As night fell, a huge bonfire was ignited in the open space in the middle of the Goblin tribe.
The people from Guanzhou dismantled two Goblin wooden houses, stacked the wood crosswise, and filled the center with pre-collected firewood, branches, and dead leaves.
Wang Bin pretended to snap his fingers, and a spark suddenly appeared on the firewood, followed by a blazing fire that illuminated the entire camp.
That night, three bonfires were no longer needed. Although the two groups still sat around separately, the atmosphere was much better than the previous night.
Most importantly, tonight, everyone could eat their fill.
After the roasted Luo Beast meat was cut, it was still dripping with oil, and its aroma filled the air. People eagerly devoured it.
Yan Kuan also walked out of the basement, drawn by the smell of meat. According to him, his research was complete.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Chen Bugu took the opportunity to reintroduce Han Badou to Bai Ting and the others.
Perhaps out of their dislike for Ding Wenli, or perhaps out of sympathy for the child, no one raised any objections to him joining the team.
Among them, Lin Xiaoxiao liked Han Badou the most; his constant calling of “Xiao Xiao Jie” touched her heart.
“Oh, right, Ba Dou, we know your skills, but what is your ability?” Lin Xiaoxiao asked.
Since they had become teammates, such things as abilities should be familiar to each other. Lin Xiaoxiao guessed that Bai Ting and the others were also curious about this, so she simply asked first.
“I am an enhancement-type ability, Brain Power Enhancement - Qianji.”
“Brain Power Enhancement? Then you must be especially smart?”
Wang Bin wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth and looked at Han Badou curiously.
“Not really. It’s just that when I want knowledge in a certain field, relevant theories automatically appear in my mind, and then my memory feels stronger, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with being smart now. Like my two skills, Energy Monitoring and Telepathic Sound Transmission, they haven't brought any intelligence boost either.”
“If I could be like Binge Ge, snapping my fingers and igniting such a large pile of fire, that would be cool.”
“Not at all, not at all…”
Wang Bin smiled and waved his hands repeatedly. Although Chen Bugu could tell he was being modest, he still wanted to inwardly complain that this person was too easy to read.
To be able to access relevant theories in your mind when you want knowledge in a certain field—what’s the difference between that and having a super AI implanted in your brain?
Han Badou was truly skilled with words.
“Doesn't seem to have much to do with being smart now?”
Such a large knowledge reserve combined with a super memory is equivalent to saying that he can directly absorb any knowledge as long as he has thought about it once.
The definition of smart is inherently vague. When he possesses the algorithms and storage of an artificial intelligence, he only needs to achieve the lowest level of flexible application, and that is also a terrifying thing.
How long did it take for artificial intelligence to defeat the world's top Go players?
Han Badou isn't smart? What a joke.
“Qianji Divine Calculation, more than eight dou.”
In his previous life, even Chen Bugu, a novice who had been at the bottom of the marginal city, knew this phrase.
Bai Ting and Lin Ye and the others quickly realized how buggy Han Badou's ability was.
Although he didn't have strong combat power, he was almost equivalent to a walking human computer.
“Can your mind access information about why we came to this world, or how to leave this world?”
Bai Ting suddenly spoke.
Except for Chen Bugu, everyone else also focused their attention on Han Badou.
“Yes.”
This time, everyone else stood up, only Chen Bugu remained seated.
Chen Bugu shook his head; he had already asked Han Badou this question.
“However, perhaps because my level is too low, when I retrieve these relevant pieces of information, my brain feels intense pain, my mental power is rapidly consumed, and most of the retrieved information is garbled, which I cannot Decipher.”
This answer was the same as what Han Badou had previously given Chen Bugu.
Chen Bugu even wondered if he would have a chance to use Breaking to read that information if the Brain Power Enhancement - Qianji ability were given to him.
Unfortunately, Chen Bugu could neither plunder Han Badou's ability nor find a way to bestow Breaking upon others.
That's right, if it were that easy, the strongest individuals in the previous life wouldn't have been unable to find a way back to their original world.
Everyone sat back down in disappointment. Although perhaps when Han Badou becomes stronger, his ability might truly be able to Decipher the information of this world, no one knew if they could live until then, or if Han Badou could live until then.
