Chapter 32: Cautious

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As soon as this thought appeared in Lin Suo’s mind, the Swamp-swallowing Frog “car” quickly shrank to its normal size, but the interior remained spacious.

It seemed that frog’s spatial characteristics could not be taken away even if its stomach was removed. It had given him a biological mecha!

“I have to remember this formula. It’s the perfect disguise. As long as there are enough corpses of the same kind, I can use Overlapping Compound to get this. There shouldn’t be too many flaws on the corpses and it’s best if it’s a giant fiend or a small one with spatial characteristics.”

Lin Suo’s mental power connected to the frog’s brain, and he piloted the creature to move around. The feeling was perfect!

It would be even better if it was used for a sneak attack.

Suddenly, Lin Suo recalled his first Evil God Compound, the two-horse biological chariot!

At that time, perhaps because there weren’t enough corpses of the same kind, the syntheses had automatically absorbed wood, stones, tent cloth, and other things.

This frog mecha also needed to eat, just like a real living thing.

It could be controlled with a thought.

This matter should not be exposed for the time being. Although there might be similar things in the Magi world, he was not strong enough, so it was better to hide.

Lin Suo closed his eyes and began to sense all his synthesized creations.

Three seconds later, he sensed the position of the two-horse chariot, he willed it to disappear. With that, the first bio-mech in the Magma Kingdom was silently destroyed, turning into dust.

The hidden danger was eliminated.

As the buyer, he had enjoyed himself for half a year with 100 gold coins. It was worth it, taking it as a purchase of experience.

“Thinking about it now, there are only four stable synthesis formulas that are the most valuable at the moment. Biological mecha, earth crystal, artificial magic stone, and black octopus flower.”

All three types of synthesis, namely Overlapping Compound, Evil God Compound, and Logical Synthesis, had representative works.

This half a year had not been in vain.

“Let’s go out and try the effect of the frog mecha.”

Just as Lin Suo was immersed in his new creation, on the other side of the salt swamp, in the territory of the Cave Spider, a four-armed monster with the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a woman crawled out from the depths of the swamp.

Its black hair reached the ground and covered the two pale, indecent objects.

It had four eyes on its face that were as red as blood.

Its snake body was covered in red and yellow scales, and its mental power fluctuations were especially powerful.

This was a monster produced from a fallen human Magi apprentice. It possessed low intelligence and could cast spells.

They were widely distributed in the coastal area of Koster, and were known as “Rulai”. Of course, the people preferred to call her the Snake Demon!

Judging from the mental energy fluctuations, it was just a step away from becoming an official Magi. It was very strong.

After the Snake Demon came out, it stuck out its scarlet tongue.

After locking onto a position, its two-foot-long body disappeared into the swamp.

At the campsite, the strong Magi sitting in the middle of the tower suddenly opened his eyes.

The corners of his mouth curled into a sinister smile.

“Little sweetheart, so it turns out you are about to break through. No wonder you did not respond for a long time. After this matter is settled, it’s your turn…”

Swish…

The Magi licked his lips and the desire in his red eyes intensified.

…

“Croak!”

“Frog Charge!”

Lin Suo roared excitedly in his heart. He was in the mouth of the frog mecha, and the moment it charged, he put his hands together.

The ground suddenly surged like waves and brought over a wild frog who had a confused look on its face.

With a punch, a hole was opened in its head. With a pull, the corpse appeared in the cockpit as if it had been swallowed by the frog mecha.

“Twenty-eight. The Swamp-swallowing Frog is not guarded against its own kind. It’s very efficient to sneak attack like this. I’ll kill two more to get a whole 30 stomachs. Synthesizing 30 times should be enough. When the time comes, I’ll go to the Cave Spiders’ habitat to take a look.”

The Cave Spiders built their nests in the center of the swamp. The silk they spat out had extremely high corrosion resistance and waterproof properties.

In addition, they were born with the Spiderweb Technique, and as a result, their spider silk was a very good material. If it could be synthesized and strengthened, and then combined with the spatial stomach, Lin Suo had a very good guess that it could create real spatial storage equipment.

After four days in the salt swamp, Lin Suo packed up his belongings and hid them in the stomach pouch, leaving the frog mecha in the underground safe room.

He would come back in the future, so he could just leave it here.

He had left a total of 17 corpses of the same species, which weighed more than 15 tons, as food. In a motionless state, it was enough to sustain the frog mecha for three years, or even longer.

It was not suitable to operate the frog mecha in the Cave Spider area.

At that time, getting a spider mecha would be the right thing to do.

He also had to build a safe room there. After all, survival was above all else!

At noon, Lin Suo returned to the camp and updated the map before returning to the salt swamp from another direction.

In the Cave Spiders’ habitat, Lin Suo crouched on the ground, using Mud Stone Conversion to open up a path and search for the location of the Cave Spiders’ den. He felt that something was wrong.

“It’s quiet, not as noisy as the Swamp-swallowing Frog area. Something’s wrong…”

Cautiously, Lin Suo sank a hundred meters underground and quickly constructed a safe house where he could hide.

The construction spells were very fast.

Then, using the periscope principle, he outlined a Z-shaped tunnel and observed the situation on the ground.

The first special lens (obtained from syntheses) could absorb light and would not reflect flash points. However, it was very troublesome to use and the image reflected was very dim.

Lin Suo observed for a long time but did not see anyone.

This was not normal.

A large number of Magi apprentices wandered around the Fiend Salt Swamp every day, and the Cave Spider silk was a good material for making robes. There was no reason that there was no one.

For an overly quiet environment, either the area was suppressed by the aura of some creature that even the insects did not dare to make a sound, or a highly toxic creature had appeared and killed all living beings in its path.

Neither of the two guesses was good news.

Fortunately, Lin Suo was patient enough.

He had also prepared sufficient supplies, so he simply lived underground. He meditated every day, cultivated breathing techniques, and improved his spell proficiency in practicing.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Lin Suo observed the situation on the ground as usual. Fortunately, he finally saw someone. It was a team of two men and one woman from Marine College.

They were acquaintances.

“I can rest assured now…”

Then, Lin Suo, who had just heaved a sigh of relief, froze.

In the blink of an eye, the three people who were chatting and laughing just now seemed to have their heads cut off by some sharp weapon. In less than a second, the three heads rolled down neatly, seen from the screen of the periscope.

Blood spurted out of their neck rapidly.

Seeing this, Lin Suo felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

Run! He had to leave!

Something must have happened!

Lin Suo did not hesitate at all. He put away the ultra-long periscope, filled the soil, and continued to dig down.

He only started digging in another direction after he had gone a thousand meters deep.

He used Mud Stone Conversion along the way, and the progress was very fast.

When he was thirsty, he would drink water. When he was hungry, he would eat. When his mental power was exhausted, he would meditate to recover. When there was insufficient underground air, he would cast the Underwater Breathing technique and plunge his head into the water, which allowed him to hold on for three hours with one breath.

Along the way, he did not forget to sprinkle the odor-removal powder.

After some time, he might have advanced a few thousand meters, or maybe tens of thousands of meters.