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Chapter 92 Origin of the Giant Bear
Geng Xuan dismantled the six carts into parts and piled them in one cart, put Da Huang on top, and pushed it into the underground tunnel.

Arriving at the blocked entrance in the direction of Kangleji, Geng Xuan said to Da Huang, "You stay here. I'll be back soon."

"Woo woo~" (Translation: Hmm.)
Geng Xuan rubbed his cheeks with both hands, and soon, "Su Ruiliang" reappeared.

The finger flexibility brought by Master Jing Huan Kong Shou allowed him to complete the most precise operations in the shortest time, making disguise easier. With the muscle memory, it could be done in just a few breaths. This was a change that surprised and delighted Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan, who has become "Su Ruiliang", re-enters the tunnel network under Kangleji and comes to the place where Luo Qing, Liang Jun and others were originally accommodated.

Geng Xuan looked from a distance and was relieved to find that there were still people there, but the number was far less than at the beginning.

If I remember correctly, there were a total of thirty-seven people who came here with him.

But now, after counting, there are only eleven people.

Moreover, each of them looked listless, no matter they were lying casually on the ground or leaning against the corner of the rock wall. If it were not for their slight breathing fluctuations and the red marks above their heads that had not disappeared, one would have suspected that they had turned into corpses.

Geng Xuan looked carefully and found a familiar person among these people, Wang Xi.

The other three, Luo Qing, Liang Jun and Xu Lin, were not there.

After learning about these situations, Geng Xuan no longer concealed his movements. Hearing his approaching footsteps, those who were originally lying like corpses finally had some reactions other than breathing. They turned their heads to look at the tunnel where Geng Xuan was.

One of them even shouted, "Who?"

Geng Xuan didn't reply and went straight to Wang Xi.

He ignored the others who stood up from the ground and cast their wary glances at him.

In the dim light, they couldn't actually see Geng Xuan. The closest people could only make out a vague outline. They only knew where Geng Xuan was by the sound of his voice.

The only one who could barely see his appearance was Wang Lu, who was closest to him.

He stood up in surprise and said, "Su...you...you are finally here!"

It was just one title, but the tone changed several times. One could tell from the tone that he was becoming more and more respectful.

Geng Xuan didn't care and asked directly, "Where are Luo Qing and the others? Why are there so few people?"

Wang Xi sighed and said, "They are going to explore the way."

The others also knew who had come from the conversation between the two, and gathered around Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan took a quick glance and continued to listen to Wang Xi's story.

Geng Xuan gradually understood the situation here these days.

To be exact, Geng Xuan had placed these people here for half a month.

Although he brought them a lot of supplies at that time, they could not sustain their daily consumption. What's more, their number was three times that of the Dingxingtang stronghold in Wuyou Palace.

After two days of enjoying food to their heart's content, everyone began to consciously control their daily consumption of supplies under Luo Qing's reminder.

And the further back you go, the stricter this control becomes.

In the past five days, it has reached the point where each person can only drink a bowl of thin porridge every day.

Even so, we had officially run out of food the day before yesterday, and everyone could only drink water to fill their stomachs.

These people on earth all have families and businesses, and even if they are poor, they have never been so embarrassed about food and drink.

Some people said that everyone had been hiding secretly for more than ten days. Even if Kangleji did something bad to them, it should have calmed down after such a long time.

Besides, they couldn't just wait down there forever, they had to go up there to check out the situation.

Some people also said that "Su Ruiliang" might have escaped or forgotten about them. Everyone has to find a solution on their own and can't rely on others...

After everyone talked at once, they began to explore the surrounding area.

However, the place Geng Xuan found for them was extremely remote and hidden, and there was no exit to the ground in a large area around it.

On the other hand, the tunnels were interconnected and very large, and everyone was afraid of getting lost and not being able to find their way back, or walking into a place where some creatures were entrenched and becoming fish on someone else's chopping board, so everyone was very cautious in their exploration.

Not only did they travel together in groups, but they also agreed not to explore too far at a time. As long as they could find a safe exit within three days of being out of food, they would be considered successful.

Those who rotate back should reduce their activities as much as possible to avoid meaningless consumption.

