The truth about the wild boar herd and the team members' growth

Seeing this, Zhao Huaqiang knew Zhou Mingyu had something to tell him in private and immediately responded eagerly.

"Captain, whatever you need, just give the order."

Zhou Mingyu nodded in satisfaction.

"Old Zhao, send all the employees under you over there to work with those people carrying bows. Make sure they stay close to them."

"Make sure you give them special instructions.

If any of your employees find a meteorite, they must get their hands on it immediately.

Don't let Ye Xingchen's people take it."

Zhao Huaqiang couldn't understand what he meant.

The previous few times, hadn't whoever spotted one collected it and handed it over to the captain for safekeeping?

Since he didn't trust them, he could simply keep them from collecting the meteorites.

Zhou Mingyu himself didn't know whether they would be able to collect a Class Change Stone this time.

Naturally, he had to send everyone out to maximize the search area and improve efficiency.

But he was also afraid those people would secretly hide a Class Change Stone or use it to change class themselves. If that happened, he'd have nowhere to cry.

Even though he had repeatedly stressed that the meteorites were radioactive and must never be touched with bare skin, and that they would only be safe if handed over to him for safekeeping.

To prevent that from happening now, he would have his people get the meteorites or Class Change Stones first and bring them to him.

On the fourth day in the mountains, after the Changnan Interstellar exploration team and the Chen Martial Arts School exploration team agreed on an ambush site.

The Avatar and the others headed for the boar herd's den, following the coordinates Chen Sen and his companions had given them.

The Chen Martial Arts School exploration team climbed the trees at the ambush site, preparing to ambush the boar herd the Avatar lured over.

Meanwhile, at a distance, Zhou Mingyu watched the ambush site through a pair of high-powered binoculars he had gone out of his way to obtain from abroad.

The Avatar led his team toward their destination, recalling what Chen Sen had just told him.

"Captain Wang, when you draw the boar herd out, make sure you run toward us.

I'm telling you, boar herds are active everywhere at the feet of these two mountains and throughout the valley between them."

"If you go the wrong way and end up somewhere else,

once the boars spot you, they'll keep calling their companions to attack."

"It was only after we learned about this that we had no choice but to drive them away or kill them.

Otherwise, we would have gotten past them long ago."

"So make sure you run toward us as fast as you can.

Once we've wiped out the main force, the rest of the boars-

a few more rounds and we can wipe them all out."

Thinking about this, the Avatar didn't find it particularly troublesome.

With his current three-dimensional attributes, he could say without exaggeration that even if he ran all over the place at full speed, the boars definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with him.

What really worried him was the other three team members.

Even if he drew away the boars in one direction, there would always be some fish that slipped through the net.

It would be very dangerous for them to face even one or two boars then.

Their lives were unlikely to be in danger, since they could still climb trees to escape if things became untenable, but the situation still involved some risk.

Along the way, the Avatar told his team members about the unexpected developments in this mission.

"I've already explained the way to handle it and the dangers involved.

Whether to carry it out is up to you.

If you think it's too dangerous, you can wait behind for me, and we'll..."

Before the Avatar could finish, Mo Yuemei was the first to speak.

"Captain, you don't need to say anything else.

Even if it's dangerous, I'm going.

Without danger, how could it be good training? Let alone help me persuade my parents."

Chen Yanshan and Liu Tingquan were just as resolute, without the slightest trace of fear on their faces.

"That's right, Captain. We have to make ourselves useful somehow.

We can't rely on you for everything. You've already helped us overcome the biggest obstacle."

"Captain, we have to face it sooner or later.

I also want to meet the company's standards for a full team member sooner and earn a higher salary."

The Avatar took in everyone's reactions. Rather than shrink back in fear of danger, they all looked eager to give it a try.

He was somewhat gratified, knowing that everyone had grown.

Perhaps it was the effect of the Avatar taking the lead.

During their previous operations, whenever they encountered danger, the Avatar had considered every aspect carefully and taken on the most dangerous and difficult tasks.

Even when they were exhausted, he had turned the tide and saved everyone.

When Chen Yanshan and Liu Tingquan had first joined the operations, they had always been terrified whenever they encountered danger.

Before, although Mo Yuemei had been very eager to take part in every operation,

back then it had been an impulse born of interest, unlike now, when she had begun to consider all the implications of a decision.

The Avatar had already considered it. If they made a plan,

then there would be no problem at all with them climbing trees as soon as they encountered boars and using the terrain to their advantage to kill them.

The worst thing would be for them to be so frightened by danger that their legs turned to jelly and they couldn't move.

That was the most troublesome situation, hurting not only themselves but their teammates as well.

So only after his teammates had faced life-threatening danger several times

and were no longer afraid or hesitant did the Avatar feel comfortable letting them carry out a mission on their own.

The herd's den was in a hollow right at the entrance to the valley.

On the way here, the Avatar had already killed three or four boars.

With the killing power and range of his 120-pound compound bow, he could now kill an adult boar with a single shot within fifty meters, almost every time.

Within eighty meters, it only took another arrow or two.

They had been within the boars' range for so long,

yet they hadn't been spotted by any other boars. But as the boars grew more and more concentrated, there was no way to remain hidden.

Seeing this, the Avatar realized that this boar herd was no ordinary one.

Their intelligence was no lower than that of the boar king they had encountered before.

But the herd here was much larger than the last one.

According to the Chen Martial Arts School's preliminary exploration and estimates based on their density, there were at least fifty or sixty boars in this entire area.

And in the core area near the den, at least twenty or thirty boars were active-or perhaps keeping watch.

"You all find somewhere out of sight first and wait in the trees."

"Once I've lured out all the boars in this area, you can explore to the north."

Everyone nodded.

They immediately climbed trees from within patches of grass the boars seldom visited.

This time, Wang An hung his equipment on a tree and took only his bow and arrows, going into action with a light load.

In fact, there was hardly any need to lure them. After the Avatar had gone a little farther,

he saw two or three boars moving about and knew he was bound to be exposed.