There’s A Bug In Me - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Old Bard

Translator: Larbre Studio

Editor: Larbre Studio

After Mossy’s corpse was left to Harlock, Chen Bing was not in a hurry to leave the village to find Old Bard.

If the players who killed Mossy knew about Old Bard, he would have died already, which was why there was no need to rush.

After searching around the village Chen BIng learned skills such as “Logging”, “Gathering”, “Fishing” and more from the NPCs around him.

“Logging (Beginner): Get wood by logging trees. Due to low skill, the chopped wood is of average quality, and large amounts of energy will be used.”

“Gathering (Beginner): Gather wild herbs and materials, and also skin wild beasts for hides. However, being a beginner, there is a large chance to fail while doing so, destroying the object in the process.”

“Fishing (Beginner): Simple skill to learn, but difficult to master. To fish, you need a fishing rod. A good fishing rod can catch you better fish.”

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The skill levels in “Evolution Island” differed from most games. Whether it being learning or level up, one needed to learn the skills from an NPC. The differentiation of levels was also lesser compared to other games, being “Beginner”, “Intermediate”, “Expert” and “Master.”

To travel from one island to another, players needed a boat. Building a boat required only wooden planks and wooden materials, and most of them could only be obtained with the logging skill.

Monsters in “Evolution Island” did not drop money when dead, but a form of currency still existed. Players could do missions in exchange for money, and they could also sell the materials found using their skills to the merchants in the village.

The quality of wood obtained by beginners using the logging skill could not be compared to the wood that Chen Bing got from the beach. For normal wood to float on the sea depended on some luck. If one was not careful, the raft would be upturned and everyone on it would die.

Compared to the normal wood, the wood found at the beach was very tough. Unless there was a thunderstorm, there would not be a problem.

Which was why there were so many people buying wood at the entrance of the village.

Chen Bing had enough wood to build a ship, but that skill was a good upgrade for him. There was no harm in learning extra skills.

Harlock had already told Chen Bing the location of Old Bard. Not long after leaving the village, he found Old Bard at the yellowish fruit forest in the North.

Old Bard was dressed up like a woodcutter. When Chen Bing arrived, Old Bard had a brown towel draped on his shoulder, and he sat on his hoe smoking some cigarettes. One could not tell that he was actually a linguist from his looks.

“Another adventurer? There’s a mutated bear causing trouble at my fruit farm. If you can kill it for me, I will give you some silver coins and fruits.”

“System: Accept the mission ‘Kill Mutated Bear’?”

As Chen Bing walked over, Old Bard gave him a mission before he even had a chance to speak.

Huh, kinda rare to see NPCs that are actually proactive.

The missions in the village gave bronze coins as a reward, but Old Bard offered silver coins. Not only could the fruits that were given restore health, but most of them also gave you an effect. The reward was certainly great.

However, Chen Bing decided to decline the offer after giving it some thought.

Old Bard looked at Chen Bing with a surprised look. Other adventurers would have happily accepted the mission.

He never once saw someone who was unwilling to accept this mission.

“Mr. Bard, I’ve come to you for other matters. Do you by any chance recognize this box?”

Chen Bing brought the box for Bo En’s missing diary and placed it in front of Old Bard.

“What’s this? Never seen it before!” Old Bard frowned as he looked at the box.

Sheesh, what a faker! If I didn’t do my research, I would have taken the bait!

“Mossy has died!”

Just as Old Bard was above to get up and leave, Chen Bing shouted this loudly.

“What did you just say?” Old Bard immediately turned around and glared at Chen Bing.

“Mossy was killed by some unknown people. Harlock told me about you, and he told me to find you.”

“Hmph! I warned him early on not to associate himself with that Bo En guy. That guy is no good! Now he even went to sacrifice his own life!” Old Bard said with an exasperated tone as if mulling over something.

“Mr. Bard, could you please tell me more about Bo En. I’ve come here to investigate the mutating monsters. From what I know, the incident may be heavily related to Bo En, and the reason Mossy was killed was because of that.”

The old man finally showed some clues. Chen Bing did not miss the opportunity and asked immediately.

“I don’t know too much about Bo En, just heard some things through the grapevine. I can answer the questions you have. However, if you do not have enough strength, and get yourself into trouble, you will only end up dying. Inside my forest, there’s a giant mutated bear and a more powerful mutated tree. You’ll have to get rid of them by today to prove that you can protect yourself. After killing them, come and find me, or else I will not answer any of your questions.” Old Bard gave Chen Bing two missions after giving it some thought.

“System: You received the mission ‘Kill The Mutated Bear’!”

“System: You received the mission ‘Kill The Mutated Tree’!”

“Alright, Mr. Bard, please await good news from me!”

These two missions would definitely be difficult, but Chen Bing was motivated.

After killing that many jungle wolves, he was one point away from Level 6.

However, devouring jungle wolves gave too few attribute points. Chen Bing did not want to do that anymore.

If not for the Level 5 adventurer outfit, Chen Bing would not even want to level up to Level 5.

Mutated Bear and Mutated Tree were both leader level. Devouring their corpses after killing them would probably cause him to level up twice, and gain a huge boost in his attributes.

Roar! 

There were many fruits, green and red. As Chen Bing walked around the colorful farm, he quickly heard a roar that shook the entire farm.

It was the roar of a bear.

“Run!”

“F*ck, what is this sh*t! This bear’s hide is too thick, we can’t even break his defense to kill it!”

“Damn! No wonder those guys looked at us as if gloating over our misfortunes. They knew we’d get into trouble!”

“Run! Quick! Or else we’ll all die here!”

Chen Bing walked towards the sound and he saw a group of ten or more players being chased by a giant black bear.

As they saw Chen Bing, they were a little surprised. Then, they swerved their directions and caused the Mutated Bear to come charging towards Chen Bing.

They’re trying to make me the bait!

The world was a scary place. People as pure-hearted as he could not be found even when searching with a lantern.

Chen Bing grabbed his dagger and pierced it through the players running towards him. One hit caused one kill.

My pure-hearted self will definitely save the world from the source of darkness like these players!

The group of more than ten people was already in critical condition when attacked by the bear. Not even a single person could withstand Chen Bing’s attack twice.

Ten or more people lay on the ground. In their condition, they could not believe how they were being insta-killed just like that.

After killing the players which were causing a nuisance, Chen Bing and the Mutated Bear started to fight.