4: Chapter 4: Armored Rhinoceros, specializing in "Charge"!

"The difficulty hasn't exceeded ten stars, which means there's a probability I can complete this task within these three days."

"And since the task difficulty is linked to my current strength, calculating based on my current pace, I can deduce that the first batch of Earth's Trial-takers were teleported to the same region as me."

"But I can't rule out that intelligent life from other civilizations were also teleported here along with us."

"So, I still need to verify this."

Lin Wan thought to himself and set another target.

[Set Target: Encounter intelligent life from other civilizations within three days (Difficulty: 7 stars)]

Compared to finding the yellow-haired guy, the difficulty dropped by three stars.

Reasonable.

Because the yellow-haired guy referred to an individual, while other civilizations are groups, making the difficulty much higher.

At the same time, it confirmed that other civilizations are in the same region as Earth's civilization.

"Continue eliminating."

[Set Target: Encounter intelligent life from two different civilizations within three days (Difficulty: 9 stars)]

[Set Target: Encounter intelligent life from three different civilizations within three days (Difficulty: 10 stars)]

[Set Target: Encounter intelligent life from four different civilizations within three days (Difficulty: Over 10 stars)]

"To think that three different civilizations were teleported to the same region as us..."

"Counting Earth, that means four civilizations, plus the unintelligent native beasts in the Chaotic Beast Star Sector."

"The danger level is maxed out!"

"However, judging by the difficulty, this region is likely very large, which means the Trial-takers won't easily run into each other."

"This talent is not bad."

"In the future, if I encounter dangers I can't judge, I can use it to predict them and make counter-measures in advance."

Lin Wan once again felt grateful toward the rich girl in his heart.

If it weren't for her, he would have foolishly let the system trick him into using his free attempts to decipher the inheritance.

If that rich girl really is a reincarnator, then the Lin Wan in her previous life probably went to decipher the inheritance.

That would truly be a case of a small horse pulling a heavy cart; even he was startled by the thought.

What kind of trash inheritance is a Galaxy-level one? I don't know it, and I don't want to be associated with it. I'm afraid the Target Settlement might misunderstand.

He brought his thoughts back to the present.

"The most important thing now is to survive the next half hour and make it to the rewards."

Lin Wan didn't overestimate himself and try to go fight monsters to level up right now.

Without weapons or combat experience, fighting empty-handed, he would likely get injured even against the weakest creature here.

In other online game worlds, you can level up and add attributes by fighting monsters, and you can respawn if you die.

Here, not only can you not respawn, but fighting monsters doesn't even let you level up.

The only way to obtain decipher points has been resolved by him exploiting a bug.

Therefore, as far as Lin Wan is concerned, the risks of fighting monsters are definitely higher than the rewards.

However, things didn't go as planned.

The more he didn't want something to happen, the more likely it was to occur.

Not far ahead, in the low bushes, a rustling sound suddenly came.

Lin Wan's heart skipped a beat.

"No way, this soon?"

He hadn't expected the first battle after arriving here to start so quickly.

Of course, he had to confirm it first.

"Set Target!"

[Target: Encounter danger within a fifty-meter radius in the next minute (Difficulty: 1)]

After receiving a positive answer, Lin Wan's face instantly turned the color of liver.

"Damn it!!"

"I can't just sit here and wait for death; I need to find a weapon quickly!"

The unknown is the most terrifying thing. Without knowing the combat strength of the enemy or himself, Lin Wan couldn't calm down.

"Steady your mindset, stay calm!"

He muttered to himself.

Fortunately, five meters to his right, he found a tree branch over a meter long and as thick as a sword hilt.

It wouldn't be very effective if he encountered a ferocious beast, but it still gave him some psychological comfort.

Having something in his hand was much better than having nothing at all.

Lin Wan's gaze returned to the bushes in the distance.

"It's coming!"

A dark shadow darted out from the bushes.

It was a creature the size of a calf, covered in dark gray scales, with a flat head and slightly sturdy limbs.

But after seeing its panel information, Lin Wan breathed a sigh of relief.

[Chaotic Beast: Juvenile Iron-Armored Rhino]

[Combat Power: 2]

[Assessment: Unranked. A little Iron-Armored Rhino that lost its parents and was abandoned by its herd, living a life of constant fear, only able to sneak out to forage for food every day.]

