Chapter 412 The epidemic is rampant (10)
"But since you have joined us, you have to listen to our instructions. By the way, your food is still in the house. Aren't you afraid that they will snatch it away if you come out?" Xia Yueke added.
Lu Chunlai chuckled, "How is that possible? My room is empty. The food isn't there. I hid it somewhere else. I can take you to see it tomorrow. You know, it's in a cave!"
Xia Yueke raised her eyebrows: "Is it the same cave as last time?"
Lu Chunlai blushed and shook his head.
"Of course not, I've already moved it. I didn't trust you at the time, so I changed the place where the food was stored!"
Xia Yueke smiled. So that's why. No wonder Lu Chunlai was so alert when he saw them last time. It turned out that all their belongings were there. How could he not be alert?
"Okay, I'm planning to go out tomorrow and hide some of my food as well."
Lu Chunlai was surprised. "A portion of food? Do you have a lot of food?"
Xia Yuke also knew that Lu Chunlai was now an ally and there was nothing to hide, so he nodded and led him into the house.
As soon as Lu Chunlai entered the house, he was stunned by the amount of food in front of him. There was only one empty space in the kitchen for cooking, and the rest was filled with dried meat, dried fruit, and various vegetables and fruits.
The fresh meat was gone, and had all been hung in the room to dry, as if it were also being made into jerky.
"Don't you two only have 4,000 beast coins combined? How can you buy so much food? And all this, this, this, and so many other miscellaneous things?"
Lu Chunlai pointed to a pile of bottles, jars, strange-shaped things, and various specialties made by orcs, such as sheep orc wool, and wooden carvings made by deer orcs.
Xia Yueke touched her nose. She was quite surprised that she had bought this and that before, but it was the first time she saw these things, and she was so curious that she did that.
"Yeah, we started with this much, but then someone offered us money, so we took it!"
Lu Chunlai: "Ah, who is so stupid as to give you money?"
Xia Yueke couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. "Someone wanted to rob us, but we beat them up instead. Then we took all their money. Oh, no, we even left some for them!"
Seeing Xia Yueke smiling so brightly, Lu Chunlai shuddered and thought those people were really stupid. Could it be that they couldn't see that there was a master next to them?
The three of them chatted for a while before dawn. Xia Yueke found that Lu Chunlai was a carefree and generous person, and it was not awkward to get along with him. The two of them had a very pleasant chat.
Cangwu glanced at the two of them from time to time, and then continued to prepare some food that Xia Yueke was going to hide.
After dawn, the people outside should have returned to their own territory, so the three of them had a simple breakfast, wrapped some food in animal skins, and walked out of the tribe.
Xia Yueke frowned as she looked at the three people carrying large and small bags. "It's too obvious for us to go out like this. Doesn't this tell others that we're hiding something? There's no guarantee that there won't be someone nearby watching us."
Lu Chunlai weighed the large bag on his back and thought for a moment, "I know a place that's relatively secluded. Why don't we go directly to the Dark Forest from there? At least we won't be as conspicuous as walking down the street!"
Xia Yueke nodded without hesitation, "Okay, let's do it."
So Xia Yueke followed Lu Chunlai, weaving through the alleys with her.
Fortunately, people were in a panic and no one dared to show up in the tribe. A few people hid behind the bushes and found that even the guards at the entrance of the tribe were gone.
These people suffered heavy losses because they had to transport, burn and bury the corpses. Many orc warriors were infected and eventually died.
So the tribe now is like a dead place.
Lu Chunlai looked at the tribe's current state and tutted his tongue. "Who could have imagined such a lively scene the day we arrived? In the blink of an eye, I guess more than half of the people in the tribe are dead. I wonder what happened to those human players."
Xia Yueke nodded. "Now that we've bypassed the areas where humans live, we shouldn't need to hide anymore, right? There are orcs all around here, and they probably wouldn't dare to come out."
Cangwu looked around and saw that the surroundings were empty, and nodded, "There is indeed no other presence nearby. If hiding is tiring, we should leave openly."
With Cangwu's accurate information, Xia Yue no longer acted sneakily, but pulled Lu Chunlai out of the tribe and walked towards the dark forest.
Lu Chunlai was obviously very familiar with this place. He led them around in circles and turned back to explain from time to time:
"I'll take you to my cave first and show you my food. It's well hidden. It took me a long time to find the cave. I've been around this area and there's nothing special. There are many caves. I also found some humans nearby. I hope we don't run into them!"
Xia Yueke was slightly puzzled. "Are there other players? Why are they here? Why aren't they in the tribe?"
Lu Chunlai patted Xia Yueke's shoulder and said, "You guys got rich right from the start, so of course you don't know how poor players survive. Although those wooden houses only cost 50 beast coins a day, and even though you have 2,000 beast coins, you can't not buy other things, right? Besides, there are only a dozen or twenty wooden houses, which is not enough."
Lu Chunlai said this with a look of heartache, "So many players basically used their Beast Coins to rent cabins on the first day. So those who had no other choice went to stay in the big cave. Ten Beast Coins a night is a good price, but I heard from many people that some were infected within a day!"
Xia Yueke: "This is too scary! There must be too many orcs in that big cave, and they are all crowded together!"
Cangwu continued, "So there are some wise players who directly left the tribe and came to the Dark Forest to spend the night?"
Lu Chunlai nodded, "I guess so."
Soon, they arrived at the cave that Lu Chunlan mentioned. The cave was located next to a waterfall. The entrance was covered with large vines and could not be seen at all unless you got close.
Lu Chunlai pointed at the cave with a proud look on his face. "I told you, this cave is very hidden and rarely discovered. I spent a whole day searching for it and finally found it. All my supplies are in there. Go take a look!"
Xia Yueke was the first to pull aside the vines and wanted to walk in, but Cangwu pushed him behind him and he walked in first.
Xia Yueke was distracted for a moment. This Cangwu was really alert, but there shouldn't be any danger inside.
Cangwu walked very lightly. After walking around the cave and finding no danger, he let the two in.
After Xia Yueke went in, she found that the cave was almost full. All kinds of food had been bought, including dried meat and fruits that could be stored for a long time, as well as honey and other things.
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