Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 244 Exploring the Dark Forest
"How can this be considered a feud? It's clearly a case of 'no fight, no friendship'," Mo Yu said to Ning Xuan, calculating when the other subordinates would wake up.

After Zhao Wu, several more subordinates woke up. Mo Yu gestured with his hand behind his back. As long as more than three people successfully escaped and entered into a direct confrontation, the woman in front of him would no longer have an advantage.

Just as another person successfully untied the rope, the little fox grew larger and leaped up, knocking out another person with a thud. Then, the little fox went on a rampage, knocking out everyone lying on the ground.

Mo Yu stared in disbelief at the scene, and just as he was about to speak, he collapsed with a thud.

Ning Xuan looked at the little fox that had returned to its normal form and stroked it with a smile, saying, "You're pretty amazing."

She waited here for Yun Han and the others to arrive. During this time, he could neither kill Mo Yu nor let Mo Yu be killed by the alien beast. It was manageable during the day, but it would be more difficult at night. Yun Han and the others were worried about Ning Xuan and did not quite agree with her plan. However, Ning Xuan's power was growing, and even the most rebellious Di Youlin dared not disobey her decisions.

Finally, on the evening of the second day, after Mo Yu and the others were knocked unconscious and woke up three times, Yun Han and the others returned.

After Ning Xuan and Yun Han reunited, they planned to leave the area.

Mo Yu had just regained consciousness. He was worried when he saw that Ning Xuan's group had arrived again, wondering what they would do to him. When he saw Ning Xuan about to leave, Mo Yu couldn't help but call out to her, "Miss, since you're not going to kill me, could you please return my Bloodthirsty Flying Knife? I've given you all the other treasures, but that knife is special to me. Since you don't want to make enemies, please return it to me."

Mo Yu made his request.

“Young Master Mo, these are all my spoils of war, not gifts from you. If you want your knife back, fine, but if you manage to capture me, I can return it to you. See you next time.” Ning Xuan waved her hand, got into a mechanical vehicle, and drove away.

Seeing Ning Xuan and the others leave, Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a sense of humiliation welled up in his heart. He had never suffered such a setback in his life. After the long journey of the past two days and one night, he had come to realize one fact: this woman had the power to kill him. If it weren't for the powerful family behind him, he would probably be in grave danger this time.

In the Federation's interstellar space, the desire for power is ingrained in one's bones. Although Mo Yu was resentful about being captured for no reason, the fact that Ning Xuan could have killed him but didn't made Mo Yu develop some complicated feelings for her.

After Zhao Wu and the others woke up one after another and broke free of their restraints, they all apologized to Mo Yu, saying, "Young Master, we failed to protect you. It was our dereliction of duty. Please punish us."

Mo Yu touched the marks left by the steel cables binding his body, a slight smile appearing on his face. "I devised this operation plan; it has nothing to do with you. Send a message to Lu Jiu to take control of the mercenary team that provided the clues that day and bring them back to the safe zone. I need to interrogate them."

"In addition, send out half of your men first, and have Mo Li mobilize a large team to follow the tire tracks and catch up."

Mo Yu wanted to investigate the identities of Ning Xuan and the others. At one moment, he felt that Ning Xuan was the person he was looking for, but at another moment he felt that the conditions did not quite match. However, apart from the possessor of divine bloodline, who else could have this ability?

Ning Xuan stopped paying attention to the commotion in Safe Zone 13. In order to shake off Mo Yu's pursuit, she abandoned the mechanical vehicle after driving only a dozen kilometers.

They didn't start driving until they crossed a river.

After driving for an hour, dealing with over a dozen nocturnal beasts along the way, they arrived at the optimal coverage area for Min Wu's teleportation skill. Within this area, Min Wu could carry three people at a time, using it three times a day, enough to send everyone back. The first teleport sent Ning Xuan, Yun Han, and Lan Xin back; the second sent Qing He, Di Youlin, and the little fox.

Ning Xuan returned safely to the treehouse. Next, she continued to explore the area around the treehouse according to the original plan, collecting mutated plants, hunting strange beasts, looking for valuable ores or other resources, and drawing a topographical map of the surrounding area, gradually extending it towards the Dark Forest.

A dozen days later, after dinner, Lan Xin took out a hand-drawn map. "Master, today I explored in the northwest direction and found traces of the No. 13 Security Zone reconnaissance team's activities. They are only 300 kilometers away from here."

Although Lan Xin had already been mentally linked with Ning Xuan, Ning Xuan seemed to have no intention of taking him as a contractor or slave, and never allowed him to serve her closely. Therefore, Lan Xin always addressed Ning Xuan as "master" rather than "contract master".

"They found out so quickly? The Mo family is quite capable." Although Ning Xuan said this, she didn't show any nervousness on her face.

"It's a waste of his time for him to come looking for us; we've already explored this area thoroughly," Di Youlin said leisurely.

"Has the route to the Dark Forest been designed?" Ning Xuan turned to ask Zhang Nan and Di Youlin.

"We've planned three routes in total. After two days of exploration, we've found the best one, and we can set off tomorrow," Zhang Nan replied, holding a map.

“Very good. We’ll leave here tomorrow, taking the treehouse we built with us. Everyone, get a good rest tonight,” Ning Xuan instructed.

Although Ning Xuan wasn't afraid of the people from Safe Zone 13 coming after her, things here were already done, and the end of the graduation assessment was getting closer and closer, so she didn't want to waste any more time.

Just as Mo Yu and his group found the nine large banyan trees, Ning Xuan and her group had already arrived at the Dark Forest.

Ning Xuan looked at the forest shrouded in darkness ahead, and a strange feeling welled up in her heart.

She originally thought it would be called the Dark Forest because it was a dangerous place, or because the trees were so dense that sunlight was scarce inside.

But what she saw before her was at the edge of the forest; she could only see the shadowy trees and couldn't see what was inside the forest at all.

Ning Xuan took out a high-powered flashlight with extremely strong penetrating light and shone it towards the forest. However, when the strong light shone into the forest, it seemed to be swallowed up by the forest, and it was still dark without a trace of light.

Ning Xuan took out the thermal imaging device she had obtained in Safe Zone 13. After operating it for a while, thirteen detection beams of different wavelengths penetrated the forest boundary and entered the forest.

Ning Xuan's gaze was fixed on the imaging device, where red dots kept flashing. The red dots that should have formed the image would disappear after flashing for a while.