The warm wind turns cold.

Raindrops grow denser.

Wu Xiaode charges at the black bear head-on, fully prepared to give it his all.

——No matter who the opponent is, it's always all or nothing.

This is the fighter's professional spirit.

Besides, at the moment, he is a Fiery Flame Monkey.

That calls for even more caution!

His speed suddenly increases, just thirty meters away, and he's about to collide with the black bear!

In an instant.

In the void, heavenly prompts quietly appear:

"Cold Ice Bear."

"Attribute: Cold Ice Attribute Attack."

"Skill list as follows:"

"..."

Wu Xiaode didn't know how many fights he had been in before, but now with detailed attributes of the opponent, he had a clearer idea.

This bear has thick skin and a long health bar, with almost no weaknesses!

In a real fight, it would probably take until a storm hits, and the battle might not even end then.

That means finding another way.

The distance between them is 5 meters!

The black bear suddenly shows a ferocious grin, raising its paws high ——

Boom!

It slams the ground with all its might, causing a chilling frosty air to rise around.

——Cold Ice Shock!

This usually suffices to freeze its prey instantly, allowing it to casually slap their heads off!

The black bear stands upright, searching for the monkey's traces amidst the frost.

But sees nothing.

Suddenly, a voice rings in its ears:

"If you lost your eyes, how long do you think you could survive?"

A sharp pain cuts through its eyelids.

The black bear roars furiously, its paws immediately reaching for its shoulders.

The monkey had already agilely leaped to the side, dodging seven or eight meters, and assumes a vigilant stance.

The black bear hurriedly feels its eyes.

The eyes are intact.

Only a long wound about an inch above the eyelid.

Blood flows down.

"Daring to harm me, you must die!"

The black bear roars angrily.

Wu Xiaode, however, calmly says:

"I just made a cut on your eyelid earlier."

"If you insist on eating us, then my next strike will gouge out your eyeballs."

"——Do you really want to go blind?"

The black bear rampages forward a few steps, then suddenly stops, using its paws to wipe its eyes.

——The blood flows down, obscuring its vision.

In all sorts of fights, once the corner of the eye is opened, it becomes a huge problem.

This is Wu Xiaode's strategy.

Taking advantage of the blood flowing from the corners of the bear's eyes, he twists his body, rushes through the blind spot of its vision, and climbs onto its shoulder once again.

The black bear only feels a sharp pain above its other eye.

"Aooo——"

It unleashes layers of frost, freezing everything around.

However, Wu Xiaode had long anticipated this move, and after landing a hit, he quickly retreated.

"I have spared you twice now."

He says: "Let us pass, or my next move will be to gouge your eyeball."

"You can't beat me," says the black bear.

"Indeed, I'm just a monkey —— but I believe, once you're blind, there will be others as strong as you to settle accounts with you." Wu Xiaode says.

The black bear's body stiffens.

Who knows what it thought of, but after a while, it slowly steps aside.

"Do you really think it's safe inside this Stone Mountain?"

It continues with a mocking tone:

"Without my power, no one can survive in the Stone Mountain, you'll be devoured without a trace."

Wu Xiaode looks back to see the other monkeys showing signs of unease.

Boom!

Thunder claps in the sky.

The rain falls more densely, and the distant mountains gradually blur.

The wind has started to change.

Soon a level-nine gale will sweep in, capable of easily blowing away a monkey.

We can't stay outside anymore!

"That's none of your concern —— let's go!"

Wu Xiaode calls the monkeys.

The monkeys hastily follow him, running towards the Stone Mountain together.

The black bear watches silently from the side.

What slightly satisfies it is that the monkeys didn't enter the steel cave it occupies.

The lead monkey stands in front of Stone Mountain for a while, points to another secluded cave, and says:

"Follow me into this cave!"

"Yes, leader!"

The monkeys file in one by one.

——and then they are no longer seen.

Damn it.

I really can't afford to get injured.

This is the sturdiest place on the entire island.

Numerous powerful beings covet this Stone Mountain.

Come to think of it, that monkey was incredibly agile.

The black bear looks up at the sky.

It seems a terrifying storm is indeed approaching.

It just turned around, ready to return to its cave to take shelter from the rain, when it suddenly glanced towards the dense forest.

A pack of hyenas silently appears.

The lead female hyena approaches the black bear, making strange whimpering sounds as it crawls.

"Do you intend to challenge me?" the black bear growls, baring its teeth.

"We wouldn't dare, but the storm is coming, we humbly request Bear Leader to allow us to take shelter on Stone Mountain." says the female hyena.

"Why should I allow you to take shelter on my territory?" the black bear says.

It moved its body a bit.

An even more brutal aura emanated from it.

