Dead Man's Ranch
Chapter 40
You Wuyi...Major You?
Wei Huan was slightly distracted when he saw the name.
You Wuyi was a very outstanding general he had ever seen. He was full of vigor and vitality, with stars in his eyes, a straight back, a slightly raised chin, and walked with big strides.
That's the real look of a child favored by heaven.
"Do you know You Wuyi?" Wei Huan suddenly asked Mu Zhong.
Mu nodded: "He studied at Southwest Challenge University and also interned in the Southwest Challenge Army for two years."
"Why haven't I heard of him in the previous college league?"
"He didn't participate. Not only did he not participate, but many talented people trained by the legion also didn't participate."
Wei Huan looked at Mu Zhong without saying a word.
Mu Zhong rubbed his nose. "I'm a support, so I'm fine with participating. It doesn't count as cheating. You Wuyi and other main combat classes are constantly training. Isn't it bullying to attack college students?"
“…”
Wei Huan felt like he had opened a new door. These were secrets that he had never come into contact with in his previous life.
But when you think about it carefully, it's so normal.
In this world, luck is ultimately limited. Most of the strong people have actually secretly run away for a long time without you knowing.
The national level must be far-sighted, otherwise how can we fight against the life and death of another dimension?
I only regret that I didn’t think far enough and that the talents I cultivated weren’t strong enough.
Even Wei Huan himself achieved his current success by standing on the shoulders of giants and looking into the distant future.
"Wei Huan?"
Mu Chong's hand was still on [Friend Request], and he didn't press it for a long time.
"Yeah." Wei Huan nodded, thought for a moment and added, "You don't have to worry too much about my feelings. Just do whatever you want. You are free to make friends."
Mu Zhong knew he was referring to the Northeast Army, but... he smiled and said, "This time it's really not about that. You Wuyi wants to add you as a friend."
Wei Huan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and softened his tone, "You talk to him, I'll drive."
"Okay."
[Mu Zhong (1006-1-Wei Huan) wants to add you as a friend.]
A minute later, the friend request was approved.
"Hello, Mu Zhong."
"Hello, You Wuyi."
"You and Wei Huan teamed up?"
"We've already been to random challenges."
"Yes, I know. You two are a perfect combination. A necromancer and a shaman are so powerful together."
Immediately afterwards, You Wuyi sent another message: "Upgrade to level 3 vehicle, are your teammates confirmed?"
"Not yet. Let's open up the second and third level roads first. We'll see what happens next."
"That's right. I'm contacting you out of the blue. If you have any extra equipment or supplies, please contact me. Once you get to the Level 3 highway, I'll buy them at a 5% discount from the mall. Is that okay?"
Mu Zhong looked at Wei Huan for a few seconds and said, "Okay."
Silver equipment can be purchased in the mall for 200 each, and the 95% discount is enough to save enough to buy a piece of bronze equipment.
You Wuyi was obviously very happy with Mu Zhong's immediate agreement. After chatting for a while, he introduced himself.
"Actually, I'm just like you. I joined the Challenge Corps for internship when I was in college. I'm currently in the Southwest Military Region. We can meet after the challenge is over."
"You know me?"
"Mu Zhong, a prospective member of the Dragon Group's Sixth Squad. I've wanted to meet you very much, but unfortunately I never had the chance. I was very sorry to hear that you were injured, but now that I see you back, I'm truly happy for you."
"I have to thank Wei Huan for taking me with me. When I was in despair, no one could have imagined this day would come."
You Wuyi said: "Wei Huan is Daxia's miracle. I was trained with all my resources just to compete for the overall championship, but I still lost. Fortunately, I have Wei Huan."
"Are you also dual-professional?"
"The wise and the gambler, that is the secret."
"Thank you for your trust."
Wei Huan saw the content of the chat and suddenly felt that it was pretty good.
It is these unknown geniuses and strong men who support the Southwest Army and Daxia, so Daxia has become the last pure land of mankind.
You Wuyi is.
So does Mu Zhong.
They are bright but also under great pressure.
…
During this period, they passed one intersection after another, and the roads, like thousands of tree branches, all converged into one.
