Brave the world of monster hunting with a pokeball

Chapter 58

The team returned safely to Kokot Village the next afternoon.

As the environment in Senqiu is getting worse, it has greatly threatened the safety of the villages and towns. The trade union is gathering hunter teams and planning to carry out a joint hunting mission to expel some of the fire dragons gathered in Senqiu.

In front of the notice board at the entrance of the trade union, onlookers and villagers were having a heated discussion on an ecological survey contract.

Li Fan moved to the front and took a look, and found that what everyone was concerned about was the investigation contract for the unknown species of the giant monster bird.

The reason why it is tentatively designated as an unknown species of monster bird is because its behavior of chasing the female fire dragon cannot be interpreted with any existing knowledge.

"I've already said that the black wolf bird was born from a big monster bird and a female fire dragon."

A middle-aged male villager said firmly.

"I don't think so. If that's the case, why is there no sighting report of the black wolf bird walking with the female fire dragon?"

The male hunter who stood with folded arms retorted.

"What are you arguing about? The black wolf bird is a species that is evolving towards the flying dragon species. The ecological survey report has long inferred."

Female villagers expressed their opinions.

For a while, everyone in front of the bulletin board began to discuss in a hurry.

Li Fan withdrew from the crowd, thinking it was time to study the evolution of monsters.

Of course, before that, the team's reward must be collected first.

After entering the union and queuing in front of the counter for more than ten minutes, Li Fan handed over the contract of the Queen of the Earth.

Seeing that it was a hunting certification, the middle-aged female waiter cast admiring glances.

"Quest reward for the Queen of the Earth is 54000 z, and hunting in unstable areas is an additional 20000 z, minus the advance payment of 9250 for cat food, the actual reward is 64750 z, please keep it."

After a while of calculation, the waitress handed out a small purse from the counter.

Li Fan took out a jade coin worth 10000 z in his wallet and watched it quietly.

"There are also four four-star certificates of courage issued by the union, which can be used as the basis for the hunter's star promotion evaluation. Please keep them."

The waitress said, and gave four more scrolls.

"Thank you."

In the book area of ​​the trade union hall, Li Fan bought several books related to monster ecology. Li Fan joined the team and returned to the hotel room after having a strong meal in the Maomao cafeteria.

There will be a merchant ship going to the port of Kara Village in about two days.

Li Fan sat at the square table by the window, opened his notebook, and planned to use this time to study the evolution of monsters.

Or it is more appropriate to call it a mutation.

Trade unions or observation agencies conduct related research, basically with the purpose of reducing the possibility of monster mutation.

Li Fan is just the opposite, he is rushing to promote mutation.

He has no advantage in Monster Hunter World's inherent knowledge system.

But when it comes to the understanding of monster ecology, Li Fan, who has played a full 11 Monster Hunter games, is still confident that he will be among the top ranks with the accumulation of knowledge in the game.

Even if there may not be any results, it is a good harvest to build a system framework.

After clarifying his ideas, Li Fan started the derivation research.

Through the contact with monsters during this period, there are four factors that have the greatest influence on the cultivation of ordinary monsters, from high to low.

1. Accumulation of combat experience.

2. Adequate diet.

3. Suitable environment.

4. Good attitude.

Among them, as long as the diet and environmental factors can be guaranteed, even if it grows naturally, the monster can become stronger.

Of course it won't be very fast.

Li Fan summed up two general types of known mutation methods.

The first type is adaptive variation, which refers to the variation that monsters undergo in order to adapt to the environment and maintain their own survival.

More representative, it must belong to the special individual Sky-eyed Paohulong.

In order to make up for the lack of vision, continuous training stimulates foam perception.

Judging from the will-o'-the-wisp bubbles that can cause explosions, eating habits have also changed.

In this constant adaptation, a set of unique and alternative variants are realized.

The second type is stimulated mutation, which means that certain substances will react after being absorbed into the body, thereby causing the monster to mutate.

The most representative ones are the golden lion eating the horn of the unicorn in order to realize its transformation, and the black dragon and the mad dragon virus emitted by the sky dragon.

Of course, this level of induced mutation is a bit far from the mutation Li Fan wants to achieve.

After staying in the guest room for two days, the merchant ship bound for Kara Village arrived at the port.

The team boarded the boat and left with piles of large pieces of animal meat and fresh fish.

