Ye Miao killed the remaining insects one by one with his sword, and began to pick up the fallen ones.
Spitting insects will drop [Soft Armor Fragments] and [Hard Armor Fragments], which can be given to tailors to make armor and helmets;
Spitting insects drop [Venom] and [Slime]. The former can be sold to Archers and Assassins to poison their equipment. The latter, if you have the right blueprint, can be commissioned by Zhang Xu to create a trap that slows down monsters.
As for the sandworms...
In addition to dropping [Venom] and [Slime], Sandworms also drop [Marrow].
Judging from the description, [Insect Marrow] is a food ingredient.
Ye Miao stared at the white object in his hand, lost in thought. The voice of the mage who had hurried back to his territory on the first day of the insect swarm's arrival suddenly resonated in his mind: "Damn, that thing looks like beef marrow in a three-juice stew. It's white and soft, buried in the ground, with only a small part sticking out, and it's spewing venom all around!"
Ye Miao complained inwardly: System, I suspect you are maliciously teasing players, and I have evidence.
After collecting the dropped items, Ye Miao stretched his muscles, put Xiaomei back into his backpack, and continued patrolling with Chu Cheng.
The insect swarm's growth rate after its giant evolution seemed even faster than Ye Miao had imagined. Throughout the night, Ye Miao and Chu Cheng destroyed five or six new nests in the process of being established near the settlement. However, near five in the morning, they saw a new nest almost completed.
The game system is incredibly illogical. When you pay attention to detail, it'll let the bugs gradually emerge and build nests, rather than instantly spawning them. But when you don't, newly built nests will be instantly filled with bugs, with a reproduction efficiency so insane that even cockroaches would cry out in disbelief.
Therefore, once a bug nest is successfully established, it cannot be destroyed, especially when the territory is still a settlement. The upper limit of the number of people is only 100. Even if all 100 people are at the maximum level, it is unrealistic to want to fight thousands or tens of thousands of bugs.
To put it bluntly, the "Hive Arrival" event is supposed to be a survival quest for players. The correct gameplay should be to frantically collect resources in the first few days, then once the hive has grown to a massive size, everyone should stay indoors, defending their territory against the swarm's attacks and relying on their inventory to survive until the event is over.
Ye Miao relied on his ability to attack the insect nest that was being built, which was actually an unreasonable cheating behavior.
Therefore, Ye Miao didn't have much emotion about the last nest she'd built. After all, most of them had been stopped. If her assumptions were correct, destroying those nests would significantly reduce the pressure on the territory's defenses. If she'd previously been confident she could hold out, now she was even more confident: This round is a sure thing!
The two returned to the territory at half past six. Instead of going back to sleep, they relied on physical potions to replenish their energy.
At seven o'clock, the first wave of Zerg attacks began.
This wave of bugs was actually about the same as yesterday's, numbering in the hundreds. However, because each bug had been upgraded from [Large] to [Giant], their size had increased significantly, making them look even scarier and their attacks even more powerful.
Within the barrier, archers and assassins stood on the walls, some shooting arrows, some throwing darts. Mages, regardless of melee or ranged abilities, could use parabolic trajectories to track directly, simply standing inside the wall and engaging in combat.
But perhaps because yesterday was a close call, some players today no longer simply want to protect their territory like yesterday. Instead, they have some crooked ideas, thinking that the territory will not be breached anyway, so they might as well take the opportunity to make some money.
When fighting monsters, the way to "earn a little" is to steal the monsters.
According to the game mechanism of "Fantasy World", after defeating the boss monster, the system will calculate the amount of damage of the combatants and directly distribute the number of pieces. If the player feels that the system distribution is unreasonable, he can submit it to the system for redistribution after reaching a consensus. But in short, as long as you have picked up the number you deserve, you can't take anything away.
But for small monsters, "Fantasy World" adopts the "whoever kills it owns it" model like many other games.
This mode's judgment system is crude and crude: it simply counts who lands the critical hit. So, for some clever players, attacking giant biting and spitting worms, which have high health and are difficult to defeat, is exhausting. If you only land critical hits, not only can you save 70% to 80% of your energy, but it's also quicker and more efficient, multiplying the drops you get from a single attack.
