Chapter 5: The Heavy Truck in the Forest of Death

The next day.

Shishou woke up early and left the house with his fishing gear before dawn.

[Phosphorescent Destructive Insect: Epic species of nanotoxic insect, can only reside within a living organism, reproduces by devouring host cells, can survive for twenty minutes after host's death, but will not survive more than five minutes once exposed to air]

[Mutated Healing Insect: Rare species, can expel toxins and heal damage in the human body, more effective than ordinary healing insects]

It has indeed evolved.

Seeing the insect breeding space, Shishou was delighted.

Huh?

There are a lot fewer of them.

Seeing the significantly reduced number of Phosphorescent Destructive Insects, Shishou frowned slightly.

Now there were only a quarter of the original number left, with the rest having disappeared without a trace.

Shishou checked the system and found out that the missing insects had all been consumed as materials for evolution.

No wonder they needed to reach a certain number before they could evolve. This was the reason.

"Shishou-kun."

Hearing someone calling him from afar, Shishou turned his head to see Hinata.

He wondered why she was out so early.

But Shishou didn't slow down; he continued running quickly.

As a time traveler, he wouldn't let go of Hinata, Ino, or Tenten, but not now. He wasn't perverted enough to act on children of six or seven years old.

"Shishou-kun..."

Hinata felt sad as she watched Shishou leave.

...

Konoha Forest.

After arriving at the spot where he had set traps the previous day, Shishou quickly pulled up the seven or eight fishing nets he had placed.

Having successfully harvested over a hundred pounds of fish, Shishou used the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects to devour them all.

Then Shishou passed through the Konoha forest and continued towards his destination for the day.

The site of the Konoha Chunin Exams:

The Forest of Death.

The Forest of Death is a preserved virgin forest used for practical training by Konoha ninjas and also serves as the venue for the Chunin Exams.

It not only contains giant ancient trees but also many large animals and insects, making it an ideal place for Shishou to cultivate the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects.

After crossing the high-voltage protective fence, Shishou smoothly entered the Forest of Death.

"Roar!!!"

Just as he entered the Forest of Death, Shishou saw a giant tiger over two meters tall eyeing him.

"Heh, overestimating yourself."

With a flick of his right hand, a shuriken covered in Phosphorescent Destructive Insects flew towards the tiger, successfully hitting it.

"Roar!!!"

The giant tiger, clearly enraged by this action, roared and lunged at Shishou.

However, after running just two meters, the tiger collapsed to the ground, struggling violently.

In no time, it turned into a skeleton.

Shishou retrieved the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects with a grin.

"The Forest of Death indeed. The energy from one tiger equals that of four or five big brown bears."

"Looks like the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects will evolve again today."

After searching the forest for a while, Shishou soon spotted a giant python.

A python three meters thick and dozens of meters long!

"This is insane."

Seeing the giant python, Shishou couldn't help but be shocked. It was far beyond anything he had seen in his previous life.

Clang!

Shishou's shuriken hit the giant snake but was deflected by its scales with a metallic clang.

"Damn, a monster!"

"Hiss!"

The giant snake, enraged, charged at Shishou.

The massive body of the snake reminded Shishou of a truck from a commercial.

Body Flicker Technique!

Forming a hand seal, Shishou quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to evade.

Boom!

The giant snake missed Shishou and slammed into a giant tree beside him, making a loud crashing sound.

...

After half an hour of pursuit, Shishou finally found an opportunity to hit the giant snake's eye with a shuriken. Once the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects spread through its head, he successfully dealt with the massive snake.

"Huff, huff."

"Damn, that was close."

Shishou lay on a tree, breathing heavily.

His chakra was half-depleted, and that was just from using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge.

It took nearly an hour for the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects to devour the entire snake.

[Phosphorescent Destructive Insect, epic species, has evolved twice, can currently evolve]

Seeing the notification, Shishou was delighted.

It was worth the effort.

[...]

[Please choose an evolution direction]

[Evolution 1: Enhanced Toxicity]

[...]

[Evolution 7: Special Evolution, Dormancy]

[Dormancy: Allows Phosphorescent Destructive Insects residing in other organisms to enter a dormant state, undetectable in this state, dormancy cannot exceed six months, after which the insects will die]

Another special evolution!

Without hesitation, Shishou chose Evolution 7, initiating the special evolution.

[Choice successful, Phosphorescent Destructive Insects evolved successfully, dormancy...]

[Placed in insect breeding space for further cultivation, can continue to evolve upon reaching a certain number]

Seeing the Phosphorescent Destructive Insects enter the dormant state for evolution, Shishou stood up and returned to Konoha along the path he had come.