I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 87 Bats in the Moonlight
But it was just hunger, not a big deal for him and not unbearable.

Zhang Chen now began to visualize the diagram of "The Square Heaven and the Earth" in his mind. This was the perfect opportunity to visualize the scroll, and try to visualize it as soon as possible, and then add some points to it.

Time passed quickly and it was the night of the full moon. Although the water in the underground river was cold, Zhang Chen controlled the flow of qi and blood and could speed up the flow of qi and blood. Therefore, his qi and blood were consumed faster, but he did not feel cold.

As the full moon approached, the crystal core in Zhang Chen's body suddenly twisted and changed, emitting a bright light. The light was bright white, like the bright moon in the sky, and looked like moonlight.

Then Zhang Chen had a thought in his mind, and his body twisted and turned into a group of bats.

There are thirty-six of them!

Then the bat actually flapped its wings, flew through the gap in front of it, and continued to fly in the darkness.

"It's a pity that the night pearl cannot pass through the gap." Zhang Chen turned into thirty-six bats flying in the dark. Looking at the night pearl falling into the water, there was a trace of regret in his eyes. He was afraid of being poor now.

However, it is important to escape now. When I go back and control the fox spirit to make more explosives, I will have the chance to take out the treasures in the tomb sooner or later.

Although there is no light underground, it does not affect the flight of bats. Zhang Chen is seen flapping his wings in the darkness, like an elf in the dark night, constantly avoiding the protruding cliffs and rocks underground, and shuttling nimbly and smoothly in the void.

I don't know how many meters I flew. After about two hours, Zhang Chen stopped flying because there was no road in front of him. It was all filled with underground river water.

The underground river water was still turbulent, and there was obviously a channel under the river.

The bat transformed by Zhang Chen was clinging to the cliff at this time, trying to use the water control technique to separate the underground river, but the next moment he found that he seemed to have lost the ability to control water.

"When I'm in bat form, I can't use other skills. I seem to have really turned into a vampire bat, not that mortal Zhang Chen. The only skill I can use now is the blood control skill."

Zhang Chen suddenly realized that not only was he unable to use the water control technique, but even skills such as the Light of the Righteous God were ineffective.

But it’s not impossible to change back, so he is not in a hurry.

The underground space here is narrow, and Zhang Chen did not choose to restore his human form. Once he restored his human form, he would be stuck in the cracks of the rocks and unable to move at all. So he simply controlled the thirty-six vampire bats to hug each other into a ball and jumped directly into the water flow, floating on the water surface and swimming along the underground river. Then, as the bats flapped their wings, they dived directly into the deep water and disappeared without a trace.

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Under the night

In the cave where Zhang Chen usually made gunpowder, there was a sudden sound of flapping wings, and thirty-six palm-sized vampire bats flew out from the deepest abyss of the cave.

The bat was extremely fast and did not stay in the cave. Instead, it rushed out of the cave directly, and then the bright moonlight in the sky fell on the bat.

Mysterious silver-white symbols suddenly appeared on the wings of the thirty-six bats, and then the symbols flashed with mysterious fluctuations. The next moment, the moonlight in the sky seemed to have substance, and it was pulled and absorbed by the vampire bats like a substance.

With the bat as the center, all the moonlight within a radius of several meters was distorted and absorbed by the bat's wings.

Then thirty-six vampire bats spread out, soaring in the sky, constantly devouring the moonlight in the sky.

At this moment, Zhang Chen felt that his state was very strange, as if each of the thirty-six vampire bats was his original body, and each vampire bat was controlled by his ego consciousness.

Zhang Chen thought to himself, and the vampire bat flew through the air and pounced towards the sika deer in the dark night.

Thirty-six vampire bats were flying silently in the dark night. A sika deer resting under a big tree did not react at all, as if it was asleep. It was completely unaware of the crisis from the outside world and let the vampire bats land on it without waking up. After more than thirty breaths, all the blood of the sika deer had been absorbed by the bats.

The sika deer was drained of blood while it was sleeping and died silently.

Then the vampire bats gathered together and turned into the appearance of Zhang Chen. At this time, the moonlight in the sky was attracted and poured into the pores of Zhang Chen's skin and was absorbed by the crystal core in his body.

"For now, I can't see what use the moonlight has for me. I just feel that after the moonlight enters my body, my soul has an indescribable sense of comfort." Zhang Chen looked at the sika deer on the ground and directly summoned the fox fairy Nannan.

