The core is the usual energy core of a Demonic Beast. The probability of low-level Demonic Beasts producing cores is very low, and the energy contained varies with size.
Humans cannot use cores directly; they can only submit them to research institutes or exchange them for points at larger organizations, and then use those points to purchase desired items.
I heard that evolution fluid is extracted from this kind of thing.
Qin Chao looked at the rat corpse only five meters away from him.
"Looking at its size, it should be worth at least 50 points. What a pity. I'd dare to go five meters back, but five meters forward, and my life might be gone."
He regretfully glanced at it again and continued to shoot other wild beasts.
As he spoke, Qin Chao saw Commander Su Ling and the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger moving swiftly on the battlefield from the north side, and the battle was shifting towards his direction.
Those ignorant wild beasts that dared to approach the battle circle were either pierced with several holes by Commander Su Ling's surrounding Ice Blades and then frozen stiff in place, or scorched black by the fire clouds around the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger, falling to the ground, their fates unknown.
All the surrounding creatures knew the danger of these two, but unfortunately, their speed was too fast, and those who couldn't dodge in time became cannon fodder.
Qin Chao observed while firing his gun.
This woman is fierce, but her opponent is even fiercer.
If it weren't for this woman occasionally emitting an ice wave to force back the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger, she would probably have been engaged in close combat by now.
Although the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger also had misgivings about the Ice Blades, slightly smaller Ice Blades could not leave many marks on its fiery red striped hide.
Commander Su Ling was also extremely anxious at this moment. Her strength was slightly inferior to that of the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger. Relying on her Spiritual Artifact, she had temporarily held it off, but she was retreating step by step. To avoid breaking up the depth of the battle line, she had to pull the fight in this direction.
Qin Chao fired two more clips, constantly watching the gradually approaching battle circle.
"Wow, beauty and the beast! This beauty is so strong."
"Wait, why is it getting closer and closer?"
Qin Chao looked at the extremely dangerous situation around the battle circle, where touching it meant death, and his heart began to pound.
"This won't do. The wind is tight, time to scram."
After saying that, he slowly retreated backward while firing his gun.
He couldn't look back. If he did, and came face to face with the soldiers behind him, it would be truly embarrassing. The fate of a deserter goes without saying.
Commander Su Ling's situation became increasingly precarious. She had used 60% of her internal energy, but the opposing Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger showed no signs of fatigue.
Commander Su Ling thought, "Is the gap between a fifth-level and Peak fifth-level really that big?"
Looking around, although the battle was still ongoing, the entire battle line was also a chaotic mess, not far from being broken through.
Thinking of this, she shouted to her surroundings:
"Pass on my order: full line retreat, hold the city wall."
Qin Chao heard this: "Finally, we can retreat."
"This situation is too dangerous. Let's return to the city wall first."
When Qin Chao was knocked unconscious, the entire battle line had already been pushed back quite a bit.
When he woke up, although there were still a dozen soldiers around him holding the line, he was in a relatively forward position on the overall battle line.
Qin Chao looked at his surroundings and realized his position was a bit dangerous, but as he looked at his retreat path,
Seeing many fallen Demonic Beast corpses, his heart couldn't help but feel a little hot.
"If I can get a few large cores back, my 600 points will probably be settled very quickly."
Qin Chao, mixed with the dozen or so surrounding soldiers, fought and retreated. He walked to a rat corpse, looking at the calf-sized body lying on the ground.
"Good heavens, when I was in school doing experiments, I personally sent off quite a few lab mice. Now seeing them have such a large relative, I really feel a bit unaccustomed."
"If a student in school were to perform a decapitation operation, it's uncertain who would be operating on whom."
As he thought this, he was about to touch the rat's corpse.
The soldier beside him, seeing the gradually approaching Demonic Beasts, noticed someone in the team still wanting to touch a corpse:
"Don't waste time. Such low-level Demonic Beasts don't yield much of a core. Hurry and retreat. Don't lose your life for a few points."
Core? Qin Chao saw some soldiers nearby, in their escape, occasionally stopping beside dead Demonic Beasts, slicing open their skulls with a knife and rummaging around.
"Crude."
