Chapter 243: Waiting for Rescue

Long Qi’s comment seemed like nonsense but it was an eye-opener.

Zhang Mu pulled out the beast core from his hand and placed it in his palm. He then looked at the animal’s head, realizing he had overlooked where this unique beast core came from.

He took out the Obsidian dagger and enlarged the hole created by the icehouse staff earlier, using the bright light to see inside the head.

Everything seemed fine now. The staff probably only saw him taking out the beast core, so Zhang Mu carefully used the Obsidian dagger to go in.

Clang!

The Obsidian dagger seemed to hit something hard. Zhang Mu was puzzled but still pulled it out. Considering its sharpness, nothing on a first-tier mutant beast should stop it.

Except, unless it was the beast core.

The beast core is the hardest part on a mutant beast, but wasn’t this young animal’s beast core clearly placed in his other hand?

With curiosity, Zhang Mu lifted the young animal’s head up with the light and saw a small white crystal just where he had been poking around. It was a common attributeless beast core, smaller than a normal first-tier one and well hidden.

Zhang Mu used the Obsidian dagger to carefully separate the flesh and nerves around the small beast core. With a gentle lift, the beast core safely landed in Zhang Mu’s hand.

This white crystal must be a beast core for sure. Even though it’s much smaller, Zhang Mu can tell at a glance that this is indeed a beast core. The only question is, what is the big black object in his hand?

Could it be that the one in his hand is not a mutated beast core?

The more Zhang Mu thinks about it, the more he feels his guess is likely correct. The earlier workers assumed this black object was the beast core of this young animal. So during their routine work, they picked out the beast core without much inspection, just storing the body separately due to the special nature of the beast core.

What they didn’t realize was that the real beast core was actually hidden beneath the brain of the young animal and mixed with flesh and blood. So after taking out the black object, they only gave a quick glance and didn’t notice it.

The beast core was pressed too deeply by the black object above. Since this young deer was actually a first-level basic attribute-less mutant, Zhang Mu speculates that the key to the appearance of this young animal lies within this black object.

But what exactly is it?

Zhang Mu held it between two fingers and observed it repeatedly under the glaring light, but unfortunately this thing couldn’t be seen through by the light. No matter how he turned it, he couldn’t make out anything.

Zhang Mu vaguely felt that there was something wrong with this black thing, as this situation reminded him of when he encountered a smart zombie’s elemental crystal in Jin Zhong City, which was a similar case.

The only difference was that the size and location were completely opposite to this young animal. The zombie’s elemental crystal had expanded to double its size and was above the Sharira.

Zhang Mu thought he might be imagining things. How could a mutant beast produce something like Sharira? It’s not human. It can’t be a sacred beast like those under the guidance of a high monk, receiving the same treatment as Buddha, right?

This unrealistic idea flashed through Zhang Mu’s mind, but he knew it was impossible.

Let’s take it back and ask No. 37 to help look at it together.

He turned to Long Qi, who was standing there in a daze, and said, “I thought this mutant beast had special properties, but just now I found its true beast core in its brain. It should be a normal mutant beast. However, let’s keep the body of this young beast separately stored here, in case we need it in the future. But I need to take this black thing back for further research.”

Long Qi readily replied, “Sure, it was meant for you from the beginning. Including the external beast core, everything is yours.”

Later, with a heavy heart, Zhang Mu left and went to the place where the beast cores were stored with Long Qi.

After Long Qi chased away the workers in the small warehouse, Zhang Mu didn’t hesitate to extend his right hand, and in front of Long Qi, directly used the Era Merchant Ring. With a thought, he emptied all the colorful first-order beast cores packed in several large baskets.

Now, the pouches that he stored in the Era Merchant Ring might not be enough, he’ll need to get bigger ones next time.

Zhang Mu felt a little helpless seeing the mess of beast cores spread out in his Era Merchant Ring.

Standing on the side, Long Qi was completely shocked. Long Er had told him before that there was something strange about Zhang Mu, but he didn’t tell him about this thing that was beyond his understanding.

Long Qi swallowed, staring at Zhang Mu’s right hand and asked, “What is this? Is there really such a thing as a space ring? Is this also your ability? Animal controlling, telekinesis, and now a space ring, how many abilities do you still have hidden from me?”

Zhang Mu raised his right hand and said to Long Qi, “You mean this? It’s a little secret, can’t tell you!”

Zhang Mu’s “can’t tell you” completely shut down Long Qi’s words. He shook his head and said, “Okay, I admit you’re good. I was planning to keep you with me in case the evolver under my hand evolves to second-rank recently, I could borrow it temporarily. But you, you just took everything away for real. I thought you were kidding.”

Zhang Mu coldly snorted, “You have to pay interest for borrowing. I have to make sure you don’t owe too much.”

Seeing that Zhang Mu was unwilling to tell the truth, Long Qi stopped asking, though his curiosity was growing heavier in his heart.

Long Qi wondered what expression Shan Xi City’s Era Sub-merchant would have when he met them again. Knowing that Zhang Mu was being mysterious about a ring, which was just a basic standard equipment for any Era Sub-merchant.

In Long Qi’s eyes, Zhang Mu left his underground icehouse contentedly.

As for the Ice Queen, she had to be taken away before reaching third-rank, otherwise Long Qi wouldn’t be able to let her go after reaching that level.

Before leaving, Zhang Mu still thought about the Ice Queen who was working as a laborer under Long Qi’s command. He pretended that he was rescuing a powerful goddess from a greedy boss who didn’t appreciate her hard work.

Queen, wait for me to come back and save you!

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