"How about we send someone to probe the other side's situation first?"
"Then who will go?"
The group of people had just bumped into each other on their way here, so naturally they didn't trust each other much.
For a moment, everyone hesitated.
Seeing that no one stepped forward, the man in the lead slapped his thigh and stood up. "Then I'll go. Let's see how cowardly you all are."
After saying that, the man turned around and swaggered towards the wooden house.
His figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
The remaining few, feeling a little embarrassed, tentatively asked, "Should we follow them?"
"Let's go, let's go. If we don't get a cabin, we'll freeze to death."
Having said that, the group felt embarrassed to refuse any longer and followed suit.
The group rushed to the vicinity of the wooden house, and as they approached, they instinctively slowed their pace.
The neighborhood is very quiet.
The man leading the way stopped and called out into the cabin, "Is anyone home?"
There was a pause of a few seconds, but no response came from inside the cabin.
The man frowned in surprise. "Nobody here?"
"Could it be that they knew the protection period was over and were afraid of being robbed, so they ran away first?" The others behind them started speculating.
"That's possible."
The man raised his hand and summoned a long sword magic weapon that shimmered with silver light.
He gripped the longsword with both hands and approached the wooden house step by step.
When he was only two meters away from the cabin, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Xu Jintang, dressed in a dark blue training army uniform, walked out and crushed the signal inscription in her hand.
This is a functional Inscription Talisman that can be used to transmit signals.
She was researching new inscriptions recently and happened to make quite a few of these Inscription Talisman.
The moment the inscription was crushed, a striking red heart mark was immediately shot into the air.
The red heart marker is very eye-catching and can be seen from dozens of miles around.
The man gripping his longsword, preparing to attack, paused.
His teammates behind him also hesitated.
What's going on?
"I don't know, should we go?"
"How about... we observe it further?"
The sudden appearance of the red heart symbol made the group that was preparing to attack hesitate.
A few seconds later, the leader shouted, "What are you all standing there for! Attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man raised his long sword and slashed down fiercely at the person opposite him.
In the blink of an eye, a silver light flashed from the blade, transforming into a shockwave that slashed directly at Xu Jintang.
The shockwave ruffled Xu Jintang's hair.
Xu Jintang reacted immediately as the shockwave approached.
She immediately unleashed her leg strength, pushed off the ground, turned, and performed a side somersault in the air, narrowly avoiding the attack.
She crouched slightly, supporting herself on one hand on the ground, and when she looked up, a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
Having missed his first attack, the man quickly turned cold and began his second assault.
Seeing that the battle had begun, the others couldn't just stand by and watch, so they all unleashed their magical weapons and launched an attack on the cabin.
A group of people instantly surrounded Xu Jintang.
A series of clanging and banging sounds of attack followed.
"Captain, we're here!" The team member who had just rushed out of the cabin shouted at the top of his lungs.
The others arrived one after another and joined the battle.
The entire battle lasted about five minutes when a series of steady footsteps suddenly came from not far away.
The footsteps grew closer.
And there are a lot of them.
The man, who was in the middle of a fierce fight, paused his attack when he heard the noise.
He glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and saw a large group of people running towards them in the distance.
This situation startled him.
The other teammates also realized something was wrong and quickly retreated. "What's going on?"
"Are these people here to rob the cabin too?"
"Wait, didn't that woman just send a signal? Could it be that she called for reinforcements?"
"Stop, everyone! You're surrounded!" Fatty Fang led the charge, shouted at the man.
"Damn it, it really was the reinforcements she called!" Realizing the danger, the group quickly turned to run away.
The man in the lead froze, realizing he had gone too far this time.
"Stop them all! Don't let any of them escape!" Fatty Fang shouted, directing his team.
The team members from the other wooden houses also cooperated by flanking from both sides.
A few minutes later, the group of people who had arrogantly rushed over to rob the wooden house were all subdued.
The man who was leading the group had his hands and feet tied and was forced to the ground.
Fatty Fang walked up to him, hands on his hips, glanced at the man, then looked up at Xu Jintang opposite him, "Take them all down. Tell the others who haven't arrived yet not to come."
Xu Jintang gave an OK sign, then took out a signal inscription and crushed it.
This time, the marker appearing in the sky was a blue bird.
According to the group's battle plan, the red heart symbol represents an enemy attack, and everyone must assemble at the location where the signal marker was issued within ten minutes.
