The iron box landed on the shell of the underground beast mother, rolled once, and then came to a steady stop.
The metal box was then opened on all six sides, revealing a large plastic box inside, which was filled with supplies and food.
Several facehuggers climbed onto the large plastic box, deftly opened it, and actually took out a box of water. They then quickly carried it up and down to Xu Qingqiang's hands.
Xu Qingqiang accepted the drink without any pressure and drank it.
The others had complicated expressions as they looked at the meter-tall kobold with its eyes lit up by green flames. Although they knew that there was another space inside the kobold's stomach, they still felt disgusted by what was coming out of its mouth.
The main problem is that the kobolds look so disgusting, an extreme challenge to human aesthetics.
Everyone's attention was briefly drawn to the commotion on Wei Huan's side until the sound of war drums echoed from the horizon, bringing them back to their senses.
Unbeknownst to them, Wei Huan's army of the undead had been replenished and had returned to the foot of the wall.
The opponent tried to repeat the same tactic, with vines sprouting from the ground and wrapping around the undead's feet, while at the same time, fire elements in the sky gathered together.
However, it is unwise to use the same method repeatedly on the battlefield.
The Dark Beast Lord on the opposite side clearly hadn't mastered Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
Mu Zhong bestowed attribute blessings upon the undead at just the right moment.
The thorns that had just trapped them instantly turned into tender, withered grass, which the undead easily broke free of with a struggle.
On the other side, the ghost crow transformed into a black arrow and fell from the sky, piercing through the head of the fire-type spirit companion on the city wall.
Soul Scream, hard CC!
Meanwhile, the Demon Eye Lord's attack had already arrived.
"Whoosh!"
A black beam of light pierced through the fire-type spirit's chest and back, instantly killing it.
So, in the time it takes to get water, Wei Huan and Mu Zhong joined forces to break down the defenses of the opposing level three lord.
Without the territory of the fire-type spirit followers, there was no longer any means to stop them, and they were attacked and overrun in no time.
The dark beast lord inside was the Demon Eye Lord, who wanted to abandon the city and escape from the sky. Wei Huan ignored it since the lord's core was still there and gave the order to attack the lord's core.
With its core shattered, the Demon Eye Lord, who had flown a short distance, fell to the ground and died instantly.
Xu Qingqiang crumpled the empty mineral water bottle into a ball, tossed it to the ground, and said, "Alright, the battle here is over. I'm taking my men and leaving."
Mu nodded and smiled, saying, "Brother Qiang, I will do my best. Now that I think about it, we humans really underestimated the potential of the pilot sequence."
Xu Qingqiang is the kind of person who gets stronger when facing stronger opponents. Since Mu Zhong was smiling at him, he felt embarrassed and said, "Actually, the Dancer sequence is also very useful. When you reach the High Priest level, you can not only extend the blessing time and reduce the penalty, but also increase elemental resistance. Anyway, you can choose whichever is easier to level up."
Mu Zhong continued to smile: "Okay."
Xu Qingqiang left with his men, and Mu Zhong also prepared to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at the kobold behind Wei Huan and said, "My driver rank is indeed a bit low. If we could dismantle the vehicle, we wouldn't have had to endure the elements this time."
Wei Huan said, "Don't listen to Xu Qingqiang's nonsense."
"It's you who always rushes me."
"If it's just about fighting, I won't rush you."
"Okay, okay, I know." Mu Chong waved his hand with a smile, took the small water collector that the facehugger brought, and left.
Overall, in this world of level three lord assessments, level two lords still dominate.
They quickly destroyed two more level-two territories and finally made their first profit.
[Congratulations to Wei Huan's convoy for breaking through the territory's core and achieving victory in the war!]
[Gained 10 points]
[Chain Kill Mission]
[Complete the Bronze Treasure Chest reward]
[Next stage: 10br30 mission points, reward: Black Iron Chest x1]
Enter the challenge world for 40 minutes, eliminate 8 level 2 territories and 2 level 3 territories, and obtain 100 points and a bronze treasure chest.
At present, the income is not very good, but the thought that this chain kill mission can be completed without limit is very exciting.
Time passed minute by minute.
Cities fell one after another to the catastrophic invasion of the undead army.
Since 11 a.m., when they encountered the two cities joining forces to try to attack Xu Qingqiang's team from both sides, they knew that the Dark Beasts had received notification of their invasion.
