Chapter 230 - 205: Plant Breakthrough Card
[Hunting Celestial List Level 2 Task Complete: Hunt 1 Adult Tyrannosaurus]
[Reward Obtained: Breakthrough Card · Plant Breakthrough Card, 5 Points]
’A Plant Breakthrough Card?’
Qin Ziwen had already obtained three Extreme Breakthrough Cards.
This was the first time he had ever gotten a Plant Breakthrough Card.
[Breakthrough Card] Plant Breakthrough Card: Can be used on any fully mature plant. After use, the plant will undergo a random Extraordinary mutation. The success rate of the mutation is related to the plant’s own developmental vigor.
If Extreme Breakthrough Cards were for people and animals, then Plant Breakthrough Cards were for plants.
He put away the Card.
The group began to process the Tyrannosaurus’s carcass.
In this hot weather, the meat had to be processed quickly.
As they carved off piece after piece of meat, they discovered the Tyrannosaurus was almost entirely lean muscle.
The carcass was too large for their small group to handle in a short time, so Cao Biansheng was sent back to the Oasis to call for more people.
When the people remaining at the Oasis saw Cao Biansheng return alone, many felt their hearts jump into their throats.
Upon learning they were just needed to help process the Tyrannosaurus carcass, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"You should’ve said so all at once."
A large group arrived from the Oasis. They worked until noon, and with over a hundred people dividing the labor, they finally finished processing the Tyrannosaurus’s scales, teeth, muscle, and sinew.
"My lord, the most valuable parts are these tendons. We should be able to make several Strong Bows," said Du Yu, holding the long, complete tendons extracted from the Tyrannosaurus’s back, tail, and Achilles tendon.
The longest was the backstrap tendon, while the most numerous were the tail tendons. However, because an Arrow had hit the tail, most of the tail tendons weren’t very long.
The last of them, the Achilles tendons, were short and thick, unsuitable for a Bow, but perfect for boiling down into high-quality sinew glue.
"I wonder what draw weight of Bow we can make with these Tyrannosaurus tendons." Qin Ziwen took a long, slender tendon and gave it a light tug. It felt like he was holding an incredibly tough rope.
And "slender" was only relative to its length; it was actually as thick as a coin.
In the afternoon, the group began taking the processed materials back to the Oasis settlement. The convoy had already filled up on water and was scheduled to return this evening.
This return trip would carry more supplies: the butchered Tyrannosaurus parts, as well as all the pelts, sinew, and tendons acquired from hunts during this period.
These materials were too valuable and numerous, so the returning party was increased to one hundred and fifty people. Qin Ziwen left only half his men to guard the Oasis.
"Be safe on the road," Qin Ziwen told his younger brother, then looked at Li Yue beside him. "When you get back, remember to process these pelts and tendons promptly."
"Yes, sir!" Qin Ziwu replied loudly.
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Li Yue was a bit reluctant to leave. He hadn’t even had a chance to properly look around the Oasis.
And now he had to go.
But he knew what was important. He nodded, glancing back every few steps and waving vigorously.
"My lord, I’m heading out! You have to take care of yourself!"
"Get lost. Hurry up and go, you’re annoying me just by being here," Qin Ziwen said with a wave of his hand.
That Li Yue was such a chatterbox. His mouth hadn’t stopped moving since he arrived.
Looking down at the two eggs in his arms, Qin Ziwen placed them in separate backpacks. After a moment’s thought, he climbed onto the Beaked Eagle’s back.
"Let’s go. We’ll head back first, so the eggs don’t go bad from sitting out too long."
The Beaked Eagle shot off to the west like a sharp arrow.
The convoy, which had just set out, saw the Beaked Eagle fly overhead.
Li Yue grumbled with envy, "Damn, the boss is taking a plane back. Having a pet that can fly you around is awesome."
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Not long after the group had left, a Tyrannosaurus crested a slope from the south. It gazed down at the Oasis lake below, its orange-yellow pupils glinting faintly.
It turned its head to look east but ultimately decided not to go that way. As it descended the slope, however, it sniffed the air, a flicker of human-like confusion in its eyes.
’Did I just... smell something familiar? And there’s a lingering scent of blood mixed in with it.’
’Could it be... that she’s injured?’
The male Tyrannosaurus lowered its head, a savage light glinting in the depths of its eyes.
