Chapter 71 PART 1
No, it’s not that they are getting stronger, but rather the weaker ones have been killed, and the stronger ones are left behind.
Liu Zhongyuan’s snake tail whipped the ground quickly, but it still didn’t hit the agile half beastman. It was only when Qin Jiulin swiped the ground next to it that the half beastman was distracted, allowing Liu Zhongyuan to take the opportunity to whip it to death.
Zhang Yuankai carefully observed the surroundings and only let out a sigh of relief when he didn’t find any other half beastmen. “Whew… They are too powerful, their strength is formidable and their speed is extremely fast. If it weren’t for you all, I’m not sure if we could complete this mission, it’s so difficult.”
Mo Xinghui, “It’s simply life-threatening…”
He transformed back to human form and put on his clothes, sighing, “The further we go, the stronger the half beastmen become. Isn’t this trying to take our lives?”
Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan also huddled together, to be honest, the half beastmen that appeared later were indeed difficult to deal with, not because they couldn’t handle them, but because their speed was simply too fast.
And their bones, skin, and the like have been greatly strengthened due to their advanced beastification, which made it hard for him to even bite through their necks.
Qin Jiulin, “How many half beastmen are left inside?”
Qi Yu had just returned, still panting, and said, “Probably about 30 or so left, I just did a visual check, there are still some shadows of half beastmen in some of the buildings inside, but there may be more that I didn’t see.”
Qin Jiulin, “No big problem, everyone should go back to the previous cave to rest today, have a full meal and get some sleep, we’ll deal with those half beastmen again tomorrow.”
They were now not far from the military base, and they all looked quite disheveled. Not only did they need a good meal and sleep, they also needed to take a good wash, they were too dirty.
Especially Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan, they were at the forefront, their bodies covered in dirty blood stains. Of course, Mo Xinghui wasn’t much better off either, he has been learning from Liu Zhongyuan recently.
After all, he is also a combat force, if he always hides in the back, that wouldn’t be justifiable. Zhang Yuankai’s pangolin movement speed is too slow, so he can only stay in the back.
Qi Yu let out a sigh of relief, although he was flying in the sky and didn’t participate much in their battles, he has been appearing in the area too frequently lately, which actually attracted the attention of a reverted raven in another area – yes, a raven…
This raven was only about a third the size of the snowy owl, but its combat power was not weak, and it had a very irritable temper, pecking and clawing at the snowy owl.
Fortunately, although the snowy owl was slightly inferior in size and strength, it still managed to gain the upper hand in the skirmish with the reverted raven. Worried that the raven would hold a grudge, Qi Yu lured it to a low altitude and let Liu Zhongyuan swat it down and bury it.
However, Qi Yu was certainly a bit disheveled, the only consolation was that he didn’t get injured, just losing a few unimportant feathers, and had a slight abrasion on his skin when he transformed back to human form, but nothing major.
Back in the cave Zhang Yuankai had dug earlier, everyone couldn’t help but lie on the ground, truly exhausted. Now they had no intention of going out to hunt. Zhang Yuankai volunteered to go out and hunt for them.
“I’ll just wander around nearby, see if I can catch any prey, it won’t be any trouble, I’m not a weak beastman either.”
Mo Xinghui stared at him wide-eyed, “Are you serious? I’m not worried about you not catching any animals, I don’t know if I should be worried about you not being able to catch up to the prey, or the prey not being able to escape from you.”
“Forget it, I’ll go myself, so I don’t have to worry about having to rescue you, I’ll go.”
Zhang Yuankai didn’t have any rebuttal. To be honest, his speed was indeed very slow, but you can’t expect a pangolin to be very fast, even if it’s a mutant beastman pangolin, the speed is still the same, the only difference is that its size has increased, so the overall speed has improved slightly.
Qin Jiulin, “Let’s all go together, and we can take a bath in the river while hunting.”
Liu Zhongyuan and Qi Yu also got up, “Let’s go, take a bath, and if we can catch some fish to eat, that would be great too, we have the basic seasonings anyway.”
Liu Zhongyuan approached Qin Jiulin, “Let’s go, we’ll bathe together.”
When they got to the river, Qin Jiulin transformed into a giant tiger and soaked in the river, occasionally using his front paws to scratch some dirty spots on his body.
Then he felt something was off, looking at the standing Liu Zhongyuan on the shore, he gently roared, as if telling him to come down and take a bath.
