Chapter 77

Editor: Kat

Proofreader: Junyans

It turned out to be the voice of Leader Wei!

How could this be Senior Wei’s voice?!

Yin Baitao felt her entire body turn numb. After Fei Lezhi and Xu Yang worriedly asked her what was wrong, she slid into her sleeping bag and muttered, “I must be too tired today.”

“What exactly happened?”

Fei Lezhi was so anxious that he wanted to pull Yin Baitao out, but he was too embarrassed to touch the girl’s sleeping bag, like a crab that didn’t know where to place its limbs.

“Why can’t we find Leader Wei, Baitao? Tell me, if there is a situation, we really can’t just keep it to ourselves!”

“I just heard someone crying.”

With a swoosh, Yin Baitao tore the sleeping bag away from her, exposing her head, and said expressionlessly, “I thought it was a ghost, and I was startled. After listening carefully, I realized that I heard someone’s thoughts.

“How would I dare to trouble Leader Wei with such a trifling matter?”

“Ah, ah, so that’s what it was, sorry, you should have said it earlier.”

Fei Lezhi scratched his head and coughed a little in embarrassment. “Then, let’s go to sleep, I’m a little tired today.”

“Mm.”

Yin Baitao numbly nodded, and her entire person shrank into the sleeping bag.

“So that’s what happened, this…”

Fei Lezhi stuffed all the beef jerky he had not eaten into his mouth and chewed it with the hot water. He also felt a little sleepy.

However, what Yin Baitao had said just now kept swirling around his mind, and he looked at Xu Yang unconsciously.

“What’s up?”

One shouldn’t judge Xu Yang’s capabilities based on his blindness. His perception was rather sharp. When Fei Lezhi looked over, he indifferently turned his head over, and said in an unkind tone, “Do you think that I’m crying in my mind?”

“How could it be, how could it be you.” Fei Lezhi laughed and answered in a perfunctory manner.

In fact, he’d thought that it was Xu Yang at first. After all, in his heart, this child must have the worst mental fortitude. Maybe he was crying in his heart because he was homesick. But on second thought, Xu Yang was no ordinary child. He wouldn’t be like Fei Lezhi. Based on his character, it was impossible for him to secretly cry in his heart.

“I think that, perhaps, it was Ji Hongcai.”

Fei Lezhi was a little gossipy, and it was really boring at night in the highlands. The mobile phone signal was very poor, so he could only play some small games that had been pre-installed on his phone. Even though he had a bottom line, which was why he didn’t ask Yin Baitao who’d been crying, he was really curious about who it was.

Anyway, it was not illegal to guess!

“After all, that kind of thing happened today, and someone might feel emotionally vulnerable in the middle of the night. I can understand if they feel slightly, y’know, inwardly.”

Fei Lezhi spoke to himself, and he continued to guess curiously, “Of course, it might also be Jiang Hongguang or Fang Yuhang. The three of them have a really good relationship. At that time, when Big Brother Ji passed out, I saw that Jiang Hongguang’s eyes were red. I feel that he may be crying.”

“Hmph, weak.”

Xu Yang muttered arrogantly, “As for crying, what could be scary when we have Leader Wei? They are all experienced tourists. They have experienced so much, so they should be stronger.”

The real experienced tourist in his heart should be Wei Xun. Calm, wise, bold, and unscrupulous, this was a truly powerful tourist!

How could someone secretly cry inwardly! They were too weak!

But comparing them to Leader Wei would indeed be too much.

In an old-fashioned way, Xu Yang thought, ‘Who can be as strong as Leader Wei?’

“Yeah, I’m really convinced by Brother Wei’s capabilities. Truly, I feel very secure. He’s super reliable!”

The two of them became Wei Xun’s cheerleading group, complimenting Wei Xun. Yin Baitao listened to them, with the one on the left praising Wei Xun for being strong, and the one on the right praising Wei Xun for being calm and rational, and then praising Wei Xun in unison, “Wei Xun, my superman!” She buried her head lower and lower. Her entire person was hidden in the sleeping bag, and not even her hair was exposed.

Tonight, what I heard tonight must be kept a secret!

Yin Baitao was also crying in her heart, and she felt that she was about to be wiped out. What if she didn’t manage her expression properly when she saw Leader Wei? Leader Wei was so smart, what would she do if Leader Wei found out?

Yin Baitao hated that she couldn’t build a Barbie dream castle for herself in her dreams and lie down peacefully in her sleeping bag. It was all her fault, all her fault, why had she been so curious!

This was definitely her retribution for listening to the thoughts of others!