Five days later, the merchant ship arrived at the port of Kara Village.

At this time, the large warehouse next to the woodland hut and the three-story headquarters of the investigation agency have been completed.

Tired from the journey, the team rested for a day, and then started relocation the next day.

Rows of bookcases, item boxes, armor display dolls, astronomical telescopes and other facilities were all removed from the cabin, and the space suddenly became larger.

Li Fan set up a pergola for the picnic kitchen outside the house.

It is very pleasant to look at the scenery on the lounge chair in your spare time.

But when night fell, in the dark woodland
The earth sand dragon rolls in the mud pit, and the puff dragon lake slides.

The big monster bird chases the shield worm, and Dilu runs wildly on the piggy.

A scene of dancing demons suddenly appeared.

"Little idiot, the ecology here is not bad."

Li Fan said proudly.

The little idiot froze for a moment, a wave of air gushed out of his nostrils, looking very helpless.

"Don't worry, you will get used to it sooner or later. Let's focus on it first. Your arrival will bring about major changes in the team's hunting methods."

Li Fan said seriously.

Huh?The little idiot gave a sound of surprise.

"But before that, a little change has to be made, you lie down on your side first."

Under Li Fan's guidance, the little idiot bent his knees and fell to his side.

Pulling out the hunter's knife, Li Fan lifted a thorn on the back to pierce the tip, and began to rub against the root to cut.

creak
The spines are horny parts that are painless to cut.

The little idiot lay sleepy and fell asleep straight away, while Li Fan sawed one by one until the early morning.

In the early morning of the next day, at the door of the blacksmith shop in the village, Dao Hen, the boss, looked at the design drawing given by Li Fan and scratched his head.

"Li Fan, isn't it a bit too wasteful to use so much lark stone to refine lark steel and only make riding cushions?"

The knife marks asked tentatively.

"This riding seat is very important to me. The Chamber of Commerce does not have the specifications I want, so I can only come here to order it."

Li Fan explained.

"Okay, but to manufacture according to your requirements, the quotation must be at least 10000z, and the construction period is about three days."

"no problem."

After happily giving the money, Li Fan came to the branch hall.

"Li Fan, the branch received an emergency contract from Kokot Village the day before yesterday. One can imagine the harshness of the environment there. I just want to say that it is normal to encounter setbacks during hunting. Safety is the most important thing. Please don't let it go too much. In my heart."

Shireen said understandingly.

"Well, it makes sense. I came this time to inquire about the conditions for being promoted to a three-star hunter."

Li Fan agreed.

"Hey, it seems that setbacks have made you more pragmatic. The three-star hunter assessment will not focus on theory like the previous two assessments, but will focus on hunting practice. The way is to successfully complete five two-star contracts, and then wait to reveal the three-star emergency. If the contract can be successfully concluded, you can become a three-star hunter."

Shireen said.

"Is there a faster way?"

Li Fan asked tentatively.

"Well, there is, but this method is extremely unusual. The way is to follow the hunter team to participate in the four-star hunting mission. After completing it, you can get a four-star courage certificate. Generally, only special hunting talents can be promoted to three stars through this method. hunter."

Shireen explained.

Li Fan immediately understood.

The hunter star setting, while protecting the hunter, also formed a kind of restriction.

Hunting teams have different styles and tendencies, so naturally the talents they need are also different.

If there is a relatively high-level hunting team that is willing to help a two-star hunter get promoted, it is considered a recognition of ability.

"It seems that the hunter team on the ship is telling the truth. Okay, I want to be promoted."

As Li Fan said, he took out a four-star certificate of courage and put it on the counter.

"what?"

Shirene looked down and was stunned.

"By the way, if you want to be promoted to a four-star hunter, is there a way to achieve it by submitting a certificate of courage?"

Li Fan asked.

"Yes, submit five four-star courage certificates, but the four-star emergency mission must be completed once."

Shireen, who had recovered, informed.

“challenging enough”

Li Fan recalled his battle experience with the little idiot.

I feel that it is really difficult to become a four-star hunter only by relying on the hunter's own strength.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the third floor to get the badge."

"Shirin, why do you look a little lost?"

Li Fan asked.

"Huh~ As a hunter who passed the assessment at the same time, you have already participated in the hunting of female fire dragons, and challenged the four-star hunter, while I am still wandering around the two-star"

Shireen sighed dejectedly.

