"Boom!"

The mecha's arm digging machine delved deep into the soil, avoiding tree roots according to Kainder's intuition, extracting the entire mass with roots and the fruit tree intact.

Kreya glanced over after hearing the noise, then continued picking fruits, while only Funa ran over quickly, stars in her eyes watching Kane operate the mecha.

She stood by without disturbing Kane's work, instead seriously observing the structure of the mecha.

Ever since she saw a photo of Kane operating the mecha in a magazine, she'd wanted to witness it firsthand but was hesitant to ask Kane to construct it just to satisfy her curiosity. Now, she finally saw it.

The uprooted fruit tree was directly enchanted by Lilu with a spell, then a huge rainbow teleportation gate was opened, and the tree was carried inside with a magic staff.

Inside, the land had already been dug into one deep pit after another, waiting for the trees to settle.

These were completed by the fairy tale world's anthropomorphized animals, now not only animals, but also various strange things were personified.

In reality, it might seem odd, but in the fairy tale world, it seems quite fitting.

Walking snowmen, running terracotta warriors, and puppets made of various candy or syrup.

There were even beer and drink elements.

Not far away, Funa noticed the rainbow teleportation gate and observed for a moment before shifting her gaze; she wasn't a spellcaster profession, and was more interested in Kane's mecha than the teleportation gate.

Thus, Kane and Lilu began to dig along the edges of the fruit orchard, tree by tree, seemingly intent on not leaving a single one behind, wanting to capture the entire grove.

Some fruit trees were home to various strange little animals, which Lilu packed up and took along, not leaving any behind.

Assisting in moving that's what it belongs to.

Even such actions were permissible within the dungeon's bounds; the manual was very clear about this when Kane and the others entered, stating many items in the dungeon could be taken directly.

Whether plant or animal.

As long as you're not deliberately damaging but indeed needing the plant, there's no issue.

The same goes for the various animals; slaughter for acquiring their ingredients or materials is permissible.

Even extensive hunting and digging are allowed as long as they're not wasteful.

But if your intent is simply killing for the sake of killing, the consequences are your own.

After picking some of their favorite fruits, Kreya and others sat nearby resting, waiting for Kane and Lilu to finish their operation.

So Kane and Lilu dug until night, uprooting the entire grove, leaving behind pit after pit.

Funa and the others had already set up camp nearby, cooking dinner with Kreya.

Kane, holding the soundly sleeping Lilu, came to the camp and directly constructed a tall, narrow wooden house beside it.

It seems they'll be camping here tonight.

After placing the Master Weaver into the origin skill grid, he constructed a small bed beside it, placing Lilu inside.

Watching the sleeping Lilu, Kane sometimes thought it felt like he was raising a daughter despite being so young.

Though on reflection, he seemed to have reached the age for parenthood in his past life.

A blue hand appeared, holding two bottles of tender green potion flying over.

Kane took them, nodding his thanks to Meizike not far away.

This tender green potion is a mix of blue magic potion and yellow physical potion, capable of replenishing both magic and physical strength.

After drinking the normal potion, he picked up another tiny potion bottle and fed it to Lilu.

"Is it done now, you worked hard." Kreya carrying two dishes came over, seeing Kane she spoke.

She placed the dishes on the large table Kane had conjured, then sat beside him.

"Earlier, West and Rui asked about Lilu's fairy tale world, can it be told?" Though Lilu had boldly used the rainbow teleportation gate before, Kreya still came to ask Kane to be sure.

"No problem, you can tell them."

Soon, everyone was gathered around the table, laughing and chatting while enjoying the delicious food.

An ethereal cry suddenly echoed from the night sky.

Hearing the cry, Kane and others couldn't help but look up into the night sky.

A faint green glowing figure flew over from the horizon, quickly skimming over Kane and the other's heads, casting starlight.

It was a giant bird, feathers emitting a faint green glow, with light feathers all over, especially its long tail feathers resembling a peacock's.

A powerful and beautiful creature.

Though the figure quickly flew over their heads, Kane and the others sensed the creature's strength, at gold level.

As the bird swiftly flew past and beyond Kane and others' sight, the scattered starlight slowly fell, landing on the daytime's dug forest site.

When the starlight landed in the pit, a lush green aura burst forth, carrying a strong breath of life.

Branch after branch sprang up from the pit, soon growing into shapes of small trees, resembling Thousand Fruit Tree saplings.

