29: Chapter 29 Seduction, Repelling, and Harvest

However, climbing a tree only solved the immediate crisis. If they were surrounded here by this pack of wild boars, they might find themselves unable to move. If Incarnation were to engage in melee slaughter, given such a large number, he could only hold out for a few moves; it was more likely he would be worn down. Moreover, these wild boars were very intelligent and learned quickly; the longer the delay, the harder they would be to deal with.

He could only try to lure those few leader wild boars over.

Incarnation commanded the team members, "Stop shooting. They are consuming our arrows. You all wait until these wild boars are close before attacking."

After a few rounds of probing, the wild boar pack discovered that this method of attrition was ineffective, and both sides were exhausted.

Chen Yanshan and Liu Tingquan held machetes, clearing the path ahead. Their hands and bodies were covered in cuts from shrubs and thorns, and sweat streamed down their backs and faces. Amidst such high-intensity work, both had dry, pale lips and dazed eyes, but thinking of everyone behind them risking their lives in the fight, they could only grit their teeth and, relying on sheer willpower, continue to swing the knives in their hands.

Chen Zhenhua, Hu Jun, Li Guohua, and Mo Yuemei, due to the continuous, uninterrupted drawing of their bows and shooting of arrows, had arms so sore they could no longer lift them. They could only strap their Compound Bows onto their backs, draw the short knives they hadn't used yet, and beat back the approaching wild boars.

These wild boars were also panting, foam constantly bubbling from the corners of their mouths. They could no longer charge; they were like toads, driven forward by the adult wild boars behind them, only to retreat when stabbed by the team members.

After confirming multiple times that the Exploration Team had no strength left, those six adult wild boars finally prepared to join the fray themselves, sprinting wildly towards them.

However, Incarnation had long since seen through the wild boars' tricks, so he had deliberately conserved his strength, convincingly acting as if he were exhausted. The others, however, were truly exhausted, so Incarnation only instructed them to climb the trees next to them with all their might when they noticed the adult wild boars preparing to charge.

After confirming that the adult wild boars were charging and were only 20 meters away, Incarnation used his [Precision] skill to fire three arrows in rapid succession at top speed. He anticipated their positions and directly severely wounded the three lead wild boars. These three, due to the bone-deep pain, lost control of their bodies and collapsed to the ground, interfering with the advance of the other wild boars and causing the three behind to be unable to stop in time, crashing into each other.

The other team members saw their captain once again descend like a divine soldier, instantly breaking the wild boars' formation, and they all turned flushed with excitement.

Incarnation seized this opportunity and continued to shoot his last two arrows, once again severely wounding one wild boar.

The other juvenile wild boars, seeing this display, were somewhat afraid to move forward, emitting low growls as if communicating something.

"These beasts know fear too!" Chen Zhenhua roared, venting the frustration they had felt over the past two days.

The others felt their blood boil at their captain's heroism, yet at the same time, they despaired at the sight of the other juvenile wild boars lurking nearby, eyeing them covetously.

Incarnation didn't care about that; he seized this brief opportunity. With a short-distance explosive sprint, he drew his machete and paralyzed one more with two slashes.

The last wild boar, seeing that Incarnation's old strength had been spent and his new strength had not yet risen, raised its tusks and charged at him. Without thinking, he kicked out. The wild boar's immense impact force pushed Incarnation back five or six meters, but this wild boar also had its charging trajectory altered, crashing into the rest of the wild boar pack.

This wild boar let out a low growl, urging the other juvenile wild boars to attack Incarnation. But the other wild boars, having seen Incarnation embark on a killing spree and watching as these adult wild boars were dealt with one by one, felt a fierce aura pressing down on them. This exhausted, terrified group of wild boars no longer had the courage to face Incarnation.

That adult wild boar, seeing that it had no opportunity to attack and watching Incarnation charge towards it with a blade, immediately turned and ran. Seeing this, the other wild boars scattered in all directions.

Seeing this, Incarnation was certain that this pack of wild boars had been scared off by their slaughter and likely wouldn't dare to come back.

Incarnation finished off the few that were still breathing with his knife and called for everyone to climb down from the trees. "Everyone, come down quickly. Recover our arrows and leave this place."

The other team members climbed down from the trees, looking at their captain with eyes full of awe for a god-like figure. This captain, who had led them away from danger and overcome difficulties multiple times, had once again demonstrated his extraordinary combat prowess, calmness, and wisdom.

Chen Yanshan, Liu Tingquan, and Mo Yuemei, the three twenty-something-year-olds, looked at him with adoration; they could no longer find words to describe their feelings. It was like reading a novel and suddenly having the hero from the story standing right in front of you.

Chen Zhenhua, Hu Jun, and Li Guohua wore expressions of shared pride. Everyone looked at the scattered wild boars and the large wild boars lying on the ground, bleeding continuously, wearing expressions of having escaped death. They had been chased and hunted like this for two or three hours; it was now around 9 o'clock.

"Everyone, quickly take out your food and replenish your energy. Once we've cleaned up, we'll continue on our way and get further away from that pack of wild boars first." The others were too tired to even speak; they chewed their food with difficulty and pulled the arrows from the ground and the carcasses.

After everyone had finished cleaning up, Incarnation looked back at the place where they had fought. No Qi had been born; perhaps some special aura was required for it to potentially emerge. Everyone continued on their way.

The road ahead was much calmer; they didn't encounter any major dangers again. Once everyone had recovered and were certain that the wild boar pack hadn't followed them, Incarnation continued to organize everyone to search for the meteorite.

That day, everyone searched and found a total of two meteorites, one of which had not yet been used.

On the evening of the 5th day, everyone rested in the trees, trembling with fear, terrified that they might be caught up with at any moment, at which point they wouldn't even be able to run.

On the morning of the 6th day, there were no wild boars. Everyone woke up in the gradually noisy forest, and once again, it was a day filled with thick fog.

The team continued walking towards the northern mountain range. By around noon, they had collected one meteorite that had already been used.

In the afternoon, the Exploration Team finally walked back to the area they had explored before, then continued walking towards the west, in the direction of Huang Family Village.

Finally, after spending one night on the way, on the 7th day, at 9 o'clock, they entered Huang Family Village.

This time they had collected 12 meteorites (used job-change stones) and 8 job-change stones, a total of 20, which could be considered a bountiful harvest.

However, the entire Exploration Team knew that there were only 8 in total: 2 job-change stones and 6 meteorites (used job-change stones).

What Incarnation actually intended to turn in were the 8 that everyone knew about.