America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 56: New Bet, the Snake Demon's Magical Weapon Ruyi
"Oh, Sean."

Meng Yufan raised his chin towards Li Xiaoen and gave him a meaningful smile. He lowered his voice and said, "Well done! You have brought glory to our country."

"You think too much, Senior."

Li Xiaoen rolled his eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.

In this respect, other people are just like him when he was a child, loving to be sentimental - if a girl approaches him, no matter what her reason is, he can always convince himself to come to the conclusion that this girl likes me!
"Ha ha ha ha……"

Meng Yufan shook his head and sighed, constantly patting Li Xiaoen's shoulders, but the second time he hit nothing, he staggered in fright.

After a short rest, with a loud shout from the leading senior, everyone rushed towards the higher mountain.

First they walked down a long slope, and then climbed up the second high mountain again. Although they gradually widened the distance between themselves and the large group behind them, everyone was breathing heavily, with beads of sweat on their foreheads, except for one person.

"Sean, why do you look so relaxed