On the southern team, a ranged mage was clearly adept at this. As long as there weren't any low-health monsters within range, he'd casually unleash his skills while keeping a close eye on the insects' health. If a low-health monster appeared, he'd immediately unleash his ultimate to ensure its demise. The dropped equipment would then be displayed as something only he could pick up.
He tried several times and they were all successful. The players around him didn't notice it at first in the chaos, but after a few times they realized his intentions. However, since his level was not low, no one dared to speak out.
The mage was secretly happy. Seeing that the nearest biting insect was only a skin of blood left, he released his skills again in time, and the biting insect died instantly.
The next second, someone pulled the mage's collar from behind, and he fell backwards unexpectedly, and then he looked up and saw Chu Cheng's face.
"What are you doing!" the mage asked angrily. However, due to the huge height difference, Chu Cheng was carrying him all the way, his feet hanging in the air, and he had no strength to struggle.
Chu Cheng carried him all the way to Ye Miao's red brick house and knocked on the door.
"Here I come." Ye Miao was calculating last night's dropped resources with Da Zhuang in the yard. When he heard the door open, he went to open it. As soon as Chu Cheng let go of his hand, the mage staggered in embarrassment.
"The territory is in deep crisis, and this guy keeps stealing monsters." Chu Cheng applied slowly, "Can I throw him out to feed the insect swarm?"
"No... no no no!" The mage's legs went weak and he almost peed himself. "I was wrong! I won't steal again!"
Chu Cheng said nothing, leaning against the door frame with his arms folded, with an indifferent look on his face.
The mage regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself. Ye Miao glanced at him and told Chu Cheng, "We haven't set any rules before, so let him go this time. Go tell Yi Hang and Shen Ruhuan that if there's any malicious monster snatching again, you, as the responsible persons for the three teams, have the right to push members out to feed the insect swarm."
"Okay." Chu Cheng nodded easily, picked up the mage again, and turned back to fight.
They kept going back and forth like this, and the swarm they had been fighting for a while was almost finished. The players took advantage of the safety to go out and pick up the dropped items. The mage who was caught by Chu Cheng was too guilty to go out.
Chu Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to him. Before the next wave of monsters arrived, he went to convey Ye Miao's intentions to Shen Ruhuan and Yi Hang. Shen Ruhuan was more serious. After hearing about it, he carefully sent a notice to his teammates. However, Yi Hang was different. After listening to Chu Cheng, he directly shouted at the top of his voice in a rhythmic manner to send a notice.
According to the previous assignment, Chu Cheng, Yi Hang, and Shen Ruhuan were responsible for guarding one side respectively, but in fact the attack direction of the insect nest was not fixed. For example, the attack position of the previous wave was slightly east of the south side, and ended at the corner.
Several players near the corner on the east side also joined the battle, and some of them were smart enough to grab the monster.
Suddenly hearing Yi Hang's shouting, an assassin who had just been happily snatching monsters turned around and looked at the two bosses with a look of horror. When he found that Yi Hang was also staring at him, he felt unwell.
"Hehe." Yi Hang raised his voice, his words seemingly not directed at him, but his gaze remained fixed on his face. "Feeding the biting worms sounds exciting."
Assassin: Trembling.
With this order, the malicious monster-grabbing among players ceased, and everyone resumed their coordinated efforts from yesterday. At noon, the pharmacists and chefs went out to sell medicine and food, just like yesterday. Inspired by the captains, Fang Shuqin also formed a medical team, which rotated between the three teams to provide healing. Players who accidentally strayed from the barrier received timely treatment, and players low on mana and stamina could use the priests' spells to restore their mana and stamina. Although this cost a small amount of money, it saved a lot of medicine, making both sides a winner.
By three in the afternoon, Ye Miao, having observed the insect swarm's movements for most of the day, had basically determined that the swarm would attack two or three more times than yesterday. Given the presence of an additional insect nest, this increase was reasonable.
We can also infer from this that it is fortunate that they prevented the establishment of several new insect nests last night, otherwise today would definitely not be so easy.
Fearless settlement.
Since the crack of dawn, all four sides of the territory have been plunged into dire straits. Yesterday, the bugs escalated to large sizes, and some players bravely went out to kill monsters and gather items. Some returned, while others disappeared without a trace, leaving everyone with great regret.
But today, the players simply couldn't leave. Starting at seven o'clock, the four directions began to be attacked in turn, and sometimes two or three directions were attacked at the same time, which was too much to handle.
