The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

We walked along the canyon behind the village for twenty or thirty miles until we reached a cave at the end.

The villagers stopped and pushed the two carts of meat to the entrance of the cave.

The next moment, a tentacle stretched out from inside. It was a tentacle, like an octopus's tentacles, and it even had suckers.

With just one roll, a whole cart of meat was emptied.

Click~ Click~!

Then, under the bright moon, in the dimly lit mountains, came the sound of bones being chewed.

Even Lu Yuan couldn't help but curl his lips; the atmosphere was truly chilling.

Soon, the sound stopped, and the tentacles stretched out again, pulling another vehicle into the hole.

Then came the clicking sound again.

A moment later, the sound stopped again, but the tentacles did not extend out again.

The villagers did nothing else and drove the empty cart back home.

"So that's how it is."

Looking at the cave from the nearby mountains, Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

This is the secret to how this village can survive in the wilderness.

They are keeping a strange beast as a pet!

That's right, not a monster, but a strange beast.

Through spatial detection, Lu Yuan was able to determine that the creature hidden in the cave was not an ordinary monster, but a strange beast that did not originally belong to Blue Star.

The strange beasts are those that have escaped from those secret realms. Because they possess results and abilities that are beyond the comprehension of humans on Earth, they are often more dangerous.

Based on perception, this strange beast's strength is roughly equivalent to a nine-star warrior, but its specific methods are unclear.

With the power of a nine-star lord and the unique abilities of a mythical beast, he is practically invincible below the king-level demon beasts, so it's only natural that he could protect an entire village.

As for why this strange beast, being so powerful, would require the village to offer sacrifices and bow down for a mere five bushels of rice, it clearly has its own difficulties.

Throughout Lu Yuan's exploration, he only ever saw one tentacle of the strange beast, never its full form.

The reason for this is not that the beasts are too large, exceeding the range of Lu Yuan's space detection capabilities.

Actually, judging from his appetite, it shouldn't be that much bigger.

However, it was indeed beyond the scope of Lu Yuan Space Exploration, for a simple reason: its body remained in the secret realm!

Inside that cave, there was actually an entrance to a secret realm!

Just now, the beast reached out its tentacles from the entrance to feed, but most of its body was still inside the secret realm.

"Is he about to become rich?"

They originally came to look for minerals, but instead of finding any, they stumbled upon a secret realm!

As fragments of other 'planet', the secret realm possesses resources that Earth lacks, making it far more valuable than a mine.

Moreover, all the secret realms belong to the government, and there are no examples of private operation or occupation.

If Lu Yuan could possess a secret realm on his own, the profits would be unimaginable.

"Calm down."

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan almost went straight into the secret realm.

Fortunately, he remained conscious.

While potentially possessing immense wealth and opportunities, the secret realm is also fraught with danger.

Entering without a clear understanding of the situation could very well be suicide.

Take the previous D137 secret realm as an example. Even though the authorities had explored it beforehand and the level of danger was relatively low, Lu Yuan and his group still encountered a lot of trouble after entering, and many so-called geniuses died.

The secret realm inside the cave before them was clearly even more dangerous.

The simplest point is that there is at least one nine-star warrior-level beast in this cave!

Lu Yuan might not be a match for this beast alone.

Although he once challenged multiple high-level warriors by himself, they were all seven-star warriors.

The higher the cultivation level, the greater the gap. Although seven-star and eight-star generals are both high-level warriors, their strengths are actually quite different, let alone nine-star generals.

Moreover, the secret realm is full of unknowns, and the methods of the strange beasts are beyond imagination, leaving Lu Yuan with no confidence whatsoever.

"How can I get in?"

But to give up like this would be like entering a treasure mountain and leaving empty-handed. Given Lu Yuan's personality, how could he possibly be willing to do that?

Looking at the dark cave, he couldn't help but frown and ponder.

A moment later, Lu Yuan turned and left.

Instead of returning to base, they went to the mine.

After the mine was built, the mining and extraction processes were completely automated. The small number of workers at the mine, besides monitoring from the back end and handling emergencies, were also martial artists serving as guards.

"Young Master, what brings you here?"

Upon hearing of Lu Yuan's arrival, Lei Tieming hurriedly came to see him.

Lu Yuan was in charge of security at the mine. After dealing with the harassment from the seven major martial arts groups, Lu Yuan thought for a moment and sent Lei Tieming over to be stationed at the mine.

Although the Shen family had also arranged for a few martial artists to be here, their strength was too weak; they were mainly used to sound the alarm and notify Lu Yuan in case of any situation. Now that Lei Tieming was here, Lu Yuan no longer needed to come over personally to handle some minor issues.

Furthermore, it also serves a regulatory role.

Currently, mining, transportation, refining, and sales are all handled by the Shen family. Although it was agreed that the profits would be split 40/60, who knows how much ore will actually be produced? All Lu Yuan saw were some documents and figures.

Although Lu Yuan trusted Shen Fuyue, he did not trust the Shen family. Placing Lei Tieming here could prevent anyone from causing trouble.

"robot?"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's purpose, Lei Tieming was taken aback.

They came all this way in the middle of the night just to get a mining robot. What do they need that for?

"Have you discovered another new mineral vein?!"

"Mineral veins aren't so easy to find, but I've discovered something else and want to explore it with a machine first."

"so."

Lei Tieming nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Lu Yuan is the leader, and he is the subordinate. If the leader wants him to know, he will naturally tell him. If he doesn't tell him, then it's best not to ask too many questions and just focus on doing his job.

Immediately afterwards, Lei Tieming had five prospecting robots brought in.

Although the mine has already been mined, it's not as simple as just blindly digging forward. Sometimes it branches out, and how exactly it branches out and which direction to mine next needs to be determined in advance by professionals.

This is where these prospecting robots come in.

"That's about enough."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment, then put the five robots into his spatial ring and got up to leave.

"Is that enough?"

Lei Tieming was taken aback, and couldn't help but wonder what Lu Yuan was trying to investigate, and why the scope was so large that it required five robots to conduct the investigation simultaneously.

But as I always say, I won't ask unless the leader tells me.

It was already late at night, and he didn't have Lu Yuan's vigorous mental energy, so he yawned and went to rest.

After returning from the mine, Lu Yuan went back to the base.

Xia Banzhu was indeed already waiting for him.

"I have to leave again tomorrow. I might be back that night, but it could also take a few days. You don't need to worry."

Lu Yuan gave a brief instruction and, without waiting for Xia Banzhu to ask any questions, handed the cave over to him as well.

"Also, please look after Dongdong for me, it's inconvenient to carry it around."

"Lu Yuan, what are you doing?"

Xia Banzhu was already on guard after being away for a few days, and now that Dongdong was left at the base, his alarm bells went off in a frenzy.

This indicates that what Lu Yuan is about to do is somewhat dangerous!

Or rather, it's very threatening, since ordinary dangers have no effect on the cave.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. When I get back, I might bring you a big surprise."

Lu Yuan smiled and patted Xia Banzhu on the shoulder with confidence.