82: Chapter 82 Picking up the goods

After the armored vehicle had left for a while.

A faint golden light suddenly shone on a patch of soft soil near the desert. The next moment, a golden wolf claw stretched out from within, gripping tightly onto a harder rock exposed on the surface.

A somewhat disheveled young girl poked her head out from the soil.

Xing Yaoyan first scanned her surroundings vigilantly. After confirming there was no danger, she exerted force and pulled her body completely out of the soil.

"Ptooey! Ptooey!"

She spat out the remaining dirt in her mouth, shook her head, and tried to shake off the dust that had adhered to it.

Xing Yaoyan looked back at the quicksand in the desert that was still subsiding, feeling a wave of relief. Fortunately, this thing made a big commotion, attracting all the other prying eyes.

However...

Xing Yaoyan looked at her dirt-covered hands, feeling speechless.

She hadn't expected that the "Partial Beast Transformation" and "Claw Strike" she had practiced earlier would be used for digging holes the first time she officially used them...

Her golden light actually had a cleansing effect on her body, but that would cause a relatively large commotion and easily attract others' attention. It was better to play it safe now; there was no need to use the Power Of Will if it wasn't necessary.

Xing Yaoyan noticed that the wild grass on one side was pressed down from the middle towards both sides; this was clearly the track left by the armored vehicle.

"It looks like it should be the exploration team's..."

Xing Yaoyan had noticed the paint on the side of the armored vehicle earlier. It was a sinister snake head, and beneath it was an official special serial number. It was undoubtedly the exploration team.

"Hey! I can follow them to find a spiritual mine, lie in wait there, and wait for the Star Beasts that want to forage to come to me. Wouldn't that be great?"

Xing Yaoyan had also done her homework. Generally speaking, areas where higher-grade Star Beasts gathered were in the depths of the Land of Destruction. They had relatively high intelligence and would not actively approach areas close to the Human Alliance and the Kingdom of Myriad Demons.

Other, lower-grade Star Beasts wouldn't care about that much. Although they were cautious in their normal state, once they discovered something delicious like a spiritual mine, they would basically rush in without thinking.

Moreover, doing this could allow that exploration team to help share the pressure, avoid being besieged herself, and save Power Of Will. She could also take the Opportunity to take revenge for their "attack" on her, and there was even a chance to hoard a few more spiritual crystals to provide a guarantee for her subsequent battles. It could truly be described as killing several birds with one stone!

Thinking of this, Xing Yaoyan immediately threw the matter of her disheveled appearance to the back of her mind. After concealing her aura, she quickly followed along the tracks of the armored vehicle.

A little dirt on her body was fine anyway...

Forget it, I'll just find a river to wash up when I have the chance...

At this moment, in the Land of Destruction military training camp of the Human Alliance.

The teenagers' faces were flushed red from the special training, colorful spiritual energy surged into the sky, and the sweat of youth was shed wantonly.

"First place, Qian Mo, ten kilometers in twenty minutes and thirty seconds! Also, you, go do two hundred push-ups voluntarily, and don't give me that look! You know in your heart whether you cheated or not!"

A burly instructor glared fiercely at the students standing straight in front of him.

"Report, Instructor!"

"What, you aren't convinced?"

"No... it's just that my Superpower doesn't have the ability to enhance Physique, so isn't it fine for me to roll a die to test my luck today..."

A young man walked out of the queue with a smile on his face.

"Yun Lan, I know you kid..."

The instructor walked in front of him, crossed his arms, pressed his forehead against Yun Lan's, and stared fixedly at the young man's smiling eyes, which showed no change in expression.

"You Awakened a legendary grade Superpower—Dice of Fate, which can strengthen yourself through different numbers on the dice. Although you are very talented, what we lack most here is Geniuses!"

"Let me tell you, kid! In the future, you will all be the backbone of our Human Alliance. You will encounter all kinds of dangerous battles. If you want to survive, don't rely too much on your damn Superpower!"

