Beast Tamer: After My Pet Space Mutated, I Became OP
Chapter 1545: Corpse Rat Investigation Mission
Because the necromancer rats were so dangerous, Mingxi had already learned about the relevant investigation mission a few days ago.
It has been more than four months since this task was released.
However, several investigators either returned empty-handed and abandoned their mission, or died.
Yes, he died.
The kind of death that is completely annihilated, leaving no trace of the body.
Even a fool could see that this investigation was very problematic, and extremely problematic at that.
She never expected the investigation team to approach her on their own initiative.
Given the threat posed by the Corpse Rat to humanity, and its presence in Longhua, Mingxi, as a pillar of the nation, cannot ignore the safety of the people of Longhua.
This matter must be resolved as soon as possible.
"I understand, I'll take this task."
Upon hearing this, the liaison officer on the other end was overjoyed: "Really? That's wonderful! With you in charge, this mission will definitely be completed immediately!"
Fearing that Mingxi might change her mind, the liaison officer spoke extremely fast, like a supercar with a new engine: "I will send you the relevant information right away, please check it in time."
By the way! How long do you think it will take you to complete this task?
As you know, this task is really tricky and of great importance.
Mingxi was speechless. How was she supposed to know when she could finish the task? All she could do was say, "I'll do it as soon as possible!"
It's clear that the investigation team is also in a hurry.
"Alright, alright, I wish you a successful start and a swift victory! I won't disturb you any longer while you're on your mission! Goodbye, God of Light!"
"drop--!"
They were in a real hurry to hang up.
Mingxi sighed. She would have to have a good talk with her father when she got back, because his precious daughter was about to 'run away from home' again.
It's not that she didn't want to stay home a few more days, to spend time with her parents and enjoy the company of her grandchildren, but unfortunately, her circumstances didn't allow it.
After leaving the Beast Taming Center, Mingxi went straight to the largest shopping mall in the capital and bought a lot of gifts for her grandparents and father, with the motto being "not to buy the right things, but only the expensive ones."
As the saying goes, to pave the way, you must first pay.
It's never wrong to be overly polite.
"My dearest grandma, my wisest and most powerful dad, your precious granddaughter and sweetest daughter are back!"
Ruan Qinghe and Ming Zhiyun, who were squatting in the living room eating fruit, exchanged a glance.
Their daughter, Xiaoxi, isn't that kind of eccentric personality.
What do you mean by "most dearest," "wise and mighty," and "baby sweetheart"?
Was she pierced by some strange thing?
Therefore... when a child changes a lot, they are bound to cause trouble.
"Oh no, Mom, this child is probably going to run away from home again!"
Watching Mingxi take out items one by one from her spatial artifacts, the dazzling array piled up like a small mountain.
Knowing that Yun, the old father, truly understood his daughter best, he immediately guessed the reason for her 'abnormal' behavior.
This kid can't stay at home!
He was speechless, his heart ached, and he didn't want to speak.
"Get out of here! All you do all day is waste money. Look at what you've bought!"
He pulled out a fuchsia lace slip dress from a pile of gift boxes and gave a wicked smile: "May I ask you something?"
"This obviously lewd sex toy, are you planning to give it to your grandma, or to your daddy?"
Mingxi glanced at it and said, "This is a buy-one-get-one-free offer. If you like it, you can give it to your lover; if you don't like it, you can also give it to your lover."
"You wicked girl, where would your father have a lover?"
This is spreading false rumors!
It's her own daughter spreading rumors about her father!
"Hey? You and that Yu Ye Jingwei aren't together yet? That guy's not very good, it's been so long and he still hasn't won you over?"
"Pfft!" Ming Zhiyun spat a mouthful of saliva onto his mother's face.
Ignoring his mother's dark expression, he glared at the girl who had spouted such nonsense, "What rubbish are you spouting? Me and Yu Ye Jingwei?! Where did you get this hearsay from?!"
Mingxi blinked innocently.
"Didn't he love you deeply? He even opened a Xibaoge store for you, and because of his love for you, he took extra care of me."
If this isn't love?
"Bullshit! He and I have a pure brotherly bond, buddy! He's nice to you because he feels indebted to me!"
Mingxi raised an eyebrow, her expression saying, "Just you wait and see if I believe you."
"Get out! I think you're only here to drive your old father crazy. Go do what you want and stop getting in my way. Just seeing you annoys me!"
Mingxi bent down and hugged her father, who looked like he was saying one thing but meaning another. "Thank you, Dad. I promise I'll come home early this time."