"Go, skin and tendons of that sika deer for me." Zhang Chen pointed at the fox fairy Nannan and said angrily.

He felt that this was in line with his status. When there was something going on, he would just summon his skills to do it for him. If he had to do everything himself, how could that be in line with his image as a master?
"You...you actually absorbed the moonlight directly with your body!!!" The vixen looked at Zhang Chen, who was covered in moonlight, with shock on her face, her eyes full of disbelief.

With Zhang Chen as the center, an area of ​​several meters in radius was completely dark, and all the moonlight was absorbed into Zhang Chen's body like flowing water.

"What's wrong with using your physical body to absorb the moon's energy? Don't you demons absorb the moon's energy when you practice cultivation?" Zhang Chen was puzzled when he saw the fox spirit's expression of disbelief, so he opened his mouth to ask.

The fox spirit took a deep breath after hearing this: "Only when we cultivators reach the realm of night wandering can our souls leave our bodies to bathe in the moonlight and use the power of the moonlight to nourish our souls, but I have never heard of anyone being able to absorb the moonlight directly with their bodies. How could such an ability be born in the world? Wouldn't it be that for you, just standing under the moonlight can absorb the moonlight to nourish your soul, and you don't have to endure the various dangers of heaven and earth? You don't have to be afraid of collisions with strangers, you don't have to be afraid of the strong winds between heaven and earth, you don't have to be afraid of wind and rain?"

There was a hint of disbelief in the vixen's eyes, and she suddenly felt sour in her heart!

Only when she was halfway through the sourness did she realize something was wrong: "Isn't this a cave? How did you escape through dozens of meters of bluestone?"

The vixen looked at Zhang Chen in disbelief. There were too many doubts about the person in front of her. The whole person seemed to be shrouded in fog, and she, the fox fairy Nannan, could not see clearly.

Zhang Chen ignored the fox fairy Nannan's question and said, "Hurry up and decompose the sika deer for me. I'm starving to death." Seeing that Zhang Chen had no intention of answering, the fox fairy Nannan's eyes showed a hint of disappointment. She knew that since Zhang Chen had a way to escape from the tomb, it would naturally be a long time before she could regain her freedom.

Faced with the oppression of Zhang Chenzhiyi's Qi, the vixen was so angry that her teeth itched, but she had no choice but to do as he asked.

After the fox spirit dealt with the sika deer, the two of them rushed towards the cave.

Looking from a distance, one can see a figure walking slowly under the moonlight, and behind him a sika deer is floating in the air, following Zhang Chen.

When they came to the cave, the pots and pans were all there, and the vixen started to cook. Zhang Chen stood on the rock outside the cave, quietly basking in the moonlight. Although he didn't know what the moonlight was good for, it was definitely a useful thing once it entered his body.

By the time the vixen had finished stewing the meat and Zhang Chen had finished eating, the sky had already brightened, the sun had risen in the east, and the bumblebees began to come out and move around.

Sensing Zhang Chen's presence, a group of bumblebees immediately swooped over to show their friendliness.

"The number of bumblebees has increased. There are probably more than 5,000 of them. How can there be so many bumblebees?" Zhang Chen was chewing a bone while observing the bumblebees in the cave, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Unless all the nearby bumblebees have come here! There is a severe drought in the world right now, and it is even more difficult for small animals like bumblebees to survive outside. This place has my honey water and a constant supply of meat, which is the best place for bumblebees to survive. Moreover, this group of bumblebees actually get along harmoniously without fighting. This is strange. Could it be the effect of the dragon energy I left in the cave?"

While Zhang Chen was looking at the bumblebee, his eyes fell on the bumblebee's nest.

"It's not good for bumblebees to build a nest here. If I leave here in the future, I won't be able to take the bumblebee's nest with me." Zhang Chen raised his head and looked at the beehive hanging on the cave. After thinking for a moment, he had an idea in his mind. He urged the fox spirit to pull down the bumblebee's nest and put it into the basket.

"I wonder why you keep so many bumblebees?" The fox fairy Nannan looked at the overwhelming number of bumblebees and listened to the buzzing sound of their wings, and her scalp felt tingling.

"This world is so chaotic, I must have some means of self-defense." Zhang Chen said.

