"Sir, come have some fun! Just got back from the Hunting Zone?"
A woman greeted him with a cheerful smile as she noticed the man approaching, his combat suit stained with blood.
Martial warriors were generally high-income and high-risk individuals. When they came to relax, they were typically generous with their spending. Dedicated working girls loved to entertain martial warriors the most.
"In the corner," the warrior said in a hoarse voice.
"The corner?"
"Oh~ So you want to play here, sir? No problem, Yuer will keep you company."
The woman named Yuer wrapped her arm around the warrior's shoulder and led him toward a dark corner.
When they reached a damp, dimly lit dead-end alley with no one around, the warrior suddenly grabbed Yuer by the throat.
At first, Yuer thought it was one of his special kinks.
But as the hand around her neck squeezed tighter and tighter, the suffocating sensation intensified, nearly cutting off her breath. Only then did she realize—he was serious.
He was going to kill her!
"H-Help…" Yuer's eyes rolled back as she opened her mouth, struggling to cry for help.
Then, the warrior opened his mouth, and from deep in his throat emerged strange red thread-like worms that forced their way into Yuer's mouth.
"Mmff…!" Yuer's eyes rolled back, foam spilling from her mouth as the red worms burrowed inside.
They entered through her mouth, invading her brain, nervous system, and every part of her body.
When it was over, the warrior let go, and Yuer's body slumped lifelessly to the ground.
But not long after, the fallen Yuer rose again.
She looked no different from a living person.
She resumed soliciting clients.
Only now, the services she offered… had changed.
Beneath the neon lights and extravagant nightlife, this city—like a gilded cage—was undergoing a sinister and secret transformation in the shadows.
After dinner, Li Chuxi lay in bed, replaying her thoughts on the Official Warrior exam.
Overall, the harvest was significant. Her cells had undergone a substantial evolution.
But when she checked her attribute panel, she saw that she was still quite far from reaching a Tier 5 lifeform.
Still, the experience solidified her belief in the path of cellular evolution.
She decided to delve even deeper into developing her abilities.
But there was another thing that puzzled her.
"Why did high-level beasts, even elite-tier ones, appear in the Beast Town?"
"Beast Towns are populated only by low-level beasts. There's no real reason to launch a full-on attack on a place like that."
Beast tides had their own classification.
Even if every single beast in Beast Town went berserk, it would still only count as a small-scale beast tide.
True beast tides were overwhelming—floods of beasts blotting out the sky.
They didn't just include low-level ones, but high-level and elite-tier beasts as well.
That kind of beast tide would require Jiang City Base to go on full alert, mobilizing the entire city to resist.
"Forget it. No point overthinking. If the sky falls, someone taller will catch it."
"Jiang City has four Martial Lords guarding it. What's there to be afraid of?"
Martial Lords were on par with commander-level beasts.
And beneath the commander level, all others were mere ants.
"Right now, what's most important is to get stronger—keep evolving my cells."
"Once I get my Warrior Medal, I'll be able to head out of the city alone."
"The Hunting Zone holds far more opportunities... and more danger."
Li Chuxi enjoyed solitude and freedom.
But being alone in the Hunting Zone also meant she'd be more vulnerable and exposed to threats.
She needed greater power to ensure she didn't end up dead out there.
Life only came once. She had no intention of dying young.
That said, Li Chuxi was always more of the cautious and meticulous type.
"Three more days until I get the Bronze Medal. In that time, I need to become stronger."
Pushing all distractions from her mind, Li Chuxi began researching on her phone.
"I wonder where I can find tardigrades."
Li Chuxi knew tardigrades had incredible vitality—surpassing even the so-called indestructible cockroaches.
They could survive in near-absolute zero temperatures, vacuums, high pressure, extreme heat, and even radiation. Nothing could kill them.
Creatures like that were practically the embodiment of immortality straight out of fiction!
Tardigrades were extremely tiny, ranging from fifty micrometers to one millimeter in length.
It was hard to imagine how something so minuscule could possess such terrifying resilience.
"If I can come into contact with tardigrades, then through cellular evolution, I'll gain the ability to survive extreme environments!"
"But where can I find them?"
Li Chuxi began reading through various sources.
The data indicated that tardigrades—commonly known as water bears—mainly lived in freshwater sediment, moist soil, and the thin film of water surrounding moss. A few species could also survive in intertidal zones of the sea.
There were over 1,000 known species of tardigrades, many of which had global distributions—found in the Arctic, tropics, deep oceans, and even hot springs. They'd been discovered on the Himalayas (above 6000 meters) and in the deep sea (below 4000 meters).
Some had even been proven to survive in a vacuum.
Essentially, wherever there was water, there could be tardigrades!
Someone had even discovered a new species of tardigrade in a parking lot on an island nation.
These revelations made Li Chuxi's eyes light up. She sat up in bed, visibly excited.
"I always thought tardigrades lived deep in the sea and were practically unreachable."
"I didn't expect them to be so common—even found in parking lots!"
Her heart burned with eagerness.
She wanted to get up immediately, like a child embarking on a treasure hunt, to search for this legendary biological gem.
Then, Li Chuxi began researching other creatures with extraordinary traits.
For instance, the tiger beetle—capable of explosive speed over 170 times its body length!
Cheetahs were the fastest sprinters on land, with top speeds reaching 110 kilometers per hour.
But if you scaled things proportionally, for a cheetah to match a tiger beetle, it would have to run at 770 kilometers per hour!
Then there was the sacred beetle, also known as the dung beetle.
It could push dung balls a thousand times its own weight!
This kind of strength put even ants and rhinoceros beetles to shame—let alone elephants or other large creatures.
It was like a 70-kilogram person lifting 80 tons, equivalent to the weight of six fully loaded double-decker buses.
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