Survival: The Evolution of an Evil God Starting from a Spider

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"But humanoid monsters are easier to catch. I'll catch him sooner or later. As for the bounty? Haha, I can use it to buy new combat boots. Look at how slow these boots are. Sometimes they take forever to catch up. So I'm waiting for the right opportunity!"

Bai and Iris knew, of course, that Liu Ziming was trying to comfort them. After all, Liu Ziming hadn't attacked the humanoid monster out of safety concerns. Even if he had lost the fight with the humanoid monster, he would have gained experience points in that area. In other words, Liu Ziming would have benefited no matter what.

However, Liu Ziming didn't do that. Firstly, out of consideration for Feng Chenyiru, since they knew each other. Secondly, the humanoid monster was currently possessing Feng Chenyiru's body, and Liu Ziming didn't want to harm innocent people. "Liu Ziming, our silver is getting less and less. You see, our gold coins are decreasing day by day. Every extra day we stay in one place, our gold coins decrease significantly. I wonder if this is another new rule?" "Iris, I didn't notice until you mentioned it. Sure enough, our gold coins are decreasing every day, but we haven't lost a single match. We've been winning the last few times." "It's probably because we've stayed in the same place for too long, so the system deducts our experience points and the corresponding amount of gold coins."

"That won't do. The three of us will soon be penniless. It seems we should talk to Elder Flame. If he likes this place, let him stay here. We have to move on, or sooner or later we'll run out of gold coins..."

Liu Ziming could see the latest game rules from a big tree. The rules stated that one could not stay in the same place for more than two days. So that was why Liu Ziming had his gold coins deducted for no reason. It seems that this damned system is still quite inhumane in some ways.

They didn't consider Liu Ziming's current state at all. The reason it lingered in this place was because it had fought a battle with other opponents and then encountered two small monsters, which naturally delayed its journey. Since the system told it to hurry up and complete the next mission, there was no point in Liu Ziming waiting here. It decided to set off immediately.

"New task delivered, please check it as soon as possible."

"They keep assigning new tasks without paying attention to me. I haven't even finished the last task. My last task was to fight 10 monsters here, but I only managed to defeat 6. Now, if I go to the next task, I've only completed half of this task. All my work has been wasted. It seems I have to start from scratch!"

“Alright, Liu Ziming, I think Feng Chenyi Ru was deliberately stalling for time. Look, we’ve lost gold coins again in just one second, while Feng Chenyi Ru is fine. It seems that Feng Chenyi Ru has been planning this for a long time. He’s been trying to deal with us for more than just a day or two.”

"We are in this area and could start a war with someone at any time. Not everyone is necessarily friend or foe. In short, we must remain vigilant."

"Because the people here could devour our experience points at any time and turn us into penniless people, the reason we stayed here for two days was firstly because I was fighting monsters for the second time, and I found that there might be a relatively good big monster nearby, so we had to wait here for the right opportunity."

Now, Liu Ziming realized that simply killing those low-level monsters wouldn't be enough to level him up quickly. His only thought now was to find a powerful monster as soon as possible to replenish his health and instantly gain full experience, thus recovering all the gold he had just lost.

Chapter 497 Received an A-level opinion

Liu Ziming smiled with a hint of sarcasm. After all, compared to his previous glory, he was now like a piece of trash.

Liu Ziming is no longer the same person who became a god overnight, where all the tasks were assigned to him. Now it's different; only occasionally will the system take pity on him and assign him a task.

After hearing the system notification, Liu Ziming suddenly found a slip of paper in his hand. He opened the slip of paper, which read: Go to Wind City to find the Old Man of Ancient Shepherd.

The deployment condition is that you can bring two or more pets.

Liu Ziming angrily threw the note aside. After all, even if his level was too low now, he couldn't possibly accept such an unreasonable task. Why did they have to send Liu Ziming to find an old man? Wouldn't others be able to find him?

