Chapter 140 Exploration Obstructed
The Heiman 375 courtyard is very large, and the Goblin Kingdom within it also covers a large area.

Even the B31 area within the Goblin Kingdom covers an area of ​​ to square kilometers. It may not be very intuitive to explain, but you have to know that countries like New Zealand and Denmark on Earth in the previous life had a land area of ​​about this size.

In a relatively primitive natural environment, the B31 area brings people a vastness far beyond the observed data.

An exploration mission is not about heading straight to the destination, nor is it a simple task of just fighting a monster and then being done with it.

Mu Hua and others who entered the B31 area were like a drop in the ocean, with an area as small as a small country, and it was impossible to complete the exploration in a short period of time.

If we put aside the threat posed by monsters to the human world, human adventurers are actually more like a group of colonists. Exploring the courtyard is more or less like developing a colony for humans.

Of course, if humans don't come to the courtyard to cause trouble, the monsters will almost certainly leave the courtyard to cause trouble for humans, so the term "colonization" can only be regarded as a description.

Find suitable land routes in the area.

Clear out the monsters near the route.

Mark safe routes.

Mark possible magical traps on land and in the sky along safe routes.

Combined with the video recording and evidence collection, these are basically the main contents of the exploration mission that Tabitha accepted.

The reward for the B31 area exploration mission is calculated based on the kilometers of the effective route. The ultimate goal of the mission is to plan a safe ground route that travels throughout the B31 area.

Human exploration of the courtyard is no joke, nor is it as simple as fighting and killing.

Fundamentally, it involves resource acquisition, money, land occupation, population reproduction and other aspects of development to ensure that humans can continue to fight against monsters.

It was nearly dusk. During the day of bumpy encounters, seven battles broke out between Mu Hua and his group and monsters involving hundreds of individuals.

After all, this is the Goblin Kingdom, and the monsters encountered in these battles are mainly goblins of various levels.

They did not encounter any danger during the battle, but after going around in circles, Mu Hua and others' exploration of the B31 area was not very efficient.

On the originally planned route, we encountered a two-tailed scorpion, and when we changed the route, we encountered a nest of armored horned pigs.

Magical beasts usually define their own living areas. For those magical beasts with more ferocious temperaments, entering their territory will be attacked by them.

Both the two-tailed scorpion and the armored horned pig are very aggressive monsters. They can run and fight, and their personalities are also cunning.

Since Mu Hua and his companions were unable to kill them for the time being, they could only change their exploration route twice after making necessary markings.

As a result, after a day of raven reconnaissance and radar scanning, Mu Hua and his team only found a safe route in the B31 area with a straight-line distance of more than kilometers.

There was no way. Although the two-tailed scorpion and the armored horned boar were level four or five monsters, Mu Hua could try to fight the ogre cave head-on, but he didn't dare to compete with these two monsters easily, especially when Gravichi and his companions were traveling with him.

The double-tailed devil scorpion is a giant scorpion with a body length of more than seven meters. Its attack mode is relatively simple, with claws and tail stings. If it is a head-on battle, be careful. Even Mu Hua, who is not good at physical skills, can handle it.

But the two-tailed scorpions are good at earth magic and have strong burrowing abilities. In addition, these guys are also inhabited by a large number of swarms of poisonous bees.

The stingers of these poisonous bees can ignore defensive magic and can be ejected from the body. Although these stingers are not fatal, they can cause people to suffer excruciating pain. It can be said to be a "harmonious" attack that makes it impossible for other creatures to die.

Originally, Mu Hua actually wanted to use the skeleton undead to attack the two-tailed demon scorpion, but the two-tailed demon scorpion was very cunning and burrowed into the ground as soon as it saw the black-armored skeleton general.

No one had any way to stop the two-tailed scorpion from burrowing into the ground, so Taibesha simply noted the existence of the two-tailed scorpion on the map and changed the route in her chariot.

The armored horned pig is also quite large, with an adult shoulder height of up to four meters. Its body surface is covered with a layer of carapace made of a mixture of sand, rock and plant fibers, and that layer of carapace can be up to forty centimeters thick.