The blue bird marker indicates safety; everyone should evacuate.
The man tied to the ground looked up at Xu Jintang in disbelief, "You... teamed up?"
Xu Jintang slightly raised the corners of her mouth, "Otherwise what?"
Fatty Fang walked over with his arms crossed and asked, "What should we do with these guys? Eliminate them immediately, or keep them for now?"
"Let's keep it for others to see first." After saying that, Xu Jintang turned and walked back to the wooden house.
Fatty Fang immediately understood her meaning, raising his hand and waving, "Tie everyone up outside the cabin. Let others who want to take our territory see our strength."
"Yes!"
Not far away, Wang Qian, who had traveled a long way, looked somewhat disheveled.
She had bad luck on the way here, encountering several waves of monsters and almost being eliminated early.
She clutched her injured arm and continued walking.
They hadn't gone far when a row of tied-up figures came into view.
Wang Qian paused, immediately stopping defensively.
"Waaah... waaah..."
When the man with his mouth gagged saw someone approaching, he immediately began to struggle, but with his mouth stuffed with cloth, he could only make muffled sounds no matter how hard he tried.
Wang Qian stopped to observe for a while, and after realizing that the people in front of her were tied up, her tense body relaxed slightly.
"Why are you tied up here?" she shouted at the other side.
The man continued to make "mmm" sounds.
Wang Qian was stunned for a moment before realizing that everyone's mouths had been gagged.
She glanced around and, seeing no sign of an ambush, stepped forward to the bound men and removed the gag from the man's mouth.
What's going on with you guys?
The boy, finally given the freedom to speak, immediately complained, "A few of us wanted to raid that cabin that had just been released from protection, but somehow the other side called in a bunch of reinforcements, and they outnumbered us and completely crushed us."
Wang Qian frowned slightly and looked up at the wooden house not far away.
"Sister, could you untie us a bit? We want to call more people so we can come back and raid the cabin again," the man pleaded desperately.
Wang Qian pursed her lips. "Do you know who lives in this wooden house?"
The man shook his head. "I don't know her. But the one leading the group is a girl."
Wang Qian continued to scrutinize the wooden house not far away. "Okay, then I'll join your team."
Her day and night of traveling alone had given her a taste of the hardships of survival.
Having teammates makes this survival battle much easier.
Chapter 151
"Boss! Someone suddenly appeared over there, looks like they're going to untie those guys. Could it be one of their teammates? Should we take them down together?"
A team member suddenly rushed over to report.
Fatty Fang was discussing the follow-up battle plan with Xu Jintang, looked up and frowned at the place where the person was tied up in the distance. "Just one person?"
"Right."
Fatty Fang waved his hand. "Bring them here."
Xu Jintang glanced over there, but didn't pay much attention. After seeing that everyone else had gone to arrest the person, he looked away.
"Now, including you and me, there are fifteen teams that have joined us. It's a large group, but it'll definitely be difficult to manage."
Fatty Fang nodded, "Yes, we need to choose a captain who can command respect."
At this point, Fatty Fang cleared his throat, straightened his chest, and sat up straight.
"In this matter, I would like to volunteer myself."
Xu Jintang glanced at him, but before he could speak, Lu Wei'an stepped forward and said, "Regarding the selection of the team leader, I recommend our team leader to take on the role."
Fatty Fang choked, his mouth slightly open, and after a long while, he managed to choke out a sentence, "Of course, the best should be chosen. I think it would be more appropriate to gather all the teams together first and then let everyone elect the winners."
"Okay." Xu Jintang nodded in agreement, stood up, and brushed the dust off his clothes. "Then it's settled. We'll discuss it further once everyone arrives."
After saying that, she turned and walked towards the wooden house.
At this moment, several team members who had gone to abduct Wang Qian, who was already tied up, came over.
"Captain, we've captured him."
Xu Jintang glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, then suddenly paused.
"Wait a minute," she called out to them.
The men holding Wang Qian immediately stopped, looked up, and gave her questioning looks.
Xu Jintang stopped, turned around, and walked up to Wang Qian, bowing slightly. " Sister Qian?"
Wang Qian, who was being held down, immediately raised her head and struggled the moment she saw Xu Jintang.
"Mmm..."
Because its mouth was gagged, it could only make whimpering sounds.