Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Danger in Star Moon Town (Five Chapters in One, Please Subscribe)

Yang Xiao suddenly realized that he truly couldn’t spend all his days mingling with these girls anymore. His image was completely ruined by them, and it was only a matter of time before he got dragged down.

Just as he was about to refuse, Huang Wen spoke up:

”Yang Xiao, I think it’s better if you keep Qin Yu and Deng Xiao by your side. Although your evolution level is high, you still can’t fly. They can, and they could be key in transmitting messages and scouting distant situations at critical times. That way we’d also feel more at ease.”

”Exactly, exactly. Look, Wenwen sis has spoken. Boss, just take the two of us in!”

Huang Wen and Deng Xiao, one on each side, clung to Yang Xiao’s arms and cooed in unison.

The two of them were able to evolve to the Primordial Gene Primary Stage last time, which was to some extent thanks to Yang Xiao’s special care. Otherwise, with their overall Genetic Attribute rankings, it would not have been their turn. Hence, both of them also intended to repay Yang Xiao’s kindness. Moreover, they knew that staying by Yang Xiao’s side would naturally bring them benefits.

Qin Yu and Deng Xiao naturally had a favorable impression of Yang Xiao, and harboring a crush was normal. If they had the chance to get close to Yang Xiao, they wouldn’t want to miss it.

Yang Xiao glanced at Huang Wen and thought to himself: You’re really generous, pushing Qin Yu and Deng Xiao towards me; I’m not sure I’ll be able to resist. What if something happens one day?

Huang Wen avoided Yang Xiao’s gaze and looked down at the grilled fish in her hands, lost in thought.

The grilled fish had already burned and caught fire. Feifei grabbed the fish spear from her hand and said:

”What are you thinking? The fish is burnt.”

Feifei glanced at Qin Yu and Deng Xiao, then whispered to Huang Wen:

”You’re just too generous. You’re going to be the one crying later.”

Huang Wen rolled her eyes at Feifei.

Yang Xiao had no choice but to helplessly look at Qin Yu and Huang Wen, nodding in agreement. Both of them simultaneously offered their grilled meat to Yang Xiao’s mouth,

”Eat mine, it’s properly cooked.”

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After a few busy days, the overall situation in Nanmu City stabilized. Every day, hundreds of Fish Skin Armors were dug out from the ice river, and more and more people began to emerge from the underground tunnels.

Yang Xiao started to have free time to take Qin Yu and Deng Xiao to the Genetic Store to play Go with Gu Bo.

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Xia Luo personally led Zhou Qiang and a small team of twenty people, trekking on foot in the snowy land, heading to Star Moon Lake 40 kilometers away.

Star Moon Lake was the second-largest freshwater lake in Xuanming Country, stretching for 800 miles, vast and boundless. Before the apocalypse, it was an important aquatic lake.

It took Xia Luo and the others a whole day to walk to Star Moon Lake.

In the previous administrative divisions, Star Moon Lake did not belong to Nanmu City but to Shanyun City.

The Star River flowed east into Star Moon Lake, and the waters of Star Moon Lake flowed into the Brave River, which finally entered the ocean.

Xia Luo saw that Star Moon Lake had already frozen over, but there was no one fishing for Ice Fish on the icy lake.

Zhou Qiang said:

”Boss, no one’s digging for Ice Fish in Star Moon Lake. If we do, it would be a huge resource. It could help a lot of people improve their evolution level.”

Xia Luo nodded,

”That’s true, but this place is too remote. It’s at least 30 kilometers away from the nearest Nanmu City district. Commuting back and forth every day would waste all our time, not to mention fishing for Ice Fish. It’s also very hard to camp here overnight in the freezing wilderness.”

”On the map, there’s a Star Moon Town about ten kilometers away. Let’s go to Star Moon Town and see if we can open a Transmission Array with them. If possible, we could later use this path to mine Ice Fish in Star Moon Lake and obtain endless evolution resources.”

”Star Moon Town belongs to Shanyun City. Do you think they’ll agree to open the Transmission Array? And will they agree to let us mine Ice Fish here?”

