Chapter 7
Jiaojiao was so happy when she woke up in the morning and found herself sleeping in her father's arms. She was so happy all day long that she almost shook her head. Yin Zheng couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw her.
A week passed in the blink of an eye. It was rare for Yin Zheng to go without hunting for such a long time. Hunting exotic species was his main source of income.
In addition to this, he entered the Endless Woods so frequently in order to keep his body and mind in peak combat form at all times during high-level battles.
This was almost an instinctive habit of his, which he could not explain clearly, so he had been consciously going deeper into the endless woods for so many years.
The Endless Forest is also called the Endless Sea. Just as humans have not been able to fully explore the ocean so far, humans have also been unable to fully explore the Endless Forest after the great changes on Blue Star. So they all call it the sea, the green Endless Sea.
Seven hundred years ago, the Blue Star experienced an unprecedented fusion. The volume of the entire Blue Star suddenly increased, becoming nearly four or five times larger than before. At the same time, the climate and vegetation on the Blue Star changed drastically.
Rivers widened, and deep forests and vegetation expanded rapidly, until the land occupied by humans only occupied a small portion of the Blue Planet. In addition to the changes in vegetation and sea areas, the animals living on the Blue Planet also changed. They began to grow larger, possessing all sorts of incredible abilities, and even possessing a faint intelligence. These are what we now call alien species.
Since the appearance of alien species, they have been hostile to humans, and higher-level alien species have absolute dominance over lower-level alien species.
So various large-scale alien waves began to attack human cities.
In the past seven hundred years, humans have tried to establish contact with alien species, but the alien species' hatred and bloodlust for humans seem to have been edited into their genes by an invisible supreme being and cannot be changed.
In that fusion, humans seemed to be forgotten by the blue planet, or to put it another more outrageous way, humans were consciously erased by the blue planet.
Whether it is the fusion climate, the ubiquitous radiation that is harmful only to humans, or the sudden appearance of alien species, they are undoubtedly harmful to humans.
Yet, humanity survived, abandoning everything and channeling all their resources towards technology. Relying on technology, they persevered through this upheaval, step by step, with difficulty but tenaciously.
Until now, human technology has developed to a very high level, but at the same time, humans have lost a lot in the past seven hundred years.
For example, medical skills. Except for surgery, which has been significantly improved during the seven hundred years of war, other medical skills are far inferior to the medical skills recorded in history books seven hundred years ago.
In addition to medical skills, there are many more things that have been left in the long river of history. Human energy is limited, and in such a situation, just staying alive is exhausting.
Of course, in addition to technology, human beings themselves have also evolved sufficiently in the past seven hundred years, and several professions have emerged from it.
Hunters are one of them. They are mainly those with strong physiques who can hunt level one alien species alone with their own abilities. The more powerful ones can hunt level two and three alien species, and the top ones can hunt level four alien species.
But that’s all. No matter how high the level of the alien species is, it is impossible to hunt them down with just strong physical fitness.
There is another profession in this line of work, the God Hunter.
The god among them is the god of spiritual power. The flesh of alien species can enhance physical fitness, while the alien cores in their minds can enhance spiritual power.
Seven hundred years of exploration and research have already found a unique path in the field of spiritual power.
Everyone has spiritual power, or in other words, any intelligent being has spiritual power, and today humans have discovered many uses for spiritual power.
The most widely known of these is the invisible blade that pierces directly into the alien nucleus in the alien brain, a bloodless and elegant hunting method.
The highest level for a God Hunter is level five. Even the top God Hunters cannot do anything to alien species above level five.
Between hunters and divine hunters, divine hunters are more popular and rarer. After all, spiritual things cannot be comprehended without some extraordinary talents.
The popularity of God Hunters is not because they are more elegant and calm when killing, but because people with strong spirits are more likely to excel in other areas besides hunting alien species.
For example, many priority commanders are God Hunters.
But the most popular one is still the mecha master.
When technology develops to a certain level, mechas come into being, and those who can drive mechas are called mecha masters.
Unlike the mechas that hunters could drive four hundred years ago, today's mechas not only have very high physical requirements, but also high mental requirements, and the corresponding combat effectiveness has also been greatly improved.
Hunters, God Hunters, Mecha Masters, and Aliens are all divided into ten levels.
