nagpurpolice Chapter 49 King-Level Great Demon? Intelligence - Demon's Lair
Chapter 49 King-Level Great Demon? Intelligence - Demon's Lair
During a break.
Zhou Chengjie sat down next to Su Chen, took out a few fruits from his waist bag, and rinsed them with water from his water bottle.
White crystal fruit.
One pill costs two to three hundred Federal Coins and can slowly restore spiritual power. The effect is weak, but the taste is excellent.
"Come on, one for each of you."
He handed the fruit to her one by one, and Zhang Yan took a bite as soon as she took a bite, her cheeks puffing out like a hamster's.
Lin Xiyue took it but didn't eat it right away...
The last one is for Su Chen.
Zhou Chengjie handed over the fruit, smiled, and said, "The effect is so-so, but the taste is fantastic!"
Thanks.
Su Chen took it, smiled, and took a bite.
The juice bursts in your mouth, sweet and refreshing, with a hint of the unique herbal aroma of the spiritual ingredients.
He knew that Zhou Chengjie hadn't just come over to deliver fruit; he must have something to talk about.
Sure enough, before he could speak, Zhou Chengjie said, "Your Wind and Thunder Hound, that was Lightning Release, wasn't it?"
"Hmm." Su Chen nodded. "If it hadn't intervened in time, I probably would have triggered the energy protection device several times over."
"Wow, that's amazing!"
Zhou Chengjie's tone carried a hint of genuine admiration: "To be able to master Lightning Release at this stage, that's incredibly high talent! I paid attention during the battle, does it have a total of seven skills? Or... more?"
"Only seven."
"Haha~" Zhou Chengjie chuckled and shook his head, glancing at the creature crouching in Hei Ling's direction. "My Hei Ling is already at the peak of the Soldier level, but only knows five skills. Come to think of it, there's quite a difference!"
Su Chen scratched his head, unsure how to respond.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "No matter how powerful my beast taming is, it's useless. The exam isn't about how many beasts I can kill; it's about teamwork and other factors! My current combat strength is far behind Xiao Zi's. I probably won't get many points."
"Don't be modest!" Zhou Chengjie waved his hand, laughing even more. "To be honest, when I talked to you about the bet yesterday, I initially just treated it as a fun topic to chat about and get to know the team members better."
"I really didn't expect you to have this ability and this performance. I underestimated you at first..."
He paused, glancing to the side, "Look at Li Yu, when he first found out you were in the team, he..."
Li Yu, who was being called out, paused while munching on a white crystal fruit upon hearing this.
Then he quickly jogged over and reached out to cover Zhou Chengjie's mouth.
Zhou Chengjie smiled and stepped aside, saying, "What's wrong with saying this? Brother Su Chen seems like a very honest guy. We'll definitely be teaming up again in the future, and we'll have a lot of contact during our training. Sincerity is the key to making true friends!"
Li Yu withdrew his hand, rolled his eyes at Zhou Chengjie, and said vaguely, "Although you didn't say anything bad behind my back, you definitely agreed with what I thought at the time!"
"Hey, you can't just say things like that!" Zhou Chengjie raised his hands, looking completely innocent. "You said the team would have trouble later if they kept a young master, and there would be people laughing at them, but I didn't say anything about that!"
Li Yu was so annoyed by his attempt to distance himself that she burst out laughing, cursing, "Fine, fine, then I'll reveal who you like!"
Zhou Chengjie's expression changed.
The next second, he had already put his arm around Li Yu's neck and pulled him to the side.
Li Yu was half-dragged and half-pulled aside by him. The two whispered to each other, and occasionally Li Yu's suppressed laughter and Zhou Chengjie's threatening "Shut up" could be heard.
Su Chen couldn't help but laugh as he watched this scene.
Zhou Chengjie seems like a very serious person, with a mature air about him.
But in the end, this conversation was still just between teenagers!
After Zhang Yan finished the last bite of the white crystal fruit, she casually tossed the pit aside, her eyes darting around as if she were enjoying watching a good show.
When Zhou Chengjie and Li Yu returned, she was the first to speak: "Who do you like? Tell me quickly! I promise I won't tell anyone!"
Zhou Chengjie waved his hands repeatedly, his ears turning slightly red.
"That's all in the past."
He said, with a deliberately relaxed tone, "Senior year of high school is when everyone goes their separate ways. Nobody knows how many points they'll get on the exams or which schools they'll attend. At that time, everyone will be scattered across the country, making it difficult to stay in touch. It's not like before the apocalypse when intercity travel was so difficult!"
