I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 762

There are two ways to handle plants quickly and efficiently.

The first is the easiest and simplest: setting them on fire.

Although there are occasionally plants like broad-leaved trees that do not burn well, most plants are bound to burn vigorously.

The second is using a well-sharpened axe or knife to cut the stems.

Since pulling them out by the roots is difficult, handling them this way is the most appropriate.

Seogeok! Seogeok!

And right now, I was doing both.

Making my way through the place filled with giant Venus flytraps, I disposed of the plants at random.

I cut what could be cut with the Sword of the Heavenly Demon, and burned what could be burned with fire.

Occasionally, a Venus flytrap opened its maw to swallow me, but it couldn’t swallow me due to the fire covering my body.

As time passed, the debris of Venus flytraps cut by the sword and fallen to the ground increased.

But they were not easy opponents either.

Ageujak! Adeujak!

Because they devoured the stems that were their own bodies just moments ago and sprouted new stems.

So, every time I cut a Venus flytrap’s stem, the group bombarded them with magic to prevent them from regenerating at all.

"Female! Can you make a large vortex!"

"I have the World Tree branch, so it’s possible, but why?"

"We are going to make a massive and spectacular fire vortex!"

"But then Grylls-nim will be in danger!"

"Don’t worry! Master won’t die!"

I can hear everything, you bastard. I let out a hollow laugh while cutting the plants.

I didn’t know if he trusted me or if he just didn’t care what happened to me.

Since we had built up affection over time, I was half-sure it was the former.

"If Master faints, I can secretly eat candied sweet potatoes!"

"That bastard?"

Or not. I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by Lackey’s conspiracy, which was clearly audible to my ears.

I was used to him acting like that, so I just let it pass, but I should lecture him later.

Kwaaaaaa!

While I was busy cutting down the Venus flytraps, the joint magic of the two was activated.

Powerful wind magic and fire magic fused together, causing a pillar of fire to soar.

That pillar of fire rotated fiercely, mercilessly burning down numerous Venus flytraps.

Since both were skilled mages, they were able to coordinate in a short time.

ㄴAllfather) Splendid magic. However, the rotation of the tornado appears unstable.

ㄴStarlight Lady) If it were me, I would have chanted at least a second faster.

ㄴPrincess Chaenggu) I think I would have just dropped a meteor.

ㄴSmart Demon) If you’re going to backseat like that, go into the Forest of the Four Seasons yourself.

I laughed off the evaluations of the fixed-nicks.

In fact, Starlight Lady and Princess Chaenggu were close to being serious, so I couldn’t help but chuckle.

Since I knew their true identities, I knew it wasn’t a joke but close to a serious ’boast.’

In that way, the large tornado harboring fire mercilessly burned down the Venus flytraps filling the area.

Tadak- tadadak-

All the Venus flytraps, except for the laboratory, turned to ashes.

There were small burning flames here and there, but they weren’t at a level to worry about.

’Since we didn’t burn them down to the roots, they might regenerate, but....’

Our immediate goal was to enter the building.

I decided to enter the building with the group before the Venus flytraps or other plants could regenerate.

Although I was worried about when we came back out, we received help from the Gallery.

ㄴStarlight Lady) I can make herbicide right away, so I’ll give it to you.

"Oh. Thank you so much."

With the help of Starlight Lady, who was well-versed in alchemy, we were able to spray a considerably powerful herbicide.

I heard she had prepared it in advance while my group and I were dealing with the Venus flytraps.

’They say even a school dog can recite poetry after three years.’

Since she had watched steadily and had personally researched some parts, a countermeasure came out immediately.

After thanking Starlight Lady, I began to spray the powerful herbicide.

I didn’t know if it was really effective, but seeing that the guys hit by the herbicide didn’t even show signs of wriggling, it seemed trustworthy.

Now, all that was left was to enter the building sitting right in the center.

’Except for the moss growing here and there, it’s a typical laboratory.’

The building shape was also bent in an L-shape, so it looked like a laboratory to anyone.

The walls, which were originally white, had discolored over time, but they were well-maintained considering how much time had passed.

Also, seeing that tight security (Venus flytraps) was guarding it, there must be records left inside.

[Evolution Laboratory]

The sign attached to the upper part of the building.