”I don’t know. Let’s go to Star Moon Town first and see what the situation is.”

The group pressed on, and by nightfall, they had finally arrived at Star Moon Town.

From a distance, Xia Luo and the others could see the orange glow of the Genetic Store in Star Moon Town.

”Everyone, don’t speak out of turn later, listen to my arrangements. We are on someone else’s turf now, and it’s best to be cautious in everything.”

Zhou Qiang and the others nodded.

Among the twenty people brought here this time, there were five bird Beast Soul girls, five Elemental Mages, and ten Close Combat Beast Soul Warriors, including three at the Primordial Gene Primary Stage. Plus Xia Luo as a strong warrior at the Intermediate Stage, their combat power should be formidable.

Yang Xiao sent Xia Luo on a personal trip partly because he was reliable, and also because, as the only expert at the Primordial Gene Intermediate Stage, having him lead the team would ensure their safety.

The moment the group stepped into the area about five meters away from the orange light of the Genetic Store, they heard a piercing whistling of an arrow shot towards Xia Luo and the others.

Xia Luo, Zhou Qiang, and the other three Primary Level experts immediately conjured Light Shields.

Five pale blue Light Shields lined up in formation, and the rest quickly drew their swords, crouching behind Xia Luo and the others.

With a buzzing sound,

a Feathered Arrow struck Xia Luo’s Light Shield and was directly deflected about two meters away, falling to the ground.

A stern shout came from a distance:

”Who are you? Where did you come from? What do you want to do?”

At the same time, dozens of archers ran out from a nearby building of the Genetic Store, each with a bow drawn and aiming at Xia Luo and his group.

As Xia Luo raised his eyes to look, he saw a tall man in front of the Genetic Store holding a Hard Bow, aiming it at Xia Luo and the others.

Xia Luo steadied himself and said aloud:

”We come from Nanmu City, specifically to visit Star Moon Town, and we wish to cooperate with you on an important matter.”

”Nanmu City? You come from Nanmu City?”

”Yes.”

The other side fell silent for a moment, then continued to ask:

”What are you here for? Our Star Moon Town has no dealings with you.”

”Brother, could you please put down your arrows? We are only twenty people and mean no harm. Our combat power is also limited and poses no threat to you. Can we sit down and negotiate slowly?”

”No way. State your purpose first, or please leave, or prepare to die.”

The tall man kept his arrow aimed at Xia Luo, remaining vigilant.

Xia Luo, with no choice, went on to say:

”We are emissaries from the Nanmu City King to visit Star Moon Town, wishing to open a channel through the Transmission Array between us. This way, we can travel to each other’s places, share what we have, help each other, and even conduct some trade exchanges, and so on.”

The tall man sneered:

”Heh, what good intentions could you possibly have? You’re just trying to trick us into opening the Transmission Array channel, and then come over to Star Moon Lake to mine Ice Fish and plunder Genetic Fragments resources, right?”

Xia Luo and his companions’ minds buzzed. These people weren’t foolish; without saying a word, they had guessed their intentions. Did all the people here have high attributes of Wisdom?

Since their intentions had been seen through, there was nothing to hide anymore.

Xia Luo replied:

”Brother, you guessed right. We do indeed want to open a Transmission Array channel with you, and then go to the nearby Star Moon Lake to mine Ice Fish. The lake stretches over eight hundred miles, rich in resources, and isn’t something we can deplete, right? We’d like to make use of your Transmission Array channel. If you agree, we can pay you a considerable fee, like a rental for using your Transmission Array.”

”Heh, you wish. You want me to open the Transmission Array channel and let you mine Ice Fish, only to be swallowed by you without knowing when. Go to hell! Fire the arrows!”

At the tall man’s command, the Feathered Arrow in his hand shot out straightaway. Simultaneously, hundreds of archers suddenly emerged around them, unleashing a flurry of arrows at Xia Luo and his group. Instantly, arrows flew like raindrops.

Xia Luo inwardly cursed at their bad luck.

(The fifth update is complete)