"this."

"In fact, it doesn't matter if you think about it. Most hunters will only stop at three stars in their lifetime, but Li Fan is different. Please bring my dedication to hunters and let's work together!"

"Uh okay."

Xilin's sudden excitement left Li Fan speechless.

However, seeing the other party's mood improved, I was somewhat relieved.

The almost new two-star badge has been replaced with a three-star badge.

In terms of advantages after being promoted, apart from being able to independently obtain the three-star contract, there is nothing worthy of praise.

Back in the woodland, Li Fan didn't go to the cabin again, but came to the monster research room on the third floor of the investigation agency.

The purpose here is defined as preparing for hunting missions and monster investigation and research.

Although the house is still a little empty at the moment, when Li Fan hangs the huge map bought from the trade union on the wall, it immediately feels like a combat headquarters.

On this wall, hang paintings of various monsters.

After Li Fan decided, he continued to work.

In the evening, when the monster research room was almost set up, the weak Udora pushed the door and walked in.

"Oh! What a professional arrangement!"

Eudora exclaimed.

"It's okay, how is the five-star hunter evaluation?"

"Don't mention it, you need to participate in two four-star emergency missions, ten four-star certificates of courage, and participate in an ancient dragon investigation."

"Didn't you always plan to track down Steel Dragon?"

"The union said that it can only assign tasks to investigate the traces left by Xialong."

Eudora sighed.

Li Fan remembered that Steel Dragon hadn't been confirmed yet, and if there was an investigation team to track it down, it must be the most cutting-edge group.

"In short, let's accumulate four-star courage certificates first."

"That's all I can say. What do you want to catch for the next monster? The woodland seems to be overcrowded."

Yudora looked out of the window and said worriedly.

In terms of volume, it is no problem to stuff another 100 monsters, but each monster has its territory and environmental requirements.

If the strong monsters want to expand, then the weak ones can only migrate towards the periphery.

Moving like this, he left the woodland and moved to the village of Kala.

Li Fan looked at the wall that could be called the complete collection of monster illustrations, and pointed to a blue owl.

"Our next target is the night bird."

"Stop it."

Eudora took a half step back.

"why?"

"I heard that inhaling the bewildering dust released by the night bird will cause extreme physical uncoordination and even mental disorder. Moreover, there are sighting reports of Zhanlong in the ancient forest where it lives."

The ancient forest is similar to the waterless forest, and there are no human gathering places around it.

So even if it is in an unstable environment, there is not much threat, but the hunter team that is going to have to pay attention
In addition, if it was pure hunting and fighting with monsters, Yudora didn't care too much.

But monsters with weird abilities like night birds are the type of monsters that Eudora hates the most.

"Actually, I mainly value the hypnotic sound waves of night birds. Sleeping raw meat played a key role in capturing the little idiot, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it takes too long to arrange."

Li Fan explained.

"The rock dragon can also emit sleep gas."

Eudora reminded.

"I thought about it before, but with the flying ability of Rock Dragon, it may be difficult to protect itself in the wild for a long time."

"In the wild for a long time?"

Eudora didn't understand for a moment.

"Yes, there is another purpose of going to the ancient forest this time, which is to prepare to build a monster version of the wild camp."

Li Fan said the plan.

The establishment of the arena requires the guarantee of the hunting group, and the establishment of the hunting group requires five-star hunters.

Eudora has no hope of promotion in the short term, facing huge food pressure and the risk of being witnessed.

Li Fan feels that building a monster camp is the best way to alleviate it.

At the same time, it can also solve the problem that monsters stay in the poke ball for a long time and their ability growth slows down.

The growth improvement of hunting in the wild may be much worse than combat experience, but compared to scoring goals after feeding food, the speed is much faster.

"I understand. Even though both the Nightbird and Rock Dragon have the ability to make the target fall asleep, the Nightbird has better flying ability and can escape more easily when attacked by monsters with a higher ecological niche."

Eudora speculated.

"That's right, and in terms of regional distance, the ancient forest is the closest high-risk hunting area to Kara Village. If you fly at a high altitude, you can fly back in about three or four hours."

"It's not too far, but every time you need a monster to attack, you have to go back and forth, isn't it a little troublesome?"

Eudora asked curiously.

