Tribal Contribution Points

After taking care of the second Jackalmen, Lin Feng turned his gaze to the last one.

This Jackalmen was grappling with Da Qing and Wanhuatong.

Wanhuatong was clinging to the Jackalmen's back, his arm cinched tightly around its neck. Da Qing gripped both of the Jackalmen's arms from the front, trying to restrain it.

The whole scene looked like three street thugs brawling.

Though tangled up with Da Qing and Wanhuatong, the Jackalmen had been watching the situation on the battlefield. Seeing its two companions killed one after another, its heart sank.

These humans were far stronger and fiercer than it had imagined.

Against ordinary humans, let alone six, even seven or eight caught in a surprise attack would only be able to flee in panic!

Seeing the human holding half a spear and walking toward it step by step after killing its two companions, the Jackalmen knew that if it did not leave now, it would be too late.

It let out a roar, shoved away Da Qing, who was wrestling its arms from the front, then grabbed the arm around its neck and flung it hard, sending Wanhuatong flying off its back.

Free of the two humans' entanglement, it dropped to all fours and began to flee.

The Jackalmen's agility was only around 7 points, but when it ran on all fours, it was no slower than a human with 10 points of agility.

That was racial talent.

Naturally, Lin Feng would not let it escape.

Jackalmen were extremely vengeful creatures. If he let it return, a dozen—or even dozens of vicious Jackalmen might show up nearby tomorrow.

The valley was less than two li away. If the Jackalmen searched the area, they could easily discover it.

He could handle three to five Jackalmen, but if twenty or thirty appeared in the valley, even with more than ten players helping, they would be no match for them.

The Jackalmen Tribe that had attacked the tribe had at least forty or fifty Jackalmen, by conservative estimates.

Unless he recruited all thirty players and got every one of them above Level 2, they had no chance against this Jackalmen Tribe.

"Wait here. Don't run around. I'm going after it!"

After saying that, Lin Feng grabbed the broken Stone Spear and chased after the fleeing Jackalmen like the wind.

The Jackalmen was fast, but compared to Lin Feng, whose agility had reached 15 points, it was still far too slow.

The four remaining players could only stare at one another.

"This game's combat system is ridiculously realistic! Say, those Jackalmen count as newbie monsters, right? Newbie monsters are this strong?"

Da Qing could not help sighing.

If he had not reacted quickly just now, he might have ended up like I Shoot You Innocent, with his throat bitten clean through.

"How could they be newbie monsters? The rabbits and Wild Chickens we killed while hunting are the newbie monsters. These Jackalmen are at least Level 3, conservatively speaking!"

After Three Rounds of Drinks said.

They could pin Level 1 players like them to the ground and beat them senseless. Calling them Level 3 or above was hardly an exaggeration, was it?

It was just that the game did not display monster levels or health bars. They could only guess at their actual levels.

"I have to say, these monsters have pretty advanced AI. They know how to ambush people, and they even know to run when they can't win."

Wanhuatong watched the Jackalmen vanish into the distance and gave his assessment.

"They're definitely much better than those dumb monsters in other games that keep trading blows with players until they die."

Wind Flower Snow Moon agreed.

But weren't monsters supposed to stand there and trade blows with players in games?

Running away when they could not win just felt wrong somehow.

"By the way, don't player corpses despawn after death?"

Da Qing looked down at I Shoot You Innocent's body on the ground.

His neck had been bitten through.

What a miserable death!

"Maybe it takes some time, so it feels more realistic. I wonder if he's already respawned at the revival point in the valley."

After Three Rounds of Drinks said, stroking his chin.

"Do you think this game is so realistic that you might not revive at all after dying? Maybe if you die in the game, you'll even die in real life too..."

Wind Flower Snow Moon put on a frightened expression.

"Shut up! What kind of horror story are you telling?"

Wanhuatong cut him off.

It was impossible, of course, but it still sounded creepy.

As they spoke, Lin Feng returned carrying the bloodstained broken spear.

With his 15 points of agility, hunting down a Jackalmen was naturally no difficult task.

"Let's go."

Lin Feng said to the players.

"Shouldn't we deal with these corpses?"

Da Qing pointed at the Jackalmen corpses and asked.

"There's no need. This is the wilderness. Corpses won't last until the next day."

Lin Feng said.

The heavy scent of blood would soon attract carnivorous beasts, which would gnaw on and divide up the corpses. They would basically never see another sunrise.

If they were prey corpses, he would naturally have the players carry them back and air-dry them as food reserves.

But Jackalmen were intelligent beings, and their name even included the word "man." He simply could not get past that mental hurdle when it came to using them as food.

Unless they were truly short on food.

"What about Innocent's corpse?"

After Three Rounds of Drinks asked, looking at I Shoot You Innocent's body.

"You are all Skyfallers sent by Lord Human Emperor. After you die, your corpses will automatically disappear after a while, and you will be reborn in the tribe."

Lin Feng glanced at the corpse as he spoke.

According to the system description, player corpses could indeed despawn, but one condition had to be met.

That was, they had to remain out of the sight of any intelligent life for three consecutive hours.

Da Qing and the others nodded.

So player corpses did despawn.

And Wind Flower Snow Moon's horror story was not real after all!

"But he died for the tribe. Even if his body will disappear, leaving it exposed in the wilderness like this doesn't seem appropriate."

"Find a pit and bury him."

Lin Feng said.

By the time Lin Feng and his group returned to the valley, the sun was already setting.

The players who had stayed in the valley had spent the whole day chopping trees. They were gathered outside the cave, resting and chatting idly.

Their conversation ranged from the game to the real world, then to the international situation across all of Blue Star.

"Which of you knows how to process prey carcasses, grill meat, or cook?"

Lin Feng asked the players.

As the number of players increased, the number of prey animals that needed processing each day would also grow.

As the chieftain, he could not keep personally processing prey carcasses and cooking for the players.

It would naturally be best if he could find one or two players capable of handling the job.

If he could not find any, he would train two through quests.

At worst, he would reward them with a title that had no attributes.

"Me! Me! Me!"

Unexpectedly, the moment he finished speaking, a young player stood up with his hand raised.

Lin Feng glanced at his game ID.

Full Han Chinese Banquet.

One look at that ID told him the player must be an exceptional cook!

"You can cook?"

Lin Feng asked.

"Of course! I graduated from New Oriental!"

Full Han Chinese Banquet said proudly.

Then he realized that the NPCs in the game probably had no idea what New Oriental was.

So he put it in terms an NPC could understand.

"I received systematic culinary training in the otherworld ruled by Lord Human Emperor, and I am proficient in the eight great cuisines, including Shandong Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, Hunan Cuisine, and Cantonese Cuisine!"

Full Han Chinese Banquet said.

Though that was a little exaggerated, there was no way to verify it anyway.

Lin Feng nodded in satisfaction.

Being proficient in all eight great cuisines was certainly impressive.

"Very good. From now on, I'll leave processing prey carcasses and cooking to you. You may find one or two people to help you. I'll issue suitable quests for you."

"Besides experience, I'll also give you a certain amount of Tribal Contribution Points as rewards."

"It won't just be cooking. In the future, whether it's chopping trees or hunting, as long as you contribute to the tribe's development, you can earn Contribution Points."

Lin Feng said.

Contribution Points were something he had just come up with.