Chapter 232: Island Hunting Ladder |
Level 1 Tasks:
Hunt Island Monitor Lizard10 (Reward: Random Level 2 Ordinary Building Card1, 1 point)
Hunt Adult Giant Moa8 (Reward: Random Level 2 Ordinary Building Card1, 1 point)
Hunt Adult Saltwater Crocodile5 (Reward: Random Building Enhancement Card1, 1 point)
Hunt Adult Elephant Bird5 (Reward: Random Primary Healing Card1, 1 point)....
Level 2 Tasks:
Hunt Adult Ichthyosaur3 (Reward: Designated Ordinary Building Card2, 5 points)
Hunt Adult Plesiosaur3 (Reward: Plant Breakthrough Card1, 5 points)
Hunt Adult Mosasaur1 (Reward: Function Card·Level 1 Node1, 10 points)
Hunt Adult Basilosaurus (Reward: Function Card·Level 1 Anchor Link*1, 15 points)...
Level 3 Tasks:
Hunt Superhuman·Deep-Diving Devil Squid1 (Reward: Advanced Building·Level 2 Deep Sea Aquarium1, 50 points)
Hunt Superhuman·Thousand-Eyed Snake1 (Reward: Upgrade Card·Resource Upgrade Card1, 80 points)
Level 4 Task: Hunt Legendary·Primordial Giant Snake1 (Reward: Random Level 1 Ultimate Building Card1, 1000 points)
"The Island map's Hunting Ladder, I believe everyone has seen it by now," Qin Ziwen said, looking at the Core Hunting Team members gathered in the room.
Wang Yun spoke up, "We've seen it. We didn't expect there to be a Level 4 hunting task this time, and with a thousand points. Basically, whoever completes the Level 4 task can pretty much secure the kill ending."
Yuan Dajun said gravely, "No, it only means they can secure the kill ending in terms of point comparison. But besides the point competition, there's another solution."
Hearing this, everyone understood what Yuan Dajun meant.
If you can't solve the task, you can solve your opponent.
Qin Ziwu's eyes darkened upon hearing this, "I think there's no need to wait for the other side to make a move before counterattacking. We can also strike first. After all, there can only be one winner in the end."
Hearing these words, many in the room nodded silently in agreement.
Zhang Liang, Jin Hao, and others who had newly joined the Core Hunting Team and were attending this kind of meeting for the first time sat to the side, quietly serving as the atmosphere group.
Qin Ziwen said, "Let's not consider the Level 4 task for now. These two Level 3 hunting targets, one is 50 points, the other 80 points. Completing either Level 3 hunting task would give us a significant lead in points.
However, difficulty goes hand in hand with points. Last time, the Giant Rock Dragon only gave 20 points. This time, the two Level 3 hunting targets, even the lower-point Deep Sea Devil Squid at 50 points, indicates the hunting difficulty is definitely greater than the Giant Rock Dragon."
He paused briefly before continuing, "Moreover, based on existing clues, the Giant Rock Dragon we hunted last time probably wasn't in its complete state. The one you encountered later in the Blood Sand Gladiator Arena was likely the complete state.
Of course, it's also possible this is why the Giant Rock Dragon was only worth 20 points. We managed to hunt the Giant Rock Dragon, and everyone has been improving. It's not impossible for us to hunt this Devil Squid and Thousand-Eyed Snake. It's just that they both live in the sea. The attack methods we used against the Giant Rock Dragon last time might not be very effective against them. We still need to develop new tactics."
Wang Yun said, "Guild Leader, if you look at the task targets from this Hunting Ladder, most are animals living in the ocean. Whether it's Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur, Mosasaur, Megalodon, or Basilosaurus, as far as I know, they are all ancient marine giants that once existed on Earth."
Yuan Ming asked curiously, "Doctor Wang, is the Megalodon's point value actually higher than the Mosasaur's? I watched that Jurassic World movie, where the Mosasaur just dragged the Indominus Rex underwater in one bite."
Wang Yun chuckled, "That's a giant 'Mosasaurus' whose size was exaggerated through cinematic artistic license. In reality, the average length of a Mosasaur was only about fourteen meters, weighing around 15 tons. Whereas in reality, the Megalodon possessed the strongest bite force of any creature, ancient or modern, on Earth. Moreover, its average tonnage was seventy to ninety tons. Just in terms of tonnage, the two aren't even in the same league."
Having said this, Wang Yun paused. He thought of the oversized Tarbosaurus from the last map that defied common knowledge and quickly added, "Of course, maybe what we have to deal with this time really is a 'Mosasaurus'. After all, the animals here are generally larger in size."
Cao Biansheng interjected coldly, "What if the Megalodon also got a growth spurt? How big would it become? That thing wouldn't just bite through the bottom of our boat in one chomp, would it?"
Qin Ziwu pondered, feeling that none of these Level 2 task targets would be easy either.
Previously, when dealing with those land giants, they could exploit the terrain in various ways, creating advantageous positions.
But debts always come due.
Now, facing marine giants, as land-dwelling creatures, their situation was completely reversed.
In this vast sea, the ones possessing the terrain advantage were these marine giants.
They were the disadvantaged party instead. Unless they could lure the sea beasts onto land, but that seemed impossible.
They were beasts, but not fools.
Qin Ziwen said, "We can start by completing the Level 1 tasks. The Level 1 tasks also have some targets living in near-shore waters or on the island. We can familiarize ourselves with the techniques first. Once we're proficient and have a large ship, then we can try venturing into the sea."
Deng Guang said, "Guild Leader, we just went to look around the area. Outside the residential complex are just reefs. We don't know if it's high tide or low tide right now. If it's the ebb tide period, once the tide rises, we might not even see the reefs."
Qin Ziwen teased, "You didn't just see the sea and want to check the fishing conditions, did you?"
Deng Guang coughed dryly twice, "My hands are itching, just itching. Whenever I see water, I just want to cast a line."
Wang Yun picked up the thread, "Haha, don't laugh at us, but not just Old Deng, even I, seeing this great sea, want to throw a few lines in. Who knows what we might hook."
Mentioning fishing, Qin Ziwen's expression shifted slightly. He immediately stood up, "Let's go take a look first."
Coming out from the house, he led the group to the nearest south gate of the residential complex.
Quite a few residents had gathered here.
Passing through the noisy crowd and exiting the south gate, outside the courtyard wall was a stretch of downward-sloping reefs.
Looking around, it wasn't hard to observe that their residential complex was situated atop an enormous piece of reef.
Following the reef as it extended to both sides, below was the sea.
With the ebb and flow of the tide, the surging seawater crashed into the crevices of the reef, squeezing out pale white foam.
Their gaze slowly moved along the boundary line between the reef and the seawater. Under the water, shadowy and indistinct, they could see vast stretches of submerged reefs hidden beneath the sea foam.
At that moment, some residents were searching around the reefs.
Every now and then, someone would exclaim joyfully, "There are so many crabs here!"
"Be careful, there seems to be an eel in this water hole."
Qin Ziwen went down to investigate and confirmed that the marine biological resources around this island reef were exceptionally abundant.
No wonder, only such rich aquatic resources could sustain so many marine giants.