Chapter 262: Plucking Feathers from Passing Geese and Digging Deep
The ambush of the dark beasts did not work and was easily restrained by Captain Fang's ability, but it was not the time to relax. Because the dark beasts knew that they were coming and had already reached their base camp, how could they let Wei Huan go back easily?
Soon Wei Huan discovered another group of hidden two-headed demons. Each of them was a level five dark beast lord. Although they had no territory, their own level was high, and coupled with their high-star bloodline, they were still very lethal when they swarmed over.
At least compared to the hot weapons that the Dark Beasts were not good at, this sneak attack with their concentrated strength did cause some trouble to Wei Huan and his men.
The Dark Beast Lords no longer had territories or heroes to help them, nor did they have the bonus of chariots. In this battlefield that relied entirely on personal ability, Wei Huan, who was only at Sequence Five, was indeed not as calm as he was on the chariot.
If it weren't for Captain Fang's protective shield, his undead would not have dared to rush forward so recklessly and kill his way into the royal tent of the Dark Beast Clan with unstoppable force.
After killing a large number of Dark Beast Lords who blocked his way, it was the first time that Wei Huan saw what the Dark Beast Royal Family's lair looked like.
It is a hollowed-out mountain, more than 7,000 meters high, like Mount Everest.
There are many undulating hills in the rolling mountains, and the Dark Beast King's lair is built in the highest mountain.
They broke through all the way and finally came close. They could see many caves on the mountain wall, some big and some small. It looked messy, but Wei Huan knew that the dark beasts in this mountain had their own rules.
At this moment, there is no dark beast in front of the mountain wall. The black entrances are like mouths full of fangs, smiling with ill intentions, luring you into a trap.
"Be careful." Mu Zhong reminded.
Wei Huan nodded.
Dark beasts appeared again in the portal behind Wei Huan. This time, it was a black mass of ghost crows. Their black mist-like bodies shuttled between illusion and reality, flying at such a fast speed that it seemed like teleportation.
But the most eye-catching thing is the faint green light in the black fog, which looks like spring seeds or a rain that nourishes the earth, slowly flying towards the base camp of the Dark Beast King.
"Hellfire Bomb." Mu Zhong said, then smiled, "Oh right, this isn't a protective battle. This is a battle between mortal enemies. Destroying it will bring great satisfaction."
As Mu Zhong finished speaking, as if in response to his words, an earth-shaking explosion appeared before their eyes like a painting of mountain flowers.
Using the bursting rocks as a brush, the flying dust as color, a touch of blood-colored flower was lit, causing a sound that shook the whole earth. Finally, the towering mountain collapsed and eventually turned into a pile of rubble.
This is a huge mountain range comparable to the Himalayas, but under the power of the Hellfire Bomb, it did not even last a minute before it turned into rubble.
A level five Netherfire Bomb might be a little troublesome to blow up city walls or kill high-level dark beasts, but it is easy to use to destroy the environment, and it can be called a "super demolition team."
The bomb exploded and the mountain collapsed, but the number of the Dark Beast Kings that Wei Huan was staring at in "Task 2" did not change.
When the air was filled with smoke and many dark beasts escaped with injuries and were surrounded and killed by the undead, there was still no change.
Wei Huan frowned and asked, "Is it because it can't be detected that it can't be displayed?"
Mu Zhong said, "All other data are changing, only the Dark Beast King family has not changed. Are they not dead?"
Wei Huan said, "It turned into a gadget and escaped? Escaped without a fight?"
Mu Zhong said, "If it never comes out, then it's obvious."
Wei Huan pursed his lips in displeasure. He'd thought he'd come all the way here and killed a Dark Beast King, but who knew the King had just run away without even showing his face? The damned Dark Beast King only commanded the Dark Beasts to die, only to become cowardly when it came to their own turn.
Wei Huan didn't know how far the Dark Beast King had run at this time, but when it came to digging three feet underground, he must be the most professional. At least he had to do it to the extent of "find the person alive and the body dead".
The undead army quickly changed its role to a "demolition team" while the others rested where they were.
Captain Fang continued to hold up his protective shield to provide everyone with a safe environment.
