God of Pets

Chapter 272 The Mysterious Valley
Chen Guan's first reaction was to back away, and even though there was some distance between them, he still felt unsafe.

The group retreated to a crevice in the mountain before stopping to look at the stone lingzhi mushrooms in the valley.

Zhu Hongzhi quickly said, "Our scouts explored the area before and picked some Ganoderma lucidum inside, but they didn't encounter this situation before."

Bai Yueguang directly summoned a Yellow Springs Yin Soldier and sent it towards another thousand-year-old stone spirit mushroom. This was to prove with practical actions that they had no intention of harming Chen Guan.

The Yellow Springs soldier, holding the thousand-year-old stone lingzhi, pulled it off the ground. As soon as the stone lingzhi left the ground, the Yellow Springs soldier fell straight down, just like Chen Guan's wild ghost, and no matter how he was summoned, there was no response.

Bai Yueguang frowned immediately and ordered the soldiers around him, "Bring over the reconnaissance team that explored Hundred Beast Valley."

Zhu Hongzhi also summoned the reconnaissance squad of the Mo Qilin Camp, and the two of them asked the reconnaissance squad what was going on.

The scouts on both sides were dumbfounded, and their reactions were the same. They had not encountered this situation when they entered the Valley of Beasts to pick Ganoderma lucidum before.

The Ganoderma lucidum samples that were harvested are still in the military camp, and there are no problems with them.

Bai Yueguang instructed a scout to harvest the Ganoderma lucidum using their method once again. The scout summoned a spirit bird, which flew around a white Ganoderma lucidum a few times to make sure there was no problem before landing down, pecking off the root of the white Ganoderma lucidum, and then carrying it back.

No sooner had the white Ganoderma lucidum's root been pecked off than the sparrow tilted its head and fell to the ground, stiffening and falling silent.

The scout quickly turned around and apologized: "Battalion Commander, when we came in, we definitely picked the Ganoderma lucidum like this, and there really wasn't a problem at the time."

The situation was the same for Zhu Hongzhi's side; their scouts were also unable to collect the Ganoderma lucidum at this time.

"Two battalion commanders, you should go back and check if there's anything wrong with those Ganoderma lucidum samples first." Chen Guan told them to send someone back to check if there were any problems with the Ganoderma lucidum they had collected.

Bai Yueguang and Zhu Hongzhi personally led people back to investigate, as they were also afraid something might happen.

Chen Guan, Duan Shulin, and Jiang Tianqing temporarily withdrew from Hundred Beast Valley. Jiang Tianqing ordered his soldiers to block the mountain crevice leading into Hundred Beast Valley.

"Chen Guan, have you noticed that after we entered the Valley of a Hundred Beasts, we didn't see the Hundred Beasts Spirit that the scouts mentioned?" Jiang Tianqing asked.

Chen nodded; he had also noticed this situation.

The reason this place is called Valley of a Hundred Beasts is because those who enter the valley discover many different kinds of mysterious beast spirits.

It is said that there are all kinds of mysterious beast spirits, such as jackals, tigers, leopards, horses, cattle, deer, and sheep. There are so many kinds that even the scouts cannot recognize them all, so the valley was temporarily named the Valley of a Hundred Beasts.

Although the spirits near the entrance have been cleared out, more than a day has passed. Have none of the spirits deep in the Valley of Beasts come to the entrance yet?
They had been in the valley for quite a while, but they hadn't seen a single spirit in sight, which was rather strange.

We can't deduce anything from this information alone. When Bai Yueguang and Zhu Hongzhi return, they will use a special box to retrieve the stone spirit mushroom that the scouts brought out.

There is nothing wrong with these Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms, and there will be no problem if you get close to them.

They've already had it tested with instruments, and the results were all normal. It's safe to cook and eat it. "So it seems the problem isn't with these Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms. Then why does the pet enter a state of suspended animation after the Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms are picked?" Chen Guan frowned in thought.

It's described as a state of apparent death because the pet's information still shows the pet lying there, indicating that the pet is not actually dead.

In this state, it is impossible to control or retract into the body, and it lies there motionless and stiff, which can only be described as a state of apparent death.

The group studied it for a long time, but couldn't figure it out.

Bai Yueguang said, "Whatever the reason for this situation, it can only mean that the pet has been affected by some kind of power. This power either comes from the Ganoderma lucidum itself or from other places nearby. I have a peerless pet named the Ancient Undying Turtle. It is immune to all poisons and many forbidden secret techniques, and its defense is extremely high. We can let it try first."

Chen Guan and the others nodded in agreement, saying it would be good to first determine whether there was some kind of toxin or other force inside.

The group entered the valley again through the crevice, not daring to go too far, and stopped right next to the crevice. Everyone was wearing a gas mask and their armor was fully on.

The white moonlight summoned a gray-white old tortoise, which was as big as an eight-immortal table and had a gray-white body that looked like a stone.

When it is not moving, it looks exactly like a stone statue.

The white moonlight controlled the ancient, immortal tortoise, which crawled towards the nearest stone lingzhi mushroom.

The old tortoise moved slowly, without any problems along the way. When it reached the stone lingzhi, it stretched out its head, bit the white lingzhi, and took it off in one bite.

Chen Guan and the others all stared at the old tortoise. Chen Guan thought to himself, "A level 30 peerless spirit, with immunity to all poisons and the ability to resist forbidden secret techniques, shouldn't be so easy to take down again."

As he was thinking, he heard a thud. The white stone lingzhi that the old turtle was holding in its mouth fell to the ground. The old turtle's body also tilted, and it flipped over and fell to the ground, belly up and motionless, with its four claws pointing to the sky.

Bai Yueguang was heartbroken and tried various methods to wake up the old turtle or bring it back, but all her efforts were in vain.

"Deputy Commander Bai, there's no need to be in such a hurry. Release a few pets first and have them pull out." Chen Guan said, releasing two ghost soldiers to try and pull out his wild ghost pets.

As it turned out, there was no problem as long as the Ganoderma lucidum wasn't touched. Soon, the pets that had been frozen in place and unable to move were all pulled out.

Even after having professionals examine it carefully, they couldn't find any problems in a short time.

Someone has already drawn blood from the pet, taken a sample of the Ganoderma lucidum, and taken it outside the secret realm to analyze it with instruments.

Because of the different environment, many instruments will have some strange deviations when used in the secret realm. Therefore, most of the equipment is not very accurate when used in the secret realm and often has some problems. It can only be taken out for testing.

Zhu Hongzhi observed for a while, then found an opportunity to speak privately with Chen Guan: "Deputy Commander Chen, when I was still in the Black Tiger Regiment, I went to a place where I encountered a similar situation. However, the two places were not quite the same, so I am not sure whether the situations in the two places are the same. I am just saying this for your reference. You can just listen to it and not take it seriously."

(End of this chapter)