146: Chapter 140 Rockhorn Bison

Chapter 140: Rock Horned Buffalo

Though the exploration team only had 20 members, Feng Bo and the others already had experience dealing with Scarecrows and Rot Soil Hounds. Coupled with the cover of the two exploration vanguards, Giant Claw Night Demon and Vine Spider Nurse, the progress of exploration and killing was very smooth.

The team explored outward from the center, spending half an hour quickly pushing forward a distance of five to six hundred meters.

The progress of the advance was not too slow; after the bushes at the entrance, the terrain everywhere they passed was relatively flat.

Although it was overgrown with weeds and every advance required machetes to cut down these chaotic weeds to carve out a path, everyone was somewhat happy instead, because flat terrain meant they could grow more food after reclaiming the land.

Feng Bo dug up a handful of black soil at the base of the grass and turned it over in his palm. The black soil was moist and pitch-black, and at a glance, one could tell that this soil was very fertile, even more fertile than the soil of Scarecrow Farm. If wheat was planted here, the yield should not be low.

"Draw your formations in a bit and don't fall behind. Scarecrows and Rot Soil Hounds might appear suddenly."

While advancing, Feng Bo reminded, "We will explore towards the middle first, and then turn to both sides. This floor is not very large."

The team continued to explore forward, with the two monsters, Giant Claw Night Demon and Vine Spider Nurse, scouting the way on the front-left and front-right respectively.

The weeds higher than the ankles were very troublesome. Every step forward required stepping into the fluffy, damp grass, and passing through the grass always produced a rustling friction sound.

"These two types of monsters are elusive. How was Scarecrow Town handled back then? Did they also have anomaly entities clearing the way?"

Bai Shou tightly gripped his rifle, his gaze scanning the surroundings vigilantly. The weeds combined with the rustling sound made by the companions' activities made him paranoid, always feeling that a monster might rush out at any moment.

Suddenly, a hurried sound of vegetation friction came over. He abruptly raised his head to look, only to see that another Scarecrow had already appeared and pounced toward him.

He raised his hand and fired a shot, the bullet precisely piercing the Scarecrow's head.

Xiang Nan beside him was also vigilantly searching for Scarecrows. While looking around vigilantly, he replied, "It's only like this during land reclamation. Once cleared, Scarecrows won't appear so frequently; they will only appear on a large scale during harvest."

Gunshots rang out from time to time, and the distance the team traveled became deeper and deeper.

Wang Ting did not make a move within the team; he counted the number of Scarecrows encountered so far.

In a short span of forty to fifty minutes, the number of Scarecrows encountered was already 43, and the Rot Soil Hounds were slightly fewer, but there were still 37 of them. The quantity was much more than when they were on the Scarecrow Farm floor.

"Eighty monsters, and 15 portions of extraordinary materials were harvested. The probability of harvesting extraordinary materials during the land reclamation period is a bit higher than usual. However, these Scarecrows are not suitable for making extraordinary potions."

Researcher Huoling was not responsible for fighting in the team, but when the members of the reclamation team dissected the monsters, the main materials would all be sent to her side for preliminary inspection.

Hearing her say this, Wang Ting asked curiously, "They are both low-level anomaly entities, is there any difference between them?"

"The factor information is too little, and the formed factor structure is too simple and unstable. The factor structure is composed of factor information. The more factor information there is, the more stable the formed factor structure is, ensuring that the extraordinary power exhibits dominance when transferred into the human body. For zombies and Rot Soil Hounds, if there is no artificial stacking of materials to reorganize their factor structures, it is very difficult to directly endow humans with extraordinary power."

Pausing her tone, she gave a more vivid example: "Have you ever heard of an extraordinary person formed by combining extraordinary materials from zombies?"

"So an Extraordinary Core is equivalent to an extraordinary material that naturally aggregates a large amount of factor information?"

Researcher Huoling nodded, "Yes."

While the two were talking, the search team continued forward, having penetrated about 900 meters deep at this point.

A small stream ran across in front of them, half-hidden in the lush grass.

Xiang Nan suddenly said, "What is that thing?"