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It seemed that one would also face retribution for being too soft-hearted.

Wei Xun’s eyes were red and he closed his eyes tightly, trying to escape reality.

He was stupid, really, and shouldn’t have answered the pleas of Dog IV-1.

It really stank, wu, wu, he couldn’t breathe!

When Wei Xun had been dripping blood on the dog fur just now, he suddenly realized that this situation wasn’t right. Just now, Ji Hongcai had only inhaled a small amount of the hair of the Insect of Evil, but the pus and blood that he had expelled was very stinky.

Then wouldn’t Dog IV-1, who was besieged by the demonic worms, be even more stinky?

After Wei Xun chased Fei Lezhi away, he quickly left the area around the campfire. Then, he summoned Dog IV-1 using the cover of the blanket. Dog IV-1 would appear underneath it.

As a result, before Wei Xun could get farther away from Dog IV-1, the snow leopard paced over from the shadows and rubbed against him. Wei Xun could feel the joy of the snow leopard, and the tip of its big fluffy tail was bent upwards.

The snow leopard rarely appeared in front of others, preferring to be alone with Wei Xun. Wei Xun’s act of driving Fei Lezhi away just now made the snow leopard mistakenly think that Wei Xun wanted to be with it.

That was why the snow leopard was very happy, and it even lowered its head and rubbed Wei Xun’s waist intimately in a rare manner. Those two round ears were fluffy, soft, and warm, appearing really cute.

Wei Xun couldn’t bear the temptation either. He didn’t want to miss this rare opportunity, so he touched the snow leopard’s ears and rubbed them again.

But it was this delay that made him unable to get even further from the campfire, and he was unable to keep a far distance from the blanket.

There was a loud bang, and the stench of Dog IV-1 loomed upon them!

Wei Xun felt like a thunderbolt had exploded in his mind. The highlands were very windy at night. The campsite was located in a way that the wind was blocked by the mountains behind them, but the wind wasn’t small. The place where Wei Xun was located was downwind, and the cold wind carried the stench directly towards Wei Xun’s face.

At this moment, Wei Xun’s mind went numb, and he even crazily thought of throwing a nuclear bomb at Dog IV-1! But he also remembered that he couldn’t expose Dog IV-1.

When the snow leopard sensed that there was something next to the campfire, it was instinctively alerted and was about to assume an attacking stance. However, Wei Xun choked on the stench as he hugged the snow leopard, devoting himself to burying himself in the thick fur of the snow leopard.

Wei Xun was suddenly lying on its body, and the snow leopard was stunned. Its tail patted Wei Xun, slightly urging him, trying to get him down. It was asking Wei Xun to hide behind it because there was danger ahead.

However, Wei Xun didn’t let go, trying to make the smell of the snow leopard replace the stench in his mind. Then, in a very strict and terrifying tone, he ordered Dog IV-1 to leave immediately!

Why is Wei Xun so fierce?

Dog IV-1 was still thinking about how to make Wei Xun understand that he was not trash, but the truth was that there had simply been too many demonic insects, and it had been too terrifying. For this reason, he had decided to ruthlessly plunge into the swarm of demonic insects before he had contacted Wei Xun to summon him away. He jumped directly into the insect pile, fought against the demonic insects, and madly killed dozens of devil worms until he was covered with their blood and mucus.

Although Dog IV-1 had almost fainted due to the smell, he was proud of itself. This way, Wei Xun couldn’t scold him for being useless. The blood and mucus of these bugs were all his military merits. He fought thousands of demonic insects and took the initiative to attack them. This action of his should be heroic enough for Wei Xun. It was all because the enemy was too strong. This was not his problem.

Dog IV-1, who received a fierce response from Wei Xun, was inwardly slightly unhappy. But to be honest, he couldn’t stand the stench of his body. Dog IV-1 immediately obeyed the order, scrambled away, and circled the outskirts of the campsite carefully to escape. He was careful because he didn’t want his figure to be captured by any tourist’s livestream split screen.

Even though Dog IV-1 was gone, the smell still lingered. Wei Xun had never suffered such grievances in his life. He buried himself deeper in the thick and soft fur of the snow leopard and kept hypnotizing himself. The smell of the snow leopard was actually very good. It was the kind of clean animal smell, with the unique awe-inspiring scent of the highland’s snowy mountain soil, and it smelled very comfortable.

The snow leopard, who had been hugged by Wei Xun, was a little overwhelmed and didn’t know what had happened to Wei Xun. It wanted to sniff Wei Xun’s face, but Wei Xun refused to get up. The snow leopard’s tail swayed irritably, and its round ears trembled involuntarily. It couldn’t help baring its teeth at the blanket, and deeply carved this smell in its memory——It was the arrival of that thing that had caused Wei Xun to act so strangely now!