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In less than half an hour, Qin Ziwen saw the outline of the Gated Community.
The Beaked Eagle descended rapidly. The children who had been helping the adults dry things in the community’s open square saw a large bird approaching and immediately swarmed back into the building corridors.
Ever since they’d crossed over, the most common phrase adults used to scare disobedient children was, "If you don’t behave, the big birds will come and snatch you away to eat."
The "big birds" in this case referred to the Monkey-eating Albatrosses from the forest.
The Beaked Eagle’s current size was similar to that of a Monkey-eating Albatross, and without careful observation, it was impossible to tell them apart. Even though they had moved to a new map, the Monkey-eating Albatrosses were already a lingering nightmare from these children’s youths.
The Beaked Eagle landed on the balcony, its talons gripping the railing to steady itself.
Several deep, clearly visible claw marks were gouged into the hard iron railing.
He hopped off the Beaked Eagle’s back.
Qin Ziwen quickly returned to his Home.
"My lord, when did you get back?"
Hearing the commotion, Jia Liangcai hurried over.
"I just came back to take care of a few things," Qin Ziwen said with a wave. "Carry on with what you were doing. Don’t mind me."
After killing the Tyrannosaurus, five Cards had dropped: besides the Giant Beast Breeding Center, there was also an Animal Physique One-star Enhancement Card, two Level 1 Coal Mine Cards, and a Rose Gold Challenge Card he had never seen before.
The main reason for his return was to use up all the extra Cards he had, converting them into tangible benefits for the Home as quickly as possible.
First was the Small-sized Blank Expansion Card obtained from the Duck-billed Dragon carcass.
Then, he began constructing the building.
The Giant Beast Breeding Center required a 50x50 meter area, and the remaining space within the Home was just enough to build this Advanced Building.
He used his relocation ability to adjust the positions of some miscellaneous odds and ends, clearing out a neat, square plot of land.
He first used the Giant Beast Breeding Center Advanced Card in his hand.
It dissolved into a stream of light and merged with the empty ground.
The white light soared high, nearly ten-odd meters, almost touching the dome of the Home.
When the light dissipated, a square, entirely gray building that resembled a medieval castle stood in its place.
On the front of the building was a square iron gate nearly ten meters high and ten meters wide. It was so massive that it even had an auxiliary hinged switch mechanism.
Pushing the gate open, he found the interior was quite complex, divided into three distinct levels.
He went to the top floor first. The ceiling there was vaulted, with countless small holes chiseled into it in an orderly pattern. Sunlight streamed through these holes, focusing on several square areas on the floor. The intensity of the light in these areas varied.
Inside each area were soft cushions and dry hay, making them look like incubation zones. He reached a hand in and discovered that the temperature in each zone was different.
He went down from the top floor to the level he had entered through the main gate.
The interior of this level was divided into numerous sections, each an artificial environment like a desert, a forest, or a swamp.
’The Giant Beast Breeding Center isn’t just for incubation,’ he thought, ’it also includes raising the young after they hatch.’
The other two levels were located underground.
He took a spiral stone staircase that hugged the outer wall down to the lowest level.
Below was a deep, dark body of water. It wasn’t completely without light, however; a hole had been carved into the floor of the level above, allowing light to pass through and illuminate a corner of the water’s surface in the distance.
He had no idea how deep the water was. Even shining a flashlight into it, he couldn’t see the bottom.
This bottom level must be the area for aquatic animals to live.
This area was the largest, even more expansive than all the other zones on the level above combined.
Perhaps this was the special treatment reserved for aquatic Giant Beasts.
A land-based Giant Beast’s full size can be taken in at a glance, but the bottomless depths of the sea will always be full of mystery and the unknown.
In the human imagination, the most colossal behemoths have always existed in the deepest parts of the ocean.
He used Insight on the Giant Beast Breeding Center.
[Level 1 Giant Beast Breeding Center: Level 2 Incubation Speed-up, Level 2 Growth Speed-up, Level 1 Hearty Appetite] (Special Effect: Animals bred in the Giant Beast Breeding Center will grow larger than others of their species and have a low chance of undergoing beneficial mutations. Additionally, Giant Beasts hatched in the breeding center will have their primary loyalty pledged to the Lord of the Homeland.)
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