"Now, go over there and do three hundred push-ups!"

"Report..."

"Four hundred!"

Yun Lan's smile stiffened, then he silently turned and walked to the back of the team. After secretly touching Qian Mo's hand, he started doing push-ups slowly.

"You kid... everyone else, dismissed on the spot. I'll watch you do them today! If you have the ability, just keep doing them this slowly. The slower you do them, the longer the other students get to rest!"

"Yun Lan, thank you!"

The surrounding students quickly dispersed, secretly thanking this brave warrior for winning them some hard-earned rest time.

"Hey! Everyone come quickly, I have pastries prepared for everyone here!"

A young girl with a Little White Wolf lying on her shoulder suddenly took out a large plate of exquisite pastries out of thin air and greeted everyone with a smile.

"It is forbidden during military training..."

"Instructor, I prepared some for you too, and there are drinks!"

The instructor turned his head. Upon seeing that it was a sweet-looking girl, and that she had thoughtfully prepared food for him as well, this burly instructor suddenly had a vision of his daughter who was still far away in his hometown. The harsh words he was about to say were instantly stuck in his throat.

"Alright then... keep it down, don't let other instructors see..."

The surrounding students heard this and finally felt relieved to surround the girl.

"Damn! Differential treatment! Instructor!"

"Shut up! If you speak again, I'll add another hundred."

Amidst Yun Lan's wails, Xiao Meng's hand behind her back secretly gave a thumbs-up to the young man who was still staying in place on the other side and hadn't come over.

"So... this is your plan..."

Yu Linger walked to Qian Mo's side, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly.

"Let your two companions stall for time, and we go and come back quickly?"

"Otherwise?"

Qian Mo turned and walked towards the edge of the camp, away from the crowd.

"But... what about the surveillance? It will raise an alarm if it detects students entering and leaving the military camp at will!"

"It's fine, just follow me."

Seeing the young man's confident appearance, Yu Linger didn't say anything more. Anyway, might as well give it a shot...

"Senior Hu Wang, help me out."

"No problem."

Hu Wang's casual voice came from his ear, and then Qian Mo swaggered quickly out of the edge of the camp.

The alarm didn't ring.

Yu Linger followed behind Qian Mo in a daze, her heart already churning with stormy waves.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: He has a good teammate, Yun Lan, who sacrificed himself to stall for time, another girl, Xiao Meng, who attracted attention, and finally a mysterious person who could even hack into the military camp's surveillance...

"Qian Mo, you really have a group of good teammates..."

But Yu Linger didn't forget the main business.

She saw her take out a small positioning radar from her spatial ring, fiddled with it for a while, and then ran quickly towards one side.

"Wait a moment, I'll disguise myself!"

Yu Linger turned her head upon hearing the sound, only to see that Qian Mo's figure was no longer behind her. In its place was a man with an ordinary appearance.

"This... this..."

"Don't worry, it's me."

Although the tone had also changed, the young man's familiar tone made Yu Linger recognize him.

"I've never seen a disguise prop that can change a person's body shape..."

"A kind of Spiritual Artifact I obtained by chance."

Qian Mo had already prepared his excuse.

Judging from the girl's reaction, the "mysterious mask" produced by the System was indeed not bad.

"Okay, alright..."

Yu Linger swallowed, still feeling a bit shocked in her heart.

She suddenly felt that it was especially reassuring to have Qian Mo with her for this pickup.

"Thump thump!"

She felt her heart skip an extra beat uncontrollably.

"Eh? Why did your face turn red? Is the sun too strong?"

"Ah... no, nothing... let's go quickly!"

Watching the girl flee in panic, Qian Mo touched his chin. In his mind, he recalled the feeling that the Little White Wolf had given him during her "midnight attack," which was inexplicably the same as the feeling Yu Linger was giving him now.

"Sure enough, I still don't understand girls..."