Until a large area of yellow sand appeared, covering the road layer by layer, and gradually the road disappeared.
The sky ahead was filled with yellow sand, and not a single green plant could be seen.
The sunlight shone from the front, creating colorful circles of light on the windshield. Together with the overly bright sand dunes, it was so dazzling that people could not open their eyes.
The windshield had not yet been upgraded to level 3 and could not adjust the light, so Wei Huan could only pull the sun visor halfway down.
The light is still very dazzling.
They drove past sunglasses, but to wear sunglasses they had to take off their silver goggles.
Don't want to change.
Wei Huan narrowed his eyes, slowed down a bit, and said, "Let's raise the windshield first."
Mu Zhong ended the conversation upon hearing this, but added, "We have entered the desert, the environment is very harsh. Upgrade to level 3 vehicles as soon as possible. Good luck."
You Wuyi: "I wish you good luck too."
After closing the chat interface, Wei Huan squinted his eyes to endure the glaring light outside the window.
The temperature is rising rapidly, and it feels hot just by looking at it.
Seeing Mu Zhong collecting materials and upgrading his vehicle, he said, "The national war will be a level three challenge. Currently, it's just a district war."
"Um."
"I'm going to stop here and clear out all the treasure chest monsters."
"Can."
Mu Zhong was very fast, and since there wasn't much missing for the windshield, he bought enough materials in no time and the upgrade progress bar popped up.
10 minutes countdown.
Mu Zhong was still the same as always, not bothering to buy the necessary supplies in the chat room and auction house first.
I will only go to the mall to buy it if I really can’t find it.
It is not only to save points, but also to transfer the large amount of points in their hands so that they can circulate in the market, which is conducive to the flow of materials in the area.
Of course, don’t even think about selling it at a price higher than the mall price.
Even if it's an 8% discount, Mu Zhong will still do it.
This is the thinking of a superior.
Wei Huan didn't understand at first, but he was not stupid, and he understood it after thinking about it for a while.
Mu Zhong has a long-term vision, and under his deliberate control, the challengers in District 1006 will definitely develop better than those in other districts.
The windshield was only raised 20%, and yellow sand was flying behind me.
Violent bears, running wolves, hyenas, and a giraffe all chased after them.
The beast from Blue Star is a treasure chest monster, and its hatred is locked on Wei Huan. It has no thoughts, similar to the humans recruited by the Dark Beast Lord in random challenges, and they will fight to the death.
However, the natives are mostly monster lords who voluntarily enter the world to challenge.
Unlike humans, who only have a 13.7% chance of becoming challengers, the lower-level races of Dark Beasts are very willing to enter their "random challenges" and launch attacks on human vehicles.
Among their mission rewards, there are many rewards that improve bloodline, which has a strong appeal to dark beasts.
But compared to learning knowledge and doing science in "Lord's Challenge", it is much easier.
But it doesn’t matter, no matter whether it’s an ordinary beast or a dark beast, you can “group-hunt” them no matter how many come.
Wei Huan stood on the balcony, drinking coffee and eating two Batamus. In the time it took for all the monsters in the treasure chest to be cleared away.
This time the dark beast couldn't escape.
Although the dropped items are very ordinary and the reward of 1 point is not much, I still don’t want them to leave alive.
The battle is over, and it's time to set off again.
Wei Huan drank the remaining coffee in the cup in one gulp, and suddenly a message popped up on the projection screen on the balcony glass.
[Biological upgrade fusion 100%, completed! ]
"Wei Huan!! The upgrade was successful!" Mu Zhong screamed excitedly, "Come and see what it is!"
Wei Huan didn't have time to answer. With a mouth full of coffee, he kept clicking on the screen.
But nothing was found.
Then, Mu Zhong's voice came again: "The spider legs outside the car are gone. I just tried it and confirmed that the door can be opened. Do you want to get out?"
“Hmm!”
Wei Huan swallowed his coffee, responded vaguely, and hurried back to the car door.
Passing by the corridor and before entering the living room, Wei Huan paused, attracted by an object that suddenly appeared in front of him.
