Chapter 202: The Menacing Approach
After a full night of rest, the group at the foot of the mountain finally set off on their ascent.
Climbing boots, trekking poles, compass, moisture-proof mats... they had prepared all the necessary climbing gear, but the mountain path was still difficult to traverse. The vegetation was too dense; in addition to mutated towering trees, there were also dense patches of thorns, and the air around them was so muggy that it was hard to bear.
Yan Xiao had initially tried to burn a path through, but after a while, he felt it was too wasteful of his Ability. After all, they were going to be trekking in the mountain for at least two days, and no matter how powerful his Ability was, he couldn’t afford to waste it like that. He needed to conserve his strength for battle.
Fortunately, they were already nearing their destination, so nobody was in a hurry.
Considering the abundance of vegetation here, there were bound to be many Mutant Plants, so Han Yi deliberately chose routes frequented by Mutant Beasts, in order to avoid the Mutant Plants.
In this way, they climbed the mountain while fighting Mutant Beasts, and time seemed to pass quickly. Unknowingly, everyone had accumulated quite a few Crystal Cores from the beasts.
Han Yi probably thought these Crystal Cores were too small to be of use, so he didn’t take any and let everyone else divide them up, even awarding a few to Hao Boming, calling them travel labor fees.
Han Jiaojiao got the most Crystal Cores because she wasn’t fighting alone... she also had four dogs, and all the Crystal Cores obtained by the Space-Time Beasts were given to her.
Seeing her smile with her eyes almost disappearing, Yan Xiao couldn’t help but tease, "Stop smiling, your eyes are almost invisible."
Tian Xinyue looked on with envy, "They are so well-behaved..." Despite their strange appearance, their obedience somehow made them seem less disgusting...