"Chir!~"
With a flash of his saber, the goblin was instantly cut in half by Ye Feng, dead as could be.
"Ding~ Host has defeated a goblin, obtaining 2 usable points~"
The system's mechanical voice immediately sounded.
"Whoa, 2 points?!"
Ye Feng was very surprised.
Before, when he defeated various mutated monsters, apart from zombies, they usually yielded less than one usable point. This goblin, however, gave him 2 points!
Of course, he didn't count the Hell Hound and the Desert Marching Ant Queen, as they were too few in number.
Immediately, Ye Feng looked around again, even using a small telescope to observe.
There were no more goblins in sight.
"What's going on, only one?"
Ye Feng felt a bit depressed.
"Xiao Xiao, let's go, let's find a place to stay for the night!"
As the sky grew darker, Ye Feng decided to search again tomorrow for any other goblin traces.
...
"Big brother, there are people there~"
After walking for a while, just as they passed a small hill, Xiao Xiao spoke up.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded. Not far in front of them stood a frail, white-haired old man.
"Ex... Explorer?"
The old man clearly noticed Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao and exclaimed in surprise.
"Ex... Explorer Sir... You... How did you come from that direction?"
The white-haired old man looked at Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao with astonishment.
"That direction?"
Ye Feng frowned and retorted, "Why can't we come from that direction?"
"There are Desert Marching Ants in that direction! They are very terrifying!"
"They will gnaw away at all plants and animals... Didn't you encounter the Desert Marching Ants?"
After speaking, the white-haired old man was stunned.
"Indeed, we didn't encounter any ants. We came down the river on an inflatable boat~"
Ye Feng said half-truthfully.
"In the river?! That explains it~"
The white-haired old man blinked slightly, looking enlightened.
"By the way, have you seen any goblins nearby?"
Ye Feng asked about the information he was most concerned about.
"Gob... Goblin..."
Upon hearing this word, the white-haired old man's face changed drastically.
He immediately made a shushing gesture towards Ye Feng and scanned his surroundings, his expression extremely tense, with clear fear in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"Are there many goblins around here?"
From the old man's fearful and tense gaze, Ye Feng couldn't help but guess.
"Hey, Old Li, what are you dawdling for?"
"Did you or did you not see Green Lord's messenger?"
Before the white-haired old man could answer, a voice that was clearly displeased and neither male nor female reached Ye Feng and the others.
"Explorers, please don't mention the word goblin when you're here later!"
"Remember! Remember!"
The white-haired old man lowered his voice, quickly told Ye Feng, and then walked backward.
At this moment, Ye Feng also saw the source of the displeased voice – a young man wearing a tall hat, looking rather effeminate... a young man?
Behind the young man were five or six burly men~
"Young Master Jun, I'm truly sorry!"
"I, Old Li, am old, my body is not well, and my eyesight is poor~"
"The sky is getting dark, and I haven't found Green Lord's messenger yet. I was just about to continue searching!"
The white-haired old man said with a fawning smile to the young man.
"Hmph!"
"Useless old thing, you can't even do this small thing right!"
The young man, addressed as Young Master Jun, glared at the white-haired old man, then said to the people behind him, "You guys, go ahead and check, be quick!"
"We must contact Green Lord's messenger before it gets dark!"
After speaking, the young man ignored the white-haired old man and walked forward.
But he stopped after only a few steps.
"You two look unfamiliar. Are you from out of town?"
The young man, with his eyes narrowed to mere slits, sized up Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
"Young Master Jun, these two are explorers from out of town. They are..."
"Shut up, you dead old man, am I talking to you?"
The white-haired old man was about to explain when he was reprimanded by the young man.
"To get acquainted, I am Xie Zijun from Greenshade Town. You can call me Young Master Jun!"
The young man glanced at Ye Feng with arrogance.
Then, with an aggressive, even lewd gaze, he looked at Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao, somewhat frightened, hid behind Ye Feng.
"Hey, keep looking like that, and I'll dig your eyes out!"
At this moment, Ye Feng's cold voice rang out.
For a long time, the influence of the post-apocalyptic environment.
Coupled with the previous experience of dealing with cannibals in Clayton Town, Ye Feng's disposition had also changed somewhat...
If it were before, he would never have spoken like this!
"Kid, do you really think you're so great just because you're an explorer?"
Xie Zijun's expression also turned cold.
"This is bad!"
"Young Master Jun, this is bad!"
"This is bad, Young Master Jun!"
...
Suddenly, a panicked voice sounded.
It was one of Xie Zijun's subordinates, sent to check ahead and to contact this "Green Lord's Messenger."
"What's bad?"
"So flustered, what kind of bearing is this!"
Xie Zijun reprimanded his subordinates, who were running breathlessly.
"Young... Young Master Jun... the messenger... Green Lord's messenger is dead!"
The first subordinate to report back to Xie Zijun was a youth wearing a bull nose ring. He pointed a direction with a look of sheer terror.
"Dead? What happened?"
"Hurry and take me to see!"
Upon hearing this news, Xie Zijun's expression changed drastically.
He no longer bothered with Ye Feng and quickly ran forward.
"Young man, while it's still possible, you should hurry and take this little girl and run!"
After Xie Zijun's figure disappeared, the white-haired old man approached Ye Feng and whispered.
"Run?"
Ye Feng frowned, not following the old man's advice to escape.
In fact, his mind was mostly occupied by the "dead messenger" that Xie Zijun's subordinate had mentioned.
"Green Lord? Messenger?"
"Could it be the goblin I just killed?"
Ye Feng guessed in his heart.
"Young man, hurry!"
"While Xie Zijun hasn't returned, you should quickly take this little girl and flee, as far as you can!"
Seeing Ye Feng standing there in a daze, the white-haired old man became anxious.
"We're meeting for the first time, aren't we?"
Ye Feng looked at the old man with some confusion.
The other party seemed to be too concerned about him and Xiao Xiao?!
"My... My granddaughter was about the same age as this little girl when that beast Xie Zijun..."
The white-haired old man gritted his teeth, his body trembling slightly with anger.
"Old Li, what are you muttering about?"
"Hurry and invite the two explorers into town, let's fulfill our hospitality!"
At this moment, Xie Zijun returned, and his demeanor had completely changed from arrogance and mockery.
He called out to the white-haired old man from afar, his expression somewhat strange.
"Two... two explorers, please... please come inside..."
Meeting Xie Zijun's smiling gaze, the white-haired old man reluctantly spoke to Ye Feng.
...