Chapter 63: Chapter 63: That’s Life
Qu Jianlei didn’t move at all, stayed in place for over ten days... This ti, it’s not about running far to win.
The main thing is... he buried a lot of supplies in the safe zone.
Currently, he might be able to run far, but those supplies include many energy blocks, and cha consu energy blocks like crazy!
He thought his concealnt was done well, camouflage, thermal shielding... not lacking at all.
However, on the fifth day, he felt sothing was off.
Looking up, he frowned, "Damn... flying cha?"
In wasteland legends, most of the cha were able to fly.
But many cha could only fly close to the ground, maybe at three or five hundred ters altitude, to avoid ground obstacles.
But now the real situation is: very few cha can fly... very very few.
cha were rare in the first place, and now it’s the end of the world, maintenance conditions are not available.
So most of the cha cannot fly, even though everyone knows they once could.
Qu Jianlei had even heard that transport cha could fly.
But obviously, he couldn’t fly in his current situation.
So he could only continue to hide, and increasingly felt a bit unsafe.
Just as he thought, as ti progressed, more and more people from Hongyi Settlent ca into the mountains to search.
At the peak, it was estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people entered the mountains.
It’s unknown what benefits or orders the General Settlent gave.
However, many people have inconveniences, but also advantages, which is that it’s a mixed crowd, rather than less orderly when numbers are low.
Especially at night, most people wouldn’t continue searching the mountains, randomly setting camps disrupted others’ searches.
Fights were common in the vicinity of Hongyi Settlent, everyone followed rules, but entering the danger zone was different.
A single disagreent could trigger fights, even murder and loot aren’t surprising.
After all, there are plenty of wild beasts and mutant beasts here, people disappearing is normal.
In fact, this large-scale adventurer mountain invasion also incited reactions from the beasts.
Timid beasts fled to the deep mountains, while bold or ferocious ones had heightened aggression.
During this period, Qu Jianlei was nearly discovered twice, one ti the opponent even held a tal detector.
Luckily, he sneaked out several tis during the night when people were entering the mountains in large numbers, catching rabbits and muntjacs.
When people approached to search, he released these animals, they decisively turned to hunt wild creatures.
As ti moved on, over a month passed, two rains fell, the weather gradually cooled.
The beasts of autumn are the fiercest, accumulating fat and food for the winter.
For a ti, mountain search losses greatly increased, even though mostly elites were now remaining in the mountains.
Eventually, soone complained, and the voices rapidly expanded: beasts need to prepare for winter, and so do humans.
If you don’t make reserves during this ti, surviving this winter might not be possible.
The people from General Settlent responded to these calls with just two words: Suppress!
Is the noise too much? Get rid of the ones making noise, and there’ll be no more noise.
However, this ti, their targeted demographic was too large, while Hongyi has always been known for following rules.
So even started assassinating people from the General Settlent, shooting cold guns, setting traps, and poisoning.
Hongyi’s guard team originally leaned towards the General Settlent.
Aside from hierarchical factors, they had two truckloads of people killed by Black Heaven, creating a substantial grudge.
But the conflict between Hongyi survivors and General Settlent sharpened, they couldn’t sit idle.
If this continues, the hard-earned reputation of Hongyi Settlent would be completely destroyed!
Thus, those in power in Hongyi finally couldn’t hold back and started negotiating with people from General Settlent.
Both sides weren’t in good moods, nearly fought during negotiations, but ultimately, the General Settlent people backed down.
They couldn’t provide high subsidies to so many people, nor would they disclose what cri they were pursuing.
No matter, even without Hongyi’s natives, they could search by themselves.
However, once Hongyi’s natives withdrew, within a few days, beasts preparing for winter surged in.
Even adventurer teams they hired couldn’t withstand it, casualties noticeably increased.
The key is, nobody knows what cri Black Heaven committed to be searched for half a sumr and autumn.
Since you think we’re unworthy of knowing, don’t bla us for slacking off.
By this point, people from General Settlent couldn’t win hearts over.
Thus, they dismissed so teams, raised hiring prices, retaining others.
Then their search areas were only the safe zone and danger zone, extrely dangerous regions were out of reach.
It was obvious to everyone this was General Settlent’s last stubbornness—leaving just like this was too disgraceful.
So they bet everything on Black Heaven being hidden in this area.
There is an advantage to taking a step back, as the search efficiency greatly improved, and so security was ensured.
However, another half a month passed, and there was still no news of Black Heaven, so they continued to cut so people from the team here.
When winter started to set in, the General Settlent only left so people guarding at a few mountain passes, and the main group had to withdraw dejectedly.
