Chapter 22 Chapter 22 "This is what the treasure map is trying to guide us to...
After seeing the scene in the room, Chen Jia was stunned.
Ye Mian and Lu Ning looked at each other in surprise.
Then everything was confirmed - this was probably the location marked with a five-pointed star on the treasure map.
However, this treasure is indeed a bit too down-to-earth. While thinking, Ye Mian looked at the boxes and dozens of instant foods, biscuits, and drinking water that filled the room.
They have no shortage of food and drink, and taking these things back would just be icing on the cake.
Ye Mian thought for a moment and said, "Just take whatever you want to eat or drink, and leave the rest for the destined person."
Compared to these instant biscuits, Lu Ning prefers to eat hot food every day, preferably meat, so he turned around and walked away very straightforwardly: "You guys choose, I'll go check out other rooms."
Chen Jia didn't know where she and Ye Mian were going. Thinking that there might not be enough food, she didn't care about being shy and went forward to choose instant noodles and mineral water.
"No need for water, there is no shortage at home."
Ye Mian directly put a few boxes of instant noodles into the system warehouse, and then looked at other fast foods. She was originally a good student who ate in the cafeteria honestly. She was not familiar with the taste of those foods with fancy packaging.
"Is there anything more delicious?"
"Ah..." Seeing that Ye Mian just came to the store and wanted to try all the delicious food, Chen Jia started to choose seriously.
"This self-heating hot pot is good, the noodles are delicious, the wafers and Oreos are also OK, but I tend to feel thirsty after eating them."
"As for beverages, except for Coke which may taste a bit strange, other juices and the like are basically pure sweet."
After the introduction, Chen Jia couldn't help but mutter to herself: "It seems that the person who hoarded the goods is not very old."
Hearing this, Ye Mian immediately understood what she meant - these are the flavors that young people like.
Then don't worry.
After taking a box and a dozen of each, Ye Mian just tidied up the system warehouse a little when he heard Lu Ning calling from the other end, and the echo came from afar.
"Ye Mian, this way!"
It was rare for Lu Ning to shout so loudly that he didn't even bother to come over and call her, so although Ye Mian guessed on the way there that there must be a big discovery, she couldn't help but feel a little excited after seeing what it was.
“Is it oil!?”
This is the room in the corner. The windows are covered tightly with black cloth, and no light can get in. One can only vaguely see the long round barrels placed inside through the open door.
The air was also filled with a very strong pungent smell.
“Yes, all diesel.”
Lu Ning guessed, "The owner of this house might want to generate electricity through diesel engines, so he stockpiled so much, but he didn't expect it to be useless."
But it is so useful for them!
Although there is no decent agricultural machinery at present, you can definitely get it as long as you have the heart!
Ye Mian didn't say anything and started picking up everything, putting all of them into his pocket without leaving a single bucket behind.
Then I realized belatedly: "This is the treasure that the treasure map wants to guide us to find."
Lu Ning nodded. She thought so too.
Chen Jia, who was a little confused, was silently trying to understand the whole thing - the picture she was looking at was a treasure map, and the position of the five-pointed star was the treasure, which meant that Ye Mian and the other two wanted to go up the mountain in order to look for treasure.
However, they had no idea what the treasure was.
Chen Jia looked up blankly. Has the world become like this?
Ye Mian and Lu Ning had no intention of explaining more to Chen Jia. After all, no matter how much they said, it would be better for her to see it with her own eyes. The goal of this trip had basically been achieved, so it was time to go back.
Just when Ye Mian was about to speak, he heard Dahei, who was standing guard outside, suddenly barking wildly, with a hint of ferocity in his impatience.
Lu Ning was the first to react and rushed out.
“Let’s go!” Ye Mian followed closely behind, taking out his newly acquired hatchet.
After walking out of the villa and seeing the big guy fighting with Dahei, Ye Mian relaxed a little, then shook his head at Lu Ning and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first."
[Golden Toad, a mid-level mutant beast, its mucus is highly toxic and corrosive, and its weak spot is its abdomen]
This is the third time that Dahei has faced a mid-level mutant beast, but not only has it become stronger, the enemies are also more difficult to deal with than the last.
Although the golden toad was huge in size, it had bean-sized eyes protruding from all over its body. No matter where someone pounced on it from, the toad would dodge in advance.
In addition, the tongue it uses to attack is one meter long, flexible and swift.
So after several confrontations, Dahei not only failed to successfully approach the golden toad once, but was also licked with wet mucus. That's why it sounded a little impatient when it called out.
But Lu Ning, unlike its counterpart, whose fur is tough and resistant to poison, couldn't help it either.
Ye Mian put away the hatchet, and when Dahei once again avoided the toad's attack and temporarily retreated to the side of the three people, he calmly reminded them: "Don't be impatient, run around it first, and then find an opportunity to use the tail flick."
After saying this, she made a few corresponding gestures and finally pointed to the toad's abdomen which was always close to the ground.
Dahei let out a howl, and then stopped pounceing forward and trying to bite or use his claws. Instead, he began to use his long legs to his advantage, running around the open space while shaking off the disgusting mucus on his body.
At first, the golden toad could barely keep up with Dahei's speed, jumping and changing directions from time to time and sticking out its tongue to attack Dahei, but gradually, it felt a little dizzy by it, and its movements became visibly slow.
