Picking Up Attributes From Today
chapter-116

Chapter 116: Taking Inventory of His Rewards, The Underground World

With the end of the battle, peace and quiet were restored in the forest.

A campfire continued to blaze. On the ground, a short distance away quietly laid a massive object as tall as a building more than a dozen floors tall—the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor’s carcass.

Meng Lei admired its carcass as he munched away on a fragrant pig trotter, carefree and happy.

Although he had taken a risk in killing the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor, it had brought him handsome rewards and benefits.

The first was the 10 billion gold coins (inclusive of the magic core). Not only had he gotten back his 7.5 billion gold coins, but he had even earned an additional 2.5 billion.

This transaction… was totally worth it.

Next was the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor’s carcass.

Every part of a Saint Domain Magical Beast was a piece of invaluable treasure. The Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor could probably fetch a few billion gold coins at the very least.

That was another sum of profits.

The last was his Physical Body Constitution points that reached as high as 7.6 hundred million. This implied that as long as Meng Lei was willing to, he could spend 2.4 billion gold coins to break through the 1 billion points limit and step into the Saint Domain realm anytime.

A Saint Domain-level body at 16 years old—that was something rarely seen even in the long course of history!

“Hahaha!”

Immersed in his thoughts, Meng Lei couldn’t help bursting into loud laughter as he ate and drank. His free and unrestrained laughter echoed in the quiet forest like an owl’s cries, making one awfully creeped out.

“Hmph! What are you acting so triumphant for?”

Ol’ Amos sat cross-legged on top of a large tree. Terribly cross, he couldn’t resist letting out a snort secretly upon hearing Meng Lei’s laughter.

A while ago, he had asked Meng Lei how he had suddenly become so strong for no apparent reason. However, the response he had gotten was the three words, “It’s a secret!”, which terribly vexed the old man.

He had held nothing back and was very serious in teaching Meng Lei, but look at how the little bastard was keeping so many secrets from him in the end.

Thus, Ol’ Amos was very displeased.

“Since you’re keeping me in suspense, then fine.” Ol’ Amos gnashed his teeth secretly, “If I answer any of your questions again in the future, I’ll acknowledge you as my ancestor!”

Meng Lei didn’t know what Ol’ Amos was thinking, and he continued to eat, drink, and laugh. Upon sensing Ol’ Amos’ unusual expression, he couldn’t help but ask with a grin, “Ol’ President, can this Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor still fit in your spatial magic device?”

“Hmph!” Ol’ Amos snorted. “My spatial magic device has long since been full. Don’t you have any idea whether or not there’s any space left?”

“Uh…”

Meng Lei frowned slightly. He was in a pickle now—that was a carcass worth a few billion gold coins. There was no way he could possibly discard it, of course.

But where could he store it? Maybe he should get a few more spatial rings?

But that was an Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor that was as tall as a building over a dozen floors high. How many spatial rings would he need in order to fully store all of it?

“Hmm?”

Meng Lei’s gaze unwittingly landed on Little Gold. Wasn’t Little Gold’s stomach very big? Could it be used as a spatial ring?

Meng Lei popped the question the moment the thought occurred to him.

“Yes, it can. My stomach is very big.”

Little Gold nodded its little head to express that it was possible. After the events just now, it had become on even closer terms with Meng Lei now.

“That’s wonderful! Haha, Little Gold, you’re so awesome!”

Meng Lei was thrilled. “Little Gold, hurry and keep the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor’s carcass. Let’s go and do something big, hehe. Something big that’ll definitely make you very happy!”

“Yes, yes!”

Little Gold had no objections, of course. It climbed over to the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor, opened its mouth, and sucked in a deep breath. For a while there, something that left Meng Lei and Ol’ Amos dumbstruck took place:

The space around the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor carcass actually began to warp and distort. As if ripples spreading out on the water surface of a lake, ripples started to wrap around the carcass one by one!

The Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor carcass flew swiftly toward Little Gold, its size shrinking as it did. By the time it reached Little Gold, it had turned as tiny as a rice grain.

