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#367 - Chapter 367: Infiltrating the Goblin Cave

"Gibberish, goo goo gah gah ~"

With the incantation complete, Qi Jing once again transformed into a short, green-skinned goblin.

He looked up at Tan Zuoyin, whose cheeks were puffed out:

"Zha Yin, are you ready?"

"Pfft~ Ready."

Tan Zuoyin ultimately couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

"No, you're not ready. My transformation technique can conceal the entire appearance, so it's safer if you put on the Xingtian Armor first before transforming."

"Armor Combine!"

Goblin Qi Jing nodded with his arms crossed, transforming Tan Zuoyin into a tiny goblin as well.

"Let's go, a little incognito investigation!"

Qi Jing led Tan Zuoyin towards the goblin cave not far ahead.

At the entrance of this cave stood two fully armed goblin guards, one dozing off and the other picking his fingers.

To call them fully armed was an exaggeration; they merely possessed a stone spear and small wooden shield more than the two water-fetching goblins from before, crude in the extreme and left lying on the ground.

Seeing two skinny goblins approaching, the goblin picking his fingers at the entrance scratched his head and asked:

"Glibberish goo blah gluck say goo ah?"

Qi Jing stared with his small eyes, looking at Tan Zuoyin in confusion.

Sure enough, Zha Yin understood its words and provided simultaneous interpretation:

「It says, why are you so skinny?」

Ah, this, how should he answer?

Just as Qi Jing was contemplating whether to beat them both to death, Tan Zuoyin spoke up in time:

"We haven't eaten meat recently, we're very hungry."

「Goblins have similar mouth shapes when they speak, so speaking like this can directly transmit the meaning into their brains without them noticing that my words are different.」

So, being ugly as a goblin has this effect, making it impossible to distinguish mouth shapes when speaking.

Hmph, consider your big mouths as having saved your lives.

Qi Jing retracted his tongue, which he was preparing to flick.

"Gibberish goo..."

「It says hurry inside, the Great King is recruiting recently, even skinny ones are wanted」

Recruiting? Great King?

Goblins even have a Great King?

Then he had to meet it properly.

"What does the Great King recruit people for?"

Hearing Tan Zuoyin's question, the goblin guard said:

"Of course, to fight the Great Great King, eat meat! Eat lots of meat!" (Simultaneous translation, same below)

What is a Great Great King?

Qi Jing prepared to pull out his hypnotic stopwatch to ask it for detailed information, but a new goblin ran in from outside the door.

While running, it shouted:

"Goblin Iron Bucket! I want to join your village! Let me in!"

So, the finger-picking goblin guard was called Goblin Iron Bucket, what a ridiculous name.

Qi Jing wasn't in a hurry to ask, he'd watch what they had to say first.

"Goblin Warty, weren't you under the command of the Great King next door? Why did you change your mind?"

Hearing Goblin Iron Bucket's question, the goblin who stopped at the entrance, panting heavily, said:

"Our village, was defeated by the four-horned lizard, our Great King, also died, I can only come here."

"When did the four-horned lizard attack?" Goblin Iron Bucket asked anxiously.

"Just now, when the sun just rose."

Hearing this, Qi Jing looked at the sky from the entrance.

The sun was now just diagonally above, red and round, looking like it was eight or nine o'clock.

That's right, the sun here was different from the Alternate Dimension Gate C and Earth. There, it was still completely dark at two or three in the morning, while here it was a completely different daytime.

"Ah? I need to quickly report to the Great King!"

Goblin Iron Bucket immediately ran into the cave, without even picking up the spear on the ground.

Only Goblin Warty and Qi Jing were left here staring at each other, along with the other goblin guard who had been sleeping from beginning to end.

"Are you also here to seek refuge?" Goblin Warty took the initiative to talk to them.

Tan Zuoyin said:

"Yes, we escaped from the other side of the river. Our mother was bitten to death by wolves, other relatives also died, only we escaped."

Hearing this, a cunning light flashed in Goblin Warty's small eyes, but it was too ugly and its eyes were too small, so Qi Jing and the others didn't notice it.

It looked at Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin's small bodies and said:

"No wonder you're so skinny, so you've been living in the grassland, come on, I'll take you to seek refuge with the Great King here."

It stretched out its hand, signaling Qi Jing and the others to go first, and then said:

"Since you've been living there since you were little, you probably don't know much about the situation on this side of the forest."

Tan Zuoyin said:

"Yeah."

She didn't know if goblins here had the custom of nodding, so she didn't nod.

"Then the great Goblin Warty will tell you about the situation here."

Goblin Warty pointed to the depths of the cave:

"We forest goblins are the same as grassland goblins, we all live in caves, but our caves are much deeper.

I've also heard of you grassland goblins, I heard that your caves are very small, only enough to live in one nest.

But we forest goblins are different, we can live in hundreds of nests! And there's a Goblin Great King leading us! Above that there's the Great Great King!

The Great King is a Great Goblin that has evolved once, the Great Great King is a Goblin Overlord that has evolved twice, one can beat dozens of us!"

What the hell?

Evolution?

These goblins really do have an evolutionary path!

Goblin → Great Goblin → Goblin Overlord?

Qi Jing nudged Tan Zuoyin with his arm, signaling her to ask about the evolution.

"Big Brother Goblin Warty, what is evolution?"

"Evolution, I'll secretly tell you, the Great Great King can make goblins evolve, all the Great Goblins are evolved by the Great Great King himself.

I overheard this from our Great King, actually I also want the Great Great King to evolve me, but only those with a hundred goblins under their command can get this opportunity.

By the way, what are your names?"

Hearing Goblin Warty's question, Tan Zuoyin pointed at Qi Jing and said:

"I'm called Goblin Butterfly, he's called Goblin Bomb."

Judging from the names Goblin Iron Bucket and Goblin Warty, their naming method should be "Goblin + XX", so Tan Zuoyin made up these two names.

As for the name Qi Jing said just now, it was too long, saying it would definitely arouse suspicion.

"Why doesn't Goblin Bomb speak?" Goblin Warty asked.

"He ate poisonous mushrooms, his throat is ruined, and his ears aren't very good either."

Hearing Tan Zuoyin's words, Qi Jing opened his big mouth and pointed at himself with his short hands.

However, I'm called Goblin Bomb?

This name must be to retaliate against me for calling her Zha Yin all the time!

Goblin Handsome Guy is much better, it fits my handsome temperament and reflects my excellent inner self.

"So that's how it is, so pitiful."

Goblin Warty made a pitying expression, but due to his face shape, Qi Jing always felt that this guy was laughing at him.

Damn it, I don't care whether you're laughing or not, I'll beat you up later!