Chapter 166. Jurassic (End) Venturing into the Volcano’s Crater

     ”…”

     After a few seconds of silence, Ye Mo broke the awkwardness and asked, “Li, have you see Velociraptor Wang Xue, or any other survivors in the Fire Rock Zone?”

     “There were a dozen of the top 100 ranked players who fell into the Fire Rock Zone, and there were other fire-type survivors as well, but I haven’t seen Wang Xue. This volcanic rock area wasn’t as dangerous as it is now. Two days ago, after a major earthquake, many volcanoes erupted, and the danger increased dramatically. But the chances of escaping also increased. Basically, those who haven’t died have all escaped in the past few days.”

     Visually Li and Ji Li seemed more like two different people. Perhaps due to his zombie physique, Ji Li’s voice in the copy was low and hoarse. The more he spoke, the more gloomy and uncomfortable he made people feel. His expression became increasingly stiff and serious.

     However, Ye Mo had briefly cooperated with Ji Li twice. He was very likely the savior of her younger brother, Ling Xiao, so his words were highly credible.

     Therefore, Ye Mo’s response was also straightforward: “You’re staying here for fire-type resources?'”

     “Yes.”

     Ji Li couldn’t directly absorb fire-type energy, he could only absorb the yang energy of living beings. His search for the Spirit Stone Village was purely for the purpose of crafting equipment and earning points.

     Because the price of dark energy in the system was too high, coupled with his zombie physique not only wearing down equipment quickly but also bringing him a lot of bad luck, he received at least two tearfully poor rewards in every copy.

     Survivor Li ranks among the top three among the survivors. But no one knows that he is a poor guy. If he gives up his freedom to join the national team one day, it must be because he is too poor.

     Entering the Jurassic instance, he was dropped directly into the most dangerous fire rock zone. Fortunately, he could fly and could transform into a zombie to absorb yang energy.

     When the way out of the volcanic rock area was finally discovered by the ghost, most of the copy time had passed.

     Instead of going to the strange and vast continent to collect more dark energy, it is better to return to the volcanic rock area to continue collecting high-level fire spirit stones and looking for higher treasures.

     If he could get the Fire Spirit Jade in real life, it would ease Ji Li’s poverty for a long time, which was why he returned to the volcanic rock area to give it a try.

     However, the danger level of the volcanic rock area had exceeded his expectations. His previous plan was not very feasible. When he finally patrolled the area, he was attracted by the dense water spiritual energy, he saw the Five-Colored Tyrannosaurus Rex, and also saw the water-type spiritual jade in Watson’s hand.

     Speaking of rich and poor.

     Watson asked tentatively: “Fire Jade?”

     Ji Li did not deny it directly. He replied: “I know the location of Fire Jade, but it is too dangerous. It is even more dangerous now. I can only find the high-level spiritual stone.”

     Ye Mo and Watson looked at each other and smiled at the same time, “We are also looking for Fire Jade. Maybe we can exchange information or cooperate for mutual benefit.”

     Ji Li replied, “I once saw the volcanic spiritual jade in a previously erupted crater, but I missed it because I was fighting other dinosaurs at the time. The biggest danger of the crater is that it could erupt at any time, especially now. The volcanic rock area will sooner or later be completely swallowed by lava, and then spread to other places.”

     He wasn’t afraid of taking risks, but he wouldn’t gamble with his life.

     Ye Mo and Watson were the same. If they didn’t have a few hours left to exit the copy, and if they didn’t have the fire-avoidance grass in their hands, they wouldn’t go looking for the fire-type spiritual jade.

     “Fire-avoidance grass.”

     So, Ji Li soon saw more than 10 kinds of magical plants in the Jurassic World. Some of them looked familiar. He had seen them before, but he did not think they had so many uses.

      For example, spirit-seeking wood is a light-type plant that has a significant restraining effect on Ji Li. He had been staying around the volcanic rock area for several days but had not found this kind of plant.

     Fortunately, fire-avoidance grass is a yin-type plant, which has an enhancing effect on Ji Li.

     Ji Li patted the dusty, patched cloth bag at his waist, and a group of ghosts flew out again. The ghost dinosaurs army was his eyes, and he didn’t mind losing one or two.

     “Now, volcanic eruptions are occurring on three sides of this volcanic rock area. One of the erupting volcanoes is particularly high, and this mountain is also in danger of being swallowed. We can change locations.”

     Watson nodded.

     While nodding, Ye Mo glanced at the cloth bag, very certain that it was just a regular cloth bag, not a spatial one. However, it contained a dense amount of yin energy, likely from dark-type crystal cores or dark-type spirit jade.

     The temporary team set off as a whole.

