majority wins, Ambitionist had accepted the notion of moving on. Thus the four resumed their journey. What they did not know was... the most dangerous threat that they would come to face in this whole scenario was silently heading their way...