Wang Ting looked over following the sound. By the side of the stream, two behemoths were lowering their heads to graze on the green grass on the ground.

Everyone stared intently and saw that the monsters were covered all over in dry and hard earthy-yellow scales, with their backs arched like small hills. Their overall height was over 2 meters, and their body length was 3 meters.

Their heads grew three large horns, the two horns on the sides resembling large sabers, and a single horn grew at the center of their brows. The large horns were earthy-yellow, as if polished from rock. Looking at the monsters' bodies, they were robust and sturdy, with the head of an ox, yet they grew six pairs of ox hooves, which was truly bizarre.

[Discovered low-level anomaly entity Rock Horned Buffalo, Rock Horned Buffalo cataloging progress 10%]

Seeing this behemoth, Xiang Nan was startled in his heart and quietly aimed his rifle at the monster's head.

"Wait, don't shoot yet."

However, Researcher Huoling pressed down on his rifle barrel with one hand, a look of scrutiny on her face.

"It might be a neutral-type anomaly entity."

"A neutral-type anomaly entity?"

Wang Ting showed a puzzled expression, and Xiang Nan's expression was similar to his. Feng Bo looked thoughtful, as if he had heard of this name before.

"What is that thing?"

At Wang Ting's question, Researcher Huoling instead showed a bit of surprise.

She did not try to be mysterious, instead explaining to Wang Ting, "Although most anomalies are like monsters and will actively launch attacks once humans step onto a floor, in some special floors, especially habitable floors, you will encounter neutral-type anomaly entities, or even friendly anomaly entities. They will not actively launch attacks unless provoked."

Wang Ting caught the meaning in Researcher Huoling's words and asked, "How should we handle them appropriately?"

"Observe and study."

In Jumu City and some large Shelters, there were actually relatively mature handling plans already.

Neutral-type anomaly entities would not actively launch attacks, so they were more suitable for being raised and kept in captivity, making long-term research convenient.

For a large portion of neutral-type anomaly entities, the extraordinary factor structure within their bodies was relatively stable. If their body materials could be used to make extraordinary items or extraordinary potions, then the value of neutral-type anomaly entities was far greater than that of monster anomaly entities.

Xiang Nan clicked his tongue in amazement as he listened: "This guy probably weighs three to four tons; I'm afraid it won't be that easy to capture."

The size of the Rock Horned Buffalo was much larger than a normal cattle, and its knotted muscles contained terrifying power, likely capable of easily overturning a car.

For such a behemoth, there were still ways to kill it, but wanting to capture it alive was not so easy.

"I'll do it."

Wang Ting was just thinking about how to subdue the Rock Horned Buffalo. Now that Researcher Huoling had spoken, it was just right for him to give it a try.

The team held their breath and stared. At this time, they were about 200 meters away from the Rock Horned Buffalo.

Wang Ting approached step by step. When he was more than 150 meters away, the Rock Horned Buffalo let out a low cry, then raised its head, restlessly kicking and stamping the ground, locking its gaze on Wang Ting and issuing a warning sound.

[Rock Horned Buffalo cataloging progress 15%]

Wang Ting looked at them. They actually issued a warning first instead of attacking first, thinking unceasingly in his heart: "Neutral-type monsters seem more rational, somewhat similar to the three anomaly entity fish sent from Fisherman Town."

Although the three anomaly entity fish would also launch attacks, compared to that water ghost, it was obvious that their aggressiveness came more from hunting instincts.

A thought suddenly arose in Wang Ting's heart: "I wonder if these things can be kept in captivity. If the meat is edible, this is quite a viable path."

The more Wang Ting thought about it, the more feasible it felt. If the meat of anomaly entity fish could be eaten, there was no reason why this slightly strange-looking ox in front of him couldn't be eaten.

Seeing that Wang Ting did not retreat and instead continued to approach, the Rock Horned Buffalo instantly grew even angrier, as if its territory had been violated.

Moo!

It let out an angry roar, then slammed its hooves heavily onto the ground, aiming its rocky ox horns at Wang Ting and charging over rapidly.

