I just want to be stable, I was hung up and became a Valkyrie

Chapter 170

Shen Qian opened the mission scroll marked "Twilight" amidst the complicated eyes of everyone.

This is a mission to hunt monsters.

This kind of task is very common, but it is also recognized as one of the more dangerous tasks.

Because hunting monsters is only an established goal, but the situation in the restricted area is changing, and often it is not just simple monsters that have to be dealt with.

The other one is that since the recovery of the spiritual energy, the wisdom of the monsters has also continued to grow with the passage of time.

Nowadays, it is difficult to see traces of monsters near the main cities.

The dusk bounty received by the Dark Star team was aimed at a monster named "Night Fin".

The requirement is to capture alive, and nightfins are rated between W and R.

This represents the lowest and highest strength of a monster like Nightfin.

Level W is the same level as the silver-stained beast that Shen Qian got from Wang Shuo, and its strength is comparable to the peak of a human warrior.

And the R grade is five grades higher than the W grade.

"If it is an R-rank monster, we may give up more. It is already close to the mountains and seas. If we insist on hunting, the casualties will be relatively large."

Yuan You packed up the elixir and sat back next to Shen Qian. She obviously knew the content of the task by heart, so she spoke directly.

"However, both W-level and R-level are relatively rare. W-level is equivalent to a young child, and R-level represents the possibility of mutation. Generally speaking, T-level is the most common, and it is comparable to the middle of a high-level warrior."

Shen Qian nodded slightly. In fact, he already knew all this, but there was no need to show anything.

"Hey, do you have a date?" Yuan You suddenly touched Shen Qian.

"Ah?" Shen Qian didn't expect the other party to change the topic so quickly, he nodded after being startled, "Yes."

"How many?" Yuan You smiled with a half smile.

"... Where do you start with this?" Shen Qian said seriously.

"Tch, before I left, I saw you send a message, it seems that there is more than one object?"

Yuan You moved closer, almost pressing on Shen Qian, not concealing the curiosity in her beautiful eyes, "The style of those head portraits belongs to young girls at first glance!"

Shen Qian was a little speechless, and at the same time felt the oppression from a smart woman again.

... No wonder men want to find someone stupid when they get married.

"It's almost time to get there, cheer up. Xiaowang Village is different from Santou Town. There are still some unexplored areas here."

He Weichen's voice suddenly sounded.

Shen Qian was the first to stand up, and at the same time felt for the first time that the other party was actually not bad.

Under He Weichen's inexplicable gaze, Yuan You bared his teeth at him.

The car door opened, but unexpectedly there was no wind and sand.

Shen Qian followed Du Qiu out of the car, seeing nothing unusual, he simply took off his mask, squinted his eyes and looked around.

The armored vehicle stopped on a sloping hillside. Under the hillside, there was a flat area mixed with weeds and broken bricks and tiles. It stretched forward and circled all the way to the back of a mountain, until it was so deep that it could not be seen.

The wind and sand can still be seen in the distance, but the strange thing is that the area in front of me seems to be blocked, and it looks calm.

"It's normal. The climate in the forbidden area is changing at any time, but because the changes are too drastic, some vacuum areas will occasionally appear."

He Weichen seemed to see Shen Qian's doubts, and took the initiative to explain.

"This long and narrow area surrounded by low mountains is Xiaowang Village. According to scattered records, Xiaowang Village was a well-known local mining village before the catastrophe. There are many mine tunnels in the village, so the terrain is far more complicated than it looks. Everyone Be careful."

Yuan You's voice rang through the headset, "We can only walk here, we will start after lunch."

The armored vehicles and the logistics team stayed on the hillside. As for Shen Qian and other newcomers, they voluntarily chose whether to follow them into the village.

Of course, no one chose to stay.

In fact, it is enough to reward two or three high-level fighters at dusk. This time, all the elite forces of the Dark Star Squad were dispatched, with the intention of training newcomers.

After each had a lunch with Satiating Dan and Qingshui, they walked into the ruins of Xiaowang Village.

"what!"

Chen Peng suddenly screamed, and watched the black shadow rushing towards him at an incomparable speed, but couldn't make any reaction.

Bang!
A dull sound sounded, He Weichen stood in front of Chen Peng, and knocked the black shadow away with one punch.

And Yang Ni's vigorous figure has already rushed out at the same time, and a silver net in her hand opened, instantly covering the black shadow.

Everything happened in an instant, before most people could react, Yang Ni had already walked back with a silver net bag.