After saying that, he didn't give Zhang Yan a chance to ask any more questions. He turned his gaze to Su Chen, and his tone became more serious.
"What I mainly wanted to say is that later on, your Little Purple and my Black Spirit can occasionally spar together. During training, we can also improve our teamwork."
"Beast taming is very intuitive; they also need competition! They need pressure to be motivated."
Su Chen readily nodded: "No problem!"
His image as a holdout resident is so deeply ingrained that it's normal for him to be looked down upon.
When people are sincere with each other, relationships warm up quickly.
Moreover, his golden finger technique requires a lot of friends and connections!
He was quite envious of Li Yu's Spirit Transformation Technique and Zhou Chengjie's various skills.
At that moment, his gaze unconsciously swept to the side: Yang Xin!
Yang Xin just turned her head.
Their eyes met.
Instead of instinctively dodging, Su Chen asked, "What level have you reached in your Eagle Step technique? What's your proficiency level?"
Yang Xin was taken aback by his question and didn't think much of it, replying, "The third level. Eagle Step is quite easy; the third level only requires activating eight acupoints. As for proficiency, it improves rather slowly. I'm currently at the peak of the second stage—'Entering the Hall'—still a bit short of the third stage."
Zhang Yan, chewing on dried meat, mumbled, "Don't you dare try anything with my sister Yang Xin!"
Su Chen rolled her eyes at her.
How can you speak like that?
"Heh~ When adults are talking, little girls shouldn't interrupt!"
Yang Xin covered her mouth and chuckled softly. Instead of speaking up for Zhang Yan, she took the initiative to continue the previous topic: "Eagle Step only has a maximum of three levels, so it's not difficult to cultivate. Moreover, Eagle Step and Shadowless Step have three overlapping acupoints. I see that your Shadowless Step is very strong, at least at the third level, right? You can definitely try Eagle Step."
She paused, then gestured with her chin toward the misty mountains in the distance.
"This is just flat ground, so we can't fully utilize Eagle Stomp's advantages. In mountainous areas, or in densely built-up areas with many ruins, specifically designed for combat, Eagle Stomp would be much more effective."
"Our normal jump is only about five meters high. But with Eagle Step, we can easily jump over some 15-meter or 20-meter high obstacles."
Su Chen certainly had this idea.
With a learning machine, we must learn from the strengths of many!
"Haha, after seeing the results of your demonstration, I'm really tempted and want to learn!"
Zhang Yan snorted and tossed her ponytail: "Your bet with Guo Hao isn't over yet, how could you have time to practice this? You must have designs on someone!"
Su Chen took a piece of dried meat out of his waist bag and tossed it to her.
Zhang Yan instinctively caught it.
"Will this shut you up?"
"Tch~ I don't care!" Zhang Yan said, but she had already stuffed the jerky into her mouth and took a bite.
This dried meat was prepared by Su Chen's father before he returned to school last week. He hadn't been eating much lately, so he brought some for this practical assessment.
As Su Chen was eating the dried meat and about to take another bite of the white crystal fruit, he caught a glimpse of a silver-white figure jogging over from not far away.
Little Purple!
It carried a small wooden box in its mouth, square and about the size of a palm. The surface of the wood was covered with soil and moss, as if it had been dug out from somewhere.
At that moment, it ran up to Su Chen, put the wooden box on the ground, and then gently tugged at Su Chen's clothes to the side.
"Awoo~!"
It opened its mouth, called out in one direction again, and looked back at Su Chen, as if it wanted Su Chen to follow it.
Su Chen paused for a moment, then put down the fruit in his hand.
"Where did you get this wooden box?"
"Awoo~!" Little Purple tugged at his clothes again.
Zhou Chengjie stood up and dusted off his pants: "Looks like it wants to take us somewhere. We've rested enough!"
The others also stood up one after another.
"Let's go! Let's take a look." Su Chen put the wooden box into his backpack, patted Xiao Zi's head, and said, "Lead the way."
Xiao Zi immediately darted out, running a few steps before turning back to make sure everyone was following.
.......
We walked about four hundred meters.
After passing through a patch of dead, low bushes, Little Purple stopped under a thick, withered tree.
This tree is larger than the ones around it; its trunk requires two people to encircle it, and its crown is completely dead, leaving only bare branches.
There were obvious signs of disturbance on the ground where the tree roots had risen, and the soil was a shade darker than the surrounding area.
