My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 283: Chapter 207: Even the Mightiest Man Can’t Resist the Temptation of a Straight, Resilient, and Perfectly Elastic Stick

”Why isn’t he here? His phone is unreachable too.” Yao Yao was frantic. She really wanted to share her progress with Li Xiang; she couldn’t stand the thought of him looking down on her, thinking her aptitude was inferior to Lei Xiaohui’s and Zhao Xueqing’s.

Zhao Xueqing found it a little amusing and comforted her, ”Don’t be so anxious. He must have gone out for something.”

Lei Xiaohui nodded in agreement. ”He’s no ordinary person. He probably snuck out in the middle of the night to handle some important business. Just be patient.”

Yao Yao muttered, ”Is he out playing the hero again? He’s really something else. Any other man would be out Stealing Fragrance and seducing women at night, but not him. He’s always off doing something else.”

’This is agonizing. Come back soon, Li Xiang. I need to tell you everything.’

With no other choice, Yao Yao could only suppress her excitement for the time being and return to her room with Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui. They spent the morning in Cultivation, then went out together for some fun in the afternoon.

After all, Cultivating day in and day out gets boring; a balance between work and rest is necessary. Moderating one’s pace is the key to endurance.

They visited landmarks like Merlion Park and Marina Bay Gardens, ate a ton of delicious food, and didn’t forget to bring back some takeout for Li Xiang, along with some local souvenirs.

These included things like crocodile-skin wallets and purses, white coffee, dried durian, Tiger Balm, Golden Lion Oil, kaya jam, Merlion memorabilia, bak kwa, and Singaporean chocolate. Laden with bags big and small, the three of them returned to the hotel.

They knew Li Xiang probably wouldn’t have time to buy any himself.

Meanwhile, Li Xiang was deep in a tropical rainforest, exploring.

Indonesia has a typical tropical rainforest climate, with high temperatures and heavy rain year-round. There is no spring, summer, autumn, or winter here—only two seasons: the rainy season and the dry season.

Typically, the dry season runs from April to October, while the rainy season lasts from November to March. It was currently August, so it was the dry season. In reality, however, it still rained frequently during the dry season, just slightly less than usual.

Kalimantan Island, also known as Borneo, is the world’s third-largest island. It is home to the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, surpassed only by the Amazon. The climate is hot and humid, with lush vegetation and a vast array of wildlife.

There were wild boars, Malayan sun bears, orangutans, various species of monkeys, and all kinds of strange and exotic birds.

In the past, the island was also home to tigers, a fact confirmed by unearthed fossils. Now, however, they are virtually nonexistent. The island’s ecosystem can no longer sustain a breeding population of tigers.

Tigers are capable swimmers. There are records of tigers swimming 29 kilometers in a single day in a river, and their maximum recorded distance in the open sea is 12 kilometers. However, Kalimantan Island is surrounded by ocean, and the straits separating it from neighboring landmasses are far wider than a tiger’s swimming range.

This isolation prevented them from finding mates. The island’s scarce tiger population was forced into inbreeding, which ultimately led to its demise.

The reason tigers existed there in the first place is that in ancient times, the climate was much colder than it is today. Sea levels were lower, and large parts of what is now the continental shelf were exposed land.

Back then, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra Island, Java Island, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands formed a massive, crescent-shaped peninsula. Tigers used these land bridges to spread across the region. Later, when sea levels rose and submerged the continental shelf once more, tigers were stranded on what had become isolated islands. The populations on the Malay Peninsula and the surrounding islands have been separated ever since.

Li Xiang strolled leisurely about the island. He had even shed his Black Mountain Profound Armor, opting for a simple T-shirt and shorts. He dispatched countless wild animals along the way, harvesting over a hundred ”Spicy Strips” of various types—enough to feed his little kittens for several years.