The Reason Why

Inside the building, Qin Mu chatted with Professor Zhou and the others for a while, gaining a general understanding of their situation.

It turned out that this expedition to hunt Swamp Salamanders had been a spur-of-the-moment decision after Professor Zhou made a breakthrough in his research.

Normally, the more than ten monsters with regenerative abilities held in the research base were enough for research.

But during his research, Professor Zhou discovered that Swamp Salamander blood might lead to a major breakthrough. Eager to study it, he had ended up in the current situation.

There were actually many kinds of monsters with regenerative abilities. There were dozens of salamander-type monsters alone, along with lizard-type monsters, certain snake-type monsters, and more.

And those were only land monsters. Even more regenerative monsters lived in the ocean, such as octopus-type monsters, starfish-type monsters, shark-type monsters, and countless others.

Professor Zhou primarily studied how to utilize the regenerative abilities of salamander-type monsters. There were several in the base, and the strongest was only an Intermediate Beast General level tiger salamander.

According to Professor Zhou, the HR Alliance was conducting similar research, though theirs was focused on marine monsters.

"Why not capture a Lord-level Swamp Salamander? If I remember correctly, there seemed to be an Initial Lord level Swamp Salamander in that area, right?"

Qin Mu was somewhat puzzled. If stronger monsters produced better results, why not simply capture a Lord-level Monster?

The military should have that capability, shouldn't they?

"Lord-level?"

Professor Zhou gave Qin Mu a surprised look, but he still explained.

"The cost is too high, and the difficulty is too great!"

Defeating an Initial Lord level monster was not difficult, but capturing one alive was another matter entirely. Even intermediate War Gods had no confidence in doing so.

Lord-level monsters were nearly as intelligent as humans and extremely proud. Once they realized they could not win, even if they could not escape, killing themselves was not difficult.

Not to mention that the valuable materials from a dead Lord-level monster could easily sell for 500 million to 3 billion Huaxia Coin.

As for a live one?

The price would be at least ten times higher!

The Jiangnan First Military School's Key Biological Treatment Laboratory, led by Professor Zhou, only had an annual budget of several tens of billions. How could it afford to burn money like that?

China's major base cities had more than just this one key laboratory. Resources were limited.

Even if they gritted their teeth and bought one, a Lord-level monster could still easily kill itself during the subsequent containment process.

It was not as though no one had tried something similar before, but they had all eventually given up. The cost was simply too great.

"A living monster costs at least ten times more than a dead one? I see."

Qin Mu nodded in understanding, though a glint flashed through his eyes as an idea took shape.

He realized that he had been begging for food while holding a golden rice bowl!

He had actually overlooked that!

However, Qin Mu did not immediately voice his thoughts. Instead, he looked at Professor Zhou and the others.

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's leave first!"

"Alright, let's get out of here first. We have a safe point nearby. We'll go there first!"

Hearing no more movement from monsters outside and seeing the wreckage around them, He Jing Tian nodded as well.

"Let's go!"

Qin Mu turned and led the group outside.

However, the instant He Jing Tian and the others stepped out of the building, their scalps went numb. Cold sweat poured down their bodies, and their hands and feet turned icy.

Directly above them, a terrifying behemoth with an enormous body and wings spread wide enough to cast a shadow over the sky was staring down at them!

"Black Crown Golden Eagle!"

And it was not just one Lord-level Black Crown Golden Eagle. The surrounding ruins were packed with all kinds of flying monsters.

With just one glance, they spotted a High Beast General level Black Crown Golden Eagle and a High Beast General level Wind Chasing Eagle.

Seeing the terror on their faces, Qin Mu smiled.

"Don't worry. These monsters are all under my control, including that Lord-level Black Crown Golden Eagle. They're all my tamed beasts. You've read my file, so you should know that I'm a Beast Tamer!"

"Let's go. Before heading to the safe point, we'll capture those attackers first!"

A cold glint flashed through Qin Mu's eyes.

"What? A Beast Tamer? These are all your tamed beasts?"

No one had processed it yet, and their faces were filled with shock.

He Jing Tian in particular was stunned. The military also had a Mental Master skilled in controlling beasts, but that person only controlled one!

