Five Frozen Centuries Chapter 51

Chapter 51: New Ruins Added

Wei Huo felt a little defeated. He was a little unhappy that Lu Qiqi had lied to him, but he was not going to break down!
That blow was insufficient to drive him to the brink of breaking down. As a person who survived being alone for 300 years, nothing could break him down.
It was easy for Wei Huo to be neglected because of that bug-like passive title effect of his causing him to always end up alone.
It was normal for him to be neglected by his teachers and classmates.
Wei Huo always spent time alone at home on weekends when his parents were out working extra shifts.
His long lonely life nurtured his strong resistance towards loneliness and his ability to complete quests on his own.
For example, Wei Huo liked playing instances alone even if it was a six-player instance. If he could not make it through, he would start over again by referring to the guide, or reload cash… Cough.
In short, Wei Huo was the kind of player with high emotional intelligence and resistance to loneliness.
However, he hated white lies.
For example, if someone old at home had passed away, he would be able to bear the news if he was directly told about it. However, if he only found out about it when he excitedly returned home… You are challenging his emotional intelligence on purpose!
That was why Wei Huo was annoyed at Lu Qiqi for lying to him. If Lu Qiqi had not done so, Wei Huo could have arrived at the Southern continent by now.
Nonetheless, Wei Huo eventually stopped being angry at Lu Qiqi. He could not hold grudges against a dead person after all. As long as mankind’s time halt did not end, Wei Huo’s journey would not stop as well.
He planned to travel to the west. Once he arrived at the westmost end of the Western continent, he would build a ship to continue traveling. Since he did not know when the time halt would end, Wei Huo had no choice but to continue traveling and collecting whatever heritage he could from those caves. He also planned to hunt down Rare-ranked creatures and challenge Epic-ranked creatures to test the level of his capabilities.
Wei Huo felt liberated for once. The old him was always waiting on mankind’s time halt to come to an end, but this time he did not plan on waiting anymore. ‘Who cares if the time halt is going to be for another 500 years or a millennium, I will do everything I wish to do.
‘I will enjoy life, travel, hunt, and continue getting stronger!’
Wei Huo had a healthy mindset because he understood all of a sudden that there was no need to care if the time halt was going to end. He had things he wanted to accomplish. Now that he had the power, time, and chance to do so, he should just do it.
As long as he treated those humans shielded in golden light as statues and stopped treating himself as a human but as a part of nature, he would never feel lonely.
He started traveling west. His journey was not only to find caves and hunt the Rare-ranked creatures, it was to enjoy the views and good food along the way as well.
When Wei Huo was traveling west, he encountered a huge rhinoceros. It only sensed Wei Huo’s presence when Wei Huo was right in front of it.
It turned around and ran upon seeing Wei Huo!
A rhinoceros that was seven to eight meters tall ran at the sight of Wei Huo without hesitation. Wei Huo was dumbfounded.
‘Are your senses that sharp?’
Although Wei Huo’s presence could easily be neglected, all the killings combined with the Qi Cultivation he did over the years made his aura even more threatening and powerful than ever. He could emit an invisible force of pressure just by standing there. That was why the rhinoceros immediately ran at the sight of him.
Although Wei Huo had that title, it was still pretty unbelievable for the rhinoceros to not sense his presence even when he was right in front of it.
Wei Huo realized that although the title provided him with a 75% chance of being undetected, it depended on circumstances. No matter how high your chances were of being undetected, if you wore conspicuous clothings, had a strong stench, and a weird hairdo while showing off with a smug look in front of others, you would definitely still get beaten up.
Unless you had a 100% chance of being undetected.
If that was the case, others would never be able to detect your presence no matter what you do.
That was why there was still a chance Wei Huo could be discovered. Moreover, as he became stronger, his title effect might not be able to suppress his presence for much longer.
As he watched the rhinoceros run, Wei Huo chased after it. ‘Did you really think I would let go of such a sharp-looking ride?’
Wei Huo charged toward it and grabbed the rhinoceros by its horn. The rhinoceros was angry and started struggling, however how could it break free of Wei Huo’s strength?
The rhinoceros was raging. It kept stomping the ground with its hindfoot, and tried to run itself into Wei Huo, however Wei Huo blocked it with only one hand.
Wei Huo used one hand to control the rhinoceros while checking the Item Mall with his other hand. Soon after that, he found a saddle that could adjust its size automatically. As long as that rhinoceros was tamed, the saddle could be fixed on it.
However, that rhinoceros would not be tamed easily. Its temperament was different from other creatures.
The rhinoceros stared right at Wei Huo. ‘I, the Big Rhinoceros, will never be a slave in my life. I’d rather die than give in to you.’
Wei Huo threw two punches at it.
‘It hurts!’
The rhinoceros was instantly tamed. It stopped struggling and throwing tantrums and let Wei Huo fix the saddle on its body.
Wei Huo went on to fix a bamboo table on top of its body as well while luggages were tied onto both sides of it.
With this, Wei Huo could conduct scientific research on the rhino’s back even while traveling.
Wei Huo created a pair of robotic arms upon exerting great effort. These robotic arms were two meters tall. If he wore them himself, he could walk with those rather than his own legs. The robotic arms were powerful. The strength of an ordinary person would be increased by five or six-folds if they used these robotic arms.
If robotic legs, body, and head shields could be developed after this, it would become a giant mecha. Once worn, a person’s combat and defensive skills would soar.
On top of that, Wei Huo could also install a weapon system on the mecha. There could be automatic rifles, laser guns, tracking missiles, ion thrusters and so on.
Unfortunately, although these weapons were available in the Item Mall, they were too expensive. With Wei Huo’s current combat capabilities, he did not need weapons like those at all.
Wei Huo created a scanner in order to find some forgotten tech along the way, but unfortunately he could not find any.
On the fifth year of Wei Huo’s journey to the west while riding the rhinoceros, the long-lost voice appeared again.
“New release for Players. Friend System, Pet System, Skill System, and Tech Tree System[1] implemented.”
“New event added, Ruins. Ancient Technology, Ancient Equipment, Legendary Creatures, and Ancient Dangers[2] can be found within Ruins.”
“New updates on Protoss. The Protoss have obtained part of this planet’s controls. They will begin making slight changes to the planet which will go on for 200 years.”
God’s voice gradually trailed off, but Wei Huo had yet to snap out of it. Ruins? Protoss? More and more elements were being added to the game. This world was no longer what it used to be!
However, Wei Huo was most interested in the Pet System.
He opened the Pet System and the first thing that came into view were three insect eggs. All three of them had similar characteristics. Next on display was his pet rhinoceros.
‘Empress Candidate Insect Eggs. Gender: Female. Rank: Normal. These eggs are hatchable but they do not have the ability to reproduce.
‘Rhinoceros. Gender: Male. Rank: Rare. This pet has the ability to reproduce.’
[1] A Tech Tree is a hierarchical visual representation of all possible sequences of upgrades a player can take.
[2] Ancient Dangers are a form of caskets found in RimWorld.