This was a long-term residence, designed with great difficulty, especially since the place Su He chose was full of plant roots. Ensuring the cave's stability also increased the difficulty of excavation.

This wasn't a workload that could be completed in a day.

The wound on his hind leg from the otter's scratch had already sealed and would heal completely in at most two days. After this long sleep, his recovery ability had improved significantly.

Su He crawled out of the half-finished cave, surfaced for air, and then quietly dove back underwater.

A carp brazenly swam past him.

A blatant provocation.

Su He's turtle head shot out like an arrow, clamping down on the carp's body, and he slammed it against the pebbles at the bottom of the pool, stunning it.

Fish have strong vitality and are not easy to kill. Stunning them is enough. He flipped the carp over and bit through its spine, leisurely tearing at the fish meat. It had a slight earthy taste, and the scales often got stuck in his throat. Su He preferred shrimp, with its extremely fresh and delicious taste exploding in his mouth, truly a delight.

Plus, shrimp shells are good for calcium.

This kind of food without doubled quality could only fill his stomach. The Giant Salamander had disappeared somewhere, so there was nothing to rob.

Su He suddenly thought of a question. The dice only appeared when he robbed or stole something, so did hunting prey count as robbing its life and freedom?

The carp didn't die, so the dice didn't appear?

Living creatures couldn't be rolled for points.

Su He clawed open the carp's head, biting out the heart, the fresh fish heart pulsating in his mouth.

I stole a fish's heart, Su He kept reminding himself, but the dice didn't appear.

Sure enough, you can't exploit a loophole.

Su He summarized the rule: only robbing a target's "external possessions" counted.

The Giant Salamander quietly emerged from somewhere, holding two large shrimp, eyeing Su He's carp.

Su He glanced at it.

...

Large Shrimp Quality ×3

Carp Quality ×2

Crying Salamander ×1

Su He discovered a rule he could reasonably exploit: the carp he hunted couldn't be rolled for points, but if the carp was stolen by the Giant Salamander and he stole it back, then it could.

He could totally raise bandits to support himself!

After a satisfying meal, he crawled back into the half-finished cave, buried the entrance with mud, and slept until sunset on the third day.

On the shore, the Wolf King stared at the pond, eyes unblinking.

It was very patient.

The wild wolves beside it had green eyes, whether from hunger or the approaching nightfall that made their eyes shine.

Once Su He confirmed it was safe, he crawled out of the cave, his body feeling a bit heavier, and in the twilight of the setting sun, he noticed he had turned much darker.

Not only had his shell turned black, but even his skin had darkened. At this moment, he looked like a pure black turtle, and if he had a bit of sheen, he would resemble a black jade-carved turtle.

A bit... disappointed.

In this world, white was revered: White Snake, White Peacock, White Deer...

Any beast with some divine nature was white, symbolizing purity. What did my black color mean?

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Fortunately, as he turned black, his skin became much tougher, and the wound left by the otter had completely healed, leaving only a faint flesh-colored scar on his dark skin.

His strength had also increased. With a swipe of his four legs, Su He broke through the water, his speed nearly doubling!

Su He had eaten good things before, and with the dice, he never lacked quality items. But the effect on his body had never been this dramatic, only allowing him to grow much faster than an average turtle.

After consuming the Demon Morphing Fruit, he could clearly feel his body's rapid evolution. The exquisite food he couldn't absorb before could now be fully absorbed.

Thinking of food made him hungry again, and he felt a bit of an itch in his gums, wanting to gnaw on something.

But turtles don't have teeth. When he first hatched, he had a big tooth, but it fell out in five or six days.

Yet Su He distinctly felt the itch in his gums. Was he about to evolve teeth?

Su He was a bit worried.

Was he evolving towards an Exotic Beast? Did the quality-enhancing Demon Morphing Fruit lose its demon-subduing effect?

With apprehension in his heart, Su He snatched back half a carp from the Giant Salamander, chewing it carefully to ease the itch in his gums. His gaze drifted to the large shrimp at the bottom of the pool; he needed to eat more to evolve.

Enhancing his digestive ability, he aimed to digest the Demon Morphing Fruit as quickly as possible.

To avoid any long-term complications.

The green lotus in the pond would bloom in just over half a month, and in at most a month, the pond would be in full bloom. The time for the sloppy Old Taoist's lecture was approaching.