——Although the environment here is very dim, there is still a clear difference between day and night. During the day, you can at least see clearly within a few steps, but at night you can't see your hand in front of you.

After listening to Wang Xun's story, Geng Xuan also felt that their lives these days were indeed too miserable.

But, no feeling.

He just said to Wang Xi:
"I've always been thinking about you. It's not that I forgot about you before, but the situation up there is really too bad.

You may not know this, but the day after you hid underground, President Jing and Master Gu, without any respect for their manners, went to the gate of the recreation center with their bare chests to apologize.

Master Fan generously forgave them and didn't mention you, but the two of them took the initiative to bring you out and are now searching for you everywhere."

This statement is half true and half false. The first part is true, which I heard from Chen Rongshan. The second part is all false, which he made up to fool people.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the people gathered around became indignant.

"Isn't this too vicious? They dragged us into this mess, hoping we would help them boost their morale.

Now, Master Fan hasn't said anything yet, but they are actively looking for trouble with us?!"

"This is still not a human being!"

"I think this is very reasonable. In the past, they wanted us to boost their morale, but now that they are frightened by Master Fan, they want to use our heads to make their stance clear.

The methods are different, but the purpose is the same, they are all using us as a stepping stone for them!"

"..."

Everyone started to denounce the case, and the more they discussed, the more convinced they became.

Almost all the logic behind the behavior of President Jing and Master Gu was revealed.

"But I really just made this up."

Although thinking this in his heart, Geng Xuan, who had led them into this ditch, naturally would not open his mouth to remind them, but said to Wang Xuan:

"I've also prepared some supplies for you. I'll get them to you right away. Please wait a moment."

After saying that, he turned around and left, not paying any attention to Wang Lu who obviously had something else to say.

……

As soon as they entered the tunnel under Changpingfang, Dahuang, who was lying in the cart, immediately sat up and wagged his tail at Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan said, "Let's go and get you some fresh food."

As he said this, he dismantled the last cart into parts.

——In order to conceal himself, the hole he dug himself was not big, and the stuff could only be transported out after being dismantled.

Entering the tunnel outside, Geng Xuan quickly assembled one and put all the other parts in. Without needing to be asked, Da Huang jumped on it.

Pushing the cart, Geng Xuan rushed towards the tunnel that was at least a hundred kilometers long and led to the depths of Chiwu Mountain.

The purpose of his trip this time was to clear out the nest of giant rats and giant bears hiding in the tunnel.

Finding fresh food for Da Huang and replenishing supplies for Wang Xi and others are just incidental activities. The main purpose is that their existence itself is a huge hidden danger, which may attract the attention of the hunting team and eventually expose this tunnel.

What made Geng Xuan feel fortunate was that the tunnel where the giant bear and the giant rat were hiding was not too far from Changpingfang.

The farthest giant bear family was only about fifty kilometers away, and the nest of giant rats was even closer, so he didn't have to waste too much time on the road.

Geng Xuan was still pushing the cart very fast, but it was still not as fast as going into battle lightly.

It took him nearly an hour to reach the tunnel where the giant rats were nesting, more than 20 kilometers away.

Geng Xuan stopped pushing the cart and said to Da Huang, who was eager to fight alongside him:
"Don't make a fuss, this is not something you should be thinking about right now."

As he spoke, he gently rubbed its big belly.

After calming Dahuang down, Geng Xuan quietly moved towards the nest of giant rats.

Finally, in order to avoid attracting the attention of the rats, Geng Xuan used his hands and feet to climb up the side wall of the tunnel and approached the target location like a gecko.

As he got closer, Geng Xuan could hear the squeaking sound becoming clearer and clearer.

Like waves, the squeaking sound rises and falls like the tide, endlessly.

Seeing the group of rats, numbering more than a hundred, huddled together, rolling and surging.

“This is really disgusting.”

Geng Xuan suppressed the discomfort in his heart, took out the blowpipe filled with fine needles from the slot, and began to look for a target for sniping.

No need to search at all.

With the rat population being so densely packed, any random blow would surely hit the target.

What Geng Xuan really wanted to confirm was the order of attack.

The giant rats that were the largest in size and had the most prestige and appeal among the rats, and were suspected to be the Rat King or Rat General, were his first targets to be eliminated.

