Lu Ping froze, his eyes widening.
"No? How could that be? Who are you kidding? You would allow others to set up this kind of trap in your camp? Are you crazy or am I crazy?"
Yun Jian sighed helplessly and explained, "When I went to steal the airdrop, the camp was attacked. The thing that made you shrink was also laid by the enemy to ambush us."
Lü Ping was dumbfounded.
So you mean I can't change back now?
Yun nodded sympathetically.
Lu Ping's eyes immediately welled up with tears as he wiped them away and accused Yun Jian.
"I knew it. Getting involved with you was never going to end well. I should have known better than to come here. I'd be more carefree on my own. Can I ever turn back?"
After a moment's thought, Yun replied, "I don't know."
Lü Ping took a deep breath and decided to rely on Yun Jian.
"Well, I was ambushed at the gate of your camp. Your camp is doing so well now, one more person like me won't make a difference, right?"
Yun Jian raised an eyebrow. "My camp doesn't keep idle people."
Lu Ping closed his eyes, pretending not to hear, and held tightly to Yun Jian's trouser leg.
The fourth brother had just finished collecting the thin wires and was about to empty them from the shovel when Lü Ping couldn't resist picking one up. "What's this? Is it wire?" he asked.
After saying that, he held it in his hand and shook it. "It's so soft, it doesn't look like it."
He looked at Yun Jian, and his nose twitched involuntarily.
"What's that smell? It stinks!"
Yun Jian smiled at him and calmly delivered a critical hit, "What you're holding is something from inside a charred corpse, how can it not stink?"
At first glance, Lü Ping didn't react.
Immediately, his hands began to tremble, and his voice also began to tremble, "Wh-what? I think I heard the words 'charred corpse'?"
"You heard right, this stuff was extracted from the charred corpse."
With a "splat," Lü Ping released his grip, and the thin thread fell back onto the shovel.
He shakily withdrew his hand, asking with utter despair, "Can I still keep this hand?"
Seeing Lü Ping's appearance, the fourth brother curiously reached out and poked him, causing Lü Ping to fall off Yun Jian's trouser leg. "Why are you like that wild boar?"
Lü Ping: "..."
"You wild boar, your whole family are wild boars."
The fourth brother quickly explained, "What I mean is, how come you're like a wild boar, caught in that shrinking spell? Can you turn back?"
At this point, Lü Ping's face instantly darkened.
Ask him?
He asked, "Who's going to do it?"
Yun Jian could also see that Lü Ping was in a bad mood, so he quickly interrupted their conversation, "Fourth brother, finish processing these threads, and then make arrangements to prepare a room for Lü Ping. He will be a permanent resident of our camp from now on."
The fourth brother glanced back and, oblivious to the situation, made a joke, "He's so small, just give him a piece of cloth, right?"
Lu Ping felt that if he weren't so small, he would have already punched this brainless man.
Yun lowered her eyes, reached out and lifted Lü Ping's clothes, placed him in her palm, and returned to the villa.
Lu Ping was still gesturing angrily in the direction of Lao Si, "How did you manage to recruit that hothead? You dared to bring such an stupid person into the camp? Aren't you afraid he'll kill you? Aren't you always prided yourself on being quite smart? What happened to your brain this time?"
Yun Jian was so annoyed by his nagging that she stopped and threatened, "If you don't shut up, I'll throw you into the charred corpses right now."
Lu Ping was silent for a while, then began to speak again, "I didn't come here for nothing. I have some good news to tell you."
Yun Jian led him into the house. Seeing Bai Yu and the others were there, she didn't try to hide it from them and asked directly, "What good news?"
Lu Ping snorted twice and smiled mysteriously: "Li Tao is really dead, and Wang Xiaowu, as his servant, is also dead. Li Meng is truly dead this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yun Jian's expression change.
Then, without any politeness, he ordered Bai Yu, "This guy talks too much nonsense, throw him out. Our camp doesn't need this kind of trash."
Bai Yu stood up upon hearing this.
Seeing that they were serious, Lü Ping quickly shouted, "Wait, wait a minute, I was just kidding. I found the hideout of the people who stole your vegetables."
Upon hearing this, Yun Jian's expression turned serious: "Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? Last time you gave me forty points to help you find vegetables, and I didn't find any. I've been thinking about it ever since I got back, and then by some twist of fate, my skill evolved. When the Li Alliance was attacked, I used my skill to track down the group that attacked the Li Alliance, and it turned out that they were the ones who stole your vegetables."
Yun Jian's attention, however, was focused on another question: "Skill evolution?"
Only then did Lü Ping belatedly cover his mouth, "How could I have accidentally blurted that out?"
Yun Jian: "..."
If you're going to pretend, at least try to make it look convincing.
She tapped the table lightly twice with her finger. "What's this about skill evolution?"
"Hey, it's nothing much. It's just that under certain stimuli, special attributes will evolve. Mine went from level one to level two. Before, I could only track by scent, but now I can use these transparent filaments to attach to the target and hear some conversations through the filaments."
As he spoke, several almost invisible fine threads appeared on Lü Ping's fingertips.
Everyone present possessed unique attributes, and upon hearing this, they couldn't help but feel a little excited.
I wonder what their skills will look like after they are upgraded?
Lu Ping glanced at Yun Jian with a mocking look, "Of course, I think it's better if you don't upgrade your attributes. After all, you're unlucky. What will you become after upgrading? Even unlucky? Hahahaha..."
Yun Jian: "..."
She really wanted to shut this person up.
Since that's the case, she doesn't mind giving this person a small punishment. Yun Jian calmly extended her hand to Lü Ping, "According to the rules, you have to pay a protection fee to join my camp. It can be points or items."
The fourth brother, who had just entered, was stunned when he heard this. What? They want protection money?
Why has the eldest brother never asked him for it?
In a flash, he understood.
Waaah... The boss has been so good to him, how could he let the boss down?
He quickly took out fifty points from his backpack, placed them in Yun Jian's hands, and looked at Yun Jian with a shameful expression. "Sorry, boss, I was so busy I forgot. It's not too late to hand them in now, is it?"
Yun Jian: "?"
Everyone: ?
Lu Ping, who had initially harbored some doubts, was speechless upon seeing this scene.
He was surprised to find that he actually had to pay protection money; he thought Yun Jian was just trying to trick him.
Faced with everyone's gazes, Lü Ping coughed awkwardly, "Ahem... I'm a little short on cash right now, can I use a prop instead? I remember I have a meteor hammer, it's pretty powerful, I bought it for sixty points..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lü Ping's expression changed as he reached into his backpack to take something out.
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