—) Special Mission: A Rank Three monster cave has been discovered sixty kilometers southeast of Buka City. Preliminary investigation suggests that it is a monster cave related to Earth Kobolds. A monster cave hunt will soon be organized by the Evo Association. Those who are interested in participating in the hunt can register.
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Ryan read the newly updated mission details, and his eyes narrowed.
If this had been before, he would have definitely been confused about what a monster cave was.
But after filling many of the basic gaps in his knowledge over the past ten days, he was now fully aware of what a monster cave was.
Monster caves were phenomena that came into existence when the density of volatile primal energy in a particular area increased drastically.
Volatile Primal Energy was different from normal primal energy.
Normal primal energy was gentle and could be absorbed by people to evolve themselves.
However, volatile primal energy contained many unstable factors that could cause great harm if absorbed directly without proper preparation.
Because of these unstable factors, when the density of volatile primal energy rose significantly in a certain area, it would give birth to monsters.
It was similar to how certain bacteria could reproduce on their own when the right conditions were met.
The type of monsters that would emerge from such an area depended on the unstable factors present within the volatile primal energy.
Different unstable factors gave birth to different kinds of monsters.
People could use special devices to identify these unstable factors within the volatile primal energy and determine what type of monsters would appear in that area.
According to the mission details, the level of the monster cave discovered this time was Rank Three.
This meant that the highest level of monsters that could emerge from it would also be Rank Three.
Monster caves capable of producing Rank One to Rank Three monsters were classified as low-level monster caves, while those producing Rank Three to Rank Seven monsters were considered mid-level, and those producing Rank Eight to Rank Nine monsters were classified as high-level monster caves.
Low level monster caves were the most common type and appeared occasionally throughout Primordia.
Ryan checked the mission requirements and found that even unranked individuals like him, those who had recently awakened their Aspect but had not yet begun cultivating, were allowed to accept this mission and take part in the hunt.
Ryan wasn't particularly surprised by this, as he knew that within a monster cave, monsters of different ranks, from unranked up to the cave's maximum level, would appear.
The number of these monsters could reach into the thousands.
In a Rank Three monster cave, most of the monsters would be unranked and Rank One, with some being Rank Two and only a few reaching Rank Three.
As such, all individuals who had successfully awakened their Aspect could participate in the hunt.
Those unranked participants would be assigned to deal with unranked monsters, while higher-ranked Evolvers would handle the stronger ones.
Ryan thought for a few moments before decisively registering his name, intending to take part in the hunt.
The reason for his decision was very simple.
Money!
It wasn't easy to come across an opportunity where hundreds of unranked monsters would gather in one place.
During the hunt, every monster Ryan killed would belong to him, and he could sell their body materials for profit.
Although an unranked Earth Kobold didn't have much value, its heart could be used as a material in a low-level petrification potion and could be sold for around one hundred to one hundred and twenty credits each, depending on its condition.
With his current strength, comparable to a Rank One Evolver, and a powerful one at that, he could easily kill unranked Earth Kobolds.
What's more…
'As long as I kill some kobolds that have reached the limit of the unranked stage and are on the verge of advancing to Rank One, I might even obtain Life Crystals from them..' Ryan took a deep breath as he thought of this, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
After registering his name for the hunt, Ryan received a notification stating that he would be informed once the hunt began and that he would need to gather with the others outside Buka City.
Since the mission had just been released, the exact time of the hunt would be decided once enough people had registered.
'If I am not wrong, it will take at least a week for enough participants to gather...' Ryan thought to himself before putting away his Evo Identity Card and focusing on his meal.
He soon finished eating, and after cleaning the pots and plates, he began packing his bag for the next day.
There were not many things to pack, just some food and water.
Once he was done, he didn't bother with anything else and went to bed early, as he planned to leave early in the morning.
The next day, at around six o'clock, Ryan left his rented house with a bag slung over his shoulder.
This time, he didn't travel on foot. Instead, he took a hover-car taxi, as the city gate was fifty kilometers away from his location.
It was the first time Ryan had ridden in a hover car. As such, he couldn't help but stare out of the window the entire time, marveling at how the vehicle glided smoothly through the air.
The hover car was extremely fast, and in just twenty minutes, he arrived at the city gate.
Stepping out of the vehicle, he paid the fare of two hundred credits, which made him sigh.
However, he didn't dwell on it too much, as he was planning to earn a significant amount of money this time after leaving the city.
Gazing at the magnificent city gate, nearly twenty meters tall and seemingly made of some kind of black stone, Ryan took a deep breath and walked through it, finally stepping out of Buka City.