Chapter 6: Group Beating

  Zhang Feng asked Chen Yu why he knew about the changes in this world. In fact, he also eagerly wanted to know what had happened to the Earth.

  "No one knows why it's like this! The Chen family is actually a noble family, and since its establishment, there has been an ancient secret box that has been kept. According to the ancestors' rules, it was only opened ten years ago. It described all the major events that occurred in the last three years of the Earth's change. At first, we didn't believe it, but until three years ago, when the recorded events happened one by one, we had no choice but to believe. Then the Chen family began to prepare for the coming world. Actually, I'm not sick, I just need to take more time off to cultivate myself. If the world is different, isn't strength the most important thing?"

  "What about the Li family and Zhang family? Are they also like the Chen family?"

  "Yes. Actually, in every city, there are many families like us that are unknown to the public. Many families have been preparing for a long time, some started recently. The records we obtained only go up to the insect tide. There are also ways of survival and characteristics of monsters above."

  "What's with the insect tide?" Zhang Feng furrowed his brow.

  This is not the first time I've heard this word.

  But just how terrifying can locust swarms be?

  "Zhang Feng, with this equipment, you should be able to survive. I hope you can unravel the mystery of all this," Chen Yu said, gently smoothing out her disheveled hair: "I'll leave first. There's less than a day left before the insect tide, and many people in the Chen family still don't have life-saving equipment, so I need to go kill some more insects."

  Zhang Feng sat by the fire pit, holding an empty bowl in his hands, staring blankly at Chen Yu's back.

  Chen San is back.

  Behind Chen San were a few middle-aged men in their 40s and 50s.

  The first one looked at Zhang Feng and said, "You are Chen Yu's classmate, right? I've heard Chen Yu mention you. My name is Chen Rui Lei, also the third in line, you can call me San Shu like Chen Yu."

  "Hello." Zhang Feng stood up, smiling and putting down his bowl as he spoke.

  This is a slightly plump forty-year-old ordinary middle-aged person with a kind face.

  "Sit down." Chen Rui gestured for Zhang Feng to sit down and said: "I heard from Chen San that you have a lot of equipment to sell, right?"

  "Yes. As long as there are enough mosquito needles, I can sell them. Or other equipment is also okay."

  "Equipment is not good. The Chen family also has a lot of people, when the insect tide comes, we need to protect ourselves, these cannot be sold. As for mosquito needles, we have a lot. We have a total of 500, how about exchanging 150 for a bronze equipment?"

  "Five hundred pieces, three sets of bronze equipment," Zhang Feng said after a brief moment of hesitation.

  Although he didn't know the current market price of bronze equipment, he had some understanding of the game. In the first battlefield that just opened for over a dozen days, this bronze equipment was already not bad, worth at least 1,500 Earth coins.

  If the price is calculated at four earth coins per ordinary crossbow arrow, then two hundred arrows would be no more than one thousand earth coins.

  But this mosquito needle's properties are better, exchanging one hundred and fifty for one piece shouldn't be a big loss.

  But in a situation where you take what you need, the value of mosquito needles is better than these useless equipment.

  Five hundred for three pieces, it should be considered a big profit.

  "No problem." Chen Rui Lei directly clapped his hands and beckoned with one hand: "Five hundred coins for three items."

  Behind Chen Rui Lei, Chen San immediately took out a large pile of mosquito needles from the storage ring and piled them on the ground.

  Zhang Feng also took out two other equipment and handed them over to Chen San, and put away the 500 mosquito needles.

  "Little brother, I heard you still have a few more guns, don't know how those are going to be sold?"

  "Exchange equipment, or something I'm interested in."

  "Equipment is impossible, but what you're interested in might be something that can be said, come and listen."

  Chen Rui's attitude was very resolute. It can be seen that Chen's family is in urgent need of equipment.

  There's still one day left before the tide of insects bursts forth, nothing is more important than equipment.

  Zhang Feng also saw Chen Rui's attitude, hesitated for a moment and said: "Then I need all the information about the insect tribe that you know, and it's best to have elite monsters and rare monsters appearing."

  "This is no problem." Chen Rui replied very quickly: "However, the time of appearance is random and not fixed. Especially for rare-class monsters, they are extremely rare, even if you have coordinates, it's not necessarily possible to encounter them."

  He quickly pointed out the habitats of elite and rare monsters on Zhang Feng's map, and also copied some insect tribe information that his tribesmen knew and handed it over to Zhang Feng.

