Chapter 45: Region Core

Ah? Could this be an East Summer lion?

The young warrior in the back row couldn't help but guess.

The possibility is small. Not to mention it being an ice-system extraordinary creature, it's unrealistic for it to have run from East Summer here without being noticed.

It probably has extremely high intelligence and language-learning ability, and after awakening it learned human language.

Wang Long made a guess.

Immediately afterward, Colonel Talam related the details about the Ice Lion King to Wang Long.

Including his own kidnapping, after which the Ice Lion King used this to 'extort' some resources from the Tanzanian Military.

And what he saw and heard during the week he was 'captured'.

After listening, Instructor Wang and the other two awakened individuals in the car fell silent.

Especially after hearing that this lion king loves drinking cola, everyone couldn't help but.

To be honest, this lion king is a bit wild.

This lion king doesn't seem hostile to humans; have you tried to win it over?

Wang Long asked.

In the previous video, the lion king led the lion pride to hunt and kill the attacking ice-armored white rhino, ate the meat and left, without harming any human.

If we were to assign factions, this lion king would belong to the neutral lawful faction! 'Of course! We've had a brief cooperation, and we're still allies. But we lack anything that could move its heart, making deeper alliance difficult.'

Talam sighed.

If you can contact the lion king, tell it about the secret realm and the land spirit!

After a moment's thought, Wang Long said to Talam.

'Instructor, why should we tell this news to the lion king? Isn't this making it harder for us to find the land spirit?'

Talam asked, somewhat puzzled.

'There's more than one land spirit; I'm afraid we might run into it!'

Wang Long said gloomily.

Even before the ancient secret realm descends, we've already encountered an extraordinary creature that touches the lord's barrier—one we can't afford to provoke! 'Understood.'

Talam nodded.

He instantly realized that the frost lion king was now an insoluble existence.

Even the Flame Dragon squad from East Summer must retreat three li! 'Now things have become interesting; I look forward to seeing how the natives in the secret realm react after encountering that lion king.'

Wang Long seemed to have thought of something amusing, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

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Meanwhile.

Chen Mo was routinely hunting on the grassland near the Great Snow Mountain.

At this stage, he is already the strongest existence on this grassland, truly at the top of the food chain.

After slaying a medium-tier extraordinary ice plain hippopotamus, he was about to extract the demon core when an inexplicable palpitation surged in his heart!

His heart pounded! He couldn't help but look up, and the illusion of the Great Snow Mountain became more solid and heavy, giving a feeling of being about to emerge.

This ancient secret realm is about to descend! It could be tomorrow or the day after!

Leave here, hurry up and leave here!

Chen Mo couldn't help but have this thought arise in his heart.

This premonition didn't just appear in his heart; the beings beneath and around the Great Snow Mountain illusion also felt similar premonitions, and thus frenziedly fled in all directions.

After returning to the lion pride's territory, that feeling of trepidation gradually faded.

Gazing at the distant, continuous towering snow mountains, Chen Mo felt slightly uneasy.

He doesn't know much about what will happen after the secret realm descends, or what lies inside the Great Snow Mountain secret realm. He had asked Talam before, but this colonel also doesn't know much.

Moreover, the information available online is also extremely limited.

'Better to stop overthinking and just become as strong as possible!'

Thinking so, Chen Mo gulped down a bottle of milk.

These days, Chen Mo's daily routine is to guzzle milk, devour soybeans, and let himself fart as much as possible.

To be honest, the 【Stinky Fart Lion】 challenge is still somewhat difficult.

Previous self-discipline challenges could be completed with effort, but the 【Stinky Fart Lion】 self-discipline challenge is somewhat uncontrollable.

Fortunately, the milk-soybean combo's fart-inducing effect is good; Chen Mo can basically complete his daily self-discipline challenge at noon each day.

Just as he was chugging milk, only one fart away from completing his self-discipline challenge, his oversized tablet rang.

【Talam】

After Chen Mo chose to answer, he saw a familiar face.

'Good morning, Lion King.'

Talam respectfully greeted Chen Mo.

Seeming to know the lion king dislikes writing, Talam also directly stated his purpose.

'This time contacting the Lion King is mainly to share some information about the ancient secret realm with you.'

?

Chen Mo drew a question mark in the snow.

He didn't know what medicine was being sold in the other party's gourd.

When he previously asked Talam, this guy was completely clueless, so why is he now proactively sharing information with him?

'The awakener squad from East Summer brought us a lot of knowledge about the secret realm. As soon as I learned it, I came to share this with you, after all, you are our ally!'

Talam said with a smile.

"Kalam, let me explain."

At that moment, a bald, square-faced uncle beside him took the phone.

"Shiwang, let me give you a rough overview of the ancient secret realm."

Wang Long spoke.

Looking at the giant ice lion on the screen, he felt a subtle feeling.

This is also his first time talking to a supernatural creature.

"First, based on the experience of the two previous secret realm descents, each secret realm is divided into many regions— as few as a dozen, as many as several dozen or even over a hundred regions."

"When a secret realm descends into our world, each region produces a region core, also called the land spirit. Whoever masters the region core can become the lord of that land and gain absolute control over that region!"

"Therefore, the most crucial matter after the descent of the Great Snow Mountain secret realm is to compete for the land spirits!"

"The appearances of these land spirits vary; they could be a certain plant, a certain stone, or something else."

"Second, most regions within the secret realm have indigenous inhabitants. However, based on past experience, these supernatural beings' strength will not exceed the supernatural tier. Their goal is also to find the region core."

"The reason I'm telling you this is so that you can later choose a different region to attack than we do."

"We will attack from this region; your current territory is here, and you can choose the three nearby regions. We will not interfere with each other."

Wang Long sent a map to Chen Mo, then explained.

The map marked the scope of the Great Snow Mountain and Chen Mo's current territory.

"Of course, if you are willing to cooperate, we welcome it as well."

(End of chapter)