"Feathered race?"
Hearing the word, Ye Feng was slightly taken aback.
He had seen records of the Feathered race in the temple that described the ancient battlefield on the sand dune. From the immersive projection of the ancient battlefield at that time, he had guessed that the Feathered race was angels...
And Leng Yue's words just now undoubtedly confirmed his previous guess.
"What, have you heard of the Feathered race?"
Seeing Ye Feng's astonished expression, Leng Yue seemed quite surprised.
"Uh... you could say that..."
Ye Feng scratched his head and said.
"Ling Xi told you?"
After a pause, Leng Yue spoke again.
"No!"
Ye Feng shook his head. "There's a temple in the ancient battlefield on the sand dune, and I saw it on the murals!"
"It said that a fierce battle once took place there between humans and monsters... With the mediation of a powerful human expert, the Feathered race also participated... Those monsters seemed to belong to King Hades..."
Ye Feng described what was recorded in the temple at that time.
"Temple... You can understand the writing on the temple's murals?"
After listening to Ye Feng's explanation, a look of surprise flashed in Leng Yue's bright eyes.
"Uh... I can't understand those arcane runes... Jiang Sishan told me!"
Ye Feng waved his hand, feeling a bit helpless.
Since arriving in this world of lingering fire, up to this day, Ye Feng had not received any systematic education. He had been exploring on his own, and he was completely ignorant of things like arcane runes...
According to Jiang Sishan, the arcane runes on the temple were basic runes used to record some simpler information...
"Arcane runes? Who told you that the writing on the temple's murals is called arcane runes?"
Leng Yue looked at Ye Feng with a somewhat strange expression.
"Hm?"
Ye Feng frowned. "Isn't it arcane runes?"
Leng Yue didn't answer, staring at Ye Feng with a puzzled look for a long time, then she turned and walked out of the door.
"Hey..."
Ye Feng wanted to say that it was dangerous outside at night, but considering Leng Yue's strength, he stopped himself before he could speak.
...
Under the dark night sky,
Above the building where Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were located, Leng Yue floated in the air. She looked at the room where Ye Feng was, frowning slightly, her expression seeming quite puzzled. Then, with a flash, she disappeared.
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In the room,
Xiao Xiao and Ye Feng discussed Leng Yue for a while, and reminisced about the days when Ling Xi was around. Then, the two lay in bed preparing to sleep.
After all, it was already past 11 o'clock at night, but after lying in bed for a while, the two tossed and turned, their eyes wide open, clearly unable to sleep.
"Big brother, after eating the blood ginseng and steel-scaled bear meat, my whole body feels warm and I'm not sleepy at all..."
Xiao Xiao's voice was the first to break the silence.
"Uh... how about we watch some 'news' or videos?"
Ye Feng was also awake. His physical fitness was already very strong, and the stewed bear meat with blood ginseng was just ordinary food for him, without much effect. Even so, he was constantly thinking about Leng Yue's situation and where Ling Xi might be, so he had no desire to sleep.
Then, almost at the same time, the two opened the light screen on their wristbands.
"Holy cow..."
As soon as he opened the [Regional Chat Channel], Ye Feng was stunned.
Because at the top of the channel, a message was scrolling: "Zhang San has been promoted to Steel-grade strongman. His area will randomly drop 3-7 Black Iron or Steel treasure chests, located near each survivor's wristband!"
At this moment, the entire [Regional Chat Channel] was filled with people discussing.
"Amazing, Senior Brother Zhang San is already a Steel-grade strongman!"
"Haha, more benefits are coming!"
"I just heard the sound of heavy objects falling outside. It should be a treasure chest. I'll go open it as soon as it's dawn,嘎嘎嘎!"
"If I remember correctly, this is the fourth time. Because of Senior Brother Zhang San, I've picked up so many treasure chests..."
"Speaking of which, what's the deal with Senior Brother Zhang San? Why are there treasure chests dropping every time he improves his strength?"
