70: Good things should be shared. Rank suppression.

The cave walls were covered with dense rock caves, and each Ghost-Faced Ape had its own dwelling.

Along the underground river, the closer to the upstream, the higher the status of the apes, with the Commander Rank's dwelling at the highest point, occupying a large section of the cave.

Lin Chuan didn't know where this ape originally lived, so he decided to wander around. If there were no other monkeys in the cave, they were probably among those killed by Gray Snake.

"This one has a monkey..."

"This one, too..."

"This one has two. Uh, sorry to disturb you..."

Before the two apes could rush out and beat him, Lin Chuan quickly controlled the Puppet monkey to slip away, and also washed his eyes; monkey porn was an eyesore.

All this way, Lin Chuan was like a street loafer, not knowing what he was doing.

Finding thirty or forty empty caves out of a thousand was purely a matter of luck.

So, Lin Chuan stopped looking and went directly to the underground river to check it out.

The river surface was dim, and Lin Chuan couldn't see if there were any fish inside, but he guessed there should be.

Otherwise, the few mushrooms by the river wouldn't be enough to eat.

Thinking this, Lin Chuan casually picked a handful of mushrooms.

Seeing such lush mushrooms, who could resist not plucking some?

They were colorful and quite beautiful.

Just then, a monkey came out of a nearby cave to the riverside, not knowing whether it was to drink water or relieve itself.

Seeing the mushrooms in the Puppet monkey's hand, it shrieked and ran over, yelling and gesticulating at the Puppet monkey.

Lin Chuan had no idea what it meant, thinking the other party was asking him for mushrooms.

Could Lin Chuan just give them away? He directly stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them up, and swallowed.

As for the taste, Lin Chuan certainly didn't know.

"Aww... roar..."

This monkey screamed even louder, but its expression was not anger; instead, it was somewhat terrified.

"What's wrong, these mushrooms can't be eaten? They shouldn't be, right?"

Lin Chuan was puzzled; he clearly saw many monkeys coming here to grab and eat them.

Then, the Puppet monkey grabbed another handful and stuffed it directly into its mouth.

This time, the monkey opposite stopped screaming, watching the Puppet monkey slowly eat the mushrooms, and a hint of confusion appeared in its eyes: "Can they be eaten now?"

Good things should be shared!

Lin Chuan realized his mistake, grabbed another handful, and offered it to the other party.

The other party quickly shook its head and declined.

Lin Chuan offered again, giving an encouraging look.

After several attempts... finally, this monkey accepted Lin Chuan's kindness.

Then, it croaked.

It croaked silently.

It didn't even chew.

It just carefully placed a mushroom in its mouth, and then it croaked.

"Holy crap..."

Lin Chuan had already inferred from the other party's reaction that these mushrooms should be problematic.

Although they all looked similar, some were edible, and some were not.

However, the toxicity was so potent that it exceeded Lin Chuan's expectations; it was already at the level of instant death upon consumption.

Before this monkey fell to the ground, the Puppet monkey supported it and helped it back to its rock cave.

There was nothing special inside the rock cave; the ground was covered with a layer of weeds, and a pile of dried mushrooms, the monkey's rations, was stacked in the corner.

He ordered Gray Snake to come out of the Puppet monkey's body and enter this new monkey's body. Then, he covered the Puppet monkey's corpse with weeds.

This way, it was completely foolproof.

He told Gray Snake to pause its actions for now and stay inside the rock cave.

Then, Lin Chuan exited its perspective... Over here, Gray Snake was still sleeping, its injuries recovering at a visible speed. It would probably heal completely in less than two or three days.

As for the maturity of the advancement fruit, it had surged a large amount, reaching 70%.

Qin Yan was right; this intensity of battle indeed produced excellent results.

Reviewing the entire process, there were still many areas that could be optimized. For example, although Gray Snake's defense was strong, there was no need to deliberately trade injuries for injuries. With Gray Snake's mobility, it wouldn't be so easy for those monkeys' skills to hit Gray Snake... Moreover, challenging so many across ranks at once was truly a bit outrageous.

Other Transcendent Rank individuals, even challenging one or two stars within the same rank, were already worthy of boasting.

For Gray Snake, fighting against less than 10 Elite Rank individuals at once wasn't even considered a cross-rank challenge.

However, based on previous experience, the same intensity of battle would yield less and less combat experience each time.

He wouldn't end up no longer gaining combat experience from battles with Elite Rank individuals, would he? Thinking of this, Lin Chuan had a faint worry: "He wouldn't want me to challenge Commander Rank, would he?"

Lin Chuan only had a slight understanding of rank suppression.

Taking the example of a Transcendent Rank fighting an Elite Rank, even before the battle began, there would be a 25% suppression of strength, and this was an all-around suppression of attack, defense, speed, and so on.

This meant that his side would only have 75% of its strength, while the opponent would instead increase to 125%, making it impossible to fight.

Looking at it this way, Gray Snake wasn't just a freak, but a super freak.

No wonder even Qin Yan was astonished.

Generally, after high school students advance to Silver Rank, they immediately receive the highest treatment and special recruitment from universities, which also leaves some hope for other candidates.

As for challenging Commander Rank across ranks?

That was purely despair-inducing.

Commander Rank had a 50% suppression over Elite Rank, not to mention Transcendent Rank.

Even if a Transcendent Rank went all out, it wouldn't be able to break the Commander Rank's defense, while the opponent could instantly kill with a casual punch.

If it were Gray Snake, he might be able to take two more punches!

...For the next two days, Lin Chuan didn't go out again.

He blocked the cave entrance with Gray Snake, while he remotely observed the situation inside the ape cave.

Anyway, it was all the same where Gray Snake slept; he didn't necessarily have to stay in the sea of consciousness space.

Lin Chuan had tried to have Gray Snake control a monkey to walk towards the Commander Rank's area, but often, it would only get halfway before being driven back by other monkeys.

The purpose of going there was, of course, to have Gray Snake possess that Commander Rank Ghost-Faced Ape.

However, the Commander Rank stayed inside, making it difficult to even see, so it naturally never succeeded.

Gray Snake's intelligence was not yet capable of independent action.

Once it left the Yao Beast's body and could not share its vision, Lin Chuan could not direct it remotely.

Lin Chuan felt that this Yao Beast's body had begun to rot; its walking was uncoordinated, like a zombie.

It wouldn't be usable for much longer.

"Can't drag this out any longer; I need to make them chaotic..."

Just then, Gray Snake slowly opened its eyes.

"Hungry..."

Lin Chuan was speechless and directly threw a dozen energy fruits over, only then feeding him until he was full.

Presumably, healing injuries required a lot of energy consumption.

"This wave is a bit of a loss..."

Not only did it waste a few days, but a lot of fruits were also consumed.

The key was that, apart from some combat experience, there were no other spoils of war.

Lin Chuan was very covetous of the Ghost-Faced Ape's corpse; one corpse meant several skill fruits and enhancement fruits.

"Gray Snake, now that you're full, it's time to work."

Saying this, Lin Chuan led Gray Snake towards the direction of the cave.