Starting With a Reef [Global Survival]

chapter 76 - Day 26 of Survival 04


Yun Luohe knew Su Misheng was still nearby—and was looking for a chance to strike again.She forced herself to endure the searing pain in her back and slowly stood up. Beads of sweat, as large as beans, rolled down her cheeks.This was the worst injury she had sustained since entering the game.She had lost a lot of blood, and her [Health] was down to just 40.Now, even just breathing made the wound sting.The only good thing was that her consciousness was still clear.Yun Luohe’s five senses were unusually sharp in that moment. She had to focus all her attention and locate Su Misheng before Su Misheng found her.In a low voice, Yun Luohe asked, “Yúntūn, can you still spit silk?”Yúntūn had expelled a lot of silk today—she didn’t know if it could still manage it.She pulled a few intact pieces of [fluorite] from her backpack. “Eat a little more of this.”“Mm-hmm, I can.”Yúntūn had already eaten quite a bit of [fluorite], so it still had strength left.“Eat a bit more.”Yun Luohe’s voice was weakening.Yúntūn said, “Hehe, you should eat something too!”Her [Stamina] was still intact, but her [Health] was continuously dropping.If she could just find a place to rest, she would probably be fine. But that woman wasn’t going to let her go. Yun Luohe could sense that Su Misheng was still lurking nearby, watching hungrily.It had to end quickly.If this dragged out, she’d die for sure.Gritting her teeth, Yun Luohe activated her scanning skill, sweeping the entire surrounding area.It was a major drain on her energy—but there was no other choice.She found her.Yun Luohe turned toward a pine tree at her three o’clock.Su Misheng was sitting on the tree trunk, eating to restore her [Stamina].Yun Luohe drew her bow and checked her remaining arrows.Ten left. That should be enough.She began shooting one after another—firing five arrows in rapid succession.Every time she pulled the bowstring, it tore at her wound, reopening it. The pain made her teeth chatter.Of the five arrows, only one landed.The others either missed or were blocked by the ghost-faced vine. The one that hit only grazed Su Misheng’s calf.Su Misheng walked over slowly, a shield woven from ghost-faced vine at her side. She sneered. “So you managed to find me through the fog—that’s your trait, huh?”Though her leg was still bleeding, Su Misheng wasn’t in a hurry.Su Misheng said, “You’ve really pissed me off now, you know that? I was going to give you a whole corpse, but I’ve changed my mind. I’m going to use you as fertilizer for my ghost-faced vine.”“No wonder you and your pet stink so badly—using corpses as fertilizer,” Yun Luohe replied coolly.Su Misheng’s face darkened—then she laughed.“You’re going to die anyway. I don’t mind letting you run your mouth a little.”Yun Luohe said, “Is that so? My mouth isn’t as sharp as my knife—you want to try it out?”The moment she finished speaking, she darted forward at high speed, appearing beside Su Misheng. Her hunting knife skimmed past her cheek, slicing off a large clump of hair.Su Misheng apparently cared a lot about her hair. Seeing it cut, her expression twisted in fury.“You’re asking to die!”She commanded the ghost-faced vine to turn into dozens of sharp tendrils and thrust toward Yun Luohe.Yun Luohe dodged quickly—her body so numb with pain that she barely felt it anymore.She had to rely entirely on her heightened [Perception] and explosive reflexes. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have stood a chance dodging so many attacks.Yúntūn did its best to help—spitting out strand after strand of silk to block the vine’s assaults.Even as its silk was constantly torn apart, it kept spitting, as long as it could protect Yun Luohe.Su Misheng, annoyed by Yúntūn, sent the ghost-faced vine lunging toward it again.The vine lashed out violently, moving at incredible speed—it enveloped Yúntūn in an instant.“Yúntūn!” Yun Luohe panicked.She wanted to recall Yúntūn into the pet pouch, fake a retreat, then find a chance to hide the pouch. At the very least, even if she died, Yúntūn wouldn’t fall into Su Misheng’s hands.Yúntūn could sense her thoughts. It felt a pang of sadness.It thought it was too weak—and that was why Yun Luohe had been hurt.Other people's pets were strong. Why wasn’t it?Suddenly, Yúntūn’s eyes turned red, and it raised its head with a piercing screech.Yun Luohe, thinking it was injured, immediately rushed over to save it.Her arms were struck several times by the vine’s lashes, leaving long bloody welts.But she also slashed through several vine tendrils with her hunting knife.The ghost-faced vine twitched in pain.Su Misheng looked at her vine with heartache.So many tendrils had been cut—she’d need a ton of fertilizer to regrow them.“Kill her,” Su Misheng gave the final order.Yun Luohe was already at her limit.Only her last bit of willpower was holding her up.And at that critical moment—something inside her exploded.A strange heat surged through her body.【New trait acquired: Hyperperception.】