At this moment, the battle in the Moleman Mine had entered its final stages.
Cao Xing and Liu Muxue stood behind Assam, casually launching attack after attack.
Three sixteen-inch ice spikes condensed and shot forth.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
-84 -87 -85
One of the level 10 Mole People was focused down by Cao Xing and died on the spot.
Successfully killed Mole People Lv. 10. Obtained 100 experience points.
Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad."
After equipping the Demon Spider Staff, his attack power had clearly improved as well.
Compared to Cao Xing, however—
Sarah was even more terrifying.
Once she realized that the Mole People's attacks could not deal any effective damage to her—
Sarah directly gave up hiding and began a frontal massacre.
The Shadow Blades continuously flashed, like a grim reaper harvesting lives on the battlefield.
-792 -847 -1657!
One absurd damage number after another floated up.
The Mole People fell one after another with a single slash, as easily as chopping vegetables.
Cao Xing and Liu Muxue had practically spent the entire time watching Sarah's performance.
At that moment, a video call request suddenly came through on Liu Muxue's end.
She saw that it was from her father.
Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing and softly asked, "A-Xing, my dad is calling again. He left a message saying it's urgent. Should I answer?"
Her trust in Cao Xing now completely surpassed her trust in her family.
Cao Xing thought for a moment, finding it strange that Liu Muxue's father would call at this time.
Could it be that he had seen Liu Muxue on the rankings and wanted some benefits again?
After thinking it over, Cao Xing said, "Answer it. Let's see what he wants."
"But pretend I'm not beside you when you talk to him."
Liu Muxue nodded.
Then, she accepted the call.
At that moment, Liu Zhenjie looked at the video feed and excitedly said, "Xiaoxue, you finally answered!"
"You child, we sent you so many messages, but you never replied. What are you trying to do?"
Hearing that last sentence, Liu Muxue's expression immediately turned cold. "What do you want from me?"
The experiences of the past two days had gradually made her stronger. She was no longer the Liu Muxue who had once been controlled by her family.
Hearing Liu Muxue's tone, Liu Zhenjie seemed to realize something was wrong.
The anger that had just appeared on his face was quickly withdrawn, and he forced a smile. "Ah, it's nothing."
"I just wanted to ask how you were doing over there. I saw that you made it onto the rankings. You're really amazing!"
"Your mother and little brother are both so proud of you!"
A trace of coldness rose in Liu Muxue's heart.
She knew how hypocritical Liu Zhenjie's words were.
He said they were proud of her, yet during the time when she had become famous, she had never once felt that her family was proud of her.
They had only treated her as a tool for making money.
She coldly said, "Just say what you want. If you're asking for food, I don't have any."
Hearing this, Liu Zhenjie's smile stiffened. He seemed surprised by her firm attitude.
But he still kept smiling as he spoke.
"Xiaoxue, Dad doesn't want food."
"I just wanted to ask where your camp is located."
"Over the past two days, your mother and I have reflected on things for a long time. We know that we really were too harsh on you before, and we feel extremely guilty."
"After the Newbie Protection Period ends, I want to bring your two younger brothers over to see you."
Liu Zhenjie spoke with deep emotion, as though he truly regretted his actions.
However, Liu Muxue was an intelligent woman.
Rather than feeling happy over her family's repentance, she keenly sensed that something was wrong.
She turned off the video and audio, then turned to ask.
"A-Xing... my dad suddenly asked me for our coordinates. I feel like something is off."
"With their temperaments, it's impossible for them to suddenly feel guilty toward me."
Cao Xing froze for a moment upon hearing this and asked in confusion, "He wants our coordinates?"
Liu Muxue nodded.
Cao Xing fell into thought. He also felt that something was wrong.
After all, at this stage, survivors could barely even travel ten kilometers beyond their camps. They would never think of searching for other survivors' bases.
Moreover, given how much Liu Muxue's father and mother valued their own lives, they would be even less willing to take such a risk.
There was definitely something going on here.
That meant someone else had asked Liu Zhenjie to come and inquire.
"Interesting. They actually thought of using Muxue's family to get my camp coordinates. Those people do have some ideas."
As for who had put them up to it, Cao Xing already had a good idea.
It was nothing more than those people on the rankings who wanted to compete with him for first place.
Fang Long was obviously the most suspicious.
After all, Cao Xing had offended him before.
A curious smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips. "Muxue, tell him these coordinates: 71231, 5213, 23719."
Liu Muxue was somewhat puzzled, because those coordinates were not where their camp was located. They were hundreds of kilometers away.
What she did not know was that the location of those coordinates was a large gathering place for hunters.
What if they had protagonist's luck? Wouldn't that just be sending them a huge amount of experience?
A group of crazed hunters was there, planning a horrifying operation to slaughter an entire city.
It would be fine if they did not go. But if they did, those people would have a hard time.
They might even end up like Tong Chuchu's father and be offered up as sacrifices.
Cao Xing added, "Oh, right. Remind your father that at this stage, he has no way of crossing hundreds of kilometers of snowy land. Tell him he'd better not come looking for us."
This was also Cao Xing's final warning to him.
Liu Muxue lightly nodded. "I understand, A-Xing."
Liu Muxue turned the video back on.
Then she told Liu Zhenjie the coordinates.
After seeing the coordinates, Liu Zhenjie did not doubt them and appeared extremely delighted.
He excitedly said, "Good, good, good! Xiaoxue, you really are our good daughter."
"We'll bring people over to find you after some time."
With that, he immediately hung up.
Liu Muxue glanced at Cao Xing.
Cao Xing nodded.
After that brief interruption, the battle ahead had also ended.
Cao Xing checked his experience.
Level 5, 90%
He was just a little short of reaching level 6!
The ground was covered in the corpses of Mole People.
Only four powerful second-tier creatures and a Burrowing Robot remained standing.
Cao Xing said, "Start cleaning up the battlefield!"
Liu Muxue smiled as well and began gathering loot alongside Cao Xing.
Obtained Dried Rations ×7 Obtained Viscous Liquid ×1 Obtained Iron Ingot ×1 Obtained Mole People Standard Shortsword (White) ×1 Obtained Mole People Standard Spear (White) ×1
System prompts continuously appeared.
It took them roughly ten minutes.
They cleared the battlefield.
In total, they obtained:
Dried Rations ×372 Viscous Liquid ×79 Weak Book of Chaos ×5 Iron Ingot ×43
There were also more than forty various white-grade weapons.
Besides that, Cao Xing saw three robots standing quietly nearby, black smoke rising from them.
Mole People Technology: Bucket Robot (Destroyed) Mole People Technology: Tracked Robot (Destroyed) Mole People Technology: Burrowing Robot (Destroyed)
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