  The transaction went very smoothly.

  Zhang Feng also learned from Chen Rui Lei's mouth that when the first dark night of the world change arrived, it was the time of the insect tide explosion.

  Chen Rulai invited Zhang Feng back to this campsite because a large number of warriors were gathered here, and gathering together might make it possible to survive the insect tide.

  Zhang Feng agreed.

  But he still chose to leave temporarily.

  There is still one day left, maybe he will get better equipment.

  Especially Zhang Feng still remembered that rare shell insect, and didn't know what equipment would drop.

  After confirming that there was no more suitable equipment in the camp, he took out a map and headed towards the area where the beetles were active.

  This time, he wants to go directly to find the places with elite and rare levels.

  The Swift Ring has a 10% chance of piercing rebound. The Glory Ring also has a 30% chance of rebounding over the ring.

  Basically, a first-level insect will reflect 40% of the damage back at him.

  But Zhang Feng wouldn't be foolish enough to take 60% damage for a 40% rebound.

  Zhang Feng held a pair of knives and as soon as he stepped into the area where the beetles were present, he discovered a hidden beetle underground with his geographical eyes.

  Zhang Feng didn't hesitate and directly leaped down towards the ground with a thrust.

  The twin blades stabbed into the ground, directly beheading the beetle.

  A huge beetle struggled underground for a few moments and then died underground.

  The terrain's eye is not a bad skill.

  With this skill, Zhang Feng no longer had to worry about the traps that would appear underground.

  He summoned a praying mantis, relying on its equipment advantage to clear out the insects on the road.

  A stag beetle and a snail died under his knife.

  He approached a region where elite monsters were known to appear, and in the corner, he saw a mantis with a blue glow on its body tearing apart a beetle.

  It's quite out of the way here, if someone hadn't guided me I really wouldn't have found it.

  Zhang Feng threw over a probe and obtained some data.

  Elite is actually a second-tier monster.

  "There shouldn't be a problem, I'm also level two, and with my equipment, I should be able to take care of it." Zhang Feng took out his mantis crossbow from far away, loaded the mosquito needle, and aimed.

  Suddenly, two crossbow arrows pierced into the body of the elite mantis.

  "Hiss, hiss!" The elite mantis threw away the beetle and let out a sharp hiss. It turned its head towards Zhang Feng and then pounced over.

  Zhang Feng didn't hold back either and shot two more arrows in quick succession.

  One arrow missed its mark and another shot into the mantis's foreleg.

  But beyond Zhang Feng's expectations, another blue light jumped out from behind the elite mantis.

  "Damn it, two elite mantises." Zhang Feng took a deep breath in reverse, stepping back step by step, and all the crossbow arrows in the quiver were shot out.

  With his current skills, three arrows missed, four out of seven hit the first mantis, and three penetrated into the abdomen of the second mantis.

  Green blood flowed out of the abdomens and bodies of the two mantises, and the unique properties of the mosquito needle caused the movements of the two mantises to slow down.

  Zhang Feng shot his last arrow and turned around to run.

  At the same time, he ran and took out a mosquito needle from the storage ring and pressed it into the crossbow box.

  The speed of the two mantises slowed down, but they were not slow in their jumping. Moreover, when they saw that they could not catch up with Zhang Feng, they suddenly let out a sharp cry.

  In an instant, from the dark corners all around or from some buildings, dozens of first-class mantises stretched out their heads and then unfolded their wings to pounce on Zhang Feng.

  The crossbow bolts were replaced, and Zhang Feng didn't have time to take a closer look. The crossbow bolts shot out continuously from the mantis crossbow, with rays of light piercing through the mantis's body.

  A blue shadow suddenly accelerated in mid-air, like a sharp arrow shooting straight at Zhang Feng's back.

  Zhang Feng swept his gaze over the shadowy figure, then rolled on the ground. As he supported himself with one hand, the mantis crossbow fired two arrows in a row at the shadow.

  The shadow in mid-air suddenly dodged Zhang Feng's crossbow bolt and swooped down again with undiminished speed.

  "Damn it." Zhang Feng held a pair of butterfly knives in his hand and made a series of swift cuts in the air.

  Twin blades slash six times in one second, cutting out six knife shadows and colliding with the shadow.

  "Ah!" A pained shriek, the elite mantis's half of its foreleg was severed by the dual blades, and a large amount of green blood spurted out.

