The car turned the corner at a bustling intersection, and Chen Shouyi saw a thick isolation wall ahead, towering fifteen or sixteen meters high, extending indefinitely, a magnificent sight.

"Inside the isolation wall is the military zone," Bai Xiaoling explained as she drove, "The entire military zone has expanded to three square kilometers over the years, and the nearby residents have been relocated elsewhere."

After driving along the isolation wall for a few minutes, the car stopped at a giant iron gate.

Two rows of fully armed soldiers stood solemnly guarding the gate.

"My car doesn't have a pass, so I guess I can't go in!" Bai Xiaoling turned back.

"This is far enough," Chen Shouyi said.

He opened the car door and retrieved his luggage from the trunk.

"Be careful!" Bai Xiaoling got out of the car and couldn't help saying as she saw Chen Shouyi walking straight to the gate.

Chen Shouyi turned his head and smiled, "Yeah, head back."

…

Compared to the military defense zone Chen Shouyi had entered before, this one was noticeably more commercialized.

Inside, there was a supply supermarket specifically for explorers, along with a purchase point for precious herbs.

A logistic officer even specially delivered an exquisite full-color herbal guide marked with various purchase prices.

Chen Shouyi flipped through a few pages and found that all were priced per gram, even the cheapest otherworldly herb could fetch a whopping five thousand yuan per gram, while the highest could go for forty or fifty thousand per gram, to one's amazement.

"Do they not purchase meat here?" Chen Shouyi was suddenly curious and asked.

The logistic officer laughed, "We don't purchase meat; explorers are a precious asset to the country. Policies don't encourage explorers to take risks in hunting, to avoid unnecessary casualties, and the country bans the trade of otherworldly meat."

So that's why.

However, Chen Shouyi guessed that besides this reason, the biggest concern might be to prevent commercial invasion, causing explorers to lose the motivation to explore unknown spatial passages.

Even an ordinary otherworldly creature is far stronger than those on Earth, more nutritious for ordinary people. Once released, countless millionaires would flock, inflating prices sky-high.

When explorers can earn significant cash hunting in a low-risk spatial passage, who would take the risk of venturing into the unknown passage?

After all, people born to love adventure and thrill are few; most embark on adventures driven by profit.

Next, Chen Shouyi wandered around the supply supermarket.

The supermarket was small, mostly filled with military items like camouflage clothing, trenching shovels, portable ration packs, and some arrows.

Chen Shouyi spent over a thousand yuan buying a lighter specifically for use in another world and a military telescope.

As for food and arrows, he had already stocked up in advance, so there was no need to purchase more.

Then, Chen Shouyi entered a building with tight security, walked down a wide corridor, passing through several thick iron doors. A few minutes later, a round spatial passage with a diameter of over twenty meters appeared before him.

Inside, a long metal staircase extended from the passage mouth, reaching all the way to his feet.

Feeling his body awakening with strength, he took a deep breath and started descending step by step.

When he reached the fifth step, he suddenly felt his body sink, the surrounding space rapidly changing. When his vision cleared again, he was standing in mid-air, tens of meters off the ground, surrounded by dense forest. A few branches grew wildly, even extending above the staircase.

Gusty winds flowed chaotically around him, countless whirlwinds appearing out of thin air, then disappearing in an instant.

Chen Shouyi quickly held onto the metal railing of the stairs. If this were Earth, the ten meters fall would leave him unscathed, but in this otherworld under triple gravity, even with his current physique, he could easily break bones from the fall.

Watching the swirling winds around, he focused his mind, and the wind abruptly vanished.

He continued to walk down.

No one knew how long it had been since the lower steps were cleaned, accumulating a thick layer of dirt and fallen leaves, overgrown with lush weeds. His sturdy boots crunched on them.

The bottom of the steps was not anchored on the ground but constructed on an uneven mound. Chen Shouyi looked at the exposed steel rods, which hadn't rusted much even now; evidently, this mound was formed by collapse and fallen concrete blocks from above the passage.

He descended the steps, lightly crossed over the mound, and quickly reached the bottom.

Chen Shouyi glanced around. It was dimly lit; dense, primitive forest surrounded him on all sides. According to maps drawn by explorers before, he was in a flat area on the side of a mountain notch, walking east for four or five kilometers would lead to a gorge.

To the north was a deep, bottomless crevice extending for unknown kilometers.

But Chen Shouyi was not here to explore.

He opened his suitcase, fetched the War Bow components, quickly assembled them, and tied the quiver to his side. Then he carried the sword and marched towards the forest.

…

"Such annoying bugs!"

Chen Shouyi frowned slightly, flicking a bug that tried to land on his face with his finger; it shot off like a bullet, hitting a tree and exploding into vibrant liquid.

The forest was home to many animals, primarily agile small herbivorous ones. They would flee as soon as he came close.

After walking for over ten minutes, he chose an empty spot under a large tree to stop.

Then he released the Shell Lady.

"I woke up as soon as we arrived here," Shell Lady excitedly flew up and landed on Chen Shouyi's shoulder, her little face full of joy. "Good Giant, are we hunting the evil giant again this time?"

She really remembered all this time.

"No."

"Oh!" Shell Lady looked a little disappointed. After examining her surroundings, she quickly perked up again, "This doesn't seem like a small island; I want to check the area!"

Saying this, she pushed off and flew into the distance.

"Don't fly too far!" Chen Shouyi immediately called after her, worried because, in this forest, predators were abundant for a creature of her small size.

"Good Giant, I'll be good and return soon," Shell Lady said while flying.

She was indeed well-behaved, flying only a dozen meters before quickly returning, landing on Chen Shouyi's shoulder, trembling, "Good Giant, a mean bird is watching me, it wants to eat me!"

"Where?" Chen Shouyi instantly became alert, grasping the War Bow.

"On the tree ahead!" Chen Shouyi walked forward a few steps and followed the direction Shell Lady pointed. After discerning for some time, he noticed a peculiar green bird hidden beneath the leaves.

Though called a bird, it shared no resemblance with those on Earth.

It had a snake-like neck covered in scales, a flat head, and interlocking sharp teeth; it looked quite sinister and frightening, no wonder Shell Lady was terrified.

Its body was about twenty or thirty centimeters wide and likely half a meter from head to tail.

With Shell Lady's size, it could gulp her down in one bite.

It perched on a high branch, tilting its head, its fiery red eyes quietly observing below.

"Good Giant, this evil bird is watching me," Shell Lady tightly clutched Chen Shouyi's hair, shrinking on his shoulder, whispering her complaint.

Chen Shouyi nodded, said nothing, silently drew an arrow, slowly pulled the bowstring, and then quickly released it. With a sharp whistling sound, the arrow shot out like lightning.

The bird took a hit and fell, flapping its wings and dropping straight down.

On the ground, it struggled and screamed, appearing quite ferocious.

"This evil bird isn't dead yet!" Shell Lady exclaimed loudly, looking at the bird nearby, very nervous.

"What's the rush?" Chen Shouyi said, amused.

Saying this, he drew another arrow, approached, and shot, severing its snake-like neck. Even detached, the neck still twisted, mouth still opened and shut.

Then, Chen Shouyi shot another arrow, soon silencing the bird completely.

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