Lu Yuan licked his dry lips, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, "This ce is only a mere 3 kilometers from my camp..."


    "Luckily, there was no night attack. At that time, I was still making equipment... Damn this ghostly thing..."


    Lu Yuan walked on, somewhat frightened.


    Beneath the corn tree, two little bears were circling around, making a rumbling noise.


    When they saw Lu Yuan, they scurried over and clung to his legs seekingfort, their shiny eyes nearly brimming with tears.


    "Hungry?" Lu Yuan crouched down and began petting the little bears.


    The chubby bear had fine, soft fur that felt like a plush toy.


    He also found that both little bears were full of nervousness.


    The slightly smaller yellow-haired bear just copsed on the ground and kept crying "Awoo, awoo."


    Even as Lu Yuan continuously soothed it, it kept trembling with fear.


    "Where''s your mom?" Lu Yuan asked, sensing a bad feeling, "She hasn''t... run away, has she?"


    That mother bear had a past record of abandoning her cubs and running away alone, her moral character was absolutely deplorable!


    The two little bears couldn''t talk, they just kept being scared and didn''t dare to return to their own cave.


    Having no choice, Lu Yuan fed them some pomegranate.


    Under the temptation of the rare-level delicacy, the two little bears finally stopped trembling and enjoyed it heartlessly.


    Old Wolf: ...


    "Keep an eye on them, don''t eat the little bears," Lu Yuan waved his hand, instructing Old Wolf.


    "I''m going to check out their home."


    Old Wolf proudly raised his head and leaped onto arge rock.


    A qualified shepherd dog''s most important qualities are notbat ability, but concentration and the ability to understandmands!


    In this regard, Old Wolf was quite qualified.


    "Roar, roar!"


    Wait... why are you snatching the pomegranate?


    Don''t be so disgraceful, my brother...


    Seeing Old Wolf''s carefree, bullying manner toward the little bears, Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly.


    He cautiously entered the Pangu Bear''s cave. The mother bear was indeed not in the cave. After groping around for a while, he found no signs of a fight or blood.


    Just as Lu Yuan was about to leave, he once again smelled a faint scent of rot.


    In that instant, Lu Yuan''s eyes widened and he became alert!


    "Is that the scent of the Donkey-headed Monster again?"


    "Did it attack the mother bear?"


    Lu Yuan had fought with the mother bear before, and while their rtionship was not deeply affectionate, it was not nonexistent.


    The mother bear was wild and unmanageable, always wary of him, Old Lu, and she would roar and scream whenever she saw him.


    With no progress in taming her over a long period, Lu Yuan was somewhat annoyed, and he certainly couldn''t bring himself to indulge the mother bear.


    Think about it, even if it''s an adorable orange cat, if it bites its owner every time it sees them, it''s impossible for anyone to like it!


    He, on the other hand, had a pretty good rtionship with the two little bears, as their wariness was much lower, their bodies were round, and their bellies were covered in fat. They ran over to Lu Yuan whenever they saw him.


    "Mother bear..."


    Life on the Pangu Continent was cruel, and even Lu Yuan himself was merely scraping by.


    But out of humanpassion, he still felt some sympathy. After leaving the cave, he touched the little bears, "Without your mom, what will you two do... why don''t you stick with me?"


    In nature, there were too many such urrences.


    More powerful beings hunted the weaker ones, which was all too normal.


    Clearly, the Donkey-headed Monster was already on the move, giving Lu Yuan little time to decide.


    Back at the camp, he temporarily settled the two homeless little bears, and watching them enter a sweet slumber, Lu Yuan carefully made his way to the Fire Lizard Valley.


    As he approached that area, Lu Yuan distinctly felt his Extraordinary Spark ring up once again, as if encountering some natural enemy.


    It was an innate instinct from the Extraordinary Spark.


    And Old Wolf, quite obviously, began to get anxious.


    If it weren''t for Lu Yuan being beside him, he would''ve already started running away with his morous little steps...


    Deep breaths, deep breaths.


    This strange psychological state was somewhat different from when facing the big boss, Cannibal Flower.


    The Cannibal Flower was indeed very strong, so strong that Lu Yuan had no chance of challenging it.


    But as long as you didn''t provoke it, it wouldn''t bother you either.


    The strength of the Cannibal Flower was predictable and withinprehension.


    But that rotting Donkey-headed Monster could only be described as eerie.


    Thinking about that thing, plus the descriptions in the writings of the Meida Civilization, Lu Yuan''s pores were shrinking, adrenaline was surging, and his body hair stood on end.


    He had no idea about the opponent''s strength.


    "What am I afraid of? Whatever it is, as long as it lives on the Pangu Continent, I must face it sooner orter."


    Lu Yuan gave a self-mockingugh, even ready for his worldview to be overturned, whether it be Cthulhu or demons and ghosts, he could ept them all.


    "Come on, let me see what exactly you are!" Lu Yuan steadied his breath, readying himself mentally.


    "Even if it''s a ghost, it''s good to recognize it sooner."