The armored horned pig is huge in size, with short legs and a low chassis. It attacks like a wild boar. It has great strength, high defense and strong vitality. When these guys encounter a strong enemy, they will run around and rush forward fiercely.

They are social monsters, and because there are too many of them, Mu Hua and his companions lack the means to kill them quickly, so it is difficult to fight them. In a short period of time, it is difficult for Mu Hua and his companions to annihilate them. After marking their general range of activities, Taibesha changed her route again.

Along the way, I took out my anger on a few groups of goblins who were like bandits and bandits, and the combat benefits were quite good.

Perhaps because they were deep in the Goblin Kingdom, many of the goblins here were armed with weapons.

In addition to the regular magic stones, they mainly drop some resources such as magic iron, mithril, and gems.

There is no need to say much about magic iron and mithril, they are the materials used to make human currency.

The gems dropped by low-level monsters are mostly beautiful jewels, not magic gems.

Those gems are not very useful except for being beautiful.

The reason why monsters can use these decorative gems as sacrificial objects for projection is because these things have value to humans.

To put it bluntly, the sacrificial items that need to be prepared when the monsters are projected in the courtyard are not necessarily magical items.

Some things have no value to monsters, but humans like them, humans have needs for them, and the human group determines that they are valuable, so they can be used as sacrificial items.

As for what the specific value is? Well, you can find a ten-carat diamond and ask the girls.

In addition to equipment ores, monsters will also drop some biological body tissues.

For example, monster teeth and claws are necessary materials for humans to make exorcism bullets. The warheads of exorcism bullets often need to integrate the monster's body tissues into the magic metal in order to achieve the effect of penetrating the monster's body.

For example, some leather, leather scrolls, and sometimes even projected monsters will drop magic cores.

These certainly could not be the parts of the projected monsters themselves, but rather they were the valuable parts left behind as sacrificial objects after they killed other monsters in hell.

The items dropped by projected monsters are strange and bizarre. Most of the magic cores, monster body tissues and the like that humans use to make magical items are not actually taken directly from the real monsters that descended, but are sacrificial items dropped by the projected monsters with higher combat power in the courtyard.

Very discordant rules, it is not difficult to see the chaos and cruelty of hell. "Boss, today's harvest is not small." The chariot covered with branches was hidden behind a rock. Gravizi and his men were lying on the roof of the chariot. Mark said to Gravizi.

The goblin camp appeared again on the planned route, but this time it was not like the scattered goblins from earlier.

During the raven reconnaissance, it was discovered that this goblin camp had built fortifications similar to city walls.

Gravichi and his companions stayed here, while Mu Hua and Taibesha went to the camp to investigate the specific situation.

"A lot. If I get rid of all the stuff, I'll probably get 40 to 50 million credit points." Gravizi calculated.

"It's only been one day, and we can share eight million. Most importantly, there isn't much consumption." Devon muttered with emotion.

"This brother and sister are really amazing. Forty black-armored skeleton generals, I think they won't lose money if they equip them with some high-quality ammunition. They might even make more money."

"Boss, it seems that Tabitha wants to invite us to join. Do you want to consider it? We should take this opportunity to gain some experience. The strategy team has many people and many things to do, and we may not earn more than we do now." Kaili said.

At the end of the day, Gravichi's small group had a greatly changed perception of Mu Hua and Tabitha, and some of them also had some little ideas.

However, Gravizi did not think too much about Carey's suggestion and shook his head in disagreement.

"We can cooperate on a few missions, but joining them is not appropriate. I'm afraid we can't keep up with their pace."

"Besides, the Raiders Group is safer after all," Gravizi said.

"That's why they want to gain seniority. With their talent, it's only a matter of time before they recruit people. No matter how strong they are, without sufficient personnel, they can't withstand high-intensity battles." Kairi retorted.

"Hehe, Kerry, forget it, just listen to the boss. We are not from the same world as them." Mark said with a smile, and Kerry and the others were puzzled.

"I don't care about Mu Hua and Taibesha's fighting ability. The key is that they come from good families. They might even be nobles."

