Accidental entry

“Speaking of which... has anyone seen that guy?”

Several pairs of eyes met, each seeing confusion in the other's gaze.

“Since the last time we eliminated the Rat King, we haven't seen a trace of that guy.”

My Cat Can Do Backflips confirmed.

“He was actively logging in before the game's secret was made public, but now he's playing hide-and-seek. How strange,” Your Dad Flies in the Sky complained.

“Could it be... that something bad happened to him?” Rose with Leg Hair's voice was heavy.

The value of a spot in this game goes without saying.

Every player had essentially gained the opportunity to endlessly explore powerful Secret Realms without risking their lives.

If it attracted covetous eyes... “No,” Father Can Rival a Nation affirmed. “The Alliance already tested it. Every ID in this game is directly bound to the soul. One person, one spot; transfer is simply impossible.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a little relieved.

No one pressed Father Can Rival a Nation on where he got the information.

In fact, judging by how ridiculously wealthy this guy was, the power behind him was definitely something they couldn't hope to reach.

“Everyone, don't worry about that guy,” Sorrowful Sword Elegy recalled past events. “Maybe... he was a Transcendent from the start. Remember what he said?”

“Cultivating the Breathing Technique every moment...” Father Can Rival a Nation said solemnly.

“That means he learned the game's secret much earlier than we thought,” My Cat Can Do Backflips said, lowering his eyes.

He should have realized it sooner.

He downloaded the game but didn't care about quests or leveling up, focusing entirely on exploring and recording the various data of this world.

If it weren't for the influence of his real-life profession, why would he act this way?

“But if we can't contact him, how are we supposed to get intelligence?” Night Raid Widow Village said, rubbing his head.

“There's no way. Our sequence abilities are still too undeveloped. We have no Healers, no Scouts, nothing,” My Cat Can Do Backflips sighed helplessly.

“Hey! Why the headache? Does the game stop running just because that Blockhead isn't here?”

Night Raid Widow Village slammed the table.

“They say standing high lets you see far. Doesn't flying high let you see even farther?”

“I've decided! I'm definitely going to find a forest for resource harvesting for you guys!”

“Calm down, the dangers of the sky...” might far surpass those on land... Before My Cat Can Do Backflips could finish speaking, he saw Night Raid Widow Village fly away in a flash.

“Boss, this...”

“Let him go,” he said, noting Night Raid Widow Village's rare display of initiative. “He'll settle down after dying a few times.”

...“Hmph! I must let everyone know that I, Night Raid Widow Village, am not a coward!”

“Aiya!”

Night Raid Widow Village's vision went black, and the next second, he was grasped in the hind claw of a large winged lizard.

The large lizard carried him higher and higher, taking him hundreds of meters away in the blink of an eye.

“Holy crap! Help me—”

The sound of his cries for help was rapidly attenuated by the air, becoming almost nonexistent by the time it reached the ground.

“Mama, am I going to be used as this guy's emergency ration?”

With his size, he probably wasn't even enough to stick between this big guy's teeth!

Was he going to be baby food instead?

That made him even angrier!

Just as Night Raid Widow Village prepared to commit suicide (log off), he suddenly saw a spot on the large lizard that flashed with white light.

Could this be... the legendary jade eyes?

As everyone knows, no matter the creature, the jade eyes is an incredibly vulnerable area.

Even a powerful creature like a lion, the ruler of the plains, has to guard its jade eyes when surrounded by hyenas.

He redeemed a white spear from the System Shop, and Night Raid Widow Village gathered all his strength to stab the vulnerable spot.

“Roar—”

The large lizard roared in pain, and the claw gripping Night Raid Widow Village immediately loosened.

“Ah—”

“I'm going to die! I'm going to die!”

The feeling of weightlessness from falling ten thousand meters made Night Raid Widow Village's mind go blank for a moment.

After a while, Night Raid Widow Village finally realized something.

“Wait a minute, I can fly.”

It turned out that even a winged creature found it difficult to stabilize itself when falling from a great height.

Wings could only slow the descent, but they seemed unlikely to change the outcome of death.

Just as Night Raid Widow Village thought he was about to restart (die and respawn), a huge nest suddenly appeared below him, along with... three bird eggs slightly larger than himself.

Bang!

Night Raid Widow Village slammed headfirst into one of the bird eggs.

The fragile eggshell instantly shattered.

Night Raid Widow Village crawled out of the broken shell, covered in sticky, foul-smelling, incredibly murky egg fluid.

“Ugh—”

What kind of egg is this!?

Why does it smell so bad!

Night Raid Widow Village felt dizzy, as if he had just eaten a mouthful of stinky egg preserved for eighty-two years.

With that collision, his health bar instantly dropped by one-third.

Just as Night Raid Widow Village took out a Recovery Pill and prepared to put it in his mouth, a powerful sense of being watched arose.

Two massive shadows blotted out the sky, and when they landed on the edge of the nest, the large tree beneath them trembled several times.

They were two incredibly massive Primal Hawks; even if Night Raid Widow Village jumped up, he would only reach their thighs.

Under the gaze of the two giants, Night Raid Widow Village felt his entire body lock into a paralyzed state; only his wings seemed to develop a mind of their own, shielding Night Raid Widow Village.

[Primal Hawk (Fifth Rank)]: A powerful Wind Attribute Transcendent Creature that feeds on land beasts. The crystal core inside its body is highly suitable for Feather Clan Players.

“Uh... I'm a bird too.”

“A new species: Birdman.”

Forget being a bird, even Night Raid Widow Village himself thought this excuse was ridiculous.

He struggled between becoming bird droppings or logging off by suicide.

Don't ask why he didn't just quit the game first.

Practice showed that players could only return to their birthplace if they logged back in after dying and logging off.

If they actively logged off or logged off because their online time ran out, they would still reappear at the last log-off location when logging back in.

In other words, if Night Raid Widow Village didn't want to log back in next time and still be stuck in the nest staring at the two Primal Hawks, death was his only option.

Unexpectedly, the two large birds seemed to have no intention of swallowing the intruder whole.

They first looked at the broken eggshell, then at Night Raid Widow Village's strange appearance, and finally, their gaze fell simultaneously on his gray-brown wings, which looked identical in color to those of the Primal Hawk couple... A look of solemnity appeared on their two bird faces.

They struggled, they pondered... Finally, they exchanged glances and decided to accept this slightly strange-looking “child.”

Just as Night Raid Widow Village prepared for “self-immolation” (suicide log-off), the nest trembled slightly.

The two Primal Hawks actually flew away.

“What's going on? They're not going to eat me?”

Night Raid Widow Village was momentarily confused. Ignoring the foul-smelling egg fluid covering him, he looked at the two giant eggs beside him.

[Primal Hawk Egg (About to Hatch)]: The egg of a powerful Transcendent Creature. When first laid, the shell is incredibly hard, but it thins as it absorbs the sun's light, allowing the young Primal Hawk to easily peck its way out. (Value: 10,000 yuan energy.)

“Holy cow! Ten thousand!”

In that instant, greed rose in Night Raid Widow Village's heart, giving him courage.

Two bird eggs, twenty thousand yuan energy. It would be worth dying for!

Just as Night Raid Widow Village prepared to strike a fatal blow, a black shadow enveloped him once more.

It was one of the Primal Hawks!

“Um... if I said I wasn't planning on doing anything, would you believe me?”