In the video footage, a vulture is seen walking around backstage at the auction house.
It walked forward, and a huge bird face appeared on the screen through the iron cage.
Then, the screen went black.
In the next frame, a face wearing a mask appears.
The black metal mask was covered with intricate patterns, like a blooming rose, covering the entire face. The rose pattern left a gap only between the eyebrows, where a small lighthouse stood.
Li Yue let out a soft cry.
The last part of the video shows the back of a strange man, carrying a duck in his left hand and a pigeon in his right, walking alone into the depths of the Birds of Prey Academy.
...
After the hummingbird finished playing the video, it looked at Xia Chuhe with great anticipation.
Xia Chuhe was very familiar with this look.
Susu the tortoise, the big yellow dog, the free-range chicken... and Sister Li...
When they want to eat, they look at her with this kind of gaze.
Hummingbirds love to eat nectar, so anything containing sugar should be fine.
Xia Chuhe sent Zhao Maomao to run an errand, fetch some water, and sprinkle some flour into it.
She placed the water in front of the hummingbird, which drank a few mouthfuls, then looked up at her with the same begging eyes.
Xia Chuhe felt guilty: "Um, we don't have any honey right now. I'll make you some maltose as soon as I get out."
The hummingbird opened its beak in dissatisfaction and lay listlessly in the cage.
Li Qiusheng said, "He said you should sell this and give the points to Lao Qin."
After watching the video, Wang Yan finally realized that the Old Qin in the dungeon was the masked man! The real Old Qin was still outside the dungeon!
Xia Chuhe breathed a sigh of relief. From what he heard, Old Qin was still alive and could even make money off a hummingbird without any pain.
Xia Chuhe brought the hummingbirds into the farm: "No problem."
She looked at Li Yue, waiting for her to explain. Li Yue's reaction just now was enough to show that she knew this man.
Li Yue indeed said, "He is the Man of a Thousand Faces, one of the pillars of the Lighthouse. It is said that the Man of a Thousand Faces can change his appearance in countless ways, and no one knows what he really looks like."
Xia Chuhe nodded, as expected.
Li Qiusheng then talked about the swans.
Xia Chuhe walked up to the swan, who proudly raised its neck but spoke cautiously: "Since everything is alright, may I leave now?"
Xia Chuhe laughed and said, "You said you were imprisoned for many years and we rescued you, right?"
The swan nodded hesitantly: "Yes."
"Aren't you going to do something?" Xia Chuhe sat in the spot where Sister Diao had been, looking directly at the swan. She blinked. "We saved your life, you know!"
Everyone else looked up at the sky or down at the ground, but no one noticed the small, pitiful, and helpless little swan in the center of the ruins.
The little swan tentatively asked, "Anything you fancy in the academy, you can take it as you please?"
Several bandits had already ransacked the academy, but Xia Chuhe pretended not to notice anything, saying, "There's nothing I'm interested in."
The swan strolled around, turning left and right in the ruins, and surprisingly pulled out a perfectly intact flyer.
The letter reads: "Sacrifice oneself for others."
It gave the flyer to Xia Chuhe.
"I don't want this either."
As Xia Chuhe spoke, he put the flyers into the farm.
The little swan hesitated, as if it wanted to say something but then stopped.
Xia Chuhe said seriously, "Is your life and freedom only worth a piece of paper?"
Little Swan: "bi..."
It stretched out its wings, pinched its beak, and manually shut itself up.
After calming down, the swan said, "I know the Raptor Academy. There's a warehouse there; there might be some good stuff inside."
The swan told Xia Chuhe that there was a mechanism at the bottom of the mixer outside the field. As long as he entered the password, he could enter the warehouse, which was said to contain many good things.
Additionally, Swan provides Xia Chuhe with a method to exit the instance early.
Just walk in the opposite direction of the college gate until you reach a place that looks like a security checkpoint, and you can leave early without having to wait seven days.
In the video played by Hummingbird, Lao Qin disappeared in the opposite direction of the gate.
Xia Chuhe picked up a feather from the swan's wing and shook it, smiling sweetly: "It's been a pleasure working with you. Remember to let us know if you encounter any danger next time."
Swan: "...bi"
"Let's go, let's go treasure hunting first," Xia Chuhe called to the group.
The group walked towards the fields. After walking for a while, Li Qiusheng asked, "Did it really leave? Is what it said reliable?"
“Of course it’s not credible.” Xia Chuhe shook his head. “Find a place to keep an eye on it and see what it’s up to. The fields aren’t far away; we’ll go and come right back.”
Previously, Swan was easily controlled by Lu Dangui and Diao Jie, and dared not fight back when threatened by Xia Chuhe, so she was probably a weakling.
Leaving only Li Qiusheng is enough.
Li Qiusheng disappeared into the soil and climbed back to the central building to secretly monitor the swans.
Xia Chuhe and his companions went to the fields to dig for treasure. Just as the swan had said, there was indeed a switch at the bottom of the mixer.
Xia Chuhe did not press the switch rashly. Instead, he checked his combat uniform and told others to keep their distance before pressing the switch with pine firewood.
A rumbling sound came from next to the mixer, revealing a staircase leading underground.
The group split into two teams: one team stayed upstairs, and the other went down.
Below is a warehouse, and inside the warehouse are several tool carts.
The wastelanders showed little interest in the tool vehicle, but Xia Chuhe was overjoyed.
Harvesters! Tractors! Seeders! And even agricultural drones!
We've struck it rich! From now on, farming will be a breeze!
Cultivating 100 acres a day is just around the corner!
But... I wonder when the farm will be upgraded to 100 acres...
Xia Chuhe brought the agricultural machinery into the farm and promised to convert the machinery into points based on its market value and distribute them equally among everyone.
Everyone recalled how Xia Chuhe had forced the little swan...
Well, I didn't do anything, so I'm a little embarrassed to ask for it.
After collecting the items from the warehouse, the group stealthily made their way to the central building.
...
Not long after Xia Chuhe and the others left, Bai Tian'e immediately went berserk, cursing incessantly: "Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Slut! A bunch of worthless scum! One big slut leading a bunch of little sluts! They ruined my hard work! They emptied my savings! They deserve to die! They all deserve to die!"
Li Qiusheng, who was secretly monitoring, was shocked. How could such a clean swan utter such filthy words!
The swan, in a fit of impotent rage, walked around the ruins for a while before stopping.
"I'm going to rebuild Bird of Prey Academy and fix all the loopholes! The next time I see that bitch, I'll make her wish she were dead!"
The swan rummaged through the rubble, muttering, "Stink bugs! Rotten shrimps! Toads! Ugly ducklings!"
It tossed aside the bricks one by one, focusing intently on its search.
"Ha! Here it is!" The swan tossed aside the surrounding bricks, carefully picked up something, and affectionately rubbed it against its face. "Finally found you, my darling~"
"Oh? What did you find?" Xia Chuhe's smiling voice rang out behind the swan.
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