Chapter 184: Scouring the Camp, Massive Resources!

At this moment, the white-robed priest also realized that his contingency plan had failed, and a look of utter despair flashed in his eyes.

He was surrounded by a group of burly men, watching his injuries grow increasingly severe.

However, his gaze remained fixed intently on Cao Xing.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Why do you know the location of my territory?"

"Why do you possess such terrifying power?"

"Who are you, really!!!"

Under the white-robed priest's resentful questioning, Cao Xing cast an [Ice Breaking Flying Blade] at him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three ice balls exploded.

[-3748]

[-3894]

[-3691]

The white-robed priest's HP was completely depleted.

Even before death, he gripped his short blade tightly.

Montella was an outstanding assassin; his harsh training since childhood allowed him to escape easily even when surrounded by a hundred people.

But unfortunately, he met Cao Xing.

A system notification appeared.

[You killed the White-Robed Priest: Montella Hassan Lv35, Tier 4 Leader-level creature. Kill across levels, obtained EXP: 17500 * 3]

[Combatants obtained EXP: 8750]

[You destroyed a large stronghold of the Church of Light, obtained Reputation: 1000]

…

Seeing the system notification, joy appeared on Cao Xing's face once again.

Because this meant that this camp had completely fallen into his hands.

Such a large camp definitely had plenty of good things.

Plus the souls and equipment dropped by the Hunters on the ground.

After this battle ended, his strength would surge again!

Cao Xing issued an order immediately.

"Assam, take people to clean up the battlefield!"

"Yaskin, you lead the other Ascalon Warriors to enter the rooms of these Hunters and search carefully for any remaining living Hunters."

"Then collect all supplies and hand them over to me uniformly."

"Sarah, continue to scout the vicinity of this camp to ensure that not a single Hunter is missed."

"Everyone else, guard the camp!"

Under Cao Xing's commands, everyone began to execute them in an orderly fashion.

As for himself, he led Liu Muxue and Tong Chuchu directly toward the center of the territory, to search those two-story rooms.

These looked like the rooms of the black-robed priests, divided into two floors.

The first floor was the daily activity area, and the second floor seemed to be the bedroom.

"Muxue, you and Little Chuchu go search the second floor."

"Alright."

Liu Muxue took Tong Chuchu and headed to the second floor of the room.

As for Cao Xing, he began to search the first floor.

There was some simple furniture here: tables, cabinets, and a stove.

Next to it were several shelves, which seemed to be stocked with some supplies.

Including by the stove in the corner, there was also some stacked wood and coal.

Cao Xing pulled open the cabinet, and some seasonings or food appeared inside.

Then, he collected all the supplies on the first floor.

A system notification appeared.

[Obtained: Wood * 373]

[Obtained: Coal * 63]

[Obtained: Raw Meat * 38]

[Obtained: White Sugar * 17 jars]

[Obtained: Honey * 4 jars]

[Obtained: Craft Tequila * 3]

[Obtained: Black Goat Cotton Coat * 2]

[Obtained: Coins * 2919]

[Obtained Book: Age of Light]

…

"Not bad, the living conditions of these black-robed priests are quite good."

"Apart from 17 jars of white sugar, there are also 4 jars of honey. They really aren't afraid of getting diabetes!"

Cao Xing smiled.

Just then, Liu Muxue and Tong Chuchu walked down from the second floor. They were holding a piece of armor that shone like stone.

Liu Muxue said softly: "Axing, take a look at this."

"Oh? There's actually a piece of equipment?"

Cao Xing took it, and a heavy weight came into his hand.

This piece of armor alone weighed at least thirty or forty catties!

[Obtained: Crystal Plate Armor (Purple)]

"Eh? It's actually a purple plate armor!"

Cao Xing praised: "Not bad, Muxue!"

Liu Muxue chuckled: "Little Chuchu and I found it in a small wooden box under the bed on the second floor. It seems to be equipment treasured by that black-robed priest."

Cao Xing also laughed, "Little Chuchu is also very capable."

He had witnessed Tong Chuchu's performance today. Although she didn't participate much in the battle, she didn't hold Cao Xing and the others back.