    Can''t beat it?


    Well, there''s nothing to be done about that... As for death, Lu Yuan actually took it quite lightly.


    If he could live, he hoped to live well, surviving until the day he returned to his human homnd.


    "If, despite all efforts, one still dies in battle, it''s not uneptable," he thought.


    After all, one''s strength is too limited. If you truly believe you can fight heaven and earth, that''s a bit naive.


    Half an hourter, he reached that spot he had previously marked with tree branches, sniffed twice, and smelled a rotten stench.


    "The gray-ck miasma really has spread a bit more than thest few days."


    The weeds within the ck miasma had be even more withered.


    The toxicity of this miasma wasn''t too severe; it wouldn''t kill a person instantly.


    Lu Yuan climbed a high slope, gently crouched among the grass, and pulled out a magnifying ss he had found from his pocket. He stealthily observed the other side using the corner of his eye.


    ss, as a material, is almost as durable as stone; buried in the soil, it hardly ages at all.


    In contrast, the metal surface of the magnifying ss waspletely rusted and aged.


    Therefore, Lu Yuan took the two lenses, concave and convex, removed them, made a wooden frame, and crafted a rudimentary telescope.


    Ever since he gained "Craftsmanship," his skills in making things had improved greatly; simple manual work was hardly a challenge for him.


    The Donkey-headed Monster still stood near the carcass of the Fire Lizard.


    About 5 meters away from the monster was a mother bear.


    The mother bear was huge; even sitting down, she towered over the Donkey-headed Monster.


    Her face showed intense fear. Her mouth was open as if she wanted to howl, but no sound came out.


    Fear so unparalleled paralyzed the bear on the spot, eliminating even the desire to attack.


    [A female Pangu Grizzly Bear, seems to be still alive but is cowering due to intense panic.]


    [Its life force is slowly draining away.]


    "The mother bear is still alive," Lu Yuan muttered, calming his pounding heart as he tapped the ground softly.


    For the moment, he had no special n of action.


    Rushing into the miasma to face this creature alone was not wise.


    "Unless it charges directly at me and falls into the trap I''ve set, I am confident I can defeat it. But why is it squatting by the remains of the Fire Lizard?"


    He squinted, observing for a long time.


    It seemed to be... eating bones?


    No, not eating, but forcibly stuffing the bones into its own body!


    The process was extremely slow because most of the Fire Lizard''s bones were toorge, like thick pirs!


    The Donkey-headed Monster, being only about 2 meters tall and human-sized, had to be selective and meticulously file down each bone to forcefully insert them into itself.


    The sight of bones being shoved into rotten flesh was physiologically unsettling; foul, yellowish body fluids continuously sshed out of its body.


    The mother bear was paralyzed by fear.


    And the Donkey-headed Monster, regardless of everything else, just slowly embedded the bones.


    Lu Yuan''s scalp tingled as thoughts rushed through his mind: "What is it doing, taking over? Skull n? Undying n? Rebuilding its body, resurrecting from the dead?"


    Although he had some expectations, witnessing this scene firsthand was indescribable.


    The Extraordinary Spark continuously transmitted a profound notion: Kill it!


    Kill it quickly!


    Once it restores its body, you will be no match for it!


    Lu Yuan scratched his hair, calmed his heartbeat, and tried to cool down.


    "The mother bear also has bones that might be its spare parts for body repair... It didn''t kill the mother bear, could it be that it deemed her unsuitable?"


    Cold sweat quietly climbed up his back as his brain whirred rapidly.


    In an instant, various thoughts flooded his mind.


    "No, no, no, it has a better spare part - and that''s me?"


    "I am a Level Two Extraordinary Life, one level higher than the mother bear."


    "My physique matches it, and my bones are clearly more suitable, yet it has not hunted me... Why hasn''t it approached me?"


    "The only possibility is that I have the power to kill it?"


    "I have the Extraordinary Spark, while the mother bear does not."


    "Before it regains its life force, the Donkey-headed Monster is not certain of victory."


    "If I analyze it this way..." Lu Yuan''s pupils dted as he considered a more terrifying possibility, "it could... possess intelligence!"


    Scientists of the Meida Civilization had once spected that some peculiar Mind creatures might possess cunning intelligence.


    This had actually been a major subject of debate in the Meida Civilization.


    Monsters are tough enough to fight, but with intelligence, the level of terror spikes dramatically!


    The difference between intelligent beings and animals'' intellect is that intelligent creatures n long-term, whereas animals only see the immediate.


    Now, this Donkey-headed Monster, able to resist temptation, if not intelligence, what is it?


    This terrifying conclusion made Lu Yuan''s scalp crawl, and every pore on his body constricted.


    Deep inside, he elevated the risk level of the Donkey-headed Monster by several grades.


    Though it might be just his imagination, erring on the side of caution never hurts.


    "I must kill it, I have to do it quickly!"


    "It already knows I exist, once it develops fully, I''ll die!"


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    (PS: An addition for Alliance Hierarch "Sannan the Bald"!)