At Su Tai’s words, Fang Senyan’s eyes flickered, and he immediately adopted a tone of surprise: “The Omatikaya clan is so powerful, able to command the great beasts of the sky and even communicate smoothly with Mother Earth Eywa, yet they still cannot deal with this Mo’sak tribe?” Su Tai, always known for his bravery, proudly retorted: “How is that possible? All the Toruk clans have difficulty receiving Eywa’s favor, so they struggle to qualify to live in the Hometree.

Even if they forcibly occupy a Hometree, it causes the tree to wither and die (like how the Tawkami clan declined and turned into the Toruk after slaughtering the Ilu’no tribe because they destroyed the Ilu’no), and they cannot tame the Spirit Birds (which are the common manta-ray pterosaurs, because once tamed, they will reside in the Hometree with their master). So how could we, who possess the skies, be unable to defeat them?” Fang Senyan, a man of modern sensibilities, naturally understood the importance of air superiority, and so they all nodded in sincere agreement.

But Su Tai continued: “However, everything has its pros and cons. Although the Toruk clans lack a Hometree, it expands their range of activity, forcing them to survive in harsher environments.

They focus intensely on taming wild beasts and have mastered some extremely brutal methods for controlling various creatures. As a result, they have not only formed large armored horse cavalry units but also possess even stronger Hammerhead Thundercat Riders, Bovine Riders, and Stinger Beast Riders.

Some Toruk clan leaders have even mastered the method of taming the Thanator!” “Although the Toruk Makto (the Riders of the Great Leonopteryx) has always been the recognized leader among the Na’vi, there have only ever been six Toruk Makto in the entire history of the Na’vi people,” Su Tai said with noticeable melancholy. “Yet, while Thanator Riders are also quite rare, among all the Toruk clans, there is always one or two leaders of a large clan who are powerful Thanator Riders!” At this point, Fang Senyan had mostly guessed what Su Tai was about to say.

Indeed, Su Tai sighed deeply: “Qi’roq is a powerful Thanator Rider. Most warriors in our clan can only ride heavily armored horses, and only about twenty or thirty can tame Spirit Birds.

Once a battle commences, it will inevitably result in mutual destruction. Thus, Mo’ya’s concerns are not without merit.” Seeing Su Tai growing somewhat saddened, Fang Senyan quickly produced the remaining wine he was carrying and urged him to drink more.

He then brought out jerky and peanuts as snacks, and they began drinking again. When Su Tai was half-intoxicated, Jin Kuang and Fang Senyan, playing their parts in tandem, managed to inquire about the matter of the Sacrifice.

It turned out that although the Toruk clans among the Na’vi had lost the right to inhabit the Hometrees, some larger clans began constructing Eywa Shrines themselves and settled around them. The shrines built by the Toruk clans resembled Mayan pyramids.

To perform the sacrifice, one had to reach the altar at the very top of the constructed temple and offer twenty-three hearts simultaneously! The mysterious Golden Branch Quest was finally brought to light through Fang Senyan’s deliberate probing: it required attacking a large and incredibly powerful Toruk clan, extracting the heart of their chieftain and at least twenty-two other clan members, and offering them on the altar at the structure’s apex!

To put this quest plainly, there was no room for cleverness; it boiled down simply to the stark command: ‘Exterminate the Clan!’ Furthermore, the strength of this Toruk clan, called Mo’sak, was something even the Omatikaya clan, where the plot’s protagonists resided, deeply feared! Even more terrifying was the fact that Qi’roq was a Thanator Rider, second only to the Toruk Makto among the Na’vi!

Since he had killed and eaten Mo’ya’s brother, the daughter of the Dragon Clan, he must be quite old, and the Thanator he rode would certainly be in its prime, not one of the second or third-tier juvenile Thanators they encountered in the beast tide. It was likely sixth-tier, if not higher.

Considering the addition of those Hammerhead Thundercat Riders, Bovine Riders, and so on, calculating the difficulty suggested this was indeed a Golden Branch Quest that required the combined efforts of all contractors from the start of this mission to complete! When Fang Senyan had first entered this world and violently killed someone aboard the Valkyrie transport plane, he had found a diary in the compartment of an RDA member.

That diary mentioned the Mo’sak tribe, and now it seemed he had a relatively clear understanding of them. Moreover, the Mo’sak clan’s dwelling place should be clearly marked: the Windstone Highlands.