【Hyperperception: Briefly grants extreme sensory sensitivity, allowing the user to anticipate enemy movements and preemptively dodge or block attacks.】Yun Luohe was both stunned and overjoyed. In this life-and-death moment, her [Perception] had evolved.Her senses became razor-sharp—she could clearly hear the faint sound of the ghost-faced vine slicing through the air.Su Misheng was no longer hidden from her perception.Not only that—she could identify several of Su Misheng’s weak points.Vital ones.It felt like the entire world had slowed down.Or perhaps—it wasn’t that the world slowed down, but that she had become too fast.Yúntūn changed too. Its small body burst with a surge of powerful energy.It spat out a barrage of silk strands toward the ghost-faced vine.Hundreds of them wrapped around the vine’s tendrils and yanked them forward.Then it bit down.Before Yun Luohe and Su Misheng’s shocked eyes, Yúntūn began chewing through the vine.Crunch. Crunch.It bit off the tough tendrils and ate them—mouth full, never stopping.The vine’s tendrils twisted madly. The roots spasmed.Su Misheng’s expression darkened. Worry and fear crept in.At this rate, her vine would be devoured completely.She urgently ordered the remaining tendrils to retreat.But Yúntūn opened its tiny mouth—and unleashed an astonishing suction force.The ghost-faced vine was slowly sucked into its mouth.The vine struggled desperately. Losing some tendrils was one thing—but it couldn’t afford to lose its roots.It stopped attacking and tried to shrink into a thin branch to escape.But Yun Luohe wasn’t about to let it run.She reached out at high speed and grabbed the vine.After devouring so many vine tendrils, Yúntūn’s body began to grow.Its once-small frame thickened, and the markings on its body became more vivid and striking.Yun Luohe didn’t even need to check the pet interface—she knew Yúntūn had leveled up.Its body now shimmered with a strange metallic sheen, and its silk had turned green.The silk had inherited the vine’s abilities—it could change thickness and length at will, and even instantly weave itself into a silk shield—Just like the ghost-faced vine once protected Su Misheng, now it protected Yun Luohe.That wasn’t all.Yúntūn’s speed and strength had also undergone a complete transformation.It spat out more silk and coordinated with Yun Luohe to bind the escaping ghost-faced vine.After leveling up, the bond between pet and master deepened.They were now completely in sync—Yúntūn could sense every thought Yun Luohe had.And Yun Luohe could feel Yúntūn’s emotions.Su Misheng panicked.She tried to control the ghost-faced vine to restrain Yun Luohe and Yúntūn while she fled.But the vine was completely entangled—Not only could it not hold them back, it couldn’t even struggle anymore.Yun Luohe plunged her hunting knife into the root of the ghost-faced vine, stabbing it several times with force.Green fluid gushed out instantly. The tendrils spasmed violently, and the leaves shriveled up on the spot.Seeing her pet on the brink of death, Su Misheng’s face turned deathly pale—but she knew that without her ghost-faced vine, she was no match for Yun Luohe.She could only grit her teeth and try to slip away unnoticed.But Yun Luohe had already guessed her intention.Yúntūn, attuned to her thoughts, spun a web barrier to block Su Misheng’s path.Su Misheng’s face twisted in frustration. She pulled out her weapon—a green whip—and lashed it wildly toward Yun Luohe.But Yun Luohe’s current speed was astonishing. There was no way she could be touched by a mere whip.Yun Luohe caught the whip in reverse grip, and using its momentum, leapt straight in front of Su Misheng.“Without your pet, you’re nothing but trash,” Yun Luohe looked at Su Misheng with mocking eyes. “Now that your pet has become my baby’s food, you can die too.”“Don’t kill me!” Su Misheng finally felt fear. “I can give you all my supplies—”The hunting knife in Yun Luohe’s hand flashed coldly, and she stabbed it toward Su Misheng without hesitation.Before she could finish her sentence, Su Misheng let out a shrill scream and collapsed in a pool of blood.The battle was over. There was no need to listen to pleas.【Player Su Misheng killed. Acquired all her [Points] and supplies.】At that moment, the chat channels for Zone 1 and Zone 2 exploded.Su Misheng from Zone 1 was dead—killed by Yun Luohe from Zone 2.Su Misheng had always been well-known in Zone 1. She was arrogant and flamboyant, powerful, and had formed her own team. Everyone in her team was a high-level player. For this event, Su Misheng had even sworn that if she encountered Chen Jin during the match, she’d kill him.But now, she was dead.And not just dead—she had been overturned in a losing situation.When players saw Yun Luohe and Yúntūn reverse the fight and kill both Su Misheng and the ghost-faced vine, the Zone 1 chat was stunned.Yun Luohe had clearly been on the brink of death, heavily injured—and yet in the final moment, she and her pet had simultaneously erupted, killing Su Misheng and her pet in one swift reversal.“This is insane! That woman was seriously injured—how did she win?!”“That spider ate the ghost-faced vine? Holy shit, what even is that spider?!”“This is unbelievable. That level of power is straight-up broken!”“Su Misheng is dead. Her livestream perspective is gone. That woman’s name was Yun Luohe—quick, switch to her perspective.”