Chapter 95: Chapter 3 Human Feelings (3rd Update)
When Qin Fu walked back, he saw Xu Mo sitting up.
Qin Fu looked at Xu Mo, struggling internally.
“Uncle Qin, thank you for your hospitality, but we’ll rest somewhere else,” Xu Mo said.
He didn’t want to test human nature.
To Qin Fu, they were just strangers.
Helping them would put Qin Fu’s entire family in danger.
Therefore, Xu Mo deliberately avoided forcing Qin Fu to make a choice.
Ye Qingdie and the others immediately got up upon hearing Xu Mo’s words, very much in sync.
Qin Fu was somewhat stunned; he hadn’t expected Xu Mo to be so sensitive, obviously guessing the intentions of those who had called him over.
He believed that Xu Mo and his group were almost Desert Hunters.
Only Desert Hunters who frequently navigated crises could have such a sharp ability to detect danger.
Looking at the somewhat youthful faces quietly watching him.
Qin Fu suddenly felt a sense of desolation.
In this world, being a Desert Hunter was already difficult, especially for such young ones.
Those beasts, they actually wouldn’t let go.
“It’s okay, you all rest here,” Qin Fu finally said.
After all, this wasn’t the wilderness.
Actions within the base still needed to follow some rules.
Saying this, he directly stood up and went into the room.
Ye Qingdie and Elsa looked at Xu Mo, vaguely guessing what had happened.
“Rest up,” Xu Mo said, and they all lay back down.
From the room came the faint sounds of an argument, though the voices were kept low, they still didn’t escape Xu Mo’s ears.
“Desert Hunters walk on the edge of life and death, offending the One-eyed Dragon and their ilk, what if they sabotage us in the wilderness later?” Qin Fu’s eldest son seemed angry, “All for a few strangers?”
Qin Fu was chastised by his son, silent.
The eldest son wasn’t wrong.
“What, so afraid of dying?” Qin Fu’s daughter taunted, “Might as well move to the city and scrape by, stop being Desert Hunters.”
“You’re not actually falling for that pretty boy, are you?” Qin Fu’s eldest son taunted.
“Yes, any objections? You can talk to my husband,” the woman retorted, “Where were you when our sister died? A coward who ran away.”
The volume of their argument increased significantly.
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“Enough, enough,” the woman’s husband tried to intervene.
“Enough,” Qin Fu said, glancing outside and rebuking, “We Desert Hunters have plenty of blood on our hands, but ultimately we need to have a line not to cross. I plan to retire. I won’t encounter them anymore.”
“No more?” Qin Fu’s eldest son said, “Then what?”
“Move to the city, find whatever job, as long as it can sustain us. We’ve saved some money over the years. I will give you some; as for what you want to do, just don’t be Desert Hunters, anything is fine,” Qin Fu seemed resigned.
He was tired.
Especially his second daughter’s death weighed heavily on him.
He wasn’t young anymore, even absorbing Source Power wouldn’t make much progress, it was time to let go.
He didn’t want to see his children in trouble anymore either.
The room fell into a deathly silence.
“Dad, I agree,” Qin Lan said with tears in her eyes, she was closest to her sister and could understand Qin Fu’s feelings.
“Let’s go to the city, do anything, we don’t ask for much, maybe have a child,” Qin Lan suggested looking at her husband, “No, two or three.”
“Okay,” her husband nodded.
Qin Fu’s eldest son left the room angrily.
Qin Lan stormed out as well.
She saw that Xu Mo and his group were all watching her.
They had heard what Qin Lan had said just now.
“Three?”
Xiao Qi weakly said, might that be too many?
Tomboy Qin Lan’s cheeks turned a shade of red.
What she had said was indeed a bit unladylike.
She needed to mind her image in the future.
Embarrassed, Qin Lan marched forward, heading straight for the One-eyed Dragon and his group, hands on her hips, she yelled, “Try laying a hand on them, I’ve got their backs.”
Many Desert Hunters hearing the noise all looked in that direction, instantly guessing what was happening.
The One-eyed Dragon and his crew looked displeased.
This was something they couldn’t acknowledge in public, only able to act in the shadows.
With Qin Lan’s shout, they couldn’t possibly make a move now.
Their expressions darkened as they dispersed.
However, they definitely harbored resentment against Qin Lan and her family.
Xu Mo and his group watched Qin Lan’s fierce figure in astonishment.
Qin Lan stormed back, and upon seeing Xu Mo and the others, she displayed a ‘gentle’ smile.
Ladylike!
Without another word, Qin Lan returned to her room.
“I like that temper,” Xiao Qi whispered.
“Hmm?”
Xu Mo and the others turned their gaze to Xiao Qi.
“Not that kind of like,” Xiao Qi saw the looks from the others.
These guys are strange.
Xu Mo knew, they owed a favor now.
If they had just left before, it might have been okay.
But after this commotion, he couldn’t just walk away without any obligation.
This was their first night in the world above for Xu Mo and his group.
They hardly slept that night, Xu Mo spent most of the time practicing the Breathing Technique, the Source Power in the world above was indeed more potent.
The next morning,
Desert Hunters began to get up and move, the sound of vehicles starting woke the sleeping crowd.