Then, Little Gold swallowed it into its belly in one gulp.

“This…” A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, and he asked in disbelief, “Ol’ President, is that space magic?”

“No! Space magic has long since been lost to the world!” Ol’ Amos shook his head. “That is just a simple space skill. Even so, it’s already very astonishing. The Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline is very extraordinary, indeed!”

The Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline?

A thought occurred to Meng Lei.

Didn’t I just assimilate the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline? Do I have a spatial ability like that?

Meng Lei hastily checked his own body the moment the notion occurred to him.

He directed spiritual power rapidly to his stomach. However, even after staring at it for half a day, there wasn’t even a speck of dust there.

His stomach was still the same size as ever. It was close to becoming unable to fit even the roasted pig trotter he had just eaten, much less the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor’s carcass.

Meng Lei’s lip corner spasmed for a moment there. All that joy had been for nothing.

“I’ve stored all of it!”

Little Gold let out a burp and crawled over joyfully.

“You’re so awesome, Little Gold!”

Meng Lei readjusted his frame of mind. Then, he fondled Little Gold’s head and asked smilingly, “Do you want to go home Little Gold?”

“Go home?”

Little Gold was taken aback by his question. Then, a look of dejection came over its face, and it replied, “Of course I want to, but I can’t. The Underground Cave Magical Spiders have taken over the ant nest, and even the Bloodthirsty Golden Nest has…”

“It’s fine as long as you wish to go back.” Meng Lei reached out and carried it in his arms. “You should know the way back home, right? How about we go to your home now?”

Little Gold’s eyes lit up at once, hope and anticipation filling them. “Really?”

“Of course!” A smiling Meng Lei replied, “The Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor is already dead. Its remaining henchmen are just useless nobodies. They can’t stop us.”

“Yes, yes!” Little Gold was terribly worked up. Tears of joy trickled from its eyes.

“Haha, let’s go,” Meng Lei replied with a laugh.

Then, with Little Gold in his arms, he charged into the dense and dark forest.

…

Be it to humans or to Magical Beasts, the current Magical Beast Forest was an absolute forbidden zone. The ant tide wandering about everywhere ripped every lifeform it encountered into shreds.

Meng Lei, however, advanced unopposed and moved about unrestrained. Under Little Gold’s guidance, he found an entrance in no time and entered the underground world.

The so-called entrance was actually a cavern leading to the underground. Deep, quiet, and dark, it was as tall as a few people and dead silent.

Meng Lei found it especially novel. He looked around everywhere while Little Gold introduced the underground world to him.

“The underground world is shrouded in mystery and is even more complex than the world aboveground. There are numerous layers of space sandwiched in between one another, and many underground lifeforms live in these spatial layers.

“These spatial layers pass through innumerable caverns and are linked to countless tunnels. It is just like an underground maze. It’s very easy for one to lose their way if they don’t have any underground lifeform leading them.

“Once they are lost, they’ll be trapped underground. When that happens, they’ll be doomed for sure.”

“Lost?” Meng Lei was startled.

“Yes, lost!”

Little Gold nodded. “Take us, the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants, for example. With our headquarters, the Bloodthirsty Golden Nest, as the center, the whole area within a radius of several dozen million square kilometers, belongs to us, the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants!

“And distributed within this area are a total of several billion underground caves, burrows, passages, and tunnels of various sizes. Just like tree branches, they are scattered about in every corner of our turf.

“Dense, packed, and countless.

“The entire ant nest can be said to be a gigantic maze. Without any guidance, outsiders can forget about finding the Bloodthirsty Golden Nest. It is also the home that we, the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants, depend on for survival and our habitat that we rely on for self-protection.”

Little Gold’s head was raised, its eyes brimming with pride. However, it hung its head again very soon. “It’s just a shame that the Underground Cave Magical Spiders are an exception. They have been enemies with us, the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants, for generations and have a very thorough understanding of the ant nest’s distribution. That was why…”