Chapter 320 - 293: Growth Card
Qin Ziwen took out the remaining three Cards.
He used the two Function Cards immediately.
[Function Activated: Level 4 Node]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level 4 Authority (3/16)]
[Level 4 Node: Allows the establishment of four spatial Nodes outside the Home. These Nodes are two-way portals, limited to the current map. Once set, a Node cannot be changed for seven days.]
[Function Activated: Level 4 Retrospect]
[Authority has been upgraded. Current Authority: Level 4 Authority (4/16)]
[Level 4 Retrospect: Opens a portal to any map the Gated Community has previously traversed. Duration: 24 hours. Cooldown: 7 days. If other Gated Communities are present on the target map, the portal cannot be opened for the time being.]
First was the Node. He now had one more empty Node slot that wasn’t on cooldown.
With the ability to open a Node at any time, he could venture into the sea and head to the Fishman Tribe without worry.
In the deep sea, being able to open a Node meant he could make a strategic retreat at any moment.
Next, the Retrospect function’s duration had increased from 12 hours to 24 hours. The time had doubled again, and a full day would basically guarantee ample time for exploration.
Plus, since the Beaked Eagle could fly, Qin Ziwen felt it wouldn’t be a problem to explore the entire periphery of the forest.
And... Qin Ziwen read the description again carefully. He realized the cooldown for the Retrospect function had just ended yesterday. He could now activate it at any time to return to the forest.
’But it’s too late now. I should wait until tomorrow during the day.’
The last new Card he had obtained was called the Basic Pet Growth Shortening Card.
This was a one-time-use Card that would disappear after being used.
The effect was simple and direct: it could instantly shorten the growth time of any pet within the Home by one year.
However, it required a sufficient amount of meat and nutritional supplements to be prepared in advance.
Otherwise, the young beast would develop according to the minimum standard.
This would damage its maximum potential.
Qin Ziwen took out the Card. The Growth Card was a bright silver Card with a standard hourglass pattern engraved on the back.
He aimed the Card at Black.
A line of text appeared on the side of the Card.
[Perfect Development] Requires: 15 tons of meat, rich in fresh organs.
[Excellent Development] Requires: 10 tons of meat.
[Standard Development] Requires: 5 tons of meat.
[Poor Development] Requires: 1 ton of meat.
Given that his conditions allowed for it, Qin Ziwen naturally chose Perfect Development. He led Black to the warehouse.
Not long ago, they had hunted a Fish Dragon.
After dragging the Fish Dragon back and butchering it, they had stored dozens of tons of meat alone.
Black followed his master to the front of the warehouse. Smelling the fresh, bloody scent of meat, he nearly started drooling.
This place was usually off-limits to him.
He was forbidden from approaching the meat storage warehouse and cellar.
He never expected to be able to follow his master here today. Black was so excited his tail started wagging, and he glanced around furtively, looking very sneaky.
Opening the warehouse, he brought Black inside.
Seeing the mountain of meat chunks, Black’s drool practically poured out.
Qin Ziwen had Black move closer to the small mountain of meat piled up nearby and chose to use the Growth Card.
The next moment, a large pile of meat next to them was engulfed by a silver light, which enveloped Black as well.
Within the silver light, Black’s body swelled continuously, as if being inflated with air.
His body kept changing until, finally, the light gradually faded.
A massive black dinosaur stood quietly in his place.
Based on Qin Ziwen’s estimation, Black was now about seven or eight meters long including his tail, with a shoulder height of three meters and a head height approaching four and a half meters.
The warehouse ceiling was only five meters high.
Standing there, Black nearly touched the ceiling.
He was now a whole size larger than even the biggest Desert Raptors.
He already had the imposing presence of a top carnivorous predator.
His crimson pupils were like agate. As Black lowered his head, Qin Ziwen could clearly see his own reflection in them.
"Come on, let’s go outside. It’s a good thing you didn’t get too ridiculously big, or you would’ve burst through the roof." Qin Ziwen walked out of the warehouse.
Black followed behind, stooping and arching his back as he shuffled outside bit by bit.
Little White Dragon, who was crawling around outside the warehouse, heard the heavy footsteps, turned his head, and was met with a massive, pitch-black face leaning in.
It startled him so much that he instinctively spat out a puff of light blue, cold breath.
The cold current landed on the tip of Black’s nose, forming a thin layer of frost.
Qin Ziwen happened to witness this and was a bit surprised. ’So Frost Touch can be used like that.’
’If it evolves a bit more, couldn’t it become like the "Dragon Breath" you see in movies?’
Based on his tests so far, he had discovered that Little White Dragon’s Frost Touch was actually a means of controlling temperature to create a low-temperature cold current.
But it had its limits; it could only be maintained on the surface of his own body, making it a type of melee ability.
’No wonder it’s called Frost Touch. It needs to "touch" something to spread the frost.’
But now it seemed he had underestimated the potential for developing this ability.
’Apparently, the airflow exhaled from his mouth also counts as part of his body.’
’By that logic, the wind kicked up by his claws or tail might also be considered an extension of his body.’
Hurried footsteps approached from behind. Cao Biansheng ran over. "President, the people at Hongding Mansion are about to break! Their building is full of fire right now. Brother Wu is preparing to launch a final assault."
"The final assault is tonight? Let’s go." Qin Ziwen stood up.
Cao Biansheng kept glancing at Black, who was beside Qin Ziwen.
He was trying to guess where the President had gotten this new dinosaur. It looked a bit like Black, but he was pretty sure Black wasn’t this big.
"What, you don’t recognize Black anymore?" Qin Ziwen climbed onto Black’s back.
This was something he had been looking forward to for a long time—riding a dinosaur.
"This is Black?!" Cao Biansheng was shocked. No one in the Home didn’t know Black.
In his memory, Black was less than two meters tall and only three or four meters long. Now he was suddenly this huge.
Black’s back was somewhat smooth. Perhaps because his growth period was forcibly shortened by the Growth Card, his scales lacked the roughness that came from exposure to the elements.
Black scales were evenly distributed around his smooth spine, extending all the way to his neck.
Because he ran on two legs, the ride was extremely bumpy.
It wasn’t just an up-and-down motion; he also swayed back and forth.
Qin Ziwen felt like he was riding a speeding off-road dirt bike—it was both hard and shaky. "I need to get a cushion for this."
"Head over there first." Qin Ziwen had Black go to the Giant Beast Breeding Center first. After leaving Little White Dragon at the center, he rode Black to the Urban Village.
Cao Biansheng was extremely envious, asking from time to time, "What does it feel like?"
"President, is it comfortable riding a dinosaur?"
"Is his back slippery? Is it easy to fall off?"
"What, you want a ride?" Qin Ziwen looked at him with a half-smile.
"Hey, no, of course not. This is yours, President. I’m just asking."
𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
An idea occurred to Qin Ziwen, and he said playfully, "Perform well tonight. If you do a good job, I’ll let you take a lap around the island on him."
Cao Biansheng’s eyes lit up. "President, just watch me!"
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