Although Wang Qiang was dissatisfied and wished he could just snatch it away, he knew that the other teams had already started fighting. But when he thought about the strength of Sang Luoluo's team, he chickened out.
Even if they picked enough mutated beans, they couldn't take that many with them, so what was the point of collecting them?
Qi Feng then suggested, "There's another option: you do your best to pick them, and our team will bring them back for you. We'll split them 20/80, with you getting 20%."
Two-eight? What a dark heart.
Wang Qiang: "This is too much. It won't take you much effort to just take it back. How about splitting it 50/50?"
Qi Feng said, "If you don't want to, that's fine. We've already claimed this place. Don't blame us for being impolite if you move any further."
Wang Qiang gritted his teeth in resentment, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to compromise. With mutated wolves chasing them, it was no joke. He swallowed his anger and said, "Fine, 28 it is. Brothers, let's get to work."
With the addition of Wang Qiang and his team, the manpower increased, and the harvested mutated beans were neatly stacked in piles.
After Sang Luoluo finished picking, she turned around and put the mutated beans that everyone had picked into her space. She marked the beans that Wang Qiang's team had picked separately. She was not one to take advantage of others; she always gave them what they were entitled to.
Even as darkness fell, the mutated beans here were still not all picked; there were just too many, such a vast expanse that you couldn't see the end of them.
We'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to continue.
Everyone was exhausted that night, and Sang Luoluo fell asleep as soon as she lay down after dinner.
With Wang Qiang and the others joining, it naturally became closer to them at night.
Sure enough, that night, in the latter half of the night, the mutated wolf pack reappeared.
At night, the Chuanchuan howled as a warning, and the mutated wolves became somewhat subdued. However, Wang Qiang and his group became more alert and immediately climbed a tree.
The surroundings were pitch black, except for a single fire that had been cleared from the ground.
Soon, the mutated wolf pack launched a surprise attack. Sang Luoluo, sensed the approaching mutated wolves and immediately set up Crystal Core outside the car with her Mental Power. She waited until the mutated wolves got close before firing. The continuous gunfire caused the attacking mutated wolves to fall to the ground with a thud not far from the car, leaving a pool of blood.
In the latter half of the night, a batch of mutated wolves died, and a new batch of mutated wolves followed, their numbers extremely large.
It's no wonder Wang Qiang and his group followed Sang Luoluo and her friends so persistently; the main reason was that after realizing how terrifying those mutated wolves were, even leaving the forest wasn't so easy.
The mutated wolves would track them down by their scent. The distance to the base was several days' journey, and until they returned, they would be constantly watched by the mutated wolves. It was terrifying. Meeting Sang Luoluo and her group, realizing their strength and ability to eliminate the mutated wolves and prevent future trouble, was a huge relief. Furthermore, even if they killed the mutated wolves, leaving their scent, those mutated wolves would still pursue and kill them.
In this way, everyone is in the same boat, and no one will have an easy time.
Now that they're all together to deal with these mutated wolves, Wang Qiang thought there was no other way.
Sang Luoluo and the others were unaware of Wang Qiang's ulterior motives. They only felt a sense of satisfaction from the killing; so many mutated wolves had come, saving them the trouble of searching for them one by one. They could also obtain the mutated wolves' corpses and Crystal Core.
The gains were enormous.
Qi Feng and the others were thinking that if Sang Luoluo's space wasn't limited, they would have liked to bring back all the usable branches, pretty and non-toxic flowers and plants, wild fruits, and cheap mutated animal carcasses they encountered along the way. They would also have taken all sorts of specimens and experimental samples.
Unfortunately, Sang Luoluo's space was limited, so they could only fit the most expensive items.
Before dawn, Sang Luoluo and the others hadn't slept; they estimated they had killed several hundred.
As dawn broke, the mutated wolves retreated again. In this battle with humans, the mutated wolves suffered heavy losses, with many of their kind dying. However, wolves are naturally vengeful, and the more this happened, the more unwilling the mutated wolves became, planning to launch another attack that night.
After daybreak, the group, disregarding any need for sleep, ate something and got up to continue picking mutated beans. These mutated beans might become inedible due to radiation at any time, so they had to pick as many as possible while they were still edible.
Sang Luoluo discussed it with everyone and booked a plane. She sent the location to the base so that a plane could pick them up in the evening. They figured they could harvest most of the mutated beans in the vicinity during the day.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and tidied up, they got out of the car. Sang Luoluo parked the car, and Lei Qi called out to a nearby tree, "Hey, Captain Wang, hurry up and take your men down to pick the green beans. These green beans will get too old if they're not picked soon."
