41: Chapter 41 Scientific Views Have Been Eaten by Dogs

Two figures, one in front and one behind.

Su Ming was sprinting in front, clutching his butt.

He felt that the fabric at the bottom of his trench coat had likely been slashed open by that biting cold edge.

Damn it, if I had known, I wouldn't have run my mouth.

This woman really can't take a joke at all!

Shen Qingci was following closely behind, holding her cold edge.

The crimson flush on her pretty face hadn't completely faded yet.

She didn't know what was wrong with herself either.

Ever since meeting this guy.

The calm, unruffled state of mind she took pride in.

Was like a pond into which a brick had been thrown.

Ripples were constant.

The two of them ran for several hundred meters, one after the other.

The increasingly heavy scent of blood and scorched earth in the surroundings.

Quickly dispersed the slightly romantic yet awkward atmosphere from just a moment ago.

They were already in the middle section of the Ash Belt.

The danger level had risen another notch.

"Stop."

Shen Qingci suddenly raised her right hand and made a gesture for silence.

She looked toward a stretch of broken walls and ruins more than a hundred meters ahead.

Su Ming stopped in his tracks and looked in the direction of her gaze.

Through the thin, dense fog characteristic of the Ash Belt.

He saw a giant monster the size of an adult bull.

The monster looked like a Tibetan Mastiff that had mutated over countless generations.

Its whole body was covered in dark gold mane.

Beside its thick hind legs, two broken exotic beast corpses were lying there strikingly.

Those were two Tier 2 Iron-Bone Hyenas, known for their defensive capabilities.

At this moment, their necks had been brutally torn apart.

Scalding hot blood was still gurgling out.

Obviously, they had just been brutally bitten to death by this mutated Tibetan Mastiff.

However, this terrifying fierce beast that had just finished the battle.

Was not interested in the flesh and blood of the hyenas.

It was currently lying in an abandoned trench.

Its two front paws were firmly pinning down the broken chest wreckage of a mech, tearing at it.

Only a teeth-gritting "creak, creak" sound could be heard.

Its blood-stained mouth, filled with crisscrossing fangs.

Was actually gnawing on that piece of high-strength alloy armor plate!

The alloy-crafted mech was like a piece of crispy biscuit at this moment.

Being chewed into tiny pieces with "crunch, crunch" sounds.

And swallowed directly into its stomach.

Su Ming was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell?

This thing... is eating iron?

He subconsciously touched his own stomach.

An extremely absurd sense of dislocation rushed to his head.

He had always thought he was the only "iron-eating beast" in the entire universe.

A unique oddity on the evolutionary chain.

It turned out that nature in the Source Abyss was even crazier than he imagined!

He actually met a fellow enthusiast here!

Although... the other party was a dog.

For a moment, when Su Ming looked at that ferocious monster again, his eyes changed.

It was no longer disgust and vigilance toward an exotic beast.

Instead... instead, a sort of cross-species mutual sympathy had arisen!

A kindred spirit!

"It... it's eating so deliciously!"

Su Ming subconsciously licked his lips.

Emitting a heartfelt exclamation.

Shen Qingci, who was beside him, fully focused and preparing for battle.

Hearing this, she almost stumbled.

She turned her head and looked at Su Ming with an expression reserved for a lunatic.

What on earth is the structure of this guy's brain?

When normal people see this kind of Tier 2 mutated beast.

Shouldn't they all be nervous and fearful?

What does "eating so deliciously" mean?

Su Ming also "eats" iron normally.

But that is through the system space devouring and converting.

Essentially, it is efficient energy extraction.

At this moment, watching the Wasteland Mastiff's primitive, rough, and instinct-filled way of "stuffing its face".

He had a visual impact similar to watching mukbangs in his previous life.

Tsk tsk, wild enough!

But the eating manner is too ugly.

It still has to be me, eating more advanced, more elegant, and more civilized.

Su Ming felt the two were like the difference between a Southeast Asian wild mukbang and a Michelin restaurant review blogger.

An inexplicable sense of superiority arose spontaneously.

At this moment, even the emotions in his heart were extremely complex.

Three parts shock, four parts intimacy.

The remaining three parts... a sense of crisis!

The metal scrap, exotic beast skeletons, and high-tier mineral veins everywhere in this Source Abyss...

They wouldn't all be eaten by this dog, would they!

Stealing my livelihood!

If the aunt can bear it, the uncle cannot!

Su Ming's eyes changed from friendly to hostile, even carrying a trace of killing intent.

Eh... wait!

That's not right, it's a dog!

What is a dog best at?

It's its nose!

This Source Abyss is like a garbage dump that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Even if there are resources, searching by myself, wouldn't it take until the year of the monkey?

But if...

I could get a dog like this with a special sense of smell for metal and high-energy minerals...

Wouldn't that be equivalent to carrying a "rare material detector" with me?

Not only that, riding it out would be super majestic!

When he was a child, his family raised a big yellow dog.

He dreamed of riding it to school.

But Big Yellow got sick and passed away before he grew up.

It became an unfulfilled regret in his childhood.

Right now, this Wasteland Mastiff, its body is stronger than a bull, its dark gold mane fluttering like a flag...

If I could ride this, wouldn't it be cooler than riding a horse?

Thinking of this, Su Ming's gaze toward the Wasteland Mastiff.

Elevated directly from the intimacy of a "fellow enthusiast" to the burning passion of a "dream mount".

He lowered his voice and quietly leaned into Shen Qingci's ear.

The warm breath made her ear itch.

"Long legs, do you think... I could catch this dog and raise it?"

Shen Qingci stiffened, turned her face, and stared at him intently.

"... What did you call me?"

That look was colder than the blade in her hand.

"Ahem, Miss Shen, benefactor sister."

Su Ming immediately changed his tone, looking pure and harmless.

"Look, it's so majestic, how impressive it would be to ride it out."

Shen Qingci forcibly suppressed the urge to draw her sword.

"Go ahead and raise it."

She rolled her beautiful eyes; the anger from being teased just now hadn't completely dissipated yet.

"Better to feed yourself to it. The iron content in your body is higher than that piece of mech!"

Su Ming: "..."

Tsk, this woman...

Her heart isn't big, but she's so petty.

Why is she still holding a grudge...