Chapter 478: The Dying Knight, The Unknown Silver-Tier Creature |
Yu Yuan watched as Mie Mie absorbed the first ray of sunlight from the Dead Mine Town world.
His mood was quite good.
Because just twenty minutes ago, they had finished absorbing the first ray of sunlight from the Giant Tree World.
"Now Mie Mie has four Dawnbreak spiritual lights..."
Yu Yuan calculated.
Four Dawnbreak spiritual lights weren't too many, but they should have some power by now.
"So the sunrise times in different worlds really do have discrepancies. That means Mie Mie's Dawnbreak skill potential can be pushed even higher."
"Another function of Expansionism has been unlocked."
Yu Yuan stood up, ready to return to the Giant Tree World.
Yu Yuan's brow furrowed slightly.
Ever since Fang joined the Pioneering Group, Simon had become the person at the shelter who contacted him.
But under normal circumstances, unless something important came up, Simon wouldn't initiate contact.
"Could there be some special news today?"
Yu Yuan carefully examined the newspaper.
Sure enough, among today's four news items, the other three were still worthless.
But the last one made Yu Yuan pause.
[Neighborhood News Section]
Quality: Silver
Danger Level: Medium
Last night in the early hours, a team attempting to cross the Greenwood Sea was attacked.
Under the sudden assault, the entire team was wiped out.
Only the team leader managed to escape with difficulty, transforming into a fire humanoid.
But he was also severely wounded in the previous battle, and after fleeing to Maxi Avenue in the southern district, he fell into a coma.
On the verge of death.
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"It seems like crossing the Greenwood Sea... fire humanoid... Silver-tier..."
Yu Yuan thought of the Orthodox Church's investigation team sent to Green Forest City, which had taken this sea-crossing route.
And Bishop Knight indeed possessed the ability to control flames.
But...
Who had attacked them to the point of wiping out the entire investigation team, even with Knight in command?
That was no small matter!
Also, wasn't Knight Silver-tier?
How could he be so pathetic?
Yu Yuan was puzzled.
Could it be because of the low-temperature environment?
That was the only situation Yu Yuan could think of.
He immediately contacted Yeger from the Humpback Whale.
[Wolf Den · King: Any news about the investigation team recently?]
Soon, Yeger replied.
[Yeger: Master, the investigators haven't contacted me. They were supposed to arrive in Green Forest City today, and I was wondering about that too.]
Looking at Yeger's message, Yu Yuan was already certain that the attacked team was the Orthodox Church investigation team.
But now, with the Greenwood Sea covered in ice and snow, who would attack them on the sea?
Yu Yuan felt he had to get to the bottom of this.
"Maxi Avenue, huh?"
Yu Yuan directly climbed onto the sheep.
"Mie Mie, let's go. We're heading back to Green Forest City."
"Mie Mie!"
Mie Mie carried Yu Yuan toward the Civilization War Fortress, but at the fortress entrance, they saw several trucks loaded with 'Molten Element Blocks' slowly driving in.
Harris - Quis's deputy - was directing the operation.
Seeing Yu Yuan arrive, Harris immediately saluted.
Yu Yuan looked at the trucks and raised his chin slightly.
"Are these destined for Green Forest City?"
"Yes, Leader. The previously delivered Molten Ore has all been converted into 'Molten Element Blocks.' Boss Quis said to get these blocks to Green Forest City as soon as possible, since building the cold-defense walls takes time..."
"Alright, continue with your work. I'm heading back to Green Forest City anyway..."
"Yes!"
Soon, all the trucks loaded with 'Molten Element Blocks' arrived at the transport convoy.
As the Transmission Portal opened, Yu Yuan and the convoy returned together to Green Forest City.
On this side, Carmen was already waiting.
With the third phase of Extreme Cold weather approaching, his biggest concern right now was the cold protection situation at the Hunter Training Camp.
Yu Yuan briefly greeted Carmen, then directly used the Teleportation Key to teleport to the Starry Sky Observatory.
After that, he rode Mie Mie toward the southern district.
Maxi Avenue wasn't hard to find - it was near Green Forest Port.
The Combat Detector, as soon as they got close, had already detected a dark red light point, its color already quite dim.
Looking at the color of that light point, Yu Yuan thought to himself, "Sure enough, it's Silver-tier. It's Knight."
At this moment, the entire Green Forest City was still in darkness.
In fact, with the third phase of the cold wave approaching, daylight hours had been getting shorter and shorter.
Once the third phase truly arrived.
Green Forest World would probably be completely in polar night.
Yu Yuan stopped five hundred meters away from that light point.
Zhi Zhi activated the Shadow Dimension.
Yu Yuan and Mie Mie equipped themselves and stepped inside.
Although the newspaper had said Knight was in a coma, he was still Silver-tier after all.
A necessary amount of respect was still warranted.
But when he actually saw Knight, he realized his concerns were truly unnecessary.
Because at this moment, Knight was exactly as the newspaper had described - on the verge of death.
In fact, if Yu Yuan hadn't come, he would have frozen to death in another two hours.
On his already charred body, two penetrating wounds were visible on his chest, and one arm was twisted and frozen solid with frost.
Yu Yuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
For a Silver-tier creature to be injured this badly, the one who attacked Knight had to be at least Silver-tier too.
He felt a headache coming on.
"When did Silver-tier creatures start appearing so frequently?"
And judging by the injuries, this unknown Silver-tier was clearly an ice-attribute creature as well.
Could it be the Wendigo?
"Zhi Zhi, what's the Wendigo's situation? Did it enter our world?"
"Master, it's not the Wendigo. It's been responding to its believers' sacrifices in the other two worlds. Just last night, it slaughtered a village and then developed two more faithful followers."
"Then that's strange!" Yu Yuan thought to himself.
But Loser's Cube had already acted, pulling the dying Knight inside.
"Since I can't figure out the reason, I'll just ask Knight directly."
Yu Yuan had to get to the bottom of this. Green Forest City was his base of operations, and he needed to understand the appearance of any Silver-tier creature.
The more he learned about Silver-tier creatures, the more cautious he became of them.
With Knight captured, the Humpback Whale naturally had no reason to exist anymore.
Yu Yuan found the Humpback Whale's hiding place.
With the Molten Believer faith disguise and Yeger's guidance, they were all subdued without any surprises.
Finally, Yu Yuan went to the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
"What! A dying Silver-tier creature!" Jiu Feng and Miller both arrived.
Their eyes were gleaming as they looked at Knight.
This was a rare research subject.
Soon, under Jiu Feng and Miller's organization.
The rescue and research of the Silver-tier creature... began.
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