Chapter 42: Coveted Oil Resources

"Bah, bah, bah! This dirt doesn't taste good at all."

Being buried alive was a thoroughly unpleasant experience.

Moreover, dirt tasted terrible.

Upon seeing Qin Chuan appear before its eyes, the Golden Tiger Lion instinctively retreated.

This was a sign of fear. Though the Golden beast would never admit it, it was indeed terrified; it was truly afraid.

Recovering instantly, the Golden Tiger Lion hurriedly opened its mouth to gather energy, attempting to launch another attack against Qin Chuan. But Qin Chuan refused to give it another chance. Moving like a streak of lightning, he rushed toward the beast and slammed its jaws shut with both hands.

"Whoosh!"

The entire beast felt utterly wretched. With its energy condensation forcibly interrupted halfway through, thick plumes of smoke billowed out from its nostrils and both ears.

"Still acting so cocky!"

Qin Chuan was quite pleased with his handiwork. How dare it try to bury him alive? Now it knew just how formidable he was.

With its entire muzzle stained pitch-black, the Golden Tiger Lion glared at Qin Chuan with monstrous hatred. Its resentment surged to the heavens, as if it wanted to tear Qin Chuan apart and swallow him alive. Enraged, it lunged at Qin Chuan, determined to shred him to pieces and flatten him into the ground.

It had to avenge the humiliation of its closed mouth.

The brave Golden Tiger Lion wiggled its alluringly plump waist, its golden fur fluttering in the wind as it charged toward Qin Chuan. Igniting the flames of vengeance, it opened its wrathful maw and raised its tyrannical claws, descending upon Qin Chuan with crushing force.

Yet!!

Faced with absolute strength, the Golden Tiger Lion was sent flying by a casual kick from Qin Chuan's little foot.

Then!!

Qin Chuan leaped in front of the Golden Tiger Lion and delivered a merciless punch straight to its head.

"Still acting cocky!"

"Bang!"

Lifting his small hand once more, he brought it down again.

"Trying to eat me, are you?"

"Bang!"

Raising both hands.

"Go to hell!"

"Bang! Bang!"

***

The Golden Tiger Lion collapsed with wide-open eyes, losing all breath as its life was ended by Qin Chuan.

With cold facts, Qin Chuan proved to everyone: I am the terminator.

[Forbidden Land Announcement: Yanhuang's lucky representative, Qin Chuan, has slain a 3-star Bronze-level monster, the Golden Tiger Lion, and randomly rewards the Yanhuang Country with fifty times its petroleum resources. He also receives a 3-star lottery reward.]

Dragging the carcass of the Golden Tiger Lion, Qin Chuan walked step by step toward the lakeside.

As Qin Chuan had ground the Golden Tiger Lion into the dirt earlier, people all over the world had witnessed the entire scene of him defeating the beast.

It had been an overwhelming, crushing slaughter. In front of Qin Chuan, the difference between the Golden Tiger Lion and a human was like that of a child and an adult.

Fifty times the petroleum resource reward!

Petroleum resources were what people across the entire globe desired most. On the planet of Kyushu, such resources were already on the verge of exhaustion.

Yet this time, Qin Chuan had directly secured a fiftyfold petroleum resource reward for the Yanhuang Country.

Although the exact amount remained unknown, it was more than enough to make everyone rejoice.

"Why isn't this Qin Chuan the lucky representative of our country?"

"With him around for Yanhuang, what chance do we have to ever surpass them?"

"He is even more of a monster than the monsters themselves. A Bronze-level monster, killed just like that! He can completely ignore the creatures here. Is this Qin Chuan really going to run amok across the Forbidden Land?"

"Can't the Forbidden Land find even a single monster capable of dealing with him?"

The surviving representatives in the Forbidden Land heard the announcement with completely different expressions.

This was the third time they had heard this name. They had no idea whether Qin Chuan was male or female, how old he was, or what special abilities he possessed.

However, they knew one thing for certain: this Qin Chuan was a terrifying human being.

Regardless of the methods he used to slay that monster, they had firmly etched the name Qin Chuan into their hearts.

While 1-star and 2-star monsters were already immensely difficult for them to handle, this Qin Chuan had actually killed a 3-star Bronze-level monster. It left them utterly shaken.

Having faced these monsters themselves, they were deeply aware of just how terrifyingly strong the creatures truly were.

Yang Zhengyi of the National Security Bureau immediately mobilized nationwide personnel to begin surveying the newly emerged petroleum resources.

Aided by high-tech equipment, the changes in a specific region were quickly pinpointed. Yang Zhengyi dispatched professional teams equipped with measuring tools without delay to gauge the volume of the rewarded resources.

After a long wait, Yang Zhengyi finally received the data transmitted by the survey team.

"Director, the data has come through!" Shen Yong said to Yang Zhengyi with a hint of excitement.

"How much is there?" Yang Zhengyi asked urgently.

"According to the data sent by the Bureau of Resources, the petroleum resources that have appeared this time amount to a full two billion tons! Moreover, the quality of this oil is astonishingly high; it can be used for manufacturing without even needing refinement," Shen Yong replied.

***

"Two billion tons!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhengyi beamed with joy and paced back and forth. This news was simply too wonderful for them.

"Two billion tons! The value of this is astronomical. Having these petroleum resources will provide a crucial driving force for our country's construction and development!"

Although the largest oilfield in Kyushu's past had held over twenty billion billion tons, those massive oilfields were not located within the Yanhuang mainland, and those reserves were nearly exhausted by now.

Yet this new oilfield belonged entirely to their own country. Coupled with its superior quality that required no refinement, the value of these petroleum reserves was elevated even further.

"Report this news immediately. I'm sure that when they hear this, they will be thrilled as well."

Yang Zhengyi began making arrangements and instructed for the news regarding the oil discovery to be disseminated.

This information was not particularly classified. If other countries wanted to investigate, they could easily find out, so there was no need for concealment.

It was far better to let the entire nation share in the joy.

Listening to the news sent down by the National Security Bureau during her livestream, Bingbing immediately addressed her audience: "Let me share some great news with everyone: following our country's exploration and measurement, the location of the newly emerged oilfield has been found!"

"It seems everyone is eager to know the reserves of this oilfield. Well, I'll tell you: it's a full two billion tons! A petroleum reserve of twenty billion tons is a cause for immense celebration for our country!"

"Oh my god, two billion tons! Just how much money is that?!"

"There are very few petroleum resources left in the world. These two billion tons of oil will definitely provide massive assistance to the country."

"Fantastic! These resources appeared at just the right time."

"We owe it all to Qin Chuan. He single-handedly slew that Bronze-level Golden Tiger Lion, bringing such colossal resource rewards to our country."

In stark contrast to the ecstatic mood in Yanhuang, foreign netizens were plunged into despair.

"Oh my god, the Yanhuang Country is just too lucky. They actually got a random reward of petroleum resources."

"In our country, oilfields have to be developed with capital investments from conglomerates, but in Yanhuang, all these resources are strictly controlled by the state. This allows Yanhuang to utilize these resources for the greater good."

"I am so envious of the Yanhuang Country. How does one go about becoming a Yanhuang citizen?"

"It's too hard. I've failed for ten consecutive years."

"Yanhuang citizenship is the hardest to acquire in the world. I don't understand why so many Yanhuang people want to change their citizenships. Do they have any idea how desperately we wish we could become Yanhuang citizens?"