55: Chapter 55 Outside Changcheng City, the Lone Wolf Plan

Seven days later.

During these seven days, Qin Ding hadn't been idle. Besides training, he had been observing Bai Muxue's movements.

For example, when she went to the Breeder Association and when she returned. On the first day of the holiday, Bai Muxue was like a normal office worker; she left in the morning, came back at noon to eat, went back out, and returned in the evening for dinner.

It was only in the last few days that her time away became longer. She didn't even come back the day before yesterday, having stayed in the Breeder Association's laboratory, and only returned last night.

Besides that, he also did a little review of the situation in the wilderness near Chang City.

Well, having been training in class every day, he had only listened to a bit of the wilderness courses and had forgotten most of it. He had to review it a little, otherwise, if he accidentally stumbled into an area with higher-level spirit beasts, he might run into trouble.

"Woo."

[Boss, we should be setting off now, right?]

As if afraid of disturbing something, Da Hei's voice was subconsciously lowered, its wolf eyes staring with immense anticipation at Qin Ding's back as he packed his things.

Qin Ding didn't answer; instead, he clenched his fist on his own, then relaxed it.

Every time his fist clenched, the custom-made long spear would appear in his palm from his Storage Ring. He had been doing this action frequently over the past few days, the purpose being to get used to objects suddenly appearing.

Now, he could consider himself proficient.

"There are five days left until the New Year. We'll go today and come back tomorrow; we'll make it a quick trip."

The so-called investigation of Bai Muxue's schedule wasn't to go out when she wasn't at home, but to avoid being caught red-handed by her.

Being exposed to Aunt Zhao and being exposed to Bai Muxue were two different things.

Aunt Zhao would at most think he went out to play or take care of some business, but Bai Muxue was different; she would likely instantly deduce that he had gone to the Chang City wilderness.

Going out for one day?

Upon receiving this result, Da Hei didn't think the time was too short. On the contrary, it was very excited and thrilled to be able to go out and hunt spirit beasts.

"Awoo?"

[But Boss, why aren't we taking Big Sister and that little fox along?]

Qin Ding packed a simple set of clothes and a quilt, then turned to look at the Earth Dog. "Xiao Bai hasn't evolved yet. Even in the safest parts of the Chang City wilderness, there is a certain probability of encountering spirit beasts that have already evolved once."

"This time isn't like the Class Competition. In the Class Competition, we had absolute overwhelming strength, but this time we are going to the wilderness. Taking them along would be irresponsible to their lives. Rather than that, it's better not to say anything, which also saves them from worrying about us."

Irresponsible to their lives—hearing these words, Da Hei instantly understood Qin Ding's thinking.

Not wanting to lose, not wanting to lose the loved ones around it because of any risky business. It was the same; it didn't want to lose its Boss, nor did it want to lose the Bai Muxue who would hold it and pet it when it was little.

However, besides that, the most important point was that bringing people along might drag down his plan.

One had to know that the wilderness had no rules; it was a barbaric law of bloody survival of the fittest.

And his plan was actually to act alone—to snatch what he could and run if he couldn't win—the Lone Wolf Plan, which was also the choice of many people in the Federation.

In terms of numbers, he and Da Hei were just right.

Next, neither the human nor the wolf spoke. He sent a message to Aunt Zhao on his phone, saying he would take care of his own meals at home for the next two days, then left the residential complex with Da Hei.

On the road, looking at the passing vehicles, Qin Ding hailed a small cargo van.

"Young man, where to?" The driver, who had expected to be picking up or delivering cargo, felt his smile tremble slightly when he saw Qin Ding and that two-meter-plus large wolf.

"The East City exit, not the East City main road entrance."

While replying to the driver, Qin Ding opened the back door of the van, let Da Hei jump in, and then sat in the passenger seat.

The driver inside the vehicle turned his head to look at the wolf in the back seat, his neck shrinking slightly. To be honest, this was his first time taking such an order. Likewise, Qin Ding didn't give him a chance to refuse.

"Alright then, young man, it'll take about an hour..."

"Mm."

Soon, the vehicle slowly started. The driver, who had been a bit nervous, slowly began to relax and started chatting with Qin Ding, one sentence at a time.

Regarding this, Qin Ding was silent most of the time, occasionally giving a response, and for the most part, he was resting with his eyes closed.

Seeing this, the driver sheepishly quieted down and focused on driving.

One hour later, the car began to slow down steadily, and Qin Ding, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them.

"How much?"

"Give me a hundred; my car doesn't consume much fuel."

The driver's tone carried a hint of regret. He had originally thought it was cargo, which could earn him more money, but in the end, it turned into a taxi ride. However, after receiving the money...

As the driver watched Qin Ding leave with the Sha Jin Wolf, his eyes were filled with uncontrollable envy.

"Carrying such a wolf, that's so cool. It's a pity I didn't have talent back then. If only I could have become a Beast Tamer too..."

After sighing a few times, the driver didn't linger and drove the car elsewhere.

"Woo..."

[Gulu, Boss, so many spirit beast scents, too many. Some are like me, some are lower than me, and some are higher than me, so many, so many...]

Hearing the sound of Da Hei swallowing its saliva, Qin Ding's face twitched.

Arriving at the city exit, looking at the fifteen-meter-high and three-meter-thick city wall, Qin Ding stopped and watched for quite a while.

If he remembered correctly, the city walls of every city were built by powerful Earth-element Beast Tamers using the power of elements—fast, solid, and convenient.

On the walls on both sides of the street, there was a map hanging, which marked which places were dangerous based on regional conditions, as well as the danger coefficient, and which places were relatively safe.

And, there were shouts that could be heard everywhere.

"Anyone forming a team to hunt spirit beasts near Green Lake? We have three people here, planning to recruit five, still need two more!"

"Anyone going to the Spirit Wood Forest! Anyone going to the Spirit Wood Forest!"

"Hunting high-tier Earth-element spirit beasts in the Clearing Forest, any teams?"

Just as Qin Ding was silently observing and listening, a strapping man walked up. He first glanced at the Sha Jin Wolf, and after a fleeting look of seriousness flashed in his eyes, he smiled at Qin Ding.

"Young man, are you going to the wilderness too? Do you want to join us?"

Hearing this, Qin Ding simply swept a glance at the strapping man in front of him and decisively shook his head. "No thanks."

No other reason: Da Hei had told him through the Life and Death Contract that this big man had three very strong scents of high-tier spirit beasts on him, which meant that the man either had three high-tier spirit beasts himself, or he had two partners who each had a high-tier spirit beast.

No matter which it was, if an accident happened, it was not something he could deal with.