  Zhang Feng didn't have time to look closely, and softly shouted: "Hard shell!"

  In an instant, a layer of grayish oval light enveloped Zhang Feng.

  This is a skill attached after Su Zhi's suit is assembled. It lasts for 3 minutes and has a cooldown of half an hour.

  During this time, he must try to get rid of as many first-level worms as possible.

  Forty percent rebound damage, a bug crashed into the hard shell, was bounced back with a scream, and started bleeding from its body.

  A hard shell can withstand damage but cannot withstand impact.

  Zhang Feng stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

  This small mistake instantly allowed two elite mantises to capture them.

  Two praying mantises suddenly accelerated from two directions and shot towards Zhang Feng like two sharp arrows.

  Zhang Feng didn't dare get closer this time.

  Its hard outer shell can negate first-level damage, but second-level damage can only be partially negated.

  If he were hit completely, two secondary mantises could kill him instantly.

  It's just a second-rate elite, yet it's powerful to this extent.

  And unexpectedly, dozens of ordinary mantises helped, which was really a group fight that couldn't be reasoned with!

  Bang!

  The first elite mantis crashes on a hard shell.

  The gray light of the shell dimmed in an instant, making a sound like shattering glass, and dissolved into a faint starlight that disappeared.

  The hard shell is broken!

  Zhang Feng's heart suddenly tightened. For over a decade, his training had been to react by immediately pouncing down, rolling on the ground and then jumping up to run into the nearest building.

  What a joke.

  If it were an elite-level insect, it could be easily annihilated.

  He can't withstand the attack of two elite-level insects and dozens of ordinary ones.

  It was originally in the corner and would be closer to the building.

  Zhang Feng knocked down two first-class mantises and rushed into a shop. He then quickly ran towards the only entrance and exit door.

  He ran while replacing the mantis bow and quickly filling the crossbow bolts.

  The mantis's body is too big and it's not easy to squeeze in.

  After Zhang Feng rushed into the small gate, he immediately turned around and shot out two crossbow arrows.

  The mantis running in the front was shot directly.

  The rest of the mantises stopped suddenly and gathered in front of the door, and none of them rushed inside again.

  "They also have thoughts." Zhang Feng was slightly stunned and then shook his head: "No, these guys don't have any thoughts."

  Those two secondary mantises are thoughtful, they know how to summon their subordinates and fold in mid-air to attack.

  These are no ordinary insects, their intelligence may not be too high, but for him now, they are also very threatening.

  He is now in a windowless storage room with large quantities of moldy and spoiled food scattered around.

  Outside, dozens of mantises surrounded the store, making it impossible to get out.

  Time flies, and now it's even closer to the insect tide.

  If I were trapped here, surrounded by even more insects, I wouldn't be able to escape either.

  What if I'm alone?

  If someone cooperates, maybe I still have a chance to rush out.

  Now he only has a first-level mantis of summoning type.

  Let mantis lead the way?

  Forget it, probably rush out and get torn to pieces.

  There are still dozens of them standing outside.

  At this time, dozens of mantises retreated to both sides.

  One-armed mantis, one intact mantis walked towards the small gate with chest raised and head held high.

  At this time, the holes shot on the two mantises no longer bleed, but with the movement of the mantis, it can still be seen that the mosquito needle is constantly stabbing out small protrusions in the body of the mantis.

  "Hiss."

  Two mantises saw Zhang Feng and shrieked as if they had met an enemy, then charged towards the small gate.

  Zhang Feng's hand tightened, and the mantis guandao in his hand was raised.

  The two mantises surprisingly stopped advancing and retreated slowly.

  "As expected, he's wise." Zhang Feng's heart tightened further.

  Such a praying mantis was like two wolves staring at him, and if Zhang Feng made a mistake, it would pounce on him and tear him apart.

  The two sides stood there like this for a while.

  The mantis doesn't move, yet the wind is stirring up the mantis's spear.

  "No way!" Zhang Feng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he slapped his thigh and stood up.

  Is there still a hidden angel? Since it's an auxiliary weapon, can the angel only give itself a status boost from behind?

  Or is an angel also a warrior?

  Who says auxiliary can't fight?

  Zhang Feng controlled the angel with his consciousness, and it walked out of nothingness. A pair of bright eyes stared at Zhang Feng's body, then slowly looked around, waiting for orders.