My beast can't be a demon.

Relics are a special kind of existence in the secret realm.

Compared with those vast conventional secret realms, the secret realms of relics are often much smaller.

In this kind of secret realm, the largest area is no longer occupied by natural vegetation or special terrain, but by human buildings.

These relics where the ancient immortals once existed have now been explored countless times by countless beast masters.

There is only one transmission node in the Beast Garden Secret Realm.

And there is no safe zone.

The place here is too small, and there is no space to open up a safe zone.

Therefore, the college does not recommend students without strength to explore the Beast Garden ruins.

Of course, most students will not follow this advice.

Even if there is no gain from the exploration of the secret realm, it is also very good to pay homage to the place where the ancestors once worked.

Zhou Lu brought Hua Huo to the Beast Garden Secret Realm.

To be honest, this place is still different from his imagination.

Originally thought that since it is a building complex under the Immortal Sect, it should show the style of the immortals.

However, what caught Zhou Lu's eyes were several low huts, and then there were large tracts of open space.

The sunny place on the east side is said to be the place where immortal herbs and spiritual treasures were once planted.

Now it has been divided up by the breeding departments of various colleges and laboratories of various companies.

Because there are professional security personnel, Zhou Lu did not go close to it.

Not far from the garden is the place where spirit beasts are raised.

Zhou Lu saw many spirit beasts walking leisurely on the grass.

Their ancestors were probably the food of the immortals.

Cows, sheep, pigs and so on, they look delicious.

And passing through the thatched houses where the ancient beastmasters lived to take care of the spirit beasts, rows of elegant houses appeared in front of Zhou Lu.

These houses are the residences of the disciples of the immortal sect who are responsible for taking care of the beast garden, which is in sharp contrast with the low houses behind Zhou Lu.

Maybe because they are not surprised by humans, the spirit beasts in the beast garden ruins are not very afraid of strangers.

There are even a few fire antelope cubs running over to try to eat fireworks.

After seeing Hua Huo move, these little guys ran away.

Hua Huo was stunned, looked at the leaves rolled up on her vines, and looked at Benben on her tail with a little disappointment:

[Do I look ugly? ]

Xiao Cao Cao, who wanted to feed her leaves, was hit hard.

[I think you look like they can't beat you. ] Benben complained.

Xiao Cao Cao scratched his hat.

Do I look arrogant?

You are so cute.

"Hua Huo!"

At this time, Zhou Lu's voice came from not far away, "Don't be dazed, hurry up and catch up."

This day is going to be very busy.

Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to go to the place mentioned by the nightmare of death, but first caught enough Tianbao cockroaches that Li Yi needed.

Although he was prepared in his heart.

But when Zhou Lu saw this palm-sized cockroach with his own eyes, he still didn't hold it back.

What made him even more unbearable was...

Zhou Lu helplessly patted Hua Huo's hat: "Can you get off me, Hua Huo?"

The moment she saw the Tianbao cockroach, Hua Huo jumped up directly, and eight vines stretched out from her body, tightly wrapping herself around Zhou Lu.

Judging from Xiao Cao Cao's cautious probing and slightly trembling body, it was really scared.

[No! ]

Hua Huo rarely rejected Zhou Lu's words this time.

Xiao Cao Cao was actually afraid of cockroaches...

Even though bees can be caught casually.

Fortunately, although Hua Huo was afraid, she was not so scared that she could not move.

After Zhou Lu persuaded her to adjust her mentality, Hua Huo finally started working officially.

Tianbao cockroach is a first-level spiritual beast.

For Hua Huo, catching such a spiritual beast is already a familiar thing.

However, compared with bees and birds that always fly in groups, Tianbao cockroaches are much more hidden.

On weekdays, their favorite place to stay is dark and humid corners.

At night, they will come out to look for food.

It can only be said that they are worthy of being relatives of cockroaches, and even their habits are exactly the same.

After walking around for a long time, I couldn't see a few Tianbao cockroaches coming out to move, which made Huahuo, who was holding the insect net, a little disappointed.

Seeing Huahuo's disappointed look, Benben sighed: [If it really doesn't work, let me do it. ]

Huahuo's eyes lit up: [Can you? ]

[Didn't you prepare the bait? Just sprinkle it on me. ]

Huahuo didn't expect that Benben has such self-awareness now.

[But the master doesn't allow me to do this. ]

[That's because you are not allowed to bully me! Now it's a mission, it's different. ]

Obviously, Benben's mentality has changed under Huahuo's long-term training.

So Huahuo began to prepare according to Benben's suggestions.

It must be said that with Benben's assistance, Huahuo's insect catching business went very smoothly.

It's just...

Hanabi still couldn't accept the countless black bugs crawling out from the dark corners.