In the morning, many high-level players were still rejoicing about this, thinking that it was great that monsters came to their doorsteps, and they could get resources without leaving home.
After the fierce attack lasted for most of the day, even the high-level players began to tire, and the relatively low-level players complained bitterly. Someone then tried to make suggestions in the territory message channel, trying to persuade Xu Wu to lower the resource surrender requirements so that everyone could overcome the crisis together.
Xu Wu's reaction to this was of course to refuse. Her response was very cold: "Monsters keep coming to our door, and now is a good time to collect resources. I'm lucky enough not to raise my requirements, but you still want to lower them? Are you bad at math or do you have a problem with your brain?"
The unhappiness between the lines made the players dare not say a word, and they could only fight monsters desperately to avoid being eliminated in the next round of handing in resources.
As a result, the atmosphere in the entire territory became extremely tense. Players, regardless of their level, began to frantically take medicine to maintain their attributes, and wanted to fight monsters without sleep.
However, this style of play will definitely yield high returns for advanced players, but will definitely result in losses for players of lower levels - mainly because without anyone to maintain order, they cannot compete with the advanced players.
In the game, a level difference of 5-10 levels is enough to show a significant difference in combat power. When everyone's level is relatively high, the strength gap will be even greater at around 3 levels.
So even though the Fearless Settlement was supposedly comprised of high-level members, a clear distinction quickly emerged during this round of fighting. Players above level 60 were always easily grabbing kills. Those who wanted to fight monsters diligently could do so, while those who were too lazy to put in the effort could just wait to snatch the low-health kills. After all, the lower-level players couldn't do anything to them.
Players below level 60 always fight in vain. When they are about to pick up resources with only a little health left, a skill suddenly comes out of nowhere and the dropped resources belong to others.
After two days of this battle, complaints were widespread in the territory, and most players felt exhausted.
On the evening of the third day of the fierce battle, Dou Yuehui sat on the bed in the thatched hut, gnawing on the bland white flour buns, and couldn't help sighing.
Steamed buns are the lowest quality food, costing only 40 gold coins, and can effectively restore physical strength. Many members of the Fearless Settlement rely on them to fill their stomachs.
Since the fierce battle began, Dou Yuehui has only eaten white steamed buns for three consecutive days. She also wanted to buy some other food to change the taste, but after seeing the ranking of everyone's handed over resources, she had to hold back.
The new round of resources submission started last night. There are now 80 members in the territory, and the five people ranked 76-80 will be eliminated at the bottom.
She is now ranked 75th, with a small gap in submissions from the 76th place, and may be overtaken at any time.
Such a precarious situation made Dou Yuehui wish she could save all the money she had for steamed buns and pay every penny to keep her membership.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door. Dou Yuehui looked up and saw Sun Haolun outside.
Judging from the rankings, Sun Haolun seemed much safer than her, ranking 53rd, but in reality, anyone ranked lower was not safe. In the final stages of the supply turn-in, the lower the ranking, the more likely they were to face a difficult situation. The rankings fluctuated rapidly, and one minute before the cut-off, one might be ranked in the top 65, and a minute later, one would be eliminated.
Dou Yuehui's mind was full of these trivial matters. When she stood up to greet Sun Haolun, her face was full of bitterness: "Come in and sit down."
"I'm not going to sit down anymore. I'm going to give you some money." Sun Haolun said as he placed the gold coins on the table. "Lao Jia and his friends went out to kill monsters that day and never came back. There aren't many old friends left in the settlement. You should submit this money quickly to stabilize your ranking."
"Old Jia didn't even reply to the message?" Dou Yuehui asked unwillingly, but her eyes were already red and a sour taste filled her nose.
Sun Haolun shook his head silently. Dou Yuehui's long-held frustration seemed to suddenly reach its peak. She couldn't help but yell, "I can't take it anymore! Let's quit together and go somewhere else!"
"Are you crazy?" Sun Haolun's face was filled with fear. He took a deep breath and looked outside the house. Fortunately, there was no one there.
Afraid that Dou Yuehui would say something inappropriate again, he immediately turned around, closed the door, and forced her to sit inside. He spoke slowly, "Do you want to be hunted day and night? Besides, in order to survive, every territory is in a state of chaos and despair? At least the fighting power here at Fearless is strong enough, so as long as we can stay here, we don't have to worry about any crisis. If we move to another place, what if the fighting power is weaker and we still have to fight? Wouldn't it be even more difficult?"
