None of the three mentioned Jiang Yiyi joining the safe zone.
Jiang Yiyi herself didn't want to leave Zhao Jiayan and Yang Yuan.
And Yang Yuan didn't want to lose this warning radar.
As for Zhao Jiayan, it goes without saying, she had taken care of Jiang Yiyi for three years, finally waiting for her to awaken, hoping to stay close.
If she really sent her away, given how young she is, children are forgetful, who knows when she might forget her?
Soon, the three left the safe zone, and Zhao Jiayan couldn't help but say, "I think the safe house is unnecessary, such a waste."
"I have my plans, don't worry."
Yang Yuan smiled, "We won't lack food anymore, trust me."
"It's not that I don't trust you, I just... feel it's a pity." Zhao Jiayan forced a smile, a hundred pounds of meat, even if just eating meat, could last a long time.
In the past six months, she hardly ever felt full, having seen too many people fight to the death over a bite of food.
Perhaps to the strong, food is easy to get, but for ordinary people, a bit of food is a lifeline, enough to stay alive for three days.
"You'll get used to it. By the way, have you had enough sleep? Should we find a place to rest more?" Yang Yuan asked.
"No need, I've been used to it for a long time." Zhao Jiayan said, at least she had comfortably slept for nearly two hours this time.
Was sleepless nights rare before?
"I don't need it either," Jiang Yiyi said.
"Then let's go directly."
Yang Yuan smiled and led the two into the distance.
It was at this time more and more people discovered that the military's temporary camp had turned into a safe zone, and they began to take action.
Some were preparing to join the safe zone, others looking for a place to live nearby, with four to five thousand people bustling around, very lively.
Not everyone liked joining the safe zone, even if food and housing were provided, freedom was lacking.
As they distanced from the safe zone, Yang Yuan suddenly turned to Jiang Yiyi, "Yiyi, can you sense different beasts?"
Zhao Jiayan's eyes flashed, also looking hopefully at Jiang Yiyi.
Jiang Yiyi shook her head, "Unless they are very close, and... and..."
"And what?" Yang Yuan asked.
Jiang Yiyi was too young, and some things she didn't know how to express.
It took Yang Yuan and Zhao Jiayan several attempts to understand what Jiang Yiyi was trying to convey.
It turned out she meant her sensing range depended on the target's strength, whether it was deliberately hiding, and other factors.
Under normal circumstances, if the target didn't have the ability to hide, she could only sense it up to a hundred meters away, just like when she detected the giant wolf yesterday in advance.
However, the fortunate thing was, if the target held hostility, as long as it came within ten meters, She would detect it, even if it was invisible.
Just like that invisible superpower user before.
"A hundred meters..."
This distance, honestly, isn't far.
But seeing Jiang Yiyi's slightly disappointed expression, Yang Yuan quickly smiled and said, "It's enough, and you just awakened, your range will definitely increase in the future."
"Yiyi has to work hard to improve her abilities." Zhao Jiayan encouraged.
"Mm-hmm, Yiyi will work hard." The little girl nodded earnestly.
"Let's go." Yang Yuan casually chose a direction and led the two forward, "Yiyi, if there is any movement, you must tell me immediately."
"Mm-hmm, Yiyi understands." Jiang Yiyi nodded.
Perhaps because there were too many people here, scaring away the nearby creatures, or perhaps others had already killed them all.
So, the three walked thousands of meters without encountering any different beasts.
In the distance, the Wilderness Mountains rose one after another, while nearby were towering giant trees, even though many trees had withered, they still gave a sky-covering feeling.
Suddenly Jiang Yiyi saw a green light appearing in the giant trees ahead, her face changed, and she quickly pointed to the tree and called out, "Big brother, that tree—"
"Bang!"
Yang Yuan quickly fired at that tree, although he didn't see anything, he decided to trust Jiang Yiyi.
With the sound of the gun, the tree was blasted with wood chips flying.