"What is that?" Mu Zhong obviously saw it too.
Wei Huan looked at the black cylinder in front of him, which was as thick as an oil barrel and ran through the entire car body. It looked a bit like a large standing coffin.
There was definitely no such thing here before.
The exterior of the black coffin looked very strange, with densely packed and embossed mysterious runes. If you looked closely, they looked like graphics, but when you looked even more closely, they turned into words.
Wei Huan didn't recognize the characters.
But under such a gaze, his silver goggles came into play.
[Entrance to the Dead Ranch]
Durability 100%
When I saw it, I just followed along.
"Undead Ranch..."
Mu Zhong, who had arrived at some point, repeated, "Undead Ranch?"
Wei Huan thought for a moment and tried to touch it.
It feels strange, like some kind of delicate and soft skin.
This thing exudes an evil aura and is very compatible with the undead. It should be an exclusive item for his profession.
After thinking about it, Wei Huan input a trace of dark power into the black column.
With a "swish" sound, the black column disappeared, leaving only a circular pattern emitting black light on the floor and ceiling.
Mu Zhong said, "The teleportation device? I'm afraid you'll have to step on it."
Wei Huan nodded, stepped on it, and said, "I'll go in and take a look."
"Okay, be careful."
"It should be fine."
After saying that, Wei Huan used his dark power again, and a circular pattern appeared under his feet, lighting up one circle at a time from the inner circle until the tenth circle became bright.
Wei Huan only felt a flash before his eyes, and a feeling of teleportation!
When he came to his senses again, he came to a completely new and unfamiliar place.
…
In Mu Zhong's eyes, the disappeared black column reappeared, and Wei Huan was completely wrapped inside it.
He waited outside for a while, a little worried. He wanted to knock on the black column, but was afraid of affecting Wei Huan.
After much hesitation, he returned to the passenger seat, only to find that the undead who had been guarding outside the car had disappeared.
In the boundless desert, a sand mist blew up, and the sand and gravel hit the glass with a "crackling" sound.
"call--"
"call--"
I don’t know when the road we came here was flooded.
The world is so vast, and he is like a lone boat in the ocean, endlessly lonely.
Mu Zhong's brows were tightly furrowed, but his heart beat steadily and he was exceptionally calm.
First of all, one thing is certain: unless attacked, the car is safe.
The fusion of bio-alloys has been confirmed by the system and is absolutely an official component, so Wei Huan was inside and most likely encountered a situation where he had to take back the undead.
Then what he needed to do outside was to continue to complete the upgrade, and at the same time... Mu Zhong glanced at the dust appearing behind him.
Something is approaching.
If it's not a wandering monster, then there's a Challenger driving up.
No matter what, we should always be on guard against others.
Mu Zhong turned on the vehicle's [Attack Mode].
As the smoke and dust approached, Mu Zhong saw a white minivan speeding towards him in the rearview mirror.
The minivan looks shabby and seems to have a very bad driving experience, but its small wheels turn lightly on the soft sand as if it were walking on flat ground.
There's no doubt the car's tires have seen an upgrade or two.
Afterwards, Mu Zhong's attention quickly fell on the arrow tower on the roof of the opponent's car, which had already opened an attack port.
The round, mushroom-like white arrow tower is one of the vehicle's external attack kits.
There are four arrow holes with a radius of 80 cm, facing the front, back, left and right of the car, through which the silver and cold light of the arrow tips can be seen.
Although it is only a level 1 arrow tower, its power is enough to pierce the body of a lion.
When Mu Zhong could clearly see the opponent's arrow tower, the opponent obviously saw him as well.
But the other party did not approach rashly, but circled outside the range of the arrow tower until the two vehicles were close to each other, and then they stopped completely.
Then, the driver's window slid down, revealing a face with a large face and small eyes. He looked him up and down and called out, "Wei Huan?"
Mu Zhong also lowered the window halfway and looked over with a half-smile: "Shi Hengjun? You're a little slow. We've been waiting here for a long time."
"What are you waiting for me for?" Shi Hengjun's face changed drastically, and his fingers gripping the steering wheel tightened.
