Chapter 46 Bai Mingyang’s so-called plan
"After an entire night of bright lights, this is all they came up with?" Chu Xu's face was filled with disappointment. "I thought they were going to unleash their ultimate move!" Bai Mingyang didn't change any tactics or rearrange the groups, he simply swapped routes with Xie Yu and the others. So, for the day, the gains were mediocre.
On the third day, Bai Mingyang, undeterred, swapped teams with Chu Xu and his group, but still had no luck. After two days of near-zero harvest, morale was growing restless. Yun Xiang and his group weren't entirely satisfied with their two-day catch. While they could slack off, they hadn't caught any high-level prey, and even fewer level 4s. They wondered if the high-level prey had gone on a group tour.
"We promised a beast tide, but we didn't even see a single one?"
"Tsk, you talk like you've seen a ghost!"
"Hey, what do you think of Bai Mingyang? The other teams don't even have time to catch their prey, but we're just sitting there like salted fish every day."
"What salted fish? A bodyguard, a bodyguard who accompanies the young master for a walk."
"Haha, why bother talking so noble? It's just a dog!"
"Asshole, you're looking for death!" The man turned around immediately when he heard the unfamiliar mocking voice. He found that the person scolding him was Zhao Jun, one of Bai Mingyang's think tank, so he had to shut up.
"A dog who bullies the weak and fears the strong! Haha——" The man clenched his fists, his face flushed red, filled with anger and shame.
"Look at that arrogant look, he's exactly the same as Bai Mingyang." Chu Xu couldn't bear to look at him.
"None of them are good people." Jin Jiaren said as he circled something on his notebook. Yun Xiang leaned over to take a look. It was Bai Mingyang's relationship chart. One of them, called "Path," was circled. "What's so special about this person?"
"It's a bit strange." Jin Jiaren smiled mysteriously, "Perhaps he is the breakthrough point to pry open the secrets of the Bai family."
"Come on!" Holmes.
"I don't know if Bai Mingyang has figured out a strategy. It's been three days, and we haven't even seen the shadow of a beast tide. It's really worrying." Chu Xu said indifferently. He had known Bai Mingyang for so many years, but this guy had never been described as smart.
"Why are you so anxious? He may not have a strategy, but he's definitely going to use some dirty tricks. Just wait and see, within two days, that guy will definitely make a big move." Xie Yu warned, "Be alert for the next two days, especially at night. Prepare everything you need to avoid being tricked."
“OK!”
"Youyou, do you want to share a tent with me?"
"Get out!" Yun Xiang threw a pile of talismans at him in annoyance.
"Oh, be gentle, be gentle!" How can one word like "cheap" be enough! Chu Xu and Jin Jiaren looked at her with contempt.
Afterwards, Bai Mingyang formally sent out two teams to investigate, but he didn't tell anyone about the results and continued along the same route. Two days passed like this, and the commotion within the team grew worse, but Bai Mingyang, unlike his previous irritability, became unusually calm.
"It's time to take action!" That night, Yun Xiang and his friends pretended to be asleep.
Just after midnight, several dark figures appeared in the camp. They pulled medicine bags from their pockets and threw them into the fire one by one. Smoke billowed from the fire, suggesting something bad. Seeing these people unaffected, it was obvious they had taken the antidote before committing their evil deeds. Then, they pulled their prey from their space rings.
Soon, the camp was covered in prey. The men, seemingly unsatisfied, began carving up the prey with knives, and the stench of sex grew stronger. Their final move was even more ruthless: they simply removed the camp's protective shield. After this, they checked the tents of Yun Xiang and the other scattered volunteers one by one. Finding no activity, they retreated to Bai Mingyang's tent, presumably to report their mission.
Jin Jiamin quietly left the tent while no one was around and found an unburned stick next to their fire. He scraped the remaining powder off it with a blade and put it into the medicine bottle. Then he returned to the tent and fiddled with it for about an hour before finally getting results.
"It's a drug that lasts for 4-5 hours. When you wake up, you'll feel weak and lethargic. The side effects are much more severe than those of other drugs."
"Madman! It's obvious that he doesn't want to leave any survivors! We are not in any way doing anything to him." Yun Xiang was very shocked. She could barely regard the previous series of crazy actions to attract prey as unwise acts of a desperate dog, but anything involving human life was unacceptable.
First, there was no grudge, and second, no profit, so why did he kill so cruelly? Fortunately, we all came here for the same goal, and we were also revolutionary comrades. Instead of dying at the feet of the prey, we died at the hands of our comrades. How unfair!
"From this point of view, the level of the mutant beasts attracted is definitely not low, at least level 5 or above, or maybe higher. In order to prevent outsiders from getting involved, they came up with this method once and for all. What's worse, they can use people like us to attract the attention of the mutant beasts." Xie Yu never doubted the cruelty of the Bai family.
"No wonder those two teams were in such a mess when they came back. They must have met each other." Jin Jiaren understood clearly.
"That's right! No wonder those people look so peaceful. Their clothes and hair were obviously tidied before they came back, but their shoes were not." Yun Xiang suddenly realized.
"What should we do with these people?" As they were of good family background, they naturally could not ignore their lives, especially when they could lend a hand.
"Ajin?"
"Leave it to me!" After all, he was an alchemist. Jin Jiaren left the tent again. About half an hour later, he not only successfully completed the task, but also brought someone back. This person's name was Fu Xuejin. At first glance, it sounded like a woman's name, but he was actually a man, and an S-level Awakener.
He explained that he was a member of the Snow Leopard mercenary group and, while the group was on break, had redeemed his points for a Spring Festival volunteer position to gather more supplies during the holiday. Those with limited means were always more diligent than others. This man, meticulous and vigilant, was the only one who hadn't been caught. When Jin Jiamin approached, he was trying to wake up the others.
The two of them briefly teamed up to revive the unconscious volunteers. Soon, Jin Jiamin saw many other strengths in him: strong charisma and leadership skills. Who could have imagined he could rally them all in such a short time? So, Jin Jiamin suggested he come to their tent to discuss the details for tomorrow's meeting. Thus, a temporary alliance was formed.
At five in the morning, a continuous, rallying howl echoed throughout the camp, accompanied by a deafening roar that shook the earth. The camp was in turmoil, and the half-awake volunteers sat on the ground, bewildered and at a loss as to what to do. Bai Mingyang knew what the prey was, but he still couldn't help but feel a tremor of fear.
Jackals, even before their mutation, dared to provoke and attack wolves, bears, leopards, and other ferocious beasts. They were even more fearless after their mutation. Their claws were sharp, and they were incredibly ferocious, brutal, and voracious. Upon encountering their prey, they would surround it and attack from all sides, gouging out its eyes, biting off its ears, noses, and lips, tearing open its skin, and then devouring its internal organs and flesh. It wouldn't take long for them to completely devour their prey.
(End of this chapter)
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