"This person, this person seems to be..."
Lin Yue carefully looked at the face of the person he killed, confirming once more.
He said he felt the face looked familiar, like he’d seen it somewhere before!
Lin Yue stared at the face in front of him, undoubtedly, the person was Du Ping.
Du Ping was someone familiar yet not so familiar to him.
When he first arrived in the Otherworld, among the people he frequently traded with, this name was included.
Du Ping’s catchphrase was "report," easily recognizable in the group.
Before the first disaster struck, Du Ping was very active, both in the group and transactions.
Back then, Lin Yue was amazed at how Du Ping could open treasure chests before everyone, even managing to open Copper Treasure Chest and Iron Treasure Chest, killing a substantial number of mutated creatures.
But it turned out Du Ping’s strength was only because he was the earliest to team up with others.
After the first ranking, Du Ping stopped speaking in the group, and by the second ranking, Lin Yue saw he jumped from fourth to second place, acquiring a high score of over 1400 points, with the system even evaluating him as "team."
Team, were they these people just now?
Lin Yue looked at the four corpses at the bakery entrance, suddenly recalled, seemed there was one more person?
Bai didn’t react at that time either, did that person already escape?
Lin Yue held up the Crossbow Arrow and quickly headed towards the bakery entrance, while Bai was even faster, directly darting into the bakery.
"Poof!" Bai informed Lin Yue, inside was already empty.
Lin Yue walked in and found the bakery silent, with no sign of that person, probably escaped through the back door.
Back outside, Lin Yue collected the Storage Space from the four people on the ground.
"4 cubic meters, and a pile of trash, but at least there’s some gain." Lin Yue felt no sentiment towards the ones who wanted to kill him.
He’s unsure if it’s because he no longer cares, or if he’s grown colder.
But this way, is better than being indecisive, begging and then getting killed. Such people won’t survive till the end.
Du Ping’s group weren’t raiders, yet seemed quite obsessed with his life.
Lin Yue doesn’t recall having any conflict with them, even enough to make them want his life.
During their attack, they clearly knew who he was, wanting him dead.
Returning beside Du Ping, Lin Yue flipped his body with the Iron Spear, unexpectedly found the white sparkling dot next to him wasn’t there.
"Huh? Not here? Can’t be?" Lin Yue flipped again, still nothing.
Strange, logically there should be...wait.
Lin Yue recalled that person leaving, although quickly, seemed...
"Poof! Poof! Poof!!" Bai suddenly straightened up, loudly shouted, signaling Lin Yue about great danger from another direction!
A series of roars suddenly erupted in the distance, followed by countless wing flapping sounds!
Lin Yue also heard an indescribable sound continuously approaching!
Nothing visible in the sky, but danger kept approaching.
Lin Yue quickly grabbed chunks of Tiger-striped Shadow Deer meat from the Storage Space and tossed them beside Du Ping, then he and Bai rushed towards the bank as fast as they could.
He took out the Exoskeleton, put it on quickly, then retrieved a parchment to cover himself and Bai, then lay prone with the Alloy Compound Crossbow aimed outside the door!
Lin Yue was now ready for combat, glancing at Bai lying beside him.
"Poof! Poof!" Its tense demeanor seemed...familiar.
Last time it was , was in the European Ancient City, facing that disgusting Tentacle Monster resembling a mollusk.
Could it be, a similarly powerful monster appears this time? Or is that disgusting creature back?
Thundering wing flaps sounded continuously, followed by shadows descending on the road outside!
This group of creatures with deep red bodies covered with wrinkled keratin exoskeletons, upon landing, their backs’ membranous wings folded down.
Bright yellow eyes kept scanning surroundings, and the massive bird-like keratin claws roamed the solid ground.
The long sharp beak like a dagger opened wide, emitting an indescribable roar, while numerous tentacles behind the head shook continuously.
Dozens of Monster Winged Dragons emerged within Lin Yue’s sight, heading directly towards Du Ping’s corpse.
They began fighting and snatching over Du Ping’s corpse and the Tiger-striped Shadow Deer meat scattered on the ground, roaring excitedly and joyfully!
Monster Winged Dragon numbers kept increasing in Lin Yue’s view, many also headed towards the unseen left side, where the bakery was, ground still holding the four corpses he took down.
Moreover, their numbers kept growing, making Lin Yue recall being forced to spend a night in the Secret Realm near Tokyo Tower.
"Next, wait for them to disperse, or spend the night here like last time?"
Lin Yue thought, remembering how Du Ping and them used burning arrows to instantly ignite the Monster Winged Dragons.
If all else fails, might try this move.
Monster Winged Dragons seemed coated with a substance enabling swift fire spread, otherwise, they wouldn’t burn into charcoal so easily.
It was then, Lin Yue smelled blood, along with Monster Winged Dragons’ cries.
Did they start attacking each other? Seems it’s their nature too.
The Tiger-striped Shadow Deer meat he threw served this purpose as well.
However, that previously strange sound, seemed gone?
Lin Yue recalled that it sounded like stepping in mud then pulling out, or grabbing an octopus or squid, the gelatinous noise seemed truly vanished.
As Lin Yue pondered, he suddenly noticed some Monster Winged Dragons frantically spread wings to fly away, but midway were grasped by something!
Ground Monster Winged Dragons began scattering, more attempted taking flight, yet each was seized by gray-black rope-like things!
In the Monster Winged Dragons’ shrieks, Lin Yue heard again the sound he thought disappeared.
And this sound grew increasingly familiar!
Eyes on the Sighting Scope, he saw those strangled Monster Winged Dragons were caught by Tentacle Monster tentacles!