231: Chapter 231 Finding Help...

After leaving the Spaceship, Captain Qin Hao had already traveled several kilometers away.

At this moment, he was holding a surveying treasure in his hand.

This was captured after annihilating a powerful Goblin squad.

This treasure could display nearby living beings; their lives would appear as points of light within it. The brighter the light, the stronger the entity.

Captain Qin Hao saw that to the northwest on this treasure, there were over a dozen points of light moving. Their strength levels seemed to range from Level 1 Low to Level 1 Peak.

"There should be Spirit Creatures over there. Let's go."

His group dashed toward the northwest at an extremely fast speed.

Afterwards, everyone saw a dozen Lightning Leopards in the distance. True to their name, this species of leopard was extremely fast, like lightning.

Upon seeing Captain Qin Hao and his group, these dozen Lightning Leopards charged toward them, treating them as food.

As the Lightning Leopards rushed over, their throats vibrated, emitting a muffled "Woo woo..."

It wasn't loud, but rather a suppressed sound intended to intimidate Captain Qin Hao and the others.

Facing the rapidly approaching Lightning Leopards, Rao Shuqing and the others felt no concern at all; their immense strength gave them absolute confidence.

Lin Mengyao stepped forward at this moment. With her Level 2 Elite Low strength combined with her Beast Taming Talent, she possessed great pressure.

Facing these Lightning Leopards, she showed no fear whatsoever.

She slowly raised her right hand, palm forward. Her Beast Taming Talent permeated the air, and a sense of pressure slowly emerged. In the eyes of those Spirit Creatures, it was like the arrival of a supreme god—inviolable and demanding submission.

Instantly, these Lightning Leopards, whose strength wasn't much to speak of, were tamed and became obedient, approaching Lin Mengyao like kittens.

Lin Mengyao smiled at Captain Qin Hao and said, "Brother Qin Hao, they've become obedient now. We can ride them to search for supplies."

Captain Qin Hao nodded and signaled for the women to mount them.

Immediately, the group set off in a grand procession toward the Core Territory.

Along the way, they were also looking for beasts to use as food reserves.

They mainly looked for Spirit Creatures with good meat quality; if it didn't taste good, they didn't want it.

Over these past few days, everyone had ranked the edible meats.

Everyone was almost exclusively targeting the first tier.

First Tier, which could be rated as (Amazing): Top-grade meat, tender and without any gamey smell.

There were many varieties: dragon meat, fish, pheasant, wild duck, goat, yellow cattle, sika deer, wild boar, and wild rabbit.

These were all highly popular foods.

Second Tier, which could be rated as (Top-tier): Decent meat quality, slight gamey smell, tastes very good after long stewing.

This included beaver, bear, and tortoise.

Third Tier, which could be rated as (Superior): Plenty of meat but the texture is on the tougher side with coarse fibers; must be slow-cooked. This included rhinoceros, elephant, wild camel, and hippopotamus.

Fourth Tier, which could be rated as (NPC): Carnivorous beasts, pure lean meat, dry and stringy, medium gamey smell. This included lion meat, leopard head, and crocodile meat.

Fifth Tier, which could be rated as (Terrible): Very strong gamey smell, lots of fascia, requires a large amount of spices to stew. Extremely poor quality; would absolutely not eat unless starving to death.

For example, the wolf meat that Captain Qin Hao had previously abandoned, as well as tiger, wildcat, python, leopard dog, and hyena. These either had bitter meat or rotten flesh, making them hard to swallow.

Captain Qin Hao and the others mainly focused on finding First Tier meat, as it had good texture and also tasted good.

If there were things like king crabs, they wouldn't be inedible...

Shrimp should also be similar to the First Tier; their statistics weren't very comprehensive.

In fact, with the surveying treasure Captain Qin Hao had seized, their group was extremely successful. Not long after, they discovered another group of animals.

It turned out to be a herd of wild cattle of an unknown species. They looked extremely plump and delicious. What was more unique was that they actually had four horns.

Captain Qin Hao led everyone to immediately start the chase.

That herd of wild cattle was extremely fast—it was even a bit difficult for the Lightning Leopards to keep up, which left Captain Qin Hao and the others marveling.

In the end, Lin Mengyao played a crucial role. She used her talent to directly command the herd of wild cattle to stop running.

Faced with Lin Mengyao's talent suppression, the wild cattle were directly captured by Captain Qin Hao and the others. After Captain Qin Hao's "friendly" contact, they were placed into the system space.

[Obtained Four-Horned Cattle × 15]

After capturing the Four-Horned Cattle, Captain Qin Hao's group wandered around without a specific destination, letting the Lightning Leopards take them wherever.

Anyway, with the surveying treasure as a backup, they could constantly detect those Spirit Creatures.

...

While Captain Qin Hao and the others were capturing the Four-Horned Cattle, in a certain place within the Core Territory, Captain Qin Hao's teachers, Teacher Zhang Yu, Teacher Cao Ping, Teacher Yu Guifen, and others, looked haggard and full of worry.

Teacher Zhang Yu said in a deep voice, "These people are going too far. We were clearly the ones who discovered it first, yet they occupied the place we found!"

Teacher Cao Ping, with blood on the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and said, "This is simply bullying! Relying on their decent strength, they actually treat us like this."

Teacher Yu Guifen was also panting, with injuries on her body. Just a short while ago, they had arrived here, familiar with the route.

Because they had found this treasure land the day before yesterday, but it was almost nightfall then, they returned to the Spaceship first, planning to come back for Research the next day.

However, after arriving here the next day, there was actually a second team already present. The other party also had the faces of Dragon Country people, so they originally intended to communicate properly.

But they didn't expect that as soon as they met, the other party attacked them, striking with lethal intent.

Fortunately, their strength was also extraordinary. Although they were not a match, they still managed to retreat successfully.

This treasure land belonged to the Core Territory. Towering trees surrounded it, forming a huge territory with clear demarcations.

The place they found belonged to a special border of the enclosed territory, featuring various small lakes.

However, there were very few Spirit Creatures here. In this region surrounded by giant trees, all beasts avoided it. It was also possible that the more dangerous the place, the safer it was.

Teacher Zhang Yu and the others actually had a judgment that this should have been the territory where the Four Kings once resided; ordinary Spirit Creatures and Spirit Creatures would all avoid it as much as possible.

But now, with the Four Kings eliminated by Captain Qin Hao, the defenses of this piece of Core Territory had naturally lowered significantly, allowing survivors to take advantage of the opportunity.

The former Dean, Li Zhiqiang, this bald man with a square face, pondered and said, "Right now is not the time to complain. The reason we were driven out is because our skills were inferior. We should think of a way to defeat them now and obtain the loot that belongs to us."

This old man appeared more composed.

He analyzed, "The reason they attacked with lethal intent from the beginning was that they wanted to eliminate us. However, our strength was decent enough, so they finally chose to force us to retreat. They threatened that if we followed them again, they would kill us, because they were desperate to enter the place with many small lakes and be the first to plunder the treasures!"

"Although that is the case, what can we do? We are no match for them, and we are all injured now. If they hadn't been in a rush to get the treasures, we might have already been defeated and died," Teacher Yu Guifen frowned and said.

Li Zhiqiang pondered for a moment and said, "Although we are not their match, we can seek helpers!"

Everyone was somewhat moved. Seek helpers? Could it be...