Qin Chao saw a unlucky Demonic Beast nearby whose head had been ripped open by a stray bullet, its brains splattered everywhere. He casually reached out, swiped, and pulled out a white crystal not much bigger than a peanut.
"It's a good thing I took off my glasses after transmigrating, otherwise I really wouldn't have seen this tiny thing."
He picked it up with his dagger and had just placed it in his hand when a prompt sounded in his ear:
"Essence substance detected, beginning absorption. Collected 8 points of Essence."
Qin Chao was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
"Golden Finger! The Golden Finger is here!"
An urging voice came from his ear again.
"Hurry and retreat."
Qin Chao suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Retreat first, retreat first. I'll examine it carefully when it's safe."
Although he thought this, his body was very honest, and he immediately rushed towards the next Demonic Beast corpse.
The soldiers behind him watched as Qin Chao, on his retreat path, would go and tinker with every Demonic Beast corpse he saw. Since it didn't delay much time, they said no more.
Qin Chao jumped around in the retreating team, looting corpses. He skillfully used the dagger in his hand to pry open the skull cap from the back of the head, his movements incredibly fluid, leaving some of the opportunistic guys nearby stunned.
"Good heavens, he's a technical logistics soldier."
One by one, they couldn't help but touch the back of their own heads, feeling a little chill.
"Essence +9, Essence +6, Essence +12..."
Along the way, he pried open dozens of corpses, and about a dozen of them contained cores.
As Qin Chao neared the city wall, he looked back at Commander Su Ling, who was still entangled with the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger on the trench line, and sighed:
"What a good person! If it weren't for this ice woman blocking, I definitely wouldn't have had the chance to touch so many corpses."
The soldier next to him heard and replied, "What ice woman? This is Commander Su Ling of our base, a fifth-level ice attribute ability user."
In the distance, Commander Su Ling's petite body was always shrouded in a cold aura. She moved nimbly, dodging the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger's pounces. The cold aura and the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger's cloud-like surrounding flames canceled each other out, giving rise to large plumes of white mist. Her hands rapidly waved, constantly condensing translucent Ice Blades or thick Ice Spikes, shooting them at various parts of the Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger's body.
The Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger, relying on its massive body, was not to be outdone. It spewed flames of an eerie color from its mouth, constantly blocking the rapidly incoming Ice Blades and Ice Spikes.
The surrounding soldiers, seeing that they were almost at the city wall, relaxed and began to discuss.
"Exactly, she's a fierce one. Look, she's fighting the Peak fifth-level Crimson Flame Cloud Tiger to a standstill."
"Yeah, thanks to Commander Su Ling this time. Those bastards retreated too fast; I didn't even react in time to follow."
"Thanks to Commander Su Ling, otherwise we wouldn't even know if we could make it back."
Qin Chao saw that they were almost at the city gate. The surrounding Demonic Beast corpses had already been mostly scavenged by the soldiers who had retreated earlier. He tried a few more, but got no reaction, so he stopped looking around and began to quietly examine his System.
Host: Qin Chao
Stamina: 19
Strength: 15
Speed: 16
Spirit: 23
Acupoints unlocked: 0
Meridians unblocked: 0
Wei Qi Ying Xue System: Not activated
Five Zhi System: Not activated
Essence stored: 106
"Wei Qi Ying Xue" System temporarily cannot be activated.
"Five Zhi" System temporarily cannot be activated.
Medicinal Pill Exchange Lottery System cannot be activated due to insufficient conditions.
Host, please explore specific Cultivation methods on your own.
When Qin Chao saw the last sentence, "explore on your own," he was completely dumbfounded.
You want me to explore on my own? Are you kidding me?
Don't bully me just because I haven't read novels! Others start as a Dragon Overlord, what the hell is this 'explore on my own'?
He looked at the panel again, focusing on "Acupoints unlocked," and fell into contemplation.
Just as he was thinking, a group of over a dozen people passed through the base gate.
Qin Chao looked at the scene before him, which was vastly different from when he had set out. The military camp had been largely dismantled, and apart from the soldiers still holding the city wall, everyone else was moving things and loading them onto vehicles.
"What's going on? Are they moving?"
At this moment, a command came from overhead:
"Except for the soldiers holding the city wall, everyone else, move! Pack up your things, we are retreating to 106 Base."