84: Chapter 84 Powerful Mutant Creatures, A Suitable Ritual Site

Jiuzhaigou, River No. 4.

The [Changnan Interstellar] Exploration Team had already arrived at the corner where this river flowed southwest.

The Incarnation looked at the steep, towering snow-capped mountain to the west, while the entire eastern side was enveloped by circular mountain ranges, resembling a divine city or celestial wall from mythology, its height of several thousand meters blocking mortals from entering.

June, Summer Solstice.

The Incarnation looked at the thermometer on his body; it was 15 degrees.

Flowers and grasses were in full bloom on both sides of the river, which was formed by melting snow.

At this moment, not far to the south, a dense wall of fog appeared and swept toward the Exploration Team.

The captain's order was issued immediately. "Assemble, take cover."

Without needing unnecessary words, the other Exploration Team members immediately gathered toward their captain, the Incarnation, and found a large pine tree with a diameter of several tens of centimeters to hide behind.

Twenty minutes later, the dense fog had not yet dissipated, and the Incarnation keenly sensed that unknown creatures were approaching them from the south.

Divine Qi scanned the surroundings with them at the center.

Soon, a Mutant creature appeared in his field of vision: a black bear that was three or four meters tall even while crawling.

Judging by its size, it would be at least seven or eight meters tall when standing upright. Its fur was pitch black, resembling a sea urchin, and its limbs were thick, the size of water buckets.

In its fist-sized eyes, a look of contemplation flashed from time to time.

"This life magnetic field is almost approaching mine."

After detecting the strength of the Mutant black bear's life magnetic field, the Incarnation compared the two in his mind.

It was less than 500 meters from their position. This position was already very dangerous; it could probably reach them in a few dozen seconds.

At this moment, a leopard was slowly approaching them from the east, though it was further away.

This leopard's size hadn't changed much, but the fact that it made almost no sound while moving, combined with its more streamlined body, led him to some conjectures.

"We cannot let them get any closer." The Incarnation looked at the team members who were still on guard by the pine tree and spoke.

"Two Mutant creatures are coming. Everyone, start a fire and chop wood; the bigger the fire, the better."

"Yes!" Leaving Old Zhao and Old Cao to keep guard—as they were more knowledgeable about wild animals and understood that they preferred to ambush prey, and that a frontal assault was often the worst strategy—the others got to work.

Mo Yuemei used alcohol wax to ignite some drier branches. "Whoosh."

The flames roared, and the others kept adding wood.

The scent of the burning fire began to spread, and the Incarnation carefully observed the two Mutant creatures, seeing that they were hesitant about the rising bonfire.

He breathed a sigh of relief; the strength of these two Mutant creatures far exceeded any creatures they had encountered before.

"It seems that the large number of job-change stones and the powerful Feng Shui energy field here have also caused the strength of these Mutant creatures to grow rapidly."

Even he himself could not guarantee that he would necessarily win if facing them alone. Of course, if he were to use the reinforced compound crossbow from his Incarnation space, that would be another matter.

Seeing the Incarnation relax, Mo Yuemei hurriedly asked, "Captain, what kind of Mutant creatures are they? Can you beat them?"

"It would be very difficult." "What if you include us? We should be able to kill them, right!"

"What I meant was, if we encountered them head-on, it would be difficult for you to survive."

"Ah?" "Hiss!" The others heard this and were filled with shock and confusion.

"This..." "Captain, you're not kidding us, are you?" "When have you ever seen me joke?"

The others immediately turned from their relaxed expressions to serious ones. They could not believe that there were actually Mutant creatures now that even their captain could not defeat.

In all the times they had gone on missions, the captain had always dealt with Mutant creatures as easily as cutting vegetables. They had never imagined that such powerful Mutant creatures existed.

Time gradually passed, and evening arrived.

"These Mutant creatures are actually so patient."

Under the observation of Divine Qi, the black bear and the leopard had no intention of leaving at all. They lay not far away, staring fixedly at their fire source.

The dense fog here showed no signs of dissipating, and no one dared to take advantage of the fog to retreat to the camp.

In such harsh conditions, even with the Incarnation's Divine Qi vision, he could not guarantee the safety of every team member if these two Mutant creatures launched an ambush.

Helpless, he made a decision. "We will camp here today. We will leave when the fog clears; let's see who can outlast whom."

"Understood." Everyone began to set up tents and prepare dinner.

They did not heat the food, fearing that the aroma would attract other Mutant creatures.

Even so, the aroma of some of the food was still smelled by these two Mutant creatures with their keen sense of smell.

From the Incarnation's perspective, the Mutant black bear had already started drooling and kept licking its lips.

Perhaps sensing the danger of the Incarnation in some mysterious way, they did not dare to get too close to the camp. They were just somewhat unwilling to give up and wanted to find an opportunity to ambush them.

After dinner, they still arranged for night watch shifts. The Incarnation kept his Divine Qi vision focused on them the whole time.

The moon rose to the middle of the sky, and the moonlight shone down through the thick fog. At the same time, it dispersed the fog at high altitude, and a silver Heavenly River hung across the deep night, falling toward the south at one end.

This scene directly woke the Incarnation from his meditative state. He stepped out of the tent, and more of the landscape came into view.

"The Great Yin, the stars, and the water are all here."

Although this valley was not the optimal position, this imagery already fully met the requirements for [Heavenly River Water].

"Now I only need to explore the surrounding terrain and use the talent: 'Potential' to determine the final formation eye and layout."

It was an unexpected surprise; this trip had been a great success.

Time slowly advanced, and the two Mutant creatures seemed to have grown impatient. As dawn approached, they retreated into the distance and dissipated into the fog.

With the disappearance of the Mutant creatures, the fog, which seemed to have come because of them, now left because of them.

"The fog has retreated, the fog has retreated." Liu Tingquan, who was on the night watch shift, cheered these words, waking the others from their tents.

After everyone came out and saw that both the fog and the Mutant creatures had receded, expressions of joy appeared on their faces.

"Since the Mutant creatures deeper inside are so powerful, our exploration will end here. Once we finish exploring the mountain ranges on both sides, we will head back."

The Incarnation took advantage of everyone's relaxed mood to make this decision. In his Divine Qi vision, no one had actually been asleep all night.

Everyone had been on edge, afraid that these two wild animals would launch an ambush and they would be too slow to get up.

Liu Tingquan and Mo Yuemei cheered a little. "Great!"

Over the next few days, the Exploration Team began to explore the mountain ranges on both sides. While searching for the job-change stone, the Incarnation also used their constant movement to determine the direction of the best layout.

After three days of confirmation, he discovered that the entire Feng Shui energy field and the flow of Heaven and Earth Qi were all converging toward the towering snow-capped mountain on the west side.

Recalling the terrain from the satellite map, it was surrounded by water on three sides, and the source of the river in the south was located at the place where the Milky Way descended. It possessed every advantage of time and location.