"I'll keep some monsters around, besides."

As Li Fan spoke, he took out his handheld and poked at the monster illustrated book.

Not long after, Kukufei landed on the third-floor balcony of the investigation agency.

"This function is called"

clang!Li Fan was about to introduce that Kuku's giant beak flew up a window, and the window fell to the ground, and the glass shards scattered.

"It's called a remote call."

Li Fan said helplessly.

"Well, you have researched this far. As a team member, I have no reason not to participate."

Eudora agreed.

"In fact, I also have some monsters that I don't want to face. I usually call them dung monsters. Every time I lose a fight with them, I have the urge to throw my hands and use weapons, but as you told Mine, overcome your fear with feeling the pain, if you don't face it, you lose your chance forever."

"Uh, I didn't expect you to be so impressed! Then start preparing for the hunt!"

Eudora's fighting spirit was aroused.

Three days later, at the gate of the blacksmith shop in the village.

Look at the three-seater riding saddle with a shiny metallic surface.

Dao Hen is more and more satisfied with his craftsmanship, but he really doesn't understand the purpose of this riding cushion, or the riding seat.

Because even Bobo, who has the strongest carrying capacity, might not be able to carry other goods after barely being put on it.

Li Fan, who came to inspect the goods, first sat on it and experienced it.

Then, according to your own request, try to pull the lever to flatten the back of the chair.

The two handles in front of the seat were also tested by pulling them vigorously. After finding that there was no problem, they immediately praised the craftsmanship of the knife marks.

Li Fan has long wanted to build this riding seat.

Since there is no monster with the corresponding flying ability, it has been shelved.

On the other side, Udora came to the union branch and accepted the four-star hunting contract located in the ancient forest, the illusionist magician.

Apart from Shirin persuading Udora to be careful and emphasizing that Zhanlong is very active in the ancient forest, she no longer has any doubts about the team's ability.

As for the cat meal, Li Fan went to the Maomao Roasted Meat Shop to look at the menu, and found that there were very few types of rare ingredients in the branch, and he couldn't stimulate any useful abilities at all, so he simply gave up eating cat meal.

When the night was deep, the sky was full of stars.

The squad loaded with supplies headed for the woodland.

"Uh!"

"what!"

Li Fan and Udora worked hard at the same time, lifting the heavy riding seat made of bird steel and placing it on the back of the little idiot.

This is not intended to increase the weight of the little fool, but a monster that can attack female charmanders at high altitudes.

Absolutely no small matter, once the riding seat is not strong enough to be damaged, let alone whether there is a risk of being thrown off.

Just the thorns on the back of the little idiot below are a huge threat.

The little fool doesn't want to poison you, but venom doesn't recognize people.

Before the flight, Li Fan raised his hand to check the location where the wing bone was broken. After confirming that there was no problem, he mounted all the supplies and climbed onto the flight seat.

"There is a rope on the left side of the back of the chair, which can be used to fix the body, and we set off without any problems."

Li Fan reminded.

After Dilu and Yudora fixed themselves with ropes, they both said there was no problem.

"Okay, let's take off!"

Hu~hu~
As the green wings fluttered up and down, the little idiot quickly flew into the air.

Ow!After a roar resounded through the woodland, the little idiot accelerated his slide briefly, his body rose, and went straight to the sky.

The scenery on the ground gradually became smaller and blurred, and soon the woodland shrouded in moonlight and the Kara Village not far away could be seen in full view.

Dilu was blown by the strong wind and couldn't keep her eyes open, so she pulled down the goggles and fastened them tightly.

"This meow. This meow is worth my life, meow!"

Even though the hair all over her body was blown back, Di Lu was still very excited.

"The moon is big enough."

Li Fan saw enough of the scenery on the ground, and turned to watch the moon full of terrifying potholes.

"By the way, does the little idiot know the way to the ancient forest?"

Eudora asked.

"do not know."

"what!?"

"Don't worry, with me as the navigator, as long as the general direction is not wrong, I will definitely find it."

Li Fan said confidently.

After flying continuously for two hours, the little idiot landed to rest.

Li Fan unloaded the large piece of animal meat and carried it in front of the opponent.

Seeing the little idiot chewing hard, Di Lu was terrified.