An insect pattern was drawn next to it, so I could roughly guess what kind of place it was.

It seemed to be a laboratory focusing on researching insects or bugs.

’Surely the inside isn’t filled with things like cockroaches, right?’

Even if I felt anxious, there was no way to know anything without checking directly.This chapter is updated first at novelping dot com.

Paat!

I activated the Light Crystal Orb to illuminate the dark interior.

The Light Crystal Orb floated up into the sky, brightly illuminating the interior.

In addition to this, using the Eye Lantern made the field of vision considerably wider.

[It is quiet. And there are no detected life signs.]

Just as Cain said, the inside felt beyond quiet, even chilly.

I would have felt a bit relieved if I could at least hear the sound of bugs crawling, but there was none of that.

Just in case, I instructed the group to arm themselves and took a step forward.

"Hmm?"

And as soon as I took a step, I found a trace on the floor.

It was someone’s footprint, and because it was relatively recently made, it was quite clear.

"This is...."

"It is not a human footprint, Master. It is an animal’s."

As Lackey said, it wasn’t a human footprint.

An animal’s footprint, specifically a quadrupedal animal, was stamped.

Even though it had faded slightly over time, the fact that it remained at all was a question.

ㄴAllfather) It’s the footprint of a feline beast. Its size is also considerably large.

ㄴHeavenly Demon) It might be the lion we saw before.

ㄴDon’t Abandon the Hero) Did the lion enter by breaking through that Venus flytrap forest?

The fixed-nicks also speculated that the owner of this trace was the lion.

This was the same for me, and suddenly the fight with the Venus flytraps came to mind.

’Looking earlier, there were some undergrown specimens here and there....’

Did the lion perhaps break through all the Venus flytraps and arrive here?

Since a lot of time had passed, it was understandable that the Venus flytraps had regenerated.

Since plants are bound to regenerate unless they are pulled out by the roots.

In addition, being the Forest of the Four Seasons, the growth speed was also extremely fast.

"First, let’s look around. We’ll follow the footprints last."

If we followed the footprints, we would be able to meet the lion.

But our goal was to understand what kind of place this laboratory was.

So, we planned to leave the footprints for last and look around meticulously.

"Master. I saw this before, but what is this used for?"

"See this terminal here? If you tap an access card here, entry is permitted."

"Is it similar to the vending machine thing at our house?"

"Roughly similar."

By the way, to think there’s a security checkpoint right at the entrance.

Just how important was this laboratory for the entrance to be so heavily guarded?

With half tension and half curiosity, I meticulously looked around the interior of the laboratory.

First, we looked around the dormitory where the researchers stayed, not the laboratory itself.

Kkiiiiiik-

I quietly opened the stiff door that had been abandoned for a long time.

Along with a creepy sound, dust was piled up, and a musty smell vibrated.

Deolgeoreok-

"Ah, shit. That scared me."

As soon as I opened the door, a hanging skeleton was dangling right there, making me flinch in surprise.

I wondered how the skeleton was hanging from the rope, and it turned out to be caught right by the jaw.

’Whether inside the Sky Whale or whenever we find a new building, why is there always a corpse like this?’

Still, thanks to that, we were able to find a few traces, so it wasn’t bad.

"Master. There is a notebook here."

"Be careful not to break it."

For example, the record left by this person until the very end.

I carefully opened the worn and tattered notebook while the group searched for traces.

Seeing that a rustling sound was heard every time I turned a page, it felt like it would crumble at any moment, so I was cautious.

[Why can’t we humans evolve quickly?]

It was a significant content from the very first sentence.

I wanted to find out more about why they wrote such a testament, but unfortunately, it was impossible.

I could only turn exactly one page; beyond that, it all crumbled before I could even touch it.

"Master. No other traces can be found."

"It’s all decomposed, so it’s hard to find."

Other relics were also hard to find.

There was a recorder, but unfortunately, it was broken.

Leaving my regrets behind, I searched other places.

I was able to find other corpses here and there, and thanks to that, I could grasp for what purpose this laboratory was established.

"It seems they tried to graft the strengths of bugs onto humans."

They had tried to graft the strengths that each bug possessed onto humans.

It was quite significant; for instance, even just ants possess incredible physical strength.

Not just ants, but other bugs also have their own strengths.The source of this chapter is novelping . com.

