Xu Xin returned to the dungeon and pushed the door into the first room in the corridor.
At this moment in the room, Chang Yin and Xue Lan were sitting at the table, while the little boy and the maid were playing on the side. When Xu Xin pushed the door open, the eyes of several stone statues were all focused on him.
Being stared at by the lifeless eyes of the four stone statues made Xu Xin feel a little creepy. He quickly said, "The road above is indeed closed. It seems that we only have the corridor to go through."
Chang Yin shrugged: "I told you, but you didn't believe it and wasted so much time."
Xu Xin didn't think it was a waste of time. At least he got in touch with everyone in the explorer and obtained some information.
"Then let's go and try to get out of this basement tonight." Xu Xin didn't sit down, but leaned against the door and said.
"Leaving now?" Xue Lan looked at Xu Xin in surprise, "Don't you want to take a break? Those traps are terrifying."
He has been eating oranges and apricots, so he is still mentally and physically full and does not need to rest at all.
"No need. Before I leave, I will go and contract some mutant beasts."
Xu Xin and the four stone statues came to the door of the room where the mutant beasts were imprisoned, and Chang Yin pushed the door open and walked in.
In the huge underground stone chamber, the eyes of a group of mutant beasts that had broken out of their cages instantly focused on Xu Xin and his companions.
Sure enough, they have all woken up.
After a few howls, the dozen or so mutant beasts in the front pounced towards them first.
Just as Xu Xin was about to pull out the broom, Chang Yin stomped his feet, causing the entire ground to tremble. He then roared, "Go back!"
All the mutant beasts were shocked and stopped in place, then slowly retreated. In less than half a minute, all the mutant beasts returned to the iron cages that they had destroyed and lay down obediently.
…Is it that strong
"Okay, choose according to your own preferences. Do you want me to give you some suggestions?" Chang Yin didn't think what he did was great at all, and turned to Xu Xin and said.
"Is there any kind that is very fast and aggressive?" Xu Xin asked.
"Come with me."
Xue Lan, the child, and the maid did not come in. Chang Yin led Xu Xin through the gaps between the cages.
Looking at the destroyed cages and the mutant beasts that could jump out at any time, Xu Xin would be lying if he said he wasn't panicking. The distance was too close, and with the explosive speed of these beasts, it was difficult for him to even dodge.
However, whenever Chang Yin approached, the beasts in the cages would either lie down with their heads tucked in, or huddle in the farthest corner of the cage and tremble, looking like dogs that had done something wrong.
"They are so afraid of you, have they signed a contract with you?" Xu Xin asked curiously.
"No, they are just afraid of my strength. Besides, I have done many experiments on them, so they are right to be afraid of me."
Soon, Chang Yin brought Xu Xin to a cage. This cage was not made of iron, but another metal. The cage was not rusty and not damaged, but because its color was dark red rust, very similar to the surrounding colors, Xu Xin did not notice the difference of this cage when he first came.
In the cage was a cheetah with blood-red patterns all over its body. At this moment, the cheetah did not tremble like other mutated beasts. Instead, it bared its teeth and growled at Xu Xin and Chang Yin outside the cage.
Coco lay on Xu Xin's shoulder and bared her teeth at the cheetah in the cage.
"How does this cheetah feel?"
Xu Xin's eyes lit up. It was a cheetah! He had found a treasure!
Xu Xinke is very familiar with cheetahs. Although the word "豹" is in its name like the leopard, the cheetah is not a muscular brother of the panther subfamily, but a slender cat subfamily. The reason why it is called a leopard is because it is more similar to the leopard.
Compared with tigers, lions and leopards, the cheetah is indeed much weaker. Many people regard it as a punching bag on the grassland. It is bullied by hyenas, leopards and lions in turn. Even vultures dare to snatch the cheetah's food.
Although it is weak, the cheetah also has its strong side. On Earth, the cheetah is the fastest land creature, with a maximum speed of 130 kilometers per hour, three times the speed of Bolt. At the same time, it only takes more than two seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers, an acceleration that even most top sports cars cannot match.
Because of its fast speed, the cheetah's hunting success rate can reach an astonishing 60%. It should be noted that the tiger's hunting success rate is less than 30%, and the lion group's is even less than 20%. Of course, hunting success does not mean that you will not go hungry, because without strong power, it is common for the cheetah's food to be snatched away. After all, it is the punching bag of the grassland.
But the mutant cheetah in front of him didn't look weak at all. This cheetah was very big, weighing nearly 200 kilograms, bigger than some tigers. If it weren't for its still slender body, Xu Xin almost thought it was a leopard.
Moreover, this cheetah has very obvious red patterns on its body, which are almost the same as the blood-patterned rabbit and blood-patterned cat that Xu Xin summoned from the altar.
"This cheetah is my most successful test subject. Its quality is just a little bit away from reaching the level of a mid-level mutant beast." Chang Yin pointed at the cheetah's two front paws.
Only then did Xu Xin discover that the cheetah's two front paws had changed in appearance to become like a blood-marked cat. The claws that were stretched out now were extremely sharp, just like Wolverine's claws.
"It's a pity that it's the limit of what I can achieve. The reagents extracted from the flesh and blood of intermediate mutant beasts may not be able to mutate ordinary beasts into intermediate beasts." Chang Yin shook his head with some regret.