Bai Ting suddenly wondered if this was also why Chen Bugu insisted on bringing Han Badou into the team.
Just then, Wei Lai, the leader of Guanzhou, a sales manager in his 30s, walked towards Chen Bugu and his group.
Han Badou's uncle was named Han Fuyu, and he was a colleague of Wei Lai at the same company.
Before the Great Disaster, Han Fuyu and Wei Lai were eating at a popular internet-famous restaurant, and coincidentally, Han Badou and his sister happened to be visiting that internet-famous restaurant to check it out. They met Han Fuyu and the other man and joined them for a meal.
Unfortunately, although the meal was finished, the world had changed.
Han Badou's uncle was by nature honest and timid, not good at arguing with people.
When the Goblins swarmed out, he was truly terrified. Many people died in front of him; those scenes of disembowelment and splattered brains repeatedly impacted the timid man's heart.
Seeing Han Badou wanting to go back to save his sister, Han Fuyu could only desperately pull him away. Although he saved his nephew, he also bore the guilt of abandoning his niece.
After his sister died, Han Badou was overwhelmed with grief and furiously cursed his uncle, calling him timid and weak, and accusing him of abandoning her.
Han Fuyu was ashamed and mustered the courage to confront Ding Wenli, but it was useless. Ding Wenli easily cut off his finger with a Cold Steel Flying Daggers.
That night, Ding Wenli needed to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, and Han Fuyu happened to be that chicken.
The next day, when Han Badou woke up, Han Fuyu was already gone.
It was said that on the night Han Fuyu disappeared, he had sought out Wei Lai, hoping Wei Lai would look after Han Badou.
So, he guessed that his uncle was afraid to face him, and also afraid to face his parents, so he chose to leave alone.
Han Badou later regretted it. He knew that he had been emotional at the time and spoken without thinking, hurting his uncle.
However, with a loved one dying before their eyes, neither he nor his uncle could get past that hurdle in their hearts.
Han Badou had also told Chen Bugu about this matter, and Chen Bugu promised him that if they encountered Han Fuyu on the way out of the Initial Forest, they would take him along.
After Han Fuyu disappeared, Wei Lai did not break his promise and took care of Han Badou as much as possible. Han Badou saw all of this. So he took out a yun ling fruit and gave it to Wei Lai, helping him break through to Black Iron Two Star.
Wei Lai now walked in front of Chen Bugu, looked at Han Badou, and bowed slightly to Chen Bugu.
“Mr. Chen, please take care of my old friend’s nephew from now on.”
“Mr. Wei, you are too polite. Ba Dou is my companion; we will look out for each other.”
“Thank you, Mr. Chen, for the guidance. I hope we meet again someday.”
Wei Lai finished speaking, turned, and left.
Earlier, he had sought out Chen Bugu, hoping Chen Bugu could take the people of Guanzhou with him.
Chen Bugu directly refused, stating clearly that he could not travel with so many burdens.
But he told Wei Lai how to leave the Initial Forest.
After this matter was relayed back to Guanzhou, two men accused Chen Bugu of being cold-blooded and ruthless, unaware of helping the weak. Chen Bugu naturally bothered to ignore them.
He had thought Wei Lai was coming to talk about this again tonight, but he didn't expect it was specifically to entrust Han Badou to Chen Bugu.
It seemed that this Wei Lai was a decent person after all.
After eating their fill, Bai Ting and the others dragged the Luo Beast furs from the Goblin wooden house and placed them by the bonfire, then lay down to rest.
On the Guanzhou side, due to the large number of people, they split into several groups and each found a Goblin wooden house to sleep in.
Although the Goblin camp should be relatively safe for now, Chen Bugu and his group still arranged for two people to take turns on night watch as usual.
...
Three kilometers southeast of the Goblin tribe, two dark figures were rapidly dashing through the forest.
“Fourth Brother, are you sure it’s this direction?”
“The marker shows it’s over there.”
The man named Fourth Brother replied in a hoarse, faint voice.
“This time, why don’t we just kill those two Black Iron Four Star bugs while we’re at it? Their self-righteous attitude annoys me.”
“Less talk, hurry up. If we mess this up, both you and I will die.”
After Fourth Brother spoke, the two slightly increased their speed and galloped towards the Goblin tribe.