World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

Chapter 60 - 60 60 Pest Control Operation

?60: Chapter 60: Pest Control Operation 60: Chapter 60: Pest Control Operation Originally, Zhang Xiaoman wasn’t too concerned about what the driver looked like while riding in the car.

However, after his mention, a sense of familiarity did start to rise.

“Bro, that place is just a barren hill and wild ridge, not even a rural resort — what are you going there for?”

Driven by curiosity, the driver couldn’t help asking.

Zhang Xiaoman glanced at him and casually replied:

“I’ve arranged to meet a few friends for a wilderness camp, just going back home to fetch something.”

With an “Oh,” the driver made small talk for a bit more and left after reaching the destination.

Following the previous route, Zhang Xiaoman stayed alert the entire way, to prevent any sudden incidents.

When he arrived smoothly at the tree where his steel sword was planted, he eyed the position of the Space Node ahead.

Sure enough, those insects had gone back and were aimlessly wandering nearby.

“It seems these creatures are attracted to energy, otherwise they wouldn’t have specifically come back from so far away, right?

But this actually makes things easier for me.”

Zhang Xiaoman relaxed slightly upon finding the corpse of the insect he had killed earlier still on the ground.

Thankfully, these creatures didn’t have the habit of eating their companions’ bodies, otherwise, he felt he would lose a hefty sum of points this time.

Checking the cooling time for the hearthstone, it had been an hour by now.

He prepared himself and advanced once again.

This time, unlike before, Zhang Xiaoman found a locust tree that was easier to climb and sneakily scaled it from the back.

Knowing that these insects couldn’t fly, he planned to launch a stealth attack from a higher position!

He targeted the nearest unlucky insect and, without hesitation, raised his palm to unleash the Soul Absorption Technique.

Streams of energy flowed through, and the insect, just like the previous one, was drained dry within two to three breaths.

At this time, the other fat insects immediately reacted, raising their upper bodies and opening their tooth-filled mouths to send out waves of Spiritual Attacks.

After absorbing that insect, Zhang Xiaoman didn’t start the teleportation process right away.

Instead, he clung tightly to the tree trunk to avoid falling from the tree during the intense Spiritual Attack.

Another wave of piercing pain came, but he gritted his teeth and resisted.

However, perhaps because there was one less insect this time, it felt milder than before and wasn’t nearly enough to make him pass out as last time.

After launching their Spiritual Attacks, the insects rolled up into small balls, just like before, and started rolling towards him.

As soon as Zhang Xiaoman came to, he began the action to teleport with the hearthstone.

As expected, these little fellows stopped under the tree upon reaching it, with some even accidentally hitting the tree, and then they began their slow, wriggling action to climb up.

With a sly smile on his face, Zhang Xiaoman’s hand passed over the hearthstone, and his figure vanished from the tree.

At home, on the couch.

His figure reappeared once more; this time he teleported while sitting, so he didn’t end up falling on the floor as he did last time.

Jin Bao the dog was fake-napping at the other end of the couch, suddenly scared into barking loudly when he felt someone abruptly appear next to him.

“Ambush!

Ambush!

Ambush!

Ambush!”

“Ambush my foot!”

Zhang Xiaoman slapped it on the dog’s head and tossed it aside.

Ignoring the dog’s look filled with silent reproach, he took the earplugs out of his ears and ran over to the air conditioner to cool down.

“These earplugs are completely useless against the insects’ spiritual attacks, looks like just blocking sound won’t cut it.”

As Zhang Xiaoman blew the air conditioning, he rubbed his forehead and said:

“I just don’t know if the spiritual power attribute can reduce the effect of these kinds of spiritual attacks, or should I take off the cloak to feel it out?”

He shook his head again, deciding that he really shouldn’t go courting death.

Now, the number of insects had dwindled to only six, and their spiritual attacks would keep getting weaker, he just needed to battle steadily to eventually get the chicken…

Oh no, to get the space node.

Having absorbed another plump insect, Zhang Xiaoman’s energy had increased by another 4 points, already overloading to 16 points.

Based on past experience, given his current maximum limit for spiritual endurance, he might only be able to handle an overload of up to 30 energy points before it becomes too much to cope with.

And with six insects remaining, it meant that he still needed to use up another 10 energy points.

However, these were secondary issues, he just needed to have a rough mental preparation.

Compared to gaining energy, using energy was much easier.

After resting at home for a bit longer, Zhang Xiaoman tidied up and set out once more.

But when he got to the entrance of his residential complex and saw the ridesharing car he had just called, he was immediately speechless.

“How is it this guy again?”

As he opened the car door and sat down, the voice of the driver in front once again rang out, tinged with surprise:

“Brother, we must have fate!

Where are you off to this time?

Did you forget something again?”

Zhang Xiaoman stiffly nodded, surprised to find himself unexpectedly turned into a forgetful demon today.

Throughout the trip, the chatty driver unleashed his wild imagination.

He boldly conjectured from Zhang Xiaoman’s Beautiful Wine Stained Cloak and the “Purple Cloud Divine Sword” on his back that they were holding a unique cosplay wine and barbecue gathering in the locust grove of the Northern Suburb.

He even guessed the number of participants convincingly, and finally, with a look of yearning and reflection, he expressed his sincere wish to return to those carefree and wild youthful days!

To this, Zhang Xiaoman could only silently nod.

Having bid the driver farewell once again, he entered the small grove for the third time that day, and the well-practiced Zhang Xiaoman quickly repeated his previous steps:

Kill insects, teleport back;

Kill insects, teleport back.

Zhang Xiaoman repeated this process several times.

But to his annoyance, every subsequent visit he miraculously managed to hail a ride from the same driver.

Eventually, the driver’s gaze began to change when he saw him.

And he would ask with a look that said he had seen right through everything, wondering if this was for a reality show about an infinite loop.

Zhang Xiaoman was speechless and choked up.

The extermination went smoothly, and as the number of insects decreased, resisting their spiritual attacks became easier and easier for him.

However, the hour cooling time of the hearthstone was a significant drawback, so after killing a few more insects, Zhang Xiaoman decided not to continue for the day.

After all, this place was not like in the city with no lights around, and it was situated in a grove where one could hardly see anything upon entering.

Taking into account the potential for lurking monsters, he abandoned the idea of conquering this node in one go and planned to return the next day to finish off the remaining three insects.