At this moment, the two little ones curiously peeked over. Ellis could tell at a glance that Liu Ziming was in a bad mood and understood that he definitely didn't want to accept this mission with no practical function. "Boss Liu Ziming, don't be discouraged. We can level up from low to high levels. This is just a short-term test. You know that systems usually don't have brains."

Liu Ziming seemed to have gotten used to it. Recently, the system had been sending him tasks that were unconditional, without reason or purpose. These tasks, which couldn't be simpler, were all assigned to Liu Ziming.

The system assigns everyone the same level. People like Liu Ziming, whose level is too low, can only complete C-level tasks. Higher-level people can complete B-level tasks, and the highest level is A-level tasks. After completing each A-level task, the corresponding gold coins and leveling speed will increase.

Gold coins kept flowing into the backend. In short, Liu Ziming knew that all he needed to do now was work himself to death to earn gold coins, and he could guarantee to survive one more day here.

“That’s right, Ellis is right, boss. You see, we’re low-level, but the system also has a self-protection mechanism. People with higher levels can’t use force against us now.” Liu Ziming blinked. He would rather it be a fair fight, and even if the levels were high or low, the distinction shouldn’t be so frivolous. Right now, it felt like someone had stuck a C-level mark on Liu Ziming’s forehead.

"Both of the little ones are quite reasonable. I'm not worried about my level or the gold coins. What bothers me the most is that the system keeps wanting to see my abilities. I'm someone who has already been a god. Although I went from being a Wind God to Zero overnight, it should remember that I was once glorious. How can it compare me to those who have risen from level one to where I am now?"

The two little spiders didn't understand what it felt like for Liu Ziming, who once held a high position of power, to be trampled underfoot now. All they knew was that if Liu Ziming was unhappy, neither of them could be happy.

After all, they felt that Liu Ziming was their everything, their everything in this field. Without Liu Ziming, the two of them might still be crawling around on the ground.

The conversation was quite loud, waking up the old Flame Elder who was fast asleep nearby. The old Flame Elder had completed all the tasks in his career, and now he felt that living here was a boring thing, so he had nothing to do except sleep and eat.

Liu Ziming had read all of Flame Elder's experiences, including how many monsters he had fought and how many pets he had tamed. In short, there was one thing that stood out the most in his resume: Flame Elder was once the leader of a gang. It was unexpected that this guy had such leadership skills. He gave people the feeling of being as unambitious as I am.

"You three young people are arguing back and forth, it's giving me a headache. Did the system give you another task?"

"Senior Flame, I have a feeling that the person operating the system might be a young man who isn't very old. Why is he so obsessed with simple tasks like ours? I'm still struggling in C-level, and I really don't know when I'll be able to level up again!"

"Liu Ziming, you're really stupid. If you're in a hurry to level up, you'll lose your sense of awareness. You know I've seen all the monsters here, and I understand how levels are increased. When I see all of this, you'll realize that behind this huge and magnificent place lies an immense emptiness and darkness."

Liu Ziming nodded. He knew that he was no match for the Flame Elder, since the Flame Elder had already seen through several realms within this.

Aside from fighting monsters, collecting gold coins, and leveling up, everything else seemed pointless. However, these useless tasks gave Liu Ziming a headache. He believed that tasks were just there to kill time, and that the real purpose of tasks was nothing special.

"By the way, what task did the system assign you, Liu Ziming? It's giving you such a headache."

Liu Ziming didn't want to answer the Flame Elder's question. He simply picked up the note that had been thrown on the ground and handed it to the Flame Elder.

The moment the Flame Elder received the task, his expression subtly changed, though the careless Liu Ziming didn't notice. In the Flame Elder's memory, Wind's Voice was a remarkable city, since missions here were rarely assigned to someone of Liu Ziming's low level. For Liu Ziming to receive such a mission was like winning a lucky break.

"Liu Ziming, my goodness, you're incredibly lucky! You get a mission from Wind City!"

Liu Ziming clearly didn't understand the meaning behind the Flame Elder's words. He was still staring blankly at the Flame Elder, whose eyes were shining with hope when he held the branch.