Charging over together with it was its companion beside it. On the left and right, the booming footsteps sounded like beating drums on the ground. Everyone broke out in a cold sweat for Wang Ting, because these two behemoths rampaging over were like out-of-control tanks.

Wang Ting wanted to capture these two Rock Horned Buffaloes alive, so he didn't directly use violence to stop them.

He directly urged his Psychokinesis, and the invisible psychokinetic force spread out like waves. The Rock Horned Buffaloes rushed in, as if falling into a quagmire, and their terrifying momentum was slowly being dissipated by the Psychokinesis.

The more they charged forward, the greater the resistance they encountered, and the invisible force made them increasingly restless and uneasy.

At this moment, Wang Ting raised his Psychokinesis, and the figures of the two mountain-like behemoths suddenly floated up, their six hooves leaving the ground, which made them even more panicked.

Vine Core Space——

At this moment, Wang Ting projected vines, and one vine after another rapidly wrapped around the bodies of the two behemoths, first binding their ox hooves, and then their sharp horns. The vines wrapped around layer by layer, and then tied knots with each other, fixing their figures in place.

The Rock Horned Buffaloes let out roars, but no matter how they struggled, these thick vines had locked down the angle of their force exertion. They possessed a vast amount of power within their bodies, but couldn't exert it at this moment.

Parasitic Seed—

At this time, Wang Ting threw out a few Parasitic Seeds, letting them land on the ox's backs. The Parasitic Seeds quickly sprouted, and fine hooks adsorbed them onto the backs of the Rock Horned Buffaloes.

Although the hard scales of the rocks could slightly block them, there were always gaps where the Parasitic Seeds found an opportunity to parasitize.

Their vitality was slowly extracted, and the two Rock Horned Buffaloes gradually grew listless.

Wang Ting did not intend to completely devour their vitality to death, but rather to cause continuous damage to increase the cataloging progress.

[Rock Horned Buffalo cataloging progress 35%]

[Rock Horned Buffalo cataloging progress 37%]

After Wang Ting controlled the Rock Horned Buffaloes, through observation and binding, the cataloging progress could slowly increase by itself, coupled with the vitality devouring of the Parasitic Seeds, the cataloging progress became even faster.

"It's settled just like that?"

Bai Shou and the others were all stunned. They didn't expect that when this tank-like behemoth charged over, Wang Ting just stood there motionless, and the monster was directly overturned, then bound by countless vines.

This casual feeling didn't look like capturing a giant beast, but rather like taming a kitten.

"As expected of the leader, I'm afraid even intermediate-type anomaly monsters can be dealt with."

Xiong Yuan showed a sigh of exclamation; Wang Ting's methods exceeded their expectations.

Bai Shou's skin twitched slightly, and even Xiang Nan cast a few extra glances at Xiong Yuan.

"This guy is a threat; he actually wants to progress even more than I do."

Xiong Yuan had a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, much like Dong Hu, but this rugged fellow happened to be thick-skinned enough. When it came to praising, he really praised.

It was true that Wang Ting was very powerful, but they had never seen anyone praise people with such ease and appropriateness. Xiong Yuan's foundation could not be underestimated.

"This guy is so big, I'm afraid it won't be able to pass through the stair passage."

Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and the others stepped forward, looking up and down at the Rock Horned Buffalo. Only after getting close did they realize that even when bound and crouching on the ground, this guy was still as tall as a small hill.

"If it can't pass, then it can't pass. Find a place nearby first to ensure they can't turn around and get out, and then see if we can domesticate them."

The few of them operated and arranged things. After Wang Ting cut the vines, the excess parts were retracted into the Vine Core Space.

He was not afraid that the Rock Horned Buffalo could break free. As the vines continuously iterated and grew within the Vine Core Space, the vines at this point had gained some mutated characteristics—toughness. Although it still couldn't compare to metal, it was quite similar compared to the skin of ordinary beasts.

Having completely bound the Rock Horned Buffalo, as time passed, the progress of the Rock Horned Buffalo's cataloging floated up before Wang Ting's eyes.

[Rock Horned Buffalo cataloging completed, obtained 300 monster points]