Chapter 348 - 196: North Region Squad 3, Pseudo-Transcendent Li Fan, Bestowing Rewards

Chapter 348: Chapter 196: North Region Squad 3, Pseudo-Transcendent Li Fan, Bestowing Rewards

Li Fan hurriedly spoke up, "No, this is all thanks to Brother Chong. If you hadn’t bestowed the meat of an Extraordinary Creature upon us, I never would have become a Transcendent."

"And our other team members’ bodies wouldn’t have been strengthened nearly as much. This is a huge advantage for our future resource gathering, letting us run all day in the jungle without collapsing from exhaustion."

Li Fan was right.

Eating the Blood-tooth Python meat did more than just push someone toward becoming a Transcendent. More importantly, the flesh of Extraordinary Creatures could drastically improve an ordinary person’s physical condition.

If someone who was frail and sickly ate the meat of an Extraordinary Creature, their physical condition would improve so drastically they would be no different from a normal person.

And if someone who was already in decent shape ate the Blood-tooth Python meat, their physical fitness would climb to a new peak, far surpassing that of an ordinary person.

This was something every member of the North 3 squad had experienced.

Although only their captain, Li Fan, had become a Transcendent, the other members could all feel a distinct difference in their bodies.

In the past, as outdoor enthusiasts, they could handle strenuous activity in the wild, but typically only for an hour or so. After that, they needed to rest and recuperate before continuing.

Before joining the team, when they were out hunting for resources, if they were highly active for a whole morning, they would have to spend nearly half the afternoon just recovering. Otherwise, their bodies simply couldn’t take it.

But now, after eating the meat of Extraordinary Creatures for a long time, even after a full morning and afternoon of non-stop strenuous activity chasing prey, they only felt tired and weak. They would never experience fainting or shock from pushing far beyond their physical limits.

That was why they were so sincerely grateful to Chen Chong.

And they were thankful they had made the right decision to join this team.

Chen Chong wasn’t one for false modesty. He didn’t deflect their thanks, simply smiling as he spoke again.

"I’ve said before that for team members who show outstanding ability, I will consider giving certain rewards, even going so far as to pour resources into developing them."

"The team has only been around for a little over a week, which is much shorter than the standard timeframe I set for selecting members to cultivate. However..."

"Given your outstanding abilities, I’ve decided to start cultivating a group ahead of schedule."

Hearing this, Li Fan and all the members of the North 3 squad became even more excited.

Even the three women in the squad were so happy they jumped up and down, unable to contain their excitement.

’Anyone with a brain could figure it out. The group he wanted to cultivate ahead of schedule... wasn’t that them?’

Everyone looked at Chen Chong, their eyes filled with excitement, gratitude, and anticipation...

"Ah Jun."

Xu Jun quickly got up and went downstairs to the warehouse where the team’s supplies were stored, a place only core members were qualified to enter.

Soon, when he returned, he was holding several things.

First was one hundred pounds of Blood-tooth Python meat.

Aside from Ability Cards, this was the resource all members most eagerly wanted to exchange their points for.

But unfortunately, as it was the meat of an Extraordinary Creature, the points required to exchange for it were not a small amount. Even the top few teams that earned the most points each day were reluctant to spend them on it.

Most ordinary members could only get a small taste from the daily broth made from the meat of Extraordinary Creatures.

And the North 3 squad relied on the rewards for placing in the top three just to get a few pounds to split among themselves each day.

But it was precisely because of this meat that most of the members had improved their physical condition, and it was what allowed Li Fan to become a Pseudo-Transcendent...

"Here are one hundred pounds of Blood-tooth Python meat. Take it," Chen Chong said lightly.

"O-One hundred pounds?"

Li Fan was stunned, and the squad members behind him stared wide-eyed.

One hundred pounds of an Extraordinary Creature’s meat far exceeded their imagination.

To put it in perspective, the daily reward for first place among the hunting teams was barely ten pounds. Now, he was giving them one hundred pounds in one go!

How incredibly generous!

