Who said this card is outrageous?

The group of six stepped into the portal ahead. After a brief feeling of weightlessness, the light in front of them changed from the gray and white inside the fortress to another color.

They arrived at point number two.

"A joint team from Binhai City and Hezhou City, Captain Zhang Che, Vice Captain Song Ruolan, members..." A young man in a red uniform confirmed the team members' information. After making sure no one was impersonating someone else, he took out a box and handed it to Zhang Che, asking him to draw a lot.

The young man explained that it was to ensure the safety of each squad, and then pointed to the southwest direction that Zhang Che had drawn, indicating that that was the starting point of their mission.

Of course, this is just the beginning. As for what to do next, that's up to Zhang Che and the others.

Before leaving, Zhang Che and his companions received a special supply package, prepared to help them move more effectively within the rift.

Originally, the plan was to let each team prepare on their own, but for the sake of fairness, the city lord decided that the provincial capital would be in charge.

And this is the only time; once everyone has gained experience next year, they will prepare in advance on their own.

……

The six quickly packed up all their belongings, checked the direction again at the exit, and then stepped out of the safe zone.

The next second, a wave of heat hit me, as if I had stepped into an oven.

The temperature here has definitely exceeded forty degrees Celsius!

Zhang Che could clearly sense that this was not ordinary heat, but rather the result of an extremely high concentration of extraordinary fire-attribute energy permeating the air!

Even the plants that grow here have to learn to coexist with the extremely high concentration of fire-attribute extraordinary energy.

If an ordinary person or a newly awakened superhuman were to enter, they would probably be ignited by this excessive superhuman energy.

Fortunately, the weakest member of the team is a third-tier superhuman, and their physical abilities are not weak.

However, this is only temporary. As time goes by, the persistent high temperatures will eventually affect them.

Chapter 247, Day 1

"No wonder there were badges in the supplies that could continuously provide cooling." Li Yao quickly pulled one out and put it on, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Besides that, there's a lot of water.

However, they ultimately overestimated the limits of those people, as they only prepared four air-conditioning badges in the supplies.

"Ah, this..." Li Yao was speechless for a moment. She held three identical badges in her hand and didn't know who to hand them to. She felt completely overwhelmed.

“I don’t need it.” Zhang Che was the first to speak, and at the same time, two magic arrays, one blue and one purple, unfolded around him, and Ahri and Nine-Tailed Fox appeared.

"Ugh, it's so hot!"

As soon as Ahri appeared, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

However, as a summoned card, she can sense heat but is not affected by it.

Nine-Tailed Fox obediently came to Zhang Che's side, squatted down, and gently swayed its tail. Ice energy spread outward from its body, forming a cool low-temperature zone around Zhang Che's body.

On the other side, Song Ruolan smiled and said that she didn't need it either.

As she spoke, she raised her hand and cast a protective spell on herself. A layer of pale white light covered her body, with fine runes running along the edges, blocking out most of the heat.

Third-tier defensive arcane spell, [Isolation].

Now there are enough badges to go around.

At first, Fu Xing wanted to show his masculinity, saying that he could withstand the heat without the badge, but Zhang Che suppressed him with a look: "High temperatures will continue to deplete physical strength and willpower. You may think you can handle it now, but it will be too late when you encounter real danger."

Fu Xing didn't say anything more and obediently buttoned the badge up his collar.

After the four of them put on their badges, they officially began their exploration of the rift.

We were so busy talking that when everyone focused their attention on the surrounding environment, we realized that it was indeed a resource-type rift. Everywhere we looked, even a stone or a blade of grass was at least a first-tier extraordinary material!

Although Earth is not lacking in the production of lower-level extraordinary resources, compared to this place, it is nothing.

It's unclear what level of world this subspace originated from, but judging from its appearance, it should be at least no lower than those worlds after high-level rifts.

Since this mission only calculates extraordinary resources of level three and above, Zhang Che and his team did not focus too much attention on these low-level items. Instead, they quickened their pace and tried to find valuable targets as soon as possible.

In Zhang Che's understanding, the Tier 3 extraordinary resources were clearly just released by the higher authorities to fill the quota, so that some weak teams would not be disqualified due to poor performance.

What truly determines the rankings are the resources available to those at the mid-level or above.

If a team is incredibly lucky and finds a Tier 6 extraordinary resource, even if it's just one, it's practically a guarantee of the championship.

At worst, they won't be kicked out of the top three.

……

Li Yao took the lead and carried out the assigned scout mission, taking charge of reconnaissance at the forefront of the team.

Zhang Che and his group walked behind, maintaining a high level of concentration to search for their target while also preventing any unexpected incidents.

However, whether it was because they hadn't yet ventured into the core area of ​​this space or simply due to bad luck, Zhang Che and his group did discover quite a few Tier 3 resources and Tier 3 extraordinary creatures along the way, mostly small reptiles and arthropods.

Ruan Ruoshi was responsible for recording her sights and experiences along the way in as much detail as possible.

Even a mosquito bite is still meat; you can't just turn down free points, right?

Moreover, with the Squid King assisting, this job was relatively easy.

As for the lower-level supernatural beings, most of them chose to go around or lie low to the ground after seeing the group, showing no signs of taking the initiative to attack.

