Chapter 67 Red-tailed Anaconda
At dawn the next day, everyone packed up and set off. For the next two days, they collected supplies in the bushes. The results were good, but when divided among individuals, the results were not very ideal, at least not up to everyone's expectations, so everyone decided to go their separate ways.
Under Lin Ziyu's request and threat, Xie Yu reluctantly agreed to let Yun Xiang be in the same group with her. In fact, it was Yun Xiang's own request. It was her first time to go on a mission with the club, so it was necessary to develop a tacit understanding.
They are always together, what if they get tired of looking at each other's faces? Hey, so this is what you think.
In the end, Yun Xiang, Lin Ziyu, Jin Die, and several other senior students from the Talisman Making Club who often hung out together formed a team. The shameless Bai Mingyang insisted on joining their team, but Lin Ziyu, knowing full well that he had ulterior motives, firmly disagreed. In the end, the two of them compromised, and Bai Yan joined their team.
Before departure, Bai Mingyang and Bai Yan had a heated argument, and even after joining the team, Bai Yan was completely distracted. The argument was all about profit, so no one cared. Who knew Bai Mingyang would go so far, so bold?
Everyone formed 16 teams and set out from different directions, agreeing to meet at the Lost City three days later. Located on the edge of the desert, Lost City is an old ruin, with only some half-collapsed walls remaining. The layout of these walls resembles a maze, hence the name Lost City.
Many hunters came here to explore before, but they did not find any treasures after walking through the maze, and it was gradually abandoned.
"President, is your approach correct? Why haven't we achieved anything yet?" a senior named Qi Lian joked. Then another senior, Zhao Xueyue, slapped her forehead, "Yeah, I'm so forgetful. I haven't gained anything from following you."
"It's not impossible," Senior Bai Shanshan said softly, "It just takes a tough fight." Bai Shanshan was openly insulting Lin Ziyu, but in fact she was reminding Yun Xiang and the others not to think that they could sit back and relax just by following the president.
The reason they follow the president is mainly to train themselves, and collecting materials is definitely secondary, because the president has a beast-absorbing physique.
"Shut up!" Lin Ziyu glared at a few people unhappily, and finally locked her eyes with Bai Shanshan, "You are the only one who is troublesome." She also wanted to give Yun Xiang and the others a surprise, and scare Bai Yan by the way, to see what the two siblings were up to.
Bai Shanshan didn't take it seriously. "Just give them a warning, in case they take your call—Okay, okay, can't I keep it a secret?" Seeing Lin Ziyu glaring at her again, Bai Shanshan immediately made a gesture of sealing the phone.
Lin Ziyu thought about it and decided that this was a good idea. She simply let Bai Shanshan explain her past to Yun Xiang and the others, no matter how bloody it was. Yun Xiang and Jin Die looked incredulous, feeling that their president's life was not easy.
Bai Yan's face turned pale, and she was convinced that Bai Mingyang had set a trap for her and wanted to kill her.
"President, Shanshan!" Qi Lian was so excited that she couldn't control herself, "Oh my God, it's the Dragon Heart Fruit, the Dragon Heart Fruit! What I saw was not a mutant animal, I... I thought I would encounter a poisonous snake first, then a lizard, then a centipede, a scorpion, a bat,..." It's poisonous, really poisonous!
"Fuck, you're a pervert!"
"Boss, how can you curse at me?" Qi Lian said with a look of deep sorrow. As he spoke, his tone became more confident and righteous. "Whenever you go on a mission, you always recruit the best players! They're even better than summoners."
"..." Could she be blamed for this? She was naturally attracted to mutant animals, so what could she do? She couldn't just stay in the safe zone for the rest of her life.
"Let's go and take a look!"
"Wait, be careful!" An arrow flew past Lin Ziyu's cheek, but a snake tail more than three meters long dodged it easily, then the whole body climbed back up the tree, and howled hoarsely at the few people in a very violent manner.
"It's a mutated red-tailed boa constrictor!" Yun Xiang spoke calmly while holding the bow.
"Thanks, sister!" Lin Ziyu patted Yun Xiang's shoulder. "That damn woman Qi Lian got it right again, such a bad mouth!"
“…” Qi Lian expressed her injustice.
The red-tailed boa constrictor is brown-red in color with brown and yellow markings on its back. It is over 4 meters long and has a very powerful tail that can entangle its prey and kill it.
"Watch out for the boa constrictor's tongue; it can smell us."
“What a hassle!”
"You should be thankful that it doesn't have cheek pits to feel our heat."
"This piece of dragon heart fruit should be its territory!"
"Hiss--" After a roar, several red-tailed boas jumped out from the tree, as if protesting against them, saying that the dragon heart fruit territory was their common territory.
"It looks like there's going to be a fierce battle."
"You'll get used to it!" Qi Lian and the others are worthy of being the ones who often team up with Lin Ziyu. They have a tacit understanding and know when to advance and retreat when cooperating as a team.
They said they were afraid, but their actions showed no fear at all. They deliberately left a gap for Yun Xiang and Jin Die to get in. Bai Yan tried several times but failed, so she had to take out the protective shield and hide inside.
Yun Xiang was a bit unfamiliar with the teamwork of Lin Ziyu and the others for the first time, and they were nearly ambushed by the red-tailed boa constrictors a few times. However, as their rapport grew, they gradually became more adept at it.
Yun Xiang walked in front of the snake's head to attract its attention, while the others attacked the snake's weak spot. The time it took them to deal with a red-tailed boa constrictor was gradually shortened from more than an hour to half an hour. Seeing that there was only the last one left, everyone gathered their strength and prepared to take it down in one fell swoop.
As the final blow was about to strike, an explosive fire talisman flew towards them, and it was not just the red-tailed anaconda. Yun Xiang hurriedly activated the defense talisman to intercept it, and a three-layer water-blue cover covered everyone.
"Bang!" The explosive fire talisman and the first layer of protective shield shattered at the same time.
"The effect is really good!" Yun Xiang's expectations for the defensive talisman became even higher.
Bai Yan cursed inwardly, "Why can't they be killed by the explosion?" In fact, she knew that her low-level explosive fire talisman would at most injure them. In fact, she didn't really want their lives. She wanted the red-tailed boa constrictor, all of it.
But these people were clearly wary of her, taking one after another, leaving her with no chance of snatching any. With only the last red-tailed boa constrictor left, she had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure. But... a defensive talisman! Bai Yan's eyes flushed with envy. It turned out to be a defensive talisman with special attributes! And a three-layer one! As a talisman-maker from a family, she couldn't make it, but that woman could!
It couldn't be hers, it must have been given by someone else. Yes, it was Lin Ziyu. No, it couldn't be. It must be a high-level talisman maker. Yes, a high-level talisman maker! She would definitely dig this person out, bring him back to the Bai family, and make him serve the Bai family.
Those who refuse to accept defeat will always find excuses to deceive themselves. Bai Yan's self-righteous inference didn't anticipate the chain of events it would trigger, but that's a story for another time. Yun wanted to collect the last red-tailed boa constrictor, which happened to be one for each of them.
"What should we do with her?" Qi Lian pouted at Bai Yan.
She has always hated evil, and Bai Yan's unusual behavior usually annoyed her. She didn't want to attack her companions, so she would never let them off easily.
(End of this chapter)
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