Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 358 - 337: The Outside World

The world outside is certainly not some Immortal Realm.

So the world inside is truly a cell, a Sin Prison.

Is it a place designed to imprison the most heinous offenders?

Wang Wu couldn’t help but think of things like Demon-locking Towers or Demon Suppression Towers.

However, places like this don’t seem to be very tightly guarded.

Standing atop a mountain peak, Wang Wu couldn’t help but look back; the structure housing the Great Wilderness Sin Prison seemed desolate and in disrepair, he couldn’t tell how long ago it was built.

So are those Experimenters managers?

Or do they simply treat the Great Wilderness Sin Prison as a place to farm for rewards?

Otherwise, such a major event as an escape has already been underway for nearly an hour, and there’s been no reaction from the outside world.

Wang Wu started to regret dispersing Liu Zongbai’s Divine Soul earlier, otherwise he might have gathered some information.

At this moment, he even had a strong urge to go back and have a look.

Not the kind of impulsive thought.

But eventually he forced himself to suppress it.

At this time, the entrance to the Great Wilderness Sin Prison should have closed, as no more living beings are seen escaping.

As for those who have already escaped, whether human or demon, or spirit monster, all immediately vanished through Passive Concealment, with none shouting gleefully.

But what the future holds will depend on their own methods.

Wang Wu gazed at the wild mountains all around, with a wealth of information being collected by his eyes, as the four strategists went full throttle in formulation and summary.

Of course, he also synchronously activated his Level 15 Spirit Essence, along with the most advanced Danger Perception, to sense the world outside.

Then, initial results quickly emerged.

Firstly, the Spiritual Qi concentration in this outside world is only about one-tenth of that within.

Very thin.

Secondly, the Spiritual Qi concentration in the soil is merely one percent of that inside.

Then, the Spiritual Qi concentration in various vegetation is only one-fifth of that inside.

So despite abundant vegetation, all are actually mortal grass and wood, and even randomly seen Little Demons inside are mere ordinary insects, birds, and beasts here.

"Warning! The Spiritual Qi content within five hundred miles is too low, no native cultivators detected, conserve your Spiritual Qi usage from now on."

"Theory one, you may not have really escaped the Great Wilderness Sin Prison; everything could be an illusion."

"Theory two, this outer world no longer has Spirit Essence falling daily, because the operational model of the Great Wilderness Sin Prison appears brutal, but is actually the most effective way to sustain its existence. Based on current information, this prison may have been running for four hundred thousand years, during which the outside world has seen great changes, with those who built the prison long gone, yet the prison’s internal Spirit Essence cycle continues."

"Of course, in the past few millennia, Spirit Essence has indeed decreased, possibly due to those foreign Experimenters who have extracted much Spiritual Qi, pretending to be prison managers, like the unknown cultivators who took away those four Great Banners, not preventing the prisoners’ escape at all."

"Theory three, the outside world undoubtedly still has cultivators, but their social structure may be even more terrifying than inside the prison, with all Spiritual Qi monopolized by cultivation giants. Yet this wave of escapes may be a gluttonous feast for the outside world’s lower-level cultivators because what escaped are plump roast wild boars."

"Recommendation, find a place to hibernate!"

"Because there is another possibility, every few centuries only a few can enter the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, with strict conditions, and even outside cultivators find it hard to break, but this time it has fulfilled their aspirations."

"Maybe it won’t take long before escapees realize there’s no daily Spirit Essence settling here, leading to mutual slaughter among themselves!"

"Theory four: judging from the fight with Liu Zongbai, the cultivation system outside largely matches that within the prison, but perhaps the absence of Celestial Tribulation’s suppression and no regular capture by prison guards allows higher-level cultivation, though more opportunities outside aren’t ruled out."

"Theory five: from Liu Zongbai’s reaction to Pale Fire, outside cultivators don’t treat the Three Calamities like candy to farm regularly. They recognize Pale Fire but have no way to counter it, indicating outside the Three Calamities are probably rare, which may be your advantage."

"Theory six: in the outside world, you are very likely to encounter Human Race cultivators with Celestial First-Grade Lifebound Flying Swords, or Ten-thousand-year-old Demons with Celestial First-Grade Lifebound Demon Soldiers, or other unknown cultivators, who could directly kill you instantly. So stay cautious, hiding might be your best strategy."

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The four strategists swiftly formed a slew of conclusions, thoroughly thought-out, earning Wang Wu’s approval.

Indeed, rushing about won’t achieve anything; escaping further won’t help, as the outside world must be far larger and more expansive, unpredictable encounters abound, finding a place to hide is most crucial.

Perhaps, just go back near that tower and hide.

Wang Wu couldn’t help but entertain the thought; no, it doesn’t align with the theory that the most dangerous place is the safest.

Because as the news spreads, the strongest from the outside will surely come to investigate.

"Three thousand miles, stay three thousand miles away."

