Chapter 163 Jinjiang Exclusive
In the deserted mountains.
A snowmobile led the team, and five cool-looking sleds followed quickly through the snow, stirring up clouds of snow and fog.
The people in the car were wearing combat uniforms of the same style, protective glasses to prevent snow blindness, and windproof helmets. They looked imposing and stylish.
It’s the 12th day of the extreme cold season.
The continuous blizzards and heavy snow have finally stopped, and the weather companion shows that the snow stop will last for three days.
While the young and strong men were free from snow clearing and the simulation training had been going on for a few days, Lu Xuan took everyone out to get some new prey and practice his skills.
This time, Lu Xuan went out with two hunting teams led by him and Li Jing. The team from Wucheng stayed in the village to continue training and would be rotated tomorrow.
The group drove out of the village for more than half an hour, leaving the area where they often moved during the rainy season and arriving in an unfamiliar mountain forest.
Everything in the mountains was covered with snow, and at first glance, there was almost no living thing to be found.
But the young and strong men all knew that there were living things.
After all, this was the first hunting spot that Lu Xuan decided on after exploring the route in advance with a drone. However, the weather was too cold and the prey were hiding deep, so they needed to spend some time looking for them.
Everyone parked the car at the foot of the mountain and took out the hoverboards.
Driving a sled on the snow is indeed more exciting than a hover car, but once you get into the mountains, a hoverboard is more convenient for movement.
More than 20 hoverboards were started at the same time, and they were divided into several small teams and shuttled quickly in the mountains and forests. They soon got a reward.
"I found a few roe deer here."
"I found a wolf pack. It wasn't that big, only five."
"I think I saw a lot of wild boar footprints. It must be a herd of wild boars."
Lu Xuan listened to the reports from each team and said, "Let's get started. Those with superpowers use them, and those without can use weapons."
Soon, the sound of the battle beginning came from many directions in the forest.
Lu Xuan stood on a tree at the center of each team's location, listening attentively to the sounds coming from all directions, while using his visual enhancement ability to observe the battle situation at any time.
The camera in the live broadcast room can also be adjusted at any time to make it easier for viewers to watch the action...
The team that discovered the roe deer was the easiest to deal with. Roe deer will not attack people, and the first thing they want to do when they see humans is to run away.
With Chen Rong, a person with speed ability, as long as the prey doesn't get lost, catching it is inevitable.
The more intense ones are with the wolves and wild boars.
The howling of wolves and the sounds of wild boars charging overlapped, and the sound of the wind occasionally carried the unconscious shouts of anger from the young and strong men when they attacked.
Along with it was a faint smell of blood that gradually spread.
A quarter of an hour later, all the battles were over, and the hunting team tightened the space to gather up with their prey.
The black combat uniform was stained with a lot of blood, which quickly solidified into blood ice in the temperature of minus 30 degrees Celsius.
Lu Xuan asked: "Is anyone injured?"
Zhang Chengming's team shook their heads and said, "They're just a few roe deer. How could they be hurt?"
Li Jing, who was in charge of the wild boar group, said: "Li Tuo was hit by a wild boar, but the protective suit absorbed most of the impact, leaving only a slight bruise."
Li Tuo, who was standing next to him, had a depressed look on his face under his helmet.
He was the only one in their team who was unlucky enough to be hit. What a shame.
Finally, there is the wolf pack that Xiong Mao is in charge of.
Wei Dayong said: "I was accidentally scratched by a wolf's claws, but it only scratched my protective suit, so I wasn't hurt."
Before setting off, everyone wore an extra protective suit between the biological suit and the combat suit. The attacks of ordinary animals could not tear through the protective suit at all, and the head and hands were protected by the helmet and leather gloves, so it was not easy to get seriously injured.
By the way, because everyone has more money, the biological suits worn by the hunting team have also been fully upgraded. They are all upgraded biological suits that can be adjusted up and down 50 degrees.
The environment of minus 30 degrees Celsius is still as warm as spring for them, and they even feel a little hot after a fight.
After reporting the results of the battle, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "I originally thought the beasts in winter would be very fierce. Walking in the snow would be difficult, and fighting would be very difficult. But it turned out to be much easier than expected."
"Yeah, yeah! The feeling of stepping on the snow is a bit like the weight training I did yesterday."
"It seems the simulation training was not in vain."