Chef Liu was demonstrating his barbecue cooking skills not far away. The unpalatable and poisonous wolf meat was sublimated in his hands, as if it had become another kind of food. Everyone who ate it was still not satisfied and ate the meat of more than ten wolf heads, still not enough.
The most important thing is that after a hearty meal, everyone's agility increased by 2 to 3 points.
"My dear~~" Xu Qingqiang looked at Liu Chengzhi as if he was looking at a beloved lover, "How can I live without you!"
Liu Chengzhi: "..."
Even though it wasn't the first time that Captain Fang and his men had eaten food cooked by Liu Chengzhi, they had experienced increased attributes from a meal in past joint operations, but that was only for a limited time and only happened once in a while.
Now that I am following Wei Huan and his team members, I feel envious when I think that not only can they eat such delicious food every day, but they can also increase their attributes just by eating.
"Chef Liu, when will you bring out an apprentice?"
"Yes, that's right. If the apprentice you brought comes to our car, we must protect him like an eyeball."
"Why don't you just come over? Hahaha, your cooking skills are still the best."
"Just eating a meal can increase your agility by two points. How terrifying."
"Go away, Orange Juice is one of the three top executives on our train. He's the most senior besides the train captains."
"That's right. Even if you are as protective as an eyeball, can you still entrust the World Tree sapling to our Chef Liu to take care of it? That requires a great deal of trust."
"Chef Liu can be our good brother in the guarding department. It doesn't matter whether he treats us well or not. What matters is our friendship."
"Don't even think about it. I'm lucky enough to have an apprentice. Do you still want a bicycle?"
The two sides started arguing because of Liu Chengzhi, and all the arguments sounded like flattery in Liu Chengzhi's ears. He was so happy that his face was flushed. He immediately carried three more wolves back, and continued to cook them while skinning and deboning them.
The delicious food made the atmosphere much better and helped everyone get out of their sadness for a short while. Even Wei Huan ate a few more bites.
However, while waiting for the food to come, Mu Zhong did not touch a single bite. From the beginning, he had been concentrating on "brushing" his "proficiency" in the driver sequence.
Because it's about to be upgraded.
Wei Huan handed the hot roasted wolf meat to his mouth and asked, "How much more do you need?"
Mu Zhong casually took a bite of meat, then indicated that he was full, and said without looking up: "Right away...right away..."
Wei Huan couldn't hear clearly what he was whispering, so he leaned over to listen. As soon as he got closer, he felt the energy surging when he advanced.
Mu Zhong was still saying, "Soon...", but he had no idea that he was advancing. The parts in his hands were flying around so fast that they were almost leaving afterimages.
Wei Huan knew that he had entered a state of ecstasy, so he straightened his body silently and did not disturb him anymore.
The aura of Mu Zhong's advancement spread throughout the area, and those who were talking and laughing stopped, then consciously lowered their voices and paused their activities.
So far, there has been no failure in the advancement sequence. After drinking the advancement potion, advancement will be a natural process.
But there is no doubt that if you are interrupted during the advancement, the advancement speed will be slowed down.
Mu Zhong advanced to the fourth pilot sequence, which greatly improved everyone's life in the adventure of the Dark Beast World.
At present, eating, dressing, living and traveling all rely on the assistance of a driver.
For example, the iron skewers they used to roast wolf meat were also made by the driver. Without the driver, Liu Chengzhi would have no oven and would not be able to make perfect food. Even the lights they used to travel at night, the shelter they used to sleep in, and even the artillery shells that Yak "delivered" were all made by Mu Zhong.
The driver sequence has always been underestimated, but now in such an environment, everyone realizes that the driver is simply a universal logistics person.
Now that Mu Zhong has advanced to Sequence Four, everyone is looking forward to it, not only out of respect for Captain Mu, but also because of the higher quality of life that his advancement to Sequence Four may bring.
Everyone ate slowly and returned to their posts after eating, or some simply lay down to rest on the spot. They did not look at him intentionally, for fear that their gaze would disturb Mu Zhong.
As humans have evolved to this day, their perception of sight has become very acute.