"But these days are dark and gloomy..." Dou Yuehui clenched her teeth, suppressed tears welling up in her eyes. "Every day I dream that I haven't delivered enough supplies, I'm kicked out, and then assassinated. I'm only 26 years old. Do I have to live like this in this hellhole forever?"
Sun Haolun was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I know this kind of life is hard, but we can only take it one step at a time. If you stay here, you might be eliminated or die one day. But if you press the exit button and leave now, you'll be dead within five minutes."
Dou Yuehui couldn't hold back her tears, and they suddenly welled up in her eyes. She shook her head weakly: "But I..."
"Hold on a little longer." Sun Haolun pondered for a moment, then took out another 500 gold coins and placed them next to her. "Here's one for you too. We can get through this. Maybe once the insect swarm attacks are over, the situation will get much better. At least we can go out and hunt monsters and gather again, and it won't be so hard."
Dou Yuehui looked at the 500 gold coins, feeling so complicated that she was speechless.
In fact, the two of them are not old friends. They were just acquaintances before. They became familiar with each other recently because of An Yan's matter. However, Sun Haolun was willing to donate so generously.
She had to admit that Sun Haolun was a really good man.
Holding back her sobs, Dou Yuehui pushed the gold coins back. "I'll take the 1,000 and return it to you later. You can take the 500, but you have to keep some money to maintain your ranking. As for me... I will work hard to make money."
"Okay." Life was tough, but Sun Haolun didn't refuse. After a moment's thought, he took out two more bottles of magic potions and gave them to her. "You're a priest, so you can earn more money if you regenerate your mana quickly. Take these."
"Thank you..." Dou Yuehui thanked him while remembering this favor seriously.
Sun Haolun didn't stay any longer, he stood up and left. In fact, he knew that he was not rich, and if he could help it, he would not want to swell his face and pretend to be rich, but as he said just now, his friends in the settlement were getting fewer and fewer.
He lost his family at the beginning of the apocalypse. Humans are creatures with emotional needs. He has survived until now almost entirely because of friendship.
If friends disappear one after another, and until the last friend is gone... he can't think of any meaning in his life.
In the thatched hut, Dou Yuehui wiped away her tears, handed over the 1,000 gold coins brought by Sun Haolun, and temporarily raised her ranking to 69th.
Then she thought of An Yan, the boy whose parents had both passed away and who had endured too much pressure for his age.
Dou Yuehui had originally intended to take good care of him. After hearing that he had become rich overnight, she felt she could at least play the role of caring and asking about his well-being. However, the Zerg escalated overnight, and everyone was in a state of panic. In the blink of an eye, she hadn't sent An Yan a message in three days.
I don’t know how he is doing, or even if he is still alive.
Dou Yuehui was feeling very nervous. She opened the dialog box, took a deep breath, and sent the message.
[Dou Yuehui] An Yan, how have you been these days? The insect swarm is getting more and more ferocious. Is the Overnight Rich Settlement safe over there?
A settlement that became rich overnight.
As night fell, the insect swarm ceased its attacks, and the settlement members breathed a sigh of relief, the atmosphere returning to its usual relaxed state. Some set up stalls, some ate, and the campfires filled up again, idly chatting while recovering their strength.
At the edge of the farmland, Sun Chen sat on a ridge, eating a three-grain stew with rice. He looked out at An Yan, busy at work beside the RV in the market, and couldn't help but sigh, "The King of Rolls... Too Rolls! Could this kid have graduated from Hengshui Middle School?"
This sigh is not an exaggeration at all, because An Yan is now working several jobs a day.
As soon as he got up in the morning, he would go to help Sister Jin in the grocery store sell breakfast. Ye Miao paid him 10 gold coins for a busy morning.
After everyone finished breakfast, Sun Chen would start working, arriving promptly to plant his crops. This was his primary job, occupying the majority of his time. He was terrified of being looked down upon if his work wasn't as good as others'. Even though his planting skills were quite advanced, he always went the extra mile. After three days, the plots of land he was responsible for were clearly growing faster.
Sun Chen felt very bad about this and had no intention of taking advantage of the child, so he paid An Yan 10 gold coins more when settling the daily wages. The other team members watched An Yan work hard and had no objection to the bonus.
