Chapter 1370: Shi Laimu Nest (8)

In response to Zhao Chi's command,

Su Qin's male soldiers obeyed without hesitation.

Their loyalty to Su Qin was only around 5 points — passable, but far from devoted.

Normally, they would simply carry out orders — nothing more.

Yet now, just like those female soldiers, they executed it with unusual speed and enthusiasm.

Even Su Qin was a little surprised: "These guys — their morale hasn't gone up either, so why are they so eager?"

Zhao Chi said: "Maybe they're curious about this place too?"

"Oh…" Su Qin nodded.

Zhao Chi, curious as well, walked into one room after another.

But he found nothing.

None of the rooms were anything special — no different from ordinary civilian houses.

There were stone furnishings, and some half-rotted strips of torn cloth.

There were also some white bone fragments.

The bone fragments were too broken up to tell whether they came from humans or some other race.

Traces of decay were everywhere.

But the question was…

Where did these buildings come from?

This clearly looked like a human territory — how had it become a Shi Laimu nest?

Perhaps…

This had originally been a human lord's territory, later invaded and wiped out by the Shi Laimu horde?

That was one mainstream guess.

Very reasonable.

But no one had any hard evidence.

No one had ever found their own lost territory within a magical beast-occupied land.

Lords lost plenty of territory — most of it was seized by enemy lords.

But a small portion was lost because clearing out magical beast camps or destroying magical beast nests had failed.

And some was lost because magical beasts had broken through the protective formations — or because there simply were no formations — and invaded directly.

Thinking this far, Zhao Chi suddenly lost all interest in exploring.

He went straight to the central lord's house location.

There was no lord's house here — only a small stone hut.

This hut was very new.

It was definitely not the original building — those Shi Laimu couldn't possibly have built a stone hut like this.

It was system-generated.

Just like those resource huts in the camps he'd cleared before.

He pushed the door open and went in — it was very dark inside.

By the light spilling in from the doorway, he could see this was also a resource hut.

A high-grade resource hut.

Wooden shelves lined all four walls, laden with large quantities of materials.

Heaps of translucent white leather piled up an entire wall.

Translucent, springy, and soft.

It looked like Shi Laimu hide.

Leather garments or armor made from it would be extremely soft.

It should add some comfort.

It was sold on the market too — priced a bit higher than ordinary beast hide, but far cheaper than rare materials.

Zhao Chi picked up a piece to inspect it.

【Spirit Hide of the Emperor Shi Laimu】

Oh?

Not ordinary Shi Laimu hide — it was Emperor Shi Laimu hide.

He checked the quantity — a full 500 sheets.

That was definitely a rare material.

But… could it compare with Tang Ruan's Jade Armor?

This kind of hide was sold on the market too, and it wasn't cheap.

Even selling it directly, this leather could fetch over a hundred gold coins.

He just didn't know what the attributes were like.

Zhao Jing would probably know, and Li Ruanyu would definitely know.

Should he ask?

Sure, why not?

Zhao Chi 【Captain Li, may I ask — what are the properties of Emperor Shi Laimu Spirit Hide?】

Li Ruanyu 【Call me big sister first】

Zhao Chi 【…Big sister】

Li Ruanyu【Are you at the exchange? The Emperor Slime's skin is much better than a normal slime's skin—it increases comfort by 50%, but durability drops by 20%. It's usually not used for equipment; it's used for fashion items.】

Zhao Chi【Does it only add fixed stats? Not improvement points?】

Li Ruanyu【Yeah, not improvement points, but this margin is already quite significant. Plus, everyone wears fashion items underneath, so a bit less durability doesn't matter much. Comfort is also a very important stat—don't underestimate it.】

Zhao Chi【Understood, thanks.】