Mu Zhong looked at Xu Qingqiang, then gave Wei Huan a look, as if asking, "What's going on now?"
Wei Huan composed himself and said, "I asked Brother Mu to tell him about the DKP system. If we can find the Dark Beast Squad in this operation, he will be credited first and he will be rewarded for his merit."
Mu nodded: "Yes, those who have made contributions should be rewarded, and those who have been punished should be punished."
Wei Huan never hid his thoughts about Xu Qingqiang from Mu Zhong. Mu Zhong knew that Wei Huan wanted to "raise" Xu Qingqiang.
Xu Qingqiang's attributes can be increased by eating, and Wei Huan has an endless supply of undead to feed him. With such endless feeding, how strong can Xu Qingqiang become? It's something to look forward to.
Furthermore, Xu Qingqiang's eating clearly involves absorbing more than just the energy of flesh and blood; he also seems to absorb the laws governing it.
Take, for example, the "Law of Death" that Wei Huan currently possesses.
This makes people even more eager to see what kind of connection Xu Qingqiang will have with Wei Huan on the day he masters the laws of death.
Some might think that Xu Qingqiang shouldn't have gotten into Wei Huan's car, as Xu Qingqiang's profession and personality conflicted with Wei Huan's career path.
Wei Huan wanted to join the Legion, but Xu Qingqiang was a class rejected by the Legion. Suddenly, a twisted madman jumped out during the army's operation, and he was extremely deadly.
But none of these things mattered to Wei Huan.
Those who are not suited to perform collective tasks will not participate in collective actions. There are secret missions that require special operations, and talented people can always be assigned to them.
Besides, I will always be stronger than Xu Qing.
As long as we can suppress him, we won't be afraid of him causing trouble.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong chatted about other things, and before they knew it, they had left the convoy and traveled at full speed for more than half an hour, reaching a distance of more than a thousand kilometers.
The four-level headlights illuminated the monotonous hills below, along with the occasional dark shadow that flew past the car.
Even while traveling, Wei Huan did not forget to release his ghost crow "Plowbox".
Just now, silver supplies popped up on the screen.
The smart assistant alerted: "Captain, there's a Silver Treasure Chest monster following behind the vehicle."
Everyone in the driver's cab stopped talking.
Xu Qingqiang continued, "We're not too far from the first target, so it's better to clear out the silver-level monsters first."
Then he muttered, "The Gravekeeper sequence is too broken. You can open chests without even getting out of the car. Don't you get any enjoyment at all?"
Mu Chong laughed: "The experience is actually quite good. We didn't have time to develop the ruins during this march, but you'll know how fun it is for the undead to run errands later."
Xu Qingqiang rolled his eyes: "Isn't it DKP? If you've all killed them, how are the others supposed to have a chance to shine?"
Mu Zhong said, "You can join the battle at any time. How to cooperate tacitly with the undead army is a skill that the crew of the vehicle should actively master. There are also a few special elites in the undead army, and I hope you can get to know them. No matter how hungry you are, don't eat them."
Xu Qingqiang opened his mouth and then closed it again. Finally, he pursed his lips, got up, and walked towards the door while stretching his shoulders.
As he opened the door, he turned around, revealing jagged teeth and bloodshot eyes, and said in a demonic, ferocious voice, "This silver monster smells pretty good. Consider it a dessert before the main course."
"I ordered it."
After saying that, Xu Qingqiang opened the car door and fell from a height of eight meters. He then turned into a black shadow and disappeared into the hills.
The white mini-car hovered in place, turned around, and looked back in the direction it had come from.
The light fell, illuminating a dark grove of trees.
The dense canopy of trees swayed and rustled.
Occasionally, a white shadow can be seen flitting through the gaps between the trees.
Opposite to this white wave, another wave of creatures from the darkness was surging in pursuit.
"boom--"
It was as if two enormous forces collided, and the resulting powerful airflow transformed into a giant sword, cleaving the forest in two.
The intense firefight beneath the tree canopy was exposed.
The wolf and the facehugger move together.
The raging bear charged head-on, fearlessly battling the monster that challenged the world.