     To prevent Ji Li from falling behind, he temporarily didn’t transform into a pterosaur but instead stood on the stegosaurus’s back in his zombie form. His figure was small compared to the dinosaur, and his weight was negligible.

     Also, to prevent Ji Li’s zombie poison from accidentally infecting the other two teammates, he wrapped himself up very tightly, with the cloth provided by Ye Mo as a friendly loan.

     “Zombie poison? Can it turn other creatures into zombies? Humans on Earth?” As a doctor, Watson’s first thought was whether a zombie plague would spread on Earth, leading to a scenario like in the Resident Evil movies.

    “Not entirely. The most common outcome of being poisoned by a zombie is death, with a very high mortality rate. The second is to expel the poison using medical skills, magic, or raw power. The third is for those with yin-type talents; after death, if they survive the transformation period of their seven po souls, they have a chance to become zombies. I’m currently a black zombie. Large carnivorous dinosaurs over 10 meters long can survive the poison for more than eight hours. We’ve already at the end of the dungeon. The effect on herbivorous dinosaurs is unknown, so we need to be cautious.”

     Ye Mo silently compared in her mind: ‘…Zombies and Miao Gu corpses are different, but not exactly the same. The most obvious difference is that zombies retain a certain amount of soul memory, allowing them to think and cultivate.’

     While talking, none of the three lowered their guard. To be precise, their conversation was a way to find amusement in hardship. Walking through a volcano was not easy.

     Two hours later, they finally saw the first active volcano that Ji Li mentioned, which had recently erupted and was now temporarily dormant. This crater was their destination.

     Ji Li was only 20% certain that fire-type spirit jade might be found here, but with the spirit-seeking plant mentioned by Watson increased that probability to 80%.

     Time was running out, and the terrain was constantly changing, so the three of them prepared to act immediately.

     The Tyrannosaurus Rex ran quickly towards the destination, while Watson and Ji Li checked their fire-avoidance grass.

     The crater was located at the top of the volcano, an oval depression shaped like a funnel, with several channels connecting to the hot underground magma on all sides.

     Here, there were fire-type spiritual stones everywhere, and fire-type spiritual jade was underground not far from the magma.

     Just looking at the magma below from the top of the mountain was like looking at a monster, and the heart rate rose sharply.

     The three made final preparations at the crater of the active volcano.

     Since the items in her space were about to disappear, she decided to use them to build goodwill. Ye Mo distributed a lot of good things to Ji Li, such as some yin-inclined dark energy sources.

     She gave him quite a few water-type spirit stones, and although he definitely couldn’t absorb water-type spirit jade at the moment, she still gave him a piece, fully displaying the wealth of their team.

     Ji Li, who suddenly became rich in an instant: …inner excitement, but his poker face remained as steady as a mountain

     After a while, the three of them took three thousand-year-old fire-avoiding grasses and started to act.

     Ji Li absorbed the yang energy in the air, jumped up, instantly transformed back into a Quetzalcoatlus, circled in the air once, and flew towards the crater vortex.

     Flying to the destination was simple, but mining wasn’t Ji Li’s specialty. Furthermore, ghosts were too easily killed by sunlight, making detection difficult. So, zombie Ji Li resorted to digging holes methodically.

     Unlike the winged Quetzalcoatlus, the Tyrannosaurus Rex approached the spirit jade mine by running and digging. If she were a miniature Tyrannosaurus Rex, her speed would be several times faster. But as an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, her digging would only result in the disappearance of the mountain.

     “…”

     Watson needed fire-type spirit stones the least, but in this environment, he was in danger everywhere. He was safest only by staying with Ye Mo.

     What he could do now was to try his best not to be a drag, ensure a steady supply of fire-avoidance grass, hand over tools when needed, and act when necessary.

     Time flew by quickly.

     The copy entered its final half-hour countdown, and half of the ten-thousand-year-old fire-avoidance grass had been consumed… 15 minutes… 10 minutes, the magma began to churn, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex and her companions were getting closer and closer to the Quetzalcoatlus…

     Three minutes before the magma erupted, the two fire-type spirit jades finally revealed their true forms, fiery red, more radiant than the most brilliant rubies.

     “Run!”

     One spirit jade was collected into the space, the Tyrannosaurus Rex picked up the Stegosaurus, and the Stegosaurus threw out a fire-type spirit jade, which Ji Li, in his Quetzalcoatlus form, caught in his beak. The three of them, like partners who had worked together for many years, showed perfect coordination at this moment.

     Boom! Rumble!

     Magma shot into the sky!

     Every second felt like a year!

     As the three raced against the magma, they simultaneously heard the long-awaited system notification:

   【Congratulations to survivor XXX for completing the main quest. Exiting the ‘Jurassic Copy’.】

   【The first round of public testing on Earth has concluded. Calculating results, compiling statistics…】