The snow leopard was very strong, so it dragged Wei Xun and turned around, digging the ground in the direction of the blanket like it was burying shit. Then, it softly whined to Wei Xun, as if it was comforting Wei Xun.

IV-1 must die.

Wei Xun had never been so firm before. In fact, he had calmed down long ago, but this rare opportunity to get close to the snow leopard made him vaguely understand “A Wild Beast’s Psyche.”

The description of this title was actually a little vague. It wasn’t like Wei Xun’s [Archaeologist] title series tasks. With the task progress, he could clearly estimate how many ruins he had to explore before he could get the blue title [Adventurer].

But there wasn’t anything for [A Wild Beast’s Psyche], so Wei Xun can only rely on his own feelings. To better grasp the functions of the title, he had brought the snow leopard with him when he’d been alone before. The two of them were inseparable. But after all, the time since he entered the tour was too short, and Wei Xun always felt that his relationship with the snow leopard was not intimate enough.

However, he couldn’t take the snow leopard with him when he went down to the ruins, as it was too dangerous. Therefore, Wei Xun hugged the snow leopard tightly and didn’t let go now, just to grasp the inexplicable feeling he had received from this hug and increase his familiarity with the snow leopard as soon as possible.

The snow leopard had tried doing everything it could, but Wei Xun just wouldn’t let go. In the end, it dragged Wei Xun to the ground, looking rather helpless, but it completely blocked the cold wind at night like a thick snow leopard blanket. From time to time, it licked Wei Xun’s hair, like it was patiently licking the fur of a frightened cub. It yawned, and its eyes were half-closed, almost falling asleep.

Wei Xun lay down for a while, and finally got up after confirming that the progress of A Wild Beast’s Psyche was no longer improving. Once he got up, the snow leopard also stood up vigilantly, and it followed Wei Xun closely.

Wei Xun didn’t go far, and he stopped at a fissure in the ground. The crack was not large and was covered by soil and vegetation, so it couldn’t be seen unless the soil on it was shoveled away. But who would have known that under this crack, there was a secret passageway leading to the ruins.

Just now, Dog IV-1 had asked Wei Xun for help in this secret passageway, and the demonic insects chasing it were like a black torrent.

This wouldn’t be good, Wei Xun had to explore the ruins, and he had to obtain the means to deal with the swarm.

With the help of the snow leopard, he dug out the soil on the surface, cleared the debris so a tiny crack was revealed, and covered the human skin thangka around the crack, leaving only a narrow gap.

He drove the snow leopard away to a safe distance. Then, Wei Xun put on a mask and wrapped a neck warmer around his face. The golden mosquito hid under the hem of his clothes, and when everything was ready, Wei Xun cut his finger and let the blood drip. After a while, a black bug was attracted by the blood and crawled out of the gap.

This bug was as big as a blackened caterpillar, but it gave off a hair-raising vibe. Obviously, under the catalysis of Dog IV-1, it was subtly different from the one Ji Hongcai had encountered. If this was what Ji Hongcai had encountered, one was afraid Ji Hongcai wouldn’t have been able to keep his life until the night.

The bug didn’t stink when it wasn’t crushed. If Wei Xun wanted to kill the insects, he had to be ruthless.

After the black bug completely crawled out, Wei Xun waved his hand, and he placed the gold-plated silver-inlaid skull next to the black bug.

The black bug manically turned around and wanted to drill itself back into the crack.

It worked!

Wei Xun noticed that half of its body that was near the gold-plated silver-inlaid skull had turned gray, like it was petrified, and its movements became sluggish. He let the black bug crawl desperately toward the crack.

Just as it was about to reach the crack, another golden box containing fragments of the black stone jade skull appeared in Wei Xun’s hand. Soon, Wei Xun opened the golden box so that a small crack was revealed, facing the black bug.

With a screech, the black bug was completely dead.

The author has something to say:

The black bug: Seriously?! wdnmd! How evil!

I’ve finally ended my work after updating my fifth update today! Thank you, little angels, for your understanding yesterday. I will continue to work hard in the future. I will also ask for leave in advance if I have something to do!

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T/N: Happy Lunar New Year/Happy holidays in advance, everyone! On behalf of my team, I hope that everyone has a great year of the rabbit! And hope all of you guys who celebrate CNY to have a happy reunion dinner! :]

I realised I miscalculated a bonus chapter-so I’ll be posting another chapter tomorrow. :]