Chapter 285: Task: Find the Sheep (Thanks to [Feng Qi Yu Xia] for the 10,000)

"Is this task very difficult?"

Lin Chao noticed the reactions of the group.

"It should be very difficult." Zhuge Anran looked at the task brief, his expression remaining calm.

"Zhuge Anran, don't you have an Identification Card? Take a look at the difficulty level of this task?" Tang Qiang asked from the side.

Knowing the difficulty of the task would allow them to be mentally prepared.

"Alright." Zhuge Anran hesitated for a moment before taking out the card.

The group looked over, their faces turning deathly pale in an instant.

"A B-rank task! F*** your mother!" Tang Qiang cursed.

He had been through many tasks, and the most difficult one had only been C-rank.

Yet, even for that C-rank, he had used a previously obtained reward to exempt himself from death just to survive.

This B-rank task offered almost no path to survival.

Zhuge Anran also furrowed his brows.

A B-rank task was indeed very difficult; even he could not guarantee he would pass.

A B-rank task meant that it definitely contained Supernatural elements.

Beside him, Wang Bing looked at Zhuge Anran, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.

Zhuge Anran stroked Wang Bing's hair, then looked at the group and reassured them: "The greater the difficulty, the greater the reward.

Worrying here is of no use; let's just focus on completing the task."

The group could only accept this reality.

However, none of their expressions were very good.

Half an hour later, inside Aier Manor.

A group of six appeared here.

Lin Chao stepped on the ground, his eyes filled with surprise.

He could feel that he was still in this world.

Everything before his eyes was not an illusion, but truly existed.

Yet the style of the architecture before him looked completely out of place in this world.

There were many more buildings like this.

"Is this some corner of the world?" Lin Chao wondered, feeling puzzled.

He could not be certain either.

"Ah!" Suddenly, a scream rang out.

The group looked over.

They saw a corpse hanging from the gate of the manor.

This corpse was wearing tattered clothes with a Spear tucked into its waist; its body was covered in wounds, and blood flowed freely.

This scene gave the group a tremendous shock.

"Let's go, get inside, find the sheep." Zhuge Anran covered Wang Bing's eyes and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

Their task was to find the sheep; if they couldn't find it, everyone would die.

The others' legs were trembling, but they still entered the manor.

Inside the manor, hanging lamps swayed, emitting a dim, yellow light.

The entire manor was gloomy.

A thick, bloody stench assailed their nostrils, and the heartbeats of those present all accelerated to varying degrees.

On the ground lay six or seven men scattered about, wearing clothes similar to the man hanging on the gate.

Their state of death was also miserable, as if they had been torn apart by a wild beast.

"Seven or eight men, with the two furthest apart less than ten meters away.

This shows that the monster killed these mercenaries in a very short amount of time." Zhuge Anran frowned.

This meant that the monster had launched a surprise attack, and these mercenaries were killed one by one before they could even react.

"These mercenaries' Spears have already been fired, which means the monster is at least visible.

It's just that the mercenaries didn't manage to injure the monster."

There was worry in Zhuge Anran's eyes.

This task was truly very difficult.

These mercenaries equipped with Spears had all been easily killed by the monster.

What would they do if they encountered the monster?

"The task is very difficult; the longer we stay here, the higher the probability of encountering the monster.

Therefore, we must find Duo Li's sheep as quickly as possible." Zhuge Anran said, maintaining his composure throughout.

Everyone present agreed with Zhuge Anran's words.

"Take these Spears for self-defense." Zhuge Anran said.

He bent down and took a Spear from the hand of one of the mercenaries.

Tang Qiang and the sleazy man did not hesitate and hurriedly grabbed Spears as well.

Having been through many tasks, they were already able to use some Spears.

"Xu Ling, you aren't using a Spear?" Zhuge Anran felt slightly strange.

For some reason, he always felt the name Xu Ling was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"No need." Lin Chao naturally had no need for these Spear.

The people present did not say much.

Only Zhao Ting hesitated for a moment, then took one more Spear.

"The sheep pen is in the southwest direction of the manor; we need to go find the sheep now.

Currently, with the six of us, if we are to find the sheep, we should form groups of two, two, and one, so we can look out for each other.

I will be in a group with Wang Bing.

Xu Ling and Zhao Ting are both newcomers; Tang Qiang, Liu Ganglie, you two choose one newcomer to join you; this will be better for our team."

One veteran leading one newcomer is better, that is what Zhuge Anran believed.

Tang Qiang bared his teeth, a look of dissatisfaction appearing on his face: "I am more familiar with Ganglie, I want to team up with him."

Liu Ganglie nodded hurriedly.

Naturally, they did not want to team up with newcomers, as that would drag them down.

Furthermore, these veterans had many items on them, which could save their lives at critical moments.

Those two newcomers had almost nothing.

In a B-rank Task, there was simply no hope of survival.

A look of regret appeared on Zhuge Anran's face.

He could not command these members on what to do.

Beside them, a look of joy appeared on Zhao Ting's face: "I want to team up with Xu Ling."

That one time, Xu Ling's warning made her understand that Xu Ling was no Ordinary person.

Moreover, Xu Ling looked good, and staying by his side gave her a sense of security.

Nearby, the lecherous man saw the joy on Zhao Ting's face and felt dissatisfied in his heart.

This newcomer did not know what was good for her; being so happy to team up with Xu Ling, she was truly shallow.