In less than 30 minutes, Mu Zhong's aura grew stronger, as if the last burst of energy had finally arrived. It successfully boosted his strength to a certain level before calming down.
Then, like a calm on a surging sea, that special energy could no longer be felt in the atmosphere.
Mu Zhong's driver sequence finally successfully advanced to sequence four, becoming a [Senior Technician].
Wei Huan waited for him to wake up from his advancement. After he opened his eyes, he said, "It seems that the Dark Beast King has escaped. We are now heading to the next territory."
"Wait." Mu Zhong stared at the ruins of the mountain below him and thought for a few seconds before saying, "After Sequence Four, I obtained a resource warehouse. Wei Huan, look, after this mountain was blasted open, so many mineral resources were exposed on the ground, including many very precious metals. I was thinking..."
Wei Huan raised his eyebrows and pondered for a moment: "Okay, fill it up before leaving."
Anyway, I haven’t dug up the “three feet” of the ground yet, so what if I wait for Mu Chongyan to pass by and pluck his feathers?
As long as it can widen the gap between humans and the Dark Beasts, it is okay to kill the Dark Beast royal family or plunder resources from the Dark Beast plane. In short, if they don’t make enough money since they are here, how can they be worthy of crossing the plane?
After obtaining Wei Huan's consent, Mu Zhong went down to look for some new materials himself. After returning, he spent an hour manually making more than 30 resource detectors.
Each resource detector is followed by a team of undead, starting the plundering mode for the resources of the Dark Beast Plane.
I saw the detector flying in front of me. It stopped after finding the ore. The detection light shone on the stone, and all the useful resources turned into another color.
Wei Huan ordered the facehugger to follow the instructions of the detector to mine resources. The facehugger, which was not afraid of hard work and fatigue, became the best miner and tirelessly completed Wei Huan's orders.
As the ores were carried back by the facehuggers and piled in front of Mu Zhong, Mu Zhong smiled happily.
Wei Huan wasn't familiar with resources, and Captain Fang had only a vague understanding. However, Jacques clearly did. After taking a look, he exclaimed in amazement, "Isn't this a rare resource? This is an extremely rare resource, essential for making a core reactor. Even now, it's not even on Blue Planet. Only those who challenge the world can see it, but they can't bring it back to Blue Planet."
Mu nodded. "There are quite a few of these super-rare resources down here. The Dark Beast King hollowed out this mountain and took away a lot of sand and soil. Look at these colorful ores. They probably left them to decorate their nests. They're literally picking up supplies, and super-rare supplies at that. How could they bear to leave?"
"Indeed, these materials are readily available. Bringing them back to Blue Planet can instantly raise its technological level by a hundred years. Especially with this reactor material, we can build our own tanks and spaceships."
"Not only that, there are also some materials for engraving magic patterns. Once the Magic Pattern Department puts them to practical use, we can also make our own battle uniforms and weapons."
"Unfortunately, the Dark Beastmen have no idea how to use it. Their Lord's Challenge clearly endows them with this wisdom, yet they still trust their teeth and claws more."
"There's nothing to regret. If the Dark Beast knew what they were worth, we wouldn't be picking these up for free today."
"That's true."
When Wei Huan came to his senses again, he found that he had walked in front of these raw ores, which had piled up as high as a hill. They were colorful and of various shapes, but there was no doubt that they were very valuable.
It is a resource that will enable Blue Star's technology to take off.
"I almost went to a treasure trove but came back empty-handed." Captain Fang said with emotion, and then he picked up a round ore at his feet.
The first time, he was not caught.
Then, in amazement, he exerted a little strength and grasped the fist-sized purple stone in his hand. "Such a small thing weighs nearly a ton. It's incredible. It took nature thousands of years to produce such precious materials."
"It's all ours now." Xu Qingqiang poked his head out from the top of the hill. Relying on his agility and flexibility, he reached the top of the hill without anyone noticing.
He sat lazily on a rock, a cigarette in his mouth, with a satisfied expression in his eyes and eyebrows.
Mu Zhong asked, "Brother Qiang, where did you get the cigarettes?"
Xu Qingqiang said, "Captain Fang found this for me. Do you want it? There are only three. I can give you one."
