Chapter 30: The Hunter’s Conspiracy and the Lord’s Relic

[Milk: Consuming this restores 10 points of Satiety and 50 points of Health.]

(It has spoiled slightly, but is still drinkable.)

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[Copper: A widely used metal that can be used to craft some simple electrical components.]

Cao Xing pondered, "Copper is an important metal in this world as well; after all, many electrical appliances require copper."

"Once I have copper, I can craft wires, electric lights, and other such things."

"Crafting some snow robots, or even war robots, will require a large amount of copper."

At this moment, a yellowed letter appeared in his hand.

This was also the last item inside the storage chest.

[Letter from the Church of Light: Special Item]

[Click to read.]

Cao Xing clicked on it, and a line of text immediately popped up before him.

[To all followers of the God of Light, the Lord has sent down a revelation declaring that the Seed of Salvation is about to manifest. To welcome the arrival of the Seed of Salvation, we will soon launch a blood sacrifice operation.

All followers of the Church of Light near the Ice Crystal Kingdom, please proceed to the base near coordinates 71231, 5213, 23719.

Once the number of followers reaches a certain scale, we will launch an attack on Lake Doron City and sacrifice all the living beings in the entire town to the Seed of Salvation.]

(Note: This is a quest item. You can deliver this letter to Lake Doron City to expose the conspiracy of the Church of Light in advance.)

After reading the description of this letter,

Cao Xing frowned, "Does this mean that group of hunters is going to launch a massacre soon, directly slaughtering all the residents of an entire town?"

"Damn, that's truly insane!"

"The system says I should deliver the letter, but I don't even know where this Lake Doron City is. How am I supposed to deliver it?"

Cao Xing rolled his eyes.

Then, he checked the coordinate location recorded on the letter.

Cao Xing let out a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's over two hundred kilometers away from me."

"At such a distance, it shouldn't affect my territory."

However, although that hunter base was still some distance away from Cao Xing,

having such a major destabilizing factor within this region still made one feel worried.

After all, he had already witnessed the madness of that group of hunters.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing had no way to solve this right now.

He could only temporarily set aside the threat of the hunters.

At least, he was safe during the newbie protection period.

Cao Xing took Liu Muxue, those 6 civilians, and the little girl Tong Chuchu out of the tent.

He came outside and looked at the corpses and bloodstains covering the ground.

"Assam, Andrew, bring all these corpses over, and then burn them directly."

The two powerful Tier 2 creatures obeyed Cao Xing's instructions and collected all the hunters' corpses from the ground.

Ten minutes later.

A large fire blazed fiercely, sweeping through the entire camp.

Watching the rising smoke, the group of refugees had tears in their eyes.

During the time they had been captured, they had personally experienced the madness of that group of hunters.

Their companions were taken away one by one, only to emit blood-curdling screams from the tents outside.

They huddled on the cold ground, shivering in fear, terrified that they would be next.

And now, they had finally gained their liberation.

Beside them, the little girl Tong Chuchu's face was already soaked with tears.

Cao Xing turned around, looked at Tong Chuchu, and said, "Let's go, take me to your camp."

"I… I will tell you the coordinates, Big Brother…" Tong Chuchu said timidly.

Cao Xing nodded.

Then, the group of over ten people marched imposingly toward the coordinates Tong Chuchu had mentioned.

More than half an hour later.

From afar, they saw a campfire camp in the snow.

In this camp, there was only a simple Lord's Cabin; not even an Arctic People's Cabin had been built.

"This is it, Big Brother, Big Sister, I'll go call my mom out."

After saying this, Tong Chuchu trotted into the campfire territory.

Cao Xing was just about to step in when he was prompted by the system.

[During the newbie protection period, you cannot enter other Survivors' camps.]

Cao Xing was stunned, seemingly remembering this detail.

Thus, they waited silently outside the territory.

Before long, the door of the Lord's Cabin opened.

A woman with a very tall figure, at least 175cm in height, walked out.

At this moment, she was still wearing the jeans she had brought from Blue Star, and a tight white T-shirt on her upper body.

With a slightly curvy, hot figure, she exuded a mature charm.

The woman held Tong Chuchu's hand and walked over cautiously.

Her slightly mature face still bore tear stains; it was obvious she had just been crying.

And Cao Xing also saw her name.

[Survivor: Xia Yanni lv1]

As soon as Xia Yanni came out and saw so many people gathered outside the territory, her shoulders trembled.

Especially Assam, who was riding a Frost Wolf, and the giant bear-like, strong Andrew, which brought her an extremely fatal sense of crisis.

Xia Yanni was so scared her little face turned pale.

Tong Chuchu held her hand on the side and comforted her, "Mom, don't be afraid. They are the good people who saved me from that place."

"That Big Brother and Big Sister are their lords."

Xia Yanni calmed down at this point.

She looked at Cao Xing with misty eyes and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving Chu Chu, thank you, kind benefactors."

As she spoke, she was about to kneel down with Tong Chuchu.

Cao Xing quickly stopped her, "Madam, there is no need to be so polite."

"Chu Chu should have told you; my territory needs manpower right now."

"If you are willing to join us, you can return to the territory with us to help build the territory and develop together."

"In return, we will ensure your safety and provide food."

Xia Yanni had already heard about this from Chu Chu; she tugged at the corner of her shirt, seemingly making some kind of decision.

Cao Xing did not urge her; he knew that leaving one's own camp like this and joining the faction of a stranger truly required great courage.

A moment later, Xia Yanni said softly, "I am willing to join you."

"Thank you, kind young man, for being willing to take in the two of us."

Cao Xing nodded and sent a recruitment invitation to them.

A system prompt appeared.

[Survivor: Tong Chuchu lv1, Xia Yanni lv1, have joined your territory. Territory population + 2]

[All Survivors in this territory have joined your faction. It is currently in an ownerless state. Do you wish to occupy it?]

Cao Xing clicked [Occupy] directly.

[Occupation successful. Now, you can enter this territory.]

Cao Xing stepped into the campfire territory and then his eyes fell upon a large chest nearby.

[Lord 'Tong Guangrong's' Relic box. Do you wish to open it?]

"Yes."

[Relic box opened successfully. Obtained Wood * 54, Stone * 24, Food * 3, Rat Meat * 2…]

These were the last resources of this territory.

The remaining items weren't even enough to sustain the mother and daughter for a day.

In other words, if it weren't for Cao Xing's arrival, this woman wouldn't have survived two more days; she would have either starved to death due to a lack of food or frozen to death due to a lack of wood.

Cao Xing took a deep breath.

This world is full of opportunities, but also full of dangers.

At this moment, Cao Xing made up his mind.

He must develop his strength and territory as quickly as possible; he must never let his own storage chest become a Relic box!

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