Mu Zhong raised the corner of his mouth: "What do you think?"
Shi Hengjun didn't know what he was thinking about. He rolled his eyes and said something harsh: "Don't be complacent. Challenging the world is challenging the world, and reality is reality!" After that, he stepped on the accelerator and drove out.
Mu Zhong looked at the car in front of him and narrowed his eyes.
Shi Hengjun's hostility towards Wei Huan is too deep.
Especially when they knew that they were not only very strong, but also provided important supplies to the Challenge Legion and turned the tide, there was still such deep hostility.
This Shi Hengjun... he had inquired about it and found out that he was the youngest son of Haisang, the chief director of the school.
They have a strong team, as well as some level 4 vehicles and level 4 professionals. They do a "mercenary" business in the challenge world.
He helped the Daxia Challenge Legion to open up new land and obtain a lot of materials. This is why he allowed Haisang to survive until now even though he knew there were problems with their big move.
Logically speaking, if they were truly sincere in cooperating with Daxia, Shi Hengjun should not be so hostile towards them.
It only means that he was influenced by his environment and had no intention of getting along with them from the beginning.
The young man does not hide his emotions, which shows the true attitude of his family.
Shi Hengjun was away for a long time and Wei Huan didn't come out either. After that, one car after another passed them.
Some cars passing by will honk their horns in a friendly manner as a greeting.
Some cars would drive around them from a distance after seeing them and would not approach them.
The atmosphere in Challenge World is better than it was at the beginning, but only for the most part.
In some corners, murder and robbery still occur.
Just be quick and clean, and the "cleaning function" that challenges the world will erase many traces.
It's enough to make people feel lucky.
Just as Mu Zhong was bargaining with someone, a large amount of desert dust appeared again behind him.
Immediately afterwards, three white, dilapidated vans came running over, chasing each other.
Those who showed up at this time were all ranked in the top 100 or so in the district, and they all had more or less some kind of external vehicle attack kit.
There is a protective cover on the leading car, and blue electric current can be seen flowing in the sunlight.
The two cars chasing behind were no more than 20 meters away. One had an upgraded turret on the roof, and the other had something like a bulldozer shovel on the front, which was a serrated exterior.
The three cars were chasing each other at a speed of 180 km/h. If the car behind had not shot arrows at the car in front, Mu Zhong would not have thought that they were fighting.
The car being chased slowed down a bit, and the distance between the two cars was getting closer and closer.
“Swoosh!”
Another arrow was shot.
Arrows whizzed and hit the car body. Part of the attack force was deflected by the electric current of the protective shield, but part of it fell on the car body, causing it to collapse and piercing into the car body.
This attack obviously dealt a heavy blow to the car in front, and his speed was obviously slowing down.
The car with the sawtooth in its hand slowly approached from behind. It was like a steel object with sharp teeth like a wild beast, and it was about to bite off half of the car's rear end.
At the critical moment, the car in front suddenly changed direction.
He actually came towards Mu Zhong.
Mu Zhong: “…”
Reopen the attack mode that was turned off a while ago.
A level 3 arrow tower rose from the roof of the vehicle. It had two floors, with 16 arrow holes open, revealing alloy arrowheads as thick as a child's arm, emitting cold light.
Today's challengers are no longer the ones who knew nothing in the past. The appearance of the level 3 arrow tower is recognizable at a glance.
The two chasing parties were visibly slowing down.
But the driver in the car ahead, unwilling to give up, rolled down the window, revealing a sweaty, greasy face, and shouted, "Help! Help me! They're trying to kill me!"
Seeing that the white mini car in front of him was unmoved, the man gritted his teeth, moved closer, and then shouted out of range: "Is that Wei Huan? Please save me, they want to kill me."
Mu Zhong observed for a while. Finally, his sight fell on the two cars behind him, which also slowed down and did not continue to pursue, and did not leave. He immediately understood.
It was just a show deliberately performed in front of him.
Whether it's tricking him out of the car to attack, or tricking him into a parking space, or even getting to know him as a benefactor, it's all beneficial with no harm.
A big tree attracts the wind; a great person has a high reputation.