"I want to know too..."
"Second that..."
"+10085"
...
"I don't know!"
"Whatever, as long as there are treasure chests to pick up, it's fine. Last time, I used arcane yuan coins to buy a lot of supplies with the Black Iron treasure chest..."
"That's true..."
...
"What the hell is this? My own strength improvement affects the dropping of treasure chests?"
"And it seems like the higher my strength gets, the higher the level of the dropped treasure chests!"
Recalling the few broadcasts in the [Regional Chat Channel], Ye Feng couldn't help but frown.
At the same time, he was a bit depressed because the treasure chests didn't seem to drop near him... Xiao Xiao didn't seem to get any either...
Thinking about it, Ye Feng felt a wave of sleepiness come over him without any results. He posted a few messages in the [Trading Channel] about buying complete survival coins or entire treasure chests, and then fell soundly asleep.
Xiao Xiao, on the other hand, continued to browse the "news" in the survivor channel with great interest...
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The next day, as soon as the sun rose,
After a full breakfast,
Ye Feng continued to kill zombies, while Xiao Xiao, carrying her small shoulder bag, walked around, observing her surroundings curiously with binoculars, and occasionally sketching on paper.
Li Yidao and others took advantage of the time Ye Feng was killing zombies to enter the large iron gate and collected a lot of useful supplies. They even repaired a military truck and drove it away.
Li Yidao originally wanted to explore the Red Shore Ruins with Ye Feng, but seeing that Ye Feng was just killing zombies and showing no intention of moving forward, he led his subordinates to explore elsewhere...
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At noon,
"Big brother, the zombies here have been almost all killed. Should we continue killing zombies next?"
Xiao Xiao, who was gnawing on a braised duck leg, asked Ye Feng crisply.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng, who was devouring a pork rib rice, nodded. His main purpose for coming to the Red Shore Ruins was to kill zombies and gain usable points.
"Then, big brother, let's go in that direction. I observed this morning that many zombies were coming from that direction!"
"Especially some ranked zombies. By the way, the tier 3 strength-type zombie you killed this morning also came from there!"
Xiao Xiao said as she pointed in a direction.
"Oh, okay~!"
Saying that, Ye Feng opened a bottle of glass-bottled cola and drank it with relish.
...
After lunch,
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao did not take their usual afternoon nap, but instead walked directly in the direction Xiao Xiao had indicated, killing zombies along the way.
"Big brother... there's a Black Iron treasure chest there!"
After walking for nearly an hour, Xiao Xiao's surprised cry suddenly reached Ye Feng's ears.
Ye Feng followed the direction Xiao Xiao pointed and saw a black iron box next to a discarded circular oil drum, about 20 meters away from them.
"This Black Iron treasure chest... it must have dropped not long ago... Could it be from last night?"
Ye Feng walked closer and found that the outer shell of the treasure chest was very new, with a parachute still attached. There were fresh drag marks on the ground not far away.
"Big brother, there's another treasure chest over there... it looks like a Black Iron one too!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's delighted voice rang out again.
"Hm?"
Ye Feng turned his head and saw that the treasure chest Xiao Xiao mentioned was also very new, looking like it had been dropped recently.
"Did a survivor similar to him stay in this place yesterday? A treasure chest dropped because he advanced to Steel-grade strongman?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but speculate in his heart.
"Keke ke~ Roar~ Hiss~"
At this moment, a series of zombie growls sounded from behind Ye Feng.
"Big brother, it should be from there. I saw many zombies coming out of that building this morning!"
Xiao Xiao glanced back and immediately said to Ye Feng.
"Bang!~"
As soon as Xiao Xiao finished speaking, the iron gate from which the zombie roars came was violently smashed open. Then, more than a dozen zombies with black-green pus dripping from their mouths, rotten in multiple places, with some of their intestines dragging on the ground, and a foul stench assailing the nostrils, rushed towards Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
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