The apocalyptic wasteland game "Infinite Tomorrow" descends upon the world.
Players slaughter and plunder to survive, their bodies and minds doubly exhausted. Just as they're abou...
Chapter 10 Hurricane Season 10 Good Guys or Bad Guys? Bravely Enter the Dark Hunter! ……
Jiang Ruunian's heart skipped a beat.
She ran downstairs with her hair in a mess, supported Zheng Xuan, whose legs were covered in mud, and handed him a cup of warm water: "Why is it so sudden?"
Zheng Xuan drank it all in one gulp, gasping for breath. "Just now, the Dark Hunters suddenly broke into the tribe and asked us to hand over our supplies... We gave them to them because we didn't want to cause a conflict, but they said it was too little and wanted to replenish half of it! That was the supplies we had accumulated for half a month, how could we have more! They were unreasonable and took the leader away without any explanation!"
That's half a month's supply! After half a year of exploitation, the price has been gradually increased to half a month's supply now, and the forest people have given in countless times in the meantime. Today, they are asking for too much, so if you want to grab it, you have to find a reason!
The other forest people could not bear this humiliation and drew their weapons to threaten.
But the Dark Hunters had killed the Forest Warriors in front of them before, and the remaining few were still prisoners in the base. Everyone knew how crazy they were. Now the leader was in their hands, and the blade would fall off if it was tilted, so they didn't dare to act rashly.
"I was patrolling outside at the time, and they didn't find me," Zheng Xuan said with lingering fear. "We don't have any other acquaintances at the border of District 8, so I thought of asking Boss Jiang... to see if he could give me some advice."
Jiang Ruonian pointed at himself: "...Me?"
She can farm and raise chickens, but it doesn't look like she can fight against the Dark Hunter base on her own, right?
But Zheng Xuan firmly believed that Boss Jiang must have a way.
Since becoming the deputy head of the group, she no longer does things impulsively.
The Qingshan Inn's advanced protective shield and various rare delicacies... She bet that Jiang Runian must have some unknown way of protecting himself.
Although he didn't know how he looked reliable, Jiang Runian still planned to help Senmin.
She didn't mean to be a pushover.
Firstly, she really couldn't stand the actions of the dark hunters. Today they attacked the Forest Tribe, and tomorrow it might be the Green Mountain Inn. Secondly, she wanted the right of passage to the grassland.
She asked Zheng Xuan to sit down and asked him carefully about the armaments of the Dark Hunters.
District 8 is the largest district in the world, and no player has unlocked the complete map so far. Qingshan Inn is located at the southwest border of District 8. It is the last place discovered by players. In addition, due to inconvenient transportation, there are not many survivors living in the area, and it is the only area that has not yet built a town. As the most mature base here, the Dark Hunters are the most likely to take over the city. They have always regarded themselves as such, occupying most of the supplies and wantonly exploiting the nearby settlements.
Therefore, the development and armaments of the Dark Hunters are far greater than those of all the surrounding settlements combined.
Jiang Runian recalled the iron axe, metal armor, and metal arrows that could break a number of bows that Song Chi was wearing... Indeed, compared to them, the forest people seemed to be a stage behind in civilization development.
If she stayed in Qingshan Inn, it would be fine, the protective shield and safe zone would be enough to deal with it. But once she left Qingshan Inn, no one here could fight, and a gunfight would definitely not work. You can't let Li Fu stick ghost talismans on people's foreheads or let Bai Yexuan perform the straw raincoat cucumber show...
Since we can't confront them head-on, let's invade from the side!
Jiang Runian touched her bulging backpack, which was full of the fruits of her hard work over the past few days.
"Wait for me for a while, about half an hour," she patted Zheng Xuan's shoulder, "My guest room is very comfortable, I invite you to try it for free."
Zheng Xuan: “???”
It’s already this late, and you’re still staying in a hotel?
She frowned and was about to retort when she met Jiang Runnian's clear eyes.
...Forget it, Boss Jiang must have her reasons for doing this.
Seeing Zheng Xuan obediently enter the Tianzi room with windows facing west, Jiang Runian rode Xiaobai into the depths of the forest.
The last time she came to cut birch, she discovered that there were many kinds of animals in the forest, all of which were clearly marked in the atlas, and they were not some alien creatures.
She followed the red arrow and found a safe open space.
He raised his voice and said, "I have a small, easy favor that I need your help with."
The forest was dead silent.
She pulled out a pile of fruits and vegetables: "If you are willing to help, these are all yours."
The forest rustled.
She uttered a few words in a sonorous voice: "This is just a deposit."
The forest is restless.
