Chapter 9: Want to take first place? Did I agree to that?

"So much game, all of it caught by their squad in one afternoon?"

"Everyone stared wide-eyed at the three huge bundles."

"If these were stuffed full, how much game would there be?"

"Soon the staff stepped forward and opened the two bundles."

"One gray wolf, twenty logistics points, forty-two rabbits, forty-two logistics points."

"A total of sixty-two logistics points!"

"As the staff member's words fell, a sudden silence fell over the field."

"Another wolf-type demon beast?"

"Even the staff were surprised; they didn't expect that this time's logistics soldiers would have two groups capable of killing the gray wolf and the blue wolf."

"This should be an extremely rare occurrence even in other camps!"

"After a brief silence, the surroundings instantly burst into a noisy clamor of discussion."

"I thought scoring thirty-five logistics points would already make a squad invincible, but I never expected anyone could actually get sixty-two logistics points!"

"It's simply absurd, opening the door to absurdity for absurdity's sake—absurd to the extreme!"

"In this moment, I feel like my nine logistics points in hand suddenly aren't fragrant anymore."

"Sixty-two logistics points—surely that must be an undisputed first place in this logistics soldier assessment, right?"

"They simply can't imagine who else could score more than sixty-two logistics points!"

"Hearing the surrounding sounds of surprise and envy, the five members of Fang Yan's squad all showed proud smiles."

"With so much game, it's naturally impossible for just the five of them to have hunted it all in one afternoon."

"If they truly had that ability, there would have been no need to snatch Gu Han's blue wolf corpse back then."

"Part of this game was taken by them joining forces with other squads to rob from weaker logistics soldiers."

"Another part came from familiar squads who first handed over the game to them."

"They concentrated the game onto a single squad to achieve the best ranking, then split the earned rewards evenly."

"That's their plan!"

"As Fang Yan and the others had expected, the squads that returned to the camp to submit their game next."

"Only a handful of squads could surpass Ma Tie and the others, and not a single squad could even be compared to them!"

"Dedicated logistics soldiers transported the submitted game to the firekeepers, while logistics soldiers stationed near the work point anxiously awaited the announcement of results."

"Fang Yan and the others sat together in a circle, appearing as if victory was already in their grasp."

"I've inquired with Senior Li Xuan: the top-ranking logistics squad can receive as many as two Blood-Quenching Pills and ten catties of one-star second-rank wild beast meat."

"Hiss, although Blood-Quenching Pills are expensive, we have ten people—how should we divide them?"

"This time, Du Han and I contributed the most, so the Blood-Quenching Pills go to us two, while you all divide the demon beast meat—how about that?"

"As soon as Fang Yan said that, the others' faces showed displeasure."

"What gives? We had clearly agreed to split everything evenly before!"

"Before the logistics points registration even finished, everyone had already started arguing over the reward distribution."

"If you want to keep cooperating, just do as I say!"

"Fang Yan glanced at them with contempt, as if he had long anticipated their betrayal, and said coldly,"

"Now the logistics points are in my hands; if you're unwilling, you won't even get a share of the demon beast meat, and we won't cooperate anymore!"

"At this moment, Du Han stepped forward to mediate,"

"Everyone, say a little less; tearing faces apart now benefits no one—harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth!"

"Although the others still felt a bit reluctant, by now it's too late to regret."

"They could only be forced to accept Fang Yan's conditions."

"As the sky darkened, a rich meat aroma drifted from the firekeepers' camp in the distance, making all the logistics soldiers' index fingers twitch involuntarily."

"Gu Chen's stomach growled, his brow furrowed as he looked toward the camp outside."

"It's already this late—why hasn't Gu Han returned yet?"

"Li Lei, standing nearby, had his back soaked in cold sweat."

"He had just searched around; not only Gu Han, but Li Xuan still hadn't shown up either."

"If they weren't in any trouble, that would be seeing a ghost."

"Li Lei immediately began brainstorming, wondering whether he should now tell Gu Chen that terrible news!"

"Fang Yan and the others also arrived at the statistics office at this time,"

"Officer Qian, the results of this logistics soldier assessment should be able to be announced now, right?"

"Qian Fu, holding the ranking sheet, glanced at Fang Yan, looked toward the now-deserted camp outskirts, then nodded, preparing to announce the rankings."

"Meanwhile, Li Lei approached Gu Chen with a trembling heart, took a deep breath, and with a solemn gaze prepared to speak."

"Just then, a loud shout rang out from outside the camp,"

"Wait a moment."

"That shout echoed through almost the entire logistics soldier registration office, and everyone curiously looked over."

"The next moment, everyone froze in place."

"Only seen at the camp entrance,"

"a young man whose clothes were soaked through with beast blood, looking rather disheveled, yet with sharp, spirited eyes, slowly walking toward the camp."

"Everyone noticed that behind this youth trailed five bulging bundles."

"Blood occasionally seeped from the bottoms of the bundles, leaving a long bloody trail behind him!"

"What was inside those bundles was obvious without explanation."

Holy crap? These five bulging packages, don't tell me they're all corpses of wild beasts!

They're packed full into five packages—how many wild beasts would you have to kill?

Based on previous experience, one package can hold about twenty rabbits, give or take; that means even if they were all rabbits, there'd be close to a hundred!

The previous first place was just Fang Yan's team's sixty-two logistics points; it looks like the first-place position is about to change hands.

Moreover, this Fellow has no teammates; could it be that one person killed all those wild beasts?

Thinking of this possibility, all the Logistics Soldiers present were stunned.

In the distance, Fang Yan and his group, who already had victory in hand, looked grim.

Senior Li Xuan, wasn't he already gone to hunt down that Fellow?

With Senior Li Xuan's strength, plus his knowledge of this area, how could this kid possibly escape?

And Li Lei, who was just about to tell Gu Chen the news of Gu Han's disappearance, first froze for a moment, then his face broke into a smile like a chrysanthemum.

Gu Han has returned!

Regardless of whether Senior Li Xuan is still alive, Gu Han coming back alive is a huge joy!

At least it means he no longer has to worry about being questioned by Gu Chen and the others.

As for Li Xuan?

Let him go die wherever he wants; it's none of his business!

Gu Chen and his brothers, seeing Gu Han return laden with spoils, also happily stepped forward and patted his shoulder,

"Gu Han, well done."

Gu Chen interrupted the others' greetings, laughing,

"You go submit first; I'll have something for you later."

Gu Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise; he nodded, then stepped away from the crowd and slammed the package onto the table.

"Please count them, thank you."