Once she encountered a monster and was killed later, she would regret it.

Zhuge Anran looked at Lin Chao and Zhao Ting: "You two be careful; if you encounter danger, you can fire your Spear to call for help."

Tang Qiang and the lecherous man looked at Zhao Ting and Lin Chao with playful expressions on their faces.

The group confirmed the search area for their respective squads and parted ways.

"Mr. Xu Ling, are we going to find the sheep now?" Zhao Ting was still somewhat afraid, her whole body trembling slightly.

She looked at the night, truly worried.

"Just wander around." Lin Chao was very calm; he glanced at Zhao Ting, "Follow me, don't go too far from me."

Hearing this, a look of joy appeared on Zhao Ting's face.

She had been waiting for these words.

The two walked slowly, with Zhao Ting staying very close to Lin Chao the entire time.

She looked at the night, feeling incomparably nervous inside.

At this moment, Lin Chao stopped his footsteps: "Stop for a moment, wait for me here."

On the ground, there was a corpse.

Beside him, Zhao Ting was puzzled, but she still nodded obediently: "Okay."

In any case, she had already decided to cling to Xu Ling's leg for this mission.

Lin Chao lowered his head, his hand placed on top of the corpse.

Regarding finding the sheep, Lin Chao had no great interest.

Understanding this world was what he cared about.

With his hand on the mercenary's corpse, he was carefully observing the differences in this human body.

"Strange, the people here are indeed different from Ordinary people." Lin Chao could discover that the people here were different from Zhao Ting and the others.

Their structures had some subtle differences.

The greatest manifestation of these differences was in their blood.

Their blood seemed to have a faint fragrance.

"Blood Clan?"

For some reason, Lin Chao suddenly thought of the Blood Clan.

"Back then, the Foreign Lands suffered a catastrophe, which is why they migrated their entire clan to the Holy Dynasty.

Could it be that this is the old territory of the Foreign Lands?"

Lin Chao had a guess in his heart.

He could be certain that this was still within this world.

If this were the old territory of the Foreign Lands, then everything would be explained.

"Why would the Qijiao Building send people to this Continent?"

Lin Chao pondered.

The gods cast their gaze upon this world, perhaps precisely for the sake of this Continent.

After all, the previous Continent did not have much worth the gods' attention, aside from humans and some resources.

This desolate region, the old territory of the Foreign Lands, might contain something that attracted the gods.

That was why they created a place similar to the Main God Space.

"Mr. Xu Ling, did you make any new discoveries?" Zhao Ting asked from the side.

Mr. Xu Ling had been studying the corpse for several minutes already.

It was very quiet here, and standing to the side, she was truly panicked.

"Mm." Lin Chao stood up, a smile on his face, as if he had truly gained something.

"That's great." Zhao Ting was happy, "What did you discover?"

Lin Chao narrowed his eyes: "Actually, these people... were all bitten to death by sheep."

"What?" Zhao Ting's expression changed drastically.

The people here were all bitten to death by sheep, and they were still going to look for the sheep; wasn't this just throwing their lives away?

This mission... was unsolvable!

"So, wanting to crack this mission is very simple, and that is to use some people as bait, lock them in the sheep pen, and lure that sheep inside, then... the mission will be complete."

Such a simple mission, to Lin Chao, really did not count for much.

The others, he estimated, would also figure out the method to crack it in a while.

A wave of fear permeated the air, and the Spear in Zhao Ting's hand tightened involuntarily.

"Mr. Xu Ling, take the Spear quickly." Zhao Ting shoved a Spear into Lin Chao's hands.

If the method to crack it was like this, she believed those people would definitely use her or Xu Ling as bait.

Lin Chao smiled, not caring in the slightest.

Perhaps that was the correct answer, but it was not Lin Chao's answer.

"Mr. Xu Ling, you must be careful; those old-timers have some items on them.

Last time, when I was going through a mission, one old-timer had an item, and after using the item, he could make everyone present go blind.

He used it once, making quite a few companions go blind.

Then the monster chased and killed the companions, but didn't chase him, and that was how he survived," Zhao Ting said with lingering fear.

During her last Newcomer Mission, she had also experienced life and death.

She knew Xu Ling had some extraordinary skills, but whether he could deal with those few old-timers, Zhao Ting had no confidence in her heart.

Lin Chao did not care: "It is nothing."

Tang Qiang and Gang Lie were already dead men in his eyes.

It was just a matter of whose hands they would die in, and the time of death could not be confirmed.

"Mr. Xu Ling, then what should we do now?" Zhao Ting was still incomparably worried.

She was afraid that those few old-timers would really use her and Xu Ling as bait in a moment.

"Encountering such an interesting manor, of course, we should stroll around first." Lin Chao was not in a hurry to complete the mission.

If this place really was the old land of the Foreign Lands, there might be a lot of useful information here.

As a Longevity Being, time is too long; one just seeks more amusement to pass the time.

Of course, Lin Chao had not fallen behind in his cultivation either.

Other important matters were the same.

Thanks to 【Feng Qi Yu Xia】 for the 10,000 reward; thanks to 【Hai Ren Du Ji Tang】 for the 5,000 reward; thanks to 【Shen Diao Ling Yu】, 【Hun Dun Zhu Tian Shi Jie Di】, 【Ba Ji Tian, Ma Nu】, 【Bu Hui z】, and 【Shu You 20200417080321081】 for their tips, thank you!

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