Suddenly, there was a sound of wind in the distance, like a hurricane, but it was all pitch black. Birds and animals of all sizes and colors came running over upon hearing the news. Two groundhogs, trying to steal food, popped out of the dirt at their feet.
Jiang Runian stroked the groundhog's head and saw its almond-shaped eyes were curved like crescent moons.
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Noon, Dark Hunter Base.
"Damn it, why haven't those women come yet?" Song Chi half leaned against Jin Hong's high seat and spat, "The leader doesn't want him anymore? He won't just abandon the tribe there and let everyone run away, right?"
Suddenly, I felt a kick on my shoulder, and a hoarse voice came from above: "You lie beside my seat every day, Song Chi, you really want to sit on it."
Song Chi was so frightened that he immediately nodded and said, "How can that be possible, Brother Yong? Who else but you can be the leader of the Dark Hunters?"
Dayong is the boss of the Dark Hunters.
Before the end of the world, he was just a nameless social thug. After coming to this world where everyone is in danger, his desperado nature made him prosper.
"Tsk, look at your courage," Dayong sat astride the golden and red high chair, with his thick legs resting on the armrests while eating fruit, "Wait another half an hour. If they don't come to deliver supplies, I'll give that old woman a quick death. It's a good opportunity to try out the new weapon."
Dayong knocked on the half-hanging iron cage beside him and spat a mouthful of red berry peel into it, his eyes full of disgust.
The person in the cage was the leader of the Senmin tribe, Meng Li. She looked much older than Dayong, with traces of time on her face. At this moment, she was sitting motionless in the corner of the cage with a calm expression.
Dayong called over a few servants with shackles on their feet and asked them to lift the iron cage higher with their bare hands.
Those men were skinny, with bulging veins, and they couldn't use any strength at all. Seeing this, Song Chi kicked them down and cursed them as trash.
Dayong grinned: "What do you think, Sister Li, seeing that your forest people are living so 'well' here, can you rest assured to hand over the supplies and people to us dark hunters?" These people were the forest people captives.
Meng Li's pupils trembled, and she closed her eyes as if in pain or forbearance.
"I don't know why those stupid women from Senmin chose you as the leader. You have no courage at all. I feel cheap to fight with you." Dayong asked for trouble and spit at her feet. "Leave the leadership and construction of the southwest border to me, Sister Li. You women are not good at this kind of thing."
At this moment, a clear and playful question came from the depths of the forest: "Really? Tell me in detail."
Dayong looked up vigilantly.
A strange voice, who is the new tribal leader?
Unexpectedly, instead of the tall and brave leader I imagined, I saw a skinny and short girl.
Dayong was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter: "Hahahahahaha...little boy, why are you here in the middle of the day instead of going to your mother for milk?"
Jiang Runian blinked and said, "I just heard you talking about the ownership of the southwestern border. I suddenly felt like discussing it with you."
At this point, the entire Dark Hunter group burst into laughter.
"You? Did you hear that? She said she wanted to talk to me about belonging!" Dayong covered his stomach, "Before that, why don't we talk about your belonging, even though I don't like skinny little girls——"
"Watch your mouth," Jiang Ruonian grinned, smiling smartly, but his eyes were calm, "I usually leave the body intact, but if you speak too dirty and make me angry, I can't say for sure."
Jiang Runian looked harmless from head to toe, but every word he spoke was so powerful that Dayong couldn't help but frown: Where did this little ancestor come from?
Song Chi took a closer look and whispered, "Brother Yong, this is the girl boss of Qingshan Inn, the one who scolded us."
Hearing this, Dayong also put away his nonchalant attitude and walked towards a reinforced iron house, saying as he walked: "There is no need for those who look down on the Dark Hunters to stay here any longer."
Dayong stood outside the house and reached out to take out a gun with a strange shape. The green gun body and red gun head looked like a big morning glory.
Dayong: “…”
He obviously didn't expect this look.
A few days ago, Dayong picked up a strange woman around the base, but he didn't expect that she was actually a wandering blacksmith.
You know, life skills in this game are not something you can learn just because you want to. For example, if you have never been exposed to blacksmithing before, the things you make will only be of ordinary mall quality.
But on the Blue Planet in 2600, there are many chefs, doctors and gardeners, so how many people are learning to be blacksmiths?
So when Dayong discovered that the strange woman could make sophisticated mechanisms out of ordinary wood, he decisively spent a huge amount of money to purchase a batch of illegal materials and asked her to make a special weapon for him.
The bullet was loaded, and the originally dark muzzle suddenly emitted a dazzling light. Others might not be familiar with this light, but Jiang Runian had come into close contact with it.
That rich green light was clearly an alienated crystal core.