One of Hua Xiezhi's teammates had been shot dead by a sniper during the height of the Hongyi adventurers' turmoil.
Her other teammate, the rider, had been bitten by a venomous snake and decisively chopped off his own left arm.
That had ruined him.
There was no doubt about the trust between the three of them, but with one arm gone, he truly could not continue being a Hunter.
That was the Wasteland. There was betrayal, and there was friendship, but in the end... reality had to be faced.
Hua Xiezhi left the truck for him, as an explanation to a comrade-in-arms.
With a prosthetic left arm, the rider could still drive and haul cargo or something. It was still a way to make a living.
Since Hua Xiezhi had seen Black Sky in person, she had been left behind to guard the mountain pass.
The people from the Main Settlement had promised her some compensation, but she was not particularly interested.
What she really wanted was to find Black Sky and go see what lay beyond the mountains with him.
Hua Xiezhi pretended to be very interested in the bounty and invited others to enter the mountains with her to continue the search.
Everyone thought the woman had gone crazy for money. The weather was getting colder by the day, and she wanted to enter the mountains now? So Hua Xiezhi had come alone, wandering around during the day and waiting here at night for Black Sky.
After listening to her story, Qu Jianlei could not help frowning. If this had happened three months ago, he would have refused without hesitation.
But after witnessing the commotion caused by the mountain search, he had to admit that this woman had helped him tremendously.
As for whether she might be after