Anyway, the order is from big to small.

The first target was the largest and most terrifying giant rat that weighed more than fifty kilograms and was hidden at the head of the group of rats.

As if to maintain its own dignity, it did not "play tricks" with the other giant rats, but lay there quietly, only occasionally using its tail to sweep away subordinates who came too close.

"It's you." Geng Xuan thought to himself.

Without the giant rats noticing, a thin needle silently passed through the void, piercing through the skull of the giant rat suspected to be the Rat King from the top of its head, penetrating into its brain, and instantly dissipating its strength, turning its limited brain into a paste.

From the outside, the giant rat's behavior was no different from the previous moment. It was still lying there, motionless.

But Geng Xuan knew that it was dead.

Geng Xuan's actions did not stop because of its death. The blowpipe moved silently to the side, and another thin needle silently sank into the head of another giant rat not far away.

It was originally interacting with the two mice next to it, but suddenly stopped.

The other two mice seemed a little strange, but they soon put it behind them and joined the other giant rats next to them.

Just like that, one after another, the thin needles silently passed through the void and fell on the heads of the giant rats as accurately as raindrops, sinking into their brains.

Any giant rat that was "greeted" by the fine needles would immediately become motionless, no matter how active it was the moment before.

One, two, even five or six, the other giant rats did not react at all.

But when more than fifty giant rats became like this, the remaining giant rats finally panicked.

A collective fear spread among the surviving rats.

But the fear grew stronger and stronger, and when the remaining rats tried to flee in all directions, more than twenty of them had their heads shot by needles.

When they finally started to escape, there were only about thirty or forty giant rats left alive, and they were the weakest in the pack.

As they rushed towards the tunnel exit together, they were met head-on by a sword light that was as surging as pine waves.

In the end, they all ended up with their heads and bodies separated.

When Geng Xuan swung his sword and splashed out all the rat blood on the sword, only the weakest and youngest giant rat was left in the tunnel, huddled among a pile of rat corpses and squeaking.

Geng Xuan kicked and a stone flew out, instantly shattering his skull, and the tunnel became completely clear.

When he arrived at the tunnel exit, Geng Xuan discovered that the exit was on a gentle slope in a dense forest, and there was a river below the slope.

Turning around to look at the dead rat, Geng Xuan went deep into the tunnel and brought out the cart and Da Huang.

He first used the loose parts in the cart to quickly assemble three carts and placed them aside.

Of course he couldn't just throw the rat corpses up there. Not to mention that the needles would reveal some of his conditions, putting so many rat corpses up there without doing anything would also be a waste of his energy.

What's more, Geng Xuan still had to consider the feelings of Wang Xun and others, and try not to let them associate it with mice.

Didn’t you see that when Da Huang saw the dead rat, he showed a look of disgust and avoided it far away, with no intention of taking a bite at all?

With the master-level dissection technique, Geng Xuan, holding the dissection knife, simply inserted the tip of the knife into the rat's neck and gently pulled it down. With his other hand, he peeled off a complete rat head, the skin, the tail, the limbs, and all the internal organs. In the time it took to lift the rat off the ground, Geng Xuan only had 30% to 40% of the most essential parts left in his hands, and the rest was all discarded on the ground.

Geng Xuanti took it in his hand and looked at it, saying with satisfaction, "This size and quality, it's definitely rabbit meat, and it's the fat and big kind."

Geng Xuan was satisfied. He picked up the giant rats and threw them onto the three carts.

When it was picked up, it was still a giant rat that looked a little disgusting. But when it was thrown into the car, it had turned into a pile of rabbit meat that looked good and was big enough.

Soon, as the rat corpses on the ground were dealt with, the three carts were full.

"This should weigh more than 800 kilograms."

This may seem like a lot at first glance, but when divided evenly among 37 people, the average weight per person is only a little over 20 kilograms.

Given the current condition of Wang Xi and others, it will take three or four days at most to complete.

In order to prevent the large amount of rat corpses and internal organs from attracting scavenging animals, Geng Xuan spent some time digging a pit nearby and buried all the rat corpses and internal organs along with the blood-stained soil in it. This was equivalent to renovating the nearby tunnel, making the air no longer bloody and polluted.

