Chapter 423 Camping
Faced with the accusations and condemnations of many ordinary people, the dozens of practitioners remained fearless and argued their case, saying that they could not fulfill their promise to protect them because they underestimated the monsters' strength. As for the idea of tricking them into becoming bait to attract monsters, it was simply nonsense.
The two sides were arguing and quarreling. After all, the casualties died at the mouth of the monster, and there was no evidence to prove this. Even if Wen Qingming held an official position and even if the public was outraged, he could not do anything to these people.
"Commander, please go and save my sister and brother-in-law. The car my sister and her husband were riding in broke down, and they didn't catch up when they were escaping just now!" While the two sides were still arguing, a young girl ran up to Wen Qingming and cried.
"Yes, yes, Chief. There was another car that got stuck in the mud when we were escaping just now. It should still be behind us now." Another person added, pointing in the direction behind.
"Well, that's not the direction we're heading. Is there anyone willing to take the trouble to search for any survivors over there?" Wen Qingming asked Rong Xianxian, Ye Lanxin and others.
The team members were in a hurry to get on the road, as they had already worked hard for a whole day. Rong Xianxian, Ye Lanxin and several other captains looked at each other, not very interested in this matter. After all, since they had accepted the mission issued by Wen Qingming, no matter how many survivors they rescued on the road, the credit would be attributed to Wen Qingming.
Wen Qingming frowned at this, but he didn't say much. He was just thinking about sending Yang Chao to take a look when he heard someone among them object, "You're asking them to go and rescue people. What are you thinking? There were so many terrifying monsters chasing them. They must have been killed by now. Asking them to rescue people is just like sending them to die, right?"
"Monster, do you mean there is a monster in that direction?" Rong Xianxian asked immediately.
"Yes, yes!" The man who just spoke looked at Rong Xianxian and others whose eyes lit up, with a dazed expression. Why did these people hear that there was a monster behind them as if they heard there was a treasure behind them?
"Don't worry, Chief of Staff, I'll take people there right away!" Ye Lanxin said first.
"I'm going too."
"I'm going too."
In a blink of an eye, half of the dozen or so captains who had received the urgent tasks issued by Wen Qingming had left, and Wen Qingming hurriedly called the remaining half of the team.
Ye Lanxin and his team rescued more than a dozen people and hunted down several level 2 monsters. With the addition of this civilian group of 300 people, Wen Qingming and his team became even stronger.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the large group passed through an abandoned town. There was a school with relatively intact walls in the town, which they chose as their camping place for the night.
The number of students in the township school is limited. There is only a lonely row of classrooms in the school, most of which are dilapidated. Each classroom can accommodate a limited number of people who are used to sleeping in the wild. For the convenience of management, the large group led by Wen Qingming set up tents directly on the school's large playground for rest and accommodation.
Instead, various non-governmental groups are scrambling to find houses to settle down.
Tonight, Rong Xianxian's group is resting. It's a rare leisure time. Rong Xianxian is in a good mood as she is cleaning up dinner. In just four days, she and Cui Lie have hunted a total of three territory-level monsters, which can be exchanged for a total of 1,500 credit points and 3,000 gold coins. With these 1,500 credit points, their team can be directly upgraded to a third-level mercenary group. If they kill a few more and accumulate 5,000 points, they can be directly upgraded to a fourth-level mercenary group. It is said that the higher the level of the mercenary group, the more tasks they can take on, the richer the rewards, and the lower the various taxes they need to pay.
"Sister Rong, Captain Feng's brothers have seized a classroom and have cleaned it up. Captain Feng wants to know if you want to move in?" Xia Kai walked over and asked.
"No need, just let them take care of their own teams!" Before setting off, Rong Xianxian had explained that each team's affairs would be under the full responsibility of the captain, and they did not need to gather together whether traveling or camping. She was used to small groups of a few people and could not stand the noise of too many people.
Rong Xianxian and her friends were few in number and did not want to share a classroom with others, so they fortunately marked out a piece of land on the playground as a temporary campsite, set up tents, parked their cars, and settled down.
The four teams under Rong Xianxian were placed in four different areas, responsible for supervising supplies. Xia Kai, who was in charge of overall coordination, inspected the four teams and almost ran through the entire camp.
He was so busy that he didn't notice that there was someone staring at him closely not far behind him.
"Guess who I saw just now?" In a tattered tent not far from Rong Xianxian and their camp, a middle-aged man in his fifties said mysteriously to his wife.
"Who is it?" asked a tall and strong woman, also around fifty years old.
These two people are the parents of Xia Kai’s sister Xia Tian’s husband Zhong Minglou.
"Xia Tian's younger brother, Xia Kai!" Father Zhong said in a low voice.
"He, he didn't see you, right?" Zhong's mother covered her mouth in surprise and said guiltily.
"No, that kid is doing well now, maybe we can benefit from him!" Father Zhong looked excited.
"You want to take advantage of us? What are you dreaming about? How have we treated Xia Tian along the way? Xia Tian has been angry. If she tells Xia Kai about what happened, we will be in trouble." Mother Zhong's expression was full of disapproval.
"Xia Tian and her brother have never been close, and don't we have Yingying? What Xia Tian can't let go of the most is this girl. Her health is obviously failing. If she dies, Yingying's future well-being will depend on us, right? Are you still afraid that Xia Tian won't be obedient?" Father Zhong looked very proud.
"Yes, who would know what happened back then if Xia Tian didn't tell us? Well, we have to contact our relatives as soon as possible while Xia Tian is still alive, otherwise it will be too late after Xia Tian dies." When Mrs. Zhong heard what Father Zhong said, she immediately started to think. Xia Kai is a strong young man in his twenties. Even if he doesn't have any special skills, he is still a capable laborer!
"Why are you in such a hurry? We still have to keep Xia Tian stable and comfort her. We as a family also have to speak with one voice about the previous incident and what happened along the way, so as not to reveal any flaws when we speak. Go call your son over first, and we'll discuss it." Father Zhong said thoughtfully, stroking his chin.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Mother Zhong agreed, walked out of the small tent, and entered another tent separated by a car.
(End of this chapter)
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