Rise at sunrise, rest at sunset, such was the routine of Desert Hunters.
The night was too dangerous in the wilderness ruins, few hunters dared to stay overnight there.
“Good morning,” Qin Lan walked out of her room and greeted Xu Mo and his group, “How was last night’s rest?”
“Not bad, and you, Sister Lan?” Xu Mo responded.
“Sister Lan?”
Qin Lan was startled for a moment, then showed a brilliant smile.
This little brother, he was quite handsome.
Since Xu Mo had already called her sister, it seemed she had to look after him from now on.
“Time for breakfast,”
Qin’s wife came out, laid the mat, and brought out the prepared breakfast.
It was sumptuous.
After quickly rinsing their mouths with water, everyone sat down together for breakfast, but Qin Fu’s eldest son did not come out.
Xu Mo felt someone staring at them again. It was the person from yesterday.
It made him uncomfortable.
“Uncle Qin, are you planning to go to the city?” Xu Mo asked.
“Yes.” Qin Fu nodded, “We’ll think of ways in the next couple of days on how to help you get into the city. After eating, we’ll look around the district to see if there are any channels, and then we can travel together.”
Xu Mo was somewhat touched. He knew that Qin Fu was worried about the One-eyed Dragon not letting them go after they left.
“Okay.”
Xu Mo nodded. He would remember this favor.
After eating, Qin Fu drove Xu Mo and the others toward the downtown base district.
The area was bustling.
There were inns, shops, and taverns.
There was also the Hunter Guild.
Here they would find partners for cooperative hunts and conduct transactions, and sometimes there were even special tasks.
Qin Fu and his group arrived at the Hunter Guild.
Here, information could be exchanged for money.
Currently, the Hunter Guild was crowded, with many people discussing something.
They had recently received a task that required Desert Hunters.
“Who posted this task with such a high price?” someone discussed.
“Is the task just to guide?”
“I’ll go check.” Qin Fu said, and after a short while, he returned.
His expression seemed a bit strange.
“Dad, what’s going on?” Qin Lan asked.
“The guiding task, priced per person, twenty thousand Federation coins each, plus a bonus,” Qin Fu spoke.
Qin Lan was also stunned, twenty thousand per person?
The price was not low. The price for hunting a C-rank Monster was generally suppressed to under a thousand Federation coins, even for the very powerful C-rank monsters.
With the cost of weapons and Source Power Blocks, there wasn’t much left.
The actual value of a C-rank Monster was more than this.
But with many Desert Hunters, they didn’t control the pricing.
The market dictated the prices.
Twenty thousand per person, one hundred thousand for a family of five, and all at once.
If taken as a loan, they could buy a smaller house in the suburban areas of the city.
Qin Fu was obviously tempted.
He had been planning to retire, but he had only saved up a few tens of thousands of Federation coins.
If he took this one last job…
“Dad, anyone offering this price is definitely not just any ordinary guiding task,” Qin Lan reminded him, convinced that there was something amiss if something deviates from the norm.
“I know,” Qin Fu was not foolish.
The more Federation coins offered, the higher the danger, and the two were positively correlated.
At that moment, a large steel Monster drove up.
It stopped in front of the Hunter Guild.
The driver got out and opened the rear door of the car, as figures jumped down from the vehicle.
From the vehicle, a group of young men and women came down, all equipped.
“Bang.” The ground trembled.
From behind the truck emerged a Mecha, pink in color.
Xu Mo stood outside the Hunter Guild watching the Mecha, which had cannon ports.
Its design was far more complex and filled with a harmonious aesthetic than any Mecha he had seen in the Underworld; it was clearly a notch above.
The Desert Hunters gathered around to watch.
Seeing the Mecha, they knew the arrivals were not simple.
The cost of such a Mecha could buy a house in the city, something beyond their wildest dreams.
The group walked on the street, all handsome young men and beautiful women, and very young.
The two leading the group seemed more mature, a man and a woman.
The man was around twenty-eight, with short hair, looking very sharp.
The woman was younger, around twenty-five, with long hair and stylish dress, radiating mature charm, and very attractive.
The people behind them were very young, likely all under eighteen.
The group had an excellent demeanor, walking forward without glancing sideways, their faces marked with a faint air of arrogance, not deliberate, but from an inherent sense of superiority.
The Mecha following behind looked around curiously, like a curious baby.
People ahead cleared the way for them.
Someone from inside the Hunter Guild came out to personally greet them.
“It must be students from the Extraordinary Academy in the city,” Qin Fu whispered.
Qin Lan curled her lips.
She was a bit jealous.
This had been her dream…sadly, it would forever be out of reach, a perpetual regret.
The group walked into the Hunter Guild led by the guild president, while Xu Mo and the others stepped aside.
A fragrance filled the air, the smell of perfume.
Xiao Qi saw the leading woman walk by and his eyes expressed an exaggerated emotion.
That figure…
He glanced at Ye Qingdie, then looked down.
It seemed Sister Butterfly was at a loss.
Ye Qingdie noticed his look and instantly slapped him, causing Xiao Qi to rub his head.
Hey, there was no need to take it out on him.
The pink Mecha walked up to the door and, finding its path blocked, kicked it, clearly annoyed.
It was obvious that the person piloting the Mecha was also quite young.
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