Including when facing the attacks of wolves, everyone's dodging movements are much more agile than before, and the experience accumulated from being chased by vampire vines is reflected in actual combat.
Audience in the live broadcast room: Of course it’s not in vain, otherwise do you really think that the anchor likes to torture you when he has nothing to do?
Seeing that everyone was in good condition, Lu Xuan said, "It's still early, let's continue."
"good!"
"no problem!"
The crowd continued searching in the mountains and encountered several waves of prey one after another.
These prey include small prey such as pheasants, hares, foxes, ferrets, etc., which have little room for development, as well as wild boars and larger wolf packs.
When facing the wolf pack, the young and strong men who had been holding back for several days fought with all their might.
Use water balls, ice arrows, wind blades, and earth spikes in different ways.
Among them, the combat effectiveness of the water and ice systems has obviously received a lot of climate bonuses.
The more they fought, the braver and more skilled they became.
In the afternoon, the day's big catch arrived.
A big tiger in its prime!
It's not a fake in the simulation equipment, but the real king of the forest. Just standing there and looking at you with a pair of cold animal eyes can bring a strong sense of oppression to people.
Against such a ferocious beast, people without special powers would be of little use without weapons.
Attack and body strengthening ability users stepped forward as the main force and surrounded the King of the Forest.
They are not in a hurry to achieve a quick victory.
They always remember the purpose of coming out today, which is to gain practical experience.
Therefore, after Lu Xuan shouted "action", everyone took turns to fight against the king of the forest in front of them.
You throw a fireball, I send a wind blade, and then I switch to being an enhanced psychic and attack from behind when it's not prepared, and punch the big beast!
Just run away after the fight and never stay.
The king of the forest, who originally did not take the two-legged beasts seriously, became more and more irritated by their one-sided actions.
Feeling the pain from the increasing number of wounds on his body, the King of the Forest roared angrily: "Roar--!!!"
Can't you just fight properly? Why are you always jumping around everywhere?
Unfortunately, the hunting team could not understand the other party's roar, nor did they care. They still maintained their own rhythm and honed their combat skills.
On the way, the King of the Forest realized that they were difficult to deal with and wanted to run away, but was stopped by everyone again.
“!!!”
Unable to run away, and unable to hit the beast either, in the end, the king of the forest, who had been dominating his entire life, was finally beaten down by the despicable two-legged beast in extreme frustration.
Zhang Chengming and the others, who were also exhausted from the fight, couldn't help but take off their helmets and said with sweat on their foreheads, "Finally, the fight is over. The big bugs are indeed much harder to fight than wolves."
Everyone's faces flushed with excitement. "We actually killed a giant insect without any weapons, relying only on our supernatural powers. That's incredible!"
Lu Xuan glanced at the forest king who had no skin left and died with his eyes open.
It was the king of the forest's misfortune to encounter them.
After defeating the big beast, everyone's supernatural powers were completely exhausted. They had no strength to continue and could only return home.
…
"Wow! We brought back so many prey!"
In the awning (snow shed) that still remained on the hill, the women looked at the various prey piled on the ground with shining eyes.
It has been more than ten days since the beginning of winter. I have been busy with snow-clearing training. This is the first time I have eaten meat!
There were more than 20 wild boars, 8 deer, 12 roe deer, 15 gray wolves, 2 foxes, 1 ferret, several pheasants and hares, and finally a big insect!
What a great harvest!
In addition to meat, skins are also a good harvest.
The fur of prey in winter is much thicker and softer than that in summer, and is perfect for making mattresses, coats, hats, shoes...all kinds of things.
Deerskin, wolfskin, fox skin, mink skin, and even rabbit skin are all very popular among the women.
The skin of the big beast was originally in good condition, but the psychics fought too fiercely, and more than a dozen holes were poked on it. Some parts were charred black by the fireballs, and it looked like a mess.
The distressed aunts pointed at the noses of the psychics who took action and scolded them.
"You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!"
"If this hide could have been kept until the disaster was over, it could have been sold for at least a hundred or eighty taels of silver! What a waste of treasure!"
"Next time you get angry, just hit him in the head, understand? If the head is damaged, no matter if it's a human or an animal, they will die. Do you need someone to teach you this?"
The young men laughed dryly and said, "Yes, yes, I understand, Auntie. We will definitely pay attention next time."
