He opened the briefcase, and the Shell Lady quickly flew up.

She flew around in a circle and soon landed on Chen Shouyi's shoulder, with joy in her eyes, she said, "Good Giant, I like it here!"

What's there to like?

It's just sand and more sand.

Chen Shouyi was speechless: "Go play!"

"Oh!" The Shell Lady said carelessly and eagerly flew towards a hole.

There were holes everywhere here, big holes encased medium ones, medium holes encased small ones, densely packed. To her, it was completely like a labyrinth available for exploration.

"Don't go too far!" Chen Shouyi reminded her.

"Little guy won't go far," the Shell Lady replied, looking back.

Chen Shouyi didn't pay attention to her. She was always cautious and timid as a mouse; she would probably escape back at the first sign of trouble.

He set his posture and began practicing the Thirty-Six Styles of Horizontal Training.

He had not been practicing long when he keenly discovered the anomaly of Original Force here.

"This is..." Chen Shouyi stopped, a look of surprise on his face.

Compared to other places, the Original Force here was not only quite rich, its concentration was at least fifty percent higher, and it was also somewhat violent. After being absorbed into the dantian's cyclone, it even caused subtle disturbances.

Fortunately, the disturbance was very mild and not enough to cause a collapse.

He practiced it again,

Seeing that there were no major issues, Chen Shouyi continued to practice.

A dozen minutes later, he stopped.

After all, it was the first time here, so Chen Shouyi reserved more than half of his strength to be cautious in case of danger.

But even so, the effect was quite intense.

At this time, his whole skin was flushed red, steam was pervasive, emitting waves of heat. His body seemed to swell, and all his muscles moved and twitched as if countless mice were squirming incessantly.

The body felt bloated, the muscles swollen and aching, yet also tingling and numbing.

"I didn't expect the training effect to be so good this time!" Chen Shouyi breathed out a breath of hot air, looking suspiciously at the dim sky in the distance:

"This place is simply a training paradise, but why is it a desert?"

It's not Earth, and Original Force greatly affects the world. With such high Original Force, life would absorb it instinctively, becoming stronger and more adaptable to harsh environments, regardless of whether it trained or not.

Even plants would grow more lush, with more vigorous vitality.

Unfortunately, besides clusters of low shrubs here and there, not many plants were visible, though there were quite a few withered and fallen tree trunks.

Just then, the Shell Lady quickly emerged from one of the holes, landing in a panic on Chen Shouyi's shoulder. Barely stable, she exclaimed:

"Good Giant, the little guy found something terrifying."

"What is it?" Chen Shouyi asked with amusement, not taking it seriously. He figured she had spotted a big bug or something.

"It's a...a terrifying big thing, very big, even bigger than the good Giant," she said quickly, gesturing broadly, her face a mix of fear and excitement.

Chen Shouyi was instantly piqued with curiosity and said, "Take me to see!"

"But it's very scary!" The Shell Lady hesitated to say, then after a while, gathered her courage and seriously asked: "Good Giant, you'll protect the little guy, won't you?"

"Of course!" Chen Shouyi said.

"Then I'll take you!" The Shell Lady bit her lip and said.

"We enter from this hole," she said as she pointed to a hole only a foot in diameter.

Chen Shouyi: ...

"Good Giant, can't you squeeze in?" Seeing Chen Shouyi unmoving, the Shell Lady asked in confusion.

Looking at her silly yet earnest expression, Chen Shouyi's heart stifled; for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

I can grow bigger, but not smaller.

"Then there's no helping it; you're just too big, good Giant," the Shell Lady said reluctantly.

Chen Shouyi ignored the Shell Lady's display, picked up his sword and War Bow, and hung several quivers around himself, surveying the surroundings. He immediately saw a hole over two people high, seemingly leading deep into the mountain.

Suddenly, he leaped, grabbed onto a hanging stalactite, and swung himself to the front of the hole, striding inside.

"Silly Giant, you're going the wrong way; it's not here," the Shell Lady said, jumping anxiously when she saw Chen Shouyi heading in the wrong direction.

"Shh, be careful, don't make a sound!" Chen Shouyi said.

The Shell Lady remembered the terrifying sight inside and quickly closed her mouth, her small eyes full of caution as she surveyed the surroundings.

The cave was deep, with passages branching off everywhere.

Chen Shouyi left finger marks on the corridor walls to avoid getting lost in the depths.

As he went deeper, the light around him grew dimmer, and the air carried a slight scent of decay.

After walking cautiously for several minutes, perhaps having entered a main passage, the corridor quickly broadened, reaching a height of seven or eight meters. Chen Shouyi was surprised to find signs of artificial excavation here.

Everywhere—whether around or above—were smooth cut surfaces left by blades.

Chen Shouyi compared with his hand.

He found that these cut surfaces were nearly a meter wide.

"It seems wise creatures once lived here," Chen Shouyi thought in surprise, his mind slightly alarmed.

Despite the relativity of the world's creatures' strength, this rock appeared relatively fragile. However, cutting such wide surface flats wasn't something an ordinary creature could achieve.

Especially when considering their tools were likely wooden or bone.

Due to the difficulty of burning in this world, metallurgy naturally couldn't develop smoothly.

Despite being able to refine ordinary metals, they would barely compare to the wood everywhere as tough as steel.

Few creatures in this world used metal weapons, aside from divine beings.

At least Chen Shouyi had never seen one.

He was attentive to the ground, but likely due to the passage of time and erosion, he saw no footprints.

Chen Shouyi left another finger mark on the wall and continued.

The airflow within the corridor had all but stopped, the air growing more and more foul, with the smell of decay intensifying.

Chen Shouyi didn't know how long he walked until a turn revealed a massive stone door ahead.

Five giant humanoid corpses sprawled helter-skelter beside the stone door.

These corpses looked quite bizarre, heads with a single horn and four arms, their skin covered in scales.

Each stood four to five meters tall, bodies shrunken and blackened like sun-dried, moldy cured meat. Yet Chen Shouyi could still vaguely see the fear and despair they experienced before death.

"Good Giant, it's here, it's these terrifying things!" The Shell Lady whispered nervously, eyes wide open.

"Hold your breath!"

"Oh!" The Shell Lady replied obediently, pinching her nose.

Chen Shouyi's face turned serious.

He didn't see obvious wounds on these strange creatures; there were no signs of struggle before death, as if their lives ended in an instant.

He noticed they still tightly gripped their weapons.

Some held rotting Wooden Spears, while others wielded bone clubs taken from Giant Beasts.

Evidently, these creatures didn't die unprepared.

ps: Chapter two at noon.

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