Chapter 568 - 220: Level Too Low to Devour, Encountering a Beast Tide, Certain Death

"Let’s go! To the other side!"

Having lost all the Extraordinary Power he inherited from the Game World and turned into a juvenile Tyrannosaurus, Shen Fei decided to use his only temporary ability, [Devouring], to complete his mission and level up. He immediately led No. 0 and Xiaohong, who had also become small dinosaurs, and quickly dove into the dense bushes.

There, they discovered that at their current Level 1, it was nearly impossible for them to devour large dinosaurs. This was because even the lowest-level large dinosaurs had levels in the triple digits floating above their heads. As newborns, they could only devour small, non-dinosaur creatures. Moreover, they had to be the young of these small creatures...

RUSTLE! RUSTLE! RUSTLE!

At Shen Fei’s command, three small dinosaurs and one little turtle began to sprint through the jungle. Previously, when the level display above their heads was not active, Shen Fei’s group had navigated using rivers and mountains. Now, following an update to their personal panels, they had LV displays above their heads. Furthermore, health bars and level displays that they could see had also appeared over the heads of the other dinosaurs, making targets incredibly clear and easy for Shen Fei’s group to spot.

After some initial testing, Shen Fei discovered his range of vision had extended to about one hundred meters. In other words, as long as a dinosaur or any creature with a health bar and LV display appeared within his 100-meter range, he could easily see them—even if dense forests, trees, or other vision-blocking plants were in the way. With the visualization of health bars, Shen Fei’s search speed increased many times over.

He even felt like he was playing a role-playing game. It was as if he had become a dinosaur character completing a "search" quest, and his targets were any creatures with LV1 or LV0 displayed above their health bars.

According to the description of his temporary skill, [Devouring], he could only devour creatures with a lower level than himself. Moreover, he could not be touched by any creature with a higher level, or he risked being devoured in turn.

Therefore, thanks to "datafication," all creatures of the Dinosaur Era now had LV displays above their heads. This allowed Shen Fei to easily judge which creatures to devour. However, at the same time, he had to be extremely careful not to be touched by any of them.

RUSTLE! RUSTLE! RUSTLE!

Bound by these rules, Shen Fei’s team moved swiftly through the jungle, searching for a suitable target to devour...

However, half an hour later, Shen Fei noticed something was wrong. He realized that even though his hundred-meter-radius vision allowed him to clearly see the data and movements of any creature with a health bar in advance, he and his teammates were still too low-level. At their newborn Level 1, they couldn’t devour a single creature. Along the way, they had encountered hundreds of creatures with health bars, but unfortunately, they couldn’t even devour a tiny, Level 3 non-dinosaur creature that resembled a modern-day rabbit. Worse still, they had to worry that the Level 3 creature might touch and devour them instead.

"Stop!"

After another half-hour of dodging, hiding, and cautious observation, Shen Fei finally spoke up and halted the team.

This can’t go on! After all this time, we’re all still Level 1. We haven’t progressed at all. Our search method is clearly flawed.

Waving for the team to stop, Shen Fei looked at the Black Tortoise beside him, who was staring back innocently with its small, pitch-black eyes. A complaint escaped his lips before he could stop it. "Damn it! Black Tortoise didn’t eat the meat strips, so how did it turn into a little turtle too? Could it be because it’s my pet?"

Before, thanks to the Black Tortoise’s original, super-strong Defense Power, the team had survived encounters with flocks of Winged Dragons and even a Tyrannosaurus, shaken but unscathed. But just a moment ago, after they devoured the meat strips and a patch updated the Dinosaur Era, his pet Black Tortoise’s form had also changed. It went from a huge, ferocious Great Xuanwu to a cute little turtle with "LV1" floating over its head. A Black Tortoise like this no longer had any ability to fend off other creatures.

As a result, during their hour-long "patrol," the Black Tortoise was of no help at all whenever their little dragon squad was discovered and forced to make a quick escape. On the contrary, now a little turtle, the Black Tortoise had to do the same as them—run as hard as it could to avoid being touched by those high-level creatures.

After a moment of rapid thought, Shen Fei finally made his decision.

We have to go for the young! Even if it’s dangerous, they’re our only option!

Their hour-long patrol hadn’t been entirely fruitless. The group had indeed spotted creatures that were Level 1 and even Level 0. However, these were all the young of various dinosaur and non-dinosaur species, and surrounding them were countless vigilant adults standing guard. It was completely impossible for Shen Fei’s group to devour those Level 1 and Level 0 juveniles without being noticed.