Just when the task was about to be completed, a praying mantis suddenly flew down from the ginkgo tree and looked at the metal lump it had never seen before with curiosity.

Zhao Huan's heart suddenly rose, and he stopped operating the excavator with his hands, allowing it to stop completely.

The mantis pushed curiously with its claws, but didn't feel the scent of flesh and blood. It immediately lost interest, flapped its wings, and flew back to the ginkgo tree.

Zhao Huan took the opportunity to quickly operate the excavator to drive back. A few minutes later, the excavator returned to the seventh floor with a treasure chest.

"I told you that the mantises don't understand high technology. They can easily recover their spoils."

Zhao Huan gave himself a thumbs up, then opened the door and went to get the spoils.

In the living room on the first floor, wooden boxes of loot were placed on the floor. Perhaps they were too low-class to even have locks.

Zhao Huan subconsciously opened NetEase Cloud Music and played "Good Luck".

Zhao Huan no longer hesitated as he heard the divine song that was essential for the lucky draw and immediately opened the lid of the wooden box.

A not-too-bright white light flashed by, and Zhao Huan saw clearly what was inside the wooden box: a ball the size of an apple, and two sickles, no, they were the front claws of a mantis.

Zhao Huan took the ball in his hand and looked at it carefully. It felt soft and elastic. The surface was half red and half white. He couldn't make out what it was.

"Dad, where did you find the Poké Ball?"

Shen Yunxi asked curiously when she saw the ball in Zhao Huan's hand.

"Found it in this box. You said this is a Poké Ball?"

"Yes!"

Shen Yunxi showed the phone to Zhao Huan and said, "This is the Poké Ball. Aren't they exactly the same?"

Cartoon, Pokémon.

After hearing this, Zhao Huan also had an impression. It really looked like a Poké Ball.

I almost couldn't recognize you after changing your username.

Pokémon, when Zhao Huan was young, had another name, Pocket Monsters.

If you throw the Poké Ball at a Pokémon, there is a certain probability that you will catch it and turn it into your pet.

Could it be that this thing can be used to catch mantises?

"Take it and play with it!"

Zhao Huan threw the Poké Ball to the eagerly looking Shen Yunxi, but he couldn't use it for the time being.

Zhao Huan took out a pair of mantis front claws from the box. They were quite heavy in his hand, and under the thick hard shell were bright red muscles.

"It's a high-end ingredient. The head is several times bigger than the king crab legs."

Zhao Huan praised it with admiration.

Put it in the refrigerator first and enjoy it with a bottle of red wine in the evening.

After the items inside the treasure chest were taken out, it turned into white light and disappeared into the air.

While Zhao Huan went to change clothes and wash up, Shen Jiaxin was analyzing the collected images on the second floor.

A new species has been added to the Monster Manual.

Name: Buckler Mantis

Body length: about 1 meter

Abilities: Claws, Pounce, Social

Location: Ginkgo Tree

"You are such a jerk, you talk so much nonsense and you are so mean."

Shen Jiaxin watched the clip of Zhao Huan beating up the mantis over and over again, and it seemed as if she heard the mantis speaking.

Is the Mantis Club a national treasure?

Shen Jiaxin had a bold guess in her mind that this mantis should be a species on Earth. During the process of traveling through time, it was strengthened by some unknown force, and its size and IQ were improved, which is why it could utter such a national curse.

The world is becoming more and more interesting.

Zhao Huan returned to the living room again. The table was placed with nine ginkgo leaves picked by Zhao Huan. The leaves were hazy, making the table look like a dream.

"How does it feel to go out?" Shen Jiaxin asked.

"Lying down is unacceptable, and winning without effort is impossible. Only by constantly paddling can one sail against the current, and only by constantly struggling can one break through the siege."

Zhao Huan was in high command.

"This is what I said in my year-end summary speech last year. It's great that you can apply it in practice. It's worth encouraging."

"You remember all this." Zhao Huan was speechless.

"I'd better not pretend anymore. Dangers and opportunities coexist. I went out today. It was quite dangerous, but I also gained a lot."

"Killing monsters gives you treasure chests, which is meant to encourage people to hunt monsters. I guess this world must have a system or treasure that can improve people's abilities. The monsters in this world can't just be bigger in size."

"I just watched the video and noticed something too. Did the mantis speak before it died?"

"Really? Can mantises talk? I didn't notice. I was only focused on attacking and escaping."

"More than that, it's the quintessence of our nation."

Shen Jiaxin recounted what she heard in the video.

Zhao Huan was also shocked. The local creatures had become spirits.

The live broadcast on TV continued, but no one could make any sense of it.

Zhao Huan casually placed the remote control on the table and accidentally pressed it directly on the cross-shaped ginkgo leaf.

Zhao Huan quickly picked up the remote control, fearing that the ginkgo leaf would be damaged. However, the silent ginkgo leaf suddenly burst into light and stuck tightly to the remote control, adding an antenna to the remote control.

The sudden change attracted the attention of the three people, and they didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Zhao Huan picked up the remote control, changed the program, increased the volume, and everything functioned as usual.

"Could it be that some abilities have been added?" Shen Jiaxin said.

Zhao Huan changed channels one by one starting from channel 1, and finally at channel 99, several people discovered something unusual.

The picture shows a map, most of which is blocked by white clouds, with only the lower left corner clearly displayed.

It had the words "Ancient Forbidden Land" written on it, and a golden arrow pointing to the depths of the fog.

"According to the settings, the fog of war can only be dispelled in places that have been explored. In other words, our current location is this ancient forbidden land."

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