664: Food Shedding

On Earth, inside and outside Tiannan Star, and even within Wuhou Grotto-heaven and Fengdu Grotto-heaven, the new rewards for the Martial Arts Competition had become a hot topic.

For example, Li Hua used this information to attract Wang Tian's attention.

Some people also withdrew from Tiannan Star after receiving the news, preparing to make a push before the Martial Arts Competition began.

As for why the Martial Arts Competition was also being discussed within Wuhou Grotto-heaven and Fengdu Grotto-heaven?

As subsidiary Grotto-heavens of Huaxia, the Lizardmen and Beast-Ear Tribe within them, being subsidiary races of Huaxia, naturally always paid attention to Huaxia's trending news.

What's more, both had a stake in the Martial Arts Competition.

As the main races within the subsidiary Grotto-heavens, both tribes could each send 1,000 people to participate in Huaxia's Martial Arts Competition.

Therefore, it was not difficult to understand why both tribes would hotly discuss the Martial Arts Competition.

Online and in reality, discussions about the Martial Arts Competition were fervent.

Yang Dian, who had sparked these fervent discussions, sat somewhat absentmindedly on a ten-thousand-year-old piece of ice at the North Pole of Tiannan Star, rubbing his head in slight distress.

At this moment, three days had passed since he left Guixu and returned to Tiannan Star.

Three days on Tiannan Star was equivalent to 72 hours before the Qi Revival on Earth.

But 72 hours had passed, and he still hadn't found the Dimension Channel to the Star Core Space.

“This shouldn't be.”

“I've already searched all the locations Zero screened out that might contain a Dimension Channel, so how could I not have found one?”

In his thoughts, Yang Dian recalled the Dimension Channel attached to the Cold Silkworm when he first saw it, and suddenly had a guess.

“Could it be that Tiannan Star's Dimension Channel is attached to a living creature and is constantly moving?”

After considering this possibility, Yang Dian remembered the scene where the Cold Silkworm shed its skin, and the Dimension Channel subsequently shattered and disappeared.

“Did that Dimension Channel completely shatter, or did it transfer to another creature?”

“If the Dimension Channel only transfers to other creatures, and transfers as soon as the creature dies...”

Thinking of that possibility, Yang Dian felt a headache coming on.

Ordinary people couldn't discover Dimension Channels, and even he couldn't without the help of a Dimension Butterfly.

When he was at the Lizardmen Alien Planet's sacred mountain, he was able to discover the Dimension Channel thanks to the golden lotus seed beneath the sacred mountain.

Remembering how he discovered the Dimension Channel after eating the golden lotus seed, Yang Dian also thought of the Cold Silkworm, which coexisted with the Dimension Channel.

“I ate the golden lotus seed and could discover the Lizardmen Alien Planet's Dimension Channel.”

“So, if I ate the Cold Silkworm's shed exoskeleton raw, would I be able to see Tiannan Star's Dimension Channel?”

With a hint of hesitation, Yang Dian took out the Cold Silkworm's shed cocoon.

To eat or not to eat.

This didn't seem to be a question.

It was just a silkworm skin, not a big deal.

When he was an ordinary person, he could eat roasted centipedes, roasted scorpions, and roasted grasshoppers.

Now that he was considered an immortal by others, he couldn't possibly refuse to eat even a silkworm skin, could he?

Not to mention, this silkworm skin was entirely composed of cold-attribute energy.

Even if it were just protein, as long as eating it could help him find the Dimension Channel, Yang Dian would eat it without hesitation!

Thinking this, Yang Dian no longer hesitated and directly threw the Cold Silkworm's shed skin into his mouth.

“Crunch, crunch, crunch~”

“Not bad.”

“The taste is surprisingly good.”

The silkworm skin had an icy texture when chewed, but with a hint of sweetness.

As it melted in his mouth, Yang Dian could also feel a refreshing coolness spread from his mouth to his scalp, making him shiver.

