Chapter 42 Separation
A group of people were walking through the dense forest. Just then, two forks in the road appeared in front of them, and the group stopped.
"Captain, where are we going?"
Zuo Zilie was also a little hesitant. Their points this time might have fallen far behind the other team, and now he needed a road with abundant supplies.
Their instructor had already told them before the competition that at every fork in the road, there would be one with more and one with less supplies, so this choice would determine their final victory or defeat.
Liu Qingqing released her mental power to feel it. Because she deliberately withdrew her pressure, the people around her did not feel anything special. Only Zuo Zili felt the fleeting powerful energy.
However, the energy dissipated so quickly that before Zuo Zili could react, it was gone. Suddenly, a sense of heaviness settled over Zuo Zili's heart. As an Azmik, he never doubted his perception, so where did this immense energy come from?
In just a few seconds, Liu Qingqing had already discovered the amount of supplies on the two roads. The road on the left had many energy stones, spiritual plants, and other supplies, while the road on the right seemed to have few things.
She poked Zuo Zili's shoulder:
"Let's take the road to the right."
Looking at the sincere eyes of the child in front of him, Zuo Zili couldn't help but relax his brows. Just when he didn't know how to choose and wanted to agree, Sanda jumped out.
"This decision is about our success or failure. Why are you, a child, butting in? We're already having a hard time carrying a burden like you. Don't..."
"Sanda, shut up."
Sang Ye quickly covered Sanda's mouth. What a fool! Didn't he see that the captain's face turned black?
If this thing wasn't his younger brother, he would have thrown him into the dense forest to temper his character and see what he could say when no one could help him.
"What do you think?"
Zuo Zili turned his head and looked at the others.
The others didn't feel anything. They knew nothing about the road ahead anyway, so why not just choose one at random?
"Captain, I agree with Xiao Chenchen. Let's go to the right."
"Me too, me too."
"I think so too!"
"I'm fine with either. It's up to you to decide."
"No, we have to go left."
Liu Mengmeng suppressed her anger and stood up again.
Even though others didn't know about these two paths, she knew them. Before the competition, her father had already told her that the left path was rich in supplies and asked her to lead the others. But the child opened her mouth and wanted to go right. If it weren't for the points, she wouldn't bother to step forward.
Seeing that no one else had any objections, Captain Zuo Zili spoke directly:
"Okay, the minority obeys the majority. Let's follow Xiao Chenchen's instructions and go to the right."
Liu Mengmeng stamped her feet, frowned, and cursed in her heart:
"Oh, I'd like to see what you can find by taking the road on the right."
As he said that, he walked straight towards the path on the left, and Sanda followed closely.
The others looked at it and became hesitant.
However, this time Zuo Zili ignored them.
"Since they've made up their minds, let's split up. Whoever wants to go left can go ahead. I'll lead a group to the right."
Splitting into two groups is not a wise move. If they meet another team on the road, it would be like fighting one against two, which is really disadvantageous for their team!
They didn't know why the captain suddenly ignored the overall situation.
But it was simple. Zuo Zili couldn't stand Liu Mengmeng anymore. She disobeyed orders, was arrogant, and unreasonable. She treated herself like a princess and everyone else as her servants. He couldn't stand this kind of flattery anymore.
After saying that, he walked directly to the road on the right.
When the others saw this, they quickly followed.
Nonsense, no matter what, they are in the same team with Captain Zuo Zili, so why would they follow someone who came here halfway?
Even if there was nothing to gain on this road, they would accept it. The worst that could happen was that they would lose. It was better than being the little princess's slave and being beaten and scolded for anything that displeased her.
Sang Ye hesitated for a moment and followed Captain Zuo Zili. It was time to let his brother grow up on his own. He thought about it and felt that perhaps it was because he had spoiled his brother too much that he had become like this.
As for Liu Mengmeng's confirmation that that road was the best, there must be some hidden secret. This was perfect; even if his brother took that road, it wouldn't be too dangerous, so he chose to go with the captain.
In this way, the 15 people were divided into two teams of two and 13 people and left in two groups.
Liu Mengmeng and Sanda saw many precious spiritual plants, energy stones and other supplies along the way, which made them very happy.
Liu Mengmeng was feeling complacent.
"I've already told you to take the left path, but Zuo Zili and the others refused to listen. Now, they have to ask me to hand over these supplies. Otherwise, I won't hand them over even if they throw them away or destroy them."
There was uncontrollable arrogance in Liu Mengmeng's eyes, and Sanda beside her was also hunched over with a fawning look on her face.
"That's right. I told them long ago that they would listen to you, Mengmeng, but they refused to listen. Now, I will make them kneel down and beg."
"You're right, you must kneel down. If you don't want to kneel, that's fine. Just leave the child to me. Aren't you supposed to protect the child? I want to see whether the child or the points are more important to them."
When the child is in my hands, what should I do with him? Isn't it up to me? Thinking of her calling me old and ugly, I wonder if she won't peel off her skin.
Liu Mengmeng's face was full of maliciousness, and Sanda on the side looked at her with infatuated eyes, and seemed to be very obsessed.
As they were walking, they heard a noise ahead, which grew louder and louder. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that it was an A-rank Exotic Beast, the Red Fire Bee, flying towards them, which made them break out in a cold sweat.
All red fire bees must be divided into clusters, so there must be other red fire bees around. One A-level monster is enough to give them a headache.
With Liu Mengmeng's C-level mental power and D-level physical strength, and Sanda's B-level mental power and B-level physical strength, plus the equipment they brought, they can only deal with two A-level monsters at most, but now they are separated from the main force and can't even get rescued.
They had just taken two steps back, wanting to escape and catch up with the main force, when they heard a dense buzzing sound from behind. Looking back, they were horrified.
Behind them, nearly a dozen red fire bees, both A-level and B-level, were flying towards them, obviously having discovered their traces.
"Ah, help!"
The large army on the other side was walking slowly on the road. There were obviously not many energy stones, spiritual plants or things that could be exchanged for points on this road.
Liu Qingqing strongly requested Zuo Zili to let her go right after they separated, and Zuo Zili could only follow her wishes and let her walk on her own. They were surprised to find that when Liu Qingqing was moving forward seriously, her speed was not slow, at least she did not hold them back.
Then they watched Liu Qingqing happily walking along the road as if she were on a picnic, occasionally collecting some green plants. Unfortunately, those green plants were not spiritual plants that could be used to make potions, so everyone just let her do what she wanted.
By the time they got to this point, they'd realized they'd taken the wrong path, and it was too late to turn back. People are always responsible for their choices, so they gave up on winning and relaxed, like they were on a special outing with their children.
Liu Qingqing, who looked like a child playing, was actually very happy. What she collected were none other than Chinese medicinal herbs, which had been listed as feudal and superstitious herbs in the interstellar world. She had many books on Chinese medicine in her space.
Back when the apocalypse had just begun, Western medicine was completely gone, leaving few people looking for traditional Chinese medicine. Liu Qingqing struggled to improve her abilities in the early stages, and could only slowly survive. Her low abilities often resulted in injuries, so she even specialized in learning how to make traditional Chinese medicine. Her biggest concern at the time was a shortage of medicinal materials.
Now that she had traveled to the interstellar space, there were medicinal herbs everywhere but no one wanted them. So, she accepted them without hesitation.
Meet Akimbo JPG.
(End of this chapter)
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