Inside the net pocket was a creature covered with barbs and a head that looked a bit like a rabbit.

It was still struggling, and the silver net made a piercing friction sound.

"What is this?" Chen Peng was still in shock.

"W-level monster, Shadow Rabbit." Shen Qian stared at the rabbit and said, "The lethality is only at the beginning of middle-level fighters, but the speed can kill most of the peak-level fighters in seconds."

"No wonder I didn't react..." Chen Peng heaved a sigh of relief, the annoyance in his heart eased, and he finally didn't feel too ashamed.

"You did your homework quite well." Gu Yungao glanced at Shen Qian and said something incomprehensible.

These common monsters are marked in the "Restricted Area Guide", and no one finds it strange.

Shen Qian didn't bother to talk to Gu Yungao, he had already noticed that the other party seemed to have some kind of hostility towards him, although he didn't know where it came from.

He just entered Xiaowang Village and within a few steps, he encountered a W-level monster, which also made everyone vigilant. He Weichen was the first to explore the way, and began to go deeper into Xiaowang Village more cautiously.

Time passed in dull silence.

Shen Qian looked up and saw that there was no change in the clouds above and the light shining through, but for some reason, as everyone went deeper into the weeds, the surroundings continued to become darker.

Shen Qian felt it again. So far, neither the system nor the black scroll in his space ring had any response, and he became calm.

This shows that at present, there is no uncontrollable danger in the area of ​​Xiaowang Village.

"wrong!"

At this time, He Weichen, who was waiting in front of him, motioned for everyone to pause, and said with a frown.

In addition to being an intermediate hunter, he is also an intermediate scout, shouldering the duties of guidance and warning.

At this time, everyone was near a broken dry well. Looking back, they could no longer see the hillside at the entrance. There were mountains on both sides and mottled weeds everywhere.

In the silence, Yuan You seemed to have sensed something was wrong, frowned and said, "There is something wrong."

"Why didn't I notice anything unusual?" Gu Yungao asked in confusion.

"It's so peaceful, don't you think?"

He Weichen's sharp gaze swept around, "Except for meeting a shadow rabbit when I first came in, I haven't seen any traces of monsters since then, let alone monsters, the weather in this world seems to be frozen. It has been kept on an ordinary cloudy day..."

"This dry well is already the dividing line in the depths, it shouldn't be so peaceful."

Everyone wakes up.

Xiaowang Village is marked as a red dangerous area on the map, how could it be impossible to encounter any situation?
"Be more vigilant, load your weapons, and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time."

As He Weichen spoke, he drew out a psionic gun first.

Hunters will basically be equipped with such guns. Although the thermal psionic gun is relatively inflexible and has a charge limit, its instantaneous destructive power exceeds itself.

Gu Zifang, Ouyang Fei, and Chen Peng also drew out a psionic gun. Of course, it was only an entry-level gun, but its destructive power was comparable to that of a middle-level warrior.

Only Shen Qian just pulled out an ordinary alloy long knife.

"You didn't buy a psionic gun?" Yuan You was a little surprised.

"I don't have enough money, so I didn't think about it for the time being." Shen Qian smiled and explained briefly.

Yuan You was a little strange. Although he didn't know the inside story, the reward for being the number one martial arts champion in the country was an astronomical sum. How could he have no money to buy a psionic gun?
But she didn't know that what Shen Qian said was actually the truth.

Ordinary psionic guns don't mean much to him. The one he saw in the psionic store was ridiculously expensive, so Shen Qian really couldn't afford it for the time being.

Everyone walked slowly for more than ten minutes, the surrounding mountains became denser, and it seemed to gradually become a corridor in front of them.

Shen Qian looked up and felt that the shape of those mountain walls was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange for a while.

"The scroll is starting to heat up."

At this moment, Yuan You suddenly said.

The crowd was awe-inspiring.

There is a special magnetic card on the task scroll. Once it is close to the target area on the map, the temperature will rise to remind the person who is doing the task.

At this time, everyone finally passed through the narrow corridor, and a small open area appeared in front of them. Among the overgrown weeds, a gazebo and a stone sculpture suddenly appeared strangely.

Everyone was a little terrified.

Because although the gazebo has some signs of dilapidation, the main building is intact, which is simply impossible in the restricted area.

The stone sculpture standing beside the gazebo is somewhat blurred, but it can be vaguely seen that it is a woman.

"Captain, have you seen... this?"

Yuan You's face was serious, and he asked what is the way of minister.

