Survival: Ocean (Playwright) Chapter One Hundred and One: Hunting Bears and Catching Tigers

The red light around Zhang Dingyang did not last long. The military talisman was powerful, but it also had to consume soul power.

And at the moment, everyone’s soul power was suppressed to the level of ordinary people. So while Zhang Dingyang’s outburst was terrifying, his staying power was not even as good as Wu Hui’s dire wolf.

The dire wolf had it rough too, even more wretched than Wang Xiaodie. Since it could be revived after dying anyway, Li Le used it without mercy.

The gray bear had taken several bullets. Panting heavily, it bit the dire wolf to death, but it was also too weak to crawl back up from the ground. Zhang Dingyang took out a length of rope and bound it. “This one, I don’t really like. You sign it first.”

Wu Hui knew he did not really mean he disliked it; he was just watching carefully to see how Wu Hui used the slave contract.

As for Zhang Dingyang, he had only one impression so far: rough on the outside, careful on the inside.

He was indeed bold and straightforward, but not careless in the least. He looked like someone with plenty of social experience. His intelligence attribute was only seven, not high. Yet he somehow seemed even smarter than Wang Xiaodie.

That was not really a matter of intelligence, but of temperament. Wang Xiaodie... to be honest, she simply could not keep her mouth shut and always wanted to complain, but she was not stupid.

“Fine.” Wu Hui took the contract and, with Zhang Dingyang’s help, forced the gray bear to sign.

The gray bear struggled in vain and could only obediently become Wu Hui’s beast. Zhang Dingyang nodded, confirming how the slave contract worked. “Then shall we go find the next one?”

“Wait a moment.” Wu Hui walked to the hollow tree behind the gray bear. “This tree hollow can give us one item from the outside world.”

Zhang Dingyang raised an eyebrow. “Oh? What do you need?”

“Mm, I need a magic book that can heal,” Wu Hui said. “And you?”

“For now, there’s nothing I urgently need. You take it.”

Zhang Dingyang stood to the side and closed his eyes to rest. Clearly, the previous battle had cost him quite a bit as well.

Wu Hui reached in and took out the Book of Life. In truth, he had chosen the gray bear as his first target precisely because he had noticed the hollow tree here.

Of course, the gray bear itself was tough and hardy, which was also the kind of creature he wanted.

Compared with pieces, beast pets and the like had the advantage that summoning them did not consume soul power; only revival did. Of course, pieces could be summoned repeatedly even after death, but when a beast died, revival took a long time.

So in a sudden encounter, beasts were more useful; in a prolonged battle, pieces were more useful. That was why Wu Hui’s summoning style required a small number of beast summons and a large number of pieces.

He was clearly not the sort of person who would leave himself with any weakness.

Although he walked the path of a summoner, his own body was not weak in the least. One could imagine the expression on an enemy’s face in the future: after spending endless time and effort breaking through layer upon layer of summons to finally reach Wu Hui, only to be personally blown apart by him.

The Book of Life activated, and the gray bear’s injuries gradually healed.

The two of them no longer delayed and headed for the next target.

Now that they had the gray bear’s combat strength, along with the assistance of the Book of Life, the coming battles had even less suspense. Zhang Dingyang quickly signed a contract with a white tiger, while Wang Xiaodie was brought over to contract a giant beetle.

“...Why am I, a girl, signing a contract with something like this?” Wang Xiaodie was a little unhappy. But to be honest, she did not seem to be very afraid of the big insect.

Wu Hui said, “Before we can take them out of the game, these animals can’t turn into cards like my dire wolf and squid. The gray bear already takes up a lot of space, so we need something smaller.”

The beetle was said to be enormous, but in truth it only took up about as much space as a person. It could even float on water.

As for the gray bear, once it was placed on the raft, it made people feel as if the raft really ought to be enlarged. The bed they were sharing already felt a bit too cramped.

“...” Wang Xiaodie accepted it helplessly. As always, she had no room to resist Wu Hui.

Something was better than nothing.

At dusk, when they rested, the three of them took turns going to the island to bathe. Zhang Dingyang even traded a telescope to Wu Hui for a bar of soap.

The island was not very safe, so it was best to bathe in company. Wang Xiaodie also did not mind Wu Hui’s presence. She simply took off her clothes in front of him and went into the water.

As for Wu Hui, he neither deliberately looked nor deliberately looked away. He sat quietly by the lake and, together with the dire wolf, dug out two old treasure chests.

They had already reached ten gold coins, but still had not found anywhere to use them.

There should be such a place on this large island. What they had explored so far was only a very small part of it. Perhaps other players had already landed somewhere else.

“Master, I’m done washing.” Wang Xiaodie called to Wu Hui while dressing. The first two words sounded a little like they were being ground out through clenched teeth. Wu Hui figured she would probably try to get even later, but her affection for him had already risen to sixty-eight.

Women... were truly hard to understand. They never followed ordinary logic. They disguised themselves and sulked over things that had no real meaning.

Even now, Wu Hui still did not fully understand it.

When he was bathing in the water, Wang Xiaodie peeked at him from the side, and she even blushed a little while doing so.

Wu Hui’s charm was also eight points; when it came to details, it might even be higher than Wang Xiaodie’s. Everyone has an appreciation for beauty. Wang Xiaodie was not especially obsessed with looks, but she still liked to glance a few more times.

If Wu Hui had been some middle-aged bald pervert or something, Wang Xiaodie would probably have hesitated more when she proposed the slave contract.

So, being good-looking really did make life easier everywhere.

Wang Xiaodie touched her own face. It was clearly quite nice, on the same level as those stars and internet celebrities even without makeup. Her figure was also beyond reproach. Why could Wu Hui be so indifferent toward her? It felt as though even if some random male slave came along, his attitude would be exactly the same.

Her contract with Wu Hui would last until two days after the game ended.

At first, she had thought that if she managed to scam Wu Hui, she could squeeze some benefits out of him in those last two days depending on the situation. Now, however, she was worried that in those final two days Wu Hui would strip her of everything and send her away empty-handed.

She needed to think of a way to have him end the contract early. If sleeping with him did not work, should she try something else? For example, making a bet with him?

But if it was a wager, what bargaining chip did she even have? Everything was his... unless she used an extension to the contract term as the stake?

That seemed like it would only lead into an even more hopeless cycle!

Wang Xiaodie was deeply conflicted.

Wu Hui, meanwhile, finished washing with astonishing speed, stood up, put on his glasses, and walked over to her. “Were you actually doing reconnaissance?”

“Huh?” Wang Xiaodie only then came back to herself and remembered how long she had been staring at Wu Hui. Her face immediately reddened. “Cough, cough, cough. Um, well, hehe.”

Zhang Dingyang had finished bathing before the two of them and had probably already gone back to eat.

Wu Hui took Wang Xiaodie with him on the dire wolf and began to head back. After hesitating for a moment, Wang Xiaodie wrapped her arms around Wu Hui from behind. “Master, can I ask you a favor?”

“Speak.”

“Um... could you set some kind of condition where, as long as I complete it, you’ll解除 this slave contract? If you like, I can still call you master after it’s解除.”

“Oh, so your contract is set to last until after this game ends. You’re afraid I’ll take away your points and items, aren’t you?”