The senior's teachings were not to be missed.

Su He planned.

"Chirp!"

An eagle's cry came from high above. Su He instinctively retracted into his shell.

This was instinctual.

Back when he was living in Listening Sea Lake, he almost got caught by eagles several times. He had also seen several turtle corpses, battered and broken after being ravaged by eagles.

Eagles couldn't break a turtle's shell, but they would drop them from a hundred meters high, and even the sturdiest shell couldn't withstand such treatment.

Su He shrank underwater, his limbs slightly retracted, giving the eagle no place to grab. If this were Earth in his previous life, a turtle of this size wouldn't need to worry about eagles.

But here in the Mysterious Wasteland, giant eagles with wingspans of two or three zhang were not uncommon.

The water rippled, and a Swimming Snake nearby also dove underwater. It wasn't avoiding the eagle; it wanted to hunt Su He.

This creature had some issues with its brain, and Su He remained motionless, with only one paw gently paddling the water to maintain balance, making the Swimming Snake think there was a fish ahead.

The Swimming Snake had poor vision and couldn't sense with its tongue, relying more on water ripples to judge objects ahead. Su He had encountered Swimming Snakes that approached him on their own more than once.

They tasted pretty good.

The Green Snake swam towards Su He, opening its mouth to feed, when suddenly a fishy wind swept over its head. The Sparrowhawk circling above dove down, its talons tearing into the water.

Its target was the Swimming Snake!

Fortunate!

This eagle wasn't very large, with a wingspan of about one zhang. It would struggle to lift Su He, and knowing its limits, it went straight for the Swimming Snake.

There were plenty of Sparrowhawks here, and the neighboring Listening Sea Lake had a water surface diameter of over a hundred miles, with a large river flowing through, sustaining many creatures.

Sparrowhawks nested in the southwestern mountains of Listening Sea Lake.

Su He missed Listening Sea Lake. Although there were fierce beasts in the lake, the rapid water currents dispersed his breath quickly, making it safer if he was careful, unlike now, being blocked by a pack of wild wolves at a small pond, having to guard against the Wolf King sending otters to hunt turtles.

The Sparrowhawk touched the water, grabbed the Swimming Snake, and flapped its wings to fly back to its nest.

A flash of inspiration struck Su He's mind. His turtle head shot out instantly, biting onto the Swimming Snake's tail.

This flight attendant, take me for a ride!

The struggling Swimming Snake was instantly pulled taut, and the Sparrowhawk was dragged downwards. Its eyes suddenly lit up with inexplicable joy; it smelled the scent of the Demon Morphing Fruit.

This Sparrowhawk had a wingspan of over one zhang, nearly four meters. Carrying a two-pound snake and a twenty to thirty-pound turtle shouldn't be a problem.

From the small pond to the mountains where the Sparrowhawks lived, it would inevitably pass by Listening Sea Lake, perfect for moving house.

The Sparrowhawk flapped its wings with difficulty, rising only three to five zhang off the ground, laboriously flying westward.

The Wolf King on the ground smelled the scent of the Demon Morphing Fruit and exploded instantly, roaring and howling as it chased after them. Its speed was surprisingly not inferior to the burdened Sparrowhawk.

Hello, Wolf King!

Goodbye, Wolf King!

No need to see me off, Wolf King!

The Sparrowhawk flew swiftly, crossing the pond, flying over hills, drawing an arc as it soared, catching a favorable breeze that made its flight smoother.

The wolf pack on the ground desperately chased, watching as the turtle in the sky grew further away. The Wolf King howled in anger, baring its teeth and roaring.

Goodbye, you all.

Su He waved his paw, in high spirits.

Just then, there was a crisp "snap!"

The Swimming Snake couldn't withstand the pull from both the Sparrowhawk and Su He.

It broke!

With a thud, Su He fell to the ground, momentarily stunned. Fortunately, they were close to Listening Sea Lake, landing in a shallow muddy pit.

Good news: it hurt but no injuries.

Bad news: ahead was Crocodile Beach, and a group of crocodiles simultaneously turned their gaze in this direction.

Su He shivered, hearing the howls behind him as the wolf pack caught up.

A chill ran from his turtle shell straight to the tip of his tail.