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While the spirit beasts have their own opportunities, the human side is not far behind.
Although they were dispersed during the teleportation, the number of humans entering the Nine Gates this time was still greater than that of spirit beasts. After all, several human bases had come, while there were very few spirit beasts like Spirit Beast Mountain that had a planned approach.
Powerful spirit beasts mostly prefer to travel alone, such as the Snow Wolf King and the Red Deer and Green Ox, who don't even bring a single member of their own kind. Naturally, their numbers cannot compare to those of well-organized and large-scale human groups.
Of course, the most common creatures entering the Nine Gates are mutated beasts and demonized beasts. These two types of beasts are attracted to the Nine Gates purely out of instinct, and their strength is mostly low, so they don't have much of an impact.
Many low-level mutated beasts and demonized beasts are slaughtered when they encounter the strange creatures of this world. They do not have the strength of Lin Qian and his companions, and even protecting themselves is a problem.
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In the blood-red forest, Wang Shaocheng finally found a small team from the Dragon Roar Base. Like Amo and his group, this team had all teleported together in one place. It seemed that the "binding" had some effect, but Wang Shaocheng was just unlucky.
Actually, it's not so much about searching, since finding them is mostly a matter of luck. Moreover, Wang Shaocheng was able to find this team entirely thanks to his mother's keen sense of smell.
Although it doesn't have Lin Qian's powerful spiritual sense to detect things, Tiger Mom's sense of smell is now far superior to what it used to be. If it wants to search, the area within a radius of several hundred miles is within its search range.
Tiger Dad and his companions also possess this ability. After all, spirit beasts are animals, and they have a natural advantage in their sense of smell. Tiger Dad's inability to smell the mountain breeze on the ice plains was entirely due to environmental factors.
The wind wasn't blowing in Tiger Dad's favor, and the mountain winds seemed to be consciously shielding themselves from attracting anything.
It was natural for Shanfeng to be cautious when he first arrived in an unfamiliar place, but the people in the Crimson Forest had been there for a day and a night and had discovered that there was no life in the forest, only those strange creatures.
They had tried and confirmed that the creature wasn't attracted by the scent. Plus, they couldn't afford to keep using the spiritual energy shield to block the aura for so long, so they had already given up on it. They just sprayed some interfering scent agents on themselves, which were already provided in the base's backpacks.
Tiger Mom confirmed they were from the Dragon Roar Base by the smell of this scented agent. Wang Shaocheng was sprayed with the same one, the latest development from the base, which could even fool level 10 mutated beasts and demonized beasts.
"Commander-in-Chief!" The members of the Thirteenth Squad were all delighted to see Wang Shaocheng. They had been in the forest for a day and a night, and they were worried sick about whether they had encountered anyone else.
The nine passages to the other world are not open, and even if they were, they wouldn't know where they are. This situation of being cut off from the main force is absolutely terrible.
"It's Team Thirteen! I'm so glad you're all alright." Wang Shaocheng was overjoyed and ran over with a smile.
Seeing my own people makes me feel much more at ease!
"Commander-in-chief, there's danger!" The captain of Team Thirteen saw Tiger Mom slowly walking out from behind and immediately pulled Wang Shaocheng over.
The tiger mother snorted haughtily, sensing the human's fear, and looked at the other's iron-faced expression with some curiosity.
Tiger Mom had never seen such an expression before. Although some animals do jump around when they are scared, they are not as varied as humans.
"Aww!"
The tiger mom immediately roared, trying to scare people.
Wang Shaocheng quickly stopped the people from Team Thirteen, shouting, "Stop! We're on the same side! We're on the same side!"
"Roar." I am a tiger.
Tiger Mom growled in dissatisfaction, then, realizing it wasn't right, added, "Awooo." There's no cooperation now.
Although it doesn't mind spending time with humans like Wang Shaocheng, it's only temporary. Tiger Mom still doesn't want to spend too much time with humans; she doesn't like their way of communicating—it's too tiring.
Although Wang Shaocheng is a superhuman, he is still from the upper class, and his speech is influenced by the system's habits, which he cannot change. In addition, Wang Shaocheng regards Tiger Mom as a diplomatic ally in his mind, which makes his words even more official.
Such conversations, let alone a tiger mom, would make even an ordinary person feel uncomfortable and too restrained if repeated too often.
As soon as Tiger Mom spoke, Wang Shaocheng didn't need to explain further; everyone in Team Thirteen knew that the big tiger in front of them was not an enemy.
Spirit beasts can communicate, and as long as they don't express hostility, there shouldn't be any problems. They are experienced in this, since spirit beasts don't need to pretend to be human.
When encountering a powerful spirit beast in the wild and needing to fight, it will immediately engage without needing to show weakness.
Those who were weaker ran away before they even met.
Spirit beasts have far superior reconnaissance abilities compared to humans. Without the aid of instruments, it is extremely difficult for humans to detect hidden spirit beasts, since they are intelligent beings, not wild beasts.
Even wild beasts, like tigers, are difficult for humans to detect. A person in the forest can turn their back to a tiger without noticing it.
A tiger's ability to lie in wait is no joke; it's an innate talent, a product of nature's rigorous training.
Wang Shaocheng briefly explained Tiger Mom and Spirit Beast Mountain to avoid any further misunderstandings. The members of Team Thirteen didn't have any particular thoughts about this. They were just a team of superhumans and didn't care much about such things. On the contrary, they were very happy that Tiger Mom would be working with them.
The Tiger Mom's strength is very imposing when perceived up close; even without knowing her exact level, one can be certain that she is stronger than them.
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