There was no system announcement this time, and the Dark Beasts' communication platform, which was like a human chat room, was filled with all sorts of messy information. It wasn't until Wei Huan and his group had killed more than forty lords that the Dark Beasts finally united.
However, the Dark Beasts didn't have a good solution to Wei Huan's attack.
The biggest problem with monster lords is that once their territory is established, they cannot move and can only passively defend.
Moreover, the assessment world is different from the large battlefield. The territory of the large battlefield has an extremely ingenious design to ensure that the front-line territory is always the most powerful. With the continuous supply of resources from other territories, it can stop the human war chariots.
However, in this assessment world, Dark Beast Lords are randomly assigned to different areas, and neighboring lords compete for resources. Ultimately, only high-star Dark Beasts can rally together, urging Dark Beast Lords to cooperate as much as possible.
Even so, the scope for collaboration is limited.
At 11:10, Liu Chengzhi sent a message asking Wei Huan if he wanted lunch prepared.
Wei Huan responded, "Yes, but keep everything simple."
With his extensive experience, Wei Huan knew that the Dark Beasts should never be underestimated. Faced with their slaughter, these Dark Beasts would unite faster than expected.
After all, the social structure of the Dark Beast civilization naturally possesses the inheritance of a pyramid-shaped system where a minority rules over the majority, and the majority absolutely obeys.
Once several or dozens of Dark Beast territories unite, the battle will resemble a "large-scale battlefield," devolving into a protracted war of attrition.
We must eliminate as many dark beasts as possible before they can react.
If he is truly stopped and there is no way to succeed, Wei Huan will decisively withdraw from the challenge world.
About fifteen minutes later, the kobold behind Wei Huan suddenly opened its mouth.
"Tui!"
A plastic lunchbox was spat out, and Wei Huan took it.
Upon opening the lunchbox, I found it contained more than twenty dumplings.
The chive dumplings are delicious, and when it comes to food, no one can find fault with Liu Chengzhi.
But then, the kobold tilted its head back and opened its mouth.
"Tui!"
This time, what came out was a sealed cup of millet porridge.
Rice porridge with dumplings makes for a simple lunch that can be prepared in five minutes.
Wei Huan, sitting cross-legged on the shell, looked at the dog-headed man beside him.
The dog-headed man also looked at Wei Huan with a dazed, dog-like gaze.
Wei Huan: "..."
The night before his departure, Wei Huan used all his Netherworld power to summon the kobold and its seven little kobolds.
Unsurprisingly, it is indeed elite, both the large and the small.
Summoning eight elites in one go should have been a great thing, but after Wei Huan completed the recruitment and gained a general understanding of the creatures, he realized that he hadn't gained any advantage at all.
The dog-headed species inherently has a "mother-child" distinction.
As functional kobolds, few of them actually went to the battlefield, so humans had limited understanding of them. Wei Huan also learned that, in essence, the "mother and child" were one.
The more "children" a mother has, the stronger she is.
Meanwhile, what truly possesses the ability to carry things in space is the "sub-".
Each "child" has a different level of bloodline awakening, which means they have different levels, and the space they can carry will also increase.
The first-level "sub" is 5 cubic meters.
The second-level "sub" is 10 cubic meters.
The third-level "sub" is 20 cubic meters.
Following this logic, a level 9 "sub" kobold will have 1280 cubic meters of space.
The purpose of the "mother" kobold's existence is to house all the child kobolds inside her.
Having a kobold is like carrying a game backpack; the individual slots in the backpack can be stacked to the same maximum size.
Kobolds of the same maternal lineage also possess the ability to communicate across dimensions.
If I had to put it another way, it's like a trading system, where data is stored here and then stored there, and the "mother" kobold is the system that acts as a transfer and storage mechanism.
This feature immediately reminded Wei Huan of auction houses that challenge the world.
The only difference is that while everyone else uses the auction house to conduct transactions, they only need to deposit and withdraw funds.
Kobolds have almost no combat ability, but their storage and retrieval functions are extremely powerful.
There are also two other promising directions that have not yet been verified.
One method involves using the [driver sequence] to understand the vehicle and disassemble it for transport. This disassembly refers not only to the outer shell but also to the enlarged internal space. By cutting up the space and distributing it among several "sub-vehicles," they can be brought into random challenges.