"Hmph, let's see if I believe you or not."
Their daughter is like a lost child the moment she steps out the door, and they might lose contact with her at any time. The worst part is that they can't take the initiative to contact her, for fear of disturbing her while she's doing something dangerous.
Sometimes, when you have a child with such extraordinary talent, you really don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.
With greater ability comes greater responsibility.
My daughter has taken on dangers, pressures, and responsibilities that she shouldn't have to bear at her age.
He was genuinely heartbroken.
But he knew he couldn't stop the child from moving forward; it was her own life.
Mingxi is gone.
The next day, she left Longhua Kingdom alone and went to a country she was familiar with—Da Sili.
The reason they went to the Great Sili Kingdom was not because of the intelligence gathered by the previous investigators, but because Jin Yuanbao and Yao Xuan used their skills.
After Jin Yuanbao evolved to the god level, his Divine Eyes became unrestricted, and his ability to see the truth reached new heights.
Furthermore, this is combined with Yaoxuan's foresight.
Ultimately, it was concluded that her destination this time was the State of Da Sili.
This time she didn't log in anonymously, but she also didn't actually appear in person.
It's not that the latter is not cost-effective, but rather that Mingxi's current identity would involve diplomatic incidents whenever she enters any country.
Even though she possesses the title of honorary citizen of Da Sili, which allows her to legally and compliantly enter Da Sili as a citizen of Da Sili.
But she is not the same person she used to be.
Whether it's the pillar of Longhua Kingdom or the strongest in the alliance, if they learn that she is going to visit Dasili, it will inevitably attract attention from all sides.
Too much trouble.
Therefore, Mingxi entered the country illegally.
She didn't contact any acquaintances, and her destination was clear: the Nightmare Land she had visited during the festival.
Both Jin Yuanbao and Yaoxuan's 'prophecies' pointed to that place.
Because she had been there before, even though quite some time had passed, Little Silver Flower could still accurately pinpoint the Ghost Nightmare Land, after all, it was now at the God level.
Opening a portal is so easy, it's a piece of cake.
The State of Da Sili.
The night was as dark as ink, and the moonlight was completely blocked by the thick clouds.
In the distance, a tall, cold, metallic tower pierces the horizon, standing silently in view.
The three circular altars still silently guard it.
The surface of the tower is covered with strange black light patterns, and the flickering of these patterns causes a slight distortion in the surrounding space.
That's a closed rule.
A naturally occurring force of rules; before the closed rules are concealed, any person or supernatural being who touches it will immediately trigger a chain of annihilation rules.
These two rules are the main reasons why the Nightmare Land can only be opened during the Touring Festival.
Two years later, Mingxi stood on this land again.
The Nightmare Land opens only once every nine years, and Mingxi certainly can't wait for the next tour festival.
In seven years, who knows how many corpse rats will be bred, and how many people will be killed directly or indirectly.
"Are you sure the clues to the lich rat are in here?"
Mingxi stood on a low hill ten kilometers away, with nine gold ingots beside her.
The tip of Yaoxuan's snake tail was curled with a thin gray-white hair, which was the 'evidence' collected by Longhua Kingdom during their investigation of Xinglan Beiyi's disappearance.
It was the fur of the corpse rat.
Yao Xuan can make predictions through these mediums, and while the accuracy rate may not be 100%, it is at least around 80%.
Meanwhile, Jin Yuanbao activated his Divine Eyes, and his Omniscient Vision was operating at full power, capturing the energy he wanted to explore.
Yaoxuan spoke first: "That's right, the prediction is indeed showing that building in front."
"Lei Lei".
Jin Yuanbao echoed this sentiment, indicating that it had detected the residual aura of the Corpse Witch Rat both inside and outside the Nightmare Land.
Although the closed rules make it difficult to see the inside of the Ghost Nightmare Tower clearly, it's only relatively difficult.
After all, they are god-level beings.
The power of rules can no longer completely shield their energy.
Therefore, all helplessness stems from insufficient firepower.
And they are now firing on all cylinders.
Mingxi nodded: "It seems we didn't come to the wrong place."
"So the question is, how do we get in?"
The man and his nine pets looked at each other, none of them speaking.
This is indeed a problem.
"As??"
Black Pearl suddenly asked a question.
It said, "Then another question arises: how did those lizard rats get in?"
"Smack!"
Mingxi's eyes lit up as she looked at the bewildered and innocent-looking Black Pearl with surprise, then covered its head with a dragon claw-like hand.
"Our Black Pearl is so clever! She actually thought of such a crucial question!"
