Chapter 319 - 292: Building Enhancement Card: Space
Building Enhancement Cards could grant a building an additional special effect.
This Building Enhancement Card, named "Space," had a simple effect: it could expand a building’s interior area tenfold. This expansion was limited to the building’s interior, and the new space would be an empty lot, containing no other internal structures or tools.
Qin Ziwen’s first thought was to use it on a warehouse. That would expand the interior space of a warehouse or cellar tenfold!
But on second thought, it didn’t seem that useful.
Besides, the interior space of the cellars and warehouses wasn’t very large to begin with. Even a tenfold expansion wouldn’t be that impressive.
The problem could be solved just by building a few more warehouses.
Therefore, it would be far more effective to use it on an Advanced Building that was already spacious.
’Use it on the training grounds?’ Qin Ziwen turned and looked at the nearly ten-meter-high outer wall behind him.
’The current area seems big enough already. It’s seven thousand square meters, roughly the size of a soccer field—more than enough to train over a thousand people at once.’
After a moment’s thought, another building came to mind.
The Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena.
Although the area inside was not small, it was still a bit cramped for fighting a Giant Beast.
If the space could be expanded to ten times its original size, it would become much more spacious.
The current Level 2 Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena occupied an area of 120 by 120 meters. A tenfold expansion would make it 144,000 square meters, equivalent to twenty soccer fields combined.
This would allow for more tactical flexibility when fighting Giant Beasts.
He went to the Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena and chose to use the Card.
A brilliant light enveloped the entire area.
From the outside, it looked the same as before. But upon walking through the massive gate, one could see at a glance that the space inside had become extremely vast.
Qin Ziwen couldn’t help but marvel. The Home’s utilization of space was truly masterful.
The Home inside the Gated Community was already a folded space, and now the Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena was a space folded within that space.
With a thought, he summoned the Female Tyrannosaurus.
A brilliant light blazed before him. When it faded, the Tyrannosaurus stood in place, swished its tail, and snorted.
Its cold, cruel eyes looked down on the tiny human before it.
This time, it didn’t attack. Through recent experience, it had discovered that there was no point in tearing these humans to pieces.
No one truly died here, not even it.
It scanned its surroundings and saw no other humans. It seemed to be just this one person.
It turned, preparing to leave.
"Come here," Qin Ziwen’s voice came from behind it.
The Female Tyrannosaurus paused and turned its head.
Outside the gate, two small heads peeked out.
Black looked at the Female Tyrannosaurus with some fear. Little White Dragon was riding on its back, its two small forelegs clinging tightly to Black’s neck.
The black and white pair was incredibly conspicuous.
"ROOOAR~"
Black trotted over, shielded its master behind it, lifted its head, and bravely roared at the Female Tyrannosaurus.
The Female Tyrannosaurus lowered its head, its powerful breath washing over the two small dinosaurs.
"GOO... RAWR~" Little White Dragon strained its throat and let out an Evil Dragon’s Roar at the Female Tyrannosaurus before it.
The Female Tyrannosaurus sniffed its scent carefully, and its eyes gradually softened.
It lifted its huge claw and gently lowered the back of it onto Little White Dragon’s head, as if wanting to cup the small creature in its palm.
Little White Dragon thought the big monster was trying to grab it and hurriedly dodged back. In its haste, it lost its footing and slipped off Black’s back.
A large hand caught it from below, cupping Little White Dragon’s bottom.
"Feisty, aren’t we?" Qin Ziwen chuckled.
After being caught, Little White Dragon scrambled up Qin Ziwen’s sleeve toward his shoulder.
"ROAR..." Seeing this, a trace of savagery flashed in the Female Tyrannosaurus’s eyes, and the atmosphere grew heavy.
"You’re going to teach them how to hunt. I don’t think anyone is more suitable than you, don’t you agree?" Qin Ziwen grabbed Little White Dragon by the scruff of its neck, lifted it up, and placed it in front of the Female Tyrannosaurus.
His Level 2 Resonance Ability from being a Master not only allowed him to sense the Female Tyrannosaurus’s current agitation, but it also allowed the beast to sense his emotions.
The Female Tyrannosaurus held its position, but the oppressive atmosphere gradually dissipated.
Qin Ziwen smiled faintly. He placed Little White Dragon on the ground and gently patted its head, signaling for it not to be nervous.
"Black, you and your sister stay here with her for a while." After speaking, Qin Ziwen turned and walked out.
Black grew nervous when it saw its master leaving.
But when it looked down at the little white thing scrambling around its feet, it found a new surge of courage.
It bravely raised its head, trying hard to put on an "I’m not afraid of you" face.
"ROAR!"
Qin Ziwen waited outside the gate for a long while. Only after hearing the receding footsteps of the Female Tyrannosaurus did he poke his head in.
The Female Tyrannosaurus was walking away with great strides, its tail swinging.
It hadn’t attacked Black, nor had it attacked Little White Dragon.
"Come on," Qin Ziwen beckoned to Black.
Black quickly lowered its head, scooped up its sister in its mouth, and ran toward Qin Ziwen.
"When the time comes, you two learn as much as you can. What it can teach you are the true hunting techniques of your own kind," Qin Ziwen said, stroking Black’s head.
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「On another island, late at night.」
Qin Ziwu pushed the door open and stepped out. The night wind, damp and cold, rushed to meet him.
He raised his head and looked up at the windows flickering with firelight.
The corners of his mouth twitched upward uncontrollably. The unhealed scar on his face seemed to squirm along with it, adding to his menacing aura.
’Soon... Just a little longer, and these bastards will be ripe for the slaughter.’
"Brother Wu, have something to eat." Yuan Ming’s voice came from behind. He trotted over and handed him a wooden stick skewering a roasted fish.
The roasted fish gave off a charred aroma and lingering warmth. Without turning his head, Qin Ziwu took the skewer and began to tear at the flesh, chewing and swallowing greedily. "What about the Fishmen? Did you send them any?"
Yuan Ming was taken aback, then scratched his head. "We need to give some to the Fishmen? They’re Fishmen, shouldn’t they be able to catch their own fish in the sea?"
Only then did Qin Ziwu slowly turn his head. "What kind of bullshit is that? They fought alongside us in the battle today. Now, even the people from the Urban Village who didn’t fight got some fish, but the Fishmen didn’t get a single one?"
"I’ll go get some now," Yuan Ming said hurriedly. "But there might not be much fish left, only forty or fifty pounds worth."
"There should be other meat besides fish, right? Bring it all over." Qin Ziwu added, "Oh, and pack the fish separately. Divide it into three ten-pound portions. I have a use for them."
"Okay."
Ten minutes later, Qin Ziwu arrived at one of the rooms, carrying a bucket.
"OORGH."
Inside the room, a Muddy Race Fishman sleeping on the floor heard the commotion, rolled over, and opened its eyes.
Qin Ziwu sat down, reached into the bucket, grabbed a large fish, and tossed it over. "Good work today. I brought you some food. See if you like it."
The Muddy Race Fishman had smelled the fishy scent as soon as Qin Ziwu entered the room. Seeing the fish tossed its way, it quickly stretched its short, thick neck and opened its large mouth to catch it.
The Muddy Race Fishman ate happily, letting out cheerful gurgles from its throat.
’Humans, good!’
’Helpful humans!’
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