Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 646 - 405: Efficient Hunting

Chapter 646: Chapter 405: Efficient Hunting

The Silent Wilderness is located in the southern hemisphere of Black Ring Star.

Ji Xinghuo boarded a transport plane and, after several hours of flying, traversed the equator. He passed beneath the spectacular planetary rings and sailed across the ocean for over two hours before arriving at a continent in the southern hemisphere.

Looking out from the porthole, the land was filled with eye-popping meteorite craters everywhere.

Once, this continent was the most prosperous place on Black Ring Star.

But during the great war over 1,500 years ago, after the only moon shattered and fell, most of its fragments crashed on this continent, completely altering the environment and landscape.

The continent, originally nearly 300 million square kilometers in area, was mostly submerged by the ocean, forming countless islands of varying sizes.

The Silent Wilderness was on the largest remaining piece of land, covering an area of over 20 million square kilometers. It was called the "Silent Wilderness" because, compared to other regions, it was like a land of deathly stillness.

After being bombarded by meteorites, the entire continent suffered a nuclear strike.

There were ruins of dozens of cities within the wilderness.

All over Black Ring Star, there were similar ruins, still bearing nuclear contamination to this day, which caused countless monsters to mutate, making it very dangerous for ordinary people.

However dangerous, there was a lot of monster activity, and it brimmed with life.

The Silent Wilderness, on the other hand, was a picture of silence.

At least on the surface, that’s how it appeared, but in reality, it was one of the most dangerous areas on Black Ring Star.

Because this wilderness was occupied by "Earth Devouring Worms."

They are a unique species to Black Ring Star, mutated by nuclear radiation from a creature in the Star Realm known as "Burrowing Worms." They are scientifically named "Black Ring Earth Devouring Worms" and are far more terrifying and difficult to hunt than Burrowing Worms.

But no matter how hard they are to hunt, it doesn’t stop the Hunters. The Alien Species value of Earth Devouring Worms is quite high, and Mutants venture into the Silent Wilderness all year round, taking risks.

There are several outposts on the edge of the Silent Wilderness.

The transport plane landed at the outpost in the northern part of the wilderness.

Ji Xinghuo disembarked.

He didn’t bring his Branch Horn Cloud Deer this time. For one, it was somewhat cumbersome and unnecessary, and the conditions of the Silent Wilderness were not suitable for mounts, so he left it at a War Pet service center at a transfer station.

The outpost wasn’t large, similar to a small town, with only two cross-shaped main streets and several hundred buildings on either side.

However, there was quite a bit of foot traffic.

Ji Xinghuo’s Electromagnetic Induction swept the area, giving him a clear picture of the entire settlement. He tapped the ground with his foot. It felt extremely solid. The ground beneath the entire settlement was cast with steel, with an average thickness of more than five meters, obviously to guard against the Earth Devouring Worms.

"What free information, it must have already been passed around several hands..." He watched people coming and going in the settlement and couldn’t help but complain.

A small settlement yet it housed two or three thousand people.

Those Hunting Teams were almost all led by Legendary fighters; their strength was extraordinary. There were also many Heavenly King Level fighters, and his Electromagnetic Induction, just casually scanning, spotted seven or eight of them. None of them were easy to provoke.

Without asking, he knew that everyone was here for that Earthquake Level Black Ring Earth Devouring Worm.

Ji Xinghuo roamed the settlement for a while.

He seemed to be wandering aimlessly, but his Electromagnetic Induction enveloped the entire settlement, targeting densely populated areas like hotels and bars. With a bit of Concentration, he received the signals made by people’s conversations and translated the content.

Soon, Ji Xinghuo grasped the essential information.

"There are more and more people arriving."

"Someone must be deliberately spreading the news to stir the waters. Damn it, who could it be?"

"Boss, talking about this doesn’t matter now; we must find that Earth Devouring Worm before anyone else!"

"As if it’s that easy..."

"The most important thing right now is to recruit new teammates to increase our strength."

This was a Hunting Team that had just returned from the wilderness, restocking their ammunition and food, water, repairing their equipment, and huddled in a private room of a restaurant, discussing in low voices.

Ji Xinghuo learned from their conversation that they had known about the Earth Devouring Worm over twenty days ago, entered the wilderness in search of it, but came back empty-handed, and even lost two teammates.

There were three teams in similar situations.

Ji Xinghuo listened simultaneously and, after a moment, pieced together the fragmented information.

It turned out that the first person to discover that Earthquake Level Earth Devouring Worm was a small team of three Legendary figures. Thirty-five days ago, they were attacked by that Earth Devouring Worm in the central-southern part of the Silent Wilderness. Only one of them survived and made it back.

The only survivor was a Mutant who, after being treated in the southern outpost of the wilderness, began to form a new team to hunt down the creature.

But as their actions were not secretive, the news leaked out.

The second batch of people who learned of the situation also joined the hunt secretly. In the following ten days or so, three teams found the target, but they all suffered heavy casualties, and only a few people escaped.

Gradually, news about the Earth Devouring Worm spread completely, and more and more people rushed to the Silent Wilderness.

However, up to now, no one had found the Earth Devouring Worm.

The last time someone encountered it was twenty days ago, at a location in the western part of the Silent Wilderness about 2,600 kilometers away from where it was first encountered.

Ji Xinghuo opened the satellite map on his personal terminal and marked the location.

From the earliest discovery of the Earth Devouring Worm to the last time it had been seen, the known five appearances were all marked on the map in chronological order.

It was clear to see that the Earthquake Level Earth Devouring Worm was moving west.

Although there were two instances of backtracking, the overall direction was becoming closer to the western part of the Silent Wilderness.

"Heading west?"

Ji Xinghuo searched for information.