As a five or six-year-old girl, being able to do this on her first time out fighting was already quite good.

Tong Chuchu had a happy smile on her face, seemingly happy because she received Cao Xing's praise.

Cao Xing looked at the attributes of this plate armor.

[Crystal Plate Armor (Purple)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Level: Level 30 or above]

[Armor: 317 ~ 334]

[Attached Effect ①: Constitution +80, Strength +80, Hit Rate -20%, Attack Speed -20%]

[Attached Effect ②: Intermediate Force Unloading (Reduces received damage by 20% when receiving physical attacks)]

[Attached Effect ③: Crystal Shield (Reduces received damage by 20% when receiving magic attacks)]

(Equipment Introduction: It's hard to imagine that the Dwarf Clan could forge such hard crystals into armor. It looks so thick and heavy; what an amazing forging technique! — Gilver Meixia)

…

"Good guy, such a pure defensive plate armor?"

This armor's effects were all about reducing damage, and combined with over three hundred armor points, its defensive capability was truly monstrous.

If it were combined with Cao Xing's [Frost Magic Shield], that would be nearly 40% damage reduction.

Then, he handed this piece of equipment directly to Liu Muxue.

"Muxue, you take it. You can put it on once you reach level 30."

"Mm-hmm."

Liu Muxue didn't decline and took it directly.

And Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

The harvest in the first room was not bad.

Then, they continued to the next room to search.

Like the previous house, Cao Xing searched the first-floor area.

Liu Muxue and Tong Chuchu searched the second-floor area.

After some searching, they handed everything over to Cao Xing.

[Obtained: Wood * 291]

[Obtained: Coal * 78]

[Obtained: Pepper Powder * 7]

[Obtained: Sour Orange Juice Vinegar Fish * 13]

[Obtained: Cured Ham * 2]

[Obtained: Coarse Salt * 3 jars]

[Obtained: Fierce Beast Leather Pants (Purple) * 1]

[Obtained: Coins * 3633]

…

"Not bad, not bad. There's actually another purple piece of equipment."

Cao Xing looked at the attributes.

[Fierce Beast Leather Pants (Purple)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Level: Level 30 or above]

[Attached Effect ①: Agility +100, Strength +50]

[Attached Effect ②: Wrath Soul (Increases critical hit rate by 15% when attacking)]

[Attached Effect ③: Soul of the Fierce Beast (When taking damage, there is a 30% chance to trigger the Soul of the Fierce Beast inside the leather pants, causing mental shock to the enemy, making them enter a brief state of distraction. The trigger interval for this effect is 120 seconds)]

(Equipment Introduction: Pants made from the cerebral cortex of a dead Heart-Eating Tapir. A trace of the Heart-Eating Tapir's resentment still lingers on it.)

…

"Tsk tsk, as expected of Level 30 equipment. The attribute bonuses are really high!"

However, this was an agility-type piece of equipment, and Cao Xing couldn't wear it.

After thinking for a moment, he already had a candidate in mind.

Then, the three of them continued to search the remaining two houses.

However, the harvest in the remaining two houses was underwhelming.

Except for some supplies and coins, no other purple equipment was found.

Then, Cao Xing took them to a building in the central area of the territory.

It was two stories high, covering an area of nearly a hundred square meters, which counted as a very large building.

This was also where that white-robed priest had rushed out from.

Clearly, this should be the most important place in the entire camp.

Even the gate was made of iron.

He checked the attributes.

[Camp Iron Gate]

[Armor: 150]

[Durability: 4500]

…

With over four thousand durability, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue attacked simultaneously, and then they broke through this gate in no time.

Boom!

The iron gate collapsed, and a spacious living room appeared inside.

The decoration inside was quite gorgeous, with all kinds of furniture.

A crystal chandelier hung from the top, and a gray carpet was spread on the floor.

In the middle of the living room, there was a conference round table, and several sun murals hung on the walls.

Apart from that, there was nothing else.

After searching for a while, they only found some wood and coal on the first floor.

Cao Xing said: "I'll go to the second floor to take a look; you two continue searching on the first floor."