Wang Wu closed his eyes, plucked a blade of grass, tossed it skyward and after a moment, opened his eyes to find the blade’s tip pointing to his intended direction.

This time, along the way, he saw many hiding Demons and humans, yet more Demons and humans flew away, unaware that the scarcity of Spiritual Qi would soon be deadly.

Of course, there were exceptions; for example, he noticed a group of Demons turning back, wanting to re-enter.

But Wang Wu did not see familiar faces, like Xiong Shiliu, Yuan Bupu, Old Niu, or Old Pig.

Yet they all possess at least Third Grade strength now, under the leadership of several Demon Emperors in the South Wilderness, they must understand the importance of sticking together.

If nothing goes wrong, they should have escaped far away by now.

Moments later, Wang Wu reached three thousand miles away at a steady pace; here it’s still vast mountains, larger than imagination.

If not for each mountain and valley along the way being different, with diverse vegetation, insects, birds, and beasts, he might have thought he entered an Illusion Realm.

However, it seems that we’re about to leave the mountainous area soon. At the foot of this great mountain, extending a few hundred miles forward, you can even see a town of mortals.

That’s right, a mortal town.

With just a glance, Wang Wu could confirm it.

Moreover, there were soldiers of the Mortal Realm stationed here.

Of course, at this moment, the town had already been infiltrated by over a thousand escapees.

They were all very cautious and none dared to kill and rob. Even the members of the Demon Race behaved and transformed into human forms to investigate the situation.

Unfortunately, as expected, they couldn’t find out anything.

Cultivators, immortals?

What are you talking about!

The cultivators of the outside world couldn’t even be bothered to manage or exploit these ordinary mortals.

Let them fend for themselves.

Of course, there’d definitely be some baseline plan, like if a group of escapee demons were to devour several towns.

And such things were certain to happen soon.

In the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, with sufficient Spirit Essence and abundant Spirit Plants and Spirit Grass, only the low-level demons would eat anything and everything, while mid-to-high level demons were quite picky.

But now, even Wang Wu was not optimistic.

In fact, he was worried about what his future cultivation path would look like.

With a slight sigh, Wang Wu silently used Earth Escape to burrow underground, going as deep as 30,000 meters.

Then, he took out a piece of Profound Iron, cut it into bricks, and built a small nest with walls 100 meters thick but with an interior space of only one cubic meter underground.

Because the outside world’s cultivation mode was basically the same as in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, the value of Profound Iron could really show its worth.

It could greatly exempt detection and sensing, making it the best assistant for those who prefer to lay low and keep safe.

Of course, it was just too resource-consuming.

Most people didn’t have such resources.

After entering the small nest, Wang Wu quickly sketched out nine Concealment Talismans and stuck them inside, and still felt it wasn’t safe enough.

So, he consumed some more Spiritual Qi and increased his Passive Concealment from Level 18 to the full Level 20.

He was quite nervous during this process, but in the end, he felt nothing.

By now, his Passive Concealment had reached 20+2.9+2 levels. If he were to use that Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf, he could add another level, but Wang Wu wouldn’t dare use it for his life.

Because in this outside world, the Ancient Tree Race was already a rare commodity. If he used that leaf, it might become a guiding beacon instead.

"Ah, safe at last!"

Wang Wu, feeling comfortable, controlled his body to shrink to the size of a small calf, which was also a good method for saving energy.

If he were to shrink his body to the size of a sesame seed, he would consume up to 1000 points of Spiritual Qi per day.

That’s just not right.

However, by transforming to this size, even though there would still be some consumption, the maximum daily consumption would be around 10 points of Spiritual Qi, which was quite cost-effective.

Next, he simply upgraded Danger Perception to Level 20 as well.

Once in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, before the Snake Emperor died, he had a very dangerous feeling when he leveled Danger Perception to 19. At that time, he was clueless.

Now he understood.

It was because his Danger Perception limit was about to catch up with the Snake Emperor. Since the Snake Emperor was still alive, coupled with the small space in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, the Snake Emperor directly bared his fangs at him.

Just like a Lion King intimidating a young lion.

That was called challenging authority.

But now, the Snake Emperor was dead.

Theoretically, there would be no one else to compete with him...

Hmm?

Wang Wu suddenly felt a shiver, but it quickly dissipated; it wasn’t very strong.

Wait, was there someone with a similar bloodline whose Danger Perception level was even higher than his?

Fortunately, it wasn’t a big issue. He had achieved the 20-level Danger Perception.

It had become 20+1.5+1+1 level. Even without activating the Perception Demon Pill, he could enjoy the protection of a 22.5-level Danger Perception.

That’s quite good.

With that, Wang Wu waited a while longer and, after making sure there were really no issues, he took out Liu Zongbai’s Storage Pouch.

This was not an ordinary Storage Pouch, as it was of higher quality and the only one Liu Zongbai carried with him.

Whether he would enjoy prosperity in the future or scrape by depended entirely on this thing.