"Luo! Luo Luo?"
Hmph! When did this stupid fish become so smart?
"Ya prison."
It's all the fault of miracles.
As expected of a trio that debuted as a group, their dynamic of "when they're together, chaos reigns; when they're apart, they're indistinguishable from enemies" is definitely familiar.
Mingxi smiled and then gently patted Xiaoyinhua and Liangjingjing's heads.
"You are both very smart, equally so!"
Guangguang couldn't help but scoff, and whispered to Mingxi alone, "Hmph! You just spoil them, huh? I don't believe you wouldn't have thought of that!"
Given her master's intelligence, she probably already knew how to enter the Nightmare Land.
The reason for not saying anything is simply to create a sense of team spirit.
All I can say is that its owner is truly relaxed. With only a year left until her 'death,' she still has the mind to create a harmonious atmosphere for her pets.
The incredible sense of relaxation is truly befitting of its owner.
"Stop talking nonsense, go back and study your mechanical life form."
Guangguang has been obsessed lately, engrossed in researching those mechanical life fragments.
Their interest is so great that it can't be contained in a single pot.
If it weren't for the fact that it was an intelligent AI, Mingxi suspected that it would have died from staying up all night.
He's like a severely internet-addicted teenager.
Mingxi was naturally curious, but Guangguang was currently preoccupied with his own little secrets and refused to say anything.
Mingxi is a master of beast taming, but not a scientific research expert, so she couldn't understand its various operations.
In short, she felt she needed an anti-addiction program.
"Hmph!"
After a brief moment of playful coquettishness, Guangguang went back underwater.
Meanwhile, Mingxi, along with her nine pets, began an in-depth discussion based on the questions raised by Black Pearl.
Clearly, this question hits the nail on the head.
The lich rats reappeared six months ago, so it's unlikely they were released from the Nightmare Lands during the Touring Festival two years ago.
The remaining Qi cannot be restored.
Moreover, raising a group of corpse rats requires long-term, fixed feeding, and they prefer fresh 'food'.
If the Nightmare Land is indeed a breeding ground for Corpse Rats, then it proves that someone must have a way to enter and exit the Nightmare Tower during its closure.
Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone possesses a life-sustaining artifact and can then kidnap thousands of humans for an unlimited supply.
However, this possibility is extremely small.
Life space items are not omnipotent; humans basically cannot survive in them for long. After all, the items of beast tamers are just items, not the cheat codes of female protagonists in novels.
In conclusion, the closed rules of the Nightmare Land have probably already been exploited!
Therefore, they could easily find this loophole, enter through it, and perhaps even strike at the heart of the enemy's territory.
"Lei Lei".
Jin Yuanbao's divine eyes still hold authority.
It can analyze the residual gas flow to pinpoint the most likely location of the leak.
Finally, it marked three coordinates, but they didn't rush to try them. Instead, they had Florence and Yaoxuan verify them several times.
It was ultimately confirmed that the vulnerability in the Nightmare Land was most likely one of the Nine Gates.
The saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.
Clearly, this vulnerability was designed with that in mind.
"It must have been during the festival that someone used a certain rule prop to create a nested space in advance, so that the closed rule would ignore its existence when it was closed."
The owner of the prop can then use this space to enter the Nightmare Tower.
Mingxi gave a brief analysis, and that's roughly the situation.
Don't ask her how she came to that conclusion. After all, she has two special constitutions, physical fitness level X, and brain capacity 99. Isn't it normal for her to see some problems by following the clues?
"So the question now is how do we avoid all sight and enter this nested space silently?"
Although the Ghost Nightmare Land has closed rules, it is, after all, the capital of the Great Sili Kingdom.
Therefore, the five ghost lords all assigned special personnel to guard this place to prevent anyone from attacking or even destroying the Ghost Nightmare Land.
"Disaster."
Xue Qingting's voice was very fitting.
If Mingxi hadn't known that it didn't mean that, she would have ruthlessly shut it up.
Of course, Xue Qingting meant that her micro-insects could scout ahead and find the exact location of the nested space.
"feasible."
Mingxi gave an OK sign. Xue Qingting's micro-insects were extremely small and had no energy fluctuations. Even if they were discovered, they would likely be overlooked because they were not any kind of recorded supernatural creature.
Moreover, even if the micro-insects touch the closed rules and trigger annihilation, it would still be a good thing for Xue Qingting.
The only concern is that if a large number of micro-insects trigger the closed rules, it is very likely to attract the attention of those ghost lords.
But it's not a big problem.