In the end, it even gave up on active attacks and instead turned its eyes to observe Dahei's movements. The big bumps protruding on both sides were bulging, as if it was storing enough mucus to facilitate a victory with one move.
Just when the golden toad was ready to attack, Dahei suddenly jumped up and pounced on it from top to bottom.
The golden toad was waiting for this moment. It raised its head high and quickly stuck out its tongue, spraying out a lot of yellow-green mucus, enough to cover all three heads of Dahei.
But what it didn't expect was that Dahei made a sharp turn halfway and fell down, and the tail that had not been used before avoided the long tongue and swung heavily towards it.
"Puff--" The golden toad was hit directly by the tail swing. While falling backwards, it couldn't help but spray out more mucus.
Dahei rushed forward again and was drenched all over, but he was not affected at all. He bit the toad's fragile abdomen with a single bite, and some yellow-green liquid immediately flowed out.
The winner has been decided.
Ye Mian had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly realized something and his heart tightened. Then he almost subconsciously shouted, "Dahei, come back!"
Dahei opened his mouth without hesitation, turned around and jumped back to Ye Mian's side.
And in the next moment, several silver-gray arrows whizzed down, two of which directly pierced through the golden toad's abdomen, causing it to fall to the ground with a bang, completely losing the strength to struggle.
Another one fell at the place where Dahei was just now, and the arrow head was deeply embedded in the ground.
“Huh.”
First, a female voice sounded, and then two figures suddenly emerged from the lush woods and were close to Ye Mian and the other two in an instant.
After looking at Lu Ning who was subconsciously standing in front of him and Chen Jia, Ye Mian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
They were a young man and woman, who looked about 70% similar in their features, were well-dressed, and had outstanding temperaments.
A woman holding a bow that looks very heavy, her initial skill is penetration.
The skill of the man holding the woman's arm is teleportation.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was with you guys."
The young woman looked apologetic and said, "We have no ill intentions. We just want to help."
The man also nodded slightly to apologize, then glanced at Dahei calmly, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
Seeing that the two had a good attitude and apologized sincerely, and did not show prejudice or be perfunctory just because Dahei was a mutant beast, Lu Ning stepped aside slightly and looked at Ye Mian.
Ye Mian thought for a moment and said, "Then let's make a deal."
"Ah?" The young woman was startled. "Go ahead."
"Give us the body of the mutant beast. In exchange, I can give you some food."
"Well……"
They don't need the corpse of that ugly big toad.
And if they hadn't misunderstood just now, the three-headed dog would have been able to easily get rid of the giant toad without her help.
After thinking about it, the young woman said, "I'll give you the body as compensation. You don't need the food. You can keep it for yourselves."
"Okay, then consider that you agree to the deal."
After Ye Mian finished speaking, he walked to the SUV, opened the door, leaned in and pretended to rummage around, then took out a box of food.
The box was a transparent insulated lunch box that Xue Kai had picked up from the supermarket. Inside was some pasta that Chen Jia had also eaten on the way up the mountain.
Such as cornmeal buns, rabbit meat dumplings, scallion pancakes and so on.
Xue Kai had put a lot of effort into preparing these.
The young woman, who was about to refuse again, became a little speechless after seeing the food inside.
The man next to her swallowed honestly.
Ye Mian directly stuffed the insulated lunch box into the young woman's hand, and then signaled Dahei: "Go."
“Woof~!”
With her permission, Dahei ran over excitedly and started to feast on the food. After a short while, the huge golden toad gradually became thinner, and in the end only a layer of shell, a pool of mucus, and the two shining silver-gray arrows were left.
[Do you want to pick up the "Toad Remains"? ]
[Do you want to pick up the "Thunderstone"? ]
After putting the two items into the warehouse, Ye Mian first signaled Lu Ning and Chen Jia to get in the car with his eyes, and then nodded to the young man and woman who were holding back and not moving.
"We have something else to do so we'll leave first. See you again if we're lucky."
"Big Black!"
After directing Dahei to get into the cargo compartment at the back of the car, Ye Mian also got into the passenger seat and left without any reluctance.
"……?"
Just leave like that?
"Sister, give me a steamed bun."
Now that there were no outsiders around, the young man put aside his aloof look and looked straight at the lunch box in the woman's hand.
Xu Ziyue couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "Why are you in such a hurry? Go inside and take a look."
Although she said that, she still opened the lunch box as she walked in. The two of them, one taking a steamed bun and the other taking a dumpling, ate while searching around the villa.
They immediately spotted the room with piles of food and drinks, and then stopped where they were.
"They really don't lack food."
Xu Zijia blinked: "Are you trying to make friends with us? That's too much."
Xu Ziyue also felt that something was not quite right. After all, the off-road vehicle had a space for cargo, but the three people only used it to accommodate the mutant beasts.
Thinking about this, she looked for other rooms and then stopped in front of the door of the room in the corner.
“Did they only take the diesel?”
But where is it placed?
But no matter what, the supplies in that room were not taken away, but were intentionally left there.
Moreover, they were clearly the ones who did something wrong just now, yet they still got a box of noodles for free.
I really owe them so much.
If they meet again in the future, no matter what they ask for, they will try their best to fulfill it.
Xu Ziyue smiled helplessly: "Forget it, this trip has been quite fruitful. Go back and call Brother Shangyuan and the others to come over."
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