At this moment, the old man of flames rekindled his fighting spirit. Although he had experienced the Wind City, he had only heard of it. He didn't know what the Wind City was like. Although he boasted to the outside world that he had experienced everything there, it was all just empty talk.

“Liu Ziming, this is our chance to turn our lives around. You know, even A-rank people can't get their hands on the Wind City mission. Someone like you, who's still stuck in C-rank, is even less likely to get this kind of mission.” “Senior Flame, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. Why are you comparing me to a nobody? I’ve at least had some glorious moments before. But everyone has their ups and downs.”

The conversation between the Flame Elder and Liu Ziming also attracted the attention of two adorable little followers. These two little guys had never heard of the Wind Voice before and did not know what was the reason for the Flame Elder's surprise. They only knew from Liu Ziming's smile that he must want to do this mission.

"How about Liu Ziming? Let's work together as brothers to go to Wind City, find the Old Man Gu Mu, and complete this mission."

Chapter 498 Liu Ziming's Training

Knowing about this exciting mission, the old Flame Elder started talking non-stop. After all, he had seen all the realms here, and he felt that he could rely on his seniority to show off in front of Liu Ziming.

Liu Ziming seemed uninterested in any missions and no longer as happy about leveling up as before. After all, Liu Ziming believed that finding the source water of this world was the most important purpose for his coming here.

However, this little secret cannot be easily told to Elder Flame, since Liu Ziming's other identity will be gradually revealed later, and of course he does not want everyone to come into contact with his mysterious identity too early.

A drop of water can merge into the ocean, and a drop of water can also be the rainwater dripping from the eaves. The source water that Liu Ziming is looking for is a more mysterious kind of water that can bring him infinite energy. Liu Ziming's mission also proves that this magical knowledge is brought about.

The mission in Wind City ignited the fighting spirit of the old Flame Elder. He hadn't felt this way in many years, feeling young and healthy, and completing a mission felt like fulfilling a wish. After all, such missions were rare, and Liu Ziming must be lucky enough to win big prizes, otherwise this mission wouldn't have fallen into his hands for no reason.

And fun, because Liu Ziming is currently only focused on having a great time playing with the two little spiders.

"Great, great, we can go to Wind City now."

Ellis danced excitedly, pulling Bai along to spin around in circles with him. They looked just like two little kids leaving kindergarten.

In contrast to Ellis's liveliness and energy, Bai is more composed. He is like one of the few quiet students in the class who excels academically.

"You two, be careful not to twist your toes later. Let me tell you, your cultivation level is only at level 2. If you want to go to Wind City like me, you need to have a higher level!" "What? Boss, we finally have this opportunity to go out and have fun, and you're telling me our level isn't high enough? How can we level up quickly?"

"There are two great ways to level up quickly: the first is to fight monsters, and the second is to collect gold coins and use them to buy levels. Which of these two methods do you think is most suitable for you?"

However, the experience of painstakingly accumulating gold coins was simply too painful.

"Boss Liu Ziming, please have mercy! I know you still have gold coins in your backpack. Could you give them to us to help us level up?"

"You two little devils, stop with these opportunistic tricks. You need to know that fighting monsters not only earns you gold coins, but also increases your experience points. If you keep asking me for gold coins to level up like this, when will you ever be able to stand on your own? Besides, if you want to stay by my side, you must have enough skills!"

"What are we going to do? Even Liu Ziming isn't willing to help us. I really don't know what kind of foolishness led him to help us draw human figures back then?"

“OK, I think Liu Ziming is right. We two have to rely on ourselves. We can’t level up by taking advantage of other people’s abilities and gold coins. The skills we develop are our own. Look, let’s go to that empty area and find some monsters to fight. We’ll get some gold coins and level up faster. With more experience points, we’ll naturally level up. Don’t you understand this?”

“You see, even Bai understands the meaning of finding joy in hardship. Since you two have decided to fight monsters, I have some wound medicine here. You can prepare some first. Also, Bai, your combat boots are a bit expired. I happen to have a new pair of combat boots here.” “Liu Ziming, thank you so much. You not only taught us a lot, but also selflessly shared your combat boots with me.”

