Chapter 4

Although Xwei had already decided to explore the forest, necessary preparations were still indispensable.

The tattoo on the back of his hand was still there, but now when he probed it with his mental energy, only a logout option appeared.

Xwei walked around the campsite twice and finally confirmed that there was nothing special except for the two boxes.

He first opened the blue box, which was about one and a half meters long and about one meter high and wide. At the bottom of this large box were a few scattered objects.

The most eye-catching thing inside was a palm-sized green crystal. It wasn't cold to the touch but had a warm feeling. It seemed as if sparks were flickering inside the crystal.

Xwei, who had never seen a green crystal before, took it out first and examined it carefully.

Then, as if it were part of his own body, the information about the crystal in his hand appeared in his mind.

【Return Crystal (Consumable)】

【Item / Temporary Item】

【A mysterious crystal that can return you to the "Night Forest · Outer" campsite after use.】

Xwei understood that this crystal was similar to a teleportation scroll, used for returning to the city.

Putting the crystal aside, Xwei began to observe the other items.

Besides the most eye-catching crystal, the box also contained a bottle of green emergency potion, three compressed biscuits, and a slightly larger coarse cloth bag. The bag's opening was tied with a red string, which could be easily pulled to close the bag.

The emergency potion could quickly heal external injuries, and the compressed biscuits could rapidly replenish energy.

However, neither of these items could compare to the coarse cloth bag.

【Temporary Bag (Common)】

【Oddity / Temporary Item】

【Can hold nine non-living items. Liquids are counted by standard bottles. Each item can stack up to 20, and weight is not considered.】

This was the essential spatial item that all main characters in穿越 (穿越) novels had!

At this moment, Xwei was moved to tears. Although it was small and temporary, it was still a main character's treatment!

Putting the crystal, potion, and biscuits into the bag and tying it to his waist, Xwei turned to open the red box.

However, the red box was empty, with only eight marks of academy resources on the lid, all of which were 0.

Could it be that this box could be used to exchange resources for some miscellaneous items collected?

Xwei wasn't quite sure.

He decided to wait until he found something useless to test it.

He closed the box decisively, reorganized his gear, and confirmed that his magic could still be used here before entering the forest.

At first, looking at the dense jungle, Xwei was secretly worried about whether it would be difficult to walk, whether there would be all sorts of bugs, and what to do if he was bitten by a snake.

However, after walking for a while, he gradually relaxed and focused on being vigilant.

In the forest, paths often used by wild animals would appear. Although the path Xwei was on was unusually wide, almost as if it had been flattened by a road roller, it was much better than being stuck in the dense jungle.

Perhaps because this was not the real world, although the forest vegetation was extremely dense, there were no visible insects. Xwei had been walking for ten minutes and hadn't even seen an ant.

Since there were no mosquitoes, there was no need to worry about snakes...

In any case, after walking for about ten minutes on the animal path, Xwei heard a faint rustling sound ahead.

This was the first time since his穿越 (穿越) that he might face an enemy. He immediately hid between two trees, using the dense branches to cover himself, and nervously looked in the direction of the sound.

Not long after, the nearby bushes rustled, and a green, almost hairless head appeared in Xwei's line of sight.

Then, the small, underdeveloped figure, barely a meter tall, appeared, wearing a dirty rag around the lower body, with a protruding belly and a thin upper body, all exposed to Xwei's view.

It was a goblin.

This was a classic monster, with a base hunting level of 1, meaning that an ordinary person with a weapon could subdue it.

However, like slimes, goblins had a significant difference in strength within their species, being one of the few monsters with a +2 level adjustment.

In other words, the hunting level of a regular goblin could range from 1 to 3.

Moreover, due to their large numbers, many powerful variants had emerged, including some with hunting levels of 7 or 8.

In fact, Xwei's predecessor, the unlucky mage, had encountered a variant goblin during his travels that could instantly cast a second-level wind element spell—Cluster Lightning.

In the end, the unlucky mage, who was still an apprentice at the time, managed to save his life by choosing to flee.

However, the wild goblin that now emerged from the bushes, with its extremely emaciated and hunched figure and cautious, hyena-like movements, clearly wasn't an elite.

Since that was the case, he could act!

Xwei waited for the goblin to turn slightly, then directly launched a magic missile at the back of its head!

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, the goblin stumbled, blood trickling from its nose and mouth. Because it was hit on the back of the head, it seemed dazed and even forgot to run.

Xwei, without hesitation, launched another magic missile, which split the goblin's head open.

Goblins were an extremely cowardly species. When they encountered small animals or docile herbivores, they often showed a fierce and cruel side, even torturing and killing weaker animals for fun. However, when faced with powerful monsters, they would flee in terror.

The goblin, already severely injured, let out a terrified cry, clutched its head, and tried to run, but Xwei wouldn't give it that chance.

The third magic missile followed, finally leaving the goblin on the brink of death. It died before Xwei even reached its side.

"Three shots for one... not bad," Xwei emerged from the bushes, looking at the goblin's corpse, feeling a bit queasy.

Indeed, it was difficult for an ordinary person who had never even killed a chicken to immediately become decisive.

As he was lamenting this meaningless matter and wanted to quickly leave the corpse, he suddenly remembered the harvesting skill attached to his clothes.

So, he forced himself to endure the nausea, squatted next to the goblin's corpse, and extended his hand.

"Harvest."

The goblin's corpse decayed and shriveled at an incredibly fast, unscientific rate, leaving only a skeleton.

In Xwei's hand, there was now a dirty, tattered piece of cloth.

He examined it carefully and immediately threw it away as if he had been electrocuted.

【Goblin's Tattered Cloth】

【A tattered piece of cloth from a goblin, seemingly useless.】

"Damn it, this is the goblin's underwear!"

Xwei hurriedly picked a leaf about a foot square, with a shape somewhat like a mulberry leaf, from a nearby tree and scrubbed his hands vigorously.

"This damn harvesting skill!"

{Piaotian Literature}