Currently, the top hunter is Ai Feidad at level eight, and the top divine hunter is Ji Zang, the commander of the Third Legion, who is also at level eight.
The top mecha divisions are Ke Luo from the First Legion, Jiang Cha from the Second Legion, Gu Yu from the Third Legion and Cloveford from the Fourth Legion. They are all level eight mecha divisions.
Only top-level eighth-level hunters can deal with fourth-level aliens, but top-level mecha masters can fight against eighth-level aliens alone. That's the difference.
A level three mecha pilot driving a level three mecha can, when performing well, kill a level five alien by surpassing the level two.
Therefore, mecha masters are the mainstream in this era, but it is too expensive to train a mecha master, so the most common people come into contact with hunters.
Yin Zheng is different from ordinary hunters. His mental strength and physical fitness are almost equal, so he can go deeper into the Endless Sea.
Many times, Yin Zheng had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu. When he looked through the history of this world, he felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had lived in another world that was somewhat similar to this world but completely different.
Whenever this thought came to his mind, he felt as if he had been instantly separated from this bustling city, and once again became unresponsive to anything in the outside world.
Yin Zheng pondered the idea of re-entering the Endless Sea for a long time. He doubted he would find a suitable adoptive family to send Jiaojiao away anytime soon. This meant he would have to support Jiaojiao for the time being, so entering the Endless Sea was a necessity. Besides maintaining peak combat awareness, he also wanted to find some suitable exotic meat for Jiaojiao to eat and improve his physique.
In his eyes, Jiaojiao was too thin and fragile. In addition to finding reliable adoptive parents, it was also very necessary to improve his physical condition.
At first, Yin Zheng planned to go to the Endless Sea while Jiaojiao was sleeping soundly at night. However, Jiaojiao's continuous problems at night made him give up this plan.
The night is too dangerous, especially for a child as young as Jiaojiao. There are too many unknown changes if he is left alone at home.
Thinking about these things in his mind, Yin Zheng looked through the kitchen door at Jiaojiao who was sitting on the sofa holding the bottle and drinking milk obediently. His eyes fell on the faint purple bruises on his forehead. For the first time, he experienced the mentality of being unable to let go wherever he went.
Jiaojiao, who had drunk half of the milk on the sofa, slid down from the sofa and came to the kitchen with the remaining half bottle of milk. She raised her head and handed the bottle to him, saying softly, "Daddy, drink."
Yin Zheng, who was frying eggs, took the time to bend down and pick up the bottle. The bottle didn't prevent him from talking. He said in a low voice, "Wait outside. Breakfast will be ready soon."
"Okay." Jiaojiao responded, ran out of the kitchen, and stood obediently beside her baby chair waiting for her father to come out and pick her up.
After a while, Yin Zheng came out of the kitchen, put breakfast on the table, and carried Jiaojiao into the baby chair.
Breakfast was the same white porridge and fried eggs, but today there was an extra half bowl of egg custard.
Jiaojiao, sitting in the baby chair, held the bowl in both hands and drank the porridge, and looked up from time to time to take a bite of fried eggs or egg custard. He still had not learned to use a spoon, mainly because an adult who was addicted to feeding him did not give him the chance.
After finishing breakfast, Jiaojiao wiped her mouth with a tissue, then sat in the baby chair, tilted her head and watched her father eat without blinking.
As he watched, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the spoon and the plate of fried eggs beside him. He looked at Yin Zheng with eyes like black grapes and said softly, "Daddy, Jiaojiao, feed him."
“…………”
Yin Zheng paused suspiciously while drinking the porridge, then he drank the porridge in one gulp, and then picked up the two remaining fried eggs on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth.
Yin Zheng finished his breakfast in a lightning-fast manner, and in this way, he cleanly and neatly eliminated the possibility of being fed by Jiaojiao.
Looking at the fried egg that disappeared in the blink of an eye, Jiaojiao opened her mouth unconsciously, tilted her head to look at Yin Zheng, and pointed at the plate with her little hand: "Daddy, it's gone~"
"Yeah." Yin Zheng nodded expressionlessly, reached out to pick him up from the baby chair and put him on the sofa, then quickly packed up the dishes and went into the kitchen to wash them.
