'The 'hint' I got from the system also mentioned finding shelter and the people in the comments are also mentioning the same thing…'
'Well… if I want to survive, I will need some place to stay anyways so I guess I should start looking around...'
Thinking so far, Zephyr took his first step forward into this new, unknown world and slowly made his way down the massive mound of ash.
Looking around, there was only the pitch-black darkness of the night, smoke and ash in the air, and thick ash piled up on the ground everywhere.
It was as if he were standing on a desert made up of ash! The ground was ash grey as far as his enhanced eyesight could see.
"The environment here is very weird… I can't see any plant or even a small bug in the area. Did everything get burned to death and turned into ash overnight?"
Zephyr had watched plenty of livestreams before, but he never saw any player being transported in this kind of environment where there was literally nothing alive in sight, not even small plants!
"I might not be able to find anything to eat if it is like this…"
Not having anything alive nearby was a good thing, as Zephyr didn't really want to meet any monsters at the moment, but that also meant he had nothing to eat either.
'I really have very bad luck; even if other players got teleported, they at least had small animals they could hunt and eat but here...'
'I can't even see a single mosquito here! Those annoying things can survive in almost any kind of environment!'
'If even they aren't here that simply shows how bizarre this place is…'
Just when Zephyr was busy thinking about various things in his mind, his foot suddenly sank into a small pit hidden by piled-up ash, and he momentarily lost his balance.
As if taking advantage of his defenseless state, the big mound of ash that he was standing on before suddenly trembled, and a gigantic mouth filled with hundreds of sharp teeth launched straight at him!
The attack was so fast that even the people watching the live stream only saw a shadowy figure rush towards Zephyr with lightning speed!
But unlike the people watching, Zephyr could see the entity that had attacked him.
It was a massive snake-shaped monstrosity; its entire body was covered in horrible-looking scars, and its scales were turning into ash powder with each movement of its body.
The creature looked like it was suffering from some kind of severe decay, and its body was literally burning and turning into ash without any fire being involved in the process of the burning.
Unlike usual snakes, the monstrosity had a mouth filled with sharp teeth like a shark, and even its tongue was covered in sharp bony spikes!
'Sh*t!'
Although Zephyr could see the monster with his enhanced vision, he was still late to react and wasn't able to dodge in time!
The monster simply had insane reaction speed, and its massive jaw bit Zephyr's upper torso with force strong enough to shatter enhanced concrete pillars of an underground military bunker!
*BOOOM!!!*
The attack was so powerful that the sheer impact of it created a sonic boom as powerful shockwaves spread in the area, causing the smoke and ash to be blown away!
[Paul_the_disaster: Oh SHT!!! What was that!!?]
[Flaming_Dck_Sage: Sigh, another innocent person dead…]
Just when the people watching the livestream thought that Zephyr was definitely not going to survive this, a loud sound rang out in the area.
*Crack* **Crack*
To everyone's disbelief, those sharp teeth of the gigantic monstrosity shattered as it bit Zephyr with all its might and broke apart like cracked pieces of glass!
The monster immediately let go of Zephyr's body as its entire jaw fractured from biting something that was too hard for its mouth to break!
*harrrhrhahrh!!!!!!!!* *Drip!* *Drip!*
Dark purplish blood splattered on the ash-covered ground as the monster screamed in horror while trying to make some distance from Zephyr, but to its bad luck, it swallowed its own broken teeth as it screamed loudly!
And its own teeth turned out to be poisonous!
*AHRAEREARARRARA!!!!*
The monster twitched wildly as it screamed and wailed in pure horror and pain!!
It madly thrashed its body around everywhere, and that caused the poison to spread everywhere even faster!
As if touching Zephyr had infected the monster with his bad luck, the monster was so unfortunate that its own poison was so potent that in just a matter of a few seconds it killed its own body as all of its internal organs got destroyed by the poison!
*ahhhhrrrrr!!!!*
With one final scream, the gigantic and horrific-looking monstrosity collapsed as its dead eyes stared at Zephyr with a look of horror in them.
"Uh?... What?"
For the entire time, Zephyr stood there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what had happened until the moment the monster ended up killing itself with its poison!
[Paul_the_disaster: Holy sh*t!? What the f*ck just happened!?]
[Heaven_peircing_banana: What did I just see!? The monster tried to eat the host but it ended up dying itself!?]
[Brother_hear_me_out: Guys, hear me out… could it be that the host hasn't showered in days and the monster accidently smelled the absolute stench of our stinking host... and thus killed itself from disgust!?]
[Paul_the_disaster: Wtf!? Is that even possible!?]
[Heaven_peircing_banana: No… he kind of has a point… wouldn't these powerful monsters have a very powerful smelling ability? If you really cover yourself with a bad smell, they will smell it worse by several times!!]
[Shady_CrookedEye_Ron: I must admit, although I am a professional in many things, I am nothing compared to the host when it comes to having the professional mastery of never showering!]
[The_Invincible_Bob: As a fellow otaku who never showers at all, I acknowledge that the host is definitely a better expert in this field! He killed a monster with his smell alone!]
Looking at the people in the chatbox going crazy over the matter, Zephyr didn't know whether he should laugh or cry.
'Err… do I really smell that bad?'