Liu Zhongyuan looked back at the three who had been sent down to take a bath, seeing their occasional glances in this direction, their expressions seemed to be teasing and mocking.
He took a deep breath, then hooked the corner of his mouth, threw off his clothes, and jumped into the water naked. Qin Jiulin was not very approving of this, the river water looked clear, but who knows what hidden dangers might be lurking.
Of course, it would be safest to take a bath in beast form, but speaking of that… Qin Jiulin also thought of Liu Zhongyuan’s beast form, it was indeed not very convenient. If there was a waterfall nearby, Liu Zhongyuan could take a comfortable shower, and he could also enjoy it himself.
Qin Jiulin didn’t stay in the river too long, feeling he was clean enough, he got out of the water, dried himself off, and transformed back into human form, putting on clean clothes, and casually washed the dirty clothes and hung them on a nearby tree to dry.
He sat on a rock, shaking his wet hair, then looked at Liu Zhongyuan in the river, “Taking a bath is indeed more comfortable.”
Liu Zhongyuan, “Hmph.”
Qin Jiulin, “Huh?”
Did Liu Zhongyuan take some medicine? And don’t swim on your back like that, it’s a bit dazzling.
At this time, Qi Yu seemed to be about to come over, but after hesitating for a while, he gave up the idea of coming over, perhaps noticing Liu Zhongyuan in the river.
Qin Jiulin, “…”
Liu Zhongyuan, “What’s wrong?”
Qin Jiulin, “Are you done bathing?”
Liu Zhongyuan, “Not yet, I’ll keep bathing.”
Qin Jiulin, “Then I’ll go first.”
Liu Zhongyuan immediately asked, “Where are you going?”
Qin Jiulin, “Hunting, otherwise what are we going to eat tonight?”
Liu Zhongyuan, “Can’t you just leave it to the three of them?”
Qin Jiulin thought about it, then looked over at Qi Yu again, maybe the other three also heard the conversation, as Mo Xinghui waved at them and shouted in a lowered voice, “We’re going hunting!”
Since that’s the case, Qin Jiulin was naturally happy to let them go, waving to them to indicate he understood, so he watched Qi Yu lead the other two away from the river.
Oh right, didn’t they say they were going to catch some fish before? But he looked at the clear river and didn’t see any fish in it, so there’s nothing they can do about that.
Qin Jiulin was about to leave, but Liu Zhongyuan asked again, “Where are you going?”
Qin Jiulin, “You’re strange, they’ve gone hunting, of course I’m going back to start the fire and prepare the seasoning, so we can just cook the food when they come back, aren’t you hungry?”
Liu Zhongyuan, “……”
Well, he was indeed hungry, but…
He didn’t say anything, Qin Jiulin took it as tacit agreement, then turned and left for the cave. Liu Zhongyuan sighed, looking at his own figure, his muscle lines were very perfect, his height of 1.88 meters was also perfect, then he looked at his reflection in the lake, also very perfect. How come… How come he’s never seen Qin Jiulin being captivated by him?
Could it be that Qin Jiulin doesn’t like this type of him? He’s always been so indifferent, even when he stands naked in front of him, Qin Jiulin doesn’t even bother to look at him more.
Liu Zhongyuan had a certain misunderstanding about his own charm. He came out of the water a bit dejected, put on clean clothes, and then sadly washed his clothes, hanging them to dry next to Qin Jiulin’s clothes.
He watched the clothes blow in the wind for a while, then sighed deeply, “Well, I should take the initiative after all, since…”
Whoever falls in love first loses, right? He was the one who lost first, so he… has to be more proactive, Qin Jiulin’s personality has always been a bit cold.
By the time Liu Zhongyuan brought the two people’s dry clothes back, Qi Yu and the others had already returned, and they had already started cooking.
He walked into the cave, throwing the clean clothes on a nearby rock, and sat down next to Qin Jiulin, “It smells so good, can we eat now?”
Qin Jiulin, “Just wait a little longer, it’ll be ready soon.”
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before it was ready to eat. Qin Jiulin first gave Liu Zhongyuan a large piece of meat and some meat soup, “Eat with this, there’s not much better conditions now.”
Then he also took some meat for himself, as for the other three, of course they had to get their own, you can’t expect Qin Jiulin to serve them, right?
Liu Zhongyuan noticed that he was the only one getting this treatment, and his mood immediately improved a lot, even subtly snuggling up to Qin Jiulin.
Snake, snake snuggling!
