Chapter 325: Abide by the Agreement
Su Ming stepped onto the ice, came to the giant bear, and kicked the bear's head to pieces. At the same time, the system's prompt sounded in his mind - [Gained the characteristic [Bear Power]]
Su Ming quickly opened the feature and took a look. The new feature was rated C-level. The effect was that the bear's strength could be obtained, and 0.8% of the energy could be obtained by decomposition.
Well... it's garbage.
"It's a C-level weirdness." Su Ming said to himself.
"No, this guy is Class B!" The boy grabbed the ice with both hands, jumped out of the water, and then pulled his companion out of the water.
Su Ming was stunned for a moment. He actually guessed wrong, which was rare.
"Thank you for saving us." Others on the shore rushed down and said.
The girl who set off the fireball looked at Su Ming curiously. This boy who was about the same age as them was so awesome!
"Are you an A-level mutant?" the girl asked with a smile.
"Well, that's right, I guess so. Why are you here?" Su Ming asked back. The meaning of his words was very clear. You are so weak, you shouldn't come here.
"We are here to help our parents and also to practice our supernatural powers!" said the boy who had just transported everyone across the river. He was the leader of this group.
Su Ming understood that these young people were not the main force to explore the unexplored areas, but their parents were, and they followed their parents to settle in this place.
It is understandable that adventurers who want to explore deeper areas in such dangerous places need to establish a stable base at a certain depth. Otherwise, it would be a pity if they were seriously injured deep in the cave and died because they did not have time to return to the surface.
But...it's understandable to establish a base, but why bring children who are not strong enough down with them?
"By the way, do you have a detector to measure depth?" Su Ming asked.
"Yes! Do you want to come to where we live? It's almost evening, let's have dinner here." The boy said cheerfully. He looked very happy, unlike the others who were hit hard by the crisis just now.
"Thank you for bothering me." Su Ming replied.
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On the way back to the base, after chatting, Su Ming learned that the boy who was leading the group was named Lei An, and his father was the leader of the base.
Their main task in this place is to drive out as many monsters as possible, and then invite more people to build strongholds. This is a prerequisite for establishing an area where people can settle. The safety area of the entire Endless Cave was initially created through this method.
First, the adventurers enter the dangerous cave to explore the terrain and find out other unknown conditions. This is the most dangerous and difficult part.
After knowing the general environment, the territories where the monsters settled, and their strength, we recruited a large number of adventurers to come here to hunt, establish strongholds, and expand steadily. After the strongholds were connected together, we established edge defenses, and then let the Investigation Bureau build this already stable area.
Hunting work like that of Lei An's father's is not very dangerous, because they are dealing with monsters that have been detected countless times and are already known to everyone.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the base finally appeared in front of them. In the center was a row of wooden houses, and outside were barbed roadblocks. There were many people coming and going inside. They sat on stools, gathered around a table, played cards under a tent, and the aroma of food wafted in the air.
"This is it! Wait here!" Lei An turned and ran into a room.
Su Ming looked around, and the girl next to him asked, "Are you here alone? What are you doing in a place like this?"
"Uh... looking for something." Su Ming answered casually. He could feel that the girl had a good impression of him, but he didn't want to talk to her too much. He would be leaving soon , and it would be rude to leave an impression on the girl before leaving. It was better to be cold.
"Looking for something? Looking for what? Maybe we can help you!"
"Why hasn't Lei An come out yet?" Su Ming changed the subject.
The girl was startled, and immediately said, "I'll help you urge him!"
After saying that, she also walked into the room. Not long after she went in, a man and Lei An walked out together. The man had a stubble on his face and his face was a little greasy. It seemed that he had not washed his face for a long time, but his eyes were bright. He stared at Su Ming and laughed heartily.
"Hahaha! He's about the same age as my son! Thank you for saving them, little brother."
"No, it's no big deal, just a piece of cake." Su Ming felt that the man in front of him was a very easy to get along with.
"It's almost time for dinner, let's have dinner together!"
"This... still can't happen."
Su Ming hesitated for a moment, but decided to refuse. He now had to distance himself from the pursuers as quickly as possible. Staying here would not only put himself in danger, but would also pose a threat to the people here. The sooner he left here, the better.
"Don't you want to eat? It's very dangerous to move in the cave at night. Many monsters like to move at night."
"No, I have to go down right away. Do you have a depth detector here? I was in a hurry when I came down, so I forgot to bring it." Su Ming said, and added, "I can pay double the market price."
"Are you leaving now? That's too fast. It's really dangerous to travel at night. Stay!" said the girl.
