Partners, partners, full of surprises

She had no connection with the boy and was about to leave when she noticed a patch of Polluted creatures at her feet. She paused, turned back, and asked the boy, "You don't have the talent for business, but do you have the talent to discern the levels of Polluted?"

The boy tilted his head, not understanding why she asked that.

Ye Jiang asked him, "Is there?"

"Probably?" the boy asked uncertainly.

Ye Jiang asked blankly, "Probably?"

What does this mean?

The boy immediately shouted, "Yes!"

His tone was very certain, and his expression was very firm.

He said, "I am a human-shaped detection bead!"

That's truly impressive!

Lacking any talent, Ye Jiang seemed to see a glimmer of light in the darkness. "Want to cooperate? I'll pay you a salary, you help me identify the levels of the Polluted, and I'll pay you..."

"Okay!" The boy interrupted Ye Jiang as she recited her wages, saying, "Sister, I'll work for you for free!"

"Free of charge?" Ye Jiang asked, puzzled. "Why?"

The boy's cheeks were sunken in two small dents. "Because of my sister."

"You saved me!"

Ye Jiang: "... When?"

She had just been wanting to ask: when did she save him? Had he misunderstood something?

But the boy didn't answer. He was still immersed in the joy of being able to repay a debt of gratitude, and once again transformed into a little sparrow. "What's your name, sister? My name is Dong Zhen, Dong as in winter, Zhen as in true or false."

Ye Jiang: "... Ye Jiang."

"Okay, sister!"

"..."

The detection beads are a bit noisy.

Chapter 62 Partners, Partners, Full of Surprises.

In a wasteland in the wilderness, a Polluted came running with a strange running posture.

"This, this must be a high-scoring Polluted! C-Rank, no, B-Rank!" the boy shouted, pointing at the Polluted. "Look how fast it runs..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Polluted had already transformed into a shower of scattered tissue fluid. The boy raised a giant leaf, which perfectly shielded him from the onslaught of tissue fluid, and slowly accepted the unfinished proof, "Ugly."

ugly?

Ye Jiang's eyebrows twitched as she threw her punch. She felt a strange familiarity with the standard used to assess the strength of Polluted. Who did it remind her of? A slightly uneasy feeling welled up inside her. This fleeting sensation made her turn back to look at the boy, but unexpectedly, a wave of intense heat washed over her the moment she turned.

"Wow, sister, you're amazing! You're so cool, you blew up a B-Rank Polluted with one punch! Are you an A-Rank powerhouse?"

The praise came from under a huge leaf. The boy moved the leaf, revealing a bright smile behind it.

Ye Jiang: "..."

She pursed her lips, forgetting her doubts from a moment ago amidst the barrage of sweet talk.

She buried herself in cutting out the Polluted body parts, and as she passed the boy, she silently handed him a piece of candy as a reward.

Thank you, sister!

"... Um."

Ye Jiang tossed the severed Polluted tissue into her backpack. The boy, with a candy in his mouth, walked over and casually slung the backpack over his shoulder. "Come on, sister, let's go find the next one!"

The young man was full of energy.

Ye Jiang stood still, and the boy Dong Zhen turned around in confusion. "Sister?"

"Too slow," Ye Jiang said, somewhat dissatisfied with the current progress.

After forming a partnership with the boy named Dong Zhen, she went on a killing spree. The two roamed the wilderness, with Dong Zhen pointing and she shooting wherever he pointed, only hunting high-scoring Polluted. According to the level Dong Zhen reported to her, she now had tens of thousands of points, which was much better than fighting alone, but she could earn even more if she had an efficient means of transportation. Dong Zhen's travel speed couldn't keep up with hers, who was always mistaken for a speed-type ability user, so they spent too much time on the road, which seriously reduced her efficiency.

Ye Jiang looked up at the Sky and thought of the feeling of "flying".

She once hitched a ride in an air-sharing car to the suburbs to talk to Invisible Man; perhaps she could relive that experience?

Ye Jiang was making plans in her mind.

She made a quick decision and said to the boy, Dong Zhen, "You stay here, I'll be right back."

"Varied..."

The capricious human, acting on a whim, didn't wait for her collaborator's reply. After speaking, she darted far away and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Dong Zhen: "..."

Gone?

What are you doing?

Dong Zhen glanced back at the bag on her back and muttered, "Just left already... How careless! Aren't you afraid I'll steal your bag...?"

He shook his head, sat down on the ground, and played with the straw hat in his hand. As the hat turned and spun, a soft, white cloud burst out from inside. The cloud slowly rose into the air, blocking the sun above his head. He hid in the shade, put his hands behind him, leaned back, and began to count.

"1, 2, 3... 60, one minute has passed, and my sister still hasn't come back."

"Then wait one more minute."

"1,2..."

The boy under the clouds talked to himself.