One hundred pounds of meat was more than enough to meet the entire squad’s needs for at least ten days.

Li Fan felt incredibly excited. ’With these one hundred pounds of meat, could another Transcendent emerge from our team?’

He knew it wasn’t that easy to become a Transcendent just by eating the meat of an Extraordinary Creature. He himself had only become a Pseudo-Transcendent through a stroke of luck, being particularly compatible with the meat.

’But what if?’

’What if we really could produce another Pseudo-Transcendent, and I could take another step forward, from a Pseudo-Transcendent to a true Transcendent?’

If another Pseudo-Transcendent really did emerge, and if he himself could advance from a Pseudo-Transcendent to a true one, Li Fan believed the North 3 squad would undoubtedly become the strongest and most valued team in the entire hunting group, earning Chen Chong’s special attention...

However, before their shock could subside, they saw Xu Jun pulling something else out of the bag.

"There’s... more?"

The North 3 squad was stunned once again. ’Could it be that the one hundred pounds of Extraordinary Creature meat wasn’t all? There are other rewards?’

"Of course there’s more!"

Chen Chong smiled.

’If "pouring in resources" and "focused cultivation" just meant giving out one hundred pounds of Blood-tooth Python meat, then my so-called cultivation would be laughably cheap.’

The team was growing larger and larger. According to Jia Wen, with the way things had developed over the past few days, the team’s numbers had swelled from 400 to a staggering 500 members.

And the hunting group had grown from the initial 32 squads to over 40 squads now.

There were at least ten squads exploring for resources in each of the North, South, East, and West Regions.

The North 3 squad was the top squad in the North Region, leading all the others. To cultivate them properly, he naturally had to be generous.

’Otherwise, if I only make them a little bit stronger, how can I demonstrate my resolve to cultivate my subordinates?’

Although there were many members now, to be honest, the power disparity was simply too great.

Besides the few people in his core team, there were almost no Transcendents.

Only Li Fan had luckily become a Pseudo-Transcendent by eating the meat of an Extraordinary Creature.

One hundred pounds of Blood-tooth Python meat might seem like a lot, but the Blood-tooth Python was a massive creature that weighed tens of thousands of pounds.

Even after discarding the scales, skin, head, and organs, then air-drying and smoking the rest to remove most of the moisture, there was still over ten thousand pounds of meat left.

After giving a share to the Fishing Club members who had helped move the carcass, and accounting for what had been consumed over the last few days, he still had a terrifying quantity of nearly ten thousand pounds remaining.

There was no way Chen Chong could eat so much meat by himself.

What’s more, he was about to go deal with more Extraordinary Creatures soon.

Although he didn’t know if the Bloodthirsty Vine King was edible, the Stone Claw Eagle definitely was.

Plus, he would be traversing again soon, where even more Extraordinary Creatures awaited.

So, there was no need to be frugal with something like the meat of Extraordinary Creatures.

If he weren’t afraid that making it freely available would lessen the members’ desire for it and cause them to get complacent, he would have let everyone eat their fill.

Of course, that was impossible.

The meat of Extraordinary Creatures also served to motivate everyone to work hard at finding resources.

If they could eat their fill, satisfying their daily need for food, who would still desperately search for resources outside?

The most important motivation for survival comes from food shortages.

When food was no longer the greatest need, the drive to survive would dwindle until people just gave up completely...

Giving the North 3 squad these one hundred pounds of meat was also because they were already working desperately hard, and it was a way to boost their strength even further.

Chen Chong didn’t think one hundred pounds was a lot.

’As long as it can cultivate Transcendents and make my subordinates stronger, they can eat as much as they’re able.’

’After they finish these 100 pounds, if the North 3 squad gets stronger and another Transcendent emerges, I can even give them more...’

Xu Jun pulled out a rod-shaped object....

When they saw the rod, the members of the North 3 squad were all dumbfounded.

’What’s going on?’

’The rewards include... a fire poker?’

However, Chen Chong’s next words made them realize how shallow their previous thoughts had been.

"This is an Extraordinary Weapon..."

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