"When did Bai start praising people with such sweet words that also hurt my true feelings? Let me tell you, helping you guys is the same as helping me win at PUBG. As my adorable pets, you guys are very useful to me in this regard. I'm just doing things for myself now, so there's no need to be too grateful to me."

The old man with the flames looked at the three young people with a smile. He rarely saw such a united small group, after all, there was still a lot of open and covert struggle here.

As they were talking, Bai and Iris held hands and went to a desolate clearing, which was the area around where they were talking. There might be some scorpion monsters, ant monsters, rat monsters, elephant monsters, and all sorts of odd little monsters there. These things were indeed easy to fight.

Fortunately, they had the advantage in numbers. They could just fight quietly for a while and accumulate more and more gold coins. The two little guys were naturally good at dealing with these monsters. Some of the monsters even rushed in front of Bai, only to be shattered by Bai's slap.

Some monsters ran behind Ellis, but Ellis turned them into dust with a single shin kick. In short, the two little guys' fighting power was getting higher and higher.

Liu Ziming was still thinking about the monster he had encountered earlier. Wasn't this monster somewhat similar to the humanoid monster? But it was much smaller than the humanoid monster, and its cultivation level and gold coins were extremely high. At the time, Liu Ziming was busy with other matters and did not intend to defeat it.

Looking back, Liu Ziming felt a little regretful. If he had defeated that big monster himself, he would have had even more gold coins. It wasn't worth making the two little ones work so hard to deal with those smaller monsters. "Liu Ziming, I didn't expect you to be so clever. You've trained those two little ones so well; those small monsters are too easy for them." The Flame Elder praised Liu Ziming while keeping a close eye on Bai and Iris.

Indeed, that's exactly what the old Flame Elder was thinking. He believed that there were very few people like Liu Ziming who paid attention to cultivating their pets' emotions and intelligence. Most people would just exploit their pets without limit after they got them.

He never considered the pets' feelings, but Liu Ziming gave Iris and Bai complete freedom and equal rights to think, which allowed these two little ones to display unprecedented potential around him, making them vastly different from pets raised by others.

Chapter 499 Alternative Upgrade Methods

Originally excited, Liu Ziming had no choice but to patiently train the two little spiders, because their levels were not high enough, so they would probably need to level up three more times to reach level 5 before they could enter Wind City.

The thought that they were going to the City of Wind made even the old Flame Elder happy. He had previously acted as if he didn't care about anything, but now he carefully accompanied Liu Ziming, watching the two little spiders fight monsters.

The two little guys were quite diligent, and after some effort, they had enough gold coins to level up. So, they excitedly went to Liu Ziming and asked him to help them level up. "Boss Liu Ziming, look, Bai and I have enough gold coins. Now, please help us level up."

"Alright, I was just thinking about how to help you two level up. Luckily, the Flame Elder is here. It can use the power of flames to speed up the leveling process." The Flame Elder blinked. He thought to himself, "Liu Ziming, you came up with this idea really quickly."

"Elise, Bai, which of you two should come over and level up first? My flames are ready."

As soon as the Flame Elder finished speaking, the two little ones jostled and pushed each other to get to his side. "Then be gentle, you 273 are too strong, you almost knocked me over." "No, Iris, you're stronger." "It's you, it's you, look at my feet." Liu Ziming frowned slightly. He originally thought it was a happy thing for the two little ones to play and fight together, but this was a bit too noisy.

"You two little devils, shut up! What are you doing at this crucial moment of leveling up? Pushing and shoving each other like that, where did your usual mutual courtesy go? I stopped teaching you our virtues a long time ago, and the saying 'pride makes one progress, while arrogance makes one fall behind'—have you forgotten this principle?"

As Liu Ziming spoke, he observed the expressions of the two little ones. Indeed, they were extremely afraid of him when he was studying, so they could only lower their heads in silence. "I've told you both before that you should be united and friendly, but you two just wouldn't listen."