Yin Zheng came out of the kitchen and looked at Jiaojiao who was sitting obediently on the sofa. He realized that maybe he should buy him some toys so that the child wouldn't have to sit on the sofa and wait bored while he had something to do.
"Dad." Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately reached out to him with bright eyes after seeing him.
Yin Zheng didn't hug him, but walked to the sofa and sat down. Seeing this, Jiaojiao immediately crawled over along the sofa and sat in his arms.
Leaning against the sofa, Yin Zheng lowered his eyes to look at the little figure sitting cross-legged in his arms, his gaze settling on the back of his neck, so slender and fragile that it seemed as if it would break at the slightest touch. His only remaining right eye dimmed, and the hand that had been touching the back of his round head slid down to protect his neck. He spoke as slowly as he could, "I'm going to be out for a while. You stay home and be good."
Jiaojiao, who was holding his hand and playing the game of loosening and tightening, looked up at him when she heard this. Her dark and clear eyes reflected Yin Zheng's unusual eyes and the hideous scar on his left cheek that ran through his entire face.
Yin Zheng has sharp brow bones, and his face looks extremely aggressive. In addition, there is a hideous scar on his left cheek that runs from his brow bone to his jaw, and his silver eyes. Add to that the ferocity of being immersed in fighting for a long time, and he has the kind of look that can stop a child from crying with just one look.
Yin Zheng had indeed scared many children to tears when he went to the outer city to do business. Although he had tried his best to restrain his fierce aura at that time, it seemed to be of no use.
In fact, not to mention children, even adults would feel horrified when they first saw him.
However, Jiaojiao was not afraid of him. Not only was she not afraid, she was also very close to him.
Yin Zheng poked his soft face and said slowly, "Be good and don't cry. I'll buy you a toy when I come back."
Jiaojiao blinked his confused eyes. Although he didn't understand what a toy was, he still said softly, "Dad will go. Jiaojiao will wait for him when he comes back."
Hearing this, Yin Zheng was about to poke and pinch: "Not crying?"
"No~" Jiaojiao, whose face was pinched, said vaguely.
Yin Zheng, who was originally afraid that he would cry, saw that he really didn't cry. He felt relieved but also a little uncomfortable.
Before leaving, Yin Zheng instructed Jiaojiao many things, both verbally and with gestures, and also prepared enough food and water for him, placing them on the small coffee table within his reach.
He didn't prepare anything and walked out the door empty-handed.
Before leaving, he glanced back at the small figure standing at the door, holding it and looking at him eagerly. A feeling of discomfort welled up in his heart. He couldn't tell what it was, and it made him inexplicably irritated.
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Most of the trees in the Endless Sea are tall and big, and people standing under the trees look very small. Yin Zheng, who left the outer city and headed straight for the Endless Sea, chose a direction familiarly and headed straight there.
The species he was going to hunt this time was a fourth-level alien species called Jiujiu. This alien species was small in size, had high defense, was extremely fast and difficult to detect. It also had very sharp claws that could easily cut through alloys, and its call could also bewitch people's minds.
Normal hunters wouldn't attack this kind of alien, as their mental strength wasn't as strong as the divine hunters and they weren't easily bewitched. Once bewitched by this kind of alien, death awaited them.
However, its meat is very tender and very suitable for Jiaojiao.
Yin Zheng couldn't help but speed up thinking of Jiaojiao who was staying at home.
At this moment, in the chaotic Yongxiang Street, a bloody figure suddenly climbed over the outer wall and landed in Yin Zheng's yard.
After the figure climbed over the courtyard wall, it fell down against the wall. Luo Andeli took two deep breaths and didn't even have the strength to sit up.
This was the house of that monster Yin Zheng. Those people didn't have the courage to chase after him, which was why he took the risk to climb in, while praying that Yin Zheng was not there, otherwise he would either die in his hands or be thrown out by him.
Thinking of this, Luo Andeli raised his eyes and looked into the house vigilantly, and then met Jiaojiao's ignorant and curious eyes who was squatting at the door waiting for her father to come back.
“?!!”
Who is this kid?
Did he climb over the wrong wall?!
Luo Andeli had the urge to roll out and try again, but his severely injured body did not allow him to do so.
"Hey, kid." He grinned and called weakly, intending to trick the child into coming over and hold him hostage before the adults in the house came back.
In the endless sea, Yin Zheng was on his way back, carrying two doves.
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