The collected prey was distributed on the spot, and each family received at least 30 to 50 kilograms of meat, and some even received more than 100 kilograms.
That day, every household had fresh and hot meat dishes for dinner.
It’s not that I don’t eat or can’t afford it.
It’s just that the meat harvest during the rainy season is relatively small, so what people eat on a normal day is mainly the meat saved during the extremely hot season. The psychics have a big appetite, and after eating for more than two months during the rainy season, the stock really goes down a lot.
Since the beginning of winter, the snow has been falling continuously and the hunting team has not had the opportunity to go out. Many frugal families have deliberately reduced their meat consumption and have used fish as the main non-vegetarian food.
Today I was able to share dozens of kilograms at once, so I decided to have a big meal.
In the evening, Lu Xuan drew a single safe house from the diamond blind box.
Black gold is still points, a little more than before, over 800,000, but what's the use? It's still a loss.
Are both top-tier blind boxes good things?
Haha, I don’t believe you.
Audience in the live broadcast room: You blame yourself, why do you blame me?
…
The next day, Li Jingxiongmao's team and the Wu family father and son's team switched teams and the hunt continued.
This time, Lu Xuan changed the hill next door to where he was hunting yesterday.
The types of prey encountered are similar. If there is any major difference, it is that the largest prey has changed.
Today they didn't encounter any big beasts, but instead found a hibernating blind bear.
The awakened blind bear was more violent than the tiger and harder to kill. During the battle, several people had their helmets knocked off by the bear's paws, or fell against trees or into the snow.
The battle was more intense and more difficult than yesterday.
When the blind bear's huge body finally fell to the ground with a bang, the psychics who participated in the battle also fell to the ground, too tired to get up.
The few people whose helmets were knocked away and who had no time to pick them up were still grimacing, covering their wounds that were scratched from unknown places.
"Huh, huh...the blind bear is much more powerful than the tiger."
"I hit my head and I feel dizzy. Ugh—"
"The main reason is that this guy's skin is too thick. Our attacks don't penetrate enough to hurt him. We have to hit the same area several times to have an effect."
"The big beast is much faster than a blind bear. If it weren't for its poor agility, we might not be able to take it down."
"Hey, I used to think I was pretty awesome, but I didn't expect killing a blind bear would be so tiring without a bow and crossbow."
Everyone sighed and lamented.
Fortunately, after this fight, everyone has accumulated a lot of experience. I believe that next time they encounter the same prey, they will be able to kill it faster and more easily!
Moreover, there is a little surprise this time.
No, it can’t be said to be just a little bit, it is a big surprise.
"I've made a discovery!"
Chen Rong, with most of his body buried in the thick snow, felt around. His eyes lit up as he dug through the snow beneath him and said, "It looks like there's prey buried down there. I found it!"
The other young and strong men who did not participate in the fight with the blind bear immediately came over.
"What prey? Let me see!"
"I think I saw some white hair."
"Come on, come and help dig!"
Someone took out an engineer shovel and prepared to dig, but Lu Xuan, who had no chance to do anything, just waved his hand and used his wind ability to blow away the entire snow.
“Cough cough cough——”
"At least tell me before you blow it."
Amidst everyone's complaints, the treasure under the snow revealed its true face.
"It's a sheep!" Chen Rongxi said.
Wu Yang corrected him, "It's a flock of sheep."
A rough scan revealed at least thirty of them.
Great harvest!
[Hiss! Going out hunting and picking up dozens of prey for free is so cool!]
【Slurp, let’s eat mutton tonight! 】
Zhang Chengming, who was sitting not far from Chen Rong, scrambled over to take a look. "Wow! How come there are so many? They don't look like wild sheep, but domesticated ones."
When the others heard this, their first reaction was: "Could there be other disaster victims nearby besides us?"
"That's impossible. The drone didn't find any living people when it flew out."
"There's no way a real person would let these sheep freeze to death here."
"That seems to be true."
Wu Yang thought for a moment and guessed, "Perhaps they were raised by someone in a nearby village or town before the earthquake. After the earthquake, their owner died and they became wild sheep. Since they couldn't survive as well as real wild sheep, they eventually froze to death."
"No matter why they froze to death here, if we find them, they will be our prey!"
“That’s right!”
"I picked up over thirty sheep for free. What a bargain! Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed for a while, then quickly broke the ice at the bottom of the flock and took away all the more than 30 sheep.
