"Strange, all three things point to the same skill..."


    Tao Yu first pretended to absorb it and then slowly gather his strength before he spoke with a grave expression about the information he had mastered.


    Although the three monsters each had their own characteristics, even to the point where their styles greatly differed,


    yet all three monsters pointed to the same ability?


    "The least Yuan Force is in the thirties, and the most is fifty, but the skill is undoubtedly the same. The level of information contamination is at least four times higher than that of Aliens and the number needed for the skill to form is even greater.


    "Even with Meditation Technique I''m not confident I can safely absorb the whole skill in one go. For ordinary people, it would probably take at least a month to absorb it slowly..."


    Although Tao Yu did not have the perspective of ordinary people, he could still estimate roughly through the clutter level of the information.


    Even for himself, he would need at least forty or fifty to piece together theplete skill!


    For ordinary people, it would probably be at least a hundred, with three a day followed by a slow process, it would take at least a month to fully understand.


    "Such severe contamination!"


    "Meditation Technique?"


    Upon hearing Tao Yu''s news, both Huang Jian and Nuosen were shaken to the core.


    Because of the restrictions on its dissemination and the possible involvement with cults, Meditation Technique was also a rare item even to the people of Inner City.


    "No wonder Brother Tao is so confident, it turns out you have the Meditation Technique."


    Huang Jian said with some envy, his tone also showing more respect.


    Indeed, this had caught the eye of two important figures in the Floating City! No wonder your strength has increased so quickly.


    On the other hand, Nuosen was more concerned with the skill.


    "I wonder if it''s possible to determine what type it is now? And whether it''s worth it or not."


    With such heavy contamination, if the skill is mediocre, then the entire set of skills probably won''t fetch a good price, greatly diminishing its value.


    But these monsters have inmon a strong vitality!


    Heavy contamination, high consumption, the skill must be good!


    "It should be a kind of body mutation skill, I''m not even sure if there will be any negative effects, it feels a bit shady."


    Tao Yu frowned and voiced his feelings, but since he only absorbed three, he was just roughly saying so.


    "What the hell is going on?!"


    Captain An Zhijie, who had always been on the edge observing, also felt a surge of pressure at this time.


    "Is this what you call an Abyss invasion? Didn''t you say there was some sort of world barrier? How did the monsters get in?"


    An Zhijie seemed very nervous; he had loved ones he took seriously too.


    Having a Rainforest nearby was actually okay, but if real monsters came in, that would be a huge problem!


    Although Nan Bang''s military power is not weak, it doesn''t have much capacity for self-sufficiency!


    Both war potential and strategic depth are limited.


    "Unfortunately, this might not be an invasion from the Abyss, but rather something born from your world itself, maybe, as you mentioned earlier, a contagious disease."


    At this moment, Tao Yu also put forth his own conjecture.


    Although he hadn''t seen theplete picture, he seemed to vaguely remember something simr, possibly from a Korean drama synopsis he had seen while browsing short videos.


    Relying on the mental enhancement from the Meditation Technique, he slowly began to recall.


    Humans turning into monsters!


    But it seemed it was just bing monsters, nothing esoteric and hard to specte.


    Tao Yu pondered for a moment and then turned to Huang Jian and Nuosen to say,


    "I''ve decided to explore a bit. What about you?"


    Tao Yu nced at them and also at the Alien tails that had been thrown on the ground.


    Although they had more people, carrying all these things around would definitely be inconvenient for a deep exploration!


    "This..., it seems quite troublesome; we should probably go back first, and deal with this merchandise."


    Although Huang Jian hesitated as he spoke, in his heart, he had no hesitation.


    Since it''s not a stable world and it lookspletely chaotic, there''s no reason to risk staying.


    Given the state of these monsters, he didn''t believe they could stabilize the situation with just a few of them. Since they couldn''tplete the connection task, it was time to give up!


    Better to return quickly and hand in the task, getting the benefits first is the right solution.


    How much can a normal initial deep exploration yield? It wasn''t possible to venture out while towing so many tails.


    After all, these monsters looked even more troublesome than the Aliens.


    "Then you go back and submit the exploration task, I want half of the reward."


    Tao Yu said bluntly.


    To this point, Huang Jian and Nuosen were prompt in their response,


    "No problem."


    Meanwhile, they also turned their gaze towards the two zombies who had remained silent throughout, looking as emotionless as ornaments.


    There''s something off about these two.


    But they did not have the time to ponder over this, nor did they need to; after all, splitting the task reward in half was perfectly eptable to them.


