Chapter 339: Chapter 339: Encountering Another Group

Lu Yao pulled out her machete and swung it directly.

The machete didn’t cut in much and was immediately deflected.

Then Wang Jin’s axe followed, but it also didn’t break through the scales.

Next, Qin Yue took out a military dagger and stabbed down.

Unexpectedly, the dagger went in, piercing the fierce beast’s skin.

“Isn’t this too strange?” Wang Jin couldn’t help but say, then swung his axe again.

The entire head of the fierce beast was chopped off by Wang Jin.

Now, everyone was even more confused.

However, soon Qin Fan aimed at another beast and fired a shot.

The bullet did not tear through the fierce beast’s skin and was simply deflected.

Then Qin Yue stabbed with the military dagger again and successfully pierced in.

“It seems that only weapons with very small surface areas can break the defense of these beasts,” Qin Fan voiced his thoughts.

“And it only works when they’re alive; once they’re dead, this doesn’t occur,” Qin Chao added.

“So, our firearms are no longer effective against these fierce beasts, but crossbow arrows can harm them?” Lu Yao asked.

“Correct, that’s how it seems for now. It’s indeed incredible, and we don’t know how these creatures do it,” Qin Chao said, looking at the beast’s corpse.

“It seems that the group that was wiped out must have faced this situation too, unable to harm the beasts and then got attacked,” Su Yan realized and quickly stated.

“That must be it, considering there were 6 people; otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible to lose 4 just like that,” Wang Jin nodded vigorously, with worry in his eyes.

“Therefore, we need to exchange for some new weapons. A military dagger costs 20 points each; we can exchange for 4 of them. With a handle added, that equals 6 spears,” Qin Fan proposed, noting that both rifles were equipped with bayonets, saving 2 points.

“Although our guns can’t deal with the fierce beasts, they are still fine against other challengers. So, I think we also need a night vision device,” Lu Yao suggested, as they didn’t intend to rob other groups, but that didn’t mean others wouldn’t target them.

The desire to harm others should never be had, but the heart to guard against others is necessary to prevent situations that are too late to remedy.

“I think the same. Does anyone have objections? If not, we will exchange for 4 military daggers and a night vision device,” Qin Fan glanced at the group, even though he was the action commander, he respected everyone’s opinion.

Seeing no suggestions, Qin Fan used 380 points to exchange for the needed items.

After half an hour, the items were delivered.

Qin Yue, Wang Jin, and Qin Chao continued to sleep, while Qin Fan and the others kept watch.

Having experienced the attack and learned the secret of the fierce beasts, they were less worried.

Several groups were attacked during the night.

But everyone was very cautious; although some were injured, no deaths were reported.

The next day, before dawn, Xu Yi did the clock-in.

At this time, everyone was asleep, so no one noticed him.

Today marks 107 days of clocking in.

For everyone, this was already the third morning after entering the desert.

After a night’s recovery, Cheng Jie and Liu Li felt no pain this morning and were completely healed.

Everyone practiced the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening together, then spent some time having breakfast.

After breakfast, they continued heading south.

Less than three hours after departure, they discovered another group’s people. Those people also noticed Xu Yi’s group due to the vast openness which made it hard not to.

However, there was a mutual understanding and they did not approach or greet each other.

“Xu Yi, should we increase our speed?” Lu Ke asked, feeling the distance wasn’t very safe because that group was also heading south.

“Maintaining a distance of over 500 meters is relatively safe; we don’t need to deliberately speed up. If they come closer, we’ll see what they want,” Xu Yi felt there was no need to act as if they were fleeing and should proceed as usual.

“What if they come to rob us, Xu?” Zhou Mo curiously asked.

“Then we just fight back; wouldn’t that resolve it?” Xu Yi smiled, even though he didn’t plan to rob others, he wouldn’t mind fighting back if anyone tried to rob them.

He had several skills, making it very easy to deal with humans unless the opposing group had firearms, which could be troublesome.

“Will we go to jail for that when we return?” Zhou Mo worriedly asked.

“Little Mo, you’re too cute. Jail, how could that be? We didn’t strike first,” Liu Li laughed, as she thought even if they did, as long as they successfully challenged for 500 days, there wouldn’t be any issues.

Zhou Mo nodded, feeling that if they were robbed and couldn’t fight back, it’d be too frustrating.

“They’ve stopped,” Zhou Chun reported the situation.

“We continue on, rest and have lunch in an hour,” Xu Yi said after checking the star chart.

Besides Lu Yao, Wang Jin, and Su Yan, Xu Yi found it hard to trust other challengers.

Though everyone aimed to challenge 500 days without any quota restriction, if they could acquire others’ star charts, they’d gain access to the resources of others.

Even if the resources are depleted, the star chart has a storage space of 0.5 cubic meters, which can be used for many things. Having several star charts would mean having mobile warehouses, making it more advantageous to complete the 500-day challenge.

“It seems that group encountered some kind of attack; should we go help?” Lu Ke looked and asked Xu Yi.

Xu Yi glanced, then narrowed his eyes.

“It may not be an attack, perhaps they’re pretending to be attacked. Keep going; we can’t be sure of their intentions, so it’s better not to risk it,” Xu Yi suggested, thinking many scenarios could occur, so it’s best not to interact.

Lu Ke nodded, agreeing with Xu Yi’s reasoning.

The others also nodded and then followed along.

They continued heading south.

After half an hour, Xu Yi suddenly said, “Prepare for battle.”

As soon as he spoke, those behind him saw four ’wild wolves’ charging toward them.

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