They were swarms of ghost-faced spiders and blood-sucking mosquitoes, as well as wire mantises that resembled blue star mantises but were enormous, about the size of a truck, wielding a pair of huge scythes, fighting together with parasites protruding from their abdomens.
The Silver Treasure Chest Monster is this Wire Mantis.
On level 3 roads, the monsters in the wild treasure chests are mostly insect-type monsters, with a small number of dark beasts.
Among the treasure chest monsters in ruins and relics, there are some special intelligent races like the "Bluebeard People," who are suspected to be civilizations destroyed in the past due to the challenge to the world, or some low-level civilizations captured by the challenge to the world.
For Wei Huan, raiding treasure chests and monsters in groups was already a routine task, but this scene still left Mu Tangge speechless.
The undead, numbering ten times more than the treasure chest monsters, are all quite powerful individually, yet they still employ a "human wave tactic," giving the enemy absolutely no chance to turn the tide.
The undead easily killed the low-level treasure chest monsters and then climbed onto the Iron Wire Mantis.
The mantis's hard exoskeleton blocked the facehugger's bites, and the red iron wires dancing behind it were like whips with their own consciousness, lashing each facehugger.
"Waaaaah!"
The mantis gave the command, and the wolves began to pounce and bite the mantis's leg joints.
Just then, the mantis, which had been fighting quite calmly, suddenly let out a hissing scream and convulsed and rolled around.
During the violent struggle, countless facehuggers were flung away.
"Why did he suddenly go berserk?" Mu Tangge asked.
"This scene looks familiar," Mu Zhong said.
"Butler, zoom in with the camera. The mantis's head," Mu Zhong commanded.
The car dropped a little, and the camera zoomed in accordingly.
Sure enough, they saw Xu Qingqiang's figure on the mantis's head.
"Hehehe!"
He grinned menacingly, his face covered in thorn totems, riding on the mantis's head, his arms like claws, grabbing into the mantis's compound eye.
"Pfft!"
The compound eye burst open, and juice flowed out. He lowered his head and took a bite, sipping it with relish.
Looking at the other eye, I realized that I had somehow already been defeated.
"Brother Qiang has a really strong taste."
Liu Chengzhi, who had arrived at some unknown time, was swallowing hard as he spoke, looking very eager.
The appearance of trying.
His mouth is really strong.
Xu Qingqiang was enjoying his meal when he looked up and saw a facehugger crawling over at some point.
It's an elite dog.
The dog, clearly alerted, avoided the spot where Xu Qingqiang could easily grab it. From the other side, it crawled into the mantis's eye through the wound Xu Qingqiang had caused and began to devour its brain.
The wire mantis struggled desperately, rolling and tumbling, crushing countless trees in its wake.
Finally, it rolled into the valley and stopped moving.
The spirits that had been tightly wrapped around him finally dispersed.
[Obtained Mantis Wings x4]
As the supplies fell, it proved that the giant praying mantis was completely dead.
Xu Qingqiang crawled out of its corpse, still in a twisted state, with broad shoulders, extremely long arms, feet that had turned into flexible claws, and a single horn pointing to the sky on its head.
He crouched on the corpse, looking up at the car in the sky, his gaze meeting Wei Huan's on the projection screen.
Those were a pair of fierce and savage eyes, filled with intense hunger and ferocity, as if they were about to devour someone at any moment.
They stared at each other for more than ten seconds.
The demonic markings on Xu Qingqiang's face began to shrink down his neck, and his skin, exposed to strong light, gradually turned white until it began to glow.
He blinked his bloodshot eyes, and the redness faded from his eyeballs.
After regaining his senses, he glanced around and then kicked the enormous corpse of the mantis beneath his feet in a showy manner.
Finally, he easily leaped up to the car door and returned to the car.
"Let's go, we've been delayed a little, the main course is just ahead."
Xu Qingqiang enjoyed everyone's attention. He walked back to his seat with the flair of a southerner.
"Let's go," Wei Huan ordered again.
The vehicle starts, leaving behind a trail of corpses, which will soon be swallowed up by the challenge world.
More than ten treasure chest monsters, plus a silver-level iron wire monster, were wiped out in less than three minutes.
