24: Chapter 24 Hitchhiking

"In the wilderness, danger is everywhere!"

"Among them, the danger from fellow Martial Artists is the most lethal!"

After Yang Juncheng recovered his strength, he stood up, walked slowly to the side of the Green Leather-Armored Man's corpse, and sighed softly.

If Yang Juncheng hadn't been able to sense the crisis in advance, he would have been riddled with bullets by the Green Leather-Armored Man's light machine gun nine times out of ten.

This gave Yang Juncheng a clearer understanding of the dangers in the wilderness.

After a moment of reflection, Yang Juncheng crouched down and began to search the body of the Green Leather-Armored Man.

Soon, Yang Juncheng fished out quite a few items from the Green Leather-Armored Man.

"Three anonymous bank cards, a piece of green leather armor that can defend against light machine gun bullets, a dagger that cuts iron like mud, a light machine gun, nine magazines filled with bullets, and a backpack containing over a hundred level 1 spirit fruits..."

Yang Juncheng counted the items on the Green Leather-Armored Man, put the useful ones into his spatial ring, and then stood up to walk out of the Hundred Fruit Forest.

However, when Yang Juncheng returned to the spot where he had parked his pickup truck, he was surprised to find that it had already been destroyed by Vicious Beasts and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Seeing this, Yang Juncheng had no choice but to walk toward Jianghai City.

As Yang Juncheng walked through the wilderness, vehicles would occasionally speed past him.

Yang Juncheng had no intention of flagging down those vehicles to hitch a ride.

And those vehicles had no intention of stopping to invite Yang Juncheng aboard.

Just like that, Yang Juncheng walked alone for tens of miles in the wilderness.

At this moment, a pickup truck sped over from the distance, heading straight for Yang Juncheng.

Seeing the direction the pickup truck was heading, Yang Juncheng frowned slightly, immediately stopped walking, silently raised his vigilance, and watched the rapidly approaching truck quietly.

Soon, the pickup truck stopped beside Yang Juncheng. A young beauty in the passenger seat rolled down the window and said to Yang Juncheng, "I am Captain Feng of the Shenfeng Squad, Feng Xiaomei. Do you want a ride?"

Hearing the young beauty's words, Yang Juncheng carefully examined the pickup truck and discovered that there were a total of six Martial Artists on board.

Among them, there was a male Martial Artist in the driver's seat, and four Martial Artists—two men and two women—in the truck bed.

Of these six Martial Artists, only the young beauty was a Innate Realm Martial Artist; the other five were all Eighth or Ninth Heaven Martial Artists.

"It's still over a hundred miles from here to Jianghai City. Since there's a ride available, why not take it!"

After carefully observing the situation on the pickup truck for a moment, Yang Juncheng chuckled, opened the rear door of the truck, and sat in.

Hearing Yang Juncheng's words and seeing his actions, Feng Xiaomei smiled slightly and told the driver to continue driving.

Afterward, Feng Xiaomei turned her gaze to Yang Juncheng and asked, "What should I call you, little brother? Are you adventuring in the wilderness alone, or did you get separated from your teammates?"

"My name is Yang Juncheng, you can call me Little Jun! I was bored at home alone, so I came to the wilderness to wander around and gain some experience!"

Yang Juncheng replied with a smile.

Hearing Yang Juncheng's words, although Feng Xiaomei knew he was lying, she didn't expose him. Instead, she said with a smile, "Little Jun, I have to say, you're quite bold to dare wander around the wilderness alone. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by Mutant Beasts and Vicious Beasts?"

"Captain Feng, I don't have any other skills, but I am certainly bold!" Yang Juncheng chuckled.

"Little Jun, you're not very old, but you have a lot on your mind! I don't mean anything else, I was just asking casually. There's no need to be so guarded against me!" Feng Xiaomei shook her head and said.

"Captain Feng, when you're out and about, it's better to be careful!" Yang Juncheng shrugged and said.

"Little Jun, just a moment ago you said you were bold, why are you acting timid now!" Feng Xiaomei chuckled.

"Captain Feng, just because I'm bold doesn't mean I'm stupid enough to say everything," Yang Juncheng said in a flat tone.

"Little Jun, has no one ever told you that you are too blunt? It's easy to kill a conversation that way!" Feng Xiaomei shook her head.

"Captain Feng, I walked too much just now and I'm a bit tired. I'll rest for a while; call me when we reach Jianghai City!" Yang Juncheng replied casually and immediately closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing Yang Juncheng's actions, Feng Xiaomei shook her head slightly and turned her gaze forward to monitor the surroundings.

Not long after, loud wolf howls rang out ahead.

More than a dozen Mutant Green Wolves, over two meters tall and covered in green fur, emerged from the dense jungle ahead. They opened wide their blood-red eyes and stared fixedly at the speeding pickup truck.

At this moment, the two men and two women sitting in the truck bed immediately stood up, raised the light machine guns in their hands, and pulled the triggers at the dozen Mutant Green Wolves.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amidst the crisp sound of gunfire, bullets carrying terrifying kinetic energy shot toward the dozen Mutant Green Wolves.

Facing the barrage of four light machine guns, the dozen Mutant Green Wolves immediately let out angry wolf howls. Moving their bodies, they turned into streaks of green afterimages and charged straight toward the pickup truck.

During this process, several Mutant Green Wolves charging at the very front were hit by the dense barrage of bullets and riddled with holes. They collapsed to the ground, losing all signs of life.

The remaining dozen Mutant Green Wolves, under the barrage of bullets, moved like lightning, easily dodging the attacks and rapidly closing in on the pickup truck.

Seeing this, Feng Xiaomei immediately had the pickup truck stop, then opened the door, grabbed a sharp longsword, and went straight to meet the dozen Mutant Green Wolves.

Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!

Seeing Feng Xiaomei get out of the pickup truck, the dozen Mutant Green Wolves immediately let out excited wolf howls, waving their sharp claws as they lunged straight at Feng Xiaomei, looking as if they wanted to tear her to pieces.

At this moment, Feng Xiaomei let out a light shout and swung the sharp longsword in her hand. Streaks of green sword energy shot out from it, flashing across the Void Realm like lightning, and slashed down toward the bodies of the dozen Mutant Green Wolves.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amidst crisp sounds, the heads of the Mutant Green Wolves were pierced by the sharp green sword energy. Blood splattered everywhere, and they died on the spot.

In a matter of moments, all of the dozen Mutant Green Wolves lay dead under the sharp green sword energy.

Immediately afterward, the four Martial Artists—two men and two women—in the truck bed quickly jumped down and ran over to the corpses of the dozen Mutant Green Wolves.

Afterward, the four Martial Artists took out sharp daggers and skillfully cut off the Mutant Green Wolves' sharp claws and fangs, and skinned the green wolf hides.