This period of ti, Qu Jianlei was left restless.
If it weren’t for his obsessive nature, along with compulsions and a strong lack of security, he really couldn’t have held on.
During the dayti, he could ditate and cultivate or even practice so martial arts, but at night, he could only lie quietly to rest.
Once the energy and blood surged, there was a high possibility of being spotted through night vision goggles.
After the searchers decreased, he found so opportunities to delve deeper into the mountains.
However, he still had a large amount of supplies hidden in both the danger and safe zones; how could he be willing to leave them behind?
After the searchers withdrew to the mountain pass, he observed for another three days before he began gradually retrieving his buried supplies.
The loss of supplies wasn’t too significant, only missing five kilograms of gold, and so firearms and ammunition.
This situation was within Qu Jianlei’s expectations—they had tal detectors.
Fortunately, there weren’t many tal detectors, the Endless Mountain Range was too vast, and there were too many scattered tal parts in the mountains.
The person who took the gold was also a clever one, quietly taking it away without making a fuss.
Otherwise, soone would likely be lying in ambush here waiting for him.
He checked the inventory, the main hoard consisted of twenty kilograms of gold and thirteen large Energy Blocks.
Other supplies like firearms, ammunition, and food were abundant... Originally, he had prepared for three people.
Thinking about how three people had turned into one, a slight sadness involuntarily rose in his heart.
A famous saying from a golden-haired guy ca into his mind: Perhaps... this is life.
Because he lost five kilograms of gold, he approached the last two supply stash points extrely cautiously.
However, at the very last place where he had hidden supplies, he was stunned to discover through his night vision goggles that soone was actually lying in ambush.
Just one person, about three hundred ters away from his stash location.
Who is so bold? A hint of astonishnt arose in Qu Jianlei’s heart: Dare to ambush
alone?
The stash consists purely of so ammunition; if he didn’t want trouble, he wouldn’t even be heartbroken to leave it.
However, thinking about how he earned money wasn’t easy and he wanted to cultivate more, losing such a batch of ammunition... is also a loss after all.
Most importantly, his curiosity piqued: Exactly who is the guy daring to ambush ?
He decided not to approach at night and quietly waited until dawn.
Peering through the bushes, Qu Jianlei was a bit stunned: It turned out to be Flower Scorpion!
The other party’s attitude was very clear, just sitting there motionless, with the gun placed on the ground.
This woman really leaves him a bit helpless...
Crouching, he intended to leave quietly, assuming she already guessed the ammunition was his.
If it were soone else standing guard, he might take them out; leaving quietly would leave so entanglent in his heart.
However, with her there, nothing to worry about, Flower Scorpion tily passed on information that helped him avoid a disaster.
At the ti, he took out two centiters of Energy Block as a reward for her.
But in retrospect, the intensity and duration of the mountain search, that little tip seed a bit insufficient.
Just as he wanted to slip away, Flower Scorpion stood up, stretched out her hands and legs.
Then she took out a tube of Nutrient Injection and consud it, carrying her gun as she started moving around.
Carrying the gun in her left hand, her right hand still made the ’OK’ gesture at her chest.
Unfortunately, the direction she was headed was exactly where Qu Jianlei was hiding—the reason being the terrain was higher there.
Looks like there’s no avoiding it! Qu Jianlei simply decided not to leave and waited to see what she would do.
When she got within more than a hundred ters from him, she raised her gun, carefully looking around.
Qu Jianlei initially intended to sigh lightly, pretending to act cool or sothing.
Seeing her so tense, he simply said directly, "Don’t move!"
Flower Scorpion’s body instantly stiffened, after about two seconds, she let out a long breath, "You scared
to death."
Then she held the gun in her left hand and walked over quickly, "You really haven’t left yet."
Qu Jianlei sat up, without holding a gun, he just asked helplessly, "Winter has already set in, and you still co here?"
"I’m looking for you," Flower Scorpion answered without hesitation, "I figured you wouldn’t want to leave this ammunition behind."
Qu Jianlei lowered his eyelids, pondering for a mont before speaking, "I give it to you... I was just curious, who would dare lay in ambush for
alone."
Flower Scorpion shook her head, "If I wanted it, I would have already taken it; I want to go across with you."
Qu Jianlei was speechless about this, "The Endless Mountain Range is terrifying, especially in winter."
Flower Scorpion responded without hesitation, "You have a cha, it’s worth taking the risk once."
Qu Jianlei asked again, "Your two companions... what about them?"
Flower Scorpion replied calmly, "One is dead, and the other is disabled."
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