No wonder there was an indescribable sense of incongruity when they appeared on stage.
Now that I think about it, it was because their speed was too slow and the performance was too deliberate.
But from the back, it can be confirmed that it was Wei Huan in the car. It must be that someone in the car in front tipped off the car.
Who is it?
It is most likely Shi Hengjun.
That guy is the only one who can be sure who the car belongs to.
While Mu Zhong was thinking, the three cars still did not give up and circled around their car.
But the atmosphere of pursuit is gone, and the attitude of asking for help is no longer sincere.
They are trying to get closer little by little and explore the bottom line.
Mu Zhong was too lazy to serve them and pressed the attack order on the arrow tower.
A thick and long alloy arrow shot out, its powerful force breaking through the wind and sand and cutting through the air.
Finally, it landed precisely 1 meter away from the car in front.
Without saying a word, the three cars drove away in a flash.
"Oh shit!"
The driver in the car ahead couldn't help but curse, "Don't you have any compassion? You actually attacked me! You're just a selfless hero! You're nothing but a selfish idiot!"
This person consciously started an attacking aura and raised his middle finger towards Mu Zhong.
Then he stepped on the accelerator and ran away at a much faster speed than when he came.
At this speed, it could be 220, right?
That's right.
At this time, anyone who can get here must be driving at a speed of over 220 km/h.
A desert chase at 180 km/h?
Who are you performing for?
Mu Zhong sneered. Playing tricks in front of him was far from enough.
But why hasn’t Wei Huan come out yet?
Shi Hengjun’s plan is about to backfire!
Thinking of this, Mu Zhong moved to the black coffin again with concern and looked at it again and again.
Dead Ranch?
Just from the name, we can deduce some truth. I'm afraid Wei Huan will be even stronger when he comes back.
…
Wei Huan entered a vast, dark and strange place.
There is scorched land here and the sky is so dark that it is hard to tell whether it is day or night.
On the vast plain ahead, there are countless large trees with dead branches. On each tree hangs a huge cocoon, a tree tumor, or a yellow colloid similar to amber.
It was quiet and the atmosphere was oppressive.
Wei Huan walked among the rotten leaves soaked in sewage, and there was an unpleasant smell in his nose.
But as a gravekeeper, Wei Huan obviously had no right to dislike this environment, simply because the atmosphere here was too similar to that of the big tomb, and the air was filled with the breath of the underworld.
There is no doubt that this is a special space dedicated to gravekeepers, a "professional training ground."
This was not the first time Wei Huan had heard of the "professional training ground". The special space of the "Farmer Sequence" was located in Daxia and was called the "Battle Tower".
The profession-specific training ground can help the profession to deepen its development and improve its combat effectiveness.
This is also the reason why Daxia is the strongest challenging country.
After all, the awakening rate of the farmer sequence is as high as 50%. Even though the number of people entering the "Battle Tower" each time is limited, it still creates a strong challenge capability for Daxia.
Osham possesses the "Heart of Night", which is the same type of training ground that the Night Apostle Agris Frankling obtained after opening the diamond treasure chest.
However, as a legendary profession, the probability of the Night Emissary awakening is very low, so the improvement of a country's overall strength is relatively limited.
This is also the reason why Osam is jealous of Daxia's possession of the "Battle Tower" and always speaks in a sarcastic tone in various occasions.
As for the remaining professional training grounds... Wei Huan suspected that there should be some, but everyone chose to hide them.
Including Daxia, Wei Huan knew that Daxia not only had a "Battle Tower", but also a "Natural Forest". It was said that it was a special training ground for the [Gardener Sequence]. The core profession of this sequence was the druid who could transform into various animals.
So, now Daxia has a third professional training ground.
[Undead Ranch].
Wei Huan was excited and quickened his pace.
He walked towards the nearest tree, his eyes resting on it for a long time, and soon its data appeared.
[One-star grass]
[Durability 10000/10000]
[Description: Can herd one-star undead.]
Is it what he thinks?
Wei Huan thought about it and summoned a running wolf.
The one who came was indeed the anal digging guy.
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