Chapter 685 - 655: Surge of Blood Bags (Part 2)

At that moment, Lin Xinghai suddenly sensed a special fluctuation in aura coming from inside the vehicle. He immediately used his Perception Power to investigate.

’It seems Miaomiao has already completed the first stage of her Divine Demon Body tempering,’ Lin Xinghai thought with a nod. Finishing the first stage of cultivation in only about 20 minutes was already quite fast.

After all, Liu Miaomiao could only soak her feet, so the contact area between her body and the Creation Essence Liquid was small, naturally slowing down the absorption rate.

Of course, this was only because Lin Xinghai had been constantly enveloping Liu Miaomiao with his Time Acceleration Ability.

Otherwise, even if she could absorb the Creation Essence Liquid, it would have taken her at least over three hours to complete the first stage of cultivation.

Lin Xinghai also checked the basin. Judging by the concentration of the Creation Essence Liquid inside, at least a third of it remained.

This made Lin Xinghai sigh inwardly. When he poured the Creation Essence Liquid for Liu Miaomiao, he had used the exact same amount he needed for his own Thunder Divine Body cultivation.

In other words, the Cyan Wood Divine Body that Liu Miaomiao was cultivating consumed a full one-third fewer resources than his Thunder Divine Body.

In fact, the Cyan Wood Divine Body was considered one of the better types. Cultivating an ordinary Divine Demon Body would probably only consume half the resources needed for the Thunder Divine Body.

If he didn’t earn money so quickly, cultivating the Thunder Divine Body alone would have been enough to drain his entire fortune.

He quickly reined in these thoughts, pressed the communication button, and said, "Miaomiao, you should come out and hunt Abyssal Creatures too. Focus on accumulating contribution points and absorbing Blood Bags for now. It won’t be too late to work on your Divine Demon Body after you reach the Marrow Tempering Realm Middle Stage."

He had Creation Essence Liquid on hand, so Liu Miaomiao could upgrade her Divine Demon Body whenever she wanted. But the Blood Bags were a different matter. Once the Abyssal Plane "pulled in the net," regardless of whether their plan succeeded, such a valuable resource would likely disappear.

"Okay!" After hearing him, Liu Miaomiao carefully stored the Creation Essence Liquid to prevent it from spilling and joined the hunt for Abyssal Creatures.

As a Marrow Tempering Realm cultivator, her physical attributes far surpassed everyone else’s. Wielding a custom-made foil, she executed the Nine Phoenix Body Technique, her figure becoming ethereal and agile.

Wherever she went, be it an Abyssal Corpse Ghost or a Petrifying Spider, its head was pierced by a single strike from her sword. Her kill efficiency far surpassed that of the others.

The others watched in envy, their own movements quickening. They too wanted to seize this opportunity and break through to the Marrow Tempering Realm in one go.

Lin Xinghai watched for a moment before refocusing on his shooting. The squad proceeded toward the target area at an even faster pace.

As they ventured deeper into the Poisonous Fog District, the proportion of creatures containing Blood Bags steadily increased, going from 10:1, to 9:1... all the way to 6:1.

Furthermore, the number of Blood Bags they obtained from each group of Abyssal Creatures was also constantly climbing, gradually rising from 10 at the start to 13, 15... and eventually 18.

Under these circumstances, everyone in the squad was allocated even more Blood Bags.

After all, even at his peak absorption rate of one Blood Bag every 30 seconds, Lin Xinghai couldn’t use them all. Any surplus had to be distributed; otherwise, the Blood Qi Power inside would go to waste.

As more and more people received Blood Bags, the squad’s enthusiasm for hunting Abyssal Creatures soared.

When the squad finally arrived at the target area, Lin Xinghai sent out his Perception Power and discovered that the number of Abyssal Creatures was more than double that of other areas.

Coupled with the fact that the Abyssal Creatures here had a Blood Bag ratio as high as 5:1, it was a veritable hunting paradise that any squad would dream of.

For this very reason, the number of squads in the area was frighteningly high. In other zones, it was possible to complete an entire mission without running into a single other team.

But now, just within Lin Xinghai’s Perception Range, he had detected a full five squads.

And though the others couldn’t detect them, they could faintly hear the sound of distant gunfire.

This was significant, as the green poisonous fog muffled sound to a certain degree. Being able to hear gunfire at all proved they were extremely close to other teams.

"Boss, something feels more and more off," Little Fatty said, a sense of unease growing in him after they arrived.

Lin Xinghai raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What have you found?"

’Logically speaking, Little Fatty’s Perception Range is only five or six hundred meters at most. There shouldn’t be much he could have detected.’

"Within my Perception Range, I found three groups of Abyssal Creatures and a squad from one of the academies. Of course, you already predicted that, Boss, so I won’t dwell on it."

"But I also noticed that our journey here seemed far too easy."

"The area we’re in now is considered the inner ring of the middle zone. We’ve penetrated a full eight kilometers into the green Poisonous Fog District as the crow flies, and we traveled nearly ten kilometers to get here."

"But on the entire trip, we only ran into three Mutated Zombies. It’s like they’ve all suddenly disappeared," Little Fatty said, his expression tense. "This is completely abnormal."

After listening, Lin Xinghai just nodded calmly. "Your observation skills aren’t bad. But it’s not that the Mutated Zombies have decreased in number; it’s that they’re no longer actively attacking us."

The others might not have noticed anything, but Lin Xinghai’s Perception Power had a range of 6,000 meters. Even in the green Poisonous Fog District, he could detect almost anything within a 5,000-meter radius.

So, he had detected plenty of Mutated Zombies along the way, but they were all just milling about in small areas. They never initiated an attack unless the convoy ran right into them.

It was worth noting that these Mutated Zombies also possessed extremely keen Perception Power. A Third Level Mutated Zombie, for example, could detect the convoy from four or five thousand meters away.

"They’re not actively attacking us? Then, Boss, your previous theory is practically confirmed! These areas are definitely a trap they’ve set to lure all the squads here." The fat on Little Fatty’s cheeks quivered.

"Mm," Lin Xinghai nodded. "And that’s not their only goal. They’re also massing troops."

"Massing troops?" Little Fatty’s eyes slowly widened. The other members of the Xinghai Squad who were listening in also felt a chill run down their spines.

Lin Xinghai didn’t need to explain what "massing troops" implied; they all understood perfectly.

When the Abyssal Plane finally launched its operation, the offensive would be absolutely devastating.

"Then, Boss, what should we do?" Little Fatty asked, swallowing hard.

"Just focus on getting stronger as fast as possible. Why worry so much? If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. Let the Military Department worry about this stuff. Let’s go. Move out," Lin Xinghai ordered.

In fact, his Perception already told him that the Military Department was taking action. One after another, military special forces teams, just like theirs, had already penetrated deep into this area.

But the objective of these special forces teams wasn’t to hunt Abyssal Creatures. Instead, they were actively seeking out and killing the Mutated Zombies, trying to reduce their combat numbers as much as possible.