Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 251: Chapter 251: They All Died

Yang Xiao walked into the Genetic Store and paid back 140,000 Crystal Coins to the owner.

”Boss, for yesterday and today, last time I paid back 280,000, adding to today’s, it totals 420,000 now. Ah, I really regret buying that cursed ring from you. Taking these Crystal Coins to directly enhance genetic evolution would have been so much better. It’s all because I got carried away in the moment.”

Yang Xiao complained.

The owner of the Genetic Store chuckled and said:

”Kid, you got a bargain and still complain? I actually sold it to you at a loss.”

”Ah, even if you sold it at a loss, do you know that these past few days, all the resources our team gathered from hunting have been given to you? I’ve been buried in complaints from them, it’s all because I’m too flashy, love to show off, vain...”

As Yang Xiao said this, Huang Wen and others by his side barely held in their irritation, and while they still cooperated with Yang Xiao, they muttered:

”Isn’t that the truth? That damned ring isn’t even edible, causing us to be busy in vain these days, and we still have to work for a few more days to pay off your debt.”

The store owner slightly smiled. Though he was originally discontented about selling the Space Ring at a loss, seeing the buyer’s regret and inner pain made him feel much better.

This is a common affliction among businesspeople; they feel pain when they think they’ve sold something too cheaply, dreading they’ve been taken advantage of. Seeing Yang Xiao’s suffering, it brought a sense of relief that he had gotten rid of it.

Yang Xiao chatted idly with the owner and casually asked:

”I see many Iron Tower Warriors outside, are these people yours? So many arriving suddenly, has something big happened?”

The owner glanced outside the door and spoke seriously in a lowered voice:

”Kid, don’t let your curiosity get the better of you. Don’t ask what you shouldn’t.”

Yang Xiao didn’t mind and just laughed it off, exiting the store with Huang Wen and others.

In the following days, Yang Xiao led Huang Wen and others to hunt monsters in an area close to the middle of the desert. Encountering monsters with Enhanced Gene Primary Level and Intermediate, it was relatively strenuous. Thankfully, with the help of the Giant Eagles, they were able to advance safely.

Yang Xiao didn’t have the Black Bottle with him anymore, so he could only think of putting the monster bodies into the Space Ring. After gathering 30 pieces, he planned to return to Nanmu City and use the Black Bottle to process these monster bodies.

Yang Xiao realized that he could directly put the small bottle into the Space Ring, and then operate his mind to move the monster bodies inside the Space Ring directly into the small bottle.

As to why it had this function, he couldn’t explain clearly. He remembered the first day he got the Black Bottle; he might have hurriedly put it into the Space Ring and directly into the slot that had the python’s body. Thus, that python’s body was absorbed by the Black Bottle.

Six days later, Yang Xiao finally paid off the remaining 410,000 Crystal Coins.

”Huang Wen, you guys wait here for me, I will go back and bring the Space Ring’s monster bodies.”

Yang Xiao said and took out two ten-meter-long desert lizard bodies from the Space Ring, throwing them to two Giant Eagles, who immediately started wildly tearing at the lizards.

Huang Wen and others were used to such matters by now; every day Yang Xiao left them in the orange glow, then he would take a trip back to Nanmu City.

After Yang Xiao left, several people came through the nearby Transmission Array.

These people arrived and started asking around if anyone had seen Ding Gao and the rest from the Wentian City Yunhai Academy.

Most shook their heads, saying they didn’t know.

A few who recognized Ding Gao said:

”Ding Gao? He was here recruiting members to form a team to hunt monsters not long ago, but lately, they haven’t been seen. They must have gone to our base in the middle of the desert.”

”Ah, we came from the middle desert base. Originally, we were 16 people, divided into two teams; Ding Gao led one team, and I led the other. But it’s been more than ten days, and we haven’t seen them. We’ve searched several nearby bases and haven’t found them. This is the last base.”

Thus, people gathered around, and as if remembering something, said:

”Ouch, now that you mention it, I remember that a few days ago, Ding Gao recruited around fifty or sixty people here. It seems like none of them came back. We thought they had gone to another base and didn’t pay much attention. Now that you mention it, it does seem strange!”

More people gathered around, and there was a buzz of discussion as those who knew about the situation began to analyze and speculate.

Suddenly someone said:

”I remember that back then there were two giant eagles involved in the team formation. Yes, it was Yang Xiao and his group. They took two giant eagles with them, and a few girls followed them too. Didn’t they come back?”

Upon hearing this, the leading young man from Yunhai Academy immediately asked:

”Who is Yang Xiao?”

Someone pointed towards where Huang Wen and others were resting and said:

”They are resting over there; go and ask them. We don’t know the details.”

Thus, a group of people walked over to where Huang Wen and the others were.

The people who last joined Ding Gao’s group were all from one city, so when they didn’t return, nobody really paid attention.

Now that Ding Gao’s companions have come to look for them, this issue, which had been quiet for ten days, stirred up once again. Recalling the events of that day, everyone felt that something was off.

Zhao Feiyang arrived in front of Huang Wen and the others and said with a cupped fist:

”Ladies, I am Zhao Feiyang from Yunhai Academy in Wentian City, a classmate of Ding Gao. I heard that ten days ago, Ding Gao recruited a team to hunt the deep pool python and you also joined. I want to ask, do you know where Ding Gao and his group went?”

Zhao Feiyang looked refined and polite.

The hearts of Huang Wen and the others jolted, and their expressions immediately became unnatural.

This matter had also been weighing on the girls for about ten days. Being inherently kind-hearted, they felt sad about the death of Ding Gao and the others. Especially since the battle resulted in sixty people dying, and they had taken their backpacks afterward, making unexpected fortune, which left them feeling guilty and uneasy.

The girls looked at each other, and finally, their eyes settled on Huang Wen.

Huang Wen had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:

”They are all dead.”

Huang Wen was telling the truth; she knew that instead of covering it up, it was better to just tell the truth since they didn’t kill those people.

Buzz!

Everyone felt a shock in their minds, especially the people from Yunhai Academy, who were particularly shaken.

Zhao Feiyang fell silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and looked at Huang Wen:

”How did they die?”

”They fought with the python, and finally, they were all swallowed by it.”

”Really?”

Zhao Feiyang suddenly turned cold, staring into Huang Wen’s eyes. Huang Wen suddenly felt a sense of guilt and dared not meet Zhao Feiyang’s gaze.

”You said that Ding Gao and the others were swallowed by the python, but as far as I know, that python only has advanced enhanced gene cultivation. Ding Gao himself is at the peak of intermediate enhanced gene level, and among the classmates, there are also two at the intermediate level, and the remaining five are at the primary level of enhanced gene. Moreover, according to these friends, more than 60 people joined the group that day. How could so many people be completely swallowed by an advanced stage giant python? Even if they couldn’t defeat it, shouldn’t a few have been able to escape? Also, why did you few escape unharmed?”

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