68: Chapter 68 Lin Ye's "Top-Tier Intuition"

Hearing Lin Ye's question, Zhao Mengmeng almost choked on her meat.

She hurriedly patted her chest, forcing the meat in her mouth down.

"My current pollution level is 6.32%, and my Spirit Grid is at 97.54%."

After speaking, she snuck a glance at Lin Ye, afraid that this answer wouldn't be up to par.

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow.

6.32% pollution.

97.54% Spirit Grid.

Compared to his own 0.00% pollution and 99.99% Spirit Grid, it was quite an eyesore.

"Setting aside pollution for now, your strength is definitely much greater than when you first parachuted down."

"But your Spirit Grid has dropped by over 2%. Do you have any abnormal mental sensations?"

Zhao Mengmeng paused, looking down to think for a moment.

"Mentally... just now, when you were beating up that black ghost, as I watched, a surge of evil fire suddenly welled up, and I really wanted to smash him to pieces."

Speaking of this, she scratched her hair with some irritation.

"But it wasn't serious; my mind is still clear."

"It was also because I saw you had subdued him that I dared to go for the kill."

Lin Ye didn't speak.

As expected.

The Spirit Grid is related to mental state.

pollution strengthens the physical body, yet the Spirit Grid is being eroded bit by bit.

The more one fights, the stronger they get; the stronger they get, the crazier they become.

That mad dog Scott has probably already run so far down this path he's left afterimages.

And he himself had only dropped by 0.01%.

At this level, he couldn't feel any abnormalities at all.

Seeing him silent, Zhao Mengmeng felt a bit nervous.

"What's wrong? Am I going to croak?"

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze. "You won't die for now."

Zhao Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately hugged the smoked lamb to gnaw on it again.

"That's fine then, you scared the hell out of me."

Watching her appearance—having just escaped death yet still not forgetting to eat meat—Lin Ye's mouth twitched.

"Let's go once you're finished eating."

Zhao Mengmeng immediately stuffed the rest of the smoked lamb into her mouth, her cheeks bulging as she asked vaguely, "Where to?"

Lin Ye shouldered his backpack. "You can't stay in the ruins at night. Today, we're going back to my campsite."

The two left the rooftop and quickly went downstairs.

They weaved through the streets of the ruins, retreating.

Climbing over an abandoned bus, they ran head-on into three wandering Small Pale Ones.

Lin Ye immediately raised his crossbow.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow shot out, and he quickly loaded the next wooden arrow.

"Whoosh!"

The bone-tipped arrow pierced through the skull, and two Pale Species fell to the ground on the spot.

The last monster roared and pounced over.

Just as Lin Ye was preparing to fire a third arrow, Zhao Mengmeng had already darted out.

She dodged the attack sideways, and then, with a flash of cold light from her dagger, she stabbed it into the eye socket of the Pale Species.

"Puchi!"

The Pale Species twitched twice and then collapsed on the ground, motionless.

Lin Ye glanced at her.

This girl was indeed not useless.

What was even rarer was that she didn't scream randomly or run around blindly.

That wasn't all.

Zhao Mengmeng crouched beside the two corpses in front and carefully pulled out the wooden arrows stuck in their skulls.

She shook off the black blood before handing them to Lin Ye.

"Still usable."

Lin Ye took the arrows and reloaded them into the groove.

A feeling of comfort welled up in his heart; this automatic loot-pickup cheat was truly great.

"Not bad, you've got a good eye."

Zhao Mengmeng immediately straightened her back.

"As long as Godfather is satisfied."

Lin Ye paused in his tracks.

"Don't call me that."

Zhao Mengmeng immediately shut her mouth.

The Great Xia Live Stream was laughing like crazy.

[Good heavens, Mengmeng's service awareness is maxed out!]

[Hahahaha! One-click pickup max-level pet online!]

[Brother Eye says he hates it, but his body is very honest; that expression just now was pure bliss!]

[Zhao Mengmeng: Godfather, you just keep shooting, leave the rest to me!]

The two continued to retreat.

Over half an hour later, they finally reached the foot of the mountains without incident.

Lin Ye pushed aside a patch of hanging vines.

The hidden crack, wide enough for only one person to pass through sideways, appeared before Zhao Mengmeng's eyes.

Zhao Mengmeng was stunned on the spot.

"You... how did you find this?"

Lin Ye turned sideways and squeezed in, his tone casual.

"Good eyesight."

Zhao Mengmeng's mouth twitched, and she immediately followed.

Twenty minutes later, the two passed through the crack and stepped back into the primeval forest.

Once inside, Lin Ye's speed actually slowed down.

Along the way, his Eye of Destiny opened and closed.

Suddenly, he pulled Zhao Mengmeng into the bushes on the right and laid down.

The latter was just about to ask, but Lin Ye pressed down on the back of her head.

The next second.

Footsteps came from ahead.

A large exotic beast dragged its tail and slowly walked past the place where the two were originally going to pass.

Zhao Mengmeng held her breath, cold sweat breaking out on her back.

When that thing was closest to her, it was only a few meters away.