…
After returning to the village, the aunts were overjoyed to learn that they had picked up a lot of sheep for free, and that they were domestic sheep with less fishy smell.
Eating mutton in winter is very nourishing, and it’s the right time!
"Quickly bring out the sheep so we can have a look."
The young men in charge of collecting the prey happily took out things. Not only did they take the sheep, they also threw today's prey, especially the blind bear, into the open space.
The aunts looked at the blind bear whose skin was made even uglier than yesterday: "......???"
The hunting team's superpowers: "..."
Facing the dangerous looks of the aunts, the hunting team was filled with men.
Well, they really have no way to deal with this.
Their strength is not as good as that of the blind bear. If they want to consume the opponent's strength as much as possible, they must hit the primary target first.
Hitting the head is not as easy as hitting the body. There is such a big lump there, you can hit it no matter how you hit it.
The young men excused themselves by saying, "Well, rabbit skins, wolf skins, etc. are enough for making coats and quilts, right? Even if we could make a bear skin coat, no one would wear it."
Aunts: “…” That makes some sense.
But does this stop them from cursing?
"If you don't wear it yourself, can't you keep it and sell it for money later?"
"You ruined a good thing and you still have the nerve to make excuses!"
"If you can't hit the head, it means you're not capable. Didn't Lu Xuan say that if you're new, you need to practice more!"
Young and strong people: "..."
The audience who watched the whole thing burst into laughter: "Never try to reason with female elders. If you can't reason with them and you try to make excuses, it's your fault!"
But the mutton is still fragrant.
After Lu Qing became pregnant, her family didn't treat her like a fragile object, but they still took good care of her.
She was not allowed to process any by-products. She could either ask others to help or put it aside for the time being. After all, the family did not really need that thing.
All three meals a day are prepared according to Lu Qing's taste.
Lu Qing was disgusted by the smell of fish, so she wouldn't eat fish at home;
If you feel sick after drinking milk, then don’t drink milk tea or even eat milk buns.
But surprisingly, Lu Qing didn't feel anything about the taste of mutton.
I happened to get some mutton today, so I added grilled lamb chops and stewed mutton with radish to the dinner table.
The radish was specially regrown by Lu Xuan.
The radish flavor in this season is better than that in summer. It has a less fishy smell and is spicy with a hint of sweetness. It is not only delicious when stewed with meat, but also very refreshing when eaten alone.
Generally speaking, pregnant women are not recommended to eat mutton, or should eat less, to avoid the hot nature of mutton, which may cause miscarriage or premature birth.
Lu Qing is a person with special abilities, so she doesn't need to worry about these problems. After finally stopping feeling nauseous, she started to eat a lot of food as soon as it was served. She ate half of the whole pot of grilled lamb chops by herself, so fast that some of the viewers in the live broadcast room didn't finish their meal.
In the end, of course, I ate too much.
Lei Yan was afraid that she would feel nauseous again and vomit what she had eaten with great difficulty, so he and Lu Xuan made a batch of candied haws.
The sweet and sour taste aids digestion, stimulates appetite and suppresses morning sickness symptoms.
Each hawthorn is covered with a thick layer of frozen syrup and sprinkled with sesame seeds, which makes people's mouths water just by looking at it.
Lu Qing held a skewer in each hand, taking bite after bite, and couldn't stop eating.
If Lei Yan hadn't stopped her, fearing that she would eat even more, Lu Qing would have wanted to show off two more skewers.
…
It's time to draw the blind box.
Today's diamond blind box didn't give out any good things, only points. It rarely exceeded the cost and gave out more than 200,000 points.
Black gold has also been released, um...genetic evolution liquid.
It’s not that the items are bad, but the lowest amount that Black Gold can get is something worth 100,000 points. Lu Xuan is not short of evolution liquid now, so getting this is really not as good as getting something worth 400,000 or 500,000 points.
The audience couldn't help but say: "Did the host run out of luck on the first day? Why has he been so unlucky these past few days?"
Lu Xuan: “…”
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On the last day when the snow stopped, the hunting team seized the opportunity and set off again.
This time they suddenly decided to change direction, thinking that they might gain some new insights.
As it turned out, there was indeed a new harvest, but it was not the prey they thought it was.