At this point, Mo Gansha frowned: “It seems we were also deceived by that Parker. The intelligence he sold us on the RDA is incomplete; it doesn't even record things known by these lower-level exploration team personnel.” Jiaoshi, however, shook his head: “Not entirely.

First, we can’t rule out the possibility that the exploration team members kept things private. Second, textual records filed under RDA archives usually document more concrete information; local legends, anecdotes, and hearsay would never be recorded.” “Third, and most crucially, the RDA is a commercial company, not the staff of National Geographic.

Their focus is on the Pandora Crystal ore deposits that can generate massive wealth. Anything else is naturally omitted if possible.

According to Su Tai, the Toruk clans among the Na’vi—whom we call the Uncivilized tribes—have no right to live in the Hometree, so they have no connection to the Pandora mineral veins. Naturally, there’s no detailed information.” Now, both Mo Gansha and Jiaoshi, upon learning the full details of this Golden Branch Quest, found its difficulty towering like a mountain, leaving them no hope of completion.

The limit of their combined strength was probably enough to handle at most one third-tier Legendary creature. If that Legendary creature also had a Na’vi riding and controlling it, they would simply be wiped out.

Fang Senyan, however, took a deep breath, his eyes alight with an incomparably fervent excitement. After parting ways with Su Tai, he immediately brought up the nearby intelligence and topographic maps obtained from the RDA base, studied them closely for a moment, and then tapped the map: “We go here first!” Mo Gansha and Jiaoshi glanced at the spot, feeling the depicted terrain look strikingly familiar.

After looking a few more times, they realized it was not far from the crashed ‘Valkyrie’ RDA spacecraft through which they entered this world. Upon looking closer at the markers, they couldn't help but exclaim in unison: “Isn’t this the Tsaheylu Clan?” Fang Senyan nodded seriously: “That’s right, we’re going there!” Mo Gansha and Jiaoshi looked somewhat incredulous: “But…” Fang Senyan smiled: “I also inquired during the banquet; this Tsaheylu Clan also belongs to the Children of Nature, but they are related to that dying Tawkami Clan, which is why they sent troops to aid those man-eaters.

Your concern, I presume, is that we eliminated a significant portion of their armed combat forces earlier, correct? That is precisely why we need to seek them out.” Seeing Mo Gansha and Jiaoshi look like they were beginning to understand, Fang Senyan spoke earnestly: “We wiped out a lot of their armed forces, but the Tsaheylu Clan doesn't know this, so we can essentially treat it as if nothing happened.

At least, that’s how the rules of this world operate—refer to the example where we killed the RDA members on the crashed ‘Valkyrie,’ yet the RDA of Hell’s Gate remains very friendly to us.” “More importantly, based on the combined intelligence from the RDA and the Omatikaya, the second wave of reinforcements sent by the Tsaheylu Clan was likely even larger than we estimated—perhaps over a hundred people! All hundred of those people are probably dead.

It is precisely because the Tsaheylu Clan has been severely weakened that their entire tribe has massive demands, which translates to numerous missions and opportunities!” Jiaoshi was startled: “How could they suffer such heavy casualties? Even if the collapse of the Hometree had a powerful destructive force, it shouldn’t have wiped out over a hundred Na’vi!” Fang Senyan smiled: “The RDA intelligence stated that on that night, at coordinates [REDACTED], a magnetic anomaly occurred where energy instantly amplified to an extremely high level, burning out the instruments.

This phenomenon is called a Geomagnetic Storm, usually only seen in space. That coordinate point perfectly corresponded to the Hometree we blew up.” “In my estimation, the explosion we designed was likely just a detonator; it was probably closely related to that Hometree entering its death phase.

In its long life, it accumulated too much death energy, which then erupted violently, triggering geomagnetic changes in the Pandora mineral deposits! This is also why the collapse of the Omatikaya Hometree in the original storyline did not cause a geomagnetic explosion.” At this moment, Mo Gansha suddenly asked: “Boss, do you think we have a chance to persuade the RDA people to deal with that Mo’sak tribe?” Fang Senyan nodded: “We do, but two conditions must be met: First, we have to make them believe that the area occupied by the Mo’sak tribe holds spectacularly large reserves of Pandora Crystal.

Second, why was Supervisor Parker in the original story so hesitant to commit to the attack? It wasn't due to kindness, but because war is ultimately about money!”