297: Back to the Countryside

After Xu Feng drove away, Li Xiu was only startled awake by the System's notification that the task was completed.

"Beep, task completed, score 34 points, reward 3 free attribute points."

The mechanical voice made Li Xiu secretly grateful.

This time, Teacher Xu had again helped him greatly without even realizing it!

Recalling the terrifying strength of that A Man, Li Xiu even had the idea of becoming his apprentice.

However, seeing Teacher Xu's usual low-key appearance, not showing off his capabilities, he definitely wouldn't take on a Tu.

This made Li Xiu feel a little discouraged.

"Ding-a-ling~"

The ringing of his telephone on his body sounded bright on the empty street.

Li Xiu looked at his telephone.

It was Lin Yue calling; after coming out of Baiquan Mountain with her last time, Li Xiu had established a friendship with her.

"Hello? Lin Yue?" Li Xiu answered the telephone, taking an extra look at the spot where the lions had died ahead.

On that stretch of road, the slight blood spilled by the lions was being licked up by several rats as big as domestic cats.

"Li Xiu... do you have time?" Lin Yue seemed a little shy.

Li Xiu frowned, thinking that he would need to store food for the time being, and said directly, "Probably not."

Lin Yue on the telephone was a little choked by Li Xiu's words.

However, realizing the journey she was about to embark on, she still mustered the courage to say, "Li Xiu, I'm going back to my old home in the countryside tomorrow."

"Going back to the countryside?" Li Xiu subconsciously frowned.

Lin Yue: "The School is closed, and I have nowhere to stay in Z City, so I can only go back to my parents' old home."

Nodding, Li Xiu didn't understand why she was calling him about such a private matter.

But he still said, "Then I wish you a smooth journey."

There was a slight silence on the telephone, only the woman's breathing could be heard.

"Beep, System task released."

Task: Escort female classmate Lin Yue back to her old home.

Reward: Distributed based on score.

Failure: Death.

After the System's emotionless mechanical voice fell, it was Li Xiu's turn to be silent this time.

Li Xiu: "How about I escort you back to your old home?"

"Really?" Lin Yue's voice on the other end of the telephone showed a hint of surprise.

...

On the quiet road, a van drove past.

In the driver's seat, Xu Feng looked at the System panel in front of him.

There were five lion corpses clearly displayed on it.

These one-star initial stage corpses and Materials had basically saturated the skill Fusion box.

If he wanted to add other Materials, the level one skill Fusion box wouldn't be enough.

This also indirectly indicated that...

The final synthesized skill would be the upper limit of the level one skill Fusion box!

Thinking of this, Xu Feng was a little excited.

He returned home.

As soon as he opened the door, the sobbing cries of the two sisters Xu Xue and Xu Yu entered Xu Feng's ears.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the twin Sisters not as playful as usual, Xu Feng asked a question.

Xu Yu, who was sobbing in her Sister Xu Xue's arms, saw Xu Feng return and said in a hoarse voice, "Mom and Dad are dead!"

When her younger sister said this, her Sister Xu Xue turned her head away, her eyes red, trying to suppress her tears.

Xu Feng's heart slightly chilled: "Your parents in the countryside?"

Xu Yu nodded: "They were stung by hornets while cutting firewood on the mountain and died on the mountain. If the villagers hadn't called us, we wouldn't have known at all."

Speaking of this, two more lines of tears appeared on Xu Yu's pure and pretty face.

"So you two are planning to go back to your old home?" Seeing the suitcase next to them, Xu Feng roughly understood their plans.

He also secretly thought that life was unpredictable.

"The bullet train ticket is for eight o'clock tomorrow. Now, the earliest train is only that one tomorrow."

Xu Xue said, looking at Xu Feng, her expression a little complex.

If nothing unexpected happened, she wouldn't return to this City after this departure, and she wouldn't see this A Man again.

Xu Feng nodded and didn't say anything.

But when he walked to his room door and touched the door handle, he said again, "It's quite dangerous on this road. I'll accompany you two to take a look."

"Ding~ Daily Good Person task triggered."

Task: Escort the Xu Xue sisters back to their old home in the countryside.

Task successful: Reward a three-star character summon card.

Task failed: Intelligence decreases by 20%.

Hearing the Savior System's task, Xu Feng showed a predictable smile.

He returned to his room under the stunned gaze of the two sisters.

He checked the time.

Xu Feng casually picked up a bucket of instant noodles from a corner of the room as his dinner and late-night snack.

Because the System task had been released, he felt that his decision just now had been recognized.

However, seeing that the reward was a three-star character summon card, Xu Feng's eyes held only solemnity.

Such a generous reward naturally meant a higher difficulty!

On this journey, it was inevitable that things wouldn't go smoothly.

He touched the pistol that he always carried with him, and then looked at the giant axe in his hand.

Finally, his gaze fell on the System panel in front of him.

"System, synthesize the skill!"

As his voice fell.

In front of Xu Feng, a ball of light slowly merged, constantly changing shape.

Ye Tian could make a skill appear in one second, but that was a little less flashy.

He wasn't in a hurry now, so Ye Tian had more ways to create the atmosphere for the skill.

Holding his breath and concentrating, Xu Feng could clearly see.

In the ball of light in front of him, the heads of male lions were like the overlords of the grassland, their roars shaking countless animals!

In the gradually dazzling golden light, a majestic lion's head slowly appeared.

As a hint of crazy blood-red light exploded in the lion's pupils, the System's voice introducing the skill also sounded in Xu Feng's mind.

Skill: Golden Lion Axe Slash

Description: The moment you pick up the axe, you can be considered to have some strength.

The System's description was a little flippant.

But with the skill Fusion, Xu Feng understood the terror of this skill extremely clearly!

If he encountered the giant python he met on Baiquan Mountain before, Xu Feng was confident he could cut that Snake in half with one axe strike!

The increase in strength finally made Xu Feng feel a little more at ease.

He browsed some news on the computer.

It seemed that because the information about the rapid growth of plants and animals could no longer be completely concealed, the official attitude towards this information had reached a point of turning a blind eye.

This scattered information was actually equivalent to a preventative shot.

When it could no longer be completely concealed and the disaster arrived, the public would be able to accept it better.

And among these messages, an official breaking news caught Xu Feng's attention.

[This news is directed at the entire Dragon Country. Please, all those who can hear the following audio clip, immediately go to your local military. For some reasons, some things have to be temporarily concealed from everyone. Please understand.]

Below the news headline, there was only a ten-second audio clip.

There was no chat box, no likes.

Without hesitation, Xu Feng opened the forum that spread internal messages.

It was blocked.

Looking at the locked page, in his breathing, Xu Feng felt a heavy atmosphere slowly enveloping his whole body.

He turned back to that news.

Looking at the audio clip below, Xu Feng clicked on it.

The ten-second audio clip passed in an instant, and he heard some intermittent sounds.

It was like an audio clip with some kind of signal interference.

It wasn't clear, but it was very clear.