"I don't want it, thank you." Mu Zhong waved his hand and said casually, "Brother Qiang, come down. I need to collect the mine."
Xu Qingqiang stood up and asked, "How much can your warehouse hold? It has to be full before we can leave. If it's too small, we can just take the most valuable ones. We won't feel bad about the rest."
"I know, Brother Qiang." Mu Zhong said with a smile.
Looking at the others, they all had the same joy of "harvest" on their faces.
…
The resource detector manufactured by Mu Zhong is connected to the "Heart of Steel". The "Heart of Steel" is the intelligent authority second only to the core mechanism of challenging the world, and it is easy to identify the preciousness of resources.
Although the "warehouse" that Mu Zhong owned was not big, only the size of a factory building, roughly the size of a 20-meter-high stadium, but with the assistance of Iron Heart's screening, they finally took away a warehouse full of super rare resources.
"We can obtain these resources so easily thanks to the Dark Beast Lord. He excavated the mineral deposits in his territory beforehand and saved the best resources."
After Mu Zhong finished speaking, he casually picked up the small piece of important item that Captain Fang had picked up before, which weighed a ton, and said, "This is called a core. There are less than a hundred of them in a single vein. They are countless times more precious than minerals. Some more advanced technological items can only be manufactured with the core of this ore.
Heart of Steel said that among the two super mines given to Daxia by the Challenge World this time, there is one such mine, and less than a hundred mineral cores can be mined out.
Now I have more than 4,000 of them, and this is not all, because the warehouse is also filled with more precious and rare materials, so I can only take a part of them away.
So just mining this time is equivalent to defeating the Dark Beast Lord ten times in the opening battle."
Wei Huan also understood that they had gained a lot this time.
Killing the Dark Beast King is certainly important in order to reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.
But at the same time, it is also important to plunder the opponent's resources and develop one's own technology.
Moreover, at present, resources can be more useful to the improvement of mankind than killing three or five dark beast kings.
It’s a pity that Wei Huan’s “warehouse” is too small, and they only have one driver. If they had known earlier, they would have brought a hundred drivers with them. He could have fought slowly by himself, pushing forward all the way, and a hundred drivers would have left with a full tank. Wouldn’t that be great?
Wei Huan tried to let the facehugger or the earth beast swallow the stones into its abdomen and then pull them back into the tomb, using this method to collect the ore into the tomb, but unfortunately it did not succeed.
These minerals disappeared as they traveled through space, as if they were carried away by the turbulence in space.
"Don't try. Losing in the spatial turbulence is a loss. If we leave it here, maybe we can get back soon." Mu Zhong stopped Wei Huan and said with a smile, "It's almost dark again. Do you think we should wait until tomorrow morning to set off, or set off tonight?"
Wei Huan recovered from the regret in his heart for a moment, then said, "We've all rested for a day, so it's natural for us to set off now."
Mu nodded. "Okay, I'll see if I can build more warehouses. Iron Heart told me that as long as I can find the materials, it can try to help me build new warehouses, or even expand the existing ones."
"It better be able to." Wei Huan looked at the position of Mu Zhong's right shoulder, where a red and blue interwoven cube was floating. The cube was only the size of a fist and was covered with bearings, chains and gears. However, the surface felt extremely smooth and it looked exquisite at first glance.
"Heart of Steel" never communicates with anyone other than Mu Zhong, and this time is no exception.
However, Mu Zhong laughed dumbly after hearing Wei Huan's threat. He turned his head and said something to the cube, as if to coax it. When he turned back to look at Wei Huan, he looked helpless, "It's so angry that it's closed. Don't worry, it will be fine in a while."
Wei Huan shook his head and smiled, but he really had no opinion on this "Heart of Steel", because compared to this "little waste" next to his ear, the "Heart of Steel" was already a world apart.
"Heart of Iron" is a portable system whose core computing power is contained in this small cube.
In comparison, the personal system he separated from the tank, when placed in this environment completely isolated from the tank, the AI became not intelligent at all, and the communication became rigid, not to mention it making any proactive suggestions.
Wei Huan still likes "Heart of Steel" very much.