As soon as he arrived at the newly selected hunting spot, Lu Xuan discovered with his amazing eyesight that something was approaching in the distance. It was a black mass and seemed to be very numerous.
At first, everyone thought it was a herd of beasts and got excited.
Until Lu Xuan looked over with a telescope and told them, "It's not an animal, it's a human." Everyone's expression changed instantly, and their eyes became obviously alert.
"Human? How could it be a human?!"
"In the middle of winter, instead of finding a place to stay, you're out to rob people, aren't you?"
Lu Xuan glanced at Xiong Mao.
Do you want to think about why the hunting team came out? Are they also out to rob?
The audience in the live broadcast room were amused by Xiong Mao, but they were more interested in the people they met this time.
【I don’t know who I met this time. 】
[Thinking of Boss Chen, maybe this is also a caravan? ]
[I'm afraid I'll really run into someone extremely vicious.]
Just because Yunlu Village is living well doesn't mean that other disaster victims will have enough food and clothing. It's more likely that they are all starving and freezing, and after more than ten days, they may have reached their limit.
If you really encounter someone who is in desperate situation, Yunlu Village will be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, the kind that is so fat that it is oozing with oil.
The hunting team was alert because of this.
Lei Yan asked Lu Xuan: "Are there many people?"
Lu Xuan nodded.
Zhang Chengming pressed on: "How many more? Three to five hundred people?"
Lu Xuan: "Add ten times more."
Everyone: “!!!” Three to five thousand people!?
How can there be so many!
"Why don't we go back?" Someone subconsciously backed down.
There were several thousand people, how could they, with less than thirty people, be able to deal with them?
Even if all the people in the village were added together, they wouldn't be able to withstand one attack.
Chen Rong said angrily, "Why would we reply? We don't even know where these people came from. What if they happen to be heading towards the village? Are we expecting trouble to come knocking on our doorstep?"
Lei Yan groaned and said, "Why don't we go explore first? We have a sled, so even if those people come with bad intentions, they can't stop us."
Zhang Chengming nodded. "That makes sense. If they really have problems, we can use the communicator to contact the villagers first. Then we can close the safe house, take out the hovercraft, and run away."
Others nodded in agreement.
Having said that, they definitely wouldn't want to run if they could avoid it.
The safe house can be taken away, but the greenhouse cannot. The 200 acres of land will be harvested in ten days, and there are also mushroom houses, vegetable gardens, and lotus ponds. They are reluctant to give up any of them.
Li Jing sighed and said, "The best thing is that the other party has no bad intentions and just goes his own way without interfering with us."
The audience became more speechless as they listened.
[??? No, regardless of whether the person who came was good or bad, did they forget about the host?]
[Exactly! Is my presence as a streamer so weak?]
[Perhaps because the anchor hadn't taken action in the past two days, they subconsciously only considered their own combat effectiveness and forgot about the anchor.]
[Three to five thousand people sounds like a lot, but it doesn't mean they are all young and strong.]
[A reasonable analysis suggests that a gathering of this many people is unlikely to be comprised solely of the young and strong, having abandoned the elderly, the weak, women, and children. A maximum of 30% of the group could be used as combat force, or approximately 1,800 people.]
If supplies are insufficient and they face starvation and cold, their combat effectiveness will be halved.
[Even if everyone is at their peak, I'm not afraid. Level 7 attack-type espers are nicknamed 'humanoid weapons'. Do you really think that's just a joke?]
[Not to mention that the host has unlocked a lot of hot weapons, bombs, hypnotic bullets, □□, just throw them out and it's no problem to wipe out the enemy. ]
Lu Xuan listened to everyone's discussion for a while, then looked at the comments before speaking: "Are you done? If you're done, let's go and meet the other party."
When Zhang Chengming and others heard Lu Xuan's usual calm voice, they suddenly realized that they seemed to have forgotten to take Lu Xuan's combat effectiveness into consideration.
Thinking about the power of the vampire vine and the supernatural power that Lu Xuan had demonstrated before, it seemed... they didn't need to worry too much?
Everyone looked at each other through their windproof helmets.
"Forget it, who cares!"
"Lu Xuan is right, we will meet them!"
"If anyone dares to have any evil thoughts, just kill him!"
"We've even beaten giant insects and blind bears, and you're still afraid of people?!"
The six snowmobiles/sleds quickly restarted and hummed quickly towards the direction the group was coming from.
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