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Chapter 176 Animal Anomalies
As night fell, countless stars twinkled in the sky.

The night sky over the Gobi Desert is more dazzling than the sky over the forest.

Under the cover of night, the bright moonlight spilled onto the Gobi Desert.

But tonight, above the residential area, black shadows darted about, and the sky echoed with the howls of numerous pterosaurs.

This sound disturbed the peaceful dreams of countless people.

"It's so annoying, can't I sleep or not! It's so late at night, and it keeps yelling outside the window."

Having just acquired the Ultimate Physique, Qin Ziwu was quite excited and stayed up for a long time before finally falling asleep in bed. However, he was woken up by the noise of the pterosaurs outside.

He got out of bed and went to the living room, where he saw his older brother standing on the balcony.

"Brother, you're still awake?"

"I was woken up." Qin Ziwen looked up at the sky.

These pterosaurs are behaving strangely tonight. Of course, it's also possible that they've only been here for a few days and aren't yet familiar with the habits of pterosaurs.

The sky above was swarming with pterosaurs, emitting a piercing, cacophony.

These guys aren't heavy, but they're incredibly loud, like loudspeakers in the wilderness.

Especially in open areas, the sight of thousands of pterosaurs howling in the middle of the night is nothing short of a disaster.

The two pterosaurs spotted the two people on the balcony and swooped down to crash into them.

"Big brother, be careful!" Qin Ziwu pulled his older brother back.

"It's nothing." Qin Ziwen had barely finished speaking when the pterosaur crashed into the balcony, as if it had hit an invisible wall.

With a snap, it stuck to the wall and then slowly fell down the transparent air wall outside the balcony.

The other pterosaur sensed something was wrong, but it was too late to brake. "Bang!"

It crashed into the invisible wall again and slowly fell down.

"What is this?!" Qin Ziwu was shocked. He reached out and tentatively touched it, discovering a transparent barrier on the balcony railing. "An invisible wall?"

"No." Qin Ziwen shook his head; this was the safe house function of the homestead.

Once activated, outsiders cannot enter or leave the home, including places like windows and balconies, which are also protected by an invincible transparent air wall.

After two of their companions fell, the other pterosaurs learned their lesson and stopped crashing into this direction.

Instead, it flew to other balconies in the community.

"Crack~"

Some glass was broken.

Soon, the sounds of pterosaurs and people echoed through the neighborhood.

Qin Ziwen frowned. "These people are acting like they've gone mad. Xiao Wu, take some men and inform the rest of the building."

"Okay." Qin Ziwu quickly went out.

In fact, the pterosaurs' antics woke up most of the residents in the neighborhood.

Many people hid behind windows and balconies to observe.

Occasionally, some pterosaurs would land along the way.

This farce dragged on until after 2 a.m. before gradually coming to an end.

The pterosaurs flew eastward.

The next day, after taking a count, it was found that six people in the community were injured the night before. Four of them only suffered minor scratches, one was startled awake in the middle of the night and bumped into a wall, resulting in a large bump on his head, and the last person was more unlucky, suffering a deep scratch from the pterosaur's claws, which almost damaged his tendons.

However, six more pterosaur carcasses were also found in the community, two of which were retrieved from under Building 8.

This unusual atmosphere cast a shadow over the neighborhood. The last time something like this happened was when large numbers of mayflies swam upstream in the forest, attracting the giant toad.

These pterosaurs suddenly went berserk, which clearly indicates that they are not ordinary creatures.

Qin Ziwen went to the balcony and took out the new small backpack that he had made for the horned eagle for the third time. As the horned eagle grew bigger and bigger, its need for a small backpack also increased.

Using newly acquired fabric, along with unused jeans and some leather, a fresh little chest bag was eventually sewn together. The bag was small, fitting perfectly to the harpy eagle's body, hanging slightly below its neck, and from a distance, it looked like a string of ornaments around its neck.

Place your phone inside, then let the harpy eagle fly up and take pictures.

After circling in the sky a few times, the harpy eagle landed.

Qin Ziwen took out his phone and checked the recorded video.

Then he noticed something amiss.

Firstly, many pterosaurs previously lived on the rock pillars and cliff tops on the west side of the community.

But now, the number of pterosaurs has become very small, with only twenty or thirty remaining.

Almost half of it is gone.

In addition, during the filming, they also captured footage of two animal groups approaching in their direction.

Qin Ziwen immediately summoned everyone, saying, "There are two groups of animals heading this way. Because the shooting altitude is a bit far, we can't see the specific animals in the video."

He handed the phone to someone else because it was too far away and the image was a bit blurry.

"It's too far away, we can't see very clearly." The others shook their heads.

Qin Ziwen said, "It's alright, let's continue working today. You guys go to the east first, Du Yu and I need to go to the south."

"Captain, what are you going to the south for? Come along."

“Yes, let’s go together. It would be too dangerous for just the two of you if you encountered a large group of wild animals,” Yuan Ming and the others said.

Qin Ziwen went south to place a node in the rift valley to the south.

Although the node is a one-way passage, you can only travel from your home to the node area.

But it can at least save half the journey time, and picking up the card every day can save nearly half the travel time.

It's also close to water resources, making it easier for the guild to get water.

After sending someone to inform Luo Gang, he led his team south and successfully arrived at the altar before 9:00 AM. Today, the altar refreshed with a common [Building Card]: Wine Cellar.

The cards are somewhat lackluster, but they're better than nothing and can significantly boost your score at the end of the game.

Qin Ziwen then established a node within the rift valley.

An oval-shaped light curtain, like a door opened from the void, condensed and took shape from nothing.

The group of people behind him stared in disbelief. Yuan Ming asked in surprise, "President, what is this?"

"You can think of a node as a one-way wormhole. If you want to come here in the future, you can use the node to save half the round trip," Qin Ziwen said succinctly.

Upon hearing this, those who knew about wormholes exclaimed in surprise and their faces lit up with joy. They had already joined the Qin Alliance, and the stronger the guild was, the more they would benefit, so naturally they hoped that the guild would become stronger and stronger.

Although Du Yu and Yang Cunshen had never heard of wormholes, they could understand the explanations and thus saved them half the journey.

"My lord, this has great strategic significance!" Du Yu said excitedly.

Yang Cunshen said, "If a battle breaks out, we can use the nodes to flank the enemy and catch them off guard."

“That’s a viable method,” Qin Ziwen said. After a pause, he asked, “My original idea was to share the node with ordinary members of the guild, so that they could save half the distance when fetching water.”

Yang Cunshen said, "Sir, there's no need. This place isn't actually that far, but if it's made public, the node can't be hidden and will be completely exposed. It will be very difficult to catch them off guard in the future."

Du Yu also believed that such strategic capabilities should be kept hidden for the time being, at least until a better alternative is available. "My lord, a wise man keeps his talents hidden until the right time to act; this is the best way."

(End of this chapter)