74: Chapter 74 Slaying the Rats, the Nest's "Miniature Feng Shui Field"

Facing this situation, Liu Tingquan continued throwing the Molotov cocktails in his hands, gradually expanding the entire flame range.

Even so, it still could not stop this group of rats from charging toward them.

It was like a clustered ant colony rushing out of the fire! They were sacrificing the ants on the perimeter to preserve the few in the middle.

But this group of rats was much larger.

After suffering over 100 casualties, more and more rats trampled through the flames, rushed out, and launched an attack on the group.

The Molotov cocktails in Liu Tingquan's hands were already used up.

The number of rats surrounding the Exploration Team was increasing, and the group was trapped in a smaller circle.

At this point, this group of rats had already suffered heavy losses.

Even relying on the path created by the death of a large number of rats, the other rats that rushed over had also been scorched by the high heat and were severely injured; their fur was curled, and their skin was cracked, clearly indicating severe burns.

They no longer had the ability to completely "devour" the members of the Exploration Team.

The members of the Exploration Team knew this, so they were not afraid of this half-crippled rat swarm and swung the knives in their hands, hacking and slashing continuously.

"Everyone hold on, don't let this group of rats break through our defense. That cry just now, it should be the Captain who succeeded on his end; he will be back to support us immediately."

At this moment, Mo Yuemei, who was already a Professional, suddenly spoke up, boosting the morale of the group facing the encirclement.

The others understood this logic as well, and after hearing Mo Yuemei say this, the inexplicable pressure in their hearts eased quite a bit. Everyone was holding their breath, determined to hold out until the Captain returned.

Just as the people present were waving their machetes and nearing exhaustion, the Incarnation jumped up from a balcony nearby.

Seeing that the Captain had returned, the rest of the Exploration Team showed expressions of relief.

The one or two hundred rats surrounding the group did not care who had arrived; a portion of them split off and charged toward the Incarnation.

Facing this heavily crippled rat swarm whose mobility had been greatly reduced.

The Incarnation seized the opportunity, angling his blade to align with as many rats as possible, and slashed down with all his might.

Seven or eight rats were severed in two on the spot, intestines and organs scattered all over the ground, and corpses chopped in half were everywhere.

The stench of blood and the foul odor of intestines and feces filled the entire platform.

With four or five flashes of "blade light," only five or six scattered rats remained out of the forty or fifty that had charged over.

Seeing their companions slaughtered in the span of a breath or two, those remaining were suddenly at a loss.

The Incarnation had no time to deal with these few scattered rats and instead charged directly into the encirclement of the rat swarm to slaughter them all.

Amidst the flashing "blade light," he might strike down a dozen in a single slash in some dense areas.

The members of the Exploration Team, especially Old Zhao and Old Cao, were stunned by such a scene. Although the others were also surprised, they were already somewhat accustomed to it.

Seeing the Captain descend like a divine soldier, hacking and slashing this group of rats as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, Mo Yuemei hoped in her heart, wondering when she would have the same ability as the Captain.

When only fifty or sixty rats remained, they could no longer form a cohesive force. A few rats began to sneak away, and where there was one, there was a second, gradually creating an avalanche-like trend as they fled downstairs.

The members of the Exploration Team were extremely exhausted after this battle.

With the increasingly thick stench of blood in the area, the Incarnation once again had a premonition that Heaven and Earth Qi was being born.

He instructed everyone.

"You guys rest for a while, then immediately move to another place; don't stay here, I'm afraid other Mutant creatures will smell the blood and come over. I will follow this group of rats to find their lair and return later."

After speaking, he followed the direction in which the rats had fled. The Incarnation followed behind at a speed that was neither fast nor slow; the rats were now suffering from various injuries, so their escape speed was not fast.

Less than 10 minutes later, Wang An found their nest in a cave on the back mountain of Bazishui.

Observing the changes in the Heaven and Earth Qi field here, he saw that the Earth Pulse Qi was densely gathered here.

This reminded him of the intelligent Mutant creatures wild boar he had encountered before; the herd of wild boars it led was just as fearless of death.

He stood at the cave entrance and carefully sensed the situation inside.

There were only the sounds of a few scattered rats moving about, so he walked straight in without hesitation.

Upon entering this nest, he could clearly see 5 wisps of bright yellow Barbarian Earth Qi floating in this nest.

Moreover, looking at the rate of synthesis of the Barbarian Earth Qi in the surroundings, it could actually synthesize 2 wisps within a day.

This environment could already be considered a beggar's version of a small-scale Feng Shui energy field.

He quickly slaughtered the dozen or so rats that had returned to this place and were huddled together to recover from their injuries.

He carefully investigated every location in the entire cave.

As expected, he saw that more than a dozen job-change stones were placed all around the interior of the cave.

Although for Wang An, such an arrangement was extremely casual and chaotic. Some positions could not even achieve a gathering effect and instead hindered the speed of synthesis.

But it still made him somewhat amazed that these animals were becoming smarter and smarter. Especially that Rat King, being able to collect so many job-change stones and take them out to experiment, could be considered a genius rat.

The Incarnation immediately recorded the terrain, size, and placement of the job-change stones within this cave nest, which would be helpful for arranging the atmosphere for Barbarian Earth Qi synthesis in the future.

He absorbed these 5 wisps of bright yellow Barbarian Earth Qi into his body.

They were like the earth, suspended above the lake of essence energy, gradually growing stronger as the Barbarian Earth Qi merged in.

Only then did he collect all these job-change stones and meteorites, obtaining a total of 15 job-change stones and 5 meteorites.

However, these 5 job-change stones that had been used did not quite match the true strength of that Rat King.

Although it was possible that it had obtained wisdom-type or support-type professions, five professions would be enough to create a powerful individual; even if it could not beat someone like the Incarnation, it should at least have been able to escape.

It was likely that other rats were also Mutant creatures, just not as prominent as the Mutant creatures the Incarnation had seen before.

Just like his own first profession, [Intelligent Life Profession], which had almost no strengthening effect on him.

Perhaps this group of creatures also had their own initial professions.

He carefully searched this place, put the 5 job-change stones and 3 meteorites in his backpack, and returned.

He first confirmed the location of the Exploration Team; they had moved to a building at the village exit and were waiting for him.

Seeing the Captain return, his backpack bulging, everyone knew that the Captain had gone to wipe out the rats' nest and were looking forward to how much he had gained.

The Incarnation did not keep them in suspense and opened his backpack to show everyone.

Mo Yuemei was the most active and hurried over to count them; after all, she would have a share of the profits when these spoils were eventually converted into money.

"One, two, three, ..., eight, nine, ten, wow, there are actually 10 this time, we're rich!"

The other members of the Exploration Team also smiled happily when they saw there were 10 this time.