Wei Huan looked at Mu Zhong, and the two exchanged glances silently.
Just as they thought, Xu Qingqiang was indeed very suitable for the "attack" position.
Wei Huan's Roman army was still weakened due to its "bloodlust".
Recently, Wei Huan has focused his recruitment efforts on basic undead such as wolves and bears, so he is indeed lacking some "sharp-edged units".
Of course, if it were truly necessary, Wei Huan would have it.
However, Xu Qingqiang's willingness to step forward and take on the role of a "spearhead soldier" is exactly what Wei Huan needs.
Mu Zhong was right when he told Xu Qingqiang that the people in this vehicle must find their place in the undead legion.
This vehicle is characterized by its ability to cooperate with the undead army, and it will never compromise with anyone.
Xu Qingqiang's self-perception coincided with Wei Huan's perception of him.
This further shortened the time it took Wei Huan to clear the monsters.
Normally, given the situation just now, it would probably take the undead army some time to break through the Iron Wire Mantis's shell.
With Xu Qingqiang now possessing even stronger individual combat capabilities, the battle time has been reduced by one-third.
Shortened battle time means saving Wei Huan's spiritual energy.
Able to fight quickly and without dragging it out
.
Moreover, the speed will likely increase as the number of battles increases.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong were very satisfied.
There are high expectations for Xu Qingqiang and his team. Now, it remains to be seen what Xu Qingqiang will think.
The two were exchanging glances, but Xu Qingqiang's face was not visible from their positions.
But if someone went to look at the front at this time, they would see Xu Qingqiang with a look of complete satisfaction.
This was the first time he had felt satisfied that wasn't because he was full.
It's a different kind of feeling—in battle, you're no longer alone.
He hadn't even fought desperately; he had only used half his power to kill the silver monster that he used to need to be completely unsealed and even lose his mind to achieve victory.
He never said that.
But if he could live rationally, he wouldn't want to go insane or lose control and harm himself.
With his hands and feet broken, he still had to drag his crippled body to find food. The process was so horrific that even his experiences after he "went mad" were hard to recall.
But now.
Those undead can fight alongside him.
Moreover, if he gets hungry, he can catch the dead to eat.
If I had to describe him, he was like a lonely, cold, and hungry orphan walking alone in a dark alley, who one day suddenly moved into a large house surrounded by beautiful women, with plenty of food and warm light.
He couldn't think of anything he disliked or resisted.
No one can resist happiness and fulfillment.
Moreover, he can accumulate points through battles to get better equipment for himself.
He never imagined that he could earn DKP on this vehicle.
But it doesn't feel bad.
He saw that 5 DKP had appeared in his account, which was the reward from the recent battle and had been credited to his account.
A bronze-level strength potion only costs 5 DKP.
In other words, he went downstairs for a "dessert" and also received a bronze-level potion.
He has already consumed the maximum amount of even the bronze-level potions.
But not needing it and not being given it are two completely different feelings.
He was very relaxed.
I felt very relaxed sitting in my driver's seat.
Ah, his, the driver's seat.
"Almost there, just ahead." Xu Qingqiang ate two eyeballs, but he was even hungrier.
As he salivated at the aroma of food in the air, black magic patterns peeked out from his collar.
Those magical runes were like living monsters he was feeding inside his body, swaying and as excited as he was.
Mu asked again, "How precise can it be, down to how many meters?"
"I don't know," Xu Qingqiang said without any burden. "I know it's close, and I also know that I definitely can't handle these guys on my own, but if I want to run away, they can't stop me."
Mu Zhong thought for a moment and asked him, "What kind of feeling did that white rhinoceros give you?"
"That's the feeling…" Xu Qingqiang paused, then said, "Actually, that white rhinoceros was trash. If it weren't for the excessive number of wandering monsters spawning, I could have easily defeated it."
After Xu Qingqiang finished speaking, he raised his hand again: "Okay, that's enough. I feel we're close enough."
Let me make this clear first, I have no idea what happened before.
What it could be is anyone's guess; it could be a royal tribe, or it could be a Dark Beast Squad.
I'm just good at finding food, not looking for a wife.
