Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent

Chapter 49: Survival of the Fittest Something Strange in the Twin Towers


"Yawn... it's another invigorating day. Morning, Jin Jin."

Yawning and stretching lazily, Mo Qingchen got up and then took out a piece of food weighing a full 10 pounds, the "Electric Pattern Evil Shark Meat," and handed it to the Great Needle Bee, which was calling for feeding.

Wash up, have breakfast, and then open the Attribute Panel to first check the points leaderboard.

Still dominating the leaderboard at number one, the second place is behind him by a whopping 8,500 points.

"Interesting, the second place seems not to have rested much at night; I just wonder what Guardian Beast the opponent has contracted, able to fight intensely and still maintain endurance without worry."

Continuous battles will continuously drain physical strength, and if skills are used, the energy in the body will deplete faster.

Therefore, Guardian Beasts also need rest to replenish the loss of nutrients and energy in their bodies.

However, some Guardian Beasts have extremely strong endurance, such as the commonly seen Mechanical System and Undead System beasts.

The former only needs sufficient energy to continue endurance.

The latter has no physical strength loss and can bounce around all day, 24 hours.

Only leading by 8,500 points, and there are still 6 hours until the first layer's points settlement reward, being first is not very secure.

So, it's time to continue the job and clear the monsters!

"Let's go, Jin Jin, we're going to the rooftop."

With a call, Mo Qingchen went through the stairway corridor and returned to the rooftop again.

Compared to yesterday, today the sky was covered in dark clouds, a scene of impending doom with a fierce wind blowing.

"This is the Abyssal Rules increasing the difficulty."

Standing at the edge of the rooftop, below is still a field of red fog, completely covering anything below the 20th floor.

Arriving at the edge of the rooftop facing the other building of the Twin Towers, the distance between them is about 70 to 80 meters.

Compared to the commercial building he is in now, the building across, from the outside, does not look like a mall but more like an office.

"Jin Jin, I can't detect the situation inside the building across the way; after flying over rapidly, be careful, if you encounter a strong monster, retreat immediately."

"Master need not worry, Mo Jin will not take risks (*^▽^*)~"

What kind of master, brings out what kind of Guardian Beast.

Mo Qingchen is usually very cautious, so Mo Jin naturally follows suit, and remembers deeply what Mo Qingchen once said to it.

As an assassin, killing enemies should be with one strike. If it misses, retreat a thousand miles immediately.

Watching Mo Jin turn into a golden light, almost in the blink of an eye reaching the rooftop of the building across, Mo Qingchen looked in another direction.

This city is extremely large, with numerous skyscrapers, but the Twin Towers he sits on are considered the tallest within three kilometers around.

"A bustling city, yet why does it always feel like something is not quite right."

Walking around the edge of the rooftop, carefully checking each direction, Mo Qingchen's expression became increasingly solemn.

The slightly shorter buildings around are covered with quite a bit of wall-climbing vegetation on the surface, but the Twin Towers he is in have no plant coverage on the exterior walls.

Even the giant trees producing red fog, the closest to the Twin Towers are more than a hundred meters away.

It's as if the Twin Towers he is in are some kind of forbidden existence, and mutated plants dare not approach at all.

"Something strange is going on; there is some unknown presence below the floor covered by red fog, and it's extremely powerful."

With this realization, Mo Qingchen's heart immediately sank.

The first thought was to relocate, the Twin Towers cannot be stayed in.

Exploring the red-fog-covered floors of the Twin Towers out of curiosity was never Mo Qingchen's intention.

Curiosity killed the cat, and he does not want to take any chances!

"First, receive the reward for dominating the points on the leaderboard for the first time, and then decide whether to leave here based on the situation."

Using the Smart Bracelet, let the AI scan the surrounding environment and create a city map.

Even if only the buildings emerging from the red fog can be seen, a rough terrain map of the surroundings can still be made.

With this map, if one enters the red fog to explore, at least they won't lose direction.

Last night, teaming up with Mo Jin, they killed up to the 21st floor; at the time, he tried to probe the floors covered by red fog using Spiritual Power.

As a result, Spiritual Power could only explore a 5-meter area within the red fog.

This unknown red fog has a shielding effect against Spiritual Power detection; once inside, he can only detect a 5-meter range, which is no different from being blind.

At this moment, Mo Qingchen began to hear the sound of monster-killing alerts in his ears.

[Alert: Guardian Beast (Mo Jin) killed a Dwarf Abnormal Species (LV32), Guardian Beast gained +2000 Experience Points, earned 32 points.]

The points are climbing over thirty points steadily, not too fast nor too slow, jumping once every four to five minutes.

From the alert information, it is easy to see that the monsters inside the other building of the Twin Towers are at a lower level than those here.

But it doesn't matter, as long as points are coming in, keeping the dominance on the leaderboard for a few hours, the first settlement will arrive.

Stealthily hiding behind the balcony railing, Mo Qingchen watched as a giant beast moved on the thick branches of a nearby giant tree canopy.

Its massive form resembling a tiger, yet lacking tiger stripes, instead covered in black and white spots.

The most surprising thing to him is that this tiger-like monster's limbs and tail are mechanical appendages.

Exotic beast where flesh and mechanics are fused.

At this moment, this exotic beast is hiding in the treetop, trying its best to conceal its size, eyeing a giant rabbit crouching on a tree branch near the red fog.

The meter-long rabbit is huge and plump, gnawing on a tree leaf, completely oblivious that right above, not far away, an exotic beast has already targeted it as a meal.

Just as the rabbit is focused on nibbling at the leaf, lowering its caution, the tiger-like exotic beast exerts force with its limbs, transforming into a shadow lunging at the rabbit.

Almost instantaneously, the great tiger leapt over ten-plus meters distance, its mechanical forelimbs popping out two pairs of steel claws, reaching for the giant rabbit.

Blood splatted, the two pairs of steel claws pierced the giant rabbit's body from left and right, the ferocious tiger head opened its bloody mouth, and sharp fangs stabbed into the giant rabbit's neck.

The giant rabbit struggled desperately, kicking and punching, but it was of no avail, movements becoming slower, its strength weakening bit by bit, and eventually, it died, convulsing.

The law of the jungle, hunting and killing, the cruel competitive rules of nature, are vividly demonstrated in this apocalypse.

Just as Mo Qingchen sighed about this, another change occurred.

A tentacle thicker than his waist broke through the red fog's barrier, moving from bottom to top, easily piercing through the giant rabbit's corpse and the belly of the tiger gripping the rabbit.

In a series of actions, the tip of the tentacle blossomed like a flower, transforming into rows of barbs, securely hooking the bodies of the rabbit and tiger, forcibly dragging them down into the red fog.

No matter how the tiger roared and struggled, it was powerless to resist, finally dragged into the red fog, leaving behind only frantic howls.

This scene of big fish eating little fish, little fish eating shrimps made Mo Qingchen's face look extremely grim.

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