Chapter 69

As Cheng Yang approached the statue of the profession, he saw Niu Bing walking from a distance. From his expression, it seemed he had encountered something troubling.

"Old Niu, what's wrong?" Cheng Yang immediately asked.

Niu Bing said bitterly, "Lord, our team just suffered casualties."

"Oh? What happened? Didn't I tell you not to enter areas that haven't been explored yet?" Cheng Yang frowned and asked.

Niu Bing replied, "We didn't go to the outskirts; we were all active in areas that had already been cleared. But just now, after the deity finished transforming this world, two mid-stage first-tier demonized beasts appeared at the same location. They attacked the same person simultaneously, and we couldn't even rescue him in time. That team member was killed in battle."

This surprised Cheng Yang. Such an event was extremely rare, so he hadn't mentioned it before.

After this transformation, although it was indeed possible for mid-stage first-tier demonized beasts to appear directly, the probability was extremely low. Around Luofeng Village, it was already quite good if one mid-stage first-tier demonized beast appeared each day. It was even rarer for two to appear at the same location simultaneously.

This was a small probability event within a small probability event!

If it were someone else, they might overlook such an event. But Cheng Yang, who had lived through a previous life, knew that abnormal events must have a reason. In his previous life, someone had specifically done statistics on areas where demonized beasts appeared abnormally, and there was always something special in those places.

Whether one could find this special thing depended on personal ability and luck.

Cheng Yang immediately asked, "Where is that place?"

Niu Bing, not immediately understanding why Cheng Yang was concerned about this, quickly said, "It's about two kilometers southeast of the south gate. There's a small hill there, which is easy to find."

Cheng Yang was very familiar with the terrain around Luofeng Village. Hearing Niu Bing's description, he immediately knew the location.

"Old Niu, arrange for a few of them, I'll go out first," Cheng Yang said quickly.

Niu Bing then noticed the few people standing beside Cheng Yang. When he saw Liu Xiyue, he immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Lord, you really brought the campus beauty back?"

"Just lucky, she happened to be in Xiangcheng City's main city," Cheng Yang said casually, then turned and left.

Liu Xiyue also knew Niu Bing; she was Pang Shan's good friend. Although Pang Shan and Niu Bing had not been dating for long, they had met before. She didn't greet Niu Bing earlier because Cheng Yang was still there.

After Cheng Yang left, Liu Xiyue couldn't help but ask, "Niu Bing, why are you here? And where is Pang Shan?"

Niu Bing didn't immediately answer her question. He turned to Ma Tao and said, "You're Ma Tao, right? These are your family members?"

Ma Tao immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Captain Niu."

Although Ma Tao was not a combatant in Niu Bing's squad, he was very familiar with the five squad captains of Luofeng Village.

Niu Bing then said, "Alright, you go and settle your family first, then return to the squad. As for your family's profession change, I think the Lord will consider it."

Ma Tao said in surprise, "Thank you, Captain Niu."

After saying that, Ma Tao quickly left with his family.

Niu Bing then turned to Liu Xiyue and said, "Miss Liu, welcome to Luofeng Village. Pang Shan is currently at the alchemy room buying potions, she'll be back soon."

Liu Xiyue looked at Ma Tao as he left, her face full of shock, and asked, "Niu Bing, you're actually the captain here? What squad?"

Niu Bing had nothing to hide, so he smiled and said, "The combatant squad. We currently have five combatant squads in the entire territory, and I am one of the captains."

Liu Xiyue was even more surprised. After all, before the apocalypse, Niu Bing was just an ordinary college student. After the apocalypse, he became a squad captain in an instant, while she, a top student, was still just an ordinary person.

The gap was indeed too large.

Niu Bing saw Liu Xiyue's confusion and smiled, "It's not as complicated as you think. I became a captain because the Lord of Luofeng Village is my close friend and my college roommate."

Liu Xiyue's eyes widened, "You mean the Lord who brought us back is our classmate? This..."

"Isn't it unbelievable?" Niu Bing smiled, "I thought it was unbelievable too. But now that the apocalypse has happened, what's unbelievable anymore?"

Liu Xiyue smiled bitterly, "That's true."

Niu Bing said, "Alright, let's not talk about this. You should live well in Luofeng Village. Although it may not be as comfortable as before the apocalypse, it's definitely much better than Xiangcheng City."

After saying that, Niu Bing began to greet Zhou Jie and the others. He wasn't familiar with them and didn't understand why Cheng Yang had brought them back from Xiangcheng City.

However, since Cheng Yang had arranged for him to take care of these people, he naturally had to do a good job.

...

After leaving Luofeng Village, it was already dark. However, Cheng Yang didn't mind. He could reach the destination in just a few minutes.

When Cheng Yang arrived at the small hill that Niu Bing had mentioned, he saw no abnormalities. Apart from the occasional appearance of a demonized beast, everything else was the same as before the apocalypse.

However, Cheng Yang didn't give up easily. If such random events were so easy to discover, they wouldn't be so precious.

Since the deity transformed this world, most items had some energy. The more precious the item, the stronger the energy fluctuation.

Cheng Yang then focused his mind, sensing the surrounding plants and carefully distinguishing...

After more than ten minutes, Cheng Yang had explored most of the small hill but found nothing.

This made him feel that he had missed an opportunity. After all, if such random events were missed, they might disappear completely. With a sense of reluctance, Cheng Yang continued to search. A few minutes later, a faint energy fluctuation suddenly came from not far in front of him.

Cheng Yang quickly rushed over, parted the thick grass, and suddenly discovered a dark gray light curtain standing there. The light flickered, making him feel a chill from the bottom of his heart.

"What is this?" Cheng Yang's face changed.

This dark gray light curtain was similar to a dungeon portal, but the dungeon portal was permanent and directional, while this dark gray light curtain was called a random portal. If you stepped into the random portal, you would be teleported to a random location.

However, each random portal led to a fixed location. A team entering the portal would be teleported to the same location.

Moreover, the random portal had a time limit. If the effective time of a random portal was five hours, once you were teleported, you would be immediately sent back after five hours.

This setting seemed similar to a dungeon, but it was not the same. After all, dungeons had limited space, while after being teleported by a random portal, you were still on Earth. As long as you were strong enough, you could explore an infinitely large area.

However, most combatants preferred to explore dungeons rather than random portals. It wasn't that they couldn't gain good rewards through random portals; on the contrary, although the teleportation was random, it was within a specific range. Any location reached through a random portal would definitely have some treasure or opportunity.

Correspondingly, the greater the opportunity, the greater the danger. Whether you could obtain the treasure depended on your ability.

Cheng Yang now felt very conflicted. Should he go through this random portal? What if there was an extremely powerful demonized beast or mutated beast on the other side? He would have no chance to resist and would be finished.

After all, once teleported through a random portal, you couldn't return until the time was up. If you encountered a powerful entity, you would definitely die.

But if he gave up the random portal, Cheng Yang would be reluctant. In his previous life, only nine known random portals had appeared, and only three of them had been successful. Four of the remaining six had been completely wiped out, and the other two returned safely but with nothing.

These three teams had nothing because the places they were teleported to had treasures, but they lacked the strength to obtain them.

This data showed how rare random portals were.

"Go for it! The