Chapter 222: AAA Strange Item Brother Long |
"Damn, bro, these prismatic crystals on its back are really good stuff!"
Qin Ziwu quickly ran over, holding a basketball-sized crystal in each hand, both shimmering with a faint glow in the dim light.
Qin Ziwen took them.
The little glowing ball of his Home floated out beside him, displaying a prompt.
[Level 1 Curio] Earth Spirit Source Stone (Can be embedded in vein resource points)
He took the other one, and the glowing ball gave the same prompt again.
Recalling the clusters of large and small crystals he had seen earlier on the Giant Rock Dragon's back, Qin Ziwen's breath hitched.
How many source stones would that be?
Was this Giant Rock Dragon some kind of curio wholesaler, a triple-A curio supplier, 'Brother Dragon'?
"Alright." Qin Ziwu turned and left after speaking. Qin Ziwen looked at the two Earth Spirit Source Stones in his hands. They were too big, leaving no free space to hold anything else.
Today's hunt of the Giant Rock Dragon was an unprecedented, massive haul.
Not only did he advance to Superhuman through the third-tier promotion, but he also obtained a limited-edition Wonder Card.
Other things like Function Cards and Curios went without saying.
This was perhaps the true value of being one of the only three-tier hunting targets on the current map.
Right at that moment, the Home's glowing ball sent another message:
[All challenge tasks for the current map have been completed. Initiating Cross-dimensional Countdown: 71:59:59]
"I knew it." Qin Ziwen frowned. Once all tasks were completed, the cross-dimensional countdown would begin. He'd have experience for next time.
However, even without the countdown, today was their twenty-fourth day in the Gobi Desert.
After three days, for the third crossing, it would be exactly their twenty-seventh day in the Gobi.
Compared to the total thirty-day time limit, it was only three days early. If they hadn't completed the hunt today, the Superhuman task would have failed.
Thinking about the next map, those who completed tasks at this stage probably wouldn't be particularly formidable competitors.
At the exact same moment Qin Ziwen received the message, countless Home Masters, no matter what they were doing, received the identical prompt at the same time.
"The last task is done."
"What task was it?"
When they opened the Hunting Ladder ranking and saw the top-level three-star task representing the hunt for the Giant Rock Dragon marked as completed, countless people were thrown into shock.
Wang Sheng, who was overseeing the migration of supplies at the oasis, saw this scene and a relieved smile spread across his face.
"Hahahaha!"
He couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.
Thank goodness, thank goodness he had switched sides early!
Elsewhere, Cao Biansheng, who was sharpening weapons, suddenly sat bolt upright, rubbed his eyes, carefully confirmed the three big characters 'Completed' on the screen, and sighed with genuine admiration, "Incredible!"
Others might not know, but he knew the inside story.
And precisely because he knew, he was even more shocked.
Because the Guild Leader had gone to complete the Superhuman promotion task!
And since the Giant Rock Dragon was now shown as successfully hunted, it meant the Guild Leader's Superhuman promotion task had most likely succeeded!
He could hardly imagine just how difficult that task must have been.
And the Guild Leader, who could advance to Superhuman through such difficulty, what kind of transformation had he undergone now?
Whether others felt envy, jealousy, or fear about this had nothing to do with Qin Ziwen at this moment.
Because he was busy inspecting the spoils of his harvest.
[Function Card] Level 1 Insight, [Function Card] Level 1 Anchor Link, [Function Card] Level 1 Anchor Link.
Apart from Insight, the remaining two Function Cards were both Anchor Link.
The remaining healing card was an Internal Injury Healing Card (Minor).
At the bottom of the ravine, everyone was still busy. The Giant Rock Dragon's head, the crystals on its back, and its hard bones were being dismantled one by one.
However, although the Giant Rock Dragon's hide was extremely tough, it wasn't intact. The crystals growing on its body surface had occupied the skin's position, eroding the complete hide with large and small holes.
Moreover, the remaining parts were severely damaged by the gasoline fire, leaving very few usable sections.
According to Chen Pi, only a tiny portion of the damaged hide remained intact enough for further use.
They could barely make a few small items like gloves, hats, and boots from it. As for leather armor, forget about it.
"These holes... they didn't grow naturally from inside its body?" Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised.
Chen Pi shook his head. "Reporting, sir. It doesn't feel to me like they grew naturally from within. Instead, they seem like something parasitic on the skin."
He paused briefly, then added in a low voice, "This subordinate observed that at the junctions where the crystals connect to the flesh, the muscle fibers appear withered and atrophied, the vital essence dried up... as if drained of life force by something."
Hearing this, Qin Ziwen was taken aback, and his gaze involuntarily turned towards the cave where the Giant Rock Dragon had resided.
Glancing at the pitch-black sky, he ultimately decided to investigate further tomorrow.
After everyone returned to the residential complex, news of Qin Ziwen's breakthrough to Superhuman spread like wildfire that very day.
When this news spread, both the Alliance and the Student Council received this earth-shattering, blockbuster news that shook the entire complex almost simultaneously.
Among the three major powers in the complex now, the Guild Leader of the Qin Alliance was the first to break through to Superhuman.
And it wasn't just him; his recruiter and his pet had also broken through to Superhuman. One faction exclusively possessed three Superhumans.
The disparity was obvious to anyone with eyes.
When Huang Tao learned the news, his feelings were mixed, a complex sense of loss as if an acquaintance beside him had suddenly struck it rich, then raced ahead wildly, getting further and further away, the gap between them growing wider and wider.
It wasn't that he didn't want to chase; he simply couldn't find the direction to chase.
Sitting alone in his room, he sighed inwardly, "It had to be you, breaking through to Superhuman so quickly. The next person in your Qin Alliance is probably close too, right?"
Suddenly, Huang Tao's expression shifted. He thought perhaps he could go and send a gift to congratulate Qin Ziwen on his Superhuman breakthrough.
Even though they weren't in the same alliance, that didn't mean they couldn't be on good terms.
Besides, the two of them had no enmity and even shared a "comradeship." More friends meant more paths.
If it were before, Huang Tao might not have thought this way. But as the gap between them grew larger and larger, he gradually accepted this fact with equanimity.
In another room, upon learning the news, Zhang Bo first felt wild joy, then relief. "Good, good. Although I boarded the ship a bit late, it's not like there's no chance."
But then his thoughts turned, and a trace of gloom flashed between his brows. "That dog Zou Jianghe definitely sent people to secretly monitor me. Ever since I returned from the Qin Alliance, he's been somewhat distant. Last time he went out with Huang Tao, he didn't even call me. Could this guy have started suspecting me?"
"However, you're thinking too simply. The complex is only this big, and the people in the alliance are only so many. Some things you can't hide from me. Guild Leader Qin has broken through; I need to send a gift."
Zhang Bo went to the backyard, to the side of his own salt well. Looking at the salt well, which had been upgraded to a Level 2 building, he felt somewhat puzzled. "My salt well has also been upgraded to level two. Why is the quality still not as good as his? Could it be that his building isn't a salt well?"
Finally, Zhang Bo let out a long sigh. He took out ten jin of Green Salt from a cabinet nearby. After thinking for a moment, he took out another item from a different cabinet beside it, carefully storing it away.