These hyenas really aren't enough for me to fight.

Actually, apart from that strange monkey earlier making people feel unpredictable—

Right.

Monkey!

The black bear slowly raised its paw, pointing in a direction and said:

"I'll only give you a cave to shelter from the storm—"

"There are seven or eight monkeys in that cave. Go there if you want to avoid the rain. That's the only cave."

The mother hyena looked in the direction it pointed.

While looking, she flared her nostrils, sniffing in the wind.

"Really, some monkeys... Well, thank you then."

The mother hyena licked the corner of her mouth and howled back to the hyena group.

The hyena group swarmed in.

Even as powerful as the black bear was, it instinctively sat down on the ground.

The mother hyena squinted at it for a bit and finally stepped forward, heading towards that cave.

They disappeared into the cave.

The rain finally turned into a downpour.

The black bear sensed the terrifying energy brewing in the gusts and knew it also had to go seek shelter from the rain.

"When the storm is over... my wounds will be mostly healed too."

"Let you guys fight it out first, whoever survives will be my food."

It swayed towards its own cave.

Meanwhile, Wu Xiaode led the monkeys into this cave, heading straight in one direction.

A monkey named "Red Hair" asked from the side:

"Boss, what are you doing?"

Wu Xiaode said: "This is a mechanical library. As long as we can activate a few basic call programs, security will be ensured."

The monkeys didn't understand.

A monkey whispered: "Brother Red Hair, the boss seems somewhat different from us."

"Don't talk nonsense," Red Hair, at this time, defended Wu Xiaode, "The boss might be a legendary programmer, understand?"

The monkeys were in awe.

It is said that in the ancient past, the mightiest among the apes was the programmer.

This was a grand title painstakingly translated by their ancestor who had the language talent to eavesdrop on humans.

But nobody had ever seen a programmer.

At this time, Wu Xiaode had already followed Heaven's prompt and arrived at a wall, quickly pressing various buttons on it.

Click.

A small compartment popped open on the wall.

Inside the compartment was a vacuum-sealed handgun and a box of bullets.

Gun!

Wu Xiaode tore open the seal, used other monkeys' fur to clean it, and then loaded the bullets.

Gurgle—

A monkey's stomach made a noise.

Immediately, other monkeys' stomachs made "gurgle gurgle" sounds too.

Wu Xiaode suddenly remembered, the Fiery Flame Monkey would die if it didn't eat for five hours.

How long would this storm last?

Could the monkeys survive?

"Are you hungry?" Wu Xiaode hurriedly asked.

"No need to worry, boss. Seeing the weather was bad, we had already saved some food." Red Hair said.

It spat out a misshapen peach from its mouth and handed it to Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode was stunned, then looked at the other monkeys.

He saw that the monkeys were all silently chewing on something.

Ah, I see!

Monkeys have cheek pouches, normally they can store food in there to keep it for a day without a problem.

This sure resolves the "five hours" eating issue.

...Damn it.

I've been a monkey for too short a time, without experience, didn't use the cheek pouch.

Will it be only me to starve to death?

Ridiculous...

He looked at the peach Red Hair offered, covered in saliva, and felt relieved.

Death isn't coming.

But how to survive still depends on your skills!

He widened his eyes and looked into the darkness.

Lines of prompt runes suddenly jumped out, showing detailed descriptions of various equipment on the spaceship:

"Exploration radar feedback screen (damaged);"

"Lighting Control System (damaged);"

"Buffer compartment (damaged);"

"Gravity Adjuster (damaged);"

"Central AI (dormant);"

"Weapon control center (damaged);"

"Ecological environment stabilizer (damaged);"

"..."

Wait—

Wu Xiaode's gaze shifted back.

AI?

If the AI can be awakened, wouldn't it be possible to control this spaceship?

Rumble—

Outside the lightning and storm mixed with the cold rain, erupting in a sound louder than ever.

"Boss, seems something's coming."

Red Hair cautioned Wu Xiaode in his ear.

Wu Xiaode waved his hand, all the monkeys gathered together, alertly looking back at the path they came from.

A group of hyenas gradually appeared in the monkeys' sight.

Both sides sized each other up.

"Are you also here to shelter from the storm?" Wu Xiaode proactively asked.

"Yes," the mother hyena squinted her eyes, slightly bowed her head and said: "That bear said we can only rest in this cave, so I guess it hopes we'll fight, allowing it to take advantage—"

"How about we live in harmony?"

Wu Xiaode was a bit surprised.

The biodiversity on this island is unprecedented, and the environment is indeed perilously fierce.

Predators like the hyena group managing to live well all along is probably not by chance.

"Certainly, find a quiet place by yourselves to rest, don't follow us."

Wu Xiaode said.

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