Under the cover of night, the moonlight shone on the ground, making the surrounding scenery hazy and indistinct, and the sounds of hawking and bargaining filled the air.
A figure in black stood in front of the stall. "How much are these?"
The female stall owner had been calling out all night and finally saw someone ask about the price. She was so happy she almost cried. She tremblingly held up one finger, "One level 1 crystal core, five of them."
With her eyes fixed on Lin Ruo, afraid that she would think it was too expensive, she explained again, "The mutated tree that bears these fruits is very powerful. My husband risked his life to pick them. This price is not expensive at all."
Lin Ruo nodded, squatted down, and casually picked four non-poisonous fruits from among the ones, plus the one she had her eye on, making a total of five fruits. The woman quickly took out a net bag made of withered grass to hold the fruits. Lin Ruo took out a level 1 crystal core from her backpack and handed it to her, then took the fruits from the woman's hand.
The woman held the crystal core in her hand, tears welling in her eyes. With this crystal core, she could buy medicine.
As Lin Ruo was leaving, she specifically asked, "Where did you pick these fruits?"
The woman looked up, and as she thought of that place, a hint of fear involuntarily crept into her eyes. "It's in the Jade Dragon Manor in the northeast of S City. It's full of powerful mutated plants."
She was heading northeast, but she wanted to go west, in the opposite direction. She didn't want to go back, so it seemed she could only visit it on her way back to City B.
She nodded to the woman and said, "Thank you." Then she turned and left.
The woman quickly packed up her stall and left the exchange point.
Lin Ruo visited all the exchange points and found that she had prepared enough supplies and there was basically nothing she needed to exchange.
When she walked out of the exchange point, she saw a person standing in front of Afu and Ashou, holding a piece of roasted mutated beast meat, trying to communicate with Afu and Ashou. There were also more than a dozen people standing at a distance, watching and glancing around warily from time to time.
Seeing this, Lin Ru frowned slightly and called out, "Afu, Ashou!"
Upon hearing Lin Ruo's voice, Afu and Ashou immediately stood up and ran towards them. At this moment, the other person's eyes lit up when he saw Lin Ruo, and he also quickly approached.
Afu and Ashou rubbed against Lin Ruo's shoulder with their heads down. Lin Ruo patted their big mouths, turned around and saw that the person had been chasing after them all the way. His expression turned cold.
The man got closer and finally saw Lin Ruo's face clearly. His smile widened. "Hello, I'm the person in charge of this exchange point. I originally only wanted to buy your two mutated beasts, but I didn't expect their owner to be a woman. I wonder if you'd be interested in joining our base? Our base offers excellent treatment to beast controllers..."
Lin Ruo had no interest in listening to this person's long-winded explanation, so she interrupted him directly, "No interest."
The dozen or so people behind this man immediately objected. Just as they were about to step forward, the man stopped them. Instead of letting them pass, he took a few more steps forward and chuckled, "Are you really not going to consider this? Our S City base doesn't suffer from food shortages like other bases. Staying at our base will not only ensure you don't go hungry, but you might even find someone you can entrust your life to."
The people behind him burst into laughter and cheered, "Yes, isn't our Young Master Xu the one?"
"Our Young Master Xu is a force to be reckoned with in the S City base. You won't regret following him!"
The man who had just been called Young Master Xu also laughed, "That's right! You wouldn't be able to..."
Before the man could finish speaking, he could no longer utter a word. A 30-centimeter-long ice spike was stuck between his eyebrows, and blood flowed down his face. His smile froze completely, and then he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"You...you actually dared to kill Young Master Xu!"
"She's a superhuman!"
Lin Ruo spread his spiritual power, and these people were instantly frozen into ice sculptures. Each ice sculpture emitted wisps of cold air and shimmered in the moonlight.
Xu Shao's blood flowed onto the ground, and a faint smell of blood permeated the air. Combined with the surrounding ice sculptures, it appeared particularly terrifying under the night sky.
The surrounding survivors all kept their distance, afraid that this matter would implicate them. Even if this person was a superhuman, this matter would not be easily resolved, since there were more than a dozen superhumans in their base.
Lin Ruo stood amidst the ice sculptures, looking down at the corpse of Young Master Xu on the ground. It seemed that the person she had killed today was no ordinary person. To prevent a repeat of what happened with Li Haoxuan, she turned and walked towards the two soldiers who were about to report the news. "What is the identity of this Young Master Xu?"
Having witnessed Lin Ruo's strength, the two warriors trembled with fear, worried that she would kill them to silence them. They no longer cared about sending a message; all they could think about now was how to save their lives.
"This is...this is our base commander's only son." The two replied tremblingly, completely unaware that their words had offended their base commander.
Lin Ruo nodded, turned around and jumped onto Afu's back, patted its neck and said, "Let's go!"
Afu and Ashou immediately took long strides, lightly leaped over the crowd, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
The remaining people were completely bewildered. They just ran away? Looking at the people on the ground, some of them panicked and ran back into the base.
"Quick! The murderer who killed Young Master Xu has escaped! Notify base immediately!"
Lin Ruo rode Afu and Ashou without going far, only to a pile of ruins. Using the ruins to cover their figures, she jumped off Afu and said, "I have some things to take care of. I'll be there soon. You two go into the space for a while."
“Awoo!” “Woof woof!” Afu and Ashou responded loudly.
After storing them in his spatial storage, Lin Ruo immediately donned a layer of invisibility water film and sprinted towards the S City base at full speed.
Since the person has already been killed, we must eliminate the root of the problem completely. We can't do what Li Haoxuan did and have to make another trip to resolve the issue. S City is too far away, and it would be too much of a hassle to make that trip.
Everyone thought Lin Ruo had run away, but no one expected her to make a surprise return.
Because she moved quickly, when she returned to the base invisibly, the bodies of those people had just been carried into the base. Because the temperature of those ice sculptures was too low, those people only used ropes to pull them forward. The one who received the best treatment was of course Young Master Xu. His body was carried on a stretcher and covered with a white cloth, which was considered a dignified way to die.
Lin Ruo stealthily scaled the walls of the S City base, nimbly leaping between buildings, following the stretcher being carried in below. It was easy to spot the base commander and his family members; whoever was crying the most was definitely the one.
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