Chapter 1516: Chapter 674: Moral Standards (2)
These monsters at this level provide almost negligible experience points.
Moreover, killing them is really as simple as chopping vegetables.
The truly valuable ones are still those high-health monsters trying to escape.
Fang Yu had already marked them.
Not a single one of these great demons will escape!
Today is different from the past; Fang Yu’s cultivation technique has now reached perfection, and his power has made great strides. These monsters with merely thirty to fifty thousand health points are beneath his notice.
"No!!"
The big-tailed demon You Mo desperately sprayed ink, desperately trying to escape!
But... too slow!
Still too slow!
In the face of absolute power disparity, any resistance is futile.
The flash of the sword, and Fang Yu had severed its octopus head.
Casually flicking it away, Fang Yu began to pursue the next monster.
Victory was assured.
Fang Yu now felt the situation was entirely under his control.
This is the benefit brought by crushing-level power.
In the past, he was powerless when facing monsters scattering in all directions.
But now, he could directly catch up, and it wouldn’t take long to quickly slay one and then pursue the next.
In the face of power disparity, these monsters couldn’t escape far before he caught up to them.
One, two, three...
When the bodies of these monsters piled up on the ground, Fang Yu realized he had slaughtered all the monsters exposed in the black mist! Not a single one remained!
Looking at the attribute points gained, Fang Yu smacked his lips; it wasn’t much.
Although he was not very satisfied with this result, it was expected.
After all, as his power grew, the monsters with thirty or fifty thousand health points offered ever-decreasing amounts of experience points, much like the ones below ten thousand health were no longer any help to him. The aid they provided was becoming increasingly limited.
Looking at the ground covered in corpses and the thick stench of blood they emitted, Fang Yu furrowed his brows.
This can’t allow people to drag their feet when handling the monster corpses; the team must hurry to depart and travel overnight, to get as far from this place as possible.
Casually carrying two monster corpses back to the team.
Before long, just after setting up camp to spend the night, the team suddenly began a mighty march, moving forward along the main road.
Until the team had been gone for a while, the place where the bodies were piled up began to emit beast-like howls.
In the darkness, more disturbances converged towards the place where the bodies were, and then...
Boom!!
A violent ground tremor directly caused wave-like undulations on the entire ground!
Like a tidal wave spreading, with this place as the center, it rippled out into the distance, layer upon layer! Then quickly returned to calm!
Such a big commotion also drew the attention of some well-hidden beings in the darkness, shifting their focus away from Fang Yu’s team, as if dragons and tigers fighting, standing in opposition to the monsters that caused the disturbance to defend their territory.
The tailing that had persisted for several days also finally ended at that moment.
...
Since the crisis half a month ago, the team had started a forced march along the main road.
Fang Yu felt nothing about that crisis, or rather that harvest.
He even felt a bit unsatisfied.
But the merchants in the team, and the other civilians traveling with the team, did not share that sentiment.
They only wanted to get away from threats, away from all monsters!
Even though no civilians were harmed at the time, they just considered themselves lucky.
This kind of luck is not always guaranteed.
So the team accelerated, traveling both day and night, with few breaks, essentially remaining under high pressure for half a month.
The fear of monsters hung over everyone’s heads, even with Song Zhenrong’s reassurance, the situation did not improve.
"Scared out of their wits."
Fang Yu spoke bluntly.
Song Zhenrong sighed.
"It was my oversight; I shouldn’t have publicized the news at the time. I intended to stabilize people’s hearts, but they only heard about the team being tailed by dozens of monsters. Even though they were slain, the civilians wouldn’t hear anything else."
"Actually, it’s not so bad, traveling faster means we’ll reach the next town sooner. Then, people in the team can choose to stay or leave, and we won’t have to worry about it."
Fang Yu entrusted the investigation tasks regarding the Floral Fragrance Sect and Lian Xiaoya entirely to Lei Shenhao.
Currently, they were still in a phase of waiting for news.
According to Lei Shenhao himself, it seemed his father had begun to fully support his endeavors in the game, even transferring a group of people from the headquarters to assist him.
From being unproductive to suddenly becoming the most promising member of the family, this shift in identity pleased Lei Shenhao for days.
During communication, just from Lei Shenhao’s tone, it was evident that he was in an extremely good mood.
As for the group of people Lei Shenhao’s father sent for him, they were specialized, privately playing the game and having a bit of a skill foundation. However, in the game, the disparity was vast, and in the short term, they weren’t of much use, so attempts were made to have them gather at Rolling Bone Bone City first.
To this, Lei Shenhao’s father waved his hand, sending the company’s top talents into the gaming field. However, high education and strong work ability don’t necessarily mean proficiency in games; the progress was really not impressive, and only a few played with ease. But again, the place was far away, merely gathering at Rolling Bone Bone City was full of challenges.
But Lei Shenhao felt all his father’s determination and support, and he was thoroughly encouraged, paying great attention to what Fang Yu had said.
Regarding the Floral Fragrance Sect, he had already uncovered some clues, seemingly related to an organization behind it. As for the demon Lian Xiaoya, there were no leads yet, but whenever there was any progress, he would report to Fang Yu immediately, so Fang Yu could feel the situation gradually moving forward.
It could only be said, worthy of Lei Shenhao, under the support of the power of money, there were always some unexpected small maneuvers, paving the way for gathering intelligence.
Drawing his thoughts back from Lei Shenhao’s side, Fang Yu’s gaze shifted to the overall gloomy state of the team.
Even with consecutive forced marching, nearly everyone in the team was in poor condition.
Originally, no matter how panicked the civilians were, their bodies would naturally quiet down when they couldn’t keep up.
But their noise during the forced marches conversely made it easier to attract the attention of monsters.
After all, in the wild, night activities are synonymous with danger.
During the forced march, once when Fang Yu exited the game and was in contact with Lei Shenhao, the team was attacked by monsters.
In just a little while, Song Zhenrong and the team dealt with the monsters.
But it was too late.
Casualties had occurred, with seven or eight dead on the spot, and more than a dozen injured.
Upon returning and hearing the news, Fang Yu only comforted Song Zhenrong not to blame himself.
During the day, with good visibility and plenty of Spirit, even though everyone was rushing in a forced march, the marginal personnel could detect monsters in time and give warnings.
At night, however, it was impossible. When monsters were discovered, they were mostly already close at hand, and casualties were inevitable.
"This is not a solution; at this rate, everyone’s going to be exhausted before reaching the next town and unable to keep moving."
Originally, there wasn’t much food left in the team, and this forced marching exacerbated that, forcing Song Zhenrong to provide a large share of food to ensure everyone’s stamina, naturally leading to dwindling food supplies.
"I’m going to talk to those merchants again, to have them contribute their reserves to the other civilians in the team."
Fang Yu shook his head.
"They’re holding onto those things waiting for us to negotiate, to sell at a good price. I say we should throw these guys out of the team, let them face the monsters themselves and they’ll behave, instead of always thinking about raising prices on us."
Song Zhenrong heard this, his face filled with embarrassment and helplessness.
If Fang Yu was someone with some bottom line, then Song Zhenrong was a moral exemplar.
As for Ding Hui...
He measures the lowest level of human morality.
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