Versatile Mage: Soul and Demon Dual Cultivation.

Chapter 122 Survey
After the huge flesh-winged monitor lizard had eaten and drunk its fill, it flapped its wings and flew away, leaving behind only a pile of desolate debris.

After the Lizard-Skull Monster had completely left, the people hiding in the bushes not far away dared to show up.

“Lin Chen, thank you so much. If you hadn’t taken action today, I’m afraid all of us would have died here. I, Zhao Manyan, owe you a favor. If you need anything in the future, just tell me. I will never say no!” Zhao Manyan said, patting his chest.

Although Zhao Manyan is usually unreliable, I didn't expect that he would still have a grateful heart at the critical moment.

Upon hearing this, everyone expressed their gratitude to Lin Chen. Whether it was true love or family, Lin Chen didn't care. He just happened to remember the plot of the original novel at that time. If he really didn't remember it, Lin Chen would probably have to go through some trouble. For Lin Chen, it was just a matter of convenience.

Lin Chen waved his hand and said with a carefree smile: "Everyone, please don't be polite, we are all a team!"

Lin Chen had a smile on his face, but his heart was bleeding. No matter the body and spirit of the Pseudo-Demon or the Lizard-Skull Monster, they were both valuable. If he didn't want to expose his strength, he would have made a fortune long ago.

“What the hell is this Jinlin City? Didn’t they say before that the monsters here wouldn’t be very powerful? I thought the Pseudo-Demon was already very powerful, but now a commander-level monster has appeared. Can people like us really explore such a terrifying place?” Zhao Manyan sighed.

"We can't go on like this, it's too dangerous here, I have to go back!" Peng Liang said in horror. Not to mention the giant lizard-skull monster, even the pseudo-demon might take their lives.

Luo Song snorted coldly and said, "Who said we wanted to enter this building? We almost lost our lives!"

Liao Mingxuan immediately glanced at Mo Fan and said harshly, "It was Mo Fan. It was Mo Fan who suggested setting up camp at the Municipal Building. Mo Fan, what do you mean? Do you want to kill us all?"

The protagonist Mo Fan is indeed a person with an aura of ridicule, and someone quickly pointed the finger at him.

"Okay, what's there to argue about? If you encounter some setbacks, you blame this and that. Instead of spending your time thinking about where to sleep at night!" Lin Chen spoke before Mo Fan could reply.

As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, several people who were looking for trouble chose to shut up. Not to mention that Lin Chen had saved them before, Lin Chen's strength alone was enough to make them tolerate it.

After getting along with each other along the way, everyone found that Lin Chen was not difficult to get along with, but the premise was not to provoke him.

Mo Fan looked at Lin Chen and nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

"This time should be an exception. As long as we are careful, we should not encounter plant monsters like the Pseudo-Demon again. Even if we are unlucky and encounter the Lizard-Skull Monster again, our mission is only to survey, and we don't need to fight against the commander-level monsters. So as long as we are careful next time, we can complete the survey mission assigned by the students this time!"

At this moment, Lu Zhenghe's words broke the previous tense atmosphere. It must be said that Lu Zhenghe still has certain leadership abilities under normal circumstances.

"That's right, our luck can't be that bad. We should complete as many tasks assigned to us by the academy as possible so that we can report back. We can't give up because of such a setback!" Song Xia echoed Lu Zhenghe.

At this moment, everyone's mood has calmed down and they are no longer as nervous and scared as before.

Perhaps Lu Zhenghe and Song Xia's words worked. After some discussion, everyone decided to complete the survey mission.

Due to Lin Chen's appearance, a certain butterfly effect occurred. No one was injured this time, and Mo Fan did not leave the team. It seemed that everything was moving in a good direction...

Soon, they found a suitable place to set up camp, which was a relatively well-preserved church.

The church was built with the issue of time lapse in mind. Stone is a material that plants cannot easily grow on, so the entire church is still very intact. It is sealed and there is much less dust than other places. It can be lived in after just a quick clean. After making some adjustments in the church, the group continued to complete the survey task.

If you want to survey, it is of course impossible to squat in a certain place and count the monsters around one by one. All you have to do is place a device that can release a special sound wave frequency at the place where you want to collect data, and guard it quietly for about three hours. The sound waves that are fed back will automatically record the distribution of the surrounding monsters.

This survey task is both simple and difficult. The biggest difficulty is that the sound waves spread by the survey device are not completely stable.

In addition, some special monsters can detect the sound waves emitted by the device, so it is difficult to ensure that the survey device can remain safe and sound within three hours after it is turned on.

Once noticed by demons, they are likely to attract many companions.

By then, the surveyors will be besieged, a large number of little monsters will cause a lot of trouble, and the magic energy may be exhausted at any time.

It’s lucky that I attracted the little demon. At least I still have a chance to struggle.

If a big monster is attracted, I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to resist and will die there.

With previous experience, everyone became extra cautious this time.

But just by exploring one collection point, we encountered many monsters.

There are a large number of slave-level monsters, such as the one-eyed monster wolf, three-eyed monster wolf, giant-eyed fishy rat, swamp laundry, giant crocodile monster, etc., and there are also a few general-level monsters among them.

No matter how powerful the firepower of the crowd was, injuries were still inevitable.

This deserted city is far more terrifying than anyone imagined.

Because Song Xia was too aggressive, she was scratched by a three-eyed demon wolf. Fortunately, they successfully collected data from the survey point.

After a fierce battle, everyone had very little magic power left and had no choice but to return.

The journey back was much smoother. The demons had been basically cleared out beforehand, but occasionally there would still be a few that slipped through the net. Everyone did not take it lightly, and fortunately they returned to the church safely.

As soon as we entered the church, some people started complaining about the difficulty of the mission. They were just detecting a collection point, but people were already injured.

The complaints soon resonated with others and everyone started discussing it.

Once someone is injured in the wild, if the healing magician cannot heal him immediately, it means that the injured person needs protection from other companions.

There were seventeen people in total from the Pearl Academy and the Imperial Capital Academy, including a healing mage named Bai Tingting.

The real effective combat force of this team is only sixteen people.

(End of this chapter)