After finishing their farm work, it was dinner time, so An Yan went to help Hu Hao and Miao Lin. He took orders, served dishes, washed dishes, and collected money. Sun Chen heard Miao Lin say that this kid was an all-rounder, even using his culinary skills to help the couple stir-fry some dishes during peak meal times.
The couple were also down-to-earth people. Besides paying Sun Chen 20 gold coins a night, they also provided him with meals. A restaurant owner providing meals certainly wouldn't let An Yan go without a meal. Sun Chen strongly suspected that An Yan's high stamina was directly related to the meals provided by the couple.
Besides that, An Yan also found some side jobs. At noon, when the planting team rested, the combat team would take turns eating and healing during the insect swarm attacks. An Yan had healing skills, and while the level was not high, it was still useful. He would take this opportunity to run in all three directions twice, using skills to restore everyone's health and stamina. He would charge each person two gold coins each time, making a small extra income.
Such a desperate work attitude made Sun Chen admire and feel distressed. The "graduated from Hengshui Middle School" was just a criticism in his mind. He knew very well in his heart that there was only one reason why An Yan was like this: he was not a human being in the Fearless Settlement.
There were actually many members like An Yan. For example, Wu Zhen and Ding Yu, a married couple, were both very hardworking and cautious when they first joined the settlement, having clearly been bullied by their previous territories.
But compared to An Yan, Wu Zhen and Ding Yu were all adults after all, and their previous territories were likely not as perverse as the Fearless Settlement. So the couple quickly adjusted to their current situation and began to live a relaxed life.
An Yan is a minor. After experiencing such extreme pressure and the death of both his parents, it is unknown how long it will take for him to recover.
Small market.
Another table of guests paid their bill and left. The RV, which had been packed all night, finally had two empty tables. The peak dining season was over. Miao Lin scooped out a large bowl of steaming hot rice and covered it with a large spoonful of the three-juice stew. She called to An Yan, "Little An, stop busying yourself and come and eat."
"Hey!" An Yan responded promptly, and wiped the table in front of him before going to eat.
The hot three-juice stew pot contained chicken wings, chicken legs, beef, blood tofu, flower sausage, and an ingredient that looked very much like beef bone marrow, paired with sweet potato cubes and potato cubes, and stewed in a sweet and salty sauce. An Yan felt hungry as soon as he smelled it, and quickly mixed the rice and ate it with relish.
While eating, he opened the dialog box to check the unread messages, and only then noticed the concern from Dou Yuehui.
An Yan looked at the words and felt a little guilty. Dou Yuehui still remembered to take care of him, but he hadn't thought of sending her a message.
Although he was too busy to take care of the other person, in fact, his life after becoming rich overnight was much easier than in the Fearless Settlement. It seemed that he should be the one who cared about the other person.
After a silent breath, An Yan replied, "It's going well. The territory is protected by three big men, and everyone is working together in an orderly manner. How's it going over there? With the insect nest under siege, it's hard to go out and spawn monsters. Is handing in the resources smoothly?"
As expected of a member from the Fearless Settlement, he knows the mechanisms of the Fearless Settlement inside and out, and his reply is so touching.
Dou Yuehui looked at the panel with a worried look on her face. "Don't even mention it. The high-level players are having fun grabbing monsters, and we're the ones who suffer the consequences. I can't even make much money healing people, and I can't say for sure if I'll be eliminated this time."
Then I asked him curiously, "Is it true that they didn't turn in supplies? Have they never collected any supplies?"
An Yan: "I really won't accept them. But I'm still working hard to make money, so that if they want to accept them in the future, I'll have something to hand over. If they never accept them, I'll save up and buy a house. Sister Yue Hui, you know, a thatched hut here only costs 50 gold coins. I plan to wait and see. If the territory is still safe after the insect swarm attacks, I'll buy myself one!"
"A house worth 50 gold coins?!" On the other side of the dialog box, Dou Yuehui's eyes widened and she exclaimed that it was outrageous.
But before she could express her surprise, An Yan sent another message.
[An Yan] But the wooden houses, stone houses, and brick houses here are much cheaper than those in the Fearless Settlement, especially the stone houses and brick houses. It is said that they have buffs. Do you think I should just buy a thatched house, or save money to buy a better one?
Dou Yuehui: “…”
This lonely and helpless child, who had just arrived in the settlement of overnight riches for a few days, was actually considering buying a house for himself?
