Wilderness Slaughter

The equipment the previous owner bought was too low-grade. It was only suitable for General-level martial artists. For a War God-level martial artist, it was somewhat beneath the standard...

Yue Ming's equipment was quite new; the previous owner had only worn it a few times. According to the previous owner's plans, this set of equipment was meant to last for several years, perhaps even until he reached the High General level.

But Yue Ming was now at the peak High-level War God level. This equipment was of little use to him. If he encountered a Lord-level Monster, his weapon might not even be able to break through its defenses.

However, there was no helping it. The previous owner had not left behind much savings, and High-level War God equipment cost tens of billions at the cheap end, while good sets could cost hundreds of billions. Even if Yue Ming wanted to replace his equipment, he had no money for it at the moment.

He opened the Combat Communication Watch and checked the savings left behind by the previous owner. There were only 120 million in the account. Still, considering that the previous owner had only recently broken through to the General level, having savings of 100 million was already quite good.

Martial artists might seem extremely wealthy, casually spending tens or hundreds of billions, but that referred to martial artists at the War God level and above. Ordinary Soldier-level and General-level martial artists were not actually that rich.

Time to go! The Wilderness Zone!

Although it was already dark outside, it did not affect his trip to the Wilderness Zone. After all, each trip into the Wilderness Zone lasted at least a month or so, so it made little difference whether one set out at night or during the day.

In fact, many martial artists specifically chose to leave at night. It took several days to travel from a City Base to the Wilderness Zone, and setting out at night was cooler than traveling under the blazing sun.

Several hundred li north of Jiangnan Base City stood a Military Region Camp. Every military region in the world had a special area designated as a Supply Base for martial artists to rest in.

Yue Ming planned to buy some wilderness necessities at the Supply Base and replenish his water and food. However, he had barely entered the military region and had not yet reached the Supply Base when he ran into a group of people.

"Yue Ming..."

The one calling out was a burly man. Behind him followed three men and two women, all fully armed. Like Yue Ming, they appeared to be preparing to head into the Wilderness Zone.

"I didn't expect it really was you. I heard that two months ago, your Maple Fire Squad encountered a High-level Beast General. Your squad suffered heavy losses, and only you and Old Liu escaped. I heard both you and Old Liu were seriously injured..."

"So it's Captain Li and the others."

Yue Ming thought back and realized that they really were acquaintances of the previous owner. The burly man was Li Damin, captain of Blade Squad, with strength at the peak of the Mid General level. The five people behind him were Blade Squad's members.

The previous owner's squad was called Maple Fire Squad, and it had a fairly good relationship with Blade Squad. The two sides had worked together in the Wilderness Zone several times.

"We were just unlucky! Two months ago, we did run into a Lion Mastiff Beast, and it was one on the verge of breaking through to the Lord-level. Our entire squad suffered terrible casualties. Only Brother Liu and I were lucky enough to escape with our lives. Brother Liu lost an arm, while my right leg suffered a comminuted fracture..."

If he could have concealed the matter of his right leg's comminuted fracture, Yue Ming would have preferred to do so. That would have saved him some unnecessary trouble.

Unfortunately, many people knew about it. The RH Alliance had even unilaterally terminated its contract with the previous owner because of it. Anyone who asked around a little would find out.

"What a pity about Old Liu. He was about to break through to the High General level and might even have had a chance of reaching the War God level in the future, but now he's lost an arm... I heard the RH Alliance unilaterally terminated its contract with you. But looking at you now, you don't seem seriously injured at all?"

"I have some connections, I suppose. A friend helped me buy a serving of Water of Life. I'm buried in debt now..."

The members of Blade Squad exchanged glances. Anyone able to lend Yue Ming twenty or thirty billion to purchase Water of Life had to possess extraordinary status. He was probably a War God-level martial artist. Since when had Yue Ming known a War God-level martial artist?

However, seeing that Yue Ming had no intention of saying more, they tactfully did not ask further. Their relationship was fairly good, but only fairly good. There was no reason for him to tell them everything.

"Since you've recovered from your injuries and terminated your contract with the RH Alliance, you should be free now, right? Why not consider joining our Thunderclap Martial Hall? The benefits at Thunderclap Martial Hall are quite good."

"I have no such plans for now. I need to think it over carefully. I may rest for a while first. If I decide to join an organization, I'll seriously consider Captain Li's suggestion..."

Although Yue Ming had no plans to join any organization, he did not reject him outright. After all, the man meant well, and Yue Ming was not someone who lacked social sense.

After chatting for five or six minutes, Yue Ming parted ways with Blade Squad. He entered the Supply Base, bought some wilderness necessities, replenished roughly a month's worth of food and water, and then set off into the Wilderness Zone.

The Wilderness Zone was the collective term for all continental regions outside human base cities, including abandoned and dilapidated cities, suburbs, mountain ranges, forests, lakes, and more.

In short, every area of land on Earth outside the base cities belonged to the Wilderness Zone. To ordinary people living within the base cities, the Wilderness Zone, filled with endless monsters, was a forbidden land of death!

It should take about five days to reach City 003...

Yue Ming's destination was City 003. Before the Great Nirvana Period, it had been Magic City, one of Huaxia Nation's economic centers.

It could be called one of the most terrifying regions in all of Asia. It bordered the ocean, so vast numbers of sea monsters lurked in some of its waterways.

It possessed one of the most densely packed collections of buildings in Asia, which had allowed the monster population there to reach astonishing numbers. Lord-level Monsters were everywhere, and quite a few King-level Monsters even occupied the place.

Those who dared to head to City 003 were generally General-level martial artist squads, and even they only dared to remain around the outskirts. Without a War God-level martial artist holding the fort, venturing deep into City 003 was simply courting death!

He traveled along the highway. With several hundred li to cover before reaching City 003, he inevitably encountered some monsters along the way. Most were Soldier-level monsters, and Yue Ming casually dealt with them.

At first, Yue Ming was somewhat unaccustomed to the bloody scenes before him. But after several days of fighting, the shut-in who could not even kill a chicken had gradually transformed.

I've finally reached City 003!

That day, Yue Ming finally arrived at City 003. However, he did not intend to venture deep into it for now. He planned to find some General-level monsters around the outskirts to practice on first.

There's a High-level Beast General ahead. It seems to be a Black-striped Poisonous Python...

Ahead stood a residential building. Perhaps because it had been abandoned for many years, its walls were covered in moss and vines. On the rooftop terrace, a giant python lay coiled. It was as thick as a man's waist and over twenty meters long.

Black striped markings covered the python's entire body. At its front, it even split into two triangular snake heads, with slight bulges on each forehead. From the previous owner's memories, Yue Ming knew that it was indeed a Black-striped Poisonous Python.