“Su Misheng died, and all her [Points] got transferred to Yun Luohe. Doesn’t that mean she just gained over a thousand [Points]? Plus the red-name kill bonus!”“This is crazy. Is she going to be number one now?”“Honestly… very possible!”However—Yun /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ Luohe, after continuous combat and repeated tearing of her wound, was now bleeding uncontrollably. Her [Stamina] was depleted, and her [Health] had dropped to just ten.Her vision blackened. She suddenly collapsed.Yúntūn panicked.And the sky had already darkened—it was about to become night.Yúntūn quickly wrapped her up in silk and struggled to drag her back to the shelter.Not long after reaching the shelter, rain began to pour from the sky. Cold droplets slammed down on the roof.But Yun Luohe hadn’t laid out the acid-resistant tarp, and the acid rain quickly corroded the shelter’s roof. Pieces of wood fell and hit Yun Luohe, but she didn’t respond.The rain grew heavier and heavier. Yun Luohe lay inside, shivering violently from the cold.Yúntūn paced anxiously beside her.It hurriedly spun a web shield to block the acid rain and cover Yun Luohe.The rain was blocked, but Yun Luohe still wouldn’t stop shaking.Yúntūn remembered that Yun Luohe always lit a fire before. It guessed she now needed warmth.But it was just a spider—it didn’t know how to start a fire.Yúntūn cried out in distress.“What do I do?! What do I do what do I do?! Hehe is going to die!”Yúntūn was like a spider on a hot griddle. It knew: if it couldn’t light a fire now, Yun Luohe might not wake up again.It desperately spat out silk, making two web-blankets to cover Yun Luohe, then turned and left the shelter.It had to go find someone who could help.Even if it couldn’t communicate, it could forcefully drag someone back.—Chen Jin crawled out of a cave, covered in dirt and blood.Though the blood wasn’t his, he looked like hell.“Man, Chen Jin’s so unlucky. His stream is miserable to watch.”“Yeah, he finally climbed out of that canyon, only to fall into a cave full of poisonous bugs.”“But his skills really are strong. Even so, he’s almost at 1,000 [Points]. Killed a thousand bugs and got tons of reward [Points].”“True. Su Misheng’s dead, but at least our zone still has Chen Jin.”“I just came from Yun Luohe’s stream. I think she’s about to die.”“Such a shame—so many [Points] wasted if she dies. Will all her stuff turn into a loot box and drop on the ground?”“Holy shit—look to the right!!! Is that the spider?!”“Looks like it. Why’s it here?”The viewers saw the spider. Naturally, Chen Jin noticed it too.Yúntūn had searched for a long time before finally finding someone. It leapt over excitedly and wrapped silk around Chen Jin’s sleeve.Chen Jin: “……”He looked down in confusion at the strange little spider that had suddenly appeared.Because Yúntūn had eaten so much [fluorite], it glowed faintly at night. Little green vines had sprouted from its body, silver markings on its back, and a red-crystal color on its tail.But Chen Jin had been to Spider Island. Based on its main characteristics, he guessed it was related to the silverback wolf spider species found there.After Yun Luohe left that day, he had stayed overnight on Spider Island. He entered a silverback wolf spider nest and found a huge number of spider cocoons.He had cut them all open and collected many rare materials—but that also triggered an attack by tens of thousands of silverback spiders.He barely escaped with his life and obtained a silverback wolf spider legacy chest.Inside was a bestiary record detailing how to raise ancient silverback wolf spiders.And the spider in front of him seemed to be a mutated version of one.It even looked like it had evolved beyond the descriptions in the bestiary.Chen Jin grew interested and examined Yúntūn closely.Yúntūn tugged urgently at his sleeve, trying to pull him toward Yun Luohe.Chen Jin said, “Where do you want to take me?”He realized Yúntūn was trying to lead him somewhere.Yúntūn: “Sss! Sssss!”Chen Jin: “I don’t understand you.”Yúntūn: “Sssssss!”The viewers watching their interaction were growing anxious for them.But Chen Jin didn’t resist.Since the spider wanted to drag him off somewhere, he figured he might as well follow and see.He didn’t have a pet yet, though he already had two pet contract scrolls.He just hadn’t met one that suited him.He was picky—and believed raising a pet was a serious matter. It couldn’t be done carelessly.He had to find one he actually liked.This mutated wolf spider didn’t really appeal to him at first glance, but it clearly liked him a lot.Maybe this was fate.Maybe the time had come. And bonding with this little spider might not be a bad choice.According to the bestiary, a fully-evolved mutated wolf spider could become terrifyingly powerful.It was dark, foggy, and raining—Chen Jin couldn’t move too quickly, but sensing the spider’s urgency, he picked up his pace.But Yúntūn still thought Chen Jin was too slow and kept pulling him forward with force.Chen Jin said, “I get that you’re in a hurry, but chill for a second, will you?”Yúntūn: “Ssssssssss!!!”

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