Finally, Fu Xing, who was collecting fire attribute data for Agumon, led Agumon to defeat some of the third-tier extraordinary creatures and also stocked up on some food.

As for the materials, Zhang Che and his team didn't waste them all; they picked out some that they thought were good and put them away.

Several hours passed in this way, and the group passed through several different terrain areas: first a mixed area of ​​gravel beach and low shrubs, then an open area covered with dark brown moss, and finally the group entered a slightly sparse woodland.

The main trunks of the trees on both sides are thick, but the side branches look rather sparse and have not grown many leaves.

The only bright spot was that almost every tree had a number of dark red crystal particles embedded in the cracks in its bark, and occasionally a faint light would shine through the edges of the cracks.

It looks like we've entered a high-level map, Zhang Che thought to himself.

On the other hand, the prolonged high temperatures left Pan Tingting and her team somewhat listless.

Even Li Yao has stopped scouting and returned to the team to huddle together with the other badge holders for some peace and quiet.

After all, no matter how strong the badge is, it can only protect one person at most; it cannot fight against such a powerful external environment.

"Zhang Che, why don't we find a place to rest?" Song Ruolan suggested, coming closer.

She herself didn't seem to be acting strangely; it was mainly for the sake of the other four people.

"Okay, fine..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Che suddenly looked up ahead and sensed a ferocious aura rushing toward their location.

"Watch out, enemies!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a reptile covered in crimson scales burst out of the woods to the side and lunged at them with its gaping maw.

Then a deep blue beam of energy, as thick as a bucket, shot out from Zhang Che's side and rear, hitting the red-scaled creature directly in the side of its abdomen.

Bang!

A dull thud resounded as the object was thrown to the side by the energy shock, crashing through two tree trunks and rolling for more than ten meters before coming to a stop, where it remained motionless.

Its estimated length of seven meters clearly did not provide the monster with sufficient impact resistance; on the contrary, it was used against it, causing very serious follow-up damage.

Fourth-tier offensive arcane spell, [Arcane Torrent]!

Zhang Che recognized the move at a glance; he had seen Song Ruolan use it quite often during their previous training sessions.

However, isn't this casting speed a bit too practiced?

But he didn't have time to think about it, because at the same time the beam of light shot out, a white figure launched an attack from another direction.

Ahri appeared where the Crimson Scale creature had been, holding a ball of still-burning blue-white foxfire in her hands. Her expression changed from focused preparation for an attack to bewildered surprise at discovering her target had vanished.

Wait, where did that huge monster go? How did it suddenly disappear?

Her gaze followed the trajectory of the energy beam to the crimson-scaled creature that had been blasted away, then she looked back at the foxfire clutched in her hand and slowly put the fireball away.

Chapter 248 Unexpected Discovery

"Sister Ruolan!"

A gasp came from behind. When Zhang Che looked in the direction of the sound, he saw that Li Yao had rushed over immediately and caught Song Ruolan's body as she was about to collapse to the ground.

"Sister Ruolan, are you alright?"

Li Yao looked concerned, while Song Ruolan just smiled weakly, "It's nothing, I was just too anxious and didn't control myself."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "This happens when your mental energy suddenly becomes too strong. I'll be fine after resting for a while."

After saying that, Song Ruolan turned to Zhang Che and asked him to check whether the extraordinary creature was dead or not.

"It's not dead, but it's barely clinging to life." Zhang Che had already examined the giant creature's condition and gave Song Ruolan the answer directly.

Just as he was about to call Ahri to finish off the enemy, he saw Fu Xing rush over, expressing his wish for Agumon to deliver the final blow.

"Agumon told me that it could sense a faint dragon bloodline in that big guy," Fu Xing quickly explained.

For Agumon to become stronger, it needs to absorb a sufficient amount of fire and dragon "data," which, in the context of the rules of this world, is the corresponding extraordinary energy.

Zhang Che understood and patted Fu Xing on the shoulder: "Okay, but remember to be quick to avoid any accidents."

Since finishing off an enemy wouldn't grant any extra experience points, Zhang Che naturally wouldn't be stingy with such a small thing.

Perhaps he took Zhang Che's words to heart, because after summoning Agumon, Fu Xing immediately made it evolve into Greymon without saying a word.

The appearance of the seven- or eight-meter-tall orange-yellow behemoth was still awe-inspiring for Song Ruolan and the others, even though it wasn't the first time they had seen it.

Even though Agumon is less than a meter tall, it's unclear what kind of energy it uses to grow to such a large size.

Dealing with a dying creature wouldn't take much effort, and Tyrannomon finished the battle in no time.

Then, out of sight of everyone, two invisible streams of data emerged from the corpse of the crimson-scaled monster and flowed into the Tyrannosaurus Beast's body.

The next second, Zhang Che and several other people with keen senses could clearly feel that the aura emanating from the Tyrannosaurus Beast had actually increased slightly.

Although the change wasn't drastic, such a direct increase in strength still startled the trio from Hezhou City who were witnessing this for the first time.

Then they all looked at Zhang Che—any changes to cards are basically related to the card maker, with only a very few exceptions where they can escape control and be altered by the user.

Zhang Che calmly met the gazes of the three, stating with an unhurried expression that his awakened trait was "evolution." He explained that this situation with Greymon was quite normal; its growth rate would be faster before it completely stabilized in its Greymon form.