Chapter 12 The Hunt and the Return
Because the level of Xing Lu's hunting team is generally not high, only Qiu Linlei's department has reached level five, Han Yifeng's gold department has reached level six, and there is also a sixth-level captain of the earth system, Xie Qiang, Xia Fei is the fourth level of the wood department, and the rest are between the third and fourth levels, and Xing Lu is only the second level of waste wood. The combat effectiveness of the water system was originally the lowest, and Xing Lu's level was so low, no wonder everyone had always regarded Xing Lu as a burden.
Everyone is just on the periphery of the mutant jungle, fighting some mutant beasts with low attack power, most of them are below level four or five, so there is no big danger. From the next day, Xing Lu asked to follow under pressure, and Qiu Lin was the captain and did not embarrass her, but just told Xing Lu that at the critical moment Xing Lu could only protect herself, no one would protect her, and no matter what happened, she would have to be responsible for herself, and Xing Lu agreed without hesitation. Qiu Lin wanted to speak on the side, but then she didn't know what she thought of, but she didn't say anything after all.
Today's luck is good, everyone found the prey not long after entering the forest, it was a mutated black bear, although the level of this black bear was to reach level six, but everyone cooperated properly, and the earth system was able to launch the earth escape, trap it into the ground, and then everyone launched an ability attack on the side, and it didn't take long for the six or seven hundred catties of mutant black bear to lose its breath, someone stepped forward to dig out its head, dug out the crystal nucleus inside and handed it to Xie Qiang, and then Xia Fei stepped forward to put away the corpse of the mutant black bear.
In the process of hunting the mutant black bear, Xing Lu also took the opportunity to step forward and send a few water arrows to the black bear, but the water arrow did not cause a trace of damage to the black bear's body, and finally Xing Lu quietly injected spiritual power into the water arrow, and shot the black bear's steel-solid fur out of a hole with one arrow.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the captain Xie Qiang decisively ordered the return trip and accepted it when he saw it. Everyone has no objections, against the mutant black bear, everyone's abilities are almost consumed, if there is a mutant beast that smells blood, it may not be able to deal with it.
On the way back to the campsite, everyone took out dry food to make do with lunch, and then continued on their way. On the way, I met a few mutant pheasants, and it didn't take much effort to solve them, among them was the one that Xing Lu hunted, seeing Xing Lu's performance, everyone looked at her with no disgust as before, even Xia Fei looked at Xing Lu, and the whites of her eyes were not as much as before, which shows the importance of strength in the last days, only if you have the strength, can you get everyone's respect. Qiu Lin saw Xing Lu's heroic performance, and also stepped forward and said happily: "Xing Lu, I didn't expect you to be so brave, you are so powerful today!" Xing Lu just smiled calmly and didn't speak, causing Qiu Lin to stand there awkwardly, her face flushed, but fortunately Han Yifeng called her at that time, and she walked away.
Back at the campsite, Xing Lu changed her clothes in the tent and went into the makeshift kitchen as usual to help prepare dinner. Qingqing heard about Xing Lu's performance today, and praised Xing Lu so much that Xing Lu was embarrassed before giving up.
In the next ten days, Xing Lu would follow the team to hunt in the forest every day, and he became more and more comfortable with the use of his abilities, plus he was also responsible for the domestic water in the team every day, Xing Lu felt that his abilities had reached level 3.
On this day, the team was ready to return to the base, and after coming out for a month, the harvest was good, and everyone was very satisfied. I took out the car and got into the car separately. Originally, Xing Lu still wanted to separate from Qiu Lin, but when she thought of the original relationship between the two, what she did was too abnormal to arouse suspicion, and she still sat in a car as when she came.
Also in the same car was Qiu Lin's suitor Han Yifeng, Xing Lu's performance in the past two days made it difficult for him to give her a look again, not only did he not pester himself, but it seemed that Xing Lu would take the initiative to avoid it when he appeared, so that he would be less troubled.
The convoy soon left the camp and was on its way home.
As soon as Qiu Lin got in the car, Qiu Lin was very active, talking and laughing with Xing Lu, Xing Lu was silent a lot, but she just responded and didn't say a word, which made Qiu Lin feel bored, and slowly talked a lot less, but Han Yifeng saw the embarrassment of his beloved woman and talked a lot more to her. It also made Xing Lu see Han Yifeng's humor, and felt more and more that the author was really good to Qiu Lin, and the boyfriend she was equipped with was not only handsome, with a good family background, great abilities, and a good personality.
Qiu Lin was very angry when Xing Lu embarrassed her, and she wanted to release thunder and lightning at her so that she could disappear from her eyes, but in order to maintain her consistent image outside, she had no choice but to endure it. She thought that Xing Lu didn't see it, and glared at Xing Lu fiercely in the dark several times, but she didn't know that Xing Lu's cultivation made her easily feel Qiu Lin's hostility towards her, but Xing Lu remained silent and didn't care.
After two hours of travel, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the ten-meter-high base wall standing in front of them. This time the team was able to come back safely, everyone felt lucky, you must know that in the last days, every time you go out to hunt, you are gambling with your life, and now not only the gamble wins, but the harvest is not bad, all of them are happy.
After handing over two third-level crystal nuclei per person to the base, the convoy entered the base.
Marched to the station of the mercenary team, everyone got out of the car, and the captain Xie Qiang distributed the proceeds according to the contribution of everyone in this hunt. Xing Lu was given three third-level crystal nuclei, and also a whole mutant cow, which was seven or eight hundred catties, enough for himself to eat for a month or two. Qingqing was almost the same as Xing Lu, but she had an extra fourth-level crystal nucleus than her. Xie Qiang is quite fair, and no one raised any objections after he was assigned.
Refusing Qiu Lin's extremely enthusiastic retention, Xing Lu said goodbye to everyone and returned to his nest in this base.