Ren Zhong’s eyes bulged like light bulbs.
It’s not me! I didn’t do it! Don’t talk nonsense!
Though he felt utterly wronged, this time, even if Ren Zhong jumped into the Yellow River, he couldn’t clear his name.
He turned his head and glared angrily at Ou Youning, the foolish one.
You and your foul mouth!
No skills at all, just know how to mess with me every day.
Sooner or later, I’ll kick you out.
Ren Zhong was so angry that he couldn’t sleep when he first lay down in the car.
But he was truly exhausted, and before departure, he dozed off in a haze. When he opened his eyes, it was already past noon.
Upon opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was two majestic peaks.
Ren Zhong wasn’t panicked.
This wasn’t the first time.
It’s been happening every day for the past few days.
With Hanyu on his left and Ou Youning, the annoying one, on his right.
Even if it was just instinct, when exhausted and sleepy, he would automatically lean to the left.
After all, opposites attract and likes repel, all thanks to the electromagnetic force of the four fundamental forces.
Ren Zhong scooted a little away, sat up straight from Hanyu’s lap, rubbed his eyes, "How’s the situation?"
From the front, Zheng Tian laughingly said, "It’s going well. We’ve already exceeded 190 points from morning till now. The cargo boxes are filled up. Now unless we encounter a small Ruined Beast, or find something valuable from the Second Level, we’re only collecting Crystal Chips, not cadavers. Look, isn’t our car hovering lower than usual?"
Ren Zhong frowned, "How did we get so much? It shouldn’t be."
The last time during resurrection, Zheng Tian’s team had two cars, and it was already late afternoon when they hit this level of fullness.
But last time, Ren Zhong didn’t slack off the whole journey, Zheng Tian’s team outperformed everyone, snatching beasts aggressively, making the other five affiliated teams resentful, but still only filled up during wrap-up time.
This time, he spent the entire morning lazing on a lap, Zheng Tian’s team didn’t outshine others, and the six teams basically shared the profits equally, yet they managed to fill up half a day earlier.
So, clearly, things had changed, going beyond his expectations.
Zheng Tian scratched his head too, "Yeah, we don’t know what happened either, but today the professional teams were charging fiercely, firing on all cylinders, super aggressive. They feast on the big stuff, and we fill up with their leftovers."
Ren Zhong pondered for a moment, then asked, "Did we encounter a Third Level Ruined Beast?"
Zheng Tian: "We did encounter one. At that time, considering how tired you were, we didn’t wake you and took it down with two other teams. But since Hanyu took apart the Crystal Chip, we took it and compensated the two teams with a total of 20 points."
Ren Zhong nodded, "Alright."
At this moment, Wen Lei suggested, "Since we’re already full, should we head back?"
Ren Zhong fell into thought.
According to his intention, he wanted to go deeper into Bone Valley.
The squad was already catching up with the progress from last time, and he had slept through it all.
The path further in was something he hadn’t seen before, and now that he was awake, even getting another glance felt worthwhile.
He didn’t really want to leave.
But Wen Lei’s suggestion was reasonable, and he couldn’t say much against it.
At this moment, Zheng Tian shook his head and vetoed, "It’s a rare opportunity to make a big score today; how can we miss it? Who knows, we might encounter another Third Level Ruined Beast? This time we might even get it all for ourselves. And although we’re full, now that Mr. Ren is awake, we can go all out! We can completely replace the First Level Ruined Beasts’ corpses with Second Level ones!"
Ou Youning: "The captain’s right! Let’s get rich! Ren, you’re awesome!"
Ren didn’t feel particularly awesome.
On the contrary, he was very conflicted now.
His intuition hated being in a situation that was out of control, but curiosity about the depths of the Bone Valley made him really want to follow the professional teams further in.
In the end, it all came down to him to make a decision.
Ren Zhong gritted his teeth secretly, "Since everyone else hasn’t left, we’ll continue too. But the one who sticks out gets struck first, so though I will intervene next, I’ll hold back a bit, just a tad stronger than the others. There’s no need for us to end up on Lin Wang’s culling list just for a few hundred points of profit. If we encounter a Third Level Ruined Beast again, we’ll collaborate with other teams as before."
Zheng Tian didn’t oppose, "Okay."
"Also, Zheng Tian, open the cargo connection safety in advance."
Ren Zhong took a deep breath, "Prepare for the worst in everything, and be cautious from now on. If things start to go sideways, abandon the cargo immediately and flee. Having wealth won’t mean much if we don’t have our lives to spend it."
"Got it. Mr. Ren, you’re really considerate. We’ll do as you say."