Mo Qingchen always had an inexplicable sense of crisis about the Abyssal Rift.
In his previous life, he had read quite a few online novels, and anyone who crossed into another world and had a cheat ability was either a protagonist or a calamity.
What accompanied them were usually endless troubles.
No matter how far away they tried to stay, various crises would still appear.
According to Mo Qingchen's understanding, as a transmigrator, being targeted by the world's Heavenly Dao, one could only rely on their cheat to break the situation.
The consequence of failing to break through was nothing but death!
Why are transmigrators awesome?
Because they survived until the end!
As for those transmigrators who didn't make it till the end.
They didn't survive, essentially being expelled from the transmigrator circle.
Mo Qingchen didn't want to become the disgrace of transmigrators, so before his strength was strong enough, it was better to keep a low profile.
Therefore, he stopped a truck on the street, and only after paying triple the price did the driver agree to take him home.
Unlocking, entering the house, and closing the door—all done in one go.
He took a shower, had dinner, and dealt with the rat monster corpses.
After a busy period, it was already midnight before Mo Qingchen hugged Mo Jin and fell asleep on the bed.
A day of wild hunting had put him in a state of high tension, especially after entering the South City Area sewers, where the density of rat monsters doubled compared to the outskirts of the city.
Any slight error could lead to disaster, with the possibility of being surrounded and bitten to death by rat monsters.
The night passed without words...
The rising sun spread its warm rays, dispelling the surrounding darkness as it shone into the room.
Mo Qingchen got up early and first prepared today's rations for Mo Jin.
Then he started packing the rat monster corpses, placing them one by one into burlap sacks.
After breakfast, man and insect immediately left the house.
"To achieve good results, one must first sharpen their tools. Yesterday was too reckless; any slip up could lead to irreparable doom, so today I must buy some equipment before hunting!"
It's not that Mo Qingchen didn't want to play it safe and level up, but time waits for no one.
There were only seven days; if missed, whether Mo Jin's talent could continue to improve remained unknown.
He didn't dare to gamble!
It should be noted that a Beastmaster's strength is determined by the contracted Guardian Beast.
The stronger the Guardian Beast, the higher the four basic attributes that feedback to the Beastmaster.
But this feedback is also phased, which is why Guardian Beasts are divided into nine tiers.
Every time one breaks through a tier, there is feedback once.
The higher the talent of the Guardian Beast, the easier it is to break through tiers; otherwise, various bottlenecks would occur.
At the slaughterhouse, he still dealt with Uncle Li for purchases, and with his original Dragon Coin savings, Mo Qingchen now held some assets.
Thus, for the first time, he confidently walked into the Beastmaster Mall set up by the White Crane City government in the South City District.
"Sure enough, in an official store, there are plenty of things for Beastmasters and Guardian Beasts."
For clothing, food, housing, and transportation, there's nothing you can't find here.
Especially looking at each piece of Beastmaster equipment, Mo Qingchen's eyes were filled with desire.
Unfortunately, upon seeing the prices, he instantly sobered up.
The items are top-notch, guaranteed quality, but the price is also not cheap.
However, no matter how expensive, Mo Qingchen had to spend a significant amount of Dragon Coins to buy the equipment he urgently needed.
[Profound Iron Armor (Tier One): Can resist tearing bites from Tier One Exotic Beasts without breaking, reduces some damage from blunt objects. (PS: This armor weighs 30 pounds, Beastmasters with weak physiques are not recommended to buy)]
[Profound Iron Saber (Tier One): The blade can easily cut through the skin of Tier One Exotic Beasts causing tearing damage. (PS: A one-meter long machete, weighing 10 pounds, improper operation may injure oneself, purchase with caution)]
[Fine Steel Profound Jade Drill (Tier Three): The drill tip can easily pierce the defense of Tier Three Exotic Beasts. (PS: A special weapon with high usage requirements, those without basic knowledge of this type of weapon are not recommended to buy)]
The Profound Iron Saber is quite cheap, only requiring five thousand Dragon Coins.
The Profound Iron Armor is three times more expensive, needing fifteen thousand Dragon Coins.
These two pieces of equipment are undoubtedly necessities for hunting in the sewers, the former ensuring Mo Qingchen can slash close-range rat monsters to death with one stroke, and the latter ensuring personal safety.
The tier-three pointed drill weapon, although somewhat niche, nevertheless, it can pierce Tier Three Exotic Beast defenses; hence its price is also not cheap.
This thing costs twenty-five thousand Dragon Coins per piece, and Mo Qingchen gritted his teeth to buy two.
It can be said that the four pieces of equipment drained his recently replenished savings dry once more.
With his purchased equipment, Mo Qingchen found a small alley casually in South City and took Mo Jin in with him.
After donning the gear, he directly opened the nearby sewer manhole cover, and once his spiritual power probed without detecting any threats, man and insect descended into the sewer again, starting a new day of wild hunting.
Q: Besides rat monsters, are there other exotic beast creatures in the city's sewers?
A: Yes! Quite a variety of exotic beasts and monsters, such as mutated roaches, sludge monsters, and sewage elements...
This time, with equipment, Mo Qingchen slaughtered rat monsters like slicing melons and vegetables, and those below Level 5 had no match against him.
Even rat monsters above Level 5 couldn't withstand the telekinesis-controlled Fine Steel Profound Jade Drill's stab; once activated, it easily pierced through targets.
Slaughtering all the way, delving deep, soon man and insect arrived at a sewer junction convergence point.
This was a massive sewage pool, around which stood over a dozen sewer passage links, discharging countless sewage into the pool.
Hiding in the shadows of the passage, Mo Qingchen looked unpredictably at the sewage pool below, not daring to make the slightest sound.
[Exotic Beast Name: Sewage Element]
[Talent: C (Excellent)]
[Attribute: Water Element]
[Level: LV39 (Tier Three)]
[Talent: Water Control]
[Skills: Water Arrow, Water Wall, Water Shield, Water Escape, Sewage Spit]
[PS: A polluted water element, filled with hostility towards humans who discharge sewage!]
This was an exotic beast stuck at the pinnacle of Tier Three, and in a place like the sewers, it could absolutely move with impunity.
The numerous bones accumulated in the sewage pool spoke volumes.
Originally, encountering such a powerful exotic beast, Mo Qingchen should have turned and ran, as far away as possible.
But he couldn't resist the lure of profit!
The layers of bones piled up in the sewage pool were real, but so were the other things soaking in it.
For instance, Mo Qingchen noticed several space backpacks floating in the sewage!
Clearly, someone had been here, and very unfortunately, were taken out by this sewage element.
The sewers of White Crane City are cleaned once every quarter; now it's early June, with the next clean-up scheduled for the end of this month.
So those space backpacks soaking in the sewage pool must have been dropped by newly awakened Apprentice Beastmasters, high school students.