Lei An's father, Lei Hao, didn't say much. He stared at Su Ming's face for a while, then turned around and patted his son on the shoulder: "Go get my detector."
Lei An immediately entered the room and took out a square mechanical object. Lei Hao handed the detector to Su Ming.
Su Ming's behavior made Lei Hao feel very strange. Under normal circumstances, no one would enter the unexplored area of the cave without a depth detector, and no one would enter here alone.
And after Su Ming arrived here, he didn't plan to stay, but planned to go directly down, as if he was in a hurry to hurry.
From these small details, Lei Hao could guess Su Ming's current situation.
"Are you being chased?" Lei Hao said.
"Hunted?! Are you being hunted?" The girl standing next to Lei An looked at Su Ming in surprise.
Su Ming took the detector, looked up, glanced at Lei Hao in surprise, then nodded: "Well, I guess so."
Lei An's father's sharpness was beyond Su Ming's imagination. Although Su Ming realized from the beginning that this handsome man was very capable, he was still surprised by his insight. However, there was no problem even if he was found out. There was no need to hide such a thing.
"If someone comes here later to ask about my whereabouts, just tell them directly and pretend that you don't know that they are here to hunt me down." Su Ming reminded.
Lei Hao frowned and didn't answer immediately.
Su Ming saw that Lei Hao didn't want to just stand by and watch, so he said in a more serious tone: "I'm already causing trouble for you by coming here. As long as you do what I say, both you and I will be fine. Just tell them the direction I left, and tell them whatever they ask. Don't do anything else... it's unnecessary."
"Okay! Got it! No matter what, you are my son's savior, I will do as you say."
"Uncle Lei, I'm serious... Don't do anything unnecessary." Su Ming frowned and stared at Lei Hao seriously.
Lei Hao was startled by Su Ming's glare. He was amazed at the child's sensitivity, as if he could see through his thoughts.
"Promise me... don't do anything unnecessary." Su Ming said.
Lei Hao stared into Su Ming's eyes for a long time, then sighed, "Okay, I understand."
"Thank you, this is an agreement and we must abide by it. Also, thank you for your detector. I won't give you the money since you won't want it anyway." Su Ming said.
Lei Hao was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Interesting! Xiao An, your friend is interesting! What's your name?"
"Su Ming."
"Okay! Xiao Ming, you're welcome to come back here to play anytime!" Lei Hao patted Su Ming's shoulder heavily.
Su Ming was also infected by Lei Hao's generosity and smiled: "Okay, I will come back if I have a chance."
Although they met by chance and had known each other for less than ten minutes, Su Ming felt that the father and son were very interesting and had good personalities.
"Then I'm leaving. Goodbye."
"Oh yeah! Wait a minute!"
Lei Hao seemed to remember something, turned around and walked into the house, then came out with a small notebook.
"Here are the maps and notes for this area. They are of no use to us now. You are not familiar with this place, right? Feel free to take them!"
"Thank you." Su Ming took the notes, turned around and left the base.
Lei Hao watched Su Ming leave, smiled, and said with emotion: "What an incredible young man."
"Dad, if the people who are chasing Su Ming find this place later, do you really plan to do what Su Ming said?" Lei An asked.
Lei Hao's expression froze and he fell into deep thought.
Frankly speaking, if it weren't for Su Ming's blessing, he would never do this. A man should be loyal and righteous in his life! He would never betray his son's savior to the people who were chasing him, even if it meant his death.
But Su Ming was very serious just now. Although no one knew why he was so serious, he really wanted them to do this.
"Since he said it himself, then..."
"Dad, this must be because he doesn't want us to be in danger."
Lei Hao nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with his son's point of view. After thinking about it, this the most likely one.
What a good boy.
Seeing his father hesitant, Lei An turned and ran into the house. A few minutes later, a gentle and beautiful middle-aged woman walked out of the wooden house. She wiped her wet hands on her apron and smiled at Lei Hao.
Lei Hao smiled at his wife: "Xiao An told you everything."
The beautiful woman nodded slightly.
"So what do you think I should do?"
"He saved Lei An and other children. He is our son's savior," said the woman.
Lei Hao nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know this, but Su Ming emphasized that we should tell those people everything we know."
"That's because he was worried about us. Let me ask you, if you had let Huang Xin go at the 7,000 meters, and Huang Xin really left, would you have survived? Now that he asks you not to help him, will you not help him?" The beautiful woman brought up the old events.
Upon hearing this, Lei Hao lowered his head and fell into long memories.
After a long time, he raised his head and made a decision.
