Chapter 171 A "Guest" from Another Region
The once towering commercial district has been razed to the ground, with plastic bags and newspapers scattered everywhere, and the city's greenery has vanished, leaving only desolation.
When Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing entered a relatively developed city in a neighboring country, this was the scene they encountered.
Wei Yanqing immediately used his mental power to scan the surroundings. "There aren't many ferocious insects, and as for people... or animals, there isn't a single one."
The area was looted clean, and the vast majority of the ferocious insects went to the border or to cities with larger populations.
They arrived in a city that wasn't even the capital of the neighboring country. If a small, prosperous town was like this, the capital must be even worse off.
Rong Yi kicked away the packaging bag covering his shoes. "Let's keep looking. The number of ferocious insects along the border hasn't decreased significantly. I suspect there's a queen insect in this country. If we find one... we'll make a fortune."
The insect crystal of the mother insect has special properties and is extremely expensive. Rong Yi vaguely felt that this insect crystal might have some benefit for his bloodline flaws.
She had mentioned this to Wei Yanqing.
“Wait… someone’s coming,” Wei Yanqing said.
The two immediately found a place to hide temporarily. Rong Yi learned from the detection function that they were players and some natives.
Soon a convoy appeared, each vehicle with several large holes punched in it, creaking as if it were about to be scrapped. After driving for a while, the car at the front finally came to a slow stop and could no longer move.
The man in the car impatiently opened the door, slammed it shut, and muttered under his breath, "Damn it, we were so close, and we can't even go any further."
As the other passengers gradually got out of the car, Rong Yi was amazed. He hadn't expected that such a small four-seater car could fit nearly ten people inside. He wondered how cramped it must be.
The lead car stopped, and the other cars naturally followed suit. Almost every car was severely overloaded, and among them were many timid ordinary people.
Rong Yi saw that most of the people who came out were huddled together, cowering, watching the angry players curse and swear.
It was clear that the journey had been arduous. Rong Yi whispered, "They're quite kind, leading so many ordinary people on their way."
There were seven vehicles in total, carrying more than a hundred people. The small truck at the back had at least twenty or thirty people crammed into its cargo bed, all of whom were now huddled in the truck, quietly listening to how the situation would be resolved.
Wei Yanqing smiled but didn't say anything; the emotions he sensed were not like that at all.
Before long, Rong Yi saw the group of players pointing at and cursing the ordinary people who were gathered together, and he couldn't understand what was going on.
It was only after one of them pulled the one who was yelling the loudest that the shouting gradually subsided.
Suddenly, a player looked toward their hiding place and said, "Since we're the same kind, why don't you come out? I've already detected your location."
Rong Yi raised an eyebrow, wondering what Wei Yanqing meant.
Wei Yanqing was the first to get up and leave the hiding place, followed closely by Rong Yi.
Seeing that there were only two players, the tense atmosphere eased somewhat. The player who had noticed their location first stepped forward and asked, "Are you also planning to go to the Xia Kingdom's border?"
Rong Yi shook his head. "No, we came from the border and wanted to kill more ferocious insects."
As soon as he said that, the group of players looked at him with a "Are you kidding me?" expression.
"What's the situation at the border? Is it safe?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Rong Yi thought to himself.
Wei Yanqing: "It's very safe. There are troops sent by the Xia Kingdom stationed there to defend against them. However, if you go there, you will inevitably encounter swarms of ferocious insects, especially with so many people with you."
Rong Yi didn't quite understand why he said that, so he remained silent.
One player scoffed, "Do you think we want to? We just want to slow down the worms on our escape route."
A few words made Rong Yi instantly understand the meaning. It turned out that it wasn't out of kindness, but because when they were being chased closely by the ferocious insects, they needed to throw a few living people to slow down the pursuit.
No wonder Wei Yanqing smiled without saying a word at the time.
Wei Yanqing ignored his words and continued to ask, "Then what's the situation in this country? Are they all insects?"
The person on the other end nodded impatiently, "Yeah, the whole place has fallen. Why did you guys think of going there? It's quite dangerous."
They wouldn't leave this country where they could harvest large quantities of insect crystals unless it was too dangerous.
The group sized them up; they looked to be in excellent spirits, with hardly any wrinkles in their clothes, clearly having had a very easy journey.
“Why don’t we go together? There are countless ferocious insects further in. We finally managed to shake them off an hour ago.” As this player spoke, he unconsciously glanced at the ordinary people behind him, most of whom looked numb. “There are only two of you. If you get entangled, it will probably be difficult to get rid of them.”
Wei Yanqing shook his head. "No need, but I have a request."
In high-level dungeons, only two people usually act together. These are mostly ruthless players who don't act rashly and listen attentively to Wei Yanqing's words.
He pointed to the ordinary people behind the group of players and said, "Give me this group of people."
The group behind them were a little lost. They were almost at the border and could reach safety if they just held on a little longer. They didn't want to go back.
These players misunderstood their meaning and nodded with a smile, "Sure, but we'll have to give you insect crystals first. It's been tough bringing this group of people here."
Wei Yanqing didn't reply to that, but looked at Rong Yi, his meaning clear: get ready to fight.
Rong Yi conjured his own Blazing Fusion out of thin air.
The opposing players instantly became alert.
"Any dissatisfaction can be discussed. We haven't even mentioned the number of insect crystals!"
Surely they don't intend to release even one!
Rong Yi said lazily, "Forget about the insect crystals. We will send these people to the border of Xia Kingdom, which will also reduce your burden. Why would you want insect crystals?"
These words infuriated the opposing players; they made it sound so easy!
Hearing that they were willing to escort them, the original owners, who had been somewhat numb and desperate, felt that their lives had been given a glimmer of hope.
With a thought, Wei Yanqing sent all the weapons in the hands of the players flying to him. As the control was released, the weapons fell to the ground.
"Are you still willing to talk about the insect crystal now?"
The players still had weapons in their inventory, but Wei Yanqing's move had already made them give up the idea of fighting to the end.
Slightly disappointed, Rong Yi put away the Blazing Melt and said to the group of natives, "Come over here."
At first, they hesitated and wanted to see how the players would react, but seeing that everyone was staring at the two of them, the first native walked up behind Rong Yi, and then more people came over.
Rong Yi looked at the dozens of people and wondered if Wei Yanqing had a car with enough capacity.
Unexpectedly, Wei Yanqing said, "We are all the same kind of people, why make things so tense? Since we are going to send them to the border anyway, why don't you all go with them?"
Wow, you've got a really fast face-changing ability.
The road ahead is not easy. These players are not ungrateful; they are willing to cooperate as Wei Yanqing intends to ease tensions.
Moreover, having such skilled individuals on the road provides them with greater security, which is much better than abandoning the indigenous people.
(End of this chapter)
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