The Trembling World
chapter-462-30041322

TL: LifeisaJourney

“I don’t think we can face off against the creature with brute force. We must rely on intelligence. We can abuse Moonlight Gulf Theme Park’s rule card bug. If we work together as a team, along with everyone’s combined ability, then we might be able to beat the King Crocodile,” Stratos started off with his theory.

“Card bug? What do you think you can achieve with the bug?” Saffron Ma disapproved of Stratos strategy.

“That shop! The shop is the bug! I sensed that the shop is the key factor in winning against the creature. We have to rely on the shop’s strongest weapon!” Stratos replied.

“Continue!” Liu Gan was highly interested in this chain of thought.

“The store has so many powerful weapons, the price on the models are a markup. They have an unrealistic price tag. It must have considered the fact that the customers can’t afford the products. Therefore, there must be some sort of hidden trick that we haven’t noticed,” Stratos continued to speculate.

“Other ways to earn foreign tokens?” Ana pursed her lips thoughtfully.

“I feel there are other ways to earn foreign tokens, such as looking for crocodile eggs or locating the nest of the small Crocodiles that might possess a treasure chest. Perhaps, there might other hidden quests that have high rewards…”

“Once we get these tokens, we can trade them for powerful weapons. We will be able to bomb the creature to smithereens!” Stratos ended his thoughts on a high note.

“I feel that the tokens wouldn’t be limited to just within Moonlight Gulf Theme Park. Should we save up years of tokens just to exchange it in one go for high-tech weapons? There’s also a concern with how long this instance will be available for. It might even unlock more quests for us when we reach higher levels,” Song Jiu expanded on Stratos theory.

“Ah, I also feel that way would work. Once we have enough tokens, we can exchange it for a space battleship…” Johnny Fei chimed in after becoming interested.

“Hey hey! You’re all off topic,” Ana reminded Song Jiu and Johnny Fei.

“Ah…” The two tried to laugh off their embarrassment. The idea was to brainstorm how to kill the King Crocodile, but they had ventured into flights of fancy now.

“I feel that the weak points would be natural orifices like the anus, stomach, or genital area. There wouldn’t be a fourth spot. We should think of a way to hold it in place and have Lord Liu blow open the weak points,” Xu Ji Chao suggested.

“Ah, finding a way to hold it in place!” Liu Gan felt inspired by that thought.

“You said hold it in place, as in getting it stuck in a narrow area. I don’t think there is anywhere around here that it could get ensnared in. With its strength it could collapse the entire mountain,” Saffron Ma disagreed with the earlier suggestion.

“Well what do you have to offer?” Xu Ji Chao countered Saffron Ma.

“I don’t have any good suggestions, but I feel that your suggestion was unrealistic. What you said to me, gave me another thought… for instance, why don’t we shove hand grenades in its mouth? If it swallowed them, then they would explode, bang! It would blow apart its stomach and solve all our problems.” Saffron Ma ventured.

“That does sound like a plan, but how do we get the grenades to its mouth?” Ana asked.

“Well… we would have to rely on our brave Lord!” Saffron Ma laughed.

“Well… I guess we could try that…” Liu Gan nodded. Even though it wouldn’t be as easy as described, he shouldn’t discourage them from providing new ideas.

“I have an idea… It was specifically thought up for Lord Liu! Like a shovel, next time Lord Liu encounters the King Crocodile, don’t escape. Instead charge right at it! Especially, when it opens up its mouth to roar. Charge into its mouth and toss in hand grenades and use your ability. Even if the shroud of Black Fog will protect it from external damages, I don’t think it will apply to internal damage. You could defeat it in one go!” Johnny Fei threw out his idea.

“That idea isn’t too shabby. Let's have Lord Liu reenact the fight against Princess Iron Fan as the Monkey King. Once inside King Crocodile’s stomach, then start wreaking havoc. Left hook, right kick, axe swings combination. You can resolve the situation in a matter of minutes!” Song Jiu elaborated on Johnny’s idea.

“I don’t think that sticking it in the mouth is too realistic. Why don’t we stick it in the anus when it’s asleep…” Stratos upped the stakes.

“You want it to rain shit? Shoving it in the anus isn’t a glorious job, so our Lord shouldn’t have to do it. You should do the task!” Several other members pointed at Stratos for coming up with the idea.

“How are you so sure that it isn’t a female? If it is female, then there is no need to stick it in the anus, we could stick it ‘there’,” Song Jiu interrupted with his superb imagination.

“Vulgar!”

“So perverted!”

“...”

Song Jiu was kicked down by Ana and several members for his lewd suggestions.

“I was only contributing my thoughts, it isn’t as perverted as it sounds…” Song Jiu protested.

“Don’t you think that that wall of malice is quite formidable? Why don’t we use Lord Liu as bait and lure the creature into the wall of malice? That would do the trick!” Saffron Ma suggested loudly.

“I feel that normal creatures would fear the wall. The wall of malice seems to contain creatures of its own,” Xu Ji Chao disagreed with Saffron Ma’s suggestion.

“Yeah! Even the King Crocodile has its own similar Black Fog overflowing out from its’ body. It looks similar in composition to the wall of malice, so it might not be possible?” Johnny Fei also disagreed with Saffron Ma.

“That might not be necessarily true. That defensive Black Fog serving as a shield might not serve the same purpose as the wall of malice. I feel that the wall of malice is the ultimate authority in this area. It serves as a executioner to both the players and the creatures trapped within the instance,” Ana shook her head.

“Then how about we lead it to the edge of the cliff, and rope it over with these vines. Then let it fall to its death?” Saffron Ma proposed.

Brainstorming the ideas was a very good decision. Now he had a lot of choices to pick from. Regardless of which would or wouldn’t work, Liu Gan would try them all out. He had a lot of preparation that needed to be done. He could lay out more ropes along the cliff so he could rappel down. In case his plan fell through, he could jump off the cliff again. The next time, he would use the ropes instead of free falling over a hundred meters.

He had lady luck on his side last time. It was hard to say if he would be so lucky the second time around. If he had to redo the free fall jump, Liu Gan doubted that he would be able to survive the fall.

Once everyone ate and was well rested, they returned to the top of the cliff.