Dou Yuehui took a long time to recover.
An Yan ate his bibimbap and waited anxiously for a reply.
In fact, his original intention was to invite Dou Yuehui over, but he didn't know how to start the conversation, so he told her how good this place was. Now that she didn't reply, he couldn't figure out whether Dou Yuehui was busy or had some other reason. After pondering for a while, he finally mustered up the courage.
[An Yan] Sister Yue Hui, have you ever thought about changing your territory? I really think the Overnight Riches settlement is much more comfortable than the Fearless settlement.
Dou Yuehui, who was still confused, was dazed for a while when she saw this line of words, and the sour feeling she had just suppressed came back.
Finally, she shook her head and replied, "It's too difficult to leave the Fearless Settlement. You made it there alive maybe because of luck, or maybe because you're a child. Xu Wu doesn't think you pose any threat. But I know very well that since the establishment of the territory, few members have been able to leave safely."
An Yan looked at the reply, his expression gradually becoming serious.
He did not tell Dou Yuehui in detail the reason why he was able to arrive safely and become rich overnight, but he knew in his heart that it was not because of good luck or Xu Wu letting him go, but because of the help of a big boss.
Wang Yong from the business team acted as a go-between and had Chu Cheng added as his friend. That day, when he went in to look for Xu Wu, he knew Chu Cheng was already waiting outside the territory, so he was so reckless.
If Chu Cheng hadn't been there, he would have been assassinated by the people sent by Xu Wu as soon as he went out.
But now Dou Yuehui faces the same dilemma...
An Yan felt apprehensive, his brow furrowing ever tighter. Hu Hao and Miao Lin, who had just sat down across from him to eat, noticed that Miao Lin paused with her chopsticks. "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"I..." An Yan came back to his senses, made up his mind, and asked Miao Lin, "Can I take half an hour off today? You can just deduct my salary."
"You're so polite, kid." Miao Lin shook her head. "It's only half an hour. It's actually not busy after the evening rush hour. Just go after you finish your meal. I won't charge you any money."
"Thank you!" An Yan thanked him profusely, finished the rice in the bowl like whirlwind, then ran to wash the bowl obediently, and ran out of the RV with his backpack on his back.
In the RV, Miao Lin watched him run away from the window and nudged Hu Hao's elbow. "Honey, is it possible that there's trouble coming from the Fearless Settlement?"
"...It's hard to say." Hu Hao shook his head. "It's also possible that someone wants to come over. Didn't Ye Miao say that the main way to poach people is through this kid?"
"That's right, I hope so." Miao Lin pondered and sighed, "I used to think that the Fearless Settlement was inhumane from top to bottom, but now it seems that at least Xiao An is pretty good. I hope the other good people over there will slowly come over and stop staying there. If they stay there for too long, they will all become perverts!"
"Yes." Hu Hao agreed deeply.
An Yan ran out of the RV and headed straight for the residential area, passing by thatched houses, wooden houses, and stone houses, and finally ran into the area of neatly arranged brick houses. He stopped in front of Ye Miaoyuan and took a deep breath.
In the yard, Ye Miao and Chu Cheng were packing their equipment and medicines to go out on patrol.
According to Ye Miao's understanding of the game, the large number of insect nests that spawned were mainly on the first day after the upgrade to a giant insect swarm, and there would be no such abnormal things after that. However, if there were not a large number of them, one or two might spawn occasionally, so she planned to go out and take a look every night, destroying as many as she could.
There was a sudden knock on the courtyard door. Ye Miao paused as she was putting the medicine into her bag. Chu Cheng said first, "I'll go."
After saying that, he walked towards the courtyard gate. When he opened it and saw An Yan, he smiled and said, "Looking for the boss?"
"Yeah." An Yan nodded nervously.
Chu Cheng stepped aside and let him into the courtyard. Ye Miao had heard about his troubled past few days, so she was a little amused when she saw him. She still asked in a gentle voice, "What's the matter?"
"Boss." An Yan walked up to her with his head lowered, feeling every nerve in his body tense. "I...I...I want to ask you for a favor."
Ye Miao: "Well, what do you say?"
An Yan felt like he was on edge, his head lowered even lower. "I have a friend... who's also from the Fearless Settlement. He's had a really hard time lately, and he wants to move to another territory..."
