Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 68 Secret Room Murder Case
Lin Chen and the others went to the scene, but Li Zhen did not.

The hideout is now teeming with monster hunters, so Li Zhen isn't worried about their safety.

He wanted to stay in the city and work as a coordinator.

If we do find the hideout, we can take people there immediately.

He went to the Monster Hunters Guild in Black Mountain City. The guild leader was a woman named Wu Ying.

Wu Ying also knew that one of the people who sacrificed their lives was Li Zhen's former teammate, and that this time it was Black Mountain City that was asking Nine Star City for help, so Wu Ying agreed to change the rules and extend the period by five days.

“I hope you can understand that we are under a lot of pressure right now. Monster Hunters are a very disorganized organization.” Wu Ying said as he saw Li Zhen walk in.

“I understand.” Li Zhen naturally understood her pressure, and he was already very grateful for the five-day extension.

“Actually, you understand that the chances of finding them are slim. Monsters are inherently sensitive, and once they escape, finding them again will be as difficult as climbing to the heavens,” Wu Ying said.

"fine."

Li Zhen recalled what Lin Chen had done, thought for a moment, and said:
"Perhaps... he really can ascend to heaven."

Arriving near the entrance to the monster realm, Lin Chen glanced around. The area was remote and the surrounding environment was harsh, which indeed matched the entrance environment of the monster realm.

Lin Chen bent down, smeared some dirt on the ground, and frowned.

The soil was quite loose and crumbly, clearly due to long-term drying and weathering after being stained with blood.

"Is there something wrong with this?" Xia Yu asked.

“This shows that these Blood Beasts are very arrogant. Normally, demonic beasts wouldn’t feed at the entrance of their own secret realm,” Lin Chen said. “But this is also a strange point.”

Huang Xiaotian was also taken aback.

He had noticed this situation before, but hadn't investigated it further.

Lin Chen wandered around the area again and found that it did indeed match the situation of a large number of Blood Beasts.

"Describe the situation in detail, as much as possible," Lin Chen asked Huang Xiaotian.

However, it was Xia Yu who answered, because Huang Xiaotian went back to get reinforcements after discovering the entrance to the secret realm.

"After Xiaotian left, we stayed outside and didn't dare to go in. But who would have thought that after the first wave of reinforcements arrived, the monsters suddenly came out in full force and launched an attack on us."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen asked, "According to the Monster Hunter Guild's rules, if the opponent's combat strength is assessed as too strong, one cannot guard the entrance to the secret realm."

“Yes.” Xia Yu glanced at Huang Xiaotian as she said this, and the latter looked very remorseful.

Because the strength assessment of the beast tide is mostly done by information-type beast tamers, Huang Xiaotian is one of the judges.

"The beast tide that day was not turbulent, and the level of the monsters that appeared in Black Mountain City was not high, the quality was average, and the strength was not great."

"There were quite a few monster hunter teams that followed in pursuit, and based on the assessment of their strength at the time, they were strong enough to handle them."

"But the monsters that suddenly appeared later were much stronger than the monsters that attacked the city before."

Hearing Xia Yu's words, Lin Chen closed his eyes and began to process the information.

Huang Xiaotian's judgment was correct and he was cautious enough, but these monsters were clearly hiding their strength.

"Or, the smaller demon beasts outside were good at instigating a beast tide and were driven back to their lair."

"Either, it was premeditated."

Lin Chen mentioned two possibilities.

As seasoned monster hunters, Huang Xiaotian and his companions naturally understood this, so Lin Chen asked directly, "Which one do you think it is?"

“Most analysts in the city agree with the first point,” Huang Xiaotian said. “The Blood Beast isn’t exactly intelligent.”

“I think it’s the second one; this was a premeditated ambush,” Lin Chen said.

Huang Xiaotian and the other man were stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Chen in disbelief.

How did you determine that?

“The bloody sand just now shows that these monsters are very arrogant. They seem unafraid of being discovered, and may even hope that someone will find their hideout,” Lin Chen said.

Huang Xiaotian pondered carefully, and then a chill ran down his spine.

Lin Chen's analysis seems to be closer to the truth, although it is still just speculation.

We arrived at the entrance to the secret realm and went inside.

From this point on, Xia Yu fell into a coma, so Huang Xiaotian knew some of the details.

"When I arrived with reinforcements, I saw that the scene was littered with dead and wounded. We drove the monsters into the entrance of the secret realm, but we dared not pursue them too far." "I made a second assessment and felt that the enemy's strength far exceeded our expectations, so I requested a second round of support from the city."

"That's why Chairman Li came here."

“The monster hunters from Black Mountain City arrived first. Although everyone retreated a considerable distance, they were constantly monitored by information-type beast tamers.”

"During this process, not a single monster was seen."

"When the main force of reinforcements arrived, we rushed in, only to find that the secret realm was completely empty."

Lin Chen listened as he walked in.

The vegetation in this secret realm is excellent. Lin Chen flew around on his Gale Beast and found that the vegetation coverage rate could reach 90%.

Huang Xiaotian also noticed this anomaly, but it wasn't anything special.

Bloodlust Beasts are aerial monsters and do not need to touch the ground.

Lin Chen switched to walking on the ground, but there were almost no traces of monster activity here.

This is very strange.

"It's starting to resemble a locked-room murder case."

Lin Chen found it a bit of a brain teaser.

This is all a bit strange.

The murderer killed someone, fled into this secret room, and then disappeared.

"Is there a second exit?" Lin Chen asked.

This is the most likely possibility.

However, that's unlikely.

First, it's important to understand that many monsters are unable to create their own space.

Most of them find the beast-taming spaces left behind by deceased beast tamers, then claim them as their own and use them as hideouts in the monster realm.

Therefore, there is usually only one entrance.

“We also had this suspicion, so we searched everywhere, but ultimately we couldn’t find it,” Huang Xiaotian said.

Lin Chen also noticed that most of the monster hunters active here were searching for an exit at the edge of the secret realm.

Before long, it was getting dark. The monster hunters had been searching all day and were tired, so they all prepared to go back and rest.

Lin Chen and the others also prepared to leave. Although they were in a hurry, it was too dangerous here at night.

At the exit, there are also professional monster hunters and spirit beasts monitoring the area.

"Moo!"

Just as they were about to leave, Xiaobai suddenly shouted.

Lin Chen and the others turned around and saw that Xiao Bai was pointing at the grass on the ground with its ox hoof.

Lin Chen took a closer look and discovered it was Blood Spirit Grass.

Although Xiao Bai was good at farming, he only knew about inferior spirit grass and blood spirit grass, and he also knew that the latter was more valuable, so he subconsciously asked Lin Chen if he wanted to cut some to sell.

Lin Chen smiled wryly. If it were in the past, he would have really done that.

These Blood Spirit Grasses are lush and clearly wild, so they're more expensive.

But Lin Chen is not in the mood because of this matter.

However, Lin Chen didn't act like a spoilsport; instead, he praised her in a different way.

Otherwise, Niu Niu might not say anything when he encounters similar situations in the future.

Back in the city, Li Zhen brought bad news: due to the lack of success in recent days, many monster hunters had filed a protest.

The Black Mountain City Monster Hunter Guild had no choice but to change the notice, extending the exploration period from five days to three days.

"That means we have two more days."

When Huang Xiaotian heard this, he felt like the sky had fallen.

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