Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent

Chapter 48: Establishing a Temporary Safe Zone


Compared to Mo Qingchen, the Great Needle Bee was much less particular.

With a riding spear that had probably killed countless monsters, it plunged directly into the [Four-Horned Demon Beef Ribs].

Skewered them and brought it to its mouth, tearing off a big chunk with a single bite, it chewed a few times before swallowing it down.

Just like that, the 9-pound [Four-Horned Demon Beef Ribs] were devoured by Mo Jin in under two minutes.

"Delicious, Master, can we eat this kind of meat more often?"

(。・ω・。) Mo Jin smacked its lips, a hint of longing in its ruby-like eyes.

The Energy Crystal Stones were hard and tasted like wax; if not for extracting energy, it wouldn't want to eat them at all!

This [Four-Horned Demon Beef Ribs] not only tasted excellent but also contained a significant amount of energy, comparable to Tier One Energy Crystal Stones.

"Eat often? With our current financial state, we can't afford it; eating it three or four times a month is manageable."

[Four-Horned Demon Beef Ribs] are high-end ingredients, found only in big restaurants and hotels, with a 1-pound portion costing over 100,000 Dragon Coins.

With Mo Jin's appetite, eating to its fill in one go with about 10 pounds is out of the question.

Given Mo Qingchen's current assets, affording a meal costing millions of Dragon Coins is impossible (Ĭ^Ĭ)...

Truly, choosing how to be reborn is a skill; some are born in Rome, others as cattle and horses.

As a transmigrator, they say by sacrificing parents, mana is boundless; not only did he sacrifice his parents, but he also sacrificed the entire village.

As a result, he almost ended up sacrificing himself after crossing over, living in fear and caution for four years; thinking about it, a sudden sadness welled up.

He was probably the disgrace of transmigrators.

So, he decided, he will eat and drink to his heart's content every day from now on!

Mo Qingchen took out the two beef buns from the treasure chest, biting into one and handing the other to Mo Jin.

Then, the Great Needle Bee's riding spear jabbed, skewering the extra-large beef bun, and brought it to its mouth to bite.

This thing was a pound each, bigger than a palm, and was particularly sweet and fragrant when bitten into, with the beef inside remaining incredibly tender.

Mo Qingchen squinted while munching, savoring the taste, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Mo Jin in front of him, its ruby eyes fixed on the half-bitten beef bun in his hand, with a tear streak at the corner of its mouth.

Stopping his chewing motion, he blinked twice, silently looked at the third of the beef bun he had eaten, and then glanced at the drooling Mo Jin.

Someone decisively turned around, back facing the pitiful-looking insect, clutching the beef bun with both hands, biting into it without even chewing properly.

He directly performed a show for Mo Jin, swallowing a 1-pound beef bun in three bites in three seconds.

Mo Jin: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ!!!

"(╥╯^╰╥) Wah..."

Looking at the inhumane Beastmaster, tears instantly welled up in the ruby eyes.

"Gulp, cough cough, well, Jin Jin, these ordinary beef buns aren't suitable for you; you still need to eat those made from Exotic Beast Meat, which is highly nutritious and energetic."

Such a large steak, I only ate a pound, and there are only two beef buns in total, one for each of us; you've already eaten more than ten pounds of high-energy nutritious food, eating too much isn't good for your development.

Therefore, Mo Qingchen was absolutely looking out for his Guardian Beast, not because the beef bun was too delicious, definitely not!

The aggrieved insect silently turned around, incessantly poking the floor with two riding spears until a human face started forming, then the spear speedily pierced the floor.

This was a video seen online, seemingly an ancient paper-piercing curse technique.

Cursing the Beastmaster who wouldn't let it eat good food, wishing he could only swallow needles in the future!

"Alright, this will do for you."

Arching an eyebrow, Mo Qingchen begrudgingly retrieved another morsel from the inventory — [Magic Rabbit Head].

Don't be misled by how they busied themselves for more than 8 hours, fighting from the 32nd floor to the 21st; they only obtained a total of 22 Supply Treasure Chests.

After opening all of them, the amount of food resources obtained wasn't much, enough for a person and a beast to eat sparingly for about three days.

Instead, there were various materials, especially metal materials.

Watching Mo Jin skewer a rabbit head with the riding spear, devouring it in juicy gulps, Mo Qingchen shook his head and started working.

Gathering countless pieces of scrap from different shops and loading them into the inventory before heading to the building's emergency stairwells to dump the trash, blocking the stairway passages.

Repeating the technique multiple times, he completely blocked the passageway between the 32nd and 31st floors.

For monsters to reach the 32nd floor, they would have to fly up from open areas or destroy the blocked trash and scrap heap.

Having fought all the way to the 21st floor, which stirred monsters in the red mist zone below the 20th floor, no flying creatures were seen, so the probability of flying monsters coming up is minimal.

If they destroy the blockage and come up, it will make noises, allowing them to prepare for a fight.

"Finally, there's a temporary safe resting ground, but now is not the time to rest. Jin Jin, once you're full, join me in scavenging the shops on the lower floors."

From the beginning of the trial dungeon, only when Mo Jin cleared the monsters on the top floors did Mo Qingchen scour the 32nd floor shops, and it also resulted in bugs and ambushes.

Now at night, with monsters' powers surging, clearing out the monsters on the 21st floor or in the red mist isn't wise.

It would be better to scavenging from the 21st floor and above first.

Going floor by floor, most shop items were decayed beyond repair, falling apart with a touch.

However, some good things were still found, as some shops housed safes, and the contents were mostly intact.

Mo Qingchen discovered a few usable smart bracelets, one of which, when opened, projected a virtual screen like a human-sized virtual tablet control interface.

Following the instructions, upon activation, it set up a virtual computer with artificial intelligence.

Sadly, it was new and had no installed software, and asking the AI about the apocalypse yielded no answers as it couldn't connect to the network.

The rest of the loot was mostly jewelry and cash, quite useless at the moment.

The person and the insect scavenged from the top down to the 22nd floor, and then quickly returned to the 32nd floor.

They then took turns resting.

Nothing much happened through the night; there were no monster attacks.

"It's morning, Master, time to get up, Jin Jin is hungry (* ̄︶ ̄)~~"

The riding spear was too sharp, so Mo Jin directly used its foot, stomping on someone's butt, providing an early wake-up service.

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