    "This is my partner ID number."


    Tao Yu lifted his wrist and swiped it against the other''s, sharing the information that had been embedded in hispany chip by Panda while handlingpany chip affairs—an identity proof of sorts.


    When the task waspleted, he could go back and im his reward directly, essentially having them submit the task remotely on his behalf.


    Considering they handled the alien hive goods for him, probed the intelligence on the ''active'' situation, and then turned away to safeguard the cargo rather thanpeting with him for it...


    They were quite decent folks...


    Given the current circumstances, earning over five thousand from the task submission shouldn''t be a problem for him.


    "Then we''ll head back first, to avoid others beating us to it."


    "Once the task isplete and the cargo is dealt with, we mighte over to take a look. Hopefully, there''ll be another opportunity to cooperate."


    "We''ll talk about that when the timees."


    After a brief exchange, Huang Jian and Nuosen took the Outer City Pioneers, picked up the alien tails, and left without dy, showing no signs of dragging their feet.


    And An Zhijie, after listening to them rattling off in an iprehensiblenguage, was surprised to see that most of them had left, leaving him with the guy who tamed monsters, and those two silent, zombie-faced, and odd-looking ones.


    "Wait, wait a minute? What''s the situation now?"


    "They''ve gone back to submit the task. You''ll follow me now. Do you speak English?"


    Tao Yu casually asked.


    "Uh, of course, it''s a must for us."


    An Zhijie didn''t know why Tao Yu wanted to speak English, but heplied anyway.


    "It seems that the military had detected this ''infectious disease'' in advance, but for some reason, they chose not to disclose it. The result is obviously heading towards a catastrophe..."


    Tao Yu looked up towards the window of a residence, and with a ''putt'', a stter of blood stained the curtain, while the sky was also growing dim...


    ...


    Bang~


    Blood sttered as a head was blown off, and the body of the monster with only crimson tendonsnguidly fell to the ground.


    Yet, even with its headpletely obliterated, the monster''s body still convulsed violently, as if it weren''t cleanly dead.


    Tao Yu shook his fist and frowned at the creature on the ground


    Seeing that the Yuan Force had not yet begun to gather, Tao Yu sighed and slowly drew his Tachi.


    Several shes of cold light streaked by.


    The remaining body was instantly sted into chunks, and blood sma spilled all over the ground.


    But even so, Tao Yu could see that these pieces were still twitching!


    It took about a quarter of an hour before the Yuan Force began to converge, focusing on a piece of the flesh.


    "Is burning them the only way? If each one requires this much effort from me, then I won''t be able to kill many, somewhat restraining me..."


    Tao Yu frowned, as he was extremely capable of delivering killing blows to enemies with discernible weaknesses.


    But dealing with these kinds of creatures, which had almost no fatal weak spots, was a bit awkward for him.


    Now, even though his physical strength and stamina had improved significantly with the enhancement of the Breathing Technique and the Stance Skill, he still couldn''t keep this up indefinitely.


    This was a scene of a brutal killing that Tao Yu had noticed in a house, and he had climbed up to handle it himself.


    Given the vitality of these monsters, Tao Yu had initially considered using a knife to chop off the head, though he suspected that might not be effective. So, he had used his full power to deliver a punch.


    Who would have thought the aftermath would be soplicated?


    He absorbed the Yuan Force from the chunk of flesh and signaled Little ck to bring An Zhijie up to the room from the window. Night had fallen, and it was time to find a ce to rest for the night.


    This ce would do for now.


    But turning around to see the Alien Queen looking up at him with eager eyes, and considering its massive body size, Tao Yu pondered where to settle the creature.


    Although the Alien Queen was not weak and regr monsters could not trouble it too much one-on-one, it would probably be overwhelmed in a mob attack.


    "Climb up to the rooftop and rest there."


    In the end, Tao Yu decided to let Da Hei free-range on the roof, considering how chaotic things were already, free-ranging an Alien Queen didn''t seem like a big deal...


    As Da Hei extended its ws, embedding them into the exterior wall of the house and then climbed step by step towards the rooftop with its massive form, Tao Yu could hear continuous screams of panic from the floors below.


    "There sure are plenty of survivors, huh? Why were they all silent before..."


    Tao Yu scratched his head, looking at An Zhjeie, who was being led up by Little ck, hisplexion pale.


    It prompted An Zhijie to let out a wry chuckle.


    If it were me, I wouldn''t make a sound either; it''s too frightening...


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