Chapter 236: The Fourth-Level Monster, the Cold Pond Snake!

Wang Lishan took out a map.

After drawing some circles on the map, he said:

"It will take at least a year to open up a safe zone with a radius of 100 miles."

Lin Chen frowned slightly and said:

"Why would it take so long? We have advanced at least 30 miles today..."

Wang Lishan smiled and said:

"This is just the initial development of the wasteland. Our elite 1,000 people are the first to take the lead."

"We need to explore the situation in this 100-mile radius and eliminate all the monsters we find..."

"But this alone is not enough!"

"We also need to clear potential monsters, open up terrain, and build high walls... This series of processes will take at least half a year."

"Of course, these are definitely not accomplished by our 1,000-man army alone."

"For the subsequent development of the wasteland, at least 30,000 people will be sent... It will take a year to come to this land before it can be completed."

Lin Chen was surprised after hearing this.

And suddenly remembered a special profession that he had seen in Kyoto.

Pioneer!

It is to follow the army out to open up wasteland and build a new safe zone.

The requirements for the strength of the pioneers are not high, and warriors and above can participate.

But there is a certain degree of danger, and there have been reports of pioneers dying.

After all, this wilderness is not as good as Kyoto. Even if the army has cleared the monsters, there will still be some unlucky pioneers who are attacked by monsters and die.

Moreover, this probability is not low.

However, the salary of the pioneers is extremely high, and even if they die, they will receive a considerable pension.

Many warriors who are from poor families and want to go out and fight will choose to open up wasteland outside the safe zone.

According to legend, hundreds of years ago, the area of ​​Kyoto was only half of what it is today, and the population was less than 300 million.

For hundreds of years, after countless pioneers’ expansion and exploration, Kyoto today has been established.

It is also the current Beijing metropolitan area with a population of nearly one billion.

However, pioneers have not appeared for decades.

The deeper you go into the wilderness, the more difficult it is to open up the wilderness.

But in the past twenty years, this situation has changed.

The outflow of immortal cultivation resources has promoted the need for Daxia to further develop the wilderness.

In particular, a large amount of land is needed to grow spiritual medicine.

Therefore, in the past 20 years, more than 300 miles have been advanced to the north.

Five new immortal cities and fortresses have been built for the cultivation world of Daxia.

And this time, it is necessary to advance 100 miles to the north in one breath...

At this time, Wang Lishan said again:

"It has never been done before to open up a hundred miles of land to the north at one time..."

"In the past, it was considered a great success to be able to snatch a few miles of land from the monsters."

"Because there are dangers everywhere in the wilderness, even the most advanced exploration equipment cannot completely detect the monsters lurking in the wilderness..."

After a pause, Wang Lishan grinned and said:

"However, the situation is different now!"

"Spiritual consciousness makes it easier to explore the wilderness and eliminate monsters..."

"The thousand-man troops sent this time are all above the Great Martial Master in martial arts. The cultivation is also above the Foundation Establishment Stage..."

"They are the elite of Daxia and can smoothly ensure the success of the land reclamation."

Lin Chen nodded after listening.

Indeed, even with martial arts technology, it is difficult to explore the monsters lurking tens of feet underground.

But spiritual consciousness can.

In a sense, spiritual consciousness is more advanced than martial arts technology.

"In addition... we have prepared 3,000 earth spirit root cultivators!"

"We are ready to build a city wall that is 10 feet high and 10 feet wide... with a total length of 300 miles within a year."

"Once the city wall is built, we will send the city guards to guard it day and night, and this safe zone will be opened up!"

"Tsk tsk, this was unthinkable in the past... A 300-mile city wall would require at least tens of thousands of people and a large team to work day and night for several years..."

"But earth spirit root cultivators, combined with instruments, are extremely efficient."

Wang Lishan said a lot, and patted Lin Chen on the shoulder again.

The meaning in his expression was clearly, kid... times have changed!

...

The night was quiet.

That night, the warriors encountered no less than ten waves of monster attacks.

Lin Chen didn't know where these monsters came from, they seemed to be everywhere.

There were first-level monsters and even third-level monsters.

They stayed in the wilderness for three days.

Lin Chen and his men cleared two mountains, a jungle, and a swamp.

No less than ten third-level monsters died in Lin Chen's hands.

The number of monsters annihilated by the martial arts troops was more than thousands.

It was hard to imagine that there were so many monsters in just a hundred miles.

Originally, Lin Chen thought that with such a large-scale purge, the monsters should have been almost cleared.

Until this day, Wang Lishan received a piece of information, and then said with joy:

"The monster overlord in this area has been found."

The monster overlord...

Lin Chen pursed his lips, revealing a puzzled look.

At this time, Wang Lishan explained:

"According to thousands of years of experience, in the wilderness... there will be a powerful monster every certain distance."

"This distance may be a hundred miles or several hundred miles. And this monster overlord is the absolute ruler of this area, and all monsters within a hundred miles are subject to him."