Su Chen squatted down and reached out to brush away the surface dirt.
"It looks like someone buried something."
At the same time, he patted Xiao Zi's head and said, "You little rascal, how did you end up so far away? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble!"
"Awoo~!"
Little Purple cried out, and its front paws began to dig in the soil.
"What's going on here?" Zhang Yan leaned closer, tilting her head to look. "Did they bury some treasure?"
"Impossible, right?"
Li Yu also squatted down, his tone questioning, "Who would have the time to bury something in the buffer zone of the Wutoushan pollution area?"
Zhang Yan gasped, her expression suddenly turning strange. "Hiss~ Could it be... burying a body!?"
Zhou Chengjie then made a gesture towards Hei Ling.
"Dark Spirit, help me."
As they dug deeper, everyone's expressions instantly became more serious.
Su Chen did not immediately open the wooden box in his hand.
His attention was completely focused on the deep pit.
Soon, the object in the pit was revealed.
A metal box.
The silver-gray box was covered in dirt and scratches, but a circular logo was clearly visible in the center of the lid.
Lin Xiyue took a step forward, saw the sign clearly, and said with obvious surprise, "This looks like the sign for our No. 1 High School's resource warehouse!"
"What? Our No. 1 High School?" Zhang Yan's voice rose half an octave.
Without saying a word, everyone worked together to lift the box out of the pit.
Zhou Chengjie opened the box.
Inside were twenty Super Explosive Type 1 grenades and Blaze Type 1 incendiary bombs neatly stacked.
Next to it were several rows of ammunition boxes. When you opened them, they were full of bullets for all kinds of common gun types, enough to arm a five-man squad!
"Could it be buried by the school? Or did someone steal school supplies and bury them here?" Wang Yichuan picked up a grenade and examined it.
Zhou Chengjie's gaze fell on Su Chen.
"By the way, what's in that wooden box?"
"I haven't seen it yet."
Su Chen took the wooden box out of his backpack and turned it over.
The box lid wasn't locked; it was tied with a thin hemp rope, and the knot was mostly loose, as if it had been bitten by something.
He untied the rope and lifted the lid of the box.
Inside was a folded piece of paper.
Unfold.
The handwriting on the paper was printed, neat and tidy, but there was no signature or name.
The first sentence reads: "Congratulations on discovering a supply point. The supply crate is buried somewhere within a 10-meter radius, at a depth of 0.5 meters."
The second paragraph has a darker color than the first paragraph.
Within the buffer zone of East Zone 3, there exists a small demon's lair.
Nest forces consist of approximately twenty elite-level Flame Demons, over one hundred lesser demons of soldier-level strength, and subordinate monsters such as Abyssal Worms.
Location:........】
The note mentioned the relative locations of the nest and the supply burial site.
Su Chen estimated that from their current location, they were roughly in the northwest direction, about ten kilometers away as the crow flies.
"The note mentioned this supply crate, and also a small demon lair!"
Zhou Chengjie took the note and took out a map, gesturing on it with his finger.
He marked a location on the map, "The demon's lair is in this direction."
Zhang Yan leaned closer for a look, then pointed northwest: "Is it probably over there?"
The fog and the dim light of day intertwined, and the distant withered trees were indistinct, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
"Wait a moment!"
Zhang Yan's voice suddenly stopped.
Her eyes widened, her finger froze in mid-air, and she seemed to be frozen in place.
"What are those two red lights?"
Everyone followed her gaze.
In the distance, within the gray-black mist, two dark red dots of light were slowly rising.
The light was small, but it stood out starkly against the dim sky.
One on the left and one on the right, about several tens of meters apart, are slowly moving upwards.
"Holy crap!" Zhang Yan's voice shrieked, "Could it be... a King-level demon? Its eyes are still rising, how high must it be!?"
Her words immediately changed the expressions of the group.
King-level!
That kind of being could easily crush their entire team with a single swipe of its claws.
Even with an energy protection device, it's all just paper in front of a monarch-level being!
The crowd's expressions instantly turned serious, their eyes fixed on the two dark red dots.
Su Chen also looked over.
He looked at it for two seconds, then frowned.
Strange! There's no panel displaying!
Is the distance too far?
But there are no missions or checkpoints to trigger...
"This has to be at least a ten-star difficulty level!"
Su Chen suddenly thought of something.
He cursed and yelled, "Holy crap! Are you stupid?! This is a distress signal!!!"