Then, more detailed coverings were made on the entrances and exits of the tunnel to prevent other creatures from breaking in and using it as a nest.

After dealing with these, Geng Xuan left the three carts loaded with "rabbit meat" where they were, and then pushed the carts to continue running towards the tunnel where the giant bears were.

It took Geng Xuan nearly three hours to get there, and he finally returned pushing four carts full of bear meat.

There is not only bear meat, but also complete bear skin, bear paws, bear gall, bear heart, etc.

He loaded as much valuable things as he could into the cart.

In addition, the giant bear was already extremely large, and even if the parts that were discarded and buried were removed, the meat would still be more than 1,200 kilograms.

When Geng Xuan connected the seven carts together, the weight of more than two thousand pounds did not bring him much burden.

It can even be said that apart from the initial difficulty, Geng Xuan's biggest effort later on was not increasing the speed of the cart, but controlling the speed and direction of the cart.

Because this tunnel from Chiwu Mountain to Changpingfang looks flat, but it actually has a small slope, but it is not obvious.

But once the speed of the cart increases, it is difficult to slow it down.

Da Huang, who was lying on a piece of bear skin and gnawing on a bear heart, obviously also liked this feeling of speeding.

From time to time, he would look up and call out softly and happily, as if he was saying to Geng Xuan: "Hurry up, faster."

How fast?

If it goes any faster, it will get out of control.

Even though he was carefully controlling his speed, Geng Xuan was still half as fast as when he came, and had already returned to the tunnel network under Kangleji.

Geng Xuan first sent the rhubarb back to the tunnel under Changpingfang, and at the same time transported one or two hundred kilograms of the most carefully selected and best bear meat into it.

Geng Xuan transported the rest to a tunnel not far from Wang Lu and the others. He used a piece of bear skin to cover the ground and piled all the "rabbit meat" and bear meat on it. Then he dismantled all the carts and sent them back to the tunnel under Changpingfang.

Carefully erase any ruts along the way.

Only then did he come to the place where Wang Xi and others were staying.

Before entering, Geng Xuan knew that Luo Qing, Liang Jun, Xu Lin and others who had gone out to explore the way had all returned.

Thirty-seven people, not one more, not one less.

Geng Xuan deliberately made footsteps before entering the tunnel. Everyone turned their heads to look at the tunnel where he was, with vigilance in their eyes.

"Everyone come and lend a hand."

When Geng Xuan's voice came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and stood up to respond.

Soon, when people returned with forty or fifty kilograms of meat that smelled of fresh blood, the dejected look on everyone's face disappeared.

Luo Qing and three other most influential people among the thirty or so people gathered around Geng Xuan and talked about the new difficulties.

Lack of fuel.

Lack of salt.

Lack of external information.

lack……

Geng Xuan didn't say anything to spoil the fun like "You really think you are the bosses."

Instead, he listened very carefully and nodded in agreement from time to time.

After everyone had finished speaking, he said solemnly:

"I'll think of a way... Can the charcoal last for two days? You guys just bear with it for now..."

He pondered for a moment and said, "You should also realize that I still have some channels on the ground."

The four nodded.

Of course they realized it.

Apart from anything else, so many of them are still emitting a fresh smell of blood, obviously meat that was just killed not long ago. It can't be that they grew underground, right?

"You should know how badly I offended Master Fan."

The four nodded again.

"And the more frequently I use those channels, the greater the possibility of being exposed, and the greater my risk."

Makes sense.

One of them couldn't help but ask, "You...what are your plans?"

"You have to at least let me believe that you won't bite me back after I help you, right?"

Makes sense.

To put it bluntly, the help that "Su Ruiliang" gave to people like them was actually very incorrect in this world, and it was a very "self-defeating and other-benefiting" thing.

He could totally ignore the lives of this group of people!

Perhaps he thought that they were in this situation because of him, so he had a responsibility to help them.

But even as the party being helped, if they were to look at the matter objectively, they would feel that this "Su Ruiliang" was a bit too pedantic.

Therefore, "Su Ruiliang" proposed at this moment that if he wanted to get more help from him, he needed a safer and more certain guarantee.

