Chapter 272 - Enter the Gateway (2/2)

However, his current status was not at the level where he could learn those secrets. Even though he had become the son-in-law-to-be of the Huang family, Huang Juyun didn’t tell him any of the more secretive information, leaving him with no inkling of any of that.

Well, it wasn’t like he knew nothing. At the very least, he knew it was very dangerous inside. He had to be very, very careful in there.

Zhang Che smiled self-mockingly, before looking for a mountain and repeating what he did yesterday: the Purple Crystal Tortoise dug out a cave for him to settle down for the night.

Of course, a roasted meat feast was a given. Zhang Che and the frisky monkey ate so much that their mouths were dripping with oil before finally stopping to rest.

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The next morning, Zhang Che was woken up by the alarm on his personal terminal again.

He walked out of the cave and grabbed a handful of the accumulated snow on the ground to clean his face. After a simple breakfast, Zhang Che continued on his journey towards the secret plane’s gateway.

The closer he was to the core area, the higher the frequency of powerful exotic beasts appearing.

Zhang Che didn’t dare to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon randomly fly around anymore. Instead, he had the latter fly at a controlled speed of about forty to fifty kilometers per hour, keeping up his guard.

He didn’t bother to fight the exotic beasts he came across, either, no matter if they were strong or weak. He would avoid them if possible, trying his best not to waste any time.

Killing exotic beasts on Mercury wouldn’t give him any beast cards anyway, and the chances of successfully taming them were extremely small. In the end, Zhang Che chose not to bother with them at all.

As for procuring food, the Purple Crystal Tortoise had already stored the corpses of over a hundred large exotic beasts over the past two days. The amount of meat in there weighed several hundred tons, nearly filling up the thousand cubic meters of space it had.

Not to mention, there was still the food Huang Juyun had prepared for him in the bracelet spatial equipment. If Zhang Che was only eating by himself, that much food would last him decades!

Obviously, Zhang Che wouldn’t spend decades in the secret plane, no matter what!

As Zhang Che continued going deeper into the territory, he started seeing other beastmasters again. The closer he got to the center, the higher the number of beastmasters around him.

They were no longer purely beastmasters from Hua Xia. Beastmasters with all kinds of skin color and hair color entered his sight, one after another.

All of a sudden, Zhang Che realized that after passing through the inner area, it actually became safer the closer he was to the center.

-Could it be because of the sudden appearance of the gateway?- Zhang Che wondered.

Although he had no way of knowing that, there didn’t seem to be any other explanations.

Since it was much safer here, and beastmasters could be seen everywhere, Zhang Che no longer acted as cautiously, and had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon speed up, flying towards the center hastily.

Finally, when the seemingly cool sun was hanging on the western horizon, a flat icy plain suddenly appeared ahead.

Right in the middle of this snowy-white icy plains, a slightly flat golden ball of light of a few dozen meters diameter entered Zhang Che’s sight.

On this icy plain, as well as its surroundings, group upon group of beastmasters were hurrying over, and rushed into that golden ball of light like moths attracted to flames.

-It shouldn’t be dangerous right behind the gateway, right?- Zhang Che suddenly thought.

When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived before that golden ball of light, Zhang Che jumped off his back and recalled him into his spiritual sea. Afterwards, two streaks of five-colored rays shot out, one of which materialized into a purple armor, covering his entire body, while the other turned into a scarlet-black sword in his hand.

After making all his preparations, Zhang Che strode forth resolutely, stepping into the golden ball of light.