Ye Miao was ecstatic.
Finally the wait has come!!!
He looked calm and composed. "I heard that the people in the Fearless Settlement all have good attributes. There are a few vacancies in the territory right now. You can just let her apply."
"Really? Okay!" An Yan breathed a sigh of relief and carefully glanced at Ye Miao's face again. "No, but..." He gritted his teeth. "The rules of the Fearless Settlement... It's difficult to leave alive. I was able to get here safely because of Brother Chu Cheng and the others..."
Chu Cheng didn't wait for him to finish and said, "I understand. Tell her we'll pick her up tomorrow at noon."
"Tomorrow?!" An Yan was overjoyed as he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
Ye Miao pondered for a moment and looked at Chu Cheng: "I'll go too. The insect swarms now are much stronger than when An Yan came. The five of you are all archers, and your health is low. If you encounter an insect swarm, it will be very dangerous. I can carry the monsters for a while."
Chu Cheng nodded: "Okay."
Damn, this arrangement!
An Yan was flattered and filled with gratitude! In a moment of excitement, he said without thinking, "I'll go too! I can help!"
"Why are you going?" Chu Cheng patted his forehead. "Help Sun Chen farm in the territory. You can't go out to gather crops recently. Everyone is waiting for your harvest."
"Oh..." An Yan finally realized that he would be a hindrance if he really went, and rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
After leaving Ye Miao's residence, An Yan ran towards the RV in the small market with joy. He had originally thought that he would have to go through a lot of trouble to beg Ye Miao to succeed tonight, but he didn't expect that the matter would be completed in less than five minutes.
I'm so happy to be able to help a friend!
And now he has time to go back to the RV and continue working, which makes him even happier!
Ye Miao concentrated and chuckled, then clicked his tongue: "If this kind of thing happens too often, the core team of the Fearless Settlement will probably be very angry."
Chu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Can't you bear it?"
"No, what I mean is that we should all bring enough medicine and equipment tomorrow. If a fight breaks out, we can teach them a lesson." Ye Miao was calm.
Chu Cheng suddenly laughed out loud, lowering his eyes to look at her in the night. He unconsciously recalled the dashing figure killing monsters in the firelight that night. He pondered and said, "There's something I want to say. It may sound a little strange, but it's definitely a compliment."
Ye Miao raised his eyelids: "What?"
Chu Cheng's smile faded a little, and he looked serious. "I especially love to see you go on a killing spree, one sword to a small monster."
Ye Miao: “…”
Chu Cheng held his breath: "Are you angry?"
"No." Ye Miao twitched his lips slightly, speaking each word with pause, "But this compliment is indeed very strange. If you hadn't stated it was a compliment in advance, I might have thrown you over the shoulder."
Chu Cheng chuckled.
Ye Miao also smiled, picked up his backpack and walked towards the gate.
Chu Cheng followed her out, two steps slower than her, and inadvertently saw the twin ponytails swaying in front of him again.
hiss--
He took a silent breath in his heart, tried to hold it back, but couldn't help it and raised his hand to touch it.
But Ye Miao didn't notice. He felt the same good feeling as if he had gotten away with a prank as a child, and he couldn't suppress a smile and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, right, Chu Cheng." Ye Miao suddenly turned around. Chu Cheng felt guilty and panicked for a moment, not knowing where to put his hands.
"?" Ye Miao looked at him puzzledly and continued, "If we all leave tomorrow, there will be no one to lead the swarm of insects. How about you leave two people behind, or pick someone from the team to be the temporary captain?"
Chu Cheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem, I will make arrangements before I leave tomorrow morning. I will ask Chen Qibin to stay and keep an eye on it, and Yi Hang, Shen Ruhuan and I will each choose a temporary captain."
"Okay." Ye Miao nodded with satisfaction, felt relieved, and turned away.
The moment she turned back, Chu Cheng touched his chest and exclaimed that it was a close call.
I thought I was discovered!
The author has something to say:
I originally wanted to take a break after updating 6,000 today, and then continue to work on my six-day work to pay off my debts in a few days.
But I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back in a few days QAQ
So it's still down to 9,000, but I swear, I have to take a rest tomorrow. Even if it reaches 25,000, I'll still make 6,000! I'll start paying off my debts again on Friday! ! ! !
I'll give out red envelopes to 50 random comments on this chapter.
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