Bai and Ellis, the two little ones, rarely saw Liu Ziming so angry. Indeed, their behavior was a bit excessive, after all, in Liu Ziming's eyes, they were like the palm and back of his own hand.

If they fight and argue all the time, it will not only affect the relationship between the brothers, but also make them a laughing stock in the eyes of outsiders. Liu Ziming doesn't want others to think that his two adorable pets are just two idiots. "Alright, Liu Ziming has finished criticizing them. Let's upgrade Iris first. Iris, close your eyes, turn your head away, and sit cross-legged on the ground."

As the old master Flame spoke, he instructed Iris on what to do next. His posture seemed to be imparting the inner scriptures and mental techniques to Iris, exuding a deep sense of chivalry.

Since Liu Ziming had asked Senior Flame to help the two little ones level up, he figured he shouldn't interfere. So he went to sit in the woods for a while and waited for the two little ones to finish leveling up before coming to him.

They then surrounded Ellis.

Bai frowned as he watched. He was not as brave as Iris to begin with, and this old flame senior was actually helping Iris level up in this way, which he had never heard of before.

"Ellis, how are you feeling? Can you feel the heat surging through your body? Let me tell you, this technique is the fastest way to help you level up. This technique is unique to me, and other people may not know it. If you level up with some random people, who knows what you'll end up like."

His white head was covered in black lines. Could there be a worse way to upgrade? Probably not.

(cibj) Fortunately, nothing happened to Ellis, otherwise he would have regretted it. After all, seeing the old flame master's crude upgrade method, and Ellis frowning several times in the middle, he even suspected that Ellis could feel the pain of the flames burning his skin.

"What are you standing there for? Bai has upgraded you now, come over here quickly."

To be honest, Bai didn't want to go over at all, because the old man with the flames looked like he was about to devour someone. His eyes were wide open, his pupils were bulging, and his eyeballs were practically popping out of his eyes—in short, he was terrifying. "Bai, it's your turn. Hurry up, you don't want to hold Liu Ziming back, do you?"

Seeing that Bai hadn't moved, Ellis urged him on, still thinking that Bai was afraid of the pain and that's why he didn't dare to come over.

Under the gaze of the two people, Bai had no choice but to obediently sit cross-legged on the ground, feeling extremely uneasy.

"No hardship or difficulty on the road to leveling up, I'll help you level up quickly. I trust in the strength of you, the veteran Flame Master."

If the Flame Elder hadn't uttered those two sentences, things would have been fine. But the moment he did, Bai became even more frightened. The Flame Elder was trying to soothe Bai's nervous and uneasy emotions, but his tone or his teasing manner revealed only the Flame Elder's rather unprofessional cultivation.

Although the old flame master wasn't very professional, he was alright. At least he once had a cute pet, which was a soot sprite, but he eventually raised it to death.

The old man of Flame didn't know what the Coal Monster liked to eat or drink or what his daily habits were. In any case, less than a week after following the old man of Flame, the Coal Monster started feeling unwell, vomiting and having diarrhea. After that, the Coal Monster's health deteriorated rapidly.

After these heavy blows, the old man of Flame should no longer keep any pets, for he fears that he might accidentally send those innocent and adorable little creatures to their doom.

The old flame master really likes Bai and Iris, the two little guys. After all, they are quite popular and easy to raise. In addition, the two little guys can level up by collecting gold coins, fight monsters, and collect gold coins. In short, for their owner, having these two close little bodyguards is a great joy in life.

"Senior Flame, have I finished upgrading as well?"

Unlike Ellis's symptoms, Bai did not feel any stinging sensation after being burned by the flames, which is why he suspected that Xiao Bao had helped him level up.

"Hmm, Bai, your physique is more cold-natured. The moment my flames touched your body, they were visualized. Look at Iris, she absorbs my flames, but you repel them. It seems you two will achieve a mutual repulsion and mutual compensation effect. It seems Liu Ziming is lucky; he's really picked up two treasures."