“It seems to have the effect of enhancing Soul strength and increasing cold-attribute perception and talent?”

Beside him, the Cold Silkworm, rolling in the snow, noticed the aura of its shed skin and instinctively hunched its body, wiggling over to Yang Dian.

Then it saw Yang Dian casually throwing its shed skin into his mouth, chewing, chewing, chewing.

“Huh?”

The somewhat dizzy Cold Silkworm fell from mid-air with a “plop,” landing on the ice and flattening itself into a pancake.

A moment later, two small eyes appeared on the pancake, blinking once before exclaiming in shock:

“You're not going to eat Silkworm, are you?”

“Gulp~” Saliva mixed with the icy liquid from the melted silkworm skin entered his stomach, making a gulping sound.

Yang Dian looked down at the Cold Silkworm, still flattened into a circular pancake, and smiled:

“Don't say, you little thing do look a bit tasty.”

Upon hearing this, the Cold Silkworm immediately transformed back into a caterpillar, jumping onto Yang Dian's shoulder, coiling its Dudu tentacles to protect itself, and speaking with a hint of a whimper:

“Silkworm isn't tasty, Silkworm hasn't even had a bath, not tasty at all.”

“You're always in the water, bathing every day.”

“I don't care, Silkworm just isn't tasty, don't eat Silkworm.”

The little thing was still crying, but the tentacle that had coiled around it suddenly lifted, offering the Cold Silkworm to Yang Dian's mouth and even nudging it towards the corner of Yang Dian's lips.

The world fell silent.

Two seconds later, an earth-shattering wail erupted.

“Waaah~~~”

Yang Dian poked the small-bodied, loud-voiced Cold Silkworm with a hint of amusement.

The Cold Silkworm immediately cried even louder.

Amidst its cries, Yang Dian, with the lively feeling of having just bullied a child, flicked the Dudu tentacles.

“Awake?”

Dudu retracted its tentacles slightly, conveyed the message 'not fully awake yet' to Yang Dian, and then fell back into a deep sleep.

Of course, before falling asleep, it also conveyed another message to Yang Dian.

Eat the Cold Silkworm as you please, no need to be polite with it.

As Dudu's pet, the Cold Silkworm, which also sensed the message transmitted by Dudu, cried even louder.

“Alright, alright, I won't eat you, I was just joking.”

The Cold Silkworm, which hadn't shed a single tear after crying for a long time, opened its eyes, smaller than pinholes, and looked at Yang Dian somewhat timidly:

“Really?”

“Really.”

Pinching the little thing, Yang Dian smiled:

“Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't eat a sentient being.”

Of course, special cases like the Lizardman God were an exception.

The Cold Silkworm, having stopped crying, twitched its body, “I always feel like you're thinking something bad~”

Muttering, it wanted to re-embrace Dudu's tentacles and sleep soundly.

But then it remembered how Dudu had just pushed it towards Yang Dian's mouth, and said something about eating it as he pleased, telling Yang Dian not to be polite, and sadness welled up in its heart again.

“Waaah~”

“Baby is so miserable~~~”

Seeing that the baby silkworm was about to burst into another round of tears, Yang Dian very decisively took it off his shoulder and casually rolled it into a ball.

“No crying.”

“Cry again and I'll eat you like a meatball.”

The threat was very effective.

The Cold Silkworm blinked its eyes, which seemed to appear anywhere on its body, and tightly shut its mouth.

Seeing its obedience, Yang Dian rubbed it again, shaping it into a long strip and placing it on his finger.

“Not crying or fussing, that's a good baby.”

After praising the Cold Silkworm, Yang Dian immediately looked towards the south.

After eating the Cold Silkworm's shed skin, a faint sense of familiarity emanated from a location beyond his sight.

It was like a homing pigeon returning to its nest, with the planet's magnetic field naturally guiding it home.

‘Is it a Dimension Channel, or another rule-bound silkworm?’