Chapter 187: Deserted Island Survival 11

Why could she feel an aura of pain radiating from this Shirley Blackwood?

Ever since breaking through to level three, Moira Lynch had become extremely sensitive to emotions.

Unsure, she focused and felt it again. It was definitely an aura of pain.

However, Moira Lynch had no intention of getting involved.

About half an hour later, the spiritual disturbance gradually subsided, and the Shirley Blackwood’s figure vanished in a certain direction on the deserted island.

"Patience, does the Shirley Blackwood have something on it that can enhance spiritual power?" Moira Lynch suddenly asked.

[No, but the Shirley Blackwood is a treasure trove. Its scales can be used to forge weapons, and its flesh can be eaten to strengthen the body.]

If that was the case, then the Shirley Blackwood wasn’t what caused the turmoil in Moira Lynch’s spiritual power.

「The next day.」

While eating breakfast, Moira Lynch took out the Magical Medical Box.

Inside the previously empty medical box now lay ten neatly arranged vials of Medicine.

Among them were three Nutrition Supplements, two vials of insect repellent, three bottles of King Flower perfume, and two stamina potions.

Uh...

’Looking at the three bottles of perfume, could this really be considered medicine?’

She opened one of the bottles and took a sniff. Moira Lynch instantly felt an assault on her sense of smell, as if she’d been punched squarely in the face, and her vision went dark.

The potency of the King Flower was already astonishing, but this perfume was dozens of times stronger.

After putting everything away and once again spreading Arden around her cave, she decided to explore in a different direction today.

Thinking of the direction the Shirley Blackwood had disappeared in yesterday, Moira Lynch hesitated for a moment before deciding to head that way and check it out.

’I’ll just take a peek,’ she thought. ’Just one quick look.’

An hour later, Moira Lynch finally found the spot where the Shirley Blackwood had appeared the previous night.

Just as her senses had told her yesterday, the surrounding plants were undamaged. But anything that exists is bound to leave a trace, and the Shirley Blackwood was no exception.

Although there were no signs of damaged plants or the tracks of a large creature crawling on the ground, the sharp-eyed Moira Lynch still managed to find a few subtle traces nearby.

For instance, there were scrapes on the rocks and branches that had been bent askew.

Suddenly, Moira Lynch noticed a patch of grass that was growing with particular lushness.

Upon closer inspection, she saw that the earth around the patch of grass was black, forming a clear contrast with the surrounding soil.

She gently pinched a bit of the soil between her fingers and sniffed it. It gave off the faint smell of blood.

So, the soil here was black because it was a patch of dried blood.

Blood turns black after it dries.

After confirming this, Moira Lynch’s first thought was of the Shirley Blackwood from the previous night.

’It was radiating an aura of pain. Was it because it was injured?’

’But didn’t it just shed its skin?’

A Shirley Blackwood’s shedding was like a rebirth. No matter how severe its injuries, it would be fully restored and revived at full health after shedding its skin.

She stood up and scouted the area for a little while longer. Soon, Moira Lynch found another patch of abnormally lush grass not far away.

She hurried over to check, and just as she expected, the soil around the grass had turned black.

And so, Moira Lynch followed these traces, searching as she went.

Her pace wasn’t fast, as she was also collecting various resources she encountered along the way.

[Full Vine: Contains a large amount of starch. Can be a choking hazard if eaten directly. It grows quickly, is highly survivable, and can adapt to any harsh environment. During its growth, it will steal sunlight and nutrients from other plants, causing them to wither from the lack of sun and nourishment. It is a very domineering plant.]

Moira Lynch observed her surroundings and saw that it was true. Aside from the Full Vine, there were no other plants in the vicinity; the entire area was thoroughly covered by it.

She picked up a stalk of the Full Vine and found it was nearly as thick as her wrist.

Using her Universal Gloves to manifest a dagger, she sliced the vine before her in two.

Underneath the green skin, she saw that it was filled with a white powder.

She scooped some out with her finger and tasted it. Perhaps because the moisture inside the vine hadn’t completely evaporated, it had a damp texture, but it definitely tasted like flour.

Moira Lynch’s eyes lit up. ’Fast-growing, highly survivable... isn’t this just another type of Soldier Food Rattan?’

She collected the entire patch of Full Vine into her storage space. In an instant, the whole area was cleared. After gathering all the seeds that had fallen on the ground, Moira Lynch finally departed.

After walking for another twenty minutes, a patch of Arden appeared before Moira Lynch.

But unlike the Arden she had seen before, this patch had clearly just suffered a brutal devastation.

The vines, leaves, and flowers were all tattered and torn, as if they had been crushed by something.

Unsurprisingly, she found the familiar bloodstains around the Arden.

She collected the Arden into her storage space.

’Looks like that Shirley Blackwood really is injured,’ she mused. ’It must have been in pain, so it sought out the Arden to use its anesthetic effect as a painkiller.’

Just as she was preparing to continue following the trail, a sudden reflection caught her attention.

"What is this?"

Moira Lynch bent down and discovered a long, thin spike in the crevice of a rock. It still had dried bloodstains on it.

She used her spiritual power to retrieve it. After wiping the bloodstains from its surface, Moira Lynch realized it wasn’t a spike at all, but a long, thin, cyan, diamond-shaped Crystal Stone.

Without any prompting from Moira Lynch, Patience had already begun scanning the diamond-shaped Crystal Stone.

[Wind God’s Fury: This small Crystal Stone contains the energy of a raging hurricane. It is extremely dangerous. If it is ever shattered, the hurricane within will be released, and everything in the vicinity will be destroyed.]

After hearing Patience’s description, Moira Lynch hissed, drawing a sharp breath. ’This thing is a little dangerous.’

’But why would something so dangerous be here? And why is there blood on it?’

Unable to figure it out, Moira Lynch decided not to trouble her mind with it any further. She stored the Wind God’s Fury in her space. ’Yeah, this thing definitely needs to be put away carefully.’

Snowy, who had been gnawing on a Yeti Horn, saw the Wind God’s Fury suddenly appear in the storage space. It stopped chewing immediately, and all the fur on its body stood on end.

Its eyes were fixed warily on the diamond-shaped crystal, a warning growl rumbled in its throat, and it adopted an attack stance, as if it would pounce and fight to the death in the next second.

Seeing this, Moira Lynch moved the Wind God’s Fury to a different storage location.

’Are you kidding me? If this thing actually shattered, it would be no laughing matter. My entire storage space would probably be done for.’

Just then, Patience’s alarm suddenly blared.

[Warning, Warning, body temperature too low.]