"Why don't you wait for me in the tree house? I'll come back to see you after I'm done." Xu Xin said to Li Wenxi who was about to pull him away.
"... Are you disgusted by me holding you back?" Li Wenxi pursed her lips and made a gesture of pulling the trigger, "I can help you shoot from a distance, boom!"
"Of course not, it's just... if it's a three-story tree house, I plan to test it out first. It's not convenient for two people to move."
The owner of the three-story tree house is likely to have some special abilities or means of survival like them, which should never be underestimated. Just like Lou Feier, if Xu Xin had not had a hearing amplification that day and heard what she said, Xu Xin would probably have fallen into her hands.
As a cautious person, he would never rush directly to the territory or tree house of such a person to attack. Who knows what tricks he would use? The top ten in the area should not be underestimated.
If he met him in the wild, he would not be afraid. In terms of individual combat capability, he was not inferior to anyone except Wen Guixin. However, attacking the tree house was not that easy.
Take his tree house for example, even if he is not near the tree house now, his tree house is very safe. There are tree house armor, automatic heavy crossbows, and Ah Fu and Ai Fei guarding it. Most importantly, he has a mutant plant heart.
Although all survivors were considered neutral units by default, if they dared to attack the tree house, they would definitely be directly classified as enemy units. In this case, he might not even break the tree house armor before the mutant plant heart would attack, plus the attack interference from Ah Fu's beloved concubine and the automatic shooting of the blue-level heavy crossbow...
Even Xu Xin didn't know how he could survive in this situation.
Since his own tree house is so strong, Xu Xin has no reason to believe that the tree houses of the strong people in other areas are weak.
It's always better to be cautious.
etc…
If the owner of this tree house is one of the top ten in Zone 187, then he should have been reminded by their boss Zhang Daoguang to clear out the survivors in the surrounding area.
He may have already launched attacks on the surroundings just like Lou Feier!
Among the dozen or so people who died in District 188 yesterday, perhaps his achievements were among them!
"Have you met anyone these two days? Or any strange things?" Xu Xin suddenly asked Li Wenxi seriously.
“Ah?” Li Wenxi was frightened by Xu Xin’s sudden serious tone, and her voice became softer. “No… No, what’s wrong?”
"Think about it again, did anything strange happen yesterday?"
"Strange thing... ? Hmm..." Li Wenxi frowned and thought, "Yesterday I was basically mining outside all day, and didn't come back until the evening. It seems that nothing happened... Oh, right!"
Li Wenxi seemed to have thought of something. He clapped his hands and pointed at Ah Niu. "When I came back yesterday, Ah Niu was a little restless. He was fine before I came back, but when he got near the tree house, he suddenly became agitated!"
"Agitated? Why are you agitated?"
"It just kept panting towards the jungle, as if it was planning to rush over. I thought it was going to run away, so I quickly brought it back to the third floor of the tree house, and then it calmed down. Is this weird?"
Panting towards the jungle, wanting to rush through
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes and asked Aniu, "Aniu, when you came back last night, did you notice anything?"
When Ah Niu heard Xu Xin's question, he immediately stood up from his crouching position and mooed twice, as if answering.
"嘤!" Coco once again acted as a translator and began to gesture with her little paws.
"Oh! Coco is so cute!" Li Wenxi wanted to go up and hug Coco, but was pulled back by Xu Xin.
Xu Xin watched Keke's gestures, then glanced at Li Wenxi who was looking at him with some confusion, and asked, "What did you wear when you went out yesterday? A steel armor suit?"
"Yes," Li Wenxi nodded. "The steel armor set is my strongest suit, so of course I have to wear it. It can also increase my strength, making mining easier."
"Was Ah Niu always moving in the same direction yesterday?"
"... Yeah, um... what do you want to say?" Li Wenxi seemed to have noticed something and his expression changed.
“… When you came back, there was a person hiding in the jungle next to the tree house, and Aniu noticed it.”
"Ah?" Li Wenxi's expression suddenly became a little terrified, and he subconsciously grabbed Xu Xin's arm, "Was there anyone around at that time?"
"Yes, he might be waiting for you to come back and then kill you." Xu Xin speculated, "However, fortunately, you were riding a huge mutant bull and wearing a set of steel armor that he had never seen before, which protected your whole body. Maybe he decided that he couldn't hurt you by attacking you secretly, and he couldn't beat you in a head-on confrontation, so he didn't take action."
Li Wenxi was a little dumbfounded. She turned to look at Aniu, "Aniu, did you really notice someone yesterday?"
The huge blood-marked bull nodded slightly.
"This..." Li Wenxi grabbed Xu Xin's arm with some fear.
"You are too careless. From Ah Niu's reaction, you should have thought that there were enemies around." Xu Xin was a little helpless. The little rich woman had a carefree personality. Fortunately, she was fully armed with steel armor and was not afraid of a sneak attack, otherwise she would not know how she died.