This laboratory also seemed to have focused on researching that, but it brought about an entirely unexpected tragedy.

[Instead of giving humans the strengths of bugs, it turned out they gave bugs the strengths of humans.]

Cain’s judgment was accurate.

It was biologically impossible for bugs to grow as large as humans, but if experimented on artificially, it was a different story.

Especially since even technology that completely changed the environment itself existed, they must have prepared a space for the bugs.

"But I can’t help but wonder, ’Why?’"

"There seems to be a reason deeper inside."

"Maybe in this basement, the World Tree...!"

Elia voiced her opinion with a slightly expectant nuance.

Funnily enough, it couldn’t be dismissed as mere nonsense, as the World Tree could play a role as a kind of energy resource.

Of course, since finding such a thing would take time, we planned to look around other places first.

’Was this place also cleaned up by Aris?’

For that to be the case, there were quite a few corpses of people who took their own lives in their rooms.

As if they were unable to escape from their own rooms.

If Aris had invaded, it would be normal for them to be decapitated or for other traces to remain clearly.

But this building, both outside and inside, was in a cleaner state than expected.

"The inside is cleaner than expected."

"Again, again."

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed he was doing that on purpose.

I nagged Lackey and looked around various parts of the laboratory.

Having grasped the researchers’ dormitory, the remaining place was the laboratory.

"...Was this place gnawed on by termites or something?"

[Termites gnaw on wood, not stone, though.]

The place presumed to be the laboratory was a complete mess.

In the gnawed traces everywhere, there were even clear marks of the residents trying to handle it somehow by scorching it with fire.

This wasn’t all. I didn’t know what on earth had happened, but not only the walls everywhere but also the floor was damaged in many places.

"Master."

"Yeah."

"The gnawed traces are also mostly similar. It seems a single specimen, or a single species, gnawed it all."

I also agreed with Lackey’s words. Because the gnawed marks were all very similar in size and shape to assume that multiple bugs had done it.

A situation where one could speculate that the experiment failed grandly, and a tragedy occurred while trying to manage it somehow.

It seemed the people who evacuated inside the dormitory couldn’t go outside, so they starved to death or took their own lives.

’Then did the specimen that went on a rampage here go outside and reproduce?’

There was also a high possibility that the infestation of human-sized bugs was the descendants of that specimen.

Just as the ancestor of the Beastfolk was the deity named ’Alpha,’ wouldn’t it be similar for the bugs?

ㄴPassing Dwarf) Then are Beastfolk and bugs on the same level?

"Hey. Did you not drink alcohol today?"

ㄴPassing Dwarf) How did you know?

"Because you’re spouting nonsense that doesn’t make sense."

ㄴSuspiciously...) To think one needs to drink alcohol for their brain to return to normal.

ㄴAllfather) Such a phenomenon is common even among addicts.

ㄴPrincess Chaenggu) It means severe alcoholism.

I lightly ignored the Dwarf’s nonsense and looked around other places.

Only the traces of the test subject going on a rampage remained, and it was hard to find anything significant.

"...Isn’t this a trace of being cut by a sword?"

[It appears so.]

But uniquely, there were different traces in each laboratory.

Traces of being cut by a sword, not traces of being destroyed by a hard blunt weapon.

Traces of being pierced by a spear, traces left by swinging a whip, and so on.

It was too much to have been committed by an individual, so I couldn’t help but tilt my head.

"Since we seem to have looked around everything, let’s follow the lion’s footprints."

Leaving behind the traces that were uncomfortable in many ways, we decided to follow the lion’s footprints.

The remaining place was the basement, and the lion’s footprints were also heading toward the basement.

"Master. There is a security checkpoint here too."

"It seems it was a place where entry was not allowed unless one was a high-ranking official."

A security checkpoint was also installed at the entrance leading to the basement.

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed entry was restricted according to status or position.

However, because a long time had passed, the security checkpoint did not work.

The wide-open steel gate was a bonus.

Soon, we took a step inside the steel gate.

"Master. This is..."

"...It’s a lion’s forepaw."

We could see the severed forepaw of a lion sitting all alone on the floor.

"Are th-those by any chance... eggs?"

[It looks like the eggs have burst.]

Along with the bug eggshells that had already released their contents, filling the hallway.