The Scent of a Conspiracy

"Aang~~~"

A Black Crown Golden Eagle soared freely through the sky.

Behind it followed a large flock of flying monsters. Aside from various eagle-type monsters, the most numerous were a group of Golden Vultures.

"I never expected that taming this Black Crown Golden Eagle would also get me a whole flock of eagle-type monsters for free!"

Qin Mu felt exhilarated as he watched the Black Crown Golden Eagle soaring overhead.

After being treated by the Mother Nest, the Black Crown Golden Eagle had fully recovered. The moment it did, it gave Qin Mu quite a surprise.

As a Lord-level monster, the Black Crown Golden Eagle was not a lone creature. It commanded a massive monster pack.

There were two High Warlord-level monsters among them: one was the Black Crown Golden Eagle, and the other was a Wind Chasing Eagle. There were more than fifty eagle-type monsters at the Warlord-level, spanning over a dozen varieties, as well as several thousand Beast Soldier level monsters.

This was no small force, yet it had now become part of the Swarm's strength.

If all these monsters had been following the Black Crown Golden Eagle from the start, Qin Mu would not have won so easily.

However, when it fought Qin Mu, the Black Crown Golden Eagle had been beaten flat before it could even call for its subordinates.

More than that, as a Lord-level monster, the Black Crown Golden Eagle ruled over a territory. Though it was located in the outskirts and was not particularly large, it was still highly beneficial to the Swarm's development.

This even made Qin Mu want to enslave a few more Lord-level monsters. But after enslaving the Black Crown Golden Eagle once, he had expended a considerable amount of Mental Power. He would need at least another day before he could enslave another.

In the end, the Swarm found quite a few damaged human weapons and pieces of equipment in the Black Crown Golden Eagle's nest. Unfortunately, they were all merely Warlord-level weapons and equipment, not worth much money.

Still, it gave Qin Mu a reminder.

This city was different from No. 0203. No. 0203 was merely a small, remote county town, so almost no martial artists went there to hunt monsters.

This city was enormous, with millions of monsters. Beast General level monsters could be found everywhere, Lord-level monsters were plentiful, and even King level monsters appeared within the city. As such, it attracted many human martial artists who came here to hunt monsters.

The Swarm had already discovered twelve human martial artist squads.

Fortunately, the city was vast, and the Swarm had not encountered any human martial artists yet.

Of course, it did not matter if they did. Qin Mu would not deliberately hunt humans, but if they were attacked, the Swarm would still retaliate on its own.

"I still need to find a way to hunt more monsters and make more money!"

Qin Mu felt somewhat troubled. His strength had increased too quickly, and the weapons he used could never keep up with his rate of growth.

Originally, Qin Mu had only bought eleven short spears. But unexpectedly, after a little training, he could easily control twelve of them.

After the Mother Nest upgraded, the power it fed back to him not only raised Qin Mu to the Primary War God level, but also greatly boosted his control. He could now easily control twenty short spears. Even his training equipment was nearly insufficient.

As a result, without enough weapons, Qin Mu simply could not unleash all his strength.

Moreover, Qin Mu needed a great deal of money to purchase the later stages of "Destruction," as well as Mental Master Basics.

The first two levels of "Destruction" alone cost one billion!

There would be no half-price discount for the second purchase.

The first three levels cost five billion!

Over this period, Qin Mu and the Swarm had hunted more than sixty Beast General level monsters.

Based on the approximate prices of monster materials, the valuable materials from a Primary Beast General could generally sell for five to fifteen million.

The valuable materials from an Intermediate Beast General could generally sell for ten million to over one hundred million.

The valuable materials from a High-level Beast General could generally sell for fifty million to roughly six or seven hundred million.

Most of the materials in Qin Mu's possession came from Primary Beast Generals. Only a few were from High-level Beast Generals, but their total value still exceeded three billion.

This rate of earning money was already very fast, yet Qin Mu was still not satisfied.

There were simply too many things he needed to spend money on. This was far from enough; he could not even afford the first three levels of "Destruction."

Qin Mu could not remain in the wilderness forever either. It was already August 16th. Ordinary military academy students had started school on August 12th and were required to undergo three months of recruit training.

As a military colonel who had joined the specially recruited martial artist class, Qin Mu naturally did not need to undergo recruit training like ordinary military academy students. However, he still had to visit the school before the 20th to handle certain enrollment procedures.

Now that the Swarm had flying monsters such as Golden Vultures and the Black Crown Golden Eagle, it no longer needed to spend several days traveling as before. They could return that very day.

Therefore, these next few days could all be used to make money.

In fact, in order to earn more money, the Black Crown Golden Eagle had already begun hunting for Qin Mu with its flock.

The Black Crown Golden Eagle let out a piercing cry and dove straight down from the sky.

A High Beast General level snake monster was snatched into the air. With a light peck from the Black Crown Golden Eagle, it lost all ability to resist.

While making money, the Swarm also deliberately hunted some amphibious monsters. The Mother Nest had already begun analyzing the genes of certain amphibious monsters, preparing to hatch aquatic insectoids.

Just as Qin Mu thought he would spend the remaining time hunting, an unexpected incident occurred.

"Beep beep—"

"Beep beep—"

Qin Mu was hunting monsters on a street when the military combat watch on his wrist suddenly began to vibrate.

After killing every monster, Qin Mu raised his hand and checked the message sent to his military combat watch.

It was a distress signal.

A distress signal from a military martial artist squad.

The message stated that the squad was carrying out a special mission and had a special member with no Combat Power among them. They had suddenly been discovered by a monster horde and were surrounded, leaving them no choice but to request aid from nearby martial artist squads.

At first, Qin Mu thought this military martial artist squad had merely been unlucky enough to be discovered by monsters.

Since they were not far away, and following the principle of helping when he could, Qin Mu dispatched several Golden Vultures and a flock of Gray Cloud Finches to scout the situation first.

However, the information sent back by the Swarm made Qin Mu realize that something was wrong.

Twenty li away from Qin Mu, within the ruins of a residential complex, a six-man military martial artist squad was fleeing in disarray.

One of the military martial artists carried an elderly man with graying hair on his back, while the others protected them in the center.

Behind them, several thousand monsters pursued them frantically, including quite a few powerful Beast General level monsters.

Before a monster horde of such scale, even War God level experts would not dare confront it head-on and could only avoid its edge.

Two military martial artists operated massive heavy machine guns, spraying fire wildly behind them in an attempt to stop the approaching monsters.

Although the heavy machine guns' attacks did have an effect.

The commotion caused by thermal weapons was simply too great, however, and instead attracted even more monsters.

There was nothing strange about this scene. Yet just as the military squad fled for their lives and repeatedly called for help—

A Golden Vulture gathering intelligence discovered another martial artist squad not far from the military squad.

Most of the members of this martial artist squad were white.

They appeared to be deliberately directing the surrounding monsters toward the military squad. Clearly, something was wrong.

For a moment, Qin Mu caught the scent of a conspiracy.