Another ability is the ability to teleport living people using kobolds.
For the former, Mu Zhong's sergeant strength is not enough. He can't even dismantle a level 2 vehicle. Low-level vehicles are not very useful on the battlefield, so the plan is temporarily shelved.
The latter, using living people to try this kind of thing, should be approached with caution. They came in too hastily and didn't do much experimentation, only knowing that this kind of teleportation is theoretically feasible.
Thinking this way, the dumplings in Wei Huan's lunchbox...
Before I knew it, I had finished eating.
He threw the lunchbox into the kobold's mouth. What use would the lunchbox be later? [()]?'Read the latest chapters♀complete chapters'(), and as for the empty juice cup, he just threw it far away without any sense of public decency.
He stared intently at the dog-headed man who continued to squint and grin at him, his brows furrowing in disgust at the sight.
Even so, he had to admit that the kobolds were incredibly versatile, and if he thought about it carefully, there were countless ways to use them.
Therefore, in order to enhance its capabilities, we must find a way to cultivate it.
As for methods to increase the cruelty of the kobolds, that was nothing to Wei Huan.
...
The progress slowed down a bit in the afternoon, mainly because more and more Dark Beast Lords were joining forces.
They support each other with supplies and also send combat troops to support the battlefield.
The three squads that Wei Huan and his men split up were more than capable of taking over one territory, but taking over two would be particularly inefficient.
In one afternoon, only 22 territories were conquered, which is only half of what was achieved in the morning.
Of course, for most teams that come to the random challenge and manage to take down three territories, which is considered an overachievement of the mission, their current record is still quite terrifying.
In just one day, they conquered 68 territories.
The 680 points reward, to put it nicely, is enough to exchange for the remaining materials for Xu Qingqiang's Tier 4 upgrade potion.
Having an additional Sequence 4 on board is a significant improvement.
Before nightfall, they finished fighting and gathered together.
Under Mu Tangge's command, Liu Chengzhi, Zhou Yong, and Lin Xu made logistical preparations.
They brought sleeping bags and some daily necessities, which they delivered to each of the female burrowing beasts responsible for carrying people.
Then, using the abundant supplies brought by the kobolds, they made a simple but nutritious dinner.
Wei Huan and other key personnel are resting.
Wei Huan didn't expend much energy today, so he quickly went to the Great Tomb, recruited six Roma Sculptors, and then used the Great Tomb to cultivate his Netherworld Power until Mu Zhong woke him up for dinner.
For dinner, everyone sat around a huddle on the shell of a cave beast, eating noodles that had been submerged in water.
It's called "blanched noodles," but the ingredients are anything but basic. The slices of meat are cut as thick as a finger and stacked 30 centimeters high on the plate.
The diced chicken, drizzled with chili oil, has yellow skin and white meat coated in bright red chili oil, with sesame seeds scattered around it—it looks incredibly delicious.
Once the lamb chops are cooked, a special part of them resembles a battle axe. You can tear off a large chunk of meat by biting into the rib bone.
Of course, there are also the most basic tomato and egg stir-fry, chili sauce, braised beef and other sauces poured over noodles, with a few slices of vegetables added as a token gesture, the taste is so delicious that you can't help but praise it.
After dinner, Liu Chengzhi and the others were about to clear the dishes when Mu Zhong stopped them.
"No rush. After we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's chat about our combat experience today. Feel free to share your thoughts."
The first person to raise their hand was Teng Jiayang.
Teng Jiayang is the younger of the twins, but he usually makes the decisions and speaks: "The territory advance this afternoon was not ideal because the Dark Beasts have already reacted. I suggest that the three teams be split into two teams, which will be more cost-effective."
This was also the idea of Wei Huan and Mu Zhong.
Wei Huan looked at Xu Qingqiang: "You'll also bring a team. Mu Zhong's undead are yours."
What type of unit do you want? And who else? Just tell me. ()"
After a day of fighting, Xu Qingqiang ate his fill and sat down to eat with everyone, purely for the atmosphere.
He picked his teeth with his fingernails, satisfied, and said, "Anything is fine, just give me a few undead that can understand human speech, otherwise I'll have to cooperate with them, it's tiring." [()]'Come on. See the latest chapter. Complete chapter'()
Wei Huan thought for a moment and nodded: "I'll give you Mom and Gouzi."
