The Inheritor 53 Quest Part 2

"Since you guys are the first this year let give some extra tips, don't underestimate the crabs in the caves. They are far more intelligent than the one outside Pregandis Lake."

Quinn and his friends nodded their head and proceeded to the cave; they had already read through the details so everyone had a rough idea about it. In brief, it was they are supposed to steal the pearls from the nest holes. These pearls are the nutrients left by the parent star-crabs for its babies.

The problem is that these nest holes are generally well hidden and high-quality pearls are very rare; moreover, male Star-crab would always be safeguarding its nest. So they must find a nest hole and defeat the crab to get a pearl.

Actually, the old guy's tip was as useless as it can get, none of the students will be aware of cultivation much less these crabs before entering the school; so obviously they would be clueless about the crabs outside.

And students during their first Quest would be far more cautious than the rest so his tip was nothing but a cheap trick. Quinn didn't bother with the blind guy idle enough to tease little kids.

Everyone cautiously entered the cave; though the Star-crabs weren't deadly it could still cause severe injuries if one was careless. The cave had decent lighting so they didn't have any problem searching. The track was filled with twists and turns to prevent them from getting a clear picture of the cave in spite of reasonable visibility.

Since they were the first to enter this year, Quinn team were trying to pick some easy bargains by collecting the Jade Pearls from the nest on the outer surface of the cave.

Quinn and his friends combed every nook and corner of the stone pathway and the rock-strewn walls; inadvertently hampering their speed. After quarter-an-hour of relentless searching, they still ended with nothing but bruises and dirty clothes.

Finally, Elgar couldn't bear seeing them wasting their time lifting every trash on the way.

[Boss, actually searching near the cave entrance and places with lighting is pure waste time, the Star crabs will build their nest in the dark hideouts only.]

"Elgar, Are you sure? We didn't get any such info."

Though he believed Elgar, he still found such info too elementary and without such knowledge, the Quest is nothing but a waste of time.

[Boss, rest a.s.sured I'm sure that the crabs will form their nest holes in dry and dark places. The area near the entrance gets too much of exposure so not even blindest crab would build its nest any were near the entrance.

Your school's probably trying to test you guys, only the first team would search at the cave entrance, the teams coming after would probably conclude that all the nest holes at the entrance were emptied by the group before them after a short period of fruitless searching.

If the First team entering Dark Star Crab Cave are brilliant and talented kids they will find something amiss after searching for few hours and only the overconfident fools will waste all their 4 days at the entrance.

Actually, this Dark Carb cave is Qi-forbidden region, that is, cultivators are prohibited from entering. Once they enter the entire structure would collapse and all the inhabitant life forms would self-destruct.

Outside the there are many such places and people use the androids to collect these pearls. Since no device is allowed in the school campus they are using you guys to collect it.

It's actually a brilliant idea killing 2 birds with a stone, they collect these crab pearl as well as training their students.]

'As expected the school is actually holding back info about the cave; but its better this way, I can gain more advantage and ama.s.s credit. *sigh* This Zenith Box is really gluttonous each function requires 1 high-grade spirit stones.

"Ehh.. ok then let's do it this way. We'll go deeper into the cave and explore it before starting the search; anyways I have got 4 days it's wise to get a grip over the terrain before hunting."

[Boss, it's actually truly a great plan it's far better than searching blindly. If we could form a rough map of the cave, then it will make our job much easier. Boss ask your friends record their exploration and if we have enough data I could form a makes.h.i.+ft map using those videos and info from the Unigux-Net.]

Elgar became more and more excited as he imagined the map and quickly collecting the Jade pearls. Actually the main reason Quinn chose this Dark Crab cave was for quickly earning credits and exchange it for spirit stone to activate various functions of Zenith box.

1 high-grade spirit stone is equal to 10000 credits; he was very well aware of the difficulties involved in earning credits but he too had few advantages over others.

Elgar had knowledge about most of the current affairs and few general happening of Unigux though restricted to secrets and confidential affairs; He gained this knowledge from the update with PI.

Though Elgar is still barred from connecting to the outside world is still more than enough to lead a successful school life, even without any special functions of Zenith Box.

'Not fully exploiting the resources is tantamount to wastage'

Quinn always led his business with this creed so he was always craving to activate the functions to boost his cultivation. Quinn just nodded and then called his friends; all his roommates were digging and turning all the rocks in the cave tunnel.

"We will get no were searching like so first explore the whole cave before searching for the Pearls."

Quinn didn't give much explanation but his friends had already accepted him as their Big Bro so they just followed Quinn's lead. Then, everyone picked up the pace they soon reached the end of the track.

It let them to a clear lake surrounded by endless fields filled undefined of rocks. Since the lake is far from the entrance, it has very little or no lighting at all so they couldn't find any ends for the rocks.

Quinn realized exploring it fully is an impossible job; he never expected such a scenery. After a sometimes he came up with an idea.

"Guys this cave is too vast, let's split up and explore in four directions for exactly an hour and after that let's meet up at this same place. Let's repeat the same method for a few times. And one more thing record everything in with your school ring.

I will try to form a rough sketch of the cave. Don't engage with any crabs, if you encounter one try your best to escape. The goal is exploration so try your best cover maximum distance and if you caught in a difficult situation then don't hesitate to call for helpline through the School Ring. Though it will cancel the Quest, it's still better than losing your life. Remember your lives are more important than any Quests or credits."