In a rocky area of the wilderness, several superhumans were hiding behind rocks, watching the Sky warily. A huge eagle-man was circling Sky, its eyes flashing coldly as it searched for two-legged prey on the ground.

"Jie!"

The eagle-man let out a piercing scream, startling the wind and clouds.

Behind the rocks, several superhumans wore expressions of despair. Their luck was terrible; they had run into an eagle-man...

Three days into the competition, news of an eagle-man in the wilderness area has spread among the players. Its level is very high, B+, just one step away from A-Rank. Winged Polluted are already more troublesome than ordinary Polluted, and this eagle-man, reaching B+ level, is the overlord of the Sky in this wilderness area. It's said that yesterday, Wu Jiangshui, ranked third on the leaderboard, encountered the eagle-man and engaged in battle. He was almost forced to withdraw from the competition, barely escaping with his life. Due to severe injuries, he couldn't enter the wilderness today and is currently searching for Healer at a high price.

The Eagle Men are invincible; even the B-Rank Wu Jiangshui suffered a crushing defeat, and their group's highest C-Rank...

It's over, it's over!

The distress signal was sent the instant they encountered the eagle-men, but waiting for rescue would take time.

It's so hard to get through.

A superhuman pressed his body tightly against the rocks in front of him. For some reason, there were many strange rocks scattered in this area. Although the terrain of the wilderness is varied, the appearance of these rocks was still too abrupt.

Now is not the time to think about these things; we need to hide well. If the eagle-men find them, we're really doomed!

The superhuman pressed his body against the not-so-large boulder as much as possible. Suddenly, his gaze fixed on the boulder in front of him. A small, unusual object caught his eye. It was slightly brownish, a stark contrast to the overall dark color of the boulder. It had subtle veins and a soft texture, like...

Human skin!

The superhuman suddenly distanced himself from the rocks, lost his balance and fell to the ground, kicking a piece of gravel that rolled down the hillside with a crisp sound.

silence.

The rocky area fell silent; the superhumans were seething with rage, their breathing stopped.

One second later.

"Run!"

"Jehovah!!!"

The eagle-man's cry pierced the sky, and a wind blade came hurtling through the air. The superhuman rolled on the ground, and the wind blade avoided his vital points, landing on his arm. The superhuman instinctively covered his arm, only to find that it didn't hurt.

A question arose in my mind for a moment: Why doesn't it hurt?

The thought had barely formed when the half of his arm that had been struck by the wind blade suddenly went numb and stiff. Looking away, he saw that half of his arm had turned into dark, familiar stone. This was...

The superhuman's expression twisted as he surveyed the rocks scattered across the ground. No wonder, no wonder these rocks appeared so abruptly, because... because these weren't rocks at all, but rather the bodies of humans struck by the Eagle Man's wind blades!

The superhuman's eyes were bloodshot. The eagle-man, seeing that he was in the worst condition, swooped down on him in a hunting posture, the Pollution carried by the wind.

"Get out of the way!"

His companion shouted, but it was too late. The eagle-man was right in front of him in the blink of an eye, and the superhuman's eyes widened in despair.

In a flash, a shadow rushed from the side, a fierce gust of wind swept past, and the eagle-man's massive body suddenly vanished. The superhuman remained with his eyes wide open, wondering if he was entering a death replay, and thus felt that his time had stopped.

until--

"Jie!"

A piercing scream came from the side, the sound seemed slightly different from before. The superhuman turned around stiffly and saw the eagle-man, the king of the sky, being dragged by its wings and stepped on by a slender human.

The eagle-man's Pollution seemed to have no effect on humans. The eagle-man's wind blades... well, the eagle-man didn't even have a chance to turn around and spray wind blades at the humans on its back. The moment it turned its head, a human's fist pounded into its head. The eagle-man was impotent and furious, and slowly it dared not turn its head anymore. Even its struggling strength diminished, and it could only croak "hehe" as it barely managed to maintain its unyielding pride as a tyrant.

The superhumans were stunned, and so were the others. Wasn't this the B+ winged Polluted who had severely injured Wu Jiangshui? How... how was this superhuman?

Ye Jiang chatted with her rideshare passenger as if no one else was around. She was experienced, so the whole conversation went smoothly and methodically.

Seeing that her vehicle was gradually becoming more obedient, she finally had time to look at the superhuman next to her.

"This Polluted..." Ye Jiang, standing on the Polluted's back, discussed with the other ability users, "I'll return it to you after I'm done."

Remembering that it was a discussion, she added politely, "Is that alright?"

She remembered that this Polluted was someone else's hunting grounds, someone else's prey. She wasn't going to steal it; she was just borrowing it for a while. That should be okay, right?

The superhumans fell silent.

use?

What?

Ye Jiang stared intently at them, awaiting their answer. The superhuman who had almost been attacked regained his senses and said respectfully, "Please."