Abyss Summoner-Chapter 299 - 294: Native Inhabitants

A team of people began to busy themselves.

Three hundred warriors were the first to arrive at this plane, starting resource collection and establishing a stronghold. Large sections of fruit were picked from the trees, while specialists mined minerals from the ground. Besides that, some idle personnel started felling trees, attempting to create a temporary base.

A large group of people settled down comfortably in camp.

On this trip, everyone brought quite a bit of supplies, including handy tools. The surrounding area was filled with towering trees, and cutting down a few marked the completion of half a makeshift camp.

Of course, not everyone was working; some warriors took up blades and guns, standing outside to scout the surroundings.

The first structure completed was a lookout tower.

Lu Wei led a small team to scout the surroundings, while Zhang Jianxiong was chopping trees to help warriors build the camp. As for Du Men, he was completely engrossed in writing down notes about the surrounding trees with a notebook.

This was what Chen Feng wanted.

If possible, he would very much like to plant these trees near the Economic Development Zone, implying that next year the city would see an influx of nutritious fruits without the trouble of cultivating mutated external fruit trees.

The work was enthusiastically in progress.

In the blink of an eye, it was already at sunset. There was sunrise and sunset here as well, though compared to the Human World, the sun in this world seems to have swollen several times over, hanging high in the sky, giving an overwhelming sense of awe.

Perhaps this is the scenery of the Otherworld.

Darkness was beginning to fall.

The warriors who worked all day began to make fire and cook. Chen Feng watched the warriors sitting on the ground, secretly relieved that his first day in the Otherworld passed peacefully.

Everyone's efficiency was remarkable.

Partly due to orders, and also because of the rewards promised by Chen Feng; everyone could receive 2% of the amount picked, not limited to fruit, but even minerals could be exchanged for weapons or meat equivalently.

Originally, people thought their days in this world would pass uneventfully.

But they miscalculated.

On the second day, a giant boar stormed near the camp, drawn by the noise of land clearing. Its size could not be described as a "pig," but rather a monster with enormous tusks.

With a tough hide and a body resembling a Tank, especially its eyes, as large as a fist.

Due to the oxygen levels.

The creatures here exceeded people's imagination.

The creature's size was the best evidence, with no energy waves on it, it was evidently just an ordinary beast.

Yet its presence was frightening enough to be fatal.

Everything happened too suddenly, from appearance to attack, the warriors at the lookout tower barely transmitted the alert when the creature, at a terrifying speed, charged through, trampling two unfortunate warriors into pulp.

Lu Wei, in charge of security, took action; he didn't even use the Scorpion Demon's poison, instead, a vertebra pierced through the creature's head, pinning it to the ground.

The giant beast lay on the ground, like a low mountain.

Two warriors were killed.

This dampened the enthusiasm of some, evidently, no one anticipated casualties so quickly.

Chen Feng's expression wasn't good; he criticized the warriors in charge of scouting, but to no avail, as the warriors died from excessive bleeding before any treatment could be administered.

Though Chen Feng lacked the power to revive the deceased warriors, he could retaliate against the catastrophe-bringing beast.

The beast's meat was cut down, roasted over the fire, and with some seasoning, soon fragrant meat chunks were served before everyone.

The death of the two warriors wasn't entirely meaningless, it confirmed Chen Feng's earlier suspicion that this was a world filled with powerful life forms.

Beneath the surface resources, this beautiful environment also harbored some potential threats.

Under such circumstances, countermeasures were necessary.

Security was doubled, and two additional lookout towers were built, compared to the previous ease, the solemnity began to appear on people's faces.

Even though everyone had oily meat slabs before them, the earlier impact from the beast still lingered. This place was far from the serene imagined, like outside, this world was also teeming with danger.

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After some time of reconnaissance, this place seemed like an island, though quite vast, over two days of exploitation, the warriors moved at least dozens of fruit trees, yet this was barely a drop in the bucket for the entire island.

This is a remote corner, rarely noticed by powerful creatures in the past, but now, the sounds of mining have caught the attention of the neighbors around.

With the ongoing mining, some strange-looking creatures gradually appeared in people's sight—giant bears walking upright with snow-white fur, tigers with two fangs, and giant elephants covered in thick fur. Compared to the Human World, the size of these monsters was beyond imagination, each one could be described as a colossal beast.

