Chapter 333 - Competition for Survival (1/2)

Chapter 333 - Competition for Survival

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

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Due to the damp air, the vines that had wrapped themselves around the bark of the tree had moss grown all over them. After expending so much energy from walking, trying to climb up the tree wasn’t going to be an easy task.

Liu Gan sat down to rest, while Han GuangMing and others tried to climb the giant sequoia tree. No one was able to climb up and stay there for more than a few minutes. Climbing this tree required a different strategy than regular tree climbing due to the sheer size of this tree. For inexperienced climbers or unathletic people, it would be a very difficult feat.

It was very important that they climb up the tree since it was the only way they could find the path out of this jungle. Even if it was an impossible task, Liu Gan would have to accomplish it himself.

As an experienced former rock climber, Liu Gan couldn’t use the same technique for rock climbing with tree climbing. Rock climbing required finding the pivot point on a ledge for sturdy grip, but tree branches and vines were slippery. On top of that, his body was quite heavy, so they could snap and break off at any moment.

With the properties of Liu Gan’s body, even if he fell from a dozen meters, it wouldn’t be a serious injury. Heights greater than that would result in a fatality since the tree was at least a hundred meters high.

With everyone else just standing at the foot of the tree, Liu Gan started climbing. By the time Liu Gan reached twenty meters up, he had disappeared from view. A few normal monkeys were dancing on the branches, but Liu Gan quickly passed them as he kept climbing.

As Liu Gan sat down on a tree trunk to catch his breath, a Variant Monkey appeared above. It howled a few times at Liu Gan, then rushed violently for Liu Gan. Swinging between branches, it quickly closed in on Liu Gan.

Liu Gan also moved like a monkey as he swung between branches, leaving behind him trails of broken twigs with every shake of the branches he touched. Avoiding the Variant Monkey’s strike, he dodged it with a swing by holding onto another branch. In the same swing, he came back around and kicked the Variant Monkey.

The Variant Monkey gave a terrible howl of pain, but it disappeared from view after the kick. It never returned to bother Liu Gan after that. The branch that Liu Gan landed on started to crack under his weight, cracking noises could be heard.

Liu Gan grabbed onto two nearby vines to stabilize his body before the branch snapped or else he would’ve been fatally injured from the fall.

Liu Gan was able to find another peaceful location to take a break before he continued climbing. While climbing, Liu Gan had realized something important with his surroundings. All these trees at of the mountain peak had thin and long branches. It would be hard to see the sun of the tree before he reached the crown of the tree.

Sunlight in The Trembling World was a valuable commodity. It was only this section of trees that received the blessing of the sun. Only this region had a cloud canal that allowed sunlight through to the surface. With the strength of this sunlight, even a few hours a day was more than sufficient to sustain the jungle.

Only the trees that grow the highest will be able to receive the rays of the sun, so trees strove to grow as tall as they could. Then, they could cast a shadow to block out other trees. There was only one options for the trees; take up the space or have the space taken by another tree. Even though this was a biological plant, the competition for survival was extreme. Other plants won’t grow if there’s not enough sunlight or if they weren’t high enough to receive the sunlight.