Mu nodded, always good-natured: "Let's confirm the direction one last time."
"I'll take you there directly."
"No rush, let's observe first."
Xu Qingqiang looked out of the car as if he had thought of something.
Sure enough, after they stopped, the undead army emerged from the portal once more.
The ghost crow became the main character in this operation.
The wolf and the hidden cat worked together, traversing the forest.
There are too many.
In just a short while, Xu Qingqiang saw over a thousand undead emerge.
Is this a sign of a full-scale attack?
Xu Qingqiang asked, "Weren't we supposed to be conducting reconnaissance? Aren't we going to observe anymore?"
Mu Zhong said, "Yes, we should surround them and observe."
Xu Qingqiang: "..."
Xu Qingqiang scratched his head, realizing he couldn't sit still any longer: "I'd better go down."
Mu Zhong said, "Brother Gang and Gouzi are waiting for you downstairs. You two get to know each other first, they will..."
"What? Who?"
"Brother Gang is the alpha wolf, Gouzi is the facehugger, Gouzi's mother is called Little Dot, and the leader of Ghost Crow is called Sister Crow."
"..."
Xu Qingqiang tried hard to remember.
This is bizarre! Aren't all the undead soldiers dead? How come they not only have names, but also family relationships?
Also, what's with calling an insect "dog"?
Xu Qingqiang jumped off the car again, and as soon as he stood up, he was surrounded from three sides by a wolf with bone spurs that looked delicious, a facehugger that looked not delicious and had ADHD, and a cave beast mother that looked delicious and whose top could not be seen.
Xu Qing barely suppressed his saliva. He realized that these three undead that had been waiting here were indeed very different.
Even this facehugger, which isn't even on his list, is still very difficult to mess with.
Xu Qingqiang had witnessed its fighting power. Once it grabbed and bit him, an ordinary third-tier professional would probably be devoured. Not to mention, these undead can live and die, returning to the battlefield time and time again from the Tomb of the Dead.
It's a nightmare for the enemy.
When Xu Qingqiang met the three elites, Liu Chengzhi said nervously, "I know this battle is dangerous, but I still want to try. Just like Boss Mu said, at least I can protect myself when danger comes."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Wei Huan hesitantly, thinking that Wei Huan would disagree.
Wei Huan said, "Go, I will arrange for the spirits of the dead to protect you."
Liu Chengzhi was surprised that his request was accepted so readily. He glanced at the pitch-black forest outside the car. There was no moonlight in the world, and once outside the range of the car headlights, it was pitch black.
It was like a gaping maw of a deep abyss, ready to devour anyone who dared to bite, making his legs spin in terror.
But there's no turning back now; he's already said it all.
With a tearful face, he clung to the car door and, just before jumping, said, "Boss, protect me! I'm your favorite head chef. Tomorrow I want to make your favorite crab roe buns again."
Wei Huan was amused.
He nodded. "Go ahead."
"
He cherished his head chef, but no one knew when despair and crisis would arrive. When the monster attacked, he hoped that Liu Chengzhi would at least dare to raise his ladle and give the enemy a good whack, taking the initiative to confront fate.
Liu Chengzhi jumped down.
He should be able to advance to the third tier soon, which will make things a bit easier for him on the third-tier highway.
Moreover, he probably felt that he had reached a bottleneck, and that continuing to stay in the car and enjoy the safety would make it difficult to advance.
This is the main reason why he chose to go out and fight.
Xu Qingqiang, Benlang, and Gouzi left, heading in one direction with a clear goal.
Liu Chengzhi and Xiaodian reunited, and under the protection of a group of facehuggers and cave beast mothers, they also moved towards the battlefield.
Wei Huan turned off all the lights outside the car and lowered the vehicle's height, driving at the very back.
The entire hillside reeked of gunpowder smoke; war was imminent.
...
The human legion has been monitoring the Dark Beast squad.
Although knowing where they went often doesn't change the fact that challengers are killed by them.
However, intelligence gathering remains essential.
To date, the Dark Beasts have a total of 32 special operations teams whose main mission is to enter and exit various random battlefields and hinder human development.