Before nightfall, they set out, and this time they chose to go straight into the depths instead of moving parallely.
And considering that the Dark Beast King would flee without a fight, this time they tried to advance in a stealth manner.
It's easy to sneak in secretly.
There were many stealth-capable stacking blasters on the chariots. They were organized into a group and led the dog-headed men forward. After they reached the limit of Wei Huan's summoning distance, all of them were teleported over through the dog-headed men.
Then he set off again in stealth after the explosion.
The advantage of this approach is that they may be able to capture the Dark Beast King, but the disadvantage is that it will be very slow and there will be danger from overlapping explosions.
But when the plan was finally formulated, everyone raised their hands in agreement, including everyone in the "Gambler Group" who expressed their extremely excited support.
Wei Huan doesn't like to "take care of everything", nor does he want to support a whole tank of people by himself, but his strength is there, and he can hold up the sky with just basic operations, so the crew on his tank often faces the situation of being unable to move forward.
Now there is finally a task that they must complete, isn't this like pie in the sky?
The gamblers immediately held an internal meeting and ran to the side to talk in a low voice. Wei Huan heard what they said with his sharp ears.
…
"It's my turn to take on this mission. You guys took it last time."
"We agreed to rock-paper-scissors from the beginning. We have to follow the rules."
"I've had bad luck in gambling since I was born. If you don't change your ways, I'll go to the boss to seek justice."
"Okay, okay, fine. Let's take turns, right? Even if you don't go, you'll still get a share of the DKP, right? It's not like you'll be left out."
"Pah, what do I need? Of course I do. But you think I don't know that this is a good opportunity to show off in front of the boss? I don't care, you must give me a spot for today's mission!"
There were only eight people in total. After whispering for a while, the members of the special team were selected.
Five go and three stay to be on the safe side. After all, even if the boss is watching, this is the lair of the dark beasts and danger may come at any time. They are all prepared to sacrifice themselves outside.
Wei Huan pretended not to hear their conversation. After they confirmed with Mu Zhong that the communication was normal, they took a bunch of puppy-headed people away from Wei Huan.
In addition, Wei Huan also sent out 10 two-headed hidden demons to act with them.
Wei Huan didn't say much, just said: "If necessary, let the two-headed hidden demon cover the retreat."
The players were very moved and relieved.
I have to say, having the undead following me really makes me feel twice as safe.
The stealth team set off, and the two-headed demon also hid his figure and followed behind.
It took an hour to reach the thirty-mile summoning line.
The speed was slow, but Wei Huan knew how difficult it was for them.
The road ahead was all wilderness and rocks, with dark beasts living everywhere. To avoid alerting the enemy, they would choose to avoid the dark beast tribes.
Walking on two legs, even for an extraordinary person, is definitely not as fast as flying.
So it took us a full hour to reach the predetermined distance.
Wei Huan waited for the vanguard to pass before teleporting through the puppy-headed man's portal.
Then everyone stayed in this rare area without dark beasts, waiting for the next transmission.
Little by little, slowly, after spending a whole night, they finally arrived at this territory, where the royal tent of the Dark Beast King was located, without anyone noticing.
Different from the Dark Beast King that escaped above, this Dark Beast King obviously liked to live in trees. It occupied the largest tree nearby and built a huge nest of more than 3,000 square meters on the tree.
Wei Huan asked Mu Zhong, "Are there any resources here?"
Mu Zhong replied, “Even if there are resources, they are not available for the time being.”
Wei Huan thought he would come back to get it sooner or later, and didn't want to destroy his things, so he confirmed again: "Is there any?"
Mu Zhong wasn't sure: "There should be, but we'll know after we defeat them."
Wei Huan touched his chin.
That would require a protective fight, as this fellow lived high up in a tree and clearly had wings, and it would be a shame to let it fly away.
How to have the best of both worlds?
Wei Huan set his gaze on the Dian Ma perched on his shoulder, looking thoughtfully at the green, silky patterns on its shell.
Speaking of which, it has been a long time since I used the Geomon mother's innate ability to cast a net. I don't know how strong the net casting ability of Diannian, who has become a legendary hero, will be.
Catching birds requires a net...
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