After a brief moment of excitement, Feng Xue restrained his emotions and began to check the belongings he had brought with him during his Transmigration.
“They all came with me? Could it be a physical Transmigration?” Feng Xue couldn’t help but feel lucky after confirming that none of the supplies he had prepared were missing.
Although he had made full preparations, he didn’t actually think he could bring them over, as so far, the “Transmigration cases” he had discovered were one a vegetative person and the other a corpse, both looking like soul Transmigration types.
However, considering that the Yingzhou Island he was on was more like a Japanese light novel setting, and even if light novels about reincarnation in another world involved soul Transmigration, they could still bring personal sportswear, mobile phones, shopping bags, and other items, he still went ahead with the preparations.
And now it seemed his preparations were not in vain.
“The phone has no signal, and the FM radio function doesn’t respond, but it’s still not a loss even as a database.” Feng Xue took out his phone, glanced at it, and then took out a compass.
“The needle is stable and not spinning wildly, so there shouldn’t be any particularly strong magnetic fields nearby. I just don’t know if the North and South Poles of this world are consistent with Earth’s.”
After completing various tests, Feng Xue took out a small drone, not even palm-sized, and began to operate it.
This drone wasn’t high-end; it was just the kind that cost two or three hundred yuan online. The advertised flight height was around one hundred and twenty meters, but flying twenty or thirty meters without crashing was already lucky. Cruising and anti-shake were even worse; only the follow-shot function was halfway decent. Its only advantage was low power consumption. Feng Xue bought six of them in one go and stuffed them into his bag, considering them a reconnaissance tool.
It wasn’t that he, the “Mahjong Saint” who swept mahjong parlors, couldn’t afford high-end goods. The main reason was that Feng Xue doubted whether his solar power banks could supply enough power for a high-end drone.
With a single button press for takeoff, as the black drone ascended with a buzzing sound, Feng Xue finally confirmed his current environment.
“There don’t seem to be any particularly conspicuous artificial structures. The forest is quite dense, and there are obvious mountain undulations in the distance… Is it a barren mountain?”
Feng Xue frowned, controlling the drone to circle around but not daring to fly too far. He only confirmed the direction downhill and then set the drone to follow-flight mode.
The drone in follow-flight mode hovered above his head, transmitting the surrounding scenery in real-time to the remote control screen. The originally violently shaking lens slowly stabilized, and at this moment, Feng Xue, using this bird’s-eye view, activated his superpower.
The thought of “wanting to see the remaining Lifespan of ‘animals’” condensed at this moment, and numbers began to appear on the screen.
His ability to see Lifespan was actually very flexible; as long as he could “see” it, he could activate it, and it had the ability to identify according to his will. For example, right now, he was observing the perception of “animal” to determine if there were any hidden dangers around.
After all, there was still a difference between “seeing” and “discovering.”
While observing the numbers on the screen, Feng Xue took out his phone and used the “Species Atlas Offline Version” app to photograph and identify the surrounding leaves. Occasionally, he would also photograph some small animals whose remaining Lifespan was marked.
“Yellow cassia, autumn maple, camphor trees… all are tree species that exist in reality, and the animals are also common types. Unless they just happen to look the same, it should be a type of parallel world similar to Earth, and most likely a temperate or subtropical region. I just don’t know if there are any supernatural powers here that can extend Lifespan.”
Thinking of this, Feng Xue couldn’t help but glance at the 【great fortune】 above his head. This Golden Finger could only lock onto one item at a time, which meant if he locked 【great fortune】, he couldn’t lock Lifespan. If this lock wasn’t “guaranteed to happen,” then he would be in trouble.
“So, I still need to find something with other labels above its head to try.” Feng Xue muttered to himself, his gaze never leaving the drone’s screen.
After walking for about ten minutes, Feng Xue inevitably started to pant. More than ten days of staying up late combined with high-intensity mahjong playing was not something that could be recovered from with just a day’s rest, not to mention he was carrying more than ten kilograms of luggage. Now that the excitement had passed, the fatigue in his body surged back.
“Seriously, since it’s a ‘reincarnation in another world’ trope, what’s the deal with being dropped in the wilderness? Even if it’s not going to the Divine Realm first to pick a mentally challenged goddess as a ‘travel companion,’ at least send me to a bustling city! Don’t light novel protagonists usually have a passerby to explain the situation after Transmigration? Am I the type who falls into a maze or an ancient ruin and then gets picked up by an adventure team?”
He poured a few sips of water into his mouth, Feng Xue adjusted his breathing while controlling the drone to fly around again. The forest resources in this mountainous area were very rich, and there didn't seem to be any obvious signs of logging, but from the drone's footage, this place should be very close to the foot of the mountain.
So, either this world is vast and sparsely populated, or it doesn't rely much on firewood as fuel.
“Hmm, of course, it’s also possible that this place is surrounded by mountains, and I Transmigrated quite deep.” Feng Xue muttered to himself, but his gaze suddenly sharpened.
Perhaps because he had been paying attention ever since his Transmigration, Feng Xue’s sensitivity to numbers had reached a considerable level. The moment that string of longer numbers flashed across the drone’s screen, Feng Xue immediately reacted.
“Tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands… Damn! What kind of thing can live for hundreds of years? A turtle? But there’s no river around!”
Feng Xue put the drone into hover mode, confirming that he was indeed in the state of “only seeing animal Lifespan,” but a surge of excitement inevitably rose in his heart.
Based on the knowledge he had accumulated from writing web novels before his Transmigration, human Lifespan was actually quite long in the animal kingdom. Even animals known for their longevity, like turtles, usually only lived for a few decades in their natural environment. In fact, most of the animals on Earth confirmed to be long-lived were aquatic, yet the location of the Lifespan captured by the drone was clearly a grassy area.
Even if this thing had just been born, a Lifespan of several hundred years was definitely not a normal species!
At this instant, a hint of fear even arose in Feng Xue’s heart, but he quickly suppressed it.
Activating the over-the-shoulder view and confirming that the lock at the front of the Lifespan above his head was indeed engaged, Feng Xue braced himself. While controlling the drone to close the distance, he slung his pack over his back and resolutely walked towards that eight-hundred-year Lifespan.
And then…
“A white snake?” Feng Xue looked at the white figure coiled in the grass on the screen, so inconspicuous that it was hard to spot, and his brows couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
Although white snakes were a symbol of longevity, in reality, the longest-lived snakes only lived for about fifty years, and small snakes like the one-foot-long one in front of him usually only lived for 2-5 years.
Therefore, its longevity must be unusual!
“Did it eat a Heaven And Earth Treasure? Or is it a monster that has Cultivated for many years?” Feng Xue squatted not far from the snake, looking at the screen, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to do next.
He had found a creature with an abnormal Lifespan, but what next? Observe its habits to see if he could find an Immortal Plant that extended Lifespan?
Or simply try to catch it and eat it to see if it could extend his Lifespan?
Just as various thoughts surged through Feng Xue’s mind, the snake suddenly raised its head, flicked its tongue slightly, and then transformed into a white light, disappearing into the grass.
“What’s going on?” Feng Xue immediately raised the drone, trying to find its trace through its Lifespan, but soon, he realized he didn’t need to look, because his own head appeared on the drone screen that was chasing the Lifespan number.
He turned around, and a pair of dark, round eyes met his gaze.