In their view, this is a very reasonable, even somewhat belated request.

"How are you going to do that?"

"I want all of you to join the Giant Bear Gang."

The four were shocked when they heard this.

Not everyone in Yuanzhou is qualified to use the word "help".

As long as there is this word, even if one has no knowledge of this force, one knows that it is not a force to be underestimated.

However, soon, someone asked doubtfully:
"Giant Bear Gang? Where in Yuanzhou is this gang from? How come I've never heard of it?"

Geng Xuan said: "I just established it."

The four of them were stunned when they heard this.

My first reaction was that this was too ridiculous and too frivolous.

Besides, don’t you know that the word “help” can’t be used by everyone in Yuanzhou?
You just casually created the "Giant Bear Gang"? Aren't you afraid of violating taboos and causing displeasure from the real gangs, and then getting slapped in the face?
But soon, they showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

The other party wanted to use this ridiculous and childish method to shut them up, so that they would not be able to betray "Su Ruiliang" easily even if they went up in the future.

They said that they also wanted to join this damn "Giant Bear Gang".

If they want to harm "Su Ruiliang" at that time, wouldn't they also harm themselves?
The four people who figured this out nodded in agreement without much hesitation.

"Okay, I'll join."

"I'll join."

"I'll join in too."

Finally, Luo Qing also expressed his opinion: "I will join too."

The next moment, the four of them felt that there was something extra in their hands.

"This is?"

Geng Xuan said: "A bear tooth is a token of our Giant Bear Gang."

The bear teeth just dug out from the bear's mouth still have a faint smell of blood.

Although the four of them all felt that this method was too childish, since things had come to this point, they still carefully put the bear tooth into their arms.

And at this moment, a piece of information that Geng Xuan had been thinking about came to his mind.

【Getting lucky, two points. 】

At the same time, Black Luck lost two points, from "132" points to "130" points.

“It worked, it really works!”

Geng Xuan was so happy that the experiment was successful that he almost jumped up.

One of them seemed a little unwilling to give up and went into the water alone. He asked, "What about the others?"

Judging from his expression, he wished Geng Xuan would give everyone a bear fang so that everyone could become a member of this damn "Giant Bear Gang".

Geng Xuan thought to himself, I want to do that too, but I’m afraid you can’t handle it.

Thinking this in my heart, I said:
“Don’t worry, even though our Giant Bear Gang is just a start-up, not everyone can join.

The four of you are the first core members. I will have to observe for two more days to decide whether to recruit others."

After that, Geng Xuan finally told the four people:
"Okay, I have to go back. I'll leave this place to you four for now... If there are any problems, I'll come over and take care of them."

After giving a final warning, Geng Xuan turned around and left without stopping.

He was still wondering what would happen this time.

However, think about the scale of the commotion that Black Luck caused in Kangle Village.

Geng Xuan felt that with these thirty-seven people, they should be able to withstand the backlash of just a few bad lucks.

"We'll see."

With such expectations in mind, Geng Xuan returned to the tunnel under Changpingfang.

He placed Da Huang in the underground space and told it, "I have prepared food and drink for you. You stay here for the time being and don't go anywhere."

"Woo woo woo~~~" (feeling wronged.)
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Geng Xuan reached out and rubbed Dahuang's head, then ignored its acting cute and started his return journey alone.

Before setting off, Geng Xuan went up to the ground again and looked at the sky outside.

At this moment, it is deep into the night and everything is silent.

What Geng Xuan didn't know was that just as he set out on his return journey, the arrangements he had made in a small hut in Wanfufang also came into play.

Wei Wanzong, the head of Wanfufang who had just arrived, discussed with the team leader who had arrived earlier. As he expected, he suppressed the tragic news that all seven members of his hunting team had died.

As for the waves that this matter will inevitably cause in Wanfufang, he will use his power as the master of the monastery to actively intervene and resolve it, so as to reduce it as much as possible.

This will naturally not cause any impact on the surrounding areas.

"Alas, once one problem is solved, another one will pop up. I wonder what kind of waves Li Xun's disappearance will stir up next."

Geng Xuan was thinking as he filled the deep pit where Li Xun was buried with the last handful of soil.

(End of this chapter)