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Chapter 54, Day 11 Settlement

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for eleven days. Today you harvested one hare, two field mice, several crabs, several water chestnuts, and a certain amount of wild kiwifruit. You also drew a simple map. Overall score: 41 points."

"You have received the following rewards: [Recruitment Card] Common Human Skilled Blacksmith *1, [Resource Card] Level 1 Coal Mine *1, Bag of Chili Powder *1"

Qin Ziwen stared intently at the new recruitment card—a person!

He still needed the blacksmith he needed most!

But what does adding "human race" in front mean? Could there be other races? But I've never seen them before.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ziwen went to the bathroom and took out the Level 1 Coal Mine resource card.

A Class 1 coal mine needs to select a 10*10m blank area.

After searching around, Qin Ziwen was somewhat disappointed. Because of the farmland and other buildings, although there were some empty areas in the middle, he couldn't find a place as large as 10*10 that could be connected together.

We'll have to leave it for now and build the coal mine once we get another blank expansion card.

He then took out the recruitment card and looked at the purple card in his hand. The front of the card showed the image of a burly, long-haired middle-aged man with many dotted scars from burns on his exposed arms, cheeks, and neck.

He wore a cowhide apron around his chest, and his arms were thick and muscular, his hands exuding power.

He could summon it at any time, but suddenly someone appeared beside him.

He didn't care about the others, as he didn't interact with them much, but Deng Guang had been with him the whole time, and suddenly someone appeared in the group.

Moreover, their temperament is completely different from that of modern people.

Anyone with a normal mind would notice that something was wrong.

Therefore, we can only rationalize his appearance.

Qin Ziwen quickly came up with an idea; the altar he was going to today would be a good excuse.

The card obtained from the altar is this recruitment card.

After packing my things, I hung the two machetes I got from Xie Jun last time on the side of my backpack, and then put on my high-top Martin boots.

Open the window and let the harpy eagle out.

"Let's go."

The sky at five o'clock was still somewhat dim.

The three put on masks, quickly left through the south gate, circled around, and walked eastward.

The three traveled light and moved with great speed.

Having walked this route before, they were a little faster than when they returned last night.

The harpy eagle flew over the forest, gliding close to the trees.

"Ow!"

The harpy eagle let out a cry.

A leopard perched on a branch diagonally in front of it was startled, opened its eyes, and looked warily at the harpy eagle.

He paused for a moment, then leaped onto a tree branch next door, disappearing from the vicinity in a few leaps.

After walking for some time, a thick fog suddenly rose into the forest.

Visibility was less than ten meters.

The three had to slow down.

Fortunately, the harpy eagle corrected and reminded him from time to time. Finally, around seven o'clock, after the sun rose, Qin Ziwen finally saw the familiar cave.

He stopped, catching his breath, and said, "We're here."

Looking around, it was quiet and peaceful.

"Walk."

Qin Ziwen took out a flashlight, and the flashlight beam shone into the cave.

Inside the dark cave, on the stone altar to the left, a card floats silently and rotates slowly.

The card stands out prominently above the empty stone altar.

"Sure enough!"

Overjoyed, Qin Ziwen said, "I'll go get it. You guys keep watch at the cave entrance."

Qin Ziwu said, "Brother, be careful."

"Hmm." Qin Ziwen first shone his flashlight into the deep pool. A dark shadow was perched on the edge of the shallow pool. After being illuminated by the strong light, the thing quickly disappeared into the bottom of the pool. It didn't seem very brave.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Ziwen stepped into the shallow water, splashing ripples in the clear pool.

The water level at the cave entrance was very low. After walking a few steps inside, I lightly jumped onto the stone platform extending to the side.

He quickly stepped forward and arrived at the altar.

This is a square stone altar with many grooves on its surface, making it look like an altar used for some kind of mysterious ritual.

Half a meter directly above the center of the altar, a card with a silver background and black border floats.

If he remembers correctly, cards with this color distribution seem to be resource cards.

He climbed onto the altar, his finger landed on the card, and the card, which was still floating, instantly lost the magical power that supported its buoyancy, landing directly on his fingertip.

After obtaining the card, quickly return the way you came. "Let's go."

There were no cards yesterday, but there are cards today, which can only prove that this altar was discovered and that someone took the cards yesterday.

So someone could follow us at any time; it's not safe here.

Less than ten minutes after Qin Ziwen and the others left.

A large team of more than thirty people rushed over.

"arrive."

"The fog is so thick. If we hadn't seen the marks left yesterday, we might have gotten lost."

Upon entering the cave and seeing the empty altar, the group erupted in chaos.

"Where are the cards?!"

"Where did it go?"

"The card has been taken."

“There was some yesterday.”

"Did you take it?"

The two teams got into a heated argument.

In the crowd, Zhang Bo's face was gloomy. The tall man in the gray windbreaker next to him leaned close to his ear and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm not one to cause trouble."

But I just felt that there must be something wrong with the cards going missing today. Those people insisted that we meet at the entrance of the community and set off with them.

They also said it was to prevent the cards from being stolen, but I suspect they leaked the information and had someone come and take the cards away beforehand.

But our people are here, while their people may not be with us.

Zhang Bo's face was grim. He looked at the man in the crowd and said, "Lu Hongtao, did one of your men take it?"

Lu Hongtao was furious. He even suspected that Zhang Bo had sent someone to collect it ahead of time.

"Bullshit, all eighteen of us who came yesterday are here. Who could have come to get it beforehand? We don't know the way. Don't try to play the victim."

Zhang Bo's face darkened: "Heh, I've already given you the address, what's there to back out of now?"

Lu Hongtao subconsciously felt that what Zhang Bo said seemed to make some sense.

Zhang Bo gritted his teeth: "As for you guys, giving you that card yesterday wasn't enough. Today, it's clearly our people's turn to take it, but it's nowhere to be found. You might not leak the information, but can you guarantee that the others behind you won't?"

The people on both sides were in complete chaos, and a fight quickly broke out.

In the midst of the commotion, one person accidentally fell into the water and into the pool.

"Help me, I can't swim."

The man struggled desperately, dog-paddling in the water.

Suddenly, his pupils widened, and he screamed desperately, "Something's there! Something's biting me from under my feet!!!"

Accompanied by a scream that abruptly stopped.

The person who fell into the water was dragged into the pool, leaving only their hands struggling hastily and briefly on the surface.

A moment later, a burst of dense bubbles rose from the bottom of the pool.

The calm, deep pool was completely still.

(End of this chapter)