Goblin Vault Key

Wild Hunter Mask (White)

Quality: Common　　Equipment Effect: Increases Spirit by 3.

(Warning: If you wear this mask, you will be regarded as a follower of an evil god. While traveling across the continent, you will be listed as wanted by major towns.)

Cao Xing froze. This mask was actually a faction item.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing put it into his backpack. Three points of Spirit were not worth it.

He continued examining the other item.

First-Tier Soldier Training Manual (White): This manual can be used to train ordinary people in the territory into first-tier soldiers with combat capabilities.

Cao Xing's eyes flickered. This was the early-game training manual.

He could train Dazhuang, Erzhuang, and the others into combat units, allowing them to gain experience through future battles.

Coins *15, the continent's universal currency. With coins, you could purchase supplies or recruit followers in the towns of this world.

There was nothing much to say about that. Money made the world go round.

Once he had enough coins, he could even buy some attractive female slaves in town.

Then, Cao Xing began looting the corpses one by one.

Obtained Wild Hunter Mask (White) *1, obtained Coins *13.

Obtained First-Tier Soldier Training Manual (White) *1...

After looting the corpses, Cao Xing searched through the tents in the camp.

However, inside those tents, Cao Xing saw a sight that made him nauseous.

In the corner of every tent were frozen chunks of corpses, their limbs and heads severed separately.

The torsos had been placed atop strange patterns, while the limbs were arranged in four directions and the heads laid on their chests.

It looked like some kind of evil ritual.

Although he knew the Huntstalkers were a group that worshipped evil gods and were mad to the bone,

the inhuman scene before him still made Cao Xing's stomach churn.

As for Liu Muxue beside him, her lips had gone pale.

"Damn, these Huntstalkers are fucking brutal!"

Suppressing his nausea, Cao Xing continued searching inside.

He casually collected every bit of supplies he saw.

Obtained Wood *17, obtained Stone *6, obtained Iron *3, obtained Food *7, obtained Inferior Grape Wine *3, obtained Coins *71.

Then he walked out of the tent and moved on to search the next one.

There was another unfortunate victim who had been dismembered inside.

Cao Xing continued searching every corner for supplies.

Obtained Stone *7, obtained Wood *17, obtained Iron *6, obtained Coins *62...

Obtained Moldy Nuts *3, obtained Dry Bread *5, obtained Coins *34...

Obtained...

Following behind him, Liu Muxue watched Cao Xing's exceptionally thorough looting with surprise.

He was practically a swarm of locusts, unwilling to leave even the slightest thing behind!

Very quickly, Cao Xing finished searching every tent in the camp.

Excluding the other resources, Cao Xing had collected a total of 1,072 coins here, along with nine First-Tier Soldier Training Manuals.

Cao Xing was delighted. With this money, he could already buy an attractive female slave to bring back to his territory to serve him and Liu Muxue.

No! Why the hell am I always thinking about female slaves?

Cao Xing hurriedly shook his head.

At the same time, Andrew walked over.

"My lord, I found something unusual on that fallen one."

Cao Xing turned his head and asked doubtfully, "What is it?"

Andrew held a bronze-colored key in his hand and handed it directly to Cao Xing.

Obtained Goblin Vault Key *1: With this key, you can travel to coordinates 32141, 23513, 3521 to open the Goblin Vault.

(Warning: This area may conceal special dangers. Please proceed with caution.)

Cao Xing: "???"

"Holy shit! A Goblin Vault!"

In this world, goblins were a weak race, but they were exceptionally skilled at digging holes and treasure hunting.

Therefore, goblin vaults often contained valuable treasures.

However, the system had also warned that the place was dangerous.

Cao Xing opened the mini-map and looked at the coordinates recorded on the key.

It was a little over forty kilometers away, not too far.

But before he built a means of transportation, he would not be able to reach it within a day.

"Looks like I won't be able to open this vault anytime soon..."

Cao Xing shook his head and put the key into his backpack for now.

At that moment, Assam also made a new discovery.

"My lord, I found the refugees captured by the Huntstalkers."

"However, it seems there aren't many of them left."

Assam said with a frown.

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing immediately brought Liu Muxue over.

They arrived before the innermost tent in the camp.

Pulling open the curtain, Cao Xing saw several humans bound tightly like twists.

There were men and women among them, and Cao Xing even saw a child.

Just as Assam had said, there were not many people left inside.

There were only seven of them in total.

When they saw Cao Xing enter, fear flashed in the humans' eyes, and they all began pleading.

"My lord, please don't kill us!"

"My lord, please let us go!"

Clearly, these humans had been terrified by the Huntstalkers' methods and were begging frantically.

Cao Xing glanced at their names.

Colin Hopper lv3

Lucio Lore lv2

Marlene Kuhn lv2

Survivor: Tong Chuchu lv1

When Cao Xing saw the final name, his eyes widened.

"Hm? A human?"

Liu Muxue also saw the displayed name and said, "Xing, I think it's the little girl in the corner."

"She's also a human from our Blue Star."

Cao Xing looked closely. Although the little girl wore a simple straw cloak, the school uniform underneath still revealed her identity.

At that moment, the little girl was still deeply frightened, and her gaze toward Cao Xing was filled with fear.

Liu Muxue walked over and comforted her softly. "Little sister, we aren't Huntstalkers. Like you, we're humans from Blue Star."

The little girl raised her delicate face and looked at Liu Muxue tentatively.

After confirming that Liu Muxue truly was a human survivor, she immediately burst into tears.

"Waaah... Daddy was taken away by those masked people. He'll never come back... Waaah..."

After crying for a while, the little girl seemed to realize something and hurriedly stopped.

She looked nervously at Liu Muxue and apologized, "I'm sorry, big sister. Chuchu shouldn't have made so much noise. Please forgive me..."

Liu Muxue shook her head and said sympathetically, "It's all right. Can you tell big sister what happened?"

Tong Chuchu nodded, seeming to gather her thoughts.

Then she said in a childish voice, "Yesterday, Daddy and I went out to look for food. We hadn't gone far when we were suddenly attacked by several arrows."

"Then... then we ran into those terrifying people wearing masks."

"We were captured and brought here..."

"They beat Daddy up, then took him away at night. Waaah..."