High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Chapter 6 Wild Boar Herd

The small armored vehicle bumped along across the wilderness.

The carriage was very crowded, with six people crammed into the narrow seats, their knees touching.

The protective netting on the car windows cut the outside light into patches, casting dappled shadows on everyone's faces.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Song Chen sat back at the innermost seat, closing his eyes to rest.

He could feel several gazes sweeping over him from time to time, filled with scrutiny, curiosity, and undisguised contempt.

"Feed".

Someone next to him nudged him with their elbow.

Song Chen opened her eyes and saw Zhao Wei's face with a fake smile.

His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone in the carriage to hear: "Song Chen, with your measly 0.6 health points, if we encounter a monster later, are you going to hide behind us, or just lie down and play dead?"

"I've heard that the beasts like to eat alive, so playing dead probably won't work."

The guy next to him, named Sun Qiang, immediately burst out laughing.

The two girls sitting opposite each other reacted differently.

Liu Tingting glanced at Song Chen nervously, while Li Wei remained expressionless, as if she hadn't heard anything.

Wang Jun stared out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Song Chen glanced at Zhao Wei, then closed her eyes again.

Zhao Wei curled his lip and turned to the others: "This is boring."

"Hey, you guys think we should buy a high-value insurance policy for our team with this 0.6-level loser? If he dies, his parents can make a fortune."

"Zhao Wei." A faint voice came from the driver's seat.

Zhao Wei's expression changed, and he immediately shut up.

Zhang Zhenyun didn't even turn his head, holding the steering wheel with one hand and extending the cigarette out the window with the other.

The smoke was torn apart by the wind and drifted behind the car.

"Shut your mouth before you get off the bus. Otherwise, I'll throw you out."

Zhao Wei gave a sheepish reply and dared not say another word.

The carriage fell silent again.

After driving for another ten minutes or so, the car stopped.

"arrive."

Zhang Zhenyun pushed open the car door and jumped out. "Everyone, get out."

The group filed off the bus.

Before me lay a low hill covered with waist-high wild grass.

In the distance, the ruins of Changqing City are clearly visible, with dilapidated high-rise buildings standing like tombstones on the horizon, about two or three kilometers away.

Zhang Zhenyun stood beside the car, scanning the six people in front of him.

"Do you know why I brought you here?"

No one answered.

He pointed into the distance: "Because this is the best observation point on the outskirts of Changqing City."

"See those ruins? From here to the edge of the ruins, it's an open area with a good view, suitable for observation. We'll wait here."

"Wait for what?" Li Wei asked.

Zhang Zhenyun glanced at her: "Wait for the strange beast to come out."

He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

"There are hundreds of thousands of strange beasts in Changqing City, but not all of them stay there all the time."

Every evening, a group of strange beasts would come out to hunt for food, heading west along a fixed route to drink water at the water source there.

"We'll stay here and wait for them to come out, then kill a bunch of them and retreat before dark."

Zhao Wei was somewhat disappointed: "Is it that simple? Aren't we going into the city?"

Zhang Zhenyun exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at him: "You want to go into the city?"

Zhao Wei felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, but still forced himself to say, "Isn't this supposed to be practical training? Practical training means going into the city to kill monsters, right? What's the point of waiting outside...?"

"Have you been inside?" Zhang Zhenyun interrupted him.

“No, no…”

"Then I'll tell you what's inside."

"The ruins are teeming with strange beasts. First-tier ones roam in packs, second-tier ones lurk in the shadows, and third-tier ones are dead before you can even see them."

"Once you go in, let alone students like you with a Qi and Blood value of just over 1.0, even I wouldn't dare say I could come out alive."

"If you think you're lucky and want to go in and die, I won't stop you, but my squad is the one I call the shots."

"I said I wouldn't go into the city, and I won't go into the city."

Zhao Wei was speechless, his face turning pale and then flushed.

"Now, everyone, crouch down and hide."

"Just wait and see."

Six people crouched in the grass and began to wait.

One minute.

ten minutes.

half an hour.

One hour.

One and a half hours.

Mosquitoes started appearing in the grass, buzzing around my ears.

My legs go numb after squatting for a long time, and even after changing my posture, they still go numb.

Zhao Wei's expression grew increasingly grim.

Sun Qiang muttered under his breath, "When will this ever happen...?"

Liu Tingting was also getting restless, constantly glancing at Zhang Zhenyun.

Li Wei remained calm, staring intently at the distant ruins without moving.

Wang Jun... Wang Jun actually fell asleep, snoring against the grass.

Only Song Chen maintained the same posture from beginning to end, half-squatting in the grass, his hand on the hilt of his battle sword, his gaze calmly fixed on the distance.

Zhang Zhenyun glanced at him, a strange glint in his eyes.

With a health value of 0.6, he dares to come outside the city and remains so calm.

He's either a fool or a ruthless person.

Another ten minutes or so passed.

"Damn it, how much longer do we have to wait..."

Zhao Wei finally couldn't hold back any longer and stood up to move his numb legs.

Just then, Song Chen suddenly spoke up: "They're here."

Everyone was stunned.

Zhang Zhenyun's eyes narrowed, and he immediately raised his binoculars to look at the ruins. A few seconds later, his expression changed slightly.

He hissed, "Lie down, and don't make a sound!"

Everyone immediately lowered their bodies.

In the distance, from the shadows at the edge of the ruins, something began to emerge.

First, there was a black dot, then a second, a third... more and more, until finally they merged into a moving black tide.

They were a herd of wild boars, huge wild boars.

The smallest are at least half a person's height, with jet-black fur, protruding fangs, and eyes that gleam with a ghostly green light in the dim light.

They emerged from the ruins, heading west along a fixed route, their steps heavy and orderly, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Song Chen counted them; there were at least thirty.

Three of them were exceptionally large, a full size larger than the others, with a shoulder height of 1.5 meters and fangs half a meter long, stained with dried blood.

Those three large ones are definitely first-tier exotic beasts.

Zhang Zhenyun lowered his voice and introduced, "It's a herd of mutated wild boars, three of them are at the first rank, and more than twenty are not."

His hand rested on the hilt of the knife at his waist, but he did not draw it.

"Everyone, prepare for battle."

Zhao Wei was taken aback: "Captain, you..."

Zhang Zhenyun's gaze swept over the faces of the six people: "I'm only responsible for guarding."

"If other strange beasts are attracted by the smell of blood, I will intervene, but you can deal with these wild boars yourselves."

Sun Qiang's voice trembled with fear: "Solve it yourself?"

"Three Tier 1, over twenty that haven't reached Tier 1, and there are only six of us?"

Zhang Zhenyun sneered, "So what if there are six people?"

"Weren't you here for practical training? Practical training is about killing alien beasts. If you want me to kill them for you, then what are you doing here? On vacation?"