After the large exotic beast walked away, Lin Ye let go.

"Let's go."

Zhao Mengmeng climbed up. "Did you know there was something there beforehand?"

"I heard it."

Lin Ye answered perfunctorily.

Zhao Mengmeng touched her ears and looked into the distance.

She hadn't heard anything just now.

Walking forward for another dozen minutes, Lin Ye suddenly stopped and raised his hand, pointing to the front left.

"Crouch."

Zhao Mengmeng immediately crouched down.

Lin Ye raised his crossbow, nocking the wooden arrow.

Behind a bush not far away, a Wind Spirit Wolf was lowering its head to feed.

"Whoosh!"

The wooden arrow passed through the gaps in the leaves and pierced into the back of the Wind Spirit Wolf's head.

[Killed medium-sized exotic beast, points +5]

Zhao Mengmeng hurriedly stepped forward, skillfully pulling out the arrow, wiping off the blood, and handing it back.

The whole sequence of actions was becoming increasingly smooth.

But Zhao Mengmeng finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Lin Ye, be honest, are you hacking?"

Lin Ye didn't even turn his head. "Intuition."

Zhao Mengmeng almost choked to death on these two words.

"You call this intuition?"

"Talent. You can't envy it."

Zhao Mengmeng rolled her eyes but didn't pursue the question further.

She wasn't stupid.

Everyone has secrets.

That Lin Ye allowed her to follow was already a sign of her good fortune.

Asking further would be lacking in discretion.

The livestream chat was flooded with comments.

[Hahahaha! Mengmeng voiced my inner thoughts!]

[Brother Eye's act of showing off is always so fresh and refined.]

[Mengmeng, get used to it; your Godfather is all intuition.]

[Don't ask; if you ask, it's just a college student's sixth sense.]

Lin Ye sped up, and Zhao Mengmeng gritted her teeth to keep up.

Finally, after passing through the last patch of woods, the two arrived at the waterfall cliff.

A huge torrent of water fell from a high place, the roaring sound covering up the surrounding noise.

Zhao Mengmeng looked around but didn't see any traces of a campsite.

"Where's your campsite?"

Lin Ye didn't answer and directly wrapped one arm around her waist.

His right hand aimed at a protruding rock below the cliff.

"Don't move."

"Boom!"

The Wind-Chasing Claw shot out, the hook grabbing onto the rock.

The next second, Lin Ye took her and leaped.

"I—!"

The second half of Zhao Mengmeng's sentence was forced back into her stomach by the wind.

The two swung out from the edge of the cliff, the cable retracted, and they flew toward the middle of the waterfall.

The curtain of water smashed into their faces.

"Splash!"

They pierced through the water curtain and landed in a karst cave in the middle of the cliff wall.

Zhao Mengmeng stumbled two steps, steadying herself by holding onto the rock wall.

She wiped the water droplets off her face, just about to curse, when her gaze suddenly froze.

A fire pit.

A moisture-proof bed frame.

A smoke exhaust duct built with mud and stone.

Neatly stacked wood in the corner.

A small iron pot, vine ropes, and a caltrop frame.

Most outrageous of all, on a wooden rack hung rows of air-dried meat.

Zhao Mengmeng stood in place, her mouth unable to close for a long time.

What kind of life had she been living these past few days?

Crawling into caves, gnawing on half-raw rabbit meat, arguing with Liu Tingting, being chased by monsters.

Now look at this place.

Moisture-proof, ventilated, has water, has fire, has meat, has defense.

This isn't survival.

This is straight-up playing at running a wilderness homestay.

Zhao Mengmeng turned her head, the look in her eyes as she gazed at Lin Ye had changed.

A thick thigh?

No.

This level of gold content deserves to be called Godfather.

Lin Ye was unsettled by her gaze: "What's with that look?"

Zhao Mengmeng rolled up her sleeves and rushed to the side of the woodpile.

"God... Brother Lin, please sit."

"From now on, I'll handle the chores."

She first went to the fire pit to clear out the ashes, skillfully starting the fire and adding wood.

The flames quickly shot up.

Then she picked up the small iron pot to fetch water at the cave entrance, and after returning, threw the meaty lamb bones inside.

She even started tidying up the cave.

Lin Ye stood on the side, his eyelids twitching as he watched.

This girl's speed at entering her role was faster than a Pale Species pouncing on someone.

Before long, steam rose from the pot.

Zhao Mengmeng was quick and nimble, with a keen eye for tasks; she didn't need any direction at all.

The Great Xia Live Stream chat was already going crazy with joy.

[Is this the top-tier housekeeping mode?]

[Mengmeng: Lesson one of survival, first make sure to serve Godfather well.]

[Brother Eye finally gets to enjoy the benefits! This teammate can fight, can be scolded, and can work!]

[I don't believe this is the Sichuan-Chongqing Tyrannosaurus! She's too diligent!]

Lin Ye finally had a rare moment of leisure.

He took off his backpack and checked the remaining wooden arrows for the day.

Four were broken, three were cracked.

There is one more day left of the Scarlet Hunt.

Looks like tomorrow, there must be a big one.