Translator: AnubisTL
"Naturally, naturally."
The man didn't dare to prolong the suspense. He instinctively covered his groin, not because he was cold, but because the situation was undeniably awkward.
"The three-star item chest is deep inside the mine. You'll see it as soon as you go in."
Chen Jiang exchanged a glance with Scar Dog, both recognizing the unspoken agreement in each other's eyes.
Scar Dog, ever the man of action, immediately raised his Martial Emperor Shotgun, aimed it at the man, and prepared to pull the trigger.
What a joke!
A three-star item chest deep inside the mine? As if they'd be allowed to waltz in and claim it so easily.
Deep inside the mine, my ass. He's trying to pull a fast one.
If they went in, there was a ninety percent chance they'd find nothing but traps instead of a three-star item chest.
"No, no, no! Don't shoot!"
The man frantically raised his hands, his voice rising in panic. "It's true! Let me explain! Don't be so hasty with the gun!"
The man was on the verge of a mental breakdown from the constant threat of gunfire.
When did communication become a matter of responding with bullets?
"The three-star item chest is indeed deep within this mine!"
"Originally, a group of human players discovered it first, but they couldn't open it right away."
"Then yesterday, they suddenly left, saying they were going to find someone powerful enough to open the chest."
"But something must have happened. I only heard a rumbling like an earthquake, and the players never returned."
"You didn't go with them?"
Scar Dog gave the man a strange look, sizing him up. He finally understood why the human players had inexplicably sought refuge with them. Of course, none of them would ever return; they were all buried in the wilderness along with City 18.
"No."
"Someone had to stay here to guard the place."
"Hmm," Chen Jiang nodded, pausing before looking at the man before him. "Open your panel information to the innate ability page."
The last time he killed over 100,000 aliens in a single day, he had indeed received a title: Alien Race Harvester!
This title granted him one daily opportunity to discern a random innate ability of an alien race.
However, it was limited to aliens and couldn't be used on the human player before him.
Human players possessed two types of innate abilities:
Racial innate ability 2. Personal innate ability
Every human player's racial innate ability was Phoenix Nirvana, which was fixed and unchangeable.
But each human player's personal innate ability was randomly assigned upon their arrival in this world.
The racial reward Chen Jiang had earned for securing the top ranking on the race kill rankings was a one-time opportunity for every human player to randomly reroll their personal innate ability.
Only personal innate abilities could be changed; racial innate abilities remained immutable.
"No problem," the man replied.
The man nodded eagerly and shared his panel information without hesitation.
In the wilderness, revealing one's information without reservation was a sign of sincerity when surrendering, fostering a degree of trust in the other party.
It was akin to offering one's neck to a lover, allowing them to grip it tightly and strike. This act of entrusting one's fatal weakness to another evoked a profound emotion that ordinary interactions could never elicit.
[Player Name: Li Hao]
[Player Race: Human]
[Items Carried: None]
[Personal Innate Ability: Map Manifestation]
[Racial Innate Ability: Phoenix Nirvana]
[Human Race Merit Points: 2]
[Player Title: None]
"Map Manifestation?"
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, studying Li Hao's personal innate ability.
[Map Manifestation!]
[Projects a 3D map of the terrain within a 1,000-meter radius, centered on the user, into the air.]
[Displays markers for both alien race players and native race players.]
"Looks promising. Let's give it a try."
Chen Jiang took a slight step back, creating some distance for Li Hao, and nodded in encouragement.
Li Hao paused briefly, then spoke in a trembling voice, his face streaked with tears, "Brothers, this innate ability requires both hands to work together."
"Hmm," Scar Dog nodded, still puzzled. "Just use it. Why are you telling us? We haven't chopped off your hands."
"I..." Li Hao hesitated, then gritted his teeth and moved his hands from his thighs.
Instantly—
A slightly withered larva, dangling like a spider on its web, swayed gently in the night air.
"Tsk," Scar Dog clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Brother, that thing of yours is quite delicate, isn't it?"
Li Hao's face stiffened, but with his life on the line, he couldn't afford to care. He took a deep breath, then thrust his hands downward through the air.
Immediately, a three-dimensional map, roughly three meters wide and three meters long, materialized in the air. It was composed of countless fine white lines, forming a detailed holographic projection.
It wasn't just a surface-level representation.
Every detail within the mine, down to the smallest crevice, was perfectly delineated by these fine white lines.
"Look here," Li Hao said, pointing to a yellow dot on the 3D map. "This yellow dot represents the three-star item chest. Its location is extremely well-hidden; the original group would never have found it."
"But thanks to my innate ability, they located it with ease."
"There are three blue dots on the map."
"Blue dots represent human players—that's us three."
"If alien race players approach, red dots will appear on the map."
"As you can see, there are no ambushes near the yellow dot."
"That makes sense," Scar Dog nodded, then asked with a strange expression, "So, can you explain why you came out? If you hadn't revealed yourself, we would never have found you, and we would have left at dawn."
"Why did you come out and offer yourself up, only to be forced to hand over the three-star item chest?"
"Because... I was hungry."
Li Hao spoke with a bitter expression. "My innate ability is a support type, offering virtually no combat capabilities. Moreover, the other players took all my items."
"I have absolutely no combat ability."
"I need to team up with other human players to survive in the wilderness. I can't survive alone out here."
"Hmm."
Scar Dog nodded noncommittally, offering no further comment. He turned his gaze to Chen Jiang.
"Let's go."
Chen Jiang paused for a moment, his expression calm, before casually waving his hand to store the nearby turret in his space bracelet. He leaned on his hand cannon, his gaze fixed on the man before him.
"Lead the way."
"Right away!"
Li Hao nodded eagerly, scrambling to pull on his discarded pants before hurrying forward, shirtless, to lead the way.
(End of the Chapter)
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