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Chapter 31 Tattooed Eel

With a thought, the recruitment card appeared in his palm.

The recruitment card is neither gold nor jade, but has a warm, smooth feel. The back is a deep purple, while the front features a three-dimensional image of a very intimidating adult harpy eagle.

The moment I received the card, I knew how to use it.

Simply aim it at an empty space to summon units from the recruitment pool, and they cannot be recycled as cards.

The recruited units are real living beings, possessing all the physiological needs and behavioral instincts of their species. They experience hunger, fatigue, injury, illness, and aging, and also experience natural emotions such as fear, pleasure, and irritability.

The recruited units also have loyalty, with an initial loyalty of 60 (obedience).

If loyalty is too low, although the recruited units cannot harm the home lord, they will be passive and unwilling to carry out orders, and may run away when faced with danger.

As a recruiter, he can also sense the simple emotions of the non-human recruits under his command.

(Image: Horned Eagle)
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Before today, this was a relatively unfamiliar animal to Qin Ziwen; his greatest knowledge of it was that it was a bird of prey that could fly.

You can only tell what it looks like from the pictures on the cards.

Judging from the pictures alone, it shouldn't be too small.

But he didn't know exactly how big it would be.

I wonder how strong this harpy eagle is, and whether it can defeat an adult who isn't carrying firearms.

If they are small, it's not a big problem to release them out of the window on ordinary days. His house has a side that is against the west wall of the community, and the bats on the first day were resting against the glass on that side.

However, if someone is large, their movements will definitely not be concealed.

After much deliberation, Qin Ziwen decided to put it aside for the time being and see how things went.

Moreover, this can be considered a trump card, as it can immediately summon a flying unit in times of crisis.

As for the other three fish traps, they were a pleasant surprise.

The new traps can be used as backups, or you can set them up in a slightly more distant location.

Once downstairs, Deng Guang kept urging him on.

"Go and see quickly."

"What if we're too late and someone else takes it?"

"Let me tell you, the spot I set up yesterday was absolutely perfect! I guarantee the traps will be a huge success today!"

Deng Guang kept talking nonstop the whole way.

You can tell he's genuinely passionate about it.

Arriving at the spot where the traps were set up yesterday, Qin Ziwen hooked the rope and pulled, lifting the traps up.

The first cage had just been lifted when...
Many things were wriggling inside.
A splash of water was heard.

"Wow~"

Qin Ziwen was delighted to see that the undeveloped river was rich in resources.

After dragging the fish trap ashore, Qin Ziwen took out a flashlight, turned it to the lowest setting, and shone it on the fish trap.

"Wow, this is a loach, it's so fat."

The top compartment contains four large, fat loaches.

The second section features some bitterlings, small in size but very active, jumping around after leaving the river.

The third cell is empty.

There are several transparent swamp shrimp in the fourth compartment.

"Go check on the second one quickly."

Qin Ziwen picked up the second cage.

"Fuck!"

With a "smack," the fish trap fell back into the water.

Deng Guang asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Qin Ziwen's face stiffened: "There are large yellow eels."

"What's there to be afraid of with eels? They don't bite." Deng Guang paused after saying that, then tentatively asked, "Could it be someone with tattoos?"

"bring."

Deng Guang's expression changed, and he swallowed hard.

Then, standing on tiptoe, he carefully picked up the second trap. Inside, a large, brown, tattooed "eel," already coiled up, was coldly staring at Deng Guang with its triangular head.

"Fuck!"

Deng Guang loosened his grip, "Snap!"

The fish trap was thrown into the water a second time.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, he still felt a little flustered when suddenly stared at by such a thick, triangular head.

"This thing even has a Pyramid Head!"

Qin Ziwen looked at him, "Do you know him?"

"It looks a bit like a spearhead viper."

Qin Ziwen nodded. "So it's a spearhead viper."

The two fell into silence again.

Deng Guang said, "If this thing isn't dealt with, the trap will be useless. Of course, it's also possible that it will find a way to escape on its own after a while."

Qin Ziwen said quietly, "With it here, would you still dare to set up traps here? The fact that it can be caught by a trap means that this area belongs to its hunting grounds. What if it's not in the trap next time we come?"

Thinking of this, the two exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly, and knew they had to find a way to deal with the spearhead viper.

Qin Ziwen carefully dragged the second fish trap ashore and told his younger brother to step back and hide beforehand.

Then he picked up a stick, but Deng Guang stopped him.

"You can't hit it directly. This cage might not be sturdy. If you break the edge of the cage, it might just escape through the gap. This thing looks like it has a very bad temper."

"Then what should we do?"

"I'll go first." Deng Guang took a deep breath; the spearhead viper was located in the second compartment of the cage.

The interior space isn't very large, and it felt a bit cramped inside.

Upon sensing the approach of humans, it became increasingly agitated, shaking its head from side to side.

Deng Guang first slowly unfolded the cage, then placed two stones on the first and third squares, thus blocking the second square in the middle.

This way, even if you put more things down, the cage won't bounce up.

Qin Ziwen understood Deng Guang's logic.

"I come."

He moved a rock and let it fall freely from directly above the trap, hitting the spearhead viper.

The huge rock was pressing down on it, making it hard to breathe.

Its exposed tail was wagging wildly.

Qin Ziwen found more stones from the side, and as the stones were piled up, the spearhead viper's movements went from being irritable at the beginning to gradually becoming stiff.

Until its tail hadn't moved for several minutes.

Qin Ziwu watched the entire time with a furrowed brow and tense expression. "Is he dead?"

"I don't know, but snakes are very resilient. I think we should wait and see." Seeing that the spearhead viper was being held down, Qin Ziwen was no longer in a hurry.

Deng Guang felt it was a pity: "What a pity, this cage is probably ruined now, I see that many parts are deformed."

"It's alright, the cage can be repaired if it's broken." Qin Ziwen shook his head. Compared to a cage, he felt that hunting a spearhead viper was more profitable.

I just don't know how the daily rewards will be for hunting such a venomous snake.

If judged by weight, the score wouldn't be high, but if judged by threat and lethality, the spearhead viper's score would definitely be high.

The two men poured all the fish from the first cage into a bucket and then covered the bucket with a cloth.

Looking at the highly venomous snake trapped in the second trap, the two stood there for a long time, waiting for ten minutes before pushing away the stone that was pressing it down.

The head and body of the spear-headed viper in the trap were crushed.

The edges of the cage were inevitably damaged to some extent, and the frames connecting the sections were deformed.

Not feeling reassured, Qin Ziwen poked at it with a stick for a while to make sure it couldn't move. Then, he grabbed a corner of the cage and shook it out.

The spearhead viper, now exposed, lay on the ground like a pile of rotten flesh.

After doing all this, Qin Ziwen finally felt relieved. From crocodiles to tigerfish, and now spearhead vipers, this river was like a treasure trove, and you never knew what surprises it would bring.

(End of this chapter)