"What about that bone wolf?" Xu Qingqiang wanted the anus-scooping guy more; he and the anus-scooping guy had developed a tacit understanding in the last battle.
Wei Huan said, "Bloodlust leads to weakness."
"Weakness only means weakness in combat ability, it can't be weakness in its brain too, can it? Can't it still command the wolf pack?"
Wei Huan was stunned. He had never thought of this before, and it was highly feasible.
With that in mind, Wei Huan opened the portal and summoned the anus-penetrating guy.
The five-meter-long wolf took up all the space of the others as soon as it appeared. Its body was covered with unique bone spikes, and the extra bones even formed a layer of armor on its neck and other parts of the body.
It's increasingly displaying the imposing presence of a wolf king.
Liu Chengzhi, however, said, "Brother Gang really isn't in good spirits."
In his weakened state, the green flames in the eyes of the anal-cleansing guy had faded considerably, and the most noticeable side effect of the bloodlust was the dense fine lines on his bones.
It looks like it would fall apart if you used even a little force.
Fortunately, the side effect of bloodlust does not affect intelligence.
Wei Huan spoke with the anus-scooping guy and then sent him to Xu Qingqiang's side. The two stared at each other for a long time, as if they were communicating with each other like wild beasts.
Xu Qingqiang said with satisfaction, "Alright, it will come with me tomorrow."
Anal-cleaning guy: "Click click click."
Wei Huan nodded: "The wolf pack has less than a thousand left. I've been mainly recruiting siege troops these past few days, so I probably won't be replenishing the wolf pack."
"Okay, I'll use it carefully. Besides, there's still Brother Anal."
"Click click click".
Seeing that they were having a "happy" conversation, Mu Zhong smiled and looked at Teng Jiayang, saying, "This method is very good, but the difficulty of the battlefield will increase in the future. You must be careful in the rear. Always be prepared to defend before attacking. Never leave the protection range of Lin Xu and Zhou Yong."
Lin Xu and Zhou Yong were suddenly called out, and they hurriedly replied, "Don't worry, we will protect them and won't be distracted."
Mu nodded: "Don't bother with the logistics work tomorrow, just leave it to Supervisor Mu and Liu Chengzhi."
Brother Mu nodded and smiled.
Liu Chengzhi said, "So, I'm joining the boss's group?"
"Yes," Mu Zhong replied. "You will be responsible for all of our three meals a day. During the battle, your DKP will be distributed equally to all participants."
"Okay, okay, that's fine. I don't even need DKP. Cooking is my job anyway," Liu Chengzhi said, but you could tell he was very happy.
With the main problem solved, the rest are just some minor, miscellaneous issues.
For example, how to deduce the bloodline and level of the opposing lord through city development, including how to deal with some special troops. Among them, the most discussed topic is the mutual support between the Dark Beast Lords.
Liu Chengzhi said, "Just the alliance of two territories is already causing us trouble. Just think about the Dark Beast Royal Family leading..."
"With so many high-level dark beast lords establishing their territories, it's no wonder we couldn't conquer a single city even with millions upon millions of troops. It's just too difficult."
Teng Jiayang sighed: "In ancient times, to win a siege, you often needed three times the strength of the city and the casualty ratio could not exceed 30%, otherwise there would be a rout. In the Challenge World, the difference in troop strength between us and the Dark Beast Lord is not that great, so it has always been difficult to make progress on the battlefield."
Teng Xiyang said, "The only advantage humans have is their agility."
He paused, then continued, "On the large battlefield, you can hardly see any Dark Beast Lords below the fifth star level. Crypt Beast Mothers and Shura are all combat units now. Otherwise, we would face even more Lords."
Liu Chengzhi remembered something and said, "Isn't it because they're stupid! Five years of college entrance exams and three years of mock exams, sometimes when I see those dark beasts I want to smash the 'Five-Three-Year Practice Books' in their faces. Have you even done your practice books? Come out and fight!"
Everyone laughed when this was mentioned.
While it is alarming that the Dark Beasts are stealing human technological knowledge, from another perspective, everyone who has ever suffered the hardships of learning can feel the pain of the low-IQ Dark Beasts at this moment, and even derive pleasure from it.
The war council meetings were sometimes serious and sometimes relaxed, and even after dark, the relaxed expressions on their faces, illuminated by the campfire, were still evident.
