He had previously read some fantasy novels on Earth and vaguely guessed that he had arrived in another world, most likely with no way back. These colorful stones were probably precious "magic crystals." However, his longing for his mother made him unwilling to accept this reality, and his resistance to reality led him to deliberately destroy these precious treasures, showing his refusal to acknowledge his current situation.

Chapter 004: Stepping into Another World

When that crescent pale blue moon climbed to the zenith, Henry Bennett had just finished polishing the magic crystal from the elephant-nosed rhinoceros and hung it on his necklace. This string of necklaces already had nineteen magic crystals.

Among the nineteen magic crystals, the three in the very center were red, and these three red ones were also the largest in size, each as big as a pigeon egg. These were the magic crystals of three berserk earth dragons. Berserk earth dragons are fire-attribute magical beasts, so their magic crystals are red.

Surrounding the three berserk earth dragon magic crystals were six black magic crystals from blade-horned giant lizards, three on each side. Blade-horned giant lizards are dark-attribute magical beasts, naturally ferocious. Their strength is slightly weaker than that of berserk earth dragons, so their magic crystals are also a bit smaller.

On the outermost layer were ten yellow magic crystals from elephant-nosed rhinoceroses. Elephant-nosed rhinoceroses are earth-attribute magical beasts, and the size of their magic crystals is about the same as those of the blade-horned giant lizards.

After finishing the necklace, Henry Bennett lay on his soft bed made from the fur of a giant groundhog, gazing at the pale blue moon in the sky, his heart as tranquil as that pale blue hue.

After a long while, he suddenly let out a breath: "Time to leave here. I've almost eaten everything edible around, better go see somewhere else—who knows if there are any humans in this world..." With this thought, early the next morning, Henry Bennett got up, roasted all his food, made it into jerky, packed it on his back, and when the evening glow bathed the wilderness, he set off alone with his rations, striding away from the place he had lived for more than half a year.

Of course, he didn't forget to carefully pack away those eight medium viruses, and even collected the fragments of those flying saucers—he couldn't really say why, maybe it was just nostalgia.

Henry Bennett moved very quickly. In just one night, he was already three hundred li away. This was no longer his territory; everything was unfamiliar. However, there were no large carnivores along the way to bother him, because all the magical beasts around his territory knew there was a killing god like him—who would dare provoke him?

When he got tired, he would stop to rest. Because of the heavy exercise from traveling, the jerky he carried, which could have lasted two weeks, was gone in just ten days.

He fought and hunted along the way, eating whatever he caught. After three months, a few more gems had been added to his necklace.

In recent days, the surrounding environment had become completely different from before. The wild grass was much shorter, no longer as tall as a person and able to hide a pack of serrated wolves. The grass was denser, but much lower, only reaching his knees.

This was tough for Henry Bennett. Such grasslands couldn't support large magical beasts; only some serrated wolves roamed about, and their meat was far from "delicious." Even if he killed a whole pack at once, it wouldn't last him two days.

In this environment, Henry Bennett's travel speed slowed considerably, as he had to spend a lot of time each day searching for food.

When Henry Bennett saw the sparse forest ahead, he was so excited he almost cried, and couldn't help but let out a howl to the sky: "Ah! I, Henry Bennett, have finally escaped to safety!" He dashed forward, his shadow darting between the grass and the trees. The forest grew denser, the grassland gradually giving way to the woods. The thick trees blocked out the sunlight, and the ground was covered with rotting branches and leaves, feeling like a carpet underfoot.

Henry Bennett carried a bag made from the stomach of an elephant-nosed rhinoceros on his back, trekking through the jungle.

Suddenly, he stopped, crouched behind a tree, and listened carefully. The sounds of a fight came from ahead. Henry Bennett listened for a while, then suddenly became extremely excited, his whole face trembling!

It wasn't the fight that excited him, but the shouts that came with it—those were unmistakably human voices!

He had been in this world for almost a year and finally saw people! How could Henry Bennett not be excited? He quickly climbed up a big tree, stood on a branch, and looked down. Through the dappled shadows, a few hundred meters ahead to the left, there were figures moving. That must be the place.

He didn't come down from the tree, but instead scurried along the treetops, quickly getting closer—but his arrival drew a very unfriendly "cold arrow."

"Twang!" The sound of a bowstring, and with a "whoosh," a sharp arrow shot straight at him. Henry Bennett reached out and nimbly caught the flying arrow. The arrow was very powerful; even though he caught it, it still slid a bit in his hand, making his palm burn with heat.

"Not good, another humpback sloth! Everyone be careful, this is a high-level magical beast..." The archer captain of the adventurer squad loudly warned his companions, and the "high-level magical beast" in the tree seemed to confirm his words, angrily snapping a branch as thick as a bowl with one slap. Amidst the crashing sound, the "high-level magical beast humpback sloth" and the branch jumped down together.