"This is the location of the second human death incident."
"This is the third one."
Lin Chen connected the three locations and drew a triangle.
His memory was excellent, but he also knew that others weren’t fools and surely someone must have analyzed it similarly.
The circle and triangle intersected most of the regions, leaving just a few edges and corners.
"The information-type Beastmaster of the Monster Hunters has already ruled out this area..." Lin Chen marked a large cross.
He then looked at the distribution of these plants: Spirit Butterfly Flowers, one of the favorite foods of the Poisonous Bee Beast, and Fire Shrubs, the plant the Poisonous Bee Beast most despised...
"The Fire Shrub area can be ruled out; it’s very difficult for animals to overcome their natural instincts."
"The vicinity of the Spirit Butterfly Flowers is too obvious; a Poisonous Bee Beast with any sense wouldn’t nest here, so it can be ruled out as well."
Lin Chen was perplexed; it seemed a bit difficult.
He once again touched the soil; it was very loose and not solid.
Lin Chen looked at the map, seeing that it was marked in detail with symbols for Stone Mountain, waterfalls, and everything else.
Soon he discovered something interesting.
Lin Chen thought of something, and his geographical knowledge came into play.
An underground river.
Because there were so many Fire Shrubs here, the soil shouldn’t be so damp.
Unless there is an underground river.
Referring to the nearby river courses, this waterfall was dried up and should be where the underground river flows out.
Although these Poisonous Bee Beasts don’t like the Fire Shrubs, they prefer damp places, and the Fire Shrubs are very close to the Spirit Butterfly Flowers...
Lin Chen finally had an answer to his guess.
There’s a good chance that the Secret Realm entrance is right beneath the Fire Shrubs.
However, how does the Poisonous Bee Beast return home?
It’s impossible for it to get through the most detested Fire Swamp Jungle...
Lin Chen pondered again.
"The information-type Spirit Beast didn’t trace the Poisonous Bee Beast’s scent, which is very odd..."
"The underground river should also have a water flow outlet."
Lin Chen’s pupils suddenly brightened, and his thoughts became instantly clear.
What a cunning Poisonous Bee Beast...
This nest of Poisonous Bee Beasts is not simple!
"Hello, I’ve already found..."
"Pay first." Xia Yu’s line and actions remained the same.
Lin Chen took out three hundred bucks and put it in.
"Go ahead." Xia Yu didn’t bother picking up a pen because she thought the place Lin Chen mentioned would surely be another area already searched.
"It’s in this area." Lin Chen pointed on the map.
Xia Yu couldn’t bear to look; Lin Chen said it was the Fire Swamp.
Surely he wasn’t the first, countless people before had thought in reverse, thinking themselves geniuses.
Unexpectedly, the Fire Swamp had long been searched by the Monster Hunter’s information Spirit Beast.
"It’s underground." Lin Chen began.
"Poisonous Bee Beast can’t burrow."
Xia Yu laughed; it was the first time she’d heard that the Secret Realm entrance for the Poisonous Bee Beast was underground.
"It doesn’t need to burrow because the underground here is empty."
"How do you know?" Xia Yu was skeptical.
Lin Chen hadn’t even been to the scene; how could he know the underground was empty?
"A guess," Lin Chen said, "The underground there should be an underground river or conduit."
Lin Chen wasn’t wrong; he was indeed guessing, he continued, "However, the Poisonous Bee Beast’s entrance isn’t here, it’s here."
He pointed to the waterfall’s location.
"This place is over two kilometers from the murder site." Xia Yu said, "It doesn’t fit the hunting habits of the Poisonous Bee Beast."
"But it’s about a kilometer from the flower sea." Lin Chen drew a circle.
Seems like he knows something?
"You’re saying it goes from the waterfall and then lives under the Fire Shrubs?"
"Yes. The waterfall’s water flow can wash away the scent on the Poisonous Bee Beast, evading the information Spirit Beast’s detection."
"Okay, I got it." Xia Yu’s patience truly had its limits, deep inside she felt it was impossible.
While the Poisonous Bee Beast doesn’t dislike water, it’s also not proficient in it.
Most importantly, it has to travel a kilometer underground to get home, who could handle that?
