45: We are truly in love.

Ah!!!

Everyone screamed, not daring to look at such a bloody scene.

The special forces soldier, Zhang Ye, pulled out his military knife and quickly stepped forward, wanting to see clearly what had happened.

A group of muscular monsters, two meters tall, charged over.

Quickly pulling out the stone spear, the leading monster warily glanced at Zhang Ye behind the safety barrier.

It let out a defiant roar, then, carrying Xia Guan Guan's corpse, instantly vanished with its companions.

Zhang Ye did not act rashly; even as a special forces king for three consecutive years, he dared not rush out to fight to the death.

Wang Hao, a game otaku, recognized the monsters at a glance: "These are Orcs! Their distinguishing features are their prominent lower jaws and tusks!"

Chen Xu said in a deep voice: "It seems these Orcs have been ambushing for a long time. Their intelligence should be average; otherwise, there would be no need to alert us. They could have ambushed and waited until we all went out to hunt us."

Wang Hao nodded: "Hmm, ordinary Orc warriors have average intelligence, but their shamans are very clever. I suspect there might be an Orc Tribe nearby."

Zhang Ye's gaze, sharp as an eagle's, swept over everyone: "Does anyone else want to go out?"

The adventurous Wu Hao coughed twice: "Well, I think, actually, farming is also a kind of adventure. I've loved farming since I was a child, so I've decided to stay."

Zhao Ling and Wang Hao said in unison: "Me too!"

The other Transmigrators also nodded, firmly standing with the farming faction.

Xia Guan Guan's death had too great an impact on them; a beautiful girl who was alive moments ago instantly became food for monsters.

Chen Xu was also part of the farming faction, at least for now.

Chen Xu began to organize his thoughts: "We must first figure out the situation of the Chaotic Continent. Are the Orcs outside the safe zone settled nearby, or were they just passing through? These all require us to slowly explore. Otherwise, blindly going out would just be suicide. Now, the first thing we need to do is inventory all the items everyone brought. These are likely crucial to how our civilization develops."

Zhang Ye nodded continuously, greatly appreciating Chen Xu. In a few words, he not only eased everyone's fear but also pointed out a direction.

Everyone's belongings were what they were wearing or carrying just before they died.

Zhang Ye held up his military knife: "I only have a set of military fatigues and a military knife."

Su He smiled: "I was lucky. I happened to be on my way to a postgraduate research trip when the accident happened and I died. I have a large bag with quite a few things inside, including many crop seeds."

Wu Hao shrugged: "I only have a pair of boxing gloves and the clothes on my back. Nothing else."

A girl wearing a high school uniform, Shen Nanzhi, the youngest of the 20 at only sixteen years old, was forced by her single mother to study various extra-curricular classes every day. She committed suicide by jumping from a building after only winning a first-place prize in a dance competition instead of the gold medal.

Shen Nanzhi's voice was like a mosquito's: "Um, I, I have a first-place dance trophy. I don't know if it's useful."

Chen Xu smiled: "Of course it's useful. The material and composition of the trophy will be samples for us to reference in the future. Everyone, please take out all your things. Those seemingly ordinary items on Earth might become crucial for our survival here."

The others also took out their belongings one after another.

"Um, I can help with the statistics. I studied accounting," said a soft-spoken girl who looked only in her early 20s, very young.

The girl, Xu Yao, had graduated two years ago and was framed by her company for a hundred million yuan, facing ten years in prison. Unable to cope, she jumped directly from the company building.

The others felt pity for Xu Yao: "You were foolish! The law wouldn't have wronged you. You were just intimidated. Any good lawyer could have proven your innocence."

Xu Yao's eyes welled up with tears: "My parents spent all their money to send me to university, and now they'd have to watch me fight a lawsuit. I couldn't bear it; I felt unworthy of my parents."

Cough, cough, cough! Chen Xu coughed: "What happened on Earth is in the past. Now, we are your family and friends. Let's work hard!"

Xu Yao forced a smile and began to inventory all the items. Luckily, she had paper and a pen with her.

Soon, all items were inventoried.

Su He: Backpack — Magnifying glass, camera, pH test pen, multi-functional gardening knife, waterproof notebook, various seeds such as wheat, rice, corn.

Chen Xu — Non-booting laptop.

Li Changqing — Wudang Mountain ticket, Tai Chi Qi Scripture.

Cheng Xue — Ancient craft tool kit (potter's wheel / carving knives / mineral samples).

Liu Yang — Hard hat, construction blueprints, lighter, Furongwang cigarettes.

He Wei — Ten bottles of perfume.

Hu Zhenxing — Nine condoms.

...After inventorying all items, Chen Xu continued to control the pace: "There are still some people who haven't spoken much and whose specialties are unknown. I need to know everyone's occupation or profession so that I can better assign future tasks."

Wu Hao couldn't stand it and once again rushed forward. If not for Zhang Ye's fierce gaze stopping him, he probably would have tried to hit Chen Xu again.

"You really think you're the leader, huh? Why should we listen to you! Just moving your mouth, I can do that too! I run a Taekwondo gym and manage hundreds of employees; I also have rich management experience."

Chen Xu was very calm: "I'm not trying to be a leader; I'm just temporarily helping everyone clarify their thoughts. If we truly need to form an organization in the future, we can elect one then."

Zhang Ye, Su He, Li Changqing, and others all expressed their support for Chen Xu.

Wu Hao's face turned red: "Alright, alright, you've fooled everyone. Fine, you continue."

Cheng Xue: "I'm a short video blogger, mainly doing ancient craft restorations, such as blue and white porcelain, Luoyang paper, etc."

Cheng Xue, thirty years old this year, had just given birth. Suffering from postpartum depression, she killed her husband and then committed suicide with her child.

Chen Xu mentally tagged Cheng Xue as having extreme emotional instability, acting recklessly, and decided to keep her out of core positions.

Zhao Ling excitedly said: "Wow, Cheng Xue, I know her! Ten million followers, very famous even internationally! Wang Hao and I are a couple. We don't have jobs; we went to work in a BYD factory right after high school and have five years of assembly line experience."

The 65-year-old man, Hu Zhenxing, coughed: "I'm probably the most useless one here. I'm the dean of the Integrated Circuit College at North China University of Technology, hired by Huawei Technologies to research chips. I'm afraid I won't have much use here."

Chen Xu's eyes lit up: "No, no, no! Dean Hu, perhaps within a hundred years, we won't develop to the Domain of chips, but what about after a hundred years, two hundred years? We must have a long-term vision. If one generation can't complete it, three, five, or ten generations can. As long as we ultimately defeat the native civilization, even if we all die, it will be considered mission accomplished, and we can return to Earth."

Hearing this, everyone's confidence greatly increased!

Zhang Ye asked: "Elder Hu, did you die of natural causes?"

Hu Zhenxing's old face flushed: "No, cough, cough, well, my female intern assistant and I, we got carried away. I swear, we truly loved each other. And then that day I had a bit to drink and took some medicine, and then..."

Bah.

Cheng Xue showed disdain: "No man is any good! Old beast!"

Everyone else also clarified their backgrounds: Liu Yang was an architectural engineer, He Wei was a perfume counter clerk, Huang Lei was a top chef with thirty years of experience... Chen Xu recorded all their information in his memory palace, his eyes darting quickly, adjusted his glasses, and smiled: "Don't ask about the past, only about the future. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles. Next, Su He and I will tell you what our enemies are like!"

Wu Hao sneered: "You're boasting, aren't you? We all came together, how would you know what the enemies are like?! Are you trying to fool us into thinking we're idiots?"