In addition, some terrifyingly large insects would occasionally burrow out of the ground, causing some troubles for the people.

However, it's just trouble, nothing more.

After experiencing the horrific insect infestation, what kinds of insects hadn't these warriors encountered? Beetles as robust as calves, centipedes three meters long, caterpillars spitting acid—compared to those creatures, these are just frighteningly sized insects, and as soon as they jumped out, they were instantly killed by the warriors with a single strike.

Day five.

Due to some miasma, environmental, and attack issues, the death toll had risen to twelve. This was an unavoidable situation. Exploring unknown environments was essentially a brush with death, and even more so in such a complex environment; only twelve warriors fell, which was a fortune in misfortune.

Chen Feng had no time for sorrow. He wouldn't hesitate to give due compensation, but the work needed to continue.

With over 1,300 people divided into three teams working nearly 24 hours a day non-stop, in five days, they collected an astounding amount of fruits, ores, and meat. It could be said that just the food gathered in these few days would be enough to feed the Economic Development Zone for three months.

Although fruits are not easy to preserve, this was no problem for Chen Feng. Besides a small portion for fresh consumption, the rest of the fruits were made into canned goods and dried fruits, significantly reducing spoilage.

Moreover, mining operations proceeded intensely. Besides the previously discovered hard ores, several other ores were successively found within a few days, each with different characteristics. Among them, one ore perpetually emitted a gentle light, similar to a Light Stone, capable of illumination at night. Mining these would greatly enhance the city's night vision capabilities.

The apocalypse has no electricity.

The city's power supply equipment was already paralyzed, and the idea of large-scale restoration was a mere fantasy. So, except for some important office areas, once night fell, ordinary people's homes would also be plunged into darkness.

Candles were in short supply, and sooner or later, they'd be used up.

But now, the emergence of Light Stones undoubtedly resolved this issue. Over just a few days, the mining of Light Stones exceeded ten tons, an astonishing figure, enough to illuminate half of the Economic Development Zone.

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Under the hazy night.

Chen Feng stood in the camp, his brow slightly furrowed. For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt uneasy today, as though something major might happen.

This feeling had been present since the morning and only grew stronger until now.

Chen Feng pressed his brows. As time passed, in just a few days, he would leave this dimension. He reassured himself that perhaps it was worries over the stability of the Dimension Wall causing this chaotic mood.

The surroundings were very quiet indeed, perhaps he was just overthinking.

But not long after. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

——"Wuu..."

An urgent sound came from the lookout tower.

Immediately following was the sound of gunfire, strikingly jarring under the night sky; clearly, the personnel on duty had encountered some trouble.

Chen Feng's body tensed, and like a shadow, he darted toward the sound. At the same time, the alerted warriors also grabbed their weapons and followed Chen Feng.

"Sir... enemy attack..."

A warrior stood nervously in front of Chen Feng. He appeared ordinary, but in each of his eyes were two pupils, clearly marking him as a professional.

With enhanced vision, even possessing astonishing night vision capabilities, his professional status meant he didn't have to be frequently mobilized like ordinary people, hence he assumed the role of night patrol.

The warrior obviously hadn't yet recovered from the earlier shock, stammering, "I saw some humans... no... they weren't humans... tall bodies, wrong color, yet they had two legs and two arms, I shot them..."

Humans?

It sounded somewhat incoherent; evidently, the earlier enemy had given him quite a surprise.

Seeing is believing; Chen Feng must witness such matters himself to make a judgment.

Following the direction indicated by the warrior, Chen Feng led the group forward, discovering some footprints along the way, as well as some scattered blood stains.

Clearly, the enemy had attempted to flee, but after being hit by several bullets, they couldn't get far.

A humanoid creature appeared a short distance away. Standing about two meters tall, with gray skin and wearing beast-skin-like armor, in addition to a long face resembling that of a lion with a beastly nose, especially the ears, pointed and Elf-like.

Chen Feng crouched beside the corpse, not looking too pleased, muttering, "Not a human, nor a typical Elf."

"Have they finally appeared?"

"The native residents of this world!"