The greatest joy of being with Wei Huan is the rare sense of relaxation that comes with challenging the world.
The tireless and diligent spirits guarding the outer perimeter are the best protectors.
If other challengers from Earth saw them in this state, they would probably be green with envy.
What they didn't know was that with the completion of the Level 3 Highway Challenge, the name of [Wei Huan Team] had officially entered the Blue Star Overall Ranking.
As a newcomer, even though he is exceptionally brilliant, he has not been competing in the world for very long, so his ranking on the list is very average, and he is completely submerged in the vast sea of people.
However, there are always those who are interested who will specifically search for Wei Huan's data to analyze and understand it.
In just three days, a portion of the analysis of Wei Huan had been placed on the desks of important figures in various countries and major powers.
Mulberry Country
Anguo General's Mansion
Office of the General Secretary-General of the Anguo Army.
Although this place appears to be just a general's residence to the outside world, everyone actually knows that this General Anguo is the de facto ruler of the Mulberry Tree Kingdom.
The sudden arrival of the challenge to the world caused the regimes of many countries to collapse instantly, with most of the power after the reorganization falling into the hands of the powerful challengers.
Of course, most of these people are high-ranking officials in the country and have the ability to command a large following.
Take, for example, the Protector General of the Mulberry Tree. Before this, he was an excellent naval admiral. Now he has become the Commander-in-Chief of the three armed forces. He even helped build up the government of the Mulberry Tree Kingdom. Important decisions must be made after consulting him.
Therefore, the chief secretary of the Protector General is equivalent to the person in the Mulberry Tree Kingdom, second only to the king, and is a person of real power.
On this day, the "Nagasaki Chief" met in his office with the head of one of the major family organizations, the Ishigami Society, a 45-year-old, burly man who was dependent on him and had even helped him get to this position.
Shi Hengchuanjing.
Shi Hengchuan came today, bringing not only this quarter's offerings, but also last year's summary report and a list of genius newcomers.
He sat on the sofa, a cup of tea on the coffee table in front of him. He picked it up and took small sips, having not spoken for a long time.
In the office, the only sounds were those of Chief of Staff Nagasaki flipping through documents.
"Shi Heng." After a long while, the man finally finished reading the document and spoke, "Last year, you did a very good job. You traded back a large amount of equipment and supplies for the Mulberry Tree Kingdom. I will definitely inform the Protector General of this achievement."
Shi Hengchuan's face lit up with a smile: "Our Shi Heng family mainly works for you, and your satisfaction is the greatest recognition of our achievements."
The Nagasaki commander nodded: "Your strength is my strength. Don't worry, your Shi Heng family will have your day of wealth and honor."
"Thank you for your guidance!"
As Chief of Staff Nagasaki picked up another document, he casually asked, "So you successfully took action against a genius from Daxia last month, and he was a member of the Northeast Army?"
"Yes," Shi Hengchuanjing explained, "This was somewhat unexpected. He got involved in the pursuit of us, so we had no choice but to take action. You mean… we crossed the line?"
"Just asking casually."
The Nagasaki commander-in-chief really didn't care about a corps commander who was about to fall from power. The Northeast Army was almost gone, so who would care about their son?
What he was really worried about was who could fill the gap left by the fall of the Northeast Army.
Although he didn't want to admit it, humanity was indeed a unified force in resisting the Dark Beast army, and they had to help each other. He didn't want the Northeast Army to become too strong or arrogant, but he also didn't want it to fall completely.
This mentality probably corresponds to an old saying among the people of Daxia.
Thinking this, Chief of Staff Nagasaki opened the folder in his hand, and his brows and eyes instantly relaxed when he saw the first document on it.
"It still depends on you, Shi Heng. I've already arranged for people to investigate and analyze Wei Huan's data, and you've already given me a copy. It seems you know him better than I do."
"Because my son happens to be in the same district as him, and we had contact on the secondary highway afterward, the data collected from various sources is closer to the truth," Shi Hengchuanjing said.
The Nagasaki Chief nodded as he eagerly began to read it.
He also failed to see the unconcealed hatred in Shi Hengchuan's eyes when he looked over. This excruciating pain felt as if his "roots" had been ripped out, causing the veins on his forehead to bulge.
He said slowly, "This Wei Huan is equipped with divine gear!"