"Huh? What happened to the nobles? This is the courtyard, the world of adventurers. Mu Hua and Taibesha are both adventurers."

Kairi frowned, and although Pine and Devin didn't say anything, their expressions showed agreement.

"No, you don't understand. I have met many young ladies and gentlemen from powerful families. They have a happy and romantic life." Mark changed his posture and lay on his back on the roof of the car.

This time everyone, including Gravizi, was a little confused. They didn't know what Mark was talking about and why he was talking about happiness and romance.

"Those powerful people in the human world are not like the nobles in the Courtyard Kingdom. They can get endless wealth just by talking."

"They also have more time to think about communication, life, human nature and other messy things." Mark said with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

"Although there was cola and beer in the carriage, I also saw tea from the Principality of Jura."

"That thing, all our gains today, I'm afraid, can't even be exchanged for two taels. I'm afraid only the rich and powerful among the residents would buy this kind of luxury that has no use other than the taste."

"Hey, Mark, what do you want to say? Is it a problem for the captain to have money?" Pine was confused and a little impatient.

"No, it's not about being rich, but about the brains of the powerful residents."

"Do you believe it? In front of them, what you do is actually not important. They will like you because of a casual remark you made, or they may hate you because of a casual remark you made."

"Especially those young ladies and gentlemen, they are quite neurotic."

"They have countless weird rules, laws, and criteria for judging people in their heads. That's why I say they are very romantic, a group of psychopaths who don't have to worry about life and are full of romanticism."

"Kairi's so-called seniority is useless to them."

"If you don't show enough value, you may be hated by them before you even know the situation."

"They always try to figure out something inexplicable, maybe a sentence, a gesture, or an eye expression."

"Of course, if you're lucky and say something that resonates with them just when they need comfort, maybe they'll love you to death too?"

"Generally speaking, those young ladies and young masters from powerful families are more neurotic. I think they are just idle. Don't expect to be comfortable if you get along with those young people. It's quite troublesome." Mark said, holding a weed in his mouth.

"Uh, that's not the case. Are you saying it's the same with Mu and Tabitha? I see you get along well with them." Kairi asked doubtfully.

"Judging from the fighting ability they have shown at their age, they should not be so idle in normal times. I think they are much better than those I have seen."

"But who knows what will happen if we get along for a long time? I still agree with the boss's opinion. There is no need to rush into cooperation if there are opportunities."

"The most important thing is that we really can't keep up with their pace. It's impossible to get them to cooperate with us. Some dangers that others can withstand, we may die in a matter of minutes." Mark said casually, and several people fell silent.

"Okay, let's end this topic here. Mark, contact Tabitha and ask them about their current situation." There was a moment of silence, and Gravichi interrupted the silent atmosphere.

Although it was unknown whether Mark's words were intentional or not, Gravizi found that Mark's words were quite effective on Kyrie and his team, at least more effective than simply saying that they couldn't keep up with Mu Hua and his team's pace. The impetuous people earlier were obviously much more focused at this time.

Gravichi didn't pay much attention to Mark's nonsense. Mark had seen a lot of powerful people. Gravichi was still worried that he couldn't deal with the intensity of Mu Hua's demon hunting.

Kaili and the others may not be afraid of danger, but they cannot stand having to be careful in responding to every word and every expression. Wouldn't that be like living like a slave?
If someone lives like this, do you think he can hunt demons? Come on, if he encounters a little danger, wouldn't he just turn into a demon?

Carey and others were somewhat skeptical about what Mark said; for a boss who dared to guide his subordinates to such a mentality, how much sense of security must he have in himself to dare to do such a thing?

While everyone was thinking about their own things, Mark called up the terminal to contact Tabitha. After a moment, a rough wooden wall mixed with earth and stones appeared on the projection screen.

Along with the picture that seemed to be specially shown to them, Tabitha's somewhat helpless voice was heard on the screen.

"Let's prepare to retreat. There are many elite goblins here. If we don't have means to attack the city, we won't be able to take them out."

(End of this chapter)