Chapter 69: Chapter 59: Batteries, Concealment, Beast Horde, Rift Valley (Part 2)

“Looking at it this way, they don’t really see us as true partners, just as a means to an end.”

“However, this desolate beast gathering place also has an underground water source, which has been discovered a long time ago, indicating they have survived on the wasteland for more than six years, or they have obtained information from elsewhere.”

Judging from Old Duncan’s elderly appearance, Lin Feng leans towards the former.

They are a deserted village squad that has accumulated more than ten years’ worth of resources and experience.

In Liu Qian’s rebuttal, there is another implication, which is that they are hiding something else, clearly indicating that this trip’s purpose is not just to hunt Rock-Horned Horses.

No matter what they intend to do, Lin Feng’s team must prepare in advance.

Next to him, Chen Shanshan, with Ding Yi’s reminder, gradually understands the peculiarity, and thinking about leaving Oasis Town, everyone has already entered the wilderness of Unclaimed Land, she suddenly becomes tense.

“Do I need to put on the battle armor?”

Chen Shanshan asked softly.

Lin Feng turned his head, looking at this team’s most crucial trump card, thought for a moment, then shook his head:

“Wearing battle armor will reduce mobility. There’s no need for now; wait until we reach the destination to act accordingly.”

He then made arrangements:

“When the time comes, Ding Yi, Liu Qian, you two, assist Chen Shanshan in putting on the battle armor in the car, ensuring it can be fully equipped within half a minute. The outside actions will be handled by me and Ah Lian, while Liu Mingfei and Ah Ming stay in the car to guard.”

After saying this, Lin Feng looked around at everyone.

Mainly to see Ah Lian and Ah Ming’s opinions.

Ah Ming, lying on the bed, nodded.

Through Ah Lian’s introduction, Ah Ming understood the team’s actual combat power, in which only the captain, Chen Shanshan, Lin Feng, and Ah Lian constitute the main force.

Liu Mingfei and his injured self count as half, although both have Level 9 Enhancement levels, one lacks experience, the other is not in good condition, and as for Ding Yi and Liu Qian, they are merely support personnel.

So even though they have the trump card of Chen Shanshan, the Evolver, without the agreement assistance from the Four Major Villages or any additional recruitment of powerful Level 9 Hunters,

most of the points were used to build this powerless electric vehicle, and apart from Chen Shanshan, the other team members’ strength improvement is very limited.

So the situation is not optimistic.

This outing is no guarantee of victory.

And Lin Feng’s arrangements are roughly what he anticipated, trying not to expose Chen Shanshan’s existence, keeping the Evolver as a trump card to use in case of sudden changes.

For example, encountering a Tier One Male Rock-Horned Horse attack, or if Duncan Squad ahead harbors evil intentions.

Only then, the fully armed Evolver can achieve the best results in turning the tide.

Before this, no matter how difficult the hunt is, as long as it doesn’t endanger lives, endurance is necessary.

Even if it means missing the precious opportunity to capture a Rock-Horned Horse alive!

Even if there’s a severe manpower shortage, sacrificing himself and Liu Mingfei, Chen Shanshan cannot be easily used.

Obviously, Lin Feng also understands this principle.

With everyone unanimously agreeing, Lin Feng looked at the youngest girl in the team, signaling with his eyes for her to stay calm.

The more important the trump card, the more it needs to be reserved for the last moment.

Time passed second by second, the electric vehicle with fully restored durability proceeded slowly but steadily across the rugged wasteland’s surface.

Liu Mingfei, with rich experience, maintained a car distance of about one hundred meters from the vehicle in front.

Ensuring they can keep pace with Duncan Squad in time, while not revealing too much information about the team due to close distance, or failing to react in time during an ambush.

This is how they moved forward for more than ten hours.

During this time, they crossed mountains and took turns driving in three shifts.

Lin Feng slept for eight hours, then drove for another eight hours.

Until the afternoon of the second day, a magnificent mountain appeared suddenly in front of everyone.

Stretching from left to right like a natural barrier, hundreds of kilometers wide, with no end in sight, inspiring despair.

Taking a detour would take too long, and it’s uncertain if there’s a route elsewhere to cross over the peak.

Lin Feng checked the map, eight or nine kilometers ahead is the beast group gathering area within the bay.

And where they currently stand used to be the seabed before the annular peninsula land formation.

On the right side is a mountain range, a tourist spot during Old Earth times, extending for dozens of kilometers, the most famous peak being Lao Mountain, also the main peak’s highest point.

Lin Feng remembers visiting here in his youth.

At that time, Lao Mountain’s altitude was over 1,100 meters, known as the first mountain of the sea, with a breathtaking view of the endless blue and green sea from its summit.

Now all that’s left on the dry seabed they travel is fishbone remains and weathered human constructions on distant docks.

They naturally cannot rush onto the mountain range.

The average altitude of Lao Mountain scenic area is four to five hundred meters, adding the seabed drop now makes it nearly a thousand meters.

Moreover, the beast group’s gathering area is not near Lao Mountain, but between the coast turning bays on either side.

They need to choose a direction to cross the inclined high wall in front of them.

Lin Feng looks at the stopped vehicle ahead.

At this moment, Old Duncan in the driver’s seat and Lisa in the passenger seat both opened their doors to get out, observing through binoculars, quietly discussing something, soon reaching a conclusion.

Lisa walked to the back of their vehicle, waved her hand, and shouted to Lin Feng’s team:

“Go to the left, that’s the former city area, the elevation isn’t too high, and there’s a road directly up!”

“Just follow us!”

Lin Feng nodded, waving his hand to indicate he understood.

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