Chapter 38

"Before, on the outer perimeter, we could still gather some Life Grass, Red Fruit, Moon Fruit — now we can't even spot a single Spirit Grass."

"The patterns the scholars have summarized — how could they be wrong?"

"I think, when things go against the norm, there must be something fishy."

"Maybe in the core zone, there's something big waiting for us."

"What if we get to the core zone and there's still nothing?"

"Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"

"Loss? What loss? It's just a few extra steps, isn't it?"

"Besides, you have to know, the core zone definitely has good stuff."

"The fewer resources we see now, the more it actually proves the core zone's resources are richer."

"All those Mist Zones — not a single exception."

"Brother, do you think we might run into the Cursed Ones here?"

"If we could deliver them to the Alliance, we might even get extra rewards."

"Ilex is dead, and now the Alliance's crackdown on the Zuzhou Society is even harsher."

"There's even a posture of wanting to root them out entirely."

"Forget it — running into the Cursed Ones here, isn't that harder than winning the lottery?"

"Still, if I do run into them, I'll definitely let those disgusting bastards experience what it means to be worse off than dead."

"Just thinking about their troop types makes me sick to my stomach."

All of Lu Cang's Crawlers had gone into hiding.

After Lu Cang carried out the evolution of his Nest.

Six hours had already passed.

During those six hours, the Crawlers had been hunting within ten kilometers of the mountain.

At the same time, the Parasitic Eyes had already been distributed across the vast majority of the area within ten kilometers.

Although they hadn't detected every single inch of space completely.

Basically, it could be guaranteed — as long as one didn't know the layout of his Parasitic Eyes.

It was almost impossible to keep slipping past his blind spots and approach his Nest.

And if someone else could know the layout of his Parasitic Eyes.

Then what was the point of even scouting?

"How did people get here so fast?"

During this period, Lu Cang had also been watching the World Channel.

He roughly knew that Mist Zones had recently appeared.

He must have been born in the core area of one of those Mist Zones.

Mist Zones would definitely have Lords entering to explore.

But Lu Cang hadn't expected these people to arrive so quickly.

Logically speaking, exploring a Mist Zone from the outer perimeter to the core zone should take at least five or six days.

At the long end, it might even last a month.

But it had only been three days.

And they were already nearing the core zone?

"Resources barren…"

Lu Cang overheard their conversation, yet he was laughing inside.

Wasn't that right — this Secret Steel Stone Mountain in the core zone was probably already far beyond this Mist Zone's tier.

If there were even richer resources in other zones, that would really be absurd.

【Wolf King Lord - Wei】

【Wild Boar Lord - Gu En】

【Goblin Emperor - Niu Ma】

These three Lords rode giant lizards at the center of the formation.

Their troop types were, respectively, Wolf Riders mounted on gray wolves, Boar Knights mounted on wild boars, Boarfolk, and Wolfmen.

There was also a group of goblins pushing cannons at the rear of the formation.

Besides that, there were a few Elven Archers — clearly high-tier troops picked up through some special opportunity.

Unable to be mass-produced.

Among them, the strongest was a Tier-5 【Berserk Boarfolk】

Still of Hero-grade quality.

Beyond that, there were also a few Tier-4 【Berserk Wolfmen】, 【Goblin Magic Elders】, 【Bai Langwang】

The entire formation had roughly over five thousand troops.

A Lord formation like this, bulldozing through the rainforest, did indeed have some confidence to its name.

But after Lu Cang finished analyzing their combat power.

His expression cooled slightly.

Yet at the corner of his mouth, a cruel smile surfaced.

"Perfect — since you've come, then don't leave."