"This is it." Xu Xin took out a mutant beast contract and crushed it directly at the cheetah.
"Hey you..."
Contract failed, please try again.
Ah? A contract can fail? Xu Xin was a little embarrassed.
"I've already told you, this one is basically about to reach the intermediate level. Even if it's not yet at the intermediate level, you can't just make a contract with it, right? You have to make it feel submissive to you." Chang Yin looked at Xu Xin with a frown.
Xu Xin touched his nose in embarrassment. He thought these contracts could be forced to sign directly.
After thinking about it, it seems to be true.
He has only contracted the Silver King and the bat in the ring so far.
When the contract was signed with the Silver King, it was already dying. If it did not agree to the contract, it could die at any time. Xu Xin told it that if it wanted to continue living, it should sign the contract. Only then did the Wolf King, who had a strong desire to survive, agree.
When the bat was contracted, it was so frightened by the special broom in Xu Xin's hand that it dared not move. It wrapped its body and trembled. It was indeed in a state of submission, so the contract process went so smoothly.
Xu Xin immediately took out a broom from his backpack.
The moment it was taken out, the beasts in the other cages around it all shrank in the opposite direction of Xu Xin.
The cheetah in the cage in front of him also took a step back and uttered a threatening hissing sound towards him. Because he had cats at home and was familiar with them, Xu Xin could see that the cheetah's threat was accompanied by a hint of fear.
"Your broom is really useful." Xu Xin couldn't help but say to Chang Yin.
"Of course, it was soaked... Why am I telling you this? You'd better sign a contract with it quickly, then we'll leave." Chang Yin stopped talking halfway and urged Xu Xin.
But Xu Xin still caught a glimpse of information. What was on the broom that scared the low-level mutant beast so much? Could it be the blood of a high-level mutant beast
"Coco, are you afraid of this thing?" Xu Xin waved the broom in front of Coco a few times, and the surrounding beasts instantly shrank into the corner of the cage, and the cheetah in front of him immediately got furious, and let out a cat's meow, scratching the metal railing in front of Xu Xin with one claw.
Fortunately, the metal railing was specially made and was not broken by its claws.
"Hmm." Coco shook her head, then glanced at the cheetah in the cage with contempt, as if to say, I can't believe that such a big guy would react so strongly to a broom.
The cheetah belongs to the subfamily of cats. Its cry is not a roar like a tiger or lion, but a cat's meow. This made Xu Xin couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that even such a big cheetah could sound so cute.
At this time, Chang Yin also helped Xu Xin. He stomped his foot, and the strong deterrent force made the cheetah in the cage tremble. Then he urged: "Hurry up, use that gun to poke it a few times, maybe it will surrender."
However, Xu Xin did not do so, because Changyin's contract did not have the function of recovering injuries.
Xu Xin squatted down and looked at the cheetah. He took out a contract and started to talk nonsense: "I think you don't want to stay in this cage anymore. Do you want to run in the vast world outside? We are about to get out. This is your last chance. After we leave, this place will be sealed off and you can only stay in this cage until you die."
The blood-marked cheetah seemed to understand what Xu Xin said. It slowly closed its mouth, which was opened to exhale, and its expression was no longer so ferocious.
"After the contract, you will be my partner. I will provide you with shelter and food, so that you can live a life without worrying about food and drink."
"Oh oh!" Coco jumped in front of the cage and patted her chest to prove that Xu Xin was telling the truth.
Perhaps it was the effect of cocoa that caused the cheetah's tense body to gradually relax.
Strike while the iron is hot, Xu Xin threw a big red berry into the cage.
Attracted by the smell of the red berries, the cheetah sniffed twice, looked up at them, and finally couldn't resist and ate the red berries.
At this time Xu Xin once again crushed the contract in his hand.
This time, the cheetah just struggled twice symbolically before giving up resistance and being wrapped by the fragments of the contract.
It’s quite easy.
Contract the mutant cheetah, earn points: 90 points
According to the ratio of five to one, the cheetah's points in the last hunting activity were 450, while the blood-marked rabbit and blood-marked cat had 500 points. As expected, it was only a little lower than the level of the intermediate mutant beast.
Chang Yin pressed a mechanism next to it, and the special cage slowly opened.
The contracted blood-marked cheetah became much docile, but it did not come up to Xu Xin and get close to him like the Silver King did. Instead, it stood beside him coldly. Xu Xin tried to touch it, but it dodged.
Maybe this is the difference between cats and dogs.
"What is your cage made of?" Xu Xin was a little envious of the metal, which could withstand the cheetah's claws without being damaged.
"Don't think about it. I don't know either. This has been underground since the beginning."
Xu Xin tried to retrieve the cage, but it didn't work, so he had to give up.
After taming the cheetah, Xu Xin became more confident.
There is a red panda named Koko who is very sensitive to danger and treasure, a mutant bat that can fly and explore the way, a mutant cheetah with incredibly fast speed and strong attack power, and a Silver King who has great endurance and will not get tired even if he runs long distances. His beast team is gradually becoming stronger.
"Okay, let's go!" Chang Yin said, "Is there no problem now? Then take us out of this dark underground place."