Astral Pet Figure
69

Chapter 69: Return

Translator: Translated Henyee Editor: Translated Henyee

Ye Chenshan moved closer to read the device, before he spoke with a disappointed expression, “I'm afraid we don't know what this is. Maybe it's worth it, maybe not. I would say it's just a bunch of random metals. ”

Such things were everywhere in the broken space. Settlers who find them can take them back to the Federation for inspection and earn a lot of money if it proves useful. Otherwise, it would just be a waste of their time.

"We should get a sample and bring it back then," Luo Guxue suggested.

This is a logical decision and no one would mind agreeing to it. They could study the properties of unknown minerals in this way and come back later.

Su Ping did not want his energy points to go to waste as he had spent 100 points to identify the mineral. The federation will take everything at this rate; he may get compensation for the discovery but it is not worth it.

“Can I have it?” His words attracted everyone's attention.

He basically told the others that the unknown mineral was actually useful in some way. But he had no choice. Since the special device failed to know what this was, he believed that even the Federation would not know what the material was, which meant that people might let him keep it.

"Do you know this?" ask Fan Ganglie, curious.

Su Ping shook his head. "No. But my Astral Pet detected Undead energy from it, which meant I could use it to feed my pet. If that's okay, can we stay here for a few days so that the Small Skeleton can absorb energy completely?”

That's partly a lie. As long as he pretended to be stupid, the Federation would not blame him even if they later recognized the true value of the material.

The reason it escaped was because the Little Skeleton was undeniably the only Astral Pets that could use the energy of the Undead. Still, people did not really want to stay in this place any longer than it would take just to accompany Su Ping. They had gone quite far into this broken space and had already met that rank eight Magical Beast. No one knows what else could come up.

Regardless of their attitude, Su Ping only told the Small Skeleton to start “eat.” He didn't really plan to stay until his energy was taken away completely. Only, he did not want anyone to suspect.

His actions worked well. Seeing the Little Skeleton draw energy from the strange stone, the final doubt disappeared from the group.

All things said, they still did not understand why Su Ping would stay in this dangerous area for days. They saw Su Ping was very interested in keeping this stone to himself and inevitably wondered what else was hidden within it. Normally, they would trust the Federation devices. If the device fails to tell anything, a regular store owner is unlikely to know more. However, Su Ping had shown too many secrets for them to have this long-lasting confidence.

Still, they did not have anything concrete to stop the Little Skeleton from feeding. After all they could not use the energy of the Undead. While the material that helped the pet's growth could provide them with some merit if they brought it back, they had no reason to take this one from Su Ping after what he did.

“So this is just an element stone full of Undead type energy, right?” luo Guxue asked.

Fan Ganglie put his hand on it and nodded. "I think so. Whereas stone elements are usually smooth and pleasant to see. This raw one is just a raw element ore. ”

"I don't mind Mr. Su keeping it," Fan Yujing claimed.

Fan Ganglie nodded again. "Eyeah here. Mr. Su helped us achieve our goals. ”

Ye Chenshan also spoke up with a smile, “Then it has been decided. I will let Mr. Su make his decision. Just a suggestion, spending a few days here can be risky. Since you have the doll to help, should we bring the stone back first?”

Su Ping saw all the others thinking like that and nodded as well. "All right."

Fan Ganglie sighed in relief and told his earthworms to enlarge the tunnel so they could bring Nether Ore back to the surface. Then they found some rope to tie it to the Magical Corpse Beast.

After making sure the foxes came following, the group retreated. Just like before, Li Ying moved further forward as a scout. Meanwhile, Ye Chenshan summoned another pet that was good at detecting danger as an extra layer of security.

On their way, they would dodge everything that seemed powerful and kill all the other prey more easily. The most dangerous enemies they faced were the lower rank eight bug monsters, which were easily crippled by the Little Skeleton, Magical Corpse Beast and Flame Bird working together.

Their enemy ranks began to descend as they approached the outer edge of the space fracture zone. But they still remained extremely cautious as high ranked Astral Pets could hide among the weaker ones to ambush them.

They finally felt their tension subside when they saw the exit in front.

There was another team of settlers gathered there, who were terrified for good when they saw the Magical Beast running towards them.

The commotion continued until the beast disappeared into the crack.

"I didn't see anything, did I, guys?" a settler wondered aloud, "It was a Magical Corpse Beast of the eighth rank."

“Someone drives it! Who are those people?”

"I think I saw Ye Chenshan up there."

“You're Chenshan from Team Polaris? Maybe it's their leader's pet?”

…

The appearance of the Magical Corpse Beast stirred up even more panic in the temporary camp.

Seeing so many people giving them strange gazes, the others in the group all became embarrassed. Although this was expected because the Magical Corpse Beast was much larger than the usual mounts used by ordinary settlers. Besides, it must look dangerous.

Several guards rushed to the scene, then returned to their posts when they saw who was riding the beast.

"Let's go." Without waiting, Su Ping told the beast to move, causing the many settlers in their path to quickly retreat out of fear or respect.

Most people recognized Fan Ganglie and Ye Chenshan. Soon, they started exchanging rumors.

With a heavy yet swift move, the Magical Corpse Beast immediately moved out of the camp area.

The group was once again on high alert as it was still possible to meet powerful Astral Pets in this barren area of Class B. They chose the shortest route so that they could reach the base as soon as possible. Since most of the settlers used this path, the wild Astral Pets all knew to stay away, aside from some ferocious animals that were always looking for trouble.

After obliterating some wild fourth or fifth rankers, they finally saw the light from the settler headquarters welcoming their success back.