Li Fan was eating portable food, and gave an analysis of the various flight tests just made: "Flying at high altitudes is still safe. Not only do you not have to worry about the hunter team sniping, but there are also many fewer monsters than flying at low altitudes."

"When I flew to the highest point, I saw an electric dragon, but it was far away."

For the ecology of the sky, Yudora also came into contact with it for the first time, and she was quite surprised.

"The threat shouldn't be too great. According to the ecological niche of the female fire dragon, it is unlikely to become a prey target."

In terms of combat effectiveness, the little idiot really can't beat the electric dragon.

Firstly, the star rating of monsters recognized by the trade union will not lie, and secondly, the carapace meat of the female Charmander has extremely low resistance to lightning.

But if hunting is not the purpose, the probability of monsters actively attacking is actually not high. This is the essential difference between three stars and four stars.

After the little idiot finished replenishing, he led the team to vacate again.

Yudora was a little sleepy, so she leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes to rest.

Li Fan looked at the map horizontally and vertically, and the more he looked, the more confused he became.

Di Lu used a small notebook to record all kinds of wonders seen in the sky, as if she was in another world.

Above the sparse clouds, a red light piercing the night sky was reflected in Di Lu's shining eyes.

"Li Fan, there is a red meteor cat on it!"

Di Lu patted Li Fan's arm and said.

"That's not a meteor, that's Huihui."

Li Fan was still staring at the map, not bothering to raise his eyes.

"Do you know that Meteor Meow?"

Dilu couldn't believe it.

"Yes, I will have the opportunity to introduce you to each other in the future."

"Ugh Meteor Split Meow!"

"Split? Could it be that the carapace peeled off during the flight!"

Li Fan quickly raised his binoculars to observe.

Just as Di Lu described, below the red meteor, a reddish dot was listed, and it was falling downward.

Under Li Fan's guidance, the little idiot speeded up and flew towards the red light spot.

However, even though the visual distance does not seem to be very far, the little idiot still flew for nearly an hour and a half before arriving at the surrounding unknown plains.

Following the thick smoke, he quickly locked on to a striking crater, and the little idiot landed slowly, but just as his paws touched the ground, he suddenly flew backward like an electric shock.

When Li Fanlian approached, many monsters on the ground were scattered and fled. He quickly understood the reason why the little idiot was afraid, so he suggested: "Let's jump down."

After the team landed, the little idiot quickly flew away into the sky.

Coming to the edge of the impact crater, a spiked carapace stood upright in the center of the crater, like a long sword waiting to be pulled out.

呲!呲!
The jumping and flashing red lightning kept exploding on the surface of the carapace.

Isn't it, isn't the performance in the game just a small pit?It's like a meteorite falling.

Li Fan also did not expect that the scorching carapace, which is defined as a collection tool, could cause such a large amount of damage.

"Li Fan, are you sure you know what this thing is, right?"

Yudora felt the strange aura coming from the carapace, and she didn't want to get close at all.

"Well, this thing is called a scorching carapace. The energy flashing on the surface should be activated dragon energy. It should disappear after the temperature drops."

After Li Fan finished speaking, he released the puffs.

Puff felt the presence of the carapace, and immediately became uneasy, but still followed Li Fan's guidance, using water rays to cool down the scorching carapace.

The red lightning gradually dissipated, and the oppressive feeling emanating from the carapace also disappeared.

"What kind of monster can have a carapace made of this material?"

Eudora felt incredible.

"An ancient dragon species, the Sky Comet Dragon."

"Ancient Dragon."

Eudora muttered, and jumped into the pit.

"Not yet!"

Li Fan's reminder was still too late.

hiss!As soon as Eudora touched the surface, her hand was scalded and shrank back.

"Li Fan, which one is more powerful, Sky Comet Dragon or Steel Dragon?"

Yudora turned her back and remained silent for a long time, asking tentatively.

Li Fan knew that Yudora wanted to confirm the gap between himself and Steel Dragon through this comparison.

"Almost. But the contest between hunters and monsters is not a pure competition of strength."

The positioning of Gu Long's combat power in Li Fan's mind has been completely refreshed, and an untouchable sense of despair has emerged, but he still wants to persuade the other party to take it easy.

Collecting scorching carapaces and submitting them to Longli Academy is a very common behavior in the game, and I really didn't expect this kind of scene.

"Well, thank you."

Eudora calmed down and responded.

(End of this chapter)