In contrast, the human side has 35 special operations teams.
The Great Xia Dynasty has a total of eight legions: Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest. There are four challenging legions, each with two excellent special operations teams and multiple reserve squads.
Established powers such as Osham, Tula, Great Bear, and Fence also maintain a force of 5 to 8 special operations teams.
In addition, the United Nations has four other well-equipped teams.
Both sides are attacking each other's reserves.
Or rather, it's the slaughter of young newcomers.
The latest intelligence confirms that 22 Dark Beast Squads have gone to other random challenges.
After all, it's not just Daxia that's involved in building third- and fourth-class highways; challengers from other countries are facing similar difficulties.
Of the remaining 10 teams, the whereabouts of 8 teams are unclear, but there are clues to be found, and they are most likely not involved in this challenge.
There are only 3 teams left, and they are 100% confirmed to have entered.
One of them was the "Quick Bomb Squad," which was crippled by Wei Huan as soon as it appeared.
The squad, composed entirely of two-headed demons, can fly and excels at stealth, appearing and disappearing without a trace, causing a great deal of trouble for humanity.
The most powerful leader of this "Quick Bomb Squad" is dead, and three others have escaped and there is no news about them for the time being.
The remaining two squads have completely different fighting styles.
"Silence" is at the exit of the challenge road, building his territory, which has been developing since the first night.
When Wei Huan and his convoy arrived, they were faced with a powerful territory that had been developing for at least nine days.
Even without intelligence, Wei Huan knew that such a pattern of obstruction existed.
During every major assessment, dark beasts would build territories at the exit. This was not part of the Challenge World's plan, but the Challenge World was clearly very satisfied with this phenomenon and never stopped it.
This has happened so many times, even in every assessment.
After it appears.
The humans refer to these Dark Beast Lords as "final bosses".
There's the "Quick Bomb Squad" that appears right at the start, and then there's the "final boss".
But that's clearly not enough.
Because it has been proven that most human challengers are only satisfied with 80% progress, and will never take any more risks as long as they can pass with a low score.
Therefore, another Dark Beast squad usually appears in the 70-80% area of the race.
Humans call this kind of dark beast squad a "roaming squad".
Depending on their configuration, some "roaming squads" only like to harass and ambush, some will build territories, and some will dig traps.
Wei Huan's car had only been driving for an hour, and even at full speed, he shouldn't have encountered the "roaming squad" so early.
So it's more likely that what's here is a tribe of king-level wandering monsters, or... a group of dogs sneaking around, digging traps as a "roaming squad".
Wei Huan's vision, through the Demon Eye Monarch, allowed him to see in the dark as if it were daytime.
He found his target much faster.
Several dogs are eating dirt.
A dog that is one meter tall has the body of a rat and walks by hopping like a rabbit. It looks deformed, but its eyes are very bright and intelligent.
Without a doubt, this is a group of dark beasts.
These dogs are called "Gulu Beasts" by humans, and "Dog-Headed Men" by some.
This is a spatial-type dark beast.
They have additional space inside their bellies, which can not only hold a large number of items, but also transport living people.
Just as humans cannot bring vehicles into random challenges, dark beasts cannot bring their territories into the human-side challenge world.
But what is the reality?
Human special forces teams drive armored vehicles to slaughter Dark Beast Lords in random challenges, while the Dark Beasts also find a way to bring their territories into random challenges.
As both sides become more capable, the constraints that challenging the world can impose gradually diminish.
In short, Wei Huan understood their plan as soon as he saw the group of kobolds.
These guys are using their talents to dig traps overnight.
They were teleported here through the challenge system, and a huge pit, big enough to hold more than a thousand vehicles, was dug directly in front of the convoy.
The goal is to kill these humans who have fallen into the pit.
Perhaps it was Wei Huan's formidable strength that made them abandon the method of direct confrontation.
Or perhaps, this was their plan all along.
The hatred between the Dark Beasts and humans is too numerous to recount.
Intrigue and traps are just the most common tactics.
But when Wei Huan saw the huge crater with his own eyes, he still thought fiercely, "After this assessment, I must go to the random battlefield and wipe out an entire region!"