Seeing this scene, Kane roughly understood why the dungeon isn't afraid of their extensive digging and hunting.

"Yoyo, did you scan the specific information of that bird?"

Hearing Kane's inquiry, Yoyo nodded and then projected an image onto the center of the table.

This is a seven-star creature in the dungeon, with a solid gold-level strength.

Anselis, that's the name of the bird just now, according to the ancient language of the City of Gastronomy, this name represents the growth of all things.

Anselis roams throughout the dungeon, and many explorers have seen its figure, specializing in restoring the damaged ecological environment in the dungeon.

Kane finally understood why there are so many seven-star creatures in this dungeon, and many have reached the gold level. Logically, a silver dungeon shouldn't have this many creatures, now he knows.

These seven-star creatures with gold levels must be an indispensable part of the important ecological cycle in the dungeon.

According to other seven-star creatures that Kane learned about.

The ecological environment and natural changes in this dungeon rely almost entirely on these seven-star creatures. They are the core of this dungeon.

If this dungeon were a world, then these seven-star creatures would be equivalent to the natural gods of this world, playing a role in the changing of the seasons and weather variations.

If excessive harvesting of these plants would lead Anrulis to repair them.

Would a rampant and senseless slaughter of animals without restraint likewise provoke a pursuit by the seven-star creatures?

The more Kane thought about it, the more he felt this was a very strong possibility. This could explain why these explorers consciously abided by the rules.

After all, it's almost impossible to rely solely on self-awareness to prevent explorers from rampant slaughter.

He broke off these thoughts and tossed them out of his mind, enjoying the delicious food.

After eating and drinking, they rested well, for they needed to continue their journey the next day.

...

The next day.

Early in the morning, Kane and the others set off directly, continuing to advance in the direction of the grasslands.

Kane and his companions were not leisurely walking, but rather running slowly.

For their silver constitution, even a slow run was a speed that ordinary people couldn't achieve by sprinting with all their might.

By almost afternoon, they were about to reach the location of the grasslands.

This area of the grassland still had the characteristic scent present in all areas of the dungeon, with various aromas that stimulated the appetite.

However, this time after the scent entered his nose, Kane couldn't help but frown.

"Kreya, did you smell it? There seems to be a faint smell of blood in the air."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Kreya nodded and then sniffed more carefully.

"Although there's a bloody smell, it's not from intelligent creatures, it smells like various animals, probably caused by explorers who just hunted in this area,"

Upon hearing Kreya's words, Kane nodded, thinking that was the case.

Though the dungeon was extremely vast, there were quite a few teams of explorers. During this time, while in the wild, Kane and his companions would see explorers passing by in the distance from time to time.

As long as everyone's goals were different, there was almost no conflict, even if they were the same, no major conflicts would occur, since the target wasn't the only one.

If there truly was only one, then even heaven would want you to fight, so why worry?

But despite saying so, Kane and the others remained slightly more vigilant.

Before long, they saw a wolf-like creature slaughtered under a slope on the edge of the grassland.

Kane went over, crouched down, and took a look.

Its throat had been cut, killing it instantly, only half of its neck was still connected to its body.

"It should have been killed last night."

"Why didn't those people dissect this wolf? Instead, they just threw it here," Lilu wondered aloud.

Hearing her question, Xie said next to her, "Maybe this animal provoked other explorers, so they killed it but didn't collect the spoils."

This situation was quite normal, as this large dungeon had many creatures, all of which were very aggressive.

It was quite normal for them to attack passing explorers.

Seeing this, Kane and his companions continued to advance.

The deeper they went into the grasslands, the more Kane and his companions frowned.

All along the way were scenes like that wolf just now, everywhere, the smell of blood even overshadowed the unique aroma of each area.

Various animals were not collected for any spoils, just killed and discarded by the roadside.

These animals were slaughtered for no reason. One or two was acceptable, but Kane and his team saw many small animals, and even many herbivores, that were killed. There must have been a significant number of non-aggressive animals.

Some explorer team was recklessly violating the rules of the dungeon, indulging in large-scale slaughter.

Why do this?

Is it because they can't control their actions, or do they not understand the rules of this dungeon?

Suddenly, Kane squatted down.

He plucked a white feather from the mouth of an armored lion.

Gazing at the feather in his hand, Kane fell into deep thought.

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