Zhang Chen picked up the beehive in the backpack and found that it was already the size of a plate. Zhang Chen took the beehive and took out the honey pot, smeared honey on the beehive, and then stuffed the beehive into a spare backpack. He then used a knife to make a dozen holes in the backpack, enough for the bumblebee to quickly crawl out, and then Zhang Chen stopped.

"Move the bumblebee into the backpack. Even if I move in the future, I can take the bumblebee with me. But I have moved the beehive to a new place. Although I have the dragon energy to appease it, I don't know if the bumblebee will buy it." Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of expectation. Even if the bumblebee doesn't buy it, it doesn't matter. At worst, he can just continue to build a new nest. Anyway, he has his own honey as bait, so he is not afraid that the bumblebee will escape.

In fact, Zhang Chen was not disappointed. After the bumblebees finished eating the meat, they followed the smell of honey in the air and went directly into the box that Zhang Chen had prepared in advance. Then, after the bumblebees crawled in, they started to get busy, going in and out to continue building their own hives.

"It's done!"

Zhang Chen looked at the bumblebees coming in and out, with a hint of joy in his eyes. He hung the backpack above the cave and put clean water in the basket to keep it moist. Now that the world is dry, the bumblebees are not having a good time either. He was afraid that the bumblebees would die of thirst.

The current severe drought in the world actually gives Zhang Chen an opportunity. As long as the water source exists, why should he be afraid that the hornets will fly away?
"I'll call you a beehive from now on! Wait until the bumblebee's nest completely fills the entire backpack, then you'll be a qualified beehive." Zhang Chen stretched out his hand to catch a bumblebee that was crawling on his body.

Looking at the Bumblebee in his hand, Zhang Chen became more and more delighted, as this was the capital that could save his life in troubled times.

With this Bumblebee, even if a team of 500 people comes, he can easily defeat them.

"Besides, there are bumblebees guarding this place, and the passage into the tomb is much safer. Although the passage is in a deep pit more than 50 meters underground and covered by a pool of water, it is always good to have an extra layer of insurance."

After Zhang Chen packed up the things in the cave, he thought for a moment, put down his long knife and other items, and went down the mountain with the sika deer.

If an explosion occurs in my house, it will definitely alert the government, and then the government will definitely come after me.

He also thought about not going down the mountain, but hiding in the mountains, digging out the tomb, and then looking for an opportunity to go south. However, this idea was not reliable. If he, the real owner, did not show up, his younger brothers and sisters and stepmother would definitely be implicated.

In this era, it is a system of collective responsibility. If one person breaks the law, the whole family will suffer. If one person hides away and does not show up, his stepmother and younger brothers and sisters will inevitably be skinned alive.

Although Zhang Chen was going down the mountain, he was well prepared. He had two plans: First, he had an alibi, and if he could get away, that would be the best. If not, he would activate the second plan. Second, fake his death!

If the government insists on pestering him, he will definitely use his younger brothers and sisters as threats. He can fake his own death, then hide in the mountains and forests to dig a large tomb, and at the same time use his faked death to get rid of his younger brothers and sisters.

Of course, he still hoped that his first assumption would be successful. By then, he would have more plans. For example, now that there is a severe drought in the world, he can go sell water and will definitely be able to accumulate a considerable income to use as travel expenses for his future trip south.

“Although selling water is unethical, I can’t do anything about it! There may not be any worldly money in that tomb. Even if there is, I dare not sell it. If something goes wrong and people find out the origin of the tomb, I will be in even greater trouble.” Zhang Chen’s mind was flickering.

The vixen was carrying the sika deer, and followed Zhang Chen with a troubled look on her face. After a long while, she stammered, "I say... how do you plan to deal with that poor scholar?"

"You have blown off one of the scholar's ears and destroyed his face. Please spare his life for my sake! Now that I am gone, he is no match for you. You can still do whatever you want to him." The vixen looked at Zhang Chen eagerly.

"I suspect that guy has already filed a complaint against me with the government. If you can get him to drop the complaint, take all the blame, and save me from a lot of trouble, I don't mind letting him go." Zhang Chen replied slowly.

It is impossible to let him go, but if we can avoid the trouble from the government, we can punish the nerd after things calm down.

Upon hearing this, the vixen threw the sika deer meat on the ground and disappeared from the spot. Only a voice rang out in the air: "Wait, I'll go and send him a dream!"

(End of this chapter)