Chapter 118: Fishermen’s Village

When Qin Fei woke up again, he found himself lying in soft, muddy ground. The soil here was a dark purple-black, sticky underfoot, and the air intermittently carried a faint fishy odor mixed with the stench of rotting food.

Where was this place...

Qin Fei surveyed his surroundings. Seeing the reeds around him and the buzzing mosquitoes the size of human heads, he immediately recognized the terrain.

This must be a swamp in the world of Hunger.

As Qin Fei observed, his wrist’s diamond-shaped crystal flickered with several blue lights.

[Hunger Game World Teleportation Complete! Welcome to Fisherman’s Village!]

[Stone Age and Magic Debuff: Hunger World has no metal! In this world, you cannot use any metal items except gold!]

[Main Quest 1: Survive 60 days in the Hunger World!]

[You have survived: 30 days]

[Eternal Moon Approaching! Countdown: 30 days]

In an instant, four system messages appeared within Qin Fei’s crystal.

He realized that although the main quest required him to survive a total of 60 days in the Hunger World to complete it, the progress bar already showed it halfway done.

This must have been accomplished by Xie Nainai.

Therefore, upon entering the Hunger World, besides finding his teammate Xie Nainai, Qin Fei had to remain in this world for at least 30 days.

Besides these, the system also provided a countdown to the arrival of the Eternal Moon.

Qin Fei recalled that in the single-player Hunger game storyline, there was a stage called the “Eternal Night.”

In that level, there was no daytime at all.

Players had to endure an endless night mode until the stage was cleared.

But what exactly was this Eternal Moon?

Could it mean the eternal full moon night...?

Apart from the Eternal Moon countdown, the system message also mentioned a “Stone Age and Magic” debuff.

Due to this debuff, Qin Fei could not use any metal-made items in this Hunger World.

In his backpack were various weapons—all metal: shotgun, tech armor, compound crossbow, swords, spears.

If all these were unusable, Qin Fei’s combat power would be greatly diminished.

But setting combat aside for now, Qin Fei’s immediate concern was to assess his surroundings.

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The terrain he was in was a swamp, and according to the mission prompt, there should be a fisherman’s village nearby.

Fisherman’s Village...

In the Hunger World, humanoid creatures in the swamp came in two types: green “Fishmen” and red “Fishermen.”

They both lived in groups.

The green Fishmen were aggressive and would attack any intruders in their territory.

On the other hand, the red Fishermen possessed some degree of reasoning.

They did not attack others on their own and, in the game, could peacefully coexist with player-controlled characters.

Most importantly, the majority of intelligent creatures in the Hunger World could speak.

This meant Qin Fei could communicate with them.

In the heart of the swamp was a small dirt path.

Unable to use his tech armor to move faster, Qin Fei advanced slowly.

So he tossed out the big-nosed creature he had been keeping in a cold storage pod.

Riding on the creature’s back, he let it carry him along the path.

While traveling, Qin Fei deliberately avoided the giant mosquitoes in the swamp, encountering little trouble.

After about half an hour, he reached a dense patch of reeds.

The reeds grew thick and tall, nearly two meters high.

Behind them, the sounds of noisy chatter and conversation faintly reached his ears.

Could this be the Fisherman’s Village the system mentioned?

Energized by the distant voices, Qin Fei urged the big-nosed creature to pass through the reeds.

Sure enough, beyond the reeds lay a village composed of dozens of small fisherman huts.

Between the huts were countless dirt paths crisscrossing each other.

Nearby, scattered around the huts and paths, stood about a dozen Fishermen.

The Fishermen were hideously ugly.

None had necks; each had a head resembling a fathead fish, and below the head was a body like an ape’s.

Qin Fei patted the big-nosed creature’s rump, signaling it to carry him closer to the Fishermen.

“Excuse me, have you...” Qin Fei began to inquire about Xie Nainai.

But upon seeing Qin Fei, the Fishermen immediately scattered, fleeing in all directions.

Their expressions were as if ordinary people had just seen a pile of filth.

“Ah! Ugly bastard, stay away from me!”

“How could there be such a hideous monster!”

“Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! Gibberish!”

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The Fishermen’s intelligence was low.

As they fled, most muttered “Don’t touch me” or nonsense phrases, which Qin Fei couldn’t understand.

Among them were a few Fishermen who spoke clearly and coherently.

But when they opened their mouths, they mostly mocked Qin Fei’s ugly appearance and told him to keep his distance.

There was no way to have a normal conversation.

Damn it.

Qin Fei was speechless.

This bunch ran away at the sight of him, and most slurred their words... clearly a group of simpletons!

After a few seconds, seeing Qin Fei showed no intention of chasing them, the scattered Fishermen returned.

Delighted, Qin Fei seized the opportunity and asked hurriedly, “Excuse me, have you seen a creature that looks a lot like me... um... a monster?”

“Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! Gibberish.”

“Ah, too ugly, too ugly.”

“You’re an idiot!”

Indeed, a few Fishermen could speak, but their low intelligence made normal logical conversation impossible.

Besides insulting him, they were utterly useless.

Qin Fei knew Fishermen were foolish.

But he hadn’t expected them to be this dumb...

Then he noticed by a nearby pond a Fisherman holding a fork, squatting and looking quite normal.

He approached.

This Fisherman was skillfully spearing fish in the pond with a wooden fork.

His technique looked practiced.

Qin Fei knew at once this was a Fisherman with normal intelligence!