However, the most intimidating one is Ah Niu, whose body is much larger than the Silver King, and covered with blood veins. The very strong muscles on the cow look very powerful, and most people would not provoke a strong man riding on such a cow.
"Um... I'm sorry..." Li Wenxi lowered her head and looked at her toes and apologized.
"Why are you saying sorry to me..." Xu Xin was a little speechless, "Okay, you stay in the tree house first, I'll go to the south to take a look. If it's not a three-story tree house, I'll help you solve it directly. If it is, I also have a solution, don't worry."
If it was a three-story tree house, Xu Xin had already thought of the most reasonable solution in his mind.
Lou Feier.
She is the most suitable person to do this.
As a person who is still from District 187 on the surface, with her acting skills, appearance, and physical strength enhanced by the mutant pills, it is extremely easy for her to deal with a survivor from District 187 who regards her as a companion. She doesn't need to put in any effort or risk her life to solve the problem.
"I... okay..." Li Wenxi pouted and didn't insist. How could she dare to ask to go with him? She herself felt that with her carelessness, she would only make things worse if she went. "Then how long will you be gone?"
"It won't take long. If it's a three-story tree house, I'll take a look and come back."
"oh oh."
Li Wenxi sent Xu Xin, Ke Ke and Yin Wang to the tree house. Xu Xin jumped onto the wolf and rushed towards the green area in the south.
"Go quickly and come back soon!" Li Wenxi shouted from behind. Xu Xin waved his hand behind him and went into the jungle.
"Coco, are there any enemies around?" Xu Xin asked while observing the green area gradually approaching in front.
"Hmm." Coco shook her head.
Silver King quickly shuttled through the bare jungle, and soon, Xu Xin had seen the entire tree house.
"Sure enough, it's a three-story tree house..." Xu Xin narrowed his eyes.
He stopped a few hundred meters away from the tree house and observed it.
"嘤!" Coco suddenly pointed at the tree house with her little paws.
"Is there anyone in the tree house?"
"Hmm!" Coco nodded her little head.
The owner of the tree house didn’t go out today.
Although a large area of land had been cleared around the three-story tree house and some plants were planted, there was no parasitic plant on the tree house. This made Xu Xin feel relieved. It seemed that this survivor had not killed anyone in Area 188.
But this does not mean that this person is not strong. The densely packed heavy crossbows on the tree canopy alone are enough to make people feel a little scared. There are no parasitic tree houses around him, probably because the survivors in Area 188 near this person have long died.
Although more than 3,000 people from District 188 survived, nearly 7,000 people died. It was very likely that only Li Wenxi was still alive around him.
Xu Xin asked Yin Wang to stay a few hundred meters away from the tree house and not to get close, while he walked slowly forward with Coco.
The Silver King is a mutant beast. It is a friendly unit to Xu Xin, but it may not be to others, especially those in different areas. If the Tree House Heavy Crossbow turns on automatic shooting, it is likely to detect the Silver King and shoot at it, so it is better to keep it away.
Moreover, the forest was now desolate without a canopy to block the view. The Silver King was so large and covered with blood veins, it was too easy to be discovered. On the other hand, his scales looked like stones on the roadside when they were not wet, which was very suitable for concealment.
Xu Xin tried to choose places with fewer dry fallen leaves to step on, otherwise the sound of the fallen leaves being crushed would be too loud.
Just when he was about to get out of the jungle, Coco on his shoulder suddenly pushed Xu Xin's face with his little paws and called out softly, "Ying." Then he jumped off his shoulder and hid behind a tree.
This is, let me hide
Xu Xin immediately hid behind a thicker poplar tree.
At this moment, a person suddenly popped his head out from the window. It was a man with short hair. He held a bow and arrow in his hand, aiming it at Xu Xin's position.
"Who! Come out!"
Tsk, he was so careful, but he was still discovered.
Although he didn't know how the other party discovered him, the survivor who owned a three-story tree house should not be underestimated.
We can't be reckless. This is a survivor who is protected in the tree house, and we don't know his strength yet. The other party has the home advantage.
"Don't shoot! We're on the same side! Area 187!" Xu Xin signaled Coco to stay behind the tree with his eyes, then emerged from behind the tree with his hands raised.
With his current equipment, the other party couldn't hurt him even if they shot arrows, so he dared to do this.
"Area 187?" The bow and arrow in the other party's hand slowed down slightly.
"Where are you from? What's your name?" the other party asked.
"I came from the north. My tree house is in the northwest. I came here from the tree house in the north that is similar to yours. My name is... Gu Honghao." Xu Xin shouted with his hands raised.
He wanted to try and see if he could trick this man out of the tree house.
As long as this person dares to walk out of the tree house and come to him, he is fully confident that he can subdue him with his own strength!