"The data is out. There's no poison gas or radiation in the air here. Humans can breathe normally," Zi Han said.
Su Han glanced at the image on the screen. A large amount of green data appeared, indicating everything was within the safe range. Su Han recognized symbols for oxygen, nitrogen, and so on, but the way the related ranges and content were labeled was beyond his comprehension.
Zi Han could understand it, and Chu Shi could too.
After glancing at the data on the screen, Chu Shi directly removed his helmet.
Zi Han also took off her virtual helmet.
Then, everyone else removed their virtual helmets.
"Mmm, the air is great. Much better than in the cities on Blue Star. The negative oxygen ion content is very high. Just like in the dinosaur world," Zi Han remarked.
Su Han also felt the air was excellent. The ambient temperature here was more comfortable than in the dinosaur world. It was possible that the latitude of this grassland was higher, or perhaps it was still spring.
Chu Shi said, "The drone has spotted life."
Chu Shi zoomed in on one of the images. In the image of the grassland, an animal that looked somewhat like a cow was grazing.
It resembled a cow, but they couldn't be sure it *was* a cow. After all, in this异世界 (different world), creatures that looked like cows might not be cows.
However, Su Han and the others temporarily referred to the animal as a cow.
"This cow looks huge!" Su Han exclaimed.
"Yes, very large." Chu Shi operated something, and dimensions appeared on the image of the cow.
It was three meters long and two meters high, with a robust build.
"Calculating its weight based on this size, it must be over a ton," Chu Shi stated.
Ye Fan said, "With that kind of physique, there's definitely a lot of meat. If we capture it, it could feed many people!"
More cows appeared on the screen.
In this particular frame, there were over forty cows.
"It seems these cows are the primary herbivores in these grasslands. I wonder what this world will be like!" Su Han mused.
"Deputy Minister Su Han, we have two options now. One is to advance and explore this world. The second is to wait here and continue transporting supplies tomorrow."
Su Han asked, "What about the drones? Can't they fly further?"
"Deputy Minister Su Han, the primary cargo this time is weapons. The fortress's safety is the top priority, so we didn't bring the global-flight drones. We'll need to wait until tomorrow to bring those," Zi Han explained.
"As Zi Han said, we didn't bring the global-flight drones. Instead, we brought a mountain of weapons. Make your choice!" Chu Shi urged.
"Then let's explore. How many kilometers can we cover?" Su Han inquired.
"It's 7:30 AM now. For safety, it's best to return here by nightfall. So, we have about twelve hours. Calculating at six hours of travel time, we can cover forty kilometers," Chu Shi replied.
At this moment, another type of creature appeared on the screen. It was a horse-like creature.
Upon seeing these horse-like creatures, Chu Shi immediately amended his statement, "Well, if we can tame these horses, we could cover over a hundred kilometers."
Su Han immediately understood Chu Shi's implication: he wanted to tame a few horses to use as transportation.
"Let's go explore then. It's still early until tomorrow," Su Han decided.
Subsequently, the group equipped themselves with single-person gear and headed towards the location of the horses.
Of course, they continued to observe their surroundings as they walked.
It looked close on the drone footage, but it took Su Han and the others half an hour to finally reach the area where the cows were.
The cows, which had been peacefully grazing, stopped eating and raised their heads warily as Su Han and his group approached within two hundred meters.
"Be careful, these cows are wary of us. They might attack! Hmm, attack with their heads! Let's go around them!" Lin Dong warned.
The group then detoured a short distance, and the cows no longer paid them any attention.
Not long after they had moved on, two bulls among the cows, seemingly fighting over a mate, began to clash.
Zi Han watched the two cows and commented, "Such primitive animal instincts!"
"It's because of these animal instincts that humanity thrives!" Ye Fan quipped.
"Hahaha," the men chuckled, all except Chu Shi.
And amidst their laughter, the two bulls actually used magic!
Yes, magic.
One bull stomped its horn onto the ground, causing spikes of earth to erupt. The other bull, not to be outdone, also conjured earth spikes.
The clashing earth spikes struck both bulls, which immediately used defensive magic. A layer of earth covered their bodies, providing a formidable defense.
"Wh-what is this! Is that magic?" Lin Dong exclaimed in astonishment.
"The first stage of the main quest was to defeat an evil dragon. Since there's an evil dragon, isn't it natural for this world to have magic?" Su Han reasoned.
"Deputy Minister Su Han, I didn't expect you to have already guessed that this world had magic!" Lin Dong said.
"No, no, I'm more surprised that you *didn't* know. This information was analyzed by Dragon Country's think tanks. You just told us to keep our distance from these cows earlier! I thought you knew!" Su Han retorted.
"Ah! Hahaha! That intelligence report was too long. I skipped quite a bit while reading. I must have overlooked it," Lin Dong admitted sheepishly.
In fact, Lin Dong had put down the report after reading four-fifths of it, not realizing such crucial information was contained within.
At this point, Chu Shi looked at Lin Dong and said, "Lin Dong, Zhou Xiaoyue will come in tomorrow. You, Lin Dong, will be confined to the isolation room for three days!"
Lin Dong’s failure to thoroughly read the intelligence report warranted such a punishment. He could only accept the consequences and replied, "Yes!"
The group continued their advance.
After another ten minutes or so, they reached the horse herd.
Ye Fan asked, "Normally, these horses would also use magic, right? How do we tame them?"
All eyes turned to Chu Shi.
Chu Shi was considered the most intelligent among them. If they couldn't figure something out, they would have to rely on him.
Chu Shi said, "I brought an electric stun gun. This stun gun can incapacitate large dinosaurs..."
Chu Shi unbuckled his backpack and took out a massive electric stun gun. The battery pack was the size of a brick.
"Alright! Let's start with that one!" Chu Shi aimed the electric stun gun at a lone horse about a hundred meters away.
The stun gun hit the horse directly.
The horse's legs stiffened, and it collapsed to the ground.
The other horses had not yet realized what had happened and were still leisurely grazing. After all, the lone horse was positioned behind a small knoll that obstructed the herd's view.