The vehicle continued to move forward and passed a crooked signboard with vague writing on it reading [3km ahead Windless City].
Although the Windless City area has long since fallen in the disaster, the streets and high-rise buildings in the city are not as suitable for the survival of most ferocious beasts as the open wilderness.
The types and numbers of ferocious beasts that can adapt to and colonize urban areas are relatively limited.
Therefore, in Chen Yan's mental perception, traveling through the urban area and avoiding the increasingly active and hordes of high-level ferocious beasts in the wilderness is the current optimal route choice.
At this time, he was still following the vehicle step by step.
The fists are thrown out in a specific trajectory from time to time.
[You practice boxing, skill (Arrow Barrage) proficiency +5!, current progress: 9950/10000]
Soon, at the end of the damaged highway ramp, the city skyline appeared in front of us.
The vehicle officially entered the Windless City zone.
Completely different from the sounds of wind and roaring beasts in the wilderness, there was deathly silence inside the city.
Only the roar of the engine of their modified pickup truck echoed repeatedly in the empty streets and high-rise buildings, making it particularly harsh.
Broken glass, overturned abandoned vehicles, and dried and blackened blood stains on the walls silently told the story of the past disaster.
Qiu Yashuang gripped the steering wheel tightly, his palms even slightly sweaty.
She drove carefully in the prescribed direction, scanning every shadow on both sides of the street that might hide danger.
In this environment, the noise of the car is like a moving target.
She would never be so ostentatious unless necessary.
In the past, even if he followed a mercenary team into the city to search for supplies, he would have abandoned his car long ago and relied on walking to hide his whereabouts.
Just when her nerves were tense to the extreme, Chen Yan, who was following the car, suddenly said, "Turn right at the next intersection! There is something!"
Qiu Yashuang didn't hesitate at all. He obeyed the instructions almost instinctively. He turned the steering wheel sharply and turned into the street on the right with the pickup truck's tires scraping against the ground.
There was no inquiry, no rebuttal, just full trust in Chen Yan.
Chen Yan glanced at Qiu Yashuang's serious face.
"This girl is quite pretty when she doesn't open her mouth."
Guessing that we were almost there, Chen Yan asked a few people to turn off the engine and get out of the car.
As the vehicle stalled, several people quietly sneaked into an abandoned shop on the roadside and peeked out through the broken windows and gaps in the walls.
The increasingly clear sounds of fighting and roaring came from the intersection not far ahead.
The first thing that caught his eye was not the two parties fighting.
Rather, it is a giant tree that is extremely out of place and should never exist in the middle of the road!
Its thick trunk requires several people to hug it, and its bark is a dark bronze color.
The crown of the tree spreads out like a canopy, and there are no ordinary green leaves among the branches and leaves. Instead, they are densely packed with strange fruits the size of longan, which exude an alluring shimmer in the dim light.
"It's 'Crimson Blood Fruit'!" Qiu Jiu lowered his voice with uncontrollable excitement, "I heard Uncle Zhou say! Eating this fruit directly can slowly increase the qi and blood of amateur warriors, and there are no side effects!"
Qiu Rao's eyes also shone, and he licked his lips subconsciously. "The main ingredient of the Qi and Blood potion for amateurs on the market is the juice of this fruit diluted hundreds of times... My God, how much is this full tree worth!"
Primary qi and blood potions are considered to be relatively affordable warrior supplements on the market.
Although Windless Mercenary Group has the ability to grow and refine the medicinal materials of Blood-Qi Pill, the refined elixir is a luxury product that is out of reach for them.
Therefore, this elementary potion has become a necessary "ration" for the daily practice of the warriors in the group.
"Stupid!" Qiu Yashuang said, "You still miss the fruit? The tree itself is the real priceless treasure!"
"A cash cow that can continue to produce Crimson Blood Fruit! If it can be transplanted back to the camp..."
These three people are worthy of being children from a mercenary group, and they instantly estimated their long-term and astonishing value.
Chen Yan secretly shook his head.
This Crimson Blood Fruit is indeed a good resource and will be of great benefit to amateur warriors, but it is far from enough to attract him.
What really aroused his spiritual perception was the breath of life emitted by the giant tree itself, and... entrenched under the tree...
Using the cover of the ruins, several people continued to cautiously approach the center of the fight.
Finally, they saw the whole battle clearly!
It was a group of about seven or eight human warriors who were forming a battle formation and fighting fiercely with two huge lynx-like ferocious beasts.
"It's 'Shadow-Patterned Lynx'! Extremely fast and good at sneak attacks!" Qiu Jiu said in a nervous tone. He only has a second-level amateur training, so he can only be regarded as a piece of cake in front of Shadow-Patterned Lynx.
However, in the eyes of Chen Yan, the movements of the two Shadow-Patterned Lynx seemed fast and violent, but deep in their eyes there was clearly a kind of cat-and-mouse teasing and toying.
They did not kill them with all their strength, but dexterously shuttled through the siege of the warriors.
From time to time, he used his sharp claws to add a medium-deep wound to their bodies, causing the warriors to roar again and again, and the formation became more and more scattered.
Chen Yan thought to himself, "They are treating those warriors as playthings. I'm afraid that when they get tired of playing with them, these people will die."
As if to confirm his words, one of the Shadow-Patterned Lynx seemed to feel a little bored. Facing the machete struck by a warrior with all his strength, it just raised its flesh palm casually and slapped it lightly.
"Pfft!" There was a teeth-piercing crisp sound!
The warrior's head, along with his shocked expression, was instantly separated from his neck and flew high like a kicked ball.
After drawing an arc, it rolled to a halt in front of the broken wall where Chen Yan and the others were hiding.
"Holy shit!"
Qiu Family, the three siblings turned pale in an instant. Qiu Jiu and Qiu Rao suddenly covered their mouths, holding back so as not to vomit on the spot.
Qiu Yashuang's breathing was also stagnant, and his stomach was churning.
Chen Yan's eyes fell on that head.
It was the face of a man with panic written all over it. He looked to be about thirty years old, with a messy beard, and the ultimate fear of death still remained in his frozen pupils.
When he crushed Spine Hyena in the air before, he didn't feel much.
At this moment, seeing the corpses of the same kind at such a close distance, an indescribable feeling of discomfort quietly filled his heart.
At this moment, Qiu Yashuang took a deep breath and suppressed his nausea.
She leaned into Chen Yan's ear and said, "I know this person from another shelter. Although they usually have no conflicts with us Windless Mercenary Group, they are not friends... I, I still hope you don't rescue them."
Chen Yan glanced at Qiu Yashuang in surprise and whispered, "I thought you would want me to save them..."
"How is that possible!" Qiu Yashuang's pretty face was covered with red clouds, and he glared at Chen Yan, "Except for our Windless Mercenary Group own companions, I don't believe anyone!"
"Who knows what will happen after rescuing them? I know the evil of people's hearts best, so just let them fend for themselves!"