He Weichen shook his head and walked over step by step.

And the Dark Star team had dispersed into a battle formation, watching their surroundings vigilantly.

Ouyang Fei, Gu Zifang and the other three were also affected by the atmosphere, and became a little nervous for no reason, but Shen Qian remained relatively relaxed.

For no other reason, the system still does not respond.

...Unless there is an existence here beyond the system's perception, there should still be no danger.

Just when Shen Qian was thinking this way, Yang Ni in front of her suddenly let out an exclamation.

Everyone moved after hearing the news, but they all took their psychic powers in their sights.

Am I guessing wrong?

Shen Qian was surprised at first, and then realized that there was no danger, but that Yang Ni seemed to have seen something that surprised her.

After the alert was lifted, everyone gathered near the gazebo.

But on the side of the gazebo, in a low-lying place covered by weeds, there was a dead fish-like creature crouching there.

This creature, which is suspected to be a monster, has colorful colors on its body, but at this time, perhaps because of the loss of vitality, those colors are extremely dull.

In addition, it also has a pair of almost transparent wings as thin as onion wings.

Just staring at the wings that shone with awe-inspiring colors, everyone felt a chill running down their backs. This is something that can make people realize how sharp it is just by looking at it.

"Nightfin!"

Yuan You also exclaimed in disbelief.

"what?"

Everyone was shocked, and only then did they understand why Yang Ni's face was so shocked.

It turned out that the corpse of an unknown monster in front of everyone was the target of their bounty at dusk, the corpse of Yefin!

"Yang Ni, confirm the cause of its death."

Although He Weichen also felt that it was extremely weird, he was still calm and said.

Yang Ni nodded, put on rubber gloves and walked forward, bent down and looked carefully.

When everyone's attention was attracted by Yefin's corpse, Shen Qian came to the blurry statue.

He touched the chiseled marks, and could feel that the knife was very rough, and there were many traces of failure. He felt that it should be carved by a layman who is not good at this kind of work.

In addition, there are many fine and strange scratches on the statue.

For some reason, looking at those scratches, Shen Qian felt very uncomfortable.

Shen Qian's eyes froze suddenly, then he squatted down and scraped away the bottom soil, only to see a line of crooked small red characters at the base of the stone carving.

"Thinking of you and not seeing you, this hatred will never end!"

Shen Qian looked at the ten small characters that seemed to flow like blood, and an inexplicable chill hit his heart, and the system seemed to be agitated.

"It should be a T-level night fin, but it's a bit strange. It doesn't seem to have died in a fight between monsters. It is likely that other warriors pierced its heart with a sharp weapon..."

Yang Ni stood up at this moment, and said with a serious face.

"But if it's other warriors, why do you want to kill them, and why don't you take away the corpse after you kill them?"

Hearing that it should be a human warrior, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Yuan You raised his own doubts.

"That's right, apart from other things, the value of the pair of night fins alone is also worth millions. Who can turn a blind eye?"

Du Qiu nodded in agreement.

No matter how rich a person is, it is impossible to ignore a huge sum of money casually, not to mention that the wings of Nightfin are almost weightless and easy to carry.

Shen Qian stood up, closed his eyes slightly, and then began to feel and observe everything here from another perspective.

About ten seconds later, Shen Qian spoke, directly interrupting everyone's discussion, "There are other corpses here."

"what?"

He Weichen and the others turned their heads in astonishment.

Shen Qian didn't say a word, just swept forward, came a few meters away, and kicked a boulder with a diameter of nearly two meters.

The boulder rolled down, revealing the corpse of another monster buried below.

Shen Qian kept moving, and soon found two other monster corpses covered by weeds and mud.

Yang Ni and Yuan You were the first to react, and quickly stepped forward to check.

"U-level monster black-faced sheep, and two V-level shadow rabbits."

"The cause of death is [-]% similar to that of Nightfin..."

Soon Yuan You and Yang Ni came to a conclusion.

"What happened here?" Gu Yungao frowned, "Could it be that some mountain and sea warrior passed by here and slaughtered them?"

"If you're just passing by, do you think these monsters have the courage to block the mountains and seas?" Du Qiu shook his head.

When everyone was discussing fiercely, Yuan Youmei's eyes turned, but they were fixed on Shen Qian again.

"How...how did you discover the traces of these monsters?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and then they realized that, yes, even He Weichen, who is a professional scout, didn't notice anything just now...

How did Shen Qian find out?
(End of this chapter)