A Beast Tamer could tame so many monsters?

"That's right!"

A smile appeared on Qin Mu's face. He had not hidden anything about these monsters, or even the Lord-level Black Crown Golden Eagle.

The same went for the fact that he had become a War God-level Mental Master.

Why hide it?

Make it a trump card?

There was no need!

He wanted to display his talent and make the military value him even more.

A nineteen-year-old Initial War God-level Mental Master was certainly astonishing, but it was not impossible to understand.

After all, every martial artist who became a Mental Master would experience a period of rapid growth before their potential was exhausted.

Luo Feng had already become an Invincible War God at nineteen. What was there for Qin Mu to hide with his current level of strength?

His true trump card had never been his own strength, but the Swarm!

When everyone, guided by Qin Mu, leaped onto the back of the Lord-level Black Crown Golden Eagle, they were all utterly bewildered.

Even the well-traveled Professor Zhou was no exception.

"I never thought I'd live to sit on the back of a Lord-level monster!"

Meng Xiu, holding a massive heavy machine gun, looked utterly incredulous as he carefully stroked the Black Crown Golden Eagle's feathers beneath his feet.

This was a Lord-level Black Crown Golden Eagle. Forget the heavy machine gun in his hands—even a more powerful large-caliber Gatling cannon would not be able to harm it in the slightest!

The others were equally dazed, finding it hard to accept.

That was why Qin Mu had not said anything beforehand. Even if he had told them, they might not have believed him. It was better to let them see it for themselves.

The powerful airflow generated as the Black Crown Golden Eagle took off jolted everyone awake.

Under Qin Mu's deliberate control, the Black Crown Golden Eagle did not fly too fast after ascending into the sky, and its flight remained steady.

At the Black Crown Golden Eagle's speed, which could easily break the sound barrier, Professor Zhou's physical condition would not be able to endure it.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the first Lord-level monster ever tamed by humanity!"

Professor Zhou was filled with amazement.

"With these monsters around, they won't be able to escape!"

After recovering, a fierce glint flashed through He Jing Tian's eyes. He had originally thought those HR Alliance scum would get away.

But looking at the monsters flying alongside them and recalling what Qin Mu had said earlier, he understood that Qin Mu's tamed beasts had definitely kept those people under watch.

"That's right! We'll avenge Zhang Sheng!"

Everyone was furious.

"Don't kill them. Leave them barely alive. Not only them—the HR Alliance must pay the price too!"

Flying monsters held an overwhelming advantage. Although they had been delayed for a while, they quickly discovered the HR Alliance martial artist squad moving through the city's shadows.

"Four high-level Warlords and two intermediate Warlords. What a grand lineup."

Anger burned in He Jing Tian's eyes.

"We'll go with you and capture them!"

Qin Mu looked down from the sky.

"No need. You stay here. I'll be back in a moment!"

From a height of a hundred meters, Qin Mu leaped down and plummeted through the air.

When he was only a few meters from the ground, Mental Power wrapped around his Alloy Combat Boots, and he came to a steady hover in midair.

Without wasting a word, Qin Mu sent the eleven short spears behind him shooting out.

Their terrifying speed, exceeding six times the speed of sound, triggered a thunderous sonic boom.

The HR Alliance martial artist squad had not even reacted to the sight of a Chinese military Mental Master floating before them when the attack was already upon them.

Davis barely swung his War Blade, trying to knock away the incoming short spear. But the tremendous force behind it instantly sent the blade flying from his hand and pierced straight through his arm.

And that was not all. The short spear traced a graceful arc through the air and instantly pierced through all four of his limbs.

The shaft of the spear then smashed viciously into his chest. Blood burst from Davis's mouth as he was sent flying into a pile of ruins.

Davis was not the only one. The other five suffered the same fate.

Facing an Initial War God Mental Master invincible among those of the same rank, they did not even have a chance to fight back!

Several Golden Vultures descended from the sky and seized the half-dead HR Alliance martial artists from the ruins.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

When Qin Mu returned to the Black Crown Golden Eagle's back, everyone fell silent.

This was a Beast Tamer?

"They're captured. Let's go to your safe point!"

Qin Mu said it as if it were nothing.