Arrive at Qing County

The group instantly became vigilant and hurriedly looked up.

They saw a black crow, over two meters tall, standing on a thick branch of a towering tree.

To say it was a crow, it wasn't quite a crow.

This creature had black feathers all over its body and possessed a pair of blood-red eyes.

Its bird beak was fully half a meter long.

The sharp claws on its legs were even sharper than those of an eagle.

【Black Crow】 Rank: LV2 Attribute: Wind Skill: Beak Strike Grade: Divine-Grade (Grade 5) Talent: Feathering (Unawakened) Combat Power: 900 HP: 12000

Blood Asura spun its scythe and was about to rush forward.

"Blood Asura, slow down!"

Ye Chen hurriedly stopped it, and Blood Asura halted, though it kept its gaze fixed on the Black Crow above.

"Brother Chen, what's wrong? It's just a LV2 monster, can't Blood Asura handle it alone?"

Zhu Qiang asked curiously.

Tang Qiu said: "This isn't a monster; it's a pet."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said to the Black Crow.

"Don't hide, come out!"

Immediately, a head poked out from behind the Black Crow, and a nineteen-year-old boy emerged.

Lin Nuoyi and the others finally relaxed.

The boy greeted everyone embarrassedly: "Hello, my name is Xiaotian."

The boy named Xiaotian patted the Black Crow's back: "Xiao Hei, go down."

The Black Crow slowly flapped its wings and descended from the tree.

Xiaotian also climbed down from the Black Crow and hobbled over to Ye Chen and the others.

Only then did Ye Chen notice that Xiaotian had a physical disability.

He couldn't help but ask: "Why are you and your pet in the forest?"

Xiaotian scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "There are monsters everywhere outside, I'm scared, so I'm hiding in this forest."

Zhu Qiang looked up at the tree and exclaimed in surprise.

"Good grief, you actually built a house up there."

Everyone looked up.

Between two thick branches of a towering tree, there was surprisingly a small wooden house.

"It's too dangerous outside and on the ground, so I built a house up there. I usually have Xiao Hei fly out to find food and drink."

Good grief!

This Xiaotian was using his pet as a nanny. The Black Crow stood to the side, occasionally shaking its feathers.

Ye Chen understood what was going on and said: "Alright then, be careful here by yourself."

After saying that, Ye Chen prepared to continue moving forward. He definitely couldn't go to this area anymore.

In case they ran into an Enforcement Team that knew Hou Qinghua, it would be another trouble.

"Big Brother, it's dangerous ahead. There's a wild factory, a sweatshop, full of bad people!"

Xiaotian suddenly said from behind. Ye Chen turned around abruptly, his eyes brightening slightly.

"Bad people? How strong are they?"

Xiaotian scratched his head: "I'm not sure about that, but they're pretty strong. If you want to go past, you'd better take that small path!"

He pointed in another direction.

Ye Chen nodded with a smile and threw the Tiger Skin Divine Garment to Xiaotian: "This is the Tiger Skin Divine Garment. It can evade detection by monsters below LV10, but it can't hide you from human eyes. Be careful here by yourself."

The Tiger Skin Divine Garment was no longer of any use to Ye Chen and his group.

After all, monsters below LV10 didn't pose much of a threat to Ye Chen and the others.

Seeing Xiaotian, Ye Chen thought of his own younger brother in reality.

Looking at the Tiger Skin Divine Garment in his hands, Xiaotian felt filled with emotion: "Big Brother, what's your name?"

"Ye Chen!"

The group then left. Xiaotian stood there for a long time before returning to the treetop to continue hiding.

On the way.

Tang Qiu said sarcastically: "Captain Ye is truly generous, giving away such a good item just like that!"

Ye Chen gave a dry laugh and didn't speak.

This girl didn't quite grasp reality, still thinking she was the captain of the Enforcement Team!

Half an hour later.

Hou Qinghua arrived in the forest with another squad.

He called Xiaotian down from the tree and asked about the whereabouts of Ye Chen and the others.

Having received help from Ye Chen, Xiaotian naturally didn't tell the truth.

He pointed Hou Qinghua toward the location of the sweatshop.

After Hou Qinghua left, Xiaotian rode the Black Crow and ran away.

He continued to look for another tree to live in.

Living people, after all, shouldn't be hung up on one tree.

At this time, Ye Chen and the others had already arrived at the outskirts of a village. Lin Nuoyi looked at the map on her phone and said: "After passing this village, we can get to the highway entrance. Following the highway, we can reach Qing County."

"This village is called Gaojia Village."

Ye Chen checked the time and said: "There is still smoke from cooking in the village ahead; there should be people there."

"Should we go over and take a look?"

Ye Chen nodded and immediately walked toward the village.

This place was remote, with fields for several kilometers around, so there weren't many monsters here.

Just as they arrived at the village entrance, a group of young people suddenly appeared and shouted: "What are you doing here!"

These people should have been the villagers; they were all around thirty years old, and their pets were only LV2, Grade 3 Rare.

Ye Chen cupped his hands and said: "I am Ye Chen, and these people are my teammates. We want to go to the highway entrance ahead; we have no other intentions."

The leader held a shovel and looked at Ye Chen and the others: "My name is Gao Xing, the village chief of Gaojia Village. You can't pass through here; go somewhere else!"

Hearing this, Tang Qiu immediately frowned.

Gao Chao, a villager beside Gao Xing, pulled on Gao Xing's clothes and said: "Village Chief, their pets are at least LV3, and the pet belonging to the one named Ye Chen is even LV4. We had better be polite."

Hearing this, Gao Xing was startled and hurriedly checked their information.

"Mother of pearl, a LV4 pet, Grade 7 Saint Grade."

Gao Xing instantly became panicked and hurriedly said: "Big Brothers and Big Sisters, please pass if you wish, but please don't harm our villagers. There are still many elderly and children in our village who have no power to defend themselves!"

Gao Xing's tone was a bit stuttering.

Tang Qiu immediately pouted: "Who is your Big Sister? I'm only twenty-five!"

She had a belly full of anger with nowhere to vent, so she was immediately dissatisfied.

"Young Miss, pretty young lady, I was wrong. Please, go ahead! Please, go ahead!"

Ye Chen glanced at Tang Qiu and said: "Alright, let's go."

He led the four of them forward.

When passing Gao Xing and the others, Gao Xing and the villagers hurriedly lowered their heads; this was respect for the strong.

Exiting the village, the highway entrance was not far ahead.

At this time, the highway toll station was already in ruins, and damaged cars were stopped intermittently on the highway.

It seemed that before this, there were also monsters on this highway. Looking at the miserable scene, Lin Nuoyi couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't know if this world can ever return to the way it was before."

Ye Chen comforted her: "Whether it can return to the way it was before, we don't know, but our primary goal is still to survive."

Lin Nuoyi nodded and didn't speak.

The group walked along the highway for more than two hours, and a highway exit finally appeared before them.

The broken sign read: Welcome to Qing County.

This place, like the previous entrance, was also a ruin.

The group had now arrived on the territory of Qing County.

However.

This place still belonged to the Seventh Area.