[Introduction: A herd-type Chaotic Beast with relatively high defense and medium aggression. Its meat is delicious and is a specialty ingredient of the Chaotic Beast Star Sector. Historically, there have been Iron-Armored Rhinos with building-level combat power.]

The Iron-Armored Rhino and Lin Wan locked eyes.

He could very accurately sense the panic in the Iron-Armored Rhino's eyes.

Lin Wan felt no pity, nor was there any possibility of hesitation.

"Set Target!"

[Target: Kill the Chaotic Beast Iron-Armored Rhino in front of me (Difficulty: 3)]

He quickly charged toward the Iron-Armored Rhino.

The little Iron-Armored Rhino's senses weren't very sharp; it stared at Lin Wan's direction with its cloudy little eyes and retreated slowly.

Lin Wan didn't stop, speeding up his dash.

"Roar—!"

The Iron-Armored Rhino let out a low hiss, pawed the ground with its four hooves, lowered its body, and assumed a posture to Charge.

Thirty meters. Twenty meters. Ten meters—

The Iron-Armored Rhino lunged forward!

Lin Wan dodged to the side, avoiding the head-on collision, and aimed the tree branch at its rear, stabbing it.

As a little Iron-Armored Rhino with a combat power of 2, daring to attack a two-legged beast like him with the combat power of a nobody, Lin Wan held high respect for it.

"Stab—!"

"Roar-hoo-hoo—!"

The Iron-Armored Rhino raised its head and wailed, its eyes filled with confusion, and its body began to tremble violently.

Seeing that the attack was effective, Lin Wan pushed the entire branch in with force.

Once the branch had pierced through its internal organs.

The little rhino completely lost the strength to resist.

Seeing this, Lin Wan casually grabbed a stone and launched a fierce attack on it.

"Bang, bang, bang!!"

Before long, Lin Wan clearly saw a look of relief in its eyes.

"Sigh~"

"You little monsters will all be killed by the righteous Ultraman one day."

"But don't worry, with me here, no more Ultraman will bother you."

In this environment where the weak are prey to the strong, death is its best destination.

Juvenile Iron-Armored Rhino, perished!

[Killed unranked Chaotic Beast · Iron-Armored Rhino, obtained 1 Decipher Point]

[Target "Kill a ferocious beast" completed, settling rewards...]

[Target "Kill the Chaotic Beast Iron-Armored Rhino in front of me" completed, settling rewards...]

[Target "Encounter danger within a fifty-meter radius in the next minute" completed, settling rewards...]

[Congratulations Host, obtained: Primary Stamina Recovery Potion × 1]

[Congratulations Host, obtained: Primary Strength Enhancement Potion × 1]

[Congratulations Host, obtained: Mineral Water × 1]

"I filled in the word 'ferocious beast,' and it actually counted towards the Chaotic Beast settlement panel..."

"Looking at it this way, the term 'ferocious beast' is just a label; the talent settlement rewards are based on the concept itself."

However, Lin Wan still immediately changed the word "ferocious beast" in his target to "Chaotic Beast."

Then he looked happily at his first pot of gold.

"Setting aside the mineral water, once the Strength Enhancement Potion is deciphered, it will definitely be a huge boost to my combat power."

"Not to mention the Stamina Recovery Potion for replenishing endurance."

"But before that, let's see what can be deciphered from this Iron-Armored Rhino's corpse."

Lin Wan touched the corpse of the Iron-Armored Rhino.

[Decipherable Targets: Iron-Armored Rhino Meat, Specialization "Charge"]

[Required Decipher Points: 2]

[Decipher?]

"There's actually a specialization, yes."

[Ding, identified as killed by the Host, belongs to your own property, deciphering time significantly reduced, current required deciphering time: 30 seconds.]

"Speed it up for me."

[...] [Ding! Deciphering complete]

[Successfully obtained its basic source code.]

[Infinite supply of Iron-Armored Rhino Meat, Host obtained Specialization "Charge"]

[Specialization · Charge]

[Introduction: Dash forward to attack the target, short-distance burst speed is 1.3 times, can deal Strength × 1.3 damage to the target]