Chapter 395 - 365: White Bone Plain

Chapter 395: Chapter 365: White Bone Plain

"There’s no need to rush. The competition has set up seven detection points, but only two of them are real. Going to one rashly will just be a waste of time," Bai Bingbing said.

Li Qian looked ahead and said, "It seems choosing the right detection point is also one of the skills of archaeology."

"The layout of ruins follows its own patterns. If you don’t understand the principles behind them, you’ll not only waste time but might even lose a lot for a small gain," Bai Bingbing continued to explain.

Li Qian nodded.

He could understand that.

’It’s just like the ancient tombs on Earth from my past life. They were all situated in auspicious locations based on feng shui. To do archaeology, you definitely need a certain understanding of the human geography and local culture of these places.’

’The ruins in this world are the same.’

’Although the ruins in this White Bone Plain have surely been excavated before, leaving only some remnants to test the new students, they should still follow these same patterns.’

"Master, the aura ahead isn’t right. I can feel the energy fluctuations of the Undead Element." As the five of them continued forward, a strange voice suddenly rang out in Li Qian’s mind.

Li Qian was quite puzzled. He traced the voice back to its source and found it was coming from the Beast Taming Ball on his belt—the one containing the recently evolved Chicken Hair.

His confusion didn’t last long. Soon, realization dawned on Li Qian.

’It’s Telepathy!’

’The Reincarnation Fruit really worked! I’ve awakened a second Beast Taming Talent.’

Even though it was more of a support-type Beast Taming Talent, Li Qian was already thrilled to have successfully awakened a second one.

Besides, for a Breeder, a support-type Beast Taming Talent was actually more valuable.

He looked down at his waist, chose to trust Chicken Hair, and called out to Bai Bingbing ahead of them, "Bai Tongxue, wait."

"What’s wrong?" Noticing nothing unusual, Bai Bingbing turned her head and gave Li Qian a puzzled look.

Li Qian didn’t explain. Instead, he took out the Beast Taming Ball. With a flash of the Light of Collection, Chicken Hair appeared in mid-air.

Even though they had already seen it in person or on the live broadcast, everyone was still struck with awe upon seeing the Sunbird’s imposing and extraordinary form again.

And, of course, deep envy.

For instance, Zhou Yuanhao and Zhao Liuli.

As for Bai Bingbing, she showed little emotional reaction. As Snow Race People, they had a natural affinity for the Ice Element, and their Beast Taming Talents were mostly related to it. A Sunbird didn’t hold much appeal for them.

As Chicken Hair was released, the surrounding temperature clearly rose by several degrees.

’He couldn’t have just brought it out to show off, could he?’

Zhou Yuanhao wondered with suspicion as he looked at Li Qian.

Lu Tianjiao, on the other hand, frowned.

He considered himself to have a relatively good understanding of Li Qian.

He knew that Li Qian wouldn’t do something without a reason.

Which meant that he had probably discovered something.

Bai Bingbing, however, stopped and cast a questioning glance at Li Qian.

Li Qian issued a command to the Sunbird through Telepathy, and it immediately spiraled into the air.

"SCREE!"

After letting out a cry, it suddenly condensed a millstone-sized Fireball in mid-air.

The Fireball shot out at extreme speed, hitting a sparse Strange Wood Forest not far ahead.

BOOM!

The Fireball exploded, creating a massive bang. Amidst the blast, flames instantly spread out, engulfing almost half of the Strange Wood Forest.

And just then, a bizarre stir occurred.

Within the blazing Strange Wood Forest, twisted figures suddenly emerged one after another.

As the twisted figures appeared, uncontrollable waves of Energy also surged forth.

The group’s Energy Detection Watches immediately sounded a rapid alert: BEEP-BEEP-BEEP.

But the alerts were meaningless by now, because the enemies were already visible to the naked eye.

"They’re Earth-Walking Corpses and Burrowing Corpses—dual-attribute Undead and Earth Element. They’re extremely good at hiding. If you’re not careful, you can easily fall for their tricks." As an archaeology student who often encountered Undead Pet Beasts, Bai Bingbing was quite knowledgeable about this type of creature and immediately called out the details.

Li Qian also knew about this kind of Pet Beast. The Burrowing Corpse was the evolved form of the Earth-Walking Corpse, and its maximum Potential was only Tier Two Commander.

Furthermore, because their attack power was weak for their Level, there was no great danger in facing them head-on.

The thing to watch out for, however, was their tendency to sneak around underground and launch surprise attacks. Their ability to conceal their Energy fluctuations was also extremely strong, often catching Beast Masters off guard.

Just like now. After being discovered by Chicken Hair, a single Bursting Fireball had wiped out seventy to eighty percent of the enemies hidden in the shadows.

The ones remaining were all Burrowing Corpses; as for the Earth-Walking Corpses, they were basically all wiped out.

Burrowing Corpses could escape into the ground, so their ability to flee was quite strong. However, as soon as they started moving underground, they would inevitably produce Energy fluctuations.

Thus losing their stealth advantage.

Therefore, one didn’t really need to worry about a Burrowing Corpse escaping underground. The real worry was when it lay dormant and motionless beneath the earth.

Looking at the Earth-Walking Corpses falling in the flames and the Burrowing Corpses escaping underground, Li Qian frowned slightly.

He spread his hands and said in a helpless tone, "Well, I’m out of ideas now. It’s up to you guys."

None of the three Pet Beasts Li Qian had with him—neither the Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon, the Frostfire Salamander, nor the Sunbird—had any way to deal with Pet Beasts that burrowed underground.

"Let me handle it. I’ve contracted an Earth Bear that can use Earth Wave Skills. It’s pretty effective against enemies hiding underground," Zhou Yuanhao volunteered.

Hearing this, Bai Bingbing shook her head. "There’s no need. Our objective here is archaeology, not to wipe out this group of Earth-Walking Corpses and Burrowing Corpses. Even if we eliminate them, it’s of no value to us. In fact, it would probably just delay our progress. The loss outweighs the gain."

The analysis was logical and well-reasoned. Li Qian couldn’t help but nod to himself. ’This girl from the Snow Race... it seems she’s not just exceptionally beautiful; her intelligence is outstanding as well.’

This was something Li Qian greatly admired.

’Working with someone like this isn’t tiring at all.’

After this deliberation, the five of them no longer hesitated. They ignored the Burrowing Corpses that had escaped underground and continued onward.

Li Qian didn’t recall Chicken Hair either, letting it stay in the air to keep watch.

As for whether Chicken Hair would just fly away and escape since it wasn’t contracted, Li Qian wasn’t too concerned.

With his Telepathy talent, Li Qian could now basically grasp a Pet Beast’s thoughts. Coupled with the lack of communication barriers, he wasn’t worried at all.

Of course, the main reason was that Chicken Hair’s mate, Caiyun, was still with him. The guy couldn’t escape even if he wanted to.

Meanwhile, just as all the competing teams had left Mo Yuan City and were heading out to their respective locations, inside the Garrison Mansion in Mo Yuan City, a plain-looking, middle-aged man suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes.

"It’s about to begin, isn’t it? I wonder which city they’ll attack this time..." the middle-aged man muttered to himself, then rose and looked out the window.