"Tell me about the plan!" Leng Yueyu asked, tapping her jade fingers on the table.
The four people sat around the table, while Xiao Xin stood a short distance away, watching with a hint of nervousness.
Jiang Yuan had clearly noticed Xiao Xin. After thinking it over, he turned to look at her and said, "Xiao Xin, why don't you come and sit with us?"
"No!" Xiao Xin immediately shook her head, saying timidly, "Mom said children shouldn't meddle in adults' affairs!"
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan smiled knowingly and then asked, "Xiao Xin, do you know what realm you are at now?"
"Fourth-tier Soul Energy System, twenty-eight points of Soul Energy!" Xiao Xin said uncertainly, counting on her fingers. She had previously taken a Hundred-Day Hundred-Soul Pill, and even without cultivating these past few days, she had accumulated a considerable amount of Soul Energy.
"Hmm!" Jiang Yuan nodded. To formally step into the Spirit Awakening stage, one must have a clear understanding of how many energy points one possesses, which is how much power one has mastered.
"Xiao Xin, don't disturb your older brothers and sisters!"
Li Xiang, wearing an apron, rushed out in a panic. She grabbed Xiao Xin and apologized to Jiang Yuan and the others, saying, "You guys continue chatting, I'll take her inside to do her homework!"
"Sister-in-law, it's alright, we're not talking about any secrets!" Ning Yanlan quickly waved her hand.
"How about Xiaoxin comes with us on a mission?" Jiang Yuan suddenly suggested.
"ah?"
Not only was Li Xiang surprised, but even Xiao Pang found it unbelievable. On the contrary, Ning Yanlan and Leng Yue didn't care.
"Xiao Xin is too weak. If she goes out with you, we'll have to trouble you to take care of her!" Li Xiang quickly refused.
"That's right!" Little Fatty quickly chimed in, adding, "Going out at the fourth level is risky; I think it's safer to stay home!"
"Let's talk about our objective first!" Jiang Yuan pressed his hand down, leaving Xiao Xin aside for the moment.
"This time, our target is the Iron Birch Forest within the city!"
"The targets inside the city?" Leng Yue frowned, then offered her opinion, saying, "Isn't that too easy? After all, most of the monsters in the city are below the ninth rank, so killing them wouldn't be very meaningful!"
"No!" Jiang Yuan shook his head, denying Leng Yue's statement. "Our goal this time is not to kill monsters!"
What is that?
"this!"
Jiang Yuan took out a copper coin, which looked extremely ordinary.
"Tattooed armor?" Ning Yanlan recognized the origin of the item at a glance. She still vividly remembered the adventures she had shared with Jiang Yuan, and she had a deep understanding of these strange things.
"Yes, based on the patterns observed during these days of core extraction, I've discovered that the types of monsters that drop cores for armor are highly dependent on the type of monster!"
"Wait, what is this tattooed armor?" Little Fatty asked, looking puzzled. Among the group, he was the least knowledgeable and the least intelligent, so it was obviously very difficult for him to understand anything from just a few words.
“This piece of armor in my hand is called Earth Armor. Collecting twelve pieces of armor can synthesize a basic power-exclusive set, which is also of an excellent level.” Jiang Yuan said, stating the results of the Heavenly Eye’s appraisal.
"Of course, it's not just about physical strength!"
Jiang Yuan took out another piece. "This is the Steel Pattern Armor, a basic psionic exclusive set!"
"Of course, in addition to physical and spiritual energy, there will also be sets of soul energy!"
"Did this come out from inside the core?" Little Fatty understood what he meant.
“Yes, and it only drops from the core of crustacean monsters!” Jiang Yuan explained, but then felt it wasn’t quite accurate, so he added, “However, the three types of armor may differ, but one thing is certain: crustacean monsters have the highest probability of dropping armor!”
"So, the Iron Birch Forest you mentioned is a place where crustacean monsters are abundant?" Leng Yue keenly discovered the reason.
Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "I determined the mission objective because of the wounded in our team! This time, we are not in great danger, but we will have to put in more effort than in previous operations!"
Ning Yanlan was injured, and Leng Yue was also injured. Jiang Yuan chose a place like Tiehualin because he considered that the two of them were not suitable for dangerous operations.
"Don't worry, I won't hold you back!" Leng Yue felt that Jiang Yuan was targeting her, so she retorted without hesitation.
"Hey, don't get so angry! I didn't say you were a burden to me!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly. "Speaking of which, I should ask you where you were last night? Running around like that before your injuries have even healed? Are you out of your mind?!"
"I……"
Leng Yue was speechless.
"How are your injuries?" Jiang Yuan didn't press her when he saw she didn't want to talk about it.
"I can exert one-tenth of my power!" Leng Yue's tone weakened considerably when she said one-tenth. She knew she would face such a predicament, which was why she chose to maximize her strength during the moment when she possessed the passive ability of the Child of the Night.
"One percent!" Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Not bad. You and Yan Lan can clean up the mess later, and we two grown men can handle the fighting!"
"Brother Jiang Yuan, can I come with you?"
Xiao Xin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked timidly.
"You?" Jiang Yuan had considered bringing her along, but getting past Li Xiang would be difficult.
"I won't improve my strength if I stay at home all the time, so I might as well go out and fight monsters with you!" Xiao Xin was getting excited when she saw Li Xiang's expression and immediately deflated, asking weakly, "Do you think it's okay, Mom?"
"That's true!" Jiang Yuan didn't try to dissuade her, but simply nodded in agreement with Xiao Xin's statement.
"Sister-in-law, why don't we let Xiao Xin come with us? That way she can adapt to life after the disaster more quickly!" Ning Yanlan advised.
"Actually, I think the current environment is quite comfortable." Li Xiang has always been a housewife and is not used to the sudden changes in the world.
Leng Yue narrowed her eyes upon hearing the word "comfortable," and slowly said, "Is it comfort? If you knew that a few days ago, millions of people in the Ximen area who thought they were living comfortable lives perished in the jaws of beasts, you wouldn't think that ordinariness is the true essence of life!"
"Millions?" Li Xiang's face turned deathly pale.
"Without any strength, how can you possibly survive in such a cruel world!" Leng Yue said with a hint of coldness.
How many people were originally in the country? How many are left now? The catastrophe didn't take many lives; most perished in the mouths of the monsters in the same food chain.
Humans are no longer at the top of the food chain! All things are vying for supremacy, and who will be the master of whom remains to be seen.
"How about this, I'll help Xiao Xin raise her strength to the sixth rank, and she can temporarily join our team's reserves! If it's not suitable, she can leave at any time!" Jiang Yuan suggested.
"Reserve?" Xiao Xin looked at Jiang Yuan, puzzled.
“Oath! This is our team, and there are only four of us right now!” Jiang Yuan pointed to the other three.
"Actually, I feel very at ease with Xiaoxin following you, but I'm just afraid she'll be a burden to you!" Li Xiang's thoughts were simple: she was just afraid of being a burden.
“Therefore, I will raise Xiao Xin’s strength to the sixth rank!” Jiang Yuan glanced at Li Xiang and then said, “If there is time, Sister Li can also become a sixth rank!”
"Sixth rank?"
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