Furthermore, the likelihood of Poisonous Bee Beasts living underground is extremely low, let alone living beneath its most hated Fire Shrub.
However, Xia Yu still had a high sense of professional responsibility, she seriously noted it down and said, "I will send someone to verify this, leave your Guild Machine number."
"Go to the waterfall and use an Information Spirit to explore underground towards this direction, but be careful, the other side is very clever and could very well be a big hive." Lin Chen finished leaving his Guild Machine number and then left.
He knew that this information was hard for others to believe, but Lin Chen believed in his judgment.
The first lesson his teacher taught him when he joined the field was: An analyst’s first principle is confidence.
Without confidence, data could not become a tool in his hands.
After leaving the Beast Tamer Guild, Lin Chen didn’t go home immediately but went to the Beast Sale Shop.
The Little Fox was startled upon hearing this.
Wasn’t it said yesterday that it wouldn’t be sold?
"Don’t worry, I’m going to buy grass. Our home has run out of Spirit Grass recently, and I don’t plan to go out for the next few days, so I need to stock up a bit."
Lin Chen patiently explained:
"Xiao Hong, although I’m not your official Beastmaster yet, you can trust me unconditionally."
The Little Fox, being timid, was naturally extremely frightened; it was Xiaobai who stood out, nodding its bovine head, mooing, meaning:
"You can trust him; he never deceives Niu Niu!"
Only then did the Little Fox feel a bit at ease, but its heart was still perturbed.
"Hello, do you need... oh it’s you, Xiaobai!! Hello there, do you still remember me?"
It was the female salesperson from last time.
One has to admit, an excellent person can master any trade; she recognized Lin Chen and Xiaobai, worthy of being the top seller of the shop.
Actually, it wasn’t that the saleswoman was too excellent, but Xiaobai was indeed a bit special.
She’d been working here for so many years and it was the first time she saw a cow with cleanliness issues.
"Xiaobai, say hello to the lady." Lin Chen smiled.
Xiaobai mooed, naturally remembering her; if it wasn’t for her help with introductions, it wouldn’t have made a contract with such a good Beastmaster like Lin Chen.
"What do you need? Selling a beast? This is a Flame Fox, right?" As she spoke, the female salesperson immediately spotted the Flame Fox on Lin Chen’s shoulder, which seemed to be in good condition.
"No, I’m here to buy Spirit Grass."
"You shouldn’t be able to contract a second Spirit Beast yet, we can offer a high..." The female salesperson hinted again.
The Little Fox got even more panicked, clutching tightly to Lin Chen’s clothes with its four claws, fearing that Lin Chen might be persuaded.
Unexpectedly, Lin Chen directly interrupted her spell: "Thanks, I’m just here to buy Spirit Grass, please don’t scare my Spirit Beast."
"I’m very sorry." The female salesperson also noticed Xiao Hong’s uneasiness, apologizing, and winking at Xiao Hong: "Forgive me, sister."
Lin Chen lovingly patted the Little Fox’s head, he actually enjoyed this scene, because little red was timid so it needed to experience more things, to be exposed to more people and things.
The saleswoman was very generous; to apologize, she gave a pound of Inferior Spirit Grass to Xiao Hong, and also a pound to Xiaobai.
This made Lin Chen sigh, a top-seller who can understand customer psychology perfectly...
By this gesture, going to other stores to buy Inferior Spirit Grass next time would feel guilty.
Once out the door, the Little Fox finally calmed down.
Then they bought some vegetables, but when it came time to buy meat, they found only two thousand bucks left.
"Forget it, let’s lose some weight lately."
Lin Chen patted his stomach, which wasn’t actually fat, but it was an excuse he made for himself.
The Little Fox, however, hung its small head, with red eyes...
When buying Inferior Spirit Grass, he spent thousands.
But buying one portion of vegetables at ten bucks, he haggled for half a day.
The final reason, the Little Fox naturally wouldn’t believe.
At this moment, the Little Fox really wanted to become Lin Chen’s Spirit Beast as soon as possible.
Xiaobai can grow Spirit Grass to sell money, and the Little Fox needs to learn to make money too, to relieve the Beastmaster’s worries and rescue this impoverished home.