Liu Muxue and Tong Chuchu nodded at the same time.

After speaking, Cao Xing stepped onto the wooden stairs leading to the second floor.

And in the bedroom area on the second floor, there was also a bed and several cabinets.

He began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets.

He even turned the space under the bed upside down.

In the end, he only obtained three cotton coats, one non-attribute High Priest Robe, and some coins.

A look of doubt appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Hmm? A white-robed High Priest's lair, and it only has these things?"

"This isn't even as good as a black-robed priest's lair!"

You know, in the camp he pushed over in front of the Great Rift Valley before, he even found a black diamond.

This large camp of six hundred people actually had such little resources, which really made Cao Xing find it hard to imagine.

Just then, Tong Chuchu's crisp voice came from downstairs.

"Big Brother, I found an entrance to a basement downstairs."

"Basement?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes lit up instantly.

Then, he walked quickly down to the second floor.

At this moment, he saw Tong Chuchu crawling under the round conference table, a look of delight on her face.

A look of joy also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

So, the entrance to the basement was in this location.

Except for Tong Chuchu's petite frame, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue probably wouldn't have thought of crawling under the table.

He smiled and said, "Little Chuchu, well done."

Tong Chuchu chuckled.

Cao Xing pushed the table aside, lifted the carpet next to it, and saw a wooden door leading to the basement.

[Basement Wooden Door]

[Armor: 30]

[Durability: 200]

…

This was just an ordinary wooden door with no special effects.

The High Priest in white robes probably wouldn't have thought his camp would be captured.

Cao Xing casually cast an Ice Ball, destroying the small wooden door.

A deep, dark passage immediately appeared below.

"Goodness, this basement looks quite deep!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

The deeper the basement, the larger the space inside, and there might be even more supplies.

He walked straight down.

The deeper he went, the more the aroma of food wafted up.

After walking down more than thirty steps, they successfully reached the bottom of the basement.

A system prompt appeared.

[You have discovered a special area: Montra Camp's Material Storage Room.]

…

"Material Storage Room?"

After the system prompt ended, Cao Xing took out a Magic Stone torch.

When he saw the scene before him, his pupils shrank instantly!

Even Tong Chuchu and Liu Muxue, who were following behind, opened their mouths in surprise.

Then, Cao Xing said in pleasant surprise, "Holy crap! Holy crap!"

"We're rich! We're really rich now, hahaha!"

What did they see?

An entire basement full of food, liquor, and a large amount of air-dried cured meat!

And the reserves far exceeded those of Cao Xing's territory!

There were so many bags filled with food inside.

Just by looking at it, one could tell how astonishing the reserves were!

"That's great, A-Xing!"

Liu Muxue said excitedly, "So much food, it's enough for us to eat for a long time!"

Tong Chuchu, standing next to them, was also very excited because she saw candies and some bottles and jars on the shelves.

"Wow! There's actually so much candy!"

"Those look like Chuchu's favorite blueberry jam and corn candies!"

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

In this world, candy was a more expensive luxury than honey or white sugar.

Only the rich or nobles could afford it.

All three of them had expressions of joy from the harvest.

Cao Xing walked over to take a look.

The shelves in front of him were stocked with [Mysterious Peppermint Candy], [Toffee], and other candies.

Besides that, there were various jams.

Behind the shelves, various bags filled with grain were neatly stacked.

There were hundreds of bags.

They were mainly peeled wheat, along with potatoes, corn, and so on.

Each bag weighed between twenty and forty kilograms, meaning there were at least twenty to thirty thousand kilograms of food here!

Plus, the air-dried cured meat, hams, etc., hanging overhead.

Just looking at it was enough to make one excited!

Because this grain was about to fall into Cao Xing's pocket!

Dahua had just told Cao Xing yesterday that the food in the territory was running low.

Cao Xing had been worried about this and was planning to go to town the next day to purchase a large batch.

Now it seemed that wasn't necessary, and it saved him a huge expense!

"As expected of a camp of six hundred people!"

"If all this grain is transported back to the territory, we won't have to worry about food for the next few months!"

Cao Xing said excitedly, "Take it, take it all!"