In Jiang Yiyi's vision, the moment the gunshot rang out, the green light suddenly vanished, and the next moment it appeared in another giant tree.
She hurriedly pointed to that giant tree again, "It went to that tree!"
"What is it?" Yang Yuan wondered but his hands were not slow, firing again.
But this time still didn't hit anything living, and he saw nothing, nor felt anything.
Suddenly, he saw Jiang Yiyi move her finger again, and before she could speak, he quickly raised his hand and fired.
"Bang" a gunshot rang, and green blood started flowing from the bullet hole in the tree, a foul stench emanating.
"Spirit Monster?!"
Zhao Jiayan's face changed slightly, hurriedly holding a pistol to protect Jiang Yiyi behind her.
"It's not dead yet." Jiang Yiyi said nervously.
"Bang bang bang!" Yang Yuan directly emptied the bullets from his pistol, riddling the tree's surface, making more dark green blood gush out.
Zhao Jiayan also fired her gun but was stunned to find that her bullets couldn't even pierce the bark, only creating small dents.
She looked at Yang Yuan in surprise, how could the same model of gun have such a power difference?
Yang Yuan didn't explain, while reloading his pistol he asked Jiang Yiyi, "Is it still alive?"
Jiang Yiyi hesitated, "It should be dead, but..."
"I know, best to shoot a few more times, just in case it's playing dead."
Yang Yuan reloaded his pistol and fired six more shots, emptying the bullets, then had Zhao Jiayan go check.
Zhao Jiayan cautiously walked to the giant tree with her small knife, cutting at the bullet holes.
Yang Yuan meanwhile reloaded his pistol again.
Five minutes later, Zhao Jiayan extracted a green, peach-pit-like object, exclaiming in surprise, "It should be a Spirit Monster Core, maybe from some kind of plant spirit monster."
"Good stuff." Yang Yuan smiled in satisfaction, took the Spirit Monster Core, sensed it, then put it away and said to Jiang Yiyi, "Yiyi did well."
Jiang Yiyi smiled happily, feeling that she was finally useful, before she could only help out with trivial tasks like lighting fires, always worried about being kicked out.
Now she finally didn't have to worry anymore.
The three continued forward, and Yang Yuan glanced at his pistol's experience, noting it was just five points shy of full, with his level already at four, the pistol could still be upgraded once more.
He was pondering whether to fire randomly to max out the experience, when suddenly Jiang Yiyi fearfully looked up and pointed to the sky, "Big bird..."
"Caw—"
In the same instant, a giant black fierce bird descended like lightning from the sky, its speed too fast.
"From the sky?" Yang Yuan's face changed, hastily raising his gun to fire.
"Bang bang bang..."
He had no time to aim, because the fierce bird's speed was too fast, only shooting based on instinct.
He fired six shots in succession, two bullets hit the black fierce bird's beak, only sparking on impact.
One bullet struck its head but only knocked off some blood-stained feathers.
However, the remaining three bullets all hit its wings, sending feathers and blood mist flying.
"Caw—"
The giant black bird lost its balance, panicking, but it was too late to fly back, crashing a few meters away from the three.
With a loud "Boom," the tremendous shockwave threw all three off.
Despite his waist wound tearing painfully, Yang Yuan immediately upgraded his pistol, then inserted a bullet into the magazine and placed it back, as the giant bird screamed angrily and took to the sky again, he aimed straight at its head and pulled the trigger.
"Boom—"
The gun's muzzle kicked up sharply, and half of the black giant bird's head exploded.
Then, under Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi's dumbfounded gaze, the massive black bird, with wings spanning five or six meters, pounded the ground violently, its bright red blood quickly staining the leaf-strewn ground.
However, with half its head completely blown away, the bird's brain was gone, and its body twitched a few more times before falling still.
His arm numb from the pistol's enormous recoil, Yang Yuan instinctively glanced at the new information on the level 4 pistol:
[LV.4: 2/40 (Pistol King, effective range of one hundred meters, hits cause explosion effects.)]