"And the strength of the monster overlord is naturally exceptionally strong..."

"Fourth-level monsters are the most basic! It is not impossible to occasionally encounter a fifth-level monster king..."

Speaking of this, Wang Lishan smiled.

"We are lucky. The monster overlord in this area is a fourth-level monster."

"Lin Chen, do you want to try your hand?"

Lin Chen was quite moved after hearing this.

The fourth-order monster is equivalent to the Yuanying stage monster.

For Lin Chen, there are certain challenges.

But the threat is not great. With Max, the Martial Emperor, standing by, Lin Chen's life danger can be minimized...

So it was a great opportunity to sharpen up.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen was eager to try:

"Where is that fourth-level monster now?"

Wang Lishan stood up after hearing this, waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, I'll take you there."

So, Lin Chen and others set off again, following Wang Lishan.

They ran all the way to the west for a full thirty miles.

After a while, Lin Chen saw a heavily armed troop.

"Chief!" The leading Jindan monk made a military salute.

Then he said: "According to the exploration of Enlightenment Puppet, the fourth-level monster overlord is in a pool two miles away."

"According to the video information sent before the puppet was destroyed, it should be a snake-like monster..."

Lin Chen was thoughtful after hearing this, and his consciousness moved toward the northwest.

Soon, he discovered a cold pool two miles away.

"The fourth-level monster... is hiding in this pool?"

Lin Chen almost thought he had made a mistake.

Wang Lishan said at this time:

"Okay, thank you for your hard work... you will just wait here."

With that said, Wang Lishan waved towards Lin Chen and Max.

When it comes to fourth-level monsters, these warriors at the martial spirit or golden elixir stage are no longer suitable to directly participate in the battle.

In addition to Lin Chen and the other three, there were also more than a dozen martial arts puppets who went to protect the formation.

The three of them ran towards Hantan...

After a few breaths, Lin Chen stood on a boulder and looked at the cold pool dozens of feet away.

The area of ​​this cold pool is not large.

It's only about ten feet in diameter, and it's said to be across the pond... It looks like a small pond.

"Fourth-level monsters, often huge in stature...are they really hiding in this small pool?"

Lin Chen frowned slightly, a little unbelievable.

"Forget it, let's take a look first."

Lin Chen's consciousness was released like a tide, and he quickly dived into the deep pool.

One foot, ten feet, one hundred feet, three hundred feet...

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, feeling a little incredible.

This cold pool with a radius of ten feet is actually so deep.

Seeing that Lin Chen's consciousness had penetrated a thousand meters deep, there was still no trace of the monster.

He couldn't help but said with some doubts:

"Uncle Wang, is that monster really in this cold pool?"

Wang Lishan scratched his head and said:

"There should be nothing wrong. I sent three martial arts puppets in the middle stage of the Golden Core... but they all died. Only a black shadow was photographed."

"The life energy and blood of the monster shown on the instrument is also around the level of King Wu..."

Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, and continued to penetrate deeper with his spiritual consciousness.

One thousand meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters...

After exploring to a depth of more than 3,000 meters, Lin Chen felt that the scene underground had changed significantly.

Hantan, which was originally very narrow, suddenly became vast.

"This is...a lake?"

"An underground dark lake?"

Lin Chen blinked and quickly realized something.

So he said:

"Uncle Wang, the fourth-level monster should be underground...but the cold pool is too deep. There is a large dark lake below."

"We have to find a way...to get that fourth-level monster out."

Wang Lishan nodded after hearing this. His consciousness could barely sense the existence of the underground lake.

But it was far from being as clear as what Lin Chen sensed.

At this time, Max on the side said:

"Use nuclear weapons! Blow up the ground... and force the fourth-level monster out."

"That fourth-level monster must be very powerful in the dark lake. We must drag him out and fight him!"

Lin Chen and Wang Lishan looked at each other after hearing this and agreed to the idea.

Soon, two martial arts puppets sneaked into the depths of the lake carrying nuclear bombs with a yield of 100,000 tons.

Dive all the way down...

Lin Chen used his spiritual consciousness to sense the location of the fourth-level monster while directing the martial arts puppet to dive.

Suddenly, a pair of green eyes appeared on the instrument's shared screen.

"Fourth level monster!"

Wang Lishan on the side detonated the nuclear weapon without thinking!

After a breath, a raging wave appeared on the deep pool in front of him.

The ground shook slightly, but soon there was no movement.

In an underground lake more than 3,000 meters deep, the power of a nuclear bomb can hardly be transmitted to the ground.

"How is it..." Wang Lishan was about to ask.

Lin Chen's expression changed slightly.

"He's coming out soon!"

Lin Chen sensed a huge black shadow quickly emerging from the underground dark lake.

About a few breaths later, a huge, terrifying head appeared on the cold pool.

After seeing the appearance of this monster clearly, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment.

"Is this...is this thing really a snake?"