Then, he began a massive looting spree!

With so much food, it would take at least a dozen wagons just to transport it.

But as Survivor lords, they had something more convenient.

That was the personal backpack!

In addition to the twenty-slot backpack that came with being a lord, Cao Xing also had a [Silk Inscribed Backpack] with eighty slots of space.

And one slot could hold 400 kilograms of grain.

Even if Cao Xing didn't have enough space.

Liu Muxue still had sixty slots of space!

So they could completely take all the supplies here.

Cao Xing first took all the candies and other bottles and jars from the wooden shelves.

[Obtained: Fine Salt * 7 bottles]

[Obtained: Blueberry Jam * 3 jars]

[Obtained: Toffee * 6 jars]

[Obtained: Honey * 1 jar]

[Obtained…]

…

After clearing the shelves, Cao Xing began to collect the other supplies on the ground.

[Obtained: Peeled Wheat (30kg) * 20 bags]

[Obtained: Shelled Corn Kernels (30kg) * 17 bags]

[Obtained: Corncobs * 1766]

[Obtained: Air-dried Ham * 178]

[Obtained: Wheat (20kg) * 13 bags]

[Obtained…]

As Cao Xing packed, a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Hahaha! This feeling of looting a place is so satisfying!"

"As expected, these Hunter camps are my resource gathering points; I can always find quite a lot of supplies in them."

If those Survivors knew that Cao Xing had obtained so much food at once, they would probably go crazy with envy on the spot!

These resources, whether sold or used for something else, were a huge fortune!

No matter which Survivor obtained so many supplies, their territory's strength would be greatly enhanced.

Of course, among the Survivors in District 174, only Cao Xing could do this.

If it were anyone else, let alone those Survivors, even the indigenous forces of this world might not be a match for these Hunters.

And Cao Xing could flatten this Church of Light stronghold by relying on the strength of his own territory.

They began to frantically pack the supplies in this basement into their backpacks.

It took about five or six minutes for Cao Xing to empty the supplies here.

The three of them gathered together, and Cao Xing tallied their harvest.

Accumulated gains:

[Fine Salt * 32 jars]

[Candy (Toffee, Peppermint, Corn Candy) * 28 jars]

[Jam (Blueberry, Raspberry, Winter Berry) * 47 jars]

[White Bread * 3372]

[Peeled Wheat (30kg) * 272 bags]

[Wheat (20kg) * 145 bags]

[Shelled Corn Kernels (40kg) * 79 bags]

[Dried Corncobs * 2795]

[Potatoes (30kg) * 74 bags]

[Rice (40kg) * 45 bags]

[Air-dried Cured Meat * 454kg]

[Air-dried Ham * 72]

[Dead Rats * 112]

…

It was about what Cao Xing had expected.

All the wheat, cured meat, and other food here added up to over twenty thousand kilograms!

It was enough for Cao Xing's territory to eat for two months, and if they ate sparingly, three or four months would be no problem.

Not only that.

After Cao Xing collected all the food in the basement, he also saw a storage chest.

This made Cao Xing even more excited.

"Last time in that Black-Robed Priest's storage chest, I found a Black Diamond. This storage chest should have even more precious things, right?"

With a feeling of anticipation, Cao Xing walked over quickly.

Upon getting closer, a system prompt appeared.

[Montra's Storage Chest (Orange): Can be opened]

"Holy crap! It's actually an Orange storage chest!"

Cao Xing's breathing hitched on the spot.

Because this meant that the storage chest could at least yield one Orange-grade item!

He became even more expectant.

Then he clicked to open it directly.

[Successfully opened Hunter Storage Chest.]

[Obtained: Advanced Assassin Manual (Orange)]

[Obtained: Shadow Slayer Training Barracks Construction Blueprint]

[Obtained: Lya Medina's Transformation Potion]

[Obtained: Lya Medina's True Sight Potion]

[Obtained: Livia Cherry Beer * 17]

[Obtained: Frost Moose Hind Leg Meat (Gold) * 8]

[Obtained: Black-Robed Priest Roster]

[Obtained: Montra's Treasured Box * 1]

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