"I know, I'm coming."
Wang Qiang cursed a hundred times in his heart, but he still had to lead his teammates down to pick green beans. With so much food, no one would give up.
After a long day of hard work, we finally finished harvesting this patch of mutated beans by evening.
Sang Luoluo gathered up all the harvested mutant beans, then sat down on a small stool to rest. She was exhausted after a day of farm work.
At the appointed time, the sound of an airplane could be heard overhead, hovering in a relatively open area nearby.
Qi Feng quickly located the spot and led everyone there.
Wang Qiang and the others were puzzled, but they quickly realized that it was they who had called the plane.
Where are you going?
Sang Luoluo glanced at him. "Of course we're going back to base. Do you want to come together? If so, we can split the cost."
Calling for air rescue from the base requires a fee of Crystal Core, approximately 20,000 Crystal Core. For Sang Luoluo, this is not a big problem; it's a small amount.
But for Wang Qiang and his team, it was a painful blow. 20,000 Crystal Core was no small sum. Moreover, they had toiled so hard in the dense forest for so long, killing countless mutated animals to accumulate that many Crystal Core. They wouldn't normally be willing to use an airplane.
But now, if they don't go up, they'll be the only ones left in this deep forest, facing attacks from mutated wolf packs at night. That would be dangerous; their lives would be in grave danger.
The cost, spread out over time, is only 10,000 Crystal Core, which isn't unbearable, but it still hurts a lot.
"Captain, you need to make a decision quickly. We've run out of supplies and are now being targeted by mutated wolves. There's no point in staying here any longer."
Wang Qiang gritted his teeth, "Fine, we'll split it."
Sang Luoluo smiled with satisfaction. "It would have been better if you'd said that earlier."
She easily saved half the cost; how could she not be happy?
Upon arrival, she boarded the plane using the ladder. Sang Luoluo had overcome her fear of heights, especially with the help of her Mental Power, and easily boarded the plane.
Qi Feng Qi Xue were already well-trained, so this was no problem for them.
Wang Qiang and the others followed behind and boarded the plane one after another.
The first thing Sang Luoluo did upon boarding the plane was to pay for her team's 10,000 Crystal Core. She simply took out one Crystal Core of roughly the same value, plus a few smaller Crystal Core.
Wang Qiang took out handfuls of Crystal Core from his backpack and handed over the full amount before stopping.
The plane flew towards the base.
Sang Luoluo looked down, skimming over the dense forest below. There were mutated birds active below, but there was no immediate intention to attack them. The aircraft had already activated its defense system and would retaliate immediately should any mutated birds attack.
Fortunately, they were not attacked along the way.
While on the plane, Sang Luoluo didn't forget to send a message to Sang Yunpu, explaining the situation.
Sang Yunpu replied quickly, saying that he was on the outskirts of the dense forest, relatively safe, and with Xiao Li accompanying him, there was no danger.
Sang Luoluo was temporarily relieved.
They'll go back, clear out the spoils in their spatial storage, get a good night's sleep, and then they'll have to come back again.
On the way, Wang Qiang's team was also silent. The two teams actually didn't get along very well, especially Wang Qiang, who couldn't swallow his anger, but he was helpless against Sang Luoluo's team.
Having been swindled out of so many Crystal Core along the way, I felt a surge of resentment welling up inside me.
I feel terrible.
However, Sang Luoluo and the others didn't care what he thought at all, because the plane was very fast, and in less than an hour, they had already arrived near the base's competition hall.
After the plane landed, they still drove to the competition hall.
Sang Luoluo said, "We've come to exchange for supplies."
The competition hall was quite crowded, and new teams were still forming and heading out. Many people were renting weapons, vehicles, and so on.
Some teams returned laden with spoils, driving back to exchange their catch for other supplies and Crystal Core.
Come with me.
The officials in the competition hall were very busy. Seeing that Sang Luoluo and her group were just a few people, and that they had come empty-handed, they assumed they were there to exchange for weapons and led them to the vicinity of the warehouse.
In a businesslike manner, he said, "Bring out the supplies you wish to exchange, and we'll estimate their value."
Upon hearing this, Sang Luoluo said, "Is there a larger warehouse? This place isn't big enough."
The man glanced at her and said, "Isn't this warehouse full? Go ahead and fill it up; there are several other warehouses nearby."
Sang Luoluo said, "Then you'll need to find a few more people to help. I have a lot of stuff here."