"What's different? Stop keeping me in suspense and just tell me."
Faced with Xing Lan's urging, Ye Ciqing finally began to explain.
"This badminton racket was made from the bones of Variant, and my ability [ Bones ] allows me to control those bones."
"So..." The stars in Xing Lan's eyes slowly began to shine again.
"Hey-hey..."
Ye Ciqing began to exert slight force in his hand holding the badminton racket, and the entire racket began to change.
In just a moment, it transformed into an extremely sharp-looking bone knife.
"Wow--!"
Haha, isn't he handsome!
Ye Ciqing brandished the bone knife, which then transformed into a short scythe.
Hela glanced at it but quickly lost interest.
Honestly, in her eyes, this ability was far too weak; she could make bone weapons like that herself.
Liu Xiaogang stroked his chin, watching the weapon constantly changing its appearance in Ye Ciqing's hands, and nodded approvingly.
If this were given to someone else, it would just be a sturdier badminton racket, but in Ye Ciqing's hands, it truly displayed the power of a second-tier [ Variant Artifact ].
The plane gradually slowed down and finally came to a stop.
Feng Xuan piloted the plane, slowly landing it in a mountain forest.
Since this mission isn't too urgent, there's no need to parachute; we can just land directly.
This is also to avoid alerting the enemy.
The hatch slowly opened, Xing Lan poked her head out first, followed by a tactical roll.
Seeing that there was no danger around, he waved to the people behind him.
"There is no danger ahead; we may proceed."
"Ouch!"
He had barely finished speaking when Sun Hai slapped him on the head. "Seriously."
"Oh..." Xing Lan responded, covering her head.
After the last person disembarked, Feng Xuan took out his phone and remotely controlled the aircraft to stealth mode.
The enormous plane immediately blended into its surroundings.
"The conditions here in the middle of nowhere are even tougher than when we were doing wilderness survival training in our training camp."
Looking at the steep terrain and dense vegetation around him, Ye Ciqing clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"This kind of place shouldn't be a problem for Hela, right?"
"After all, she was number one in wilderness survival during training."
"And she found the most food back then."
Ye Yiqing glanced at Hela.
"Hehe, my Hela is amazing."
Xing Lan happily ruffled Hela's white hair.
"Alright, let's hurry to our destination. It's not too far from here, but the road is difficult to travel."
Feng Xuan opened the Satellite map and began leading the team.
Hela nodded and followed the others on their way.
Oh, right!
As they walked, Xing Lan suddenly stopped and turned to look at Hela.
"This is a gift for you. I was planning to give it to you the day you came back, but I was having so much fun that I forgot."
As he spoke, he took an exquisite box out of his pocket and handed it to Hela.
"What's this."
Looking at the exquisite box, Hela asked Xing Lan.
"You'll see when you open it." Xing Lan smiled and waved to Hela.
Hela opened the box without a second thought.
Inside the box lay a sea-blue gemstone, lying quietly.
The gemstone is about the size of a fingernail, with a sea-blue interior and tiny white specks.
They look just like stars in the sky.
"This is amazing! It's a mental Variant Artifact. Not only can it conceal one's aura, but it can also resist mental damage to a certain extent!"
Xing Lan excitedly told Hela, "This was found during a mission, inside a criminal group of superhumans."
You must keep it safe!
Hela held the gem in her hand, forced a natural smile, and then nodded heavily to Xing Lan.
He tied the gemstone to the bell on his wrist and fastened it around his wrist.
"I have another gift here, it's for everyone."
Xing Lan reached into her pocket again.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
But the others stopped him.
"What's wrong?" Xing Lan, somewhat confused, and withdrew her hand.
Nanming smiled. "I think it's better to give this to Hela after this mission is over."
He looked at the others, and they all nodded.
"Uh, okay then, Hela, I'll give it to you after I finish the last mission, alright!"
"Okay." Hela nodded, and the group resumed its advance.
The road here is indeed as Feng Xuan said, extremely difficult to travel.
Even though they were physically gifted, it took them nearly two hours to finally reach their destination.
A village that looked neither too big nor too small, but extremely backward, came into view.
The village was so backward that it felt like an ancient village.
There are no modern electronic products in sight, and even the houses are made of pure wood.
At the village entrance, there was a disheveled old man, somewhat eccentric, holding a long stick.
Sun Hai's expression turned slightly serious, and he silently walked to the front.
We need to be especially vigilant in places that are particularly underdeveloped.
Led by Sun Hai, the group slowly walked to the entrance of the village.
The somewhat deranged old man glanced at the group again, then continued to play with the stick in his hand, occasionally chuckling to himself.
Other villagers also noticed Sun Hai and his group and began to slowly gather around.
The villagers chattered amongst themselves, all speculating about what they had come for.
This put Sun Hai social skills were almost nonexistent, in a difficult position, unsure of what to say.
Seeing that his team leader was not doing a good job, Liu Xiaogang hurriedly walked to the front of the group and greeted the villagers in an extremely approachable manner.
"Hey, fellow villagers, hello! We're a few people sent by the government to help alleviate poverty in your townships."
"If everyone cooperates, then everyone will be able to eat meat every day and live a good life!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers immediately believed it and greeted them with smiles.
"I didn't realize, Gangzi, that you could be so clever in a crucial moment."
Feng Xuan walked over to Liu Xiaogang, nudged him, and whispered something.
"Of course! After all, I grew up in a poor mountain area, so I know what the villagers believe in most."
Liu Xiaogang touched his nose, extremely proud, which earned him a roll of his eyes from Feng Xuan.
Soon, surrounded by villagers, the group arrived at the village chief's house.
As soon as they entered, they saw an elderly man with white hair, at least seventy years old, standing inside to greet them.
Upon seeing Liu Xiaogang, he excitedly stepped forward and shook his hand.
"Oh, hello leader, hello leader." His voice was old, but also very energetic.
Liu Xiaogang was initially at a loss, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Hello, hello, sir, let's sit down and talk first."
As he spoke, he helped the old man to a chair and made him sit down.
"You sit down, everyone sit down."
After the old man sat down, he also gestured to the others to sit down.
Although the old man's house was dilapidated, it had plenty of benches and chairs.
All nine people can sit down.