[Ahhhhh! Hanabi! What are you still daydreaming about! ]

Benben regretted it now.

Countless bugs kept gnawing at its shell under the temptation of bait.

Although this attack couldn't hurt it at all, the scene was terrifying, okay!

Hanabi reacted immediately after being called out by Benben.

As the insect catching net fell, a large number of Tianbao cockroaches were directly fainted by the fire poison.

The flaw that [Poison Ivy]'s damage has an upper limit turned into an advantage at this time.

At least Hanabi can directly buff these cockroaches without any worries, and she doesn't have to worry about whether she will hit them too hard and poison the insects to death.

When the poisoned state passes, these Tianbao cockroaches will slowly regain their vitality.

Zhou Lu had already told Li Yi about this in advance.

Either they were stuck by the mucus and had broken limbs, or they were poisoned by poison ivy. Although they would be a little lacking in energy, they would not be life-threatening.

Li Yi chose the latter.

Zhou Lu still underestimated Benben's ability to attract hatred.

After a while, all the surrounding insects were attracted to Benben.

It’s no longer just the Tempo cockroach.

Fortunately, Hanabi's reaction was very quick, and she immediately put Benben away, and then left the scene with a bag of Tenbao cockroaches.

Swish swish swish.

Swish swish swish.

Countless dark bugs lost their target and circled anxiously on the spot.

Zhou Lu immediately felt something was wrong.

Are there such insects in the ruins of this animal garden?

Zhou Lu observed the bugs on the ground and found that they were species he had never seen before.

Is it a new species?

Zhou Lu immediately asked Hua Huo to collect these insects.

Bring it back to Sister Xiaoqing, maybe she can publish a few more papers.

Zhou Lu thought this way.

*****

"If I guess correctly, it's right here!"

Deep in the ruins of the Beast Garden, two men in black stood in front of a wall.

"The protection of the nightmare of death." One of the men wearing glasses in black adjusted his glasses and showed a confident smile, "Although it is very covert, it is a pity that it cannot escape my eyes."

As he spoke, he said to his partner beside him: "If nothing else happens, there is the elixir material we are looking for here."

"Remember." He seemed to be afraid that his partner would do something bad, so he specifically reminded him, "Don't take too many things. Even if the world-breaking insect breaks through the protection of the Death Nightmare, if a large number of things inside are taken away, the other party will be affected. You will also be aware of it.”

"Okay. Take out your world-breaking insect."

However, there was no response to his words.

The man with glasses said softly and angrily: "I'm talking to you, are you listening?"

"Boss... I'm afraid this is a bit difficult..." His companion hesitated, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

When the bespectacled man saw the other party's condition, he secretly thought something bad and immediately asked: "What's going on?!"

"The world-breaking insects didn't obey my orders at all." The man's forehead was already covered with sweat. "They seemed to be attracted by something."

"What are you talking about?!" The man with glasses was horrified, "Have we been discovered?"

its not right! They were fully prepared before they came.

"Don't be ridiculous! Find a way to call those bastards of yours back!" The man with glasses was also anxious and said to his companions in a commanding tone.

But he also knew that this was almost impossible.

If it were other intelligent spiritual beasts, the owner's call might have some effect.

But this kind of bug completely succumbs to its own instincts and is not something you can recall just when you want.

After all... they have not concluded a beast-control contract with the spirit beast.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Why the hell can't you take care of a few bugs!" The man with glasses completely broke his guard.

You know, he didn't know how long he had been preparing for this day, but something went wrong at the last step.

The two left the place in a panic.

Shortly after the two left, Zhou Lu appeared at the corner with a map.

"It should be right here." Zhou Lu thought as he touched his chin.

After all, he is not a roadie. He should have read the map correctly.

At this moment, Hanabi gently tugged on Zhou Lu's clothes.

Zhou Lu looked down and saw Hua Hui drawing a symbol on Ben Ben's body.

There is someone nearby.

Zhou Lu understood the mark immediately.

He looked toward the end of the corridor warily.

Although no one was seen, the marks on the ground indicated that someone had been here just now.

Someone is also looking for Xiao'e's treasure?

Zhou Lu realized it immediately.

wrong.

Xiao E did not tell anyone else about this.

Zhou Lu gestured towards Hanabi.

Hanabi understood.

The next moment, Hanabi's branches began to grow rapidly.

Under the influence of [Plant Mimicry], they blend into the plants in the ruins.

Hanabi also took this opportunity to completely conceal the existence of this passage with branches.

After Zhou Lu checked that the other party had not left any restrictions, he immediately used the token given to him by the Nightmare of Death to open the secret door of the treasure.

He didn't have time to break it down and said directly to Hanabi:

"Hanabi! Pack everything up, we're leaving right away."