Chapter 9: Uninvited Guests

Early in the morning, Zhu Zhiquan went out hunting again. Clothes on the trees rose and fell with the wind; Zhao Yuxin got up early to trade supplies and soon upgraded the tricycle to V2.

Name: Rusted Tricycle V2

Maximum Speed: 15/h

Description: Although this vehicle looks rusty, it is a good choice for your travels. Moreover, it is much sturdier than the V1 body; with it, you don't have to worry about it falling apart halfway.

Upgrade Requirements: Vehicle Component*1, Metal 15 units, Wood 40 units, Buli 40 sheets.

"Vehicle Component?" Zhao Yuxin was a bit puzzled, "System, what is a vehicle component?"

The system explained: "A vehicle component is a device installed on a vehicle, and its installation position is usually fixed."

Zhao Yuxin pointed at the Beast Attracting Sculpture and asked: "Then does this count as a vehicle component?"

System: "It does not; all sculptures are car ornaments."

After figuring out what a vehicle component was, Zhao Yuxin checked her own attributes.

Name: Zhao Yuxin (Yangguang Xujie)

Constitution: 6 (84%)

Strength: 4 (0%)

Speed: 6 (17%)

Health: 100%

Talent: Bat Wing Ear

Profile: The big lazybones has really become diligent; look, she has even learned to get up early.

"What kind of stuff is this system profile! It's just talking nonsense!" Faced with the system profile's gibberish, Zhao Yuxin expressed strong condemnation.

At this time, Zhu Zhiquan also returned from hunting. Zhao Yuxin asked Zhu Zhiquan for his attribute panel, and Zhu Zhiquan sent it to her without hesitation.

Name: Zhu Zhiquan

Constitution: 7 (40%)

Strength: 7 (72%)

Speed: 7 (77%)

Health: 100%

Talent: Boiling Blood

Profile: You have now successfully returned to the state you were in when you practiced Muay Thai, but this is not yet your former peak; keep it up, young man.

"Upgraded to V2?" Zhu Zhiquan asked curiously when he saw the tricycle that looked different.

Zhao Yuxin nodded proudly, "Yeah, just finished upgrading. If you didn't have me, how could you have obtained these supplies so quickly? Aren't you going to praise me!"

"Oh, I see." Zhu Zhiquan dumped the prey from his backpack onto the vehicle, preparing to hunt again.

Seeing Zhu Zhiquan's somewhat cold attitude, Zhao Yuxin said with some displeasure: "Hey! What's so hard about praising me? Do you know how hard those people are to deal with! Every single supply here was exchanged by me haggling back and forth!"

Meanwhile, in the distance, three tricycles were approaching. A sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked player holding binoculars said: "Boss, there is an Oasis ahead!"

"What Oasis! Let me see!" The leader took the binoculars to observe. On the rearmost tricycle, a thin, small man immediately cast a divination after hearing there was an Oasis.

Afterward, he quietly told his teammate sitting in the driver's seat: "Little brother, remember, if the big boss gets into a conflict with a man and a woman, we will just rush in front of them and play dead."

The younger brother asked curiously: "Why, brother?"

The older brother secretly observed the people in the other two vehicles, and seeing no one noticed him, he lowered his voice and said: "This divination shows that this move is highly ominous; in short, just listen to me."

The younger brother stopped talking and just followed silently behind the team. When they were eight hundred meters away from the Oasis, Zhao Yuxin sensed someone approaching and immediately pulled Zhu Zhiquan to hide first.

When the three tricycles slowly drove into the Oasis, the leader jumped off his tricycle, his armor plates making a metallic clashing sound. As soon as he got off, he saw many small animals drinking water and playing in the lake at the center of the Oasis and felt very happy.

But then he saw the clothes on the tree branches and the V2 tricycle and immediately became uneasy. At this time, his driver also jumped off the car and said: "Boss, it is very obvious that players live here!"

"Nonsense! Who can't see that players live here! Do you need to teach me such an obvious thing!" The leader scolded.

At this time, the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked player came to his side and said: "Sigh, Boss, I remember there is a netizen named Yangguang Xujie on the World Channel who relies on selling fur backpacks and various animal meats. I suspect this is that Yangguang Xujie's vehicle."

The boss said disdainfully: "So what? Can't we just rob this place?"

This underling explained: "Hey, Boss, that's where you're wrong! Think about it, if we capture Yangguang Xujie, can't we then sell fur backpacks? And since she named herself Yangguang Xujie, she must be a pretty babe!"

The boss's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Good idea! Then let's not rob them yet; let's capture this Yangguang Xujie and make her work for us. Hahaha~"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhiquan gripped the Dagger Spear in his hand and slowly walked out of the grass. Zhao Yuxin, who was on the side, couldn't pull him back no matter how hard she tried, and was even dragged out by Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhao Yuxin said in a panic: "What are you doing! They have so many people and they have weapons; do you know this is suicide!"

"Hello there, Yangguang Xujie." At this moment, the boss's words made Zhao Yuxin freeze, "Hehehe~ don't be nervous, surely you have already heard the conversation just now, right?"

At this time, the boss noticed Zhu Zhiquan's gaze was full of malice and said irritably: "Kid, this has nothing to do with you, get lost!"

Zhu Zhiquan pushed Zhao Yuxin aside and performed a fancy spear flourish, pointing the sharp edge at them.

"Good! You've got guts, get him!" Following the boss's order, the surrounding underlings drew their axes and rushed toward Zhu Zhiquan, and every one of them had a set of fish-scale armor on their torso.

Zhu Zhiquan gave a light snort, first parrying an underling's axe, then stabbing and knocking that underling over.

At this time, two more underlings rushed at Zhu Zhiquan from both sides, swinging their axes. Zhu Zhiquan first slashed one person's thigh, then took the opportunity to block the other person's axe, and kicked him flying before the person could react.

The man who could divine and his younger brother looked at each other, nodded, and then rushed toward Zhu Zhiquan together.

Zhu Zhiquan discovered two people rushing over. While turning and retreating, the Dagger Spear circled around his waist. Just as he set his stance and prepared to strike, he found that the two people who had rushed at him had already fallen to the ground.

Zhu Zhiquan: "(●__●)"

At this time, the younger brother wailed first: "Oh my mom, it hurts so much!"

The thin, small man also shouted along: "Oh, what a powerful expert, ouch!"

The two brothers' acting stunned everyone. Zhao Yuxin also stood out wanting to show off, but before she could speak, Zhu Zhiquan had already killed all the underlings who were still standing before anyone could react.

Seeing that Zhu Zhiquan was so powerful, the boss felt a hint of excitement. He saw his veins bulging all over his body, and his physique expanded three times over.

Zhu Zhiquan loosened his neck and set his stance, preparing to meet his attack.

That boss took out an axe and said to Zhu Zhiquan: "My name is Zhou Ruizhe, and my talent is Magnification………"

Zhu Zhiquan could not be bothered with nonsense and slashed directly at his opponent. Zhou Ruizhe did not expect his opponent to disregard martial virtue and just start fighting, but fortunately, he reacted in time and successfully dodged the attacks one after another.

Zhou Ruizhe tried to counterattack, but his moves were wide and lacked any technique; if not for the protection of his armor, he would have died several times over, and more importantly, his opponent did not even seem to be using his innate talent!

However, after only a few rounds, Zhou Ruizhe was stabbed to death by Zhu Zhiquan with a spear.