Yan Luo set up camp in a small grove and began to seriously ponder the problem that had troubled him all day.
Why did two magic moths appear in the same grove?
Both magic moths were Dangerous-level Demons, and their hunting territories perfectly covered that grove. In other words, if they were in the same grove, it would inevitably lead to overlapping hunting ranges.
From Yan Luo’s observations, it seemed that the two magic moths had coexisted in that grove for some time.
After all, the amount of scale powder on the trees was too much to be produced by just one magic moth.
He should have suspected it long ago, but there had never been two demons of the same level coexisting in one place, leading him to overlook this possibility.
Yan Luo carefully reviewed the previous footage, repeatedly observing, and finally confirmed the possibility of the two magic moths coexisting.
"Two demons of the same level actually appearing in the same place..."
One might even say they peacefully coexist there!
Yan Luo took a deep breath and searched for footage with earlier timestamps. For original chapters go to N0velFire.ɴet
Through the footage, he confirmed that the activity range of the two magic moths had overlapping parts.
This was the most perplexing, and even frightening, discovery for Yan Luo.
— Could demons now form groups?
In the past, Hunters would team up to hunt demons, but now demons have learned to act in groups too.
This kind of situation had only occurred during demon tides, and never before had anyone discovered demons peacefully coexisting when there was no demon tide!
Yan Luo was very likely the first witness of this phenomenon, and he believed the changes in demons were related to the three-second daylight and the accurate rainfall in the Crimson Abyss.
Realizing this, Yan Luo furrowed his brows.
This is bad, and he wasn’t sure whether this situation was a unique event affecting only the two magic moths, or a common occurrence throughout the entire Crimson Abyss.
If it were the former, that would be better; if it were the latter, they would be in big trouble.
Having noticed this situation, Yan Luo didn’t plan to leave the Abyss directly to report it.
If it was a common occurrence throughout the Abyss, then even without him deliberately going out, Hunters would promptly report this to the Hunter’s Guild; if it was a unique event, it wouldn’t matter, as Yan Luo had already eliminated those two magic moths.
He decided to continue hunting in the Abyss and observe the changes closely.
During this period, he would observe more to see if there were other instances of demon coexistence within the Abyss.
Having made his decision, Yan Luo set aside the problem, closed his eyes, and quickly entered a sleep state.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed, and Yan Luo’s hunting progress was quite successful, with the space box holding nearly eight million in loot.
This was just a preliminary estimate, and the actual sale price might be higher or lower, depending on whether merchants needed these materials.
This time, the frequency of encountering Hunters in the Abyss was higher than all previous times combined; the Bone-Eroding Plain was worthy of being the most lucrative area in the Crimson Abyss apart from the Crescent Mountain Range.
In the Bone-Eroding Plain, Dangerous-level demons were only at the bottom of the food chain; here, even ordinary-level demons were scarce, with more Dangerous-level and Deadly-level demons.
After the first day, Yan Luo encountered two more distress signals, but neither rescue was successful.
In one case, he arrived only to find the Hunter team had been wiped out, with no bones left, only a radio still broadcasting a distress signal; in another, Yan Luo arrived before the demons wiped out the Hunter team, but upon arriving, he discovered the distress team hadn’t accurately described the situation: the demons chasing them were City-breaking Level, yet they described them as Deadly-level in their distress signal.
Whether they failed to recognize the demon’s level or deliberately downplayed it to secure help, Yan Luo was powerless and just turned and ran.
Currently, he was far from being a match for City-breaking Level demons; to hunt such demons would require either a Sequence Three Hunter to act or five machine guns equipped with depleted uranium rounds, at least fifty rockets, three armored cars with reinforced armor, and fifteen close-combat Engravers, at least three of whom were Sequence 4, three Engravers with [Link], one tactically adept commander, and Hunters who feared not death, able to fully exert their strength, otherwise dreaming of hunting a City-breaking Level demon.
Yan Luo presently had the best standard exoskeleton indeed, and his bodily functions, though lacking in defense, could match a Deadly-level demon, but he was far from being a match for City-breaking Level demons.
Even though his mind was filled with knowledge corresponding to the demon, it was impossible to inflict any harm.
The Abyss is unforgiving towards the weak!
Besides this, Yan Luo had been doing quite well in the Abyss these days.
Though the harvest wasn’t as abundant as the first day, it was steady each day, drawing closer to his goal.
These days, Yan Luo consumed a large amount of demons each day, every time stopping at the edge of drunkenness from magic until he digested some magic power before eating demons again.
His physical capabilities visibly grew, progressing rapidly.
Mainly because Yan Luo trained himself well according to the training project list Sasa provided, accelerating his magic power digestion rate.
Each passing day, Yan Luo could feel a significant change in strength compared to the previous day, with recovery ability being the most dramatically improved aspect.
The time for his wounds to stop bleeding was compressed to twenty seconds, and this progress was still accelerating.
This made Yan Luo somewhat concerned because, at this rate, he might soon reach a state where wounds heal immediately upon appearing.
By then, his magic power digestion rate might no longer improve.
Hopefully, Sasa’s research can be of some help, and quickly discover other methods to improve magic power digestion rate.
Seated on his motorcycle saddle, Yan Luo ate his ’lunch’ while daydreaming.
He squeezed energy gel into his mouth, chewed continuously, and then swallowed.
The taste wasn’t great, but it was free after all.
After endorsing Bao Han Company, they covered all his culinary supplies in the Abyss, saving him some money.
After eating three energy gels, Yan Luo felt full.
Curiously, he checked the description on the package and found no difference from the energy gel he used to eat, with the same amount of energy provided.
He used to be able to eat five energy gels in one meal, but today, he could only eat three?
Yan Luo rubbed his chin, muttering softly, "Has my digestion capability improved again?"
Digestive capability includes speed, efficiency of food energy conversion, and other aspects; Yan Luo had previously improved in digestion speed, and now it seemed the efficiency of food energy conversion had also improved, allowing him to extract more nutrients from the same energy food.
This situation was within Sasa’s predictions; given Yan Luo’s current physical capabilities, his food intake couldn’t be the same as ordinary Hunters. Logically, his intake should be more than five times what it is now.
However, Yan Luo’s previous intake was similar to ordinary Hunters, eating no more than them, indicating his digestive efficiency had improved before.
Now his intake was reduced again, which could only mean another improvement in digestive efficiency.
This was good news for Yan Luo, as with enhanced digestive power, one day he might grow to survive solely on rocks.
After lunch, Yan Luo sat quietly for a while before resuming ’today’s’ hunting, making the most of his time to earn money and digest the magic power within him.
Several more hours passed, and before dinner arrived, Yan Luo successfully met today’s quota, bringing the total loot to eight hundred and fifty thousand.
The Bone-Eroding Plain was more lucrative than imagined!
During dinner, Yan Luo counted today’s loot while squeezing energy gel into his mouth.
After calculating today’s earnings and tossing the energy gel packs into the trash bag, he—
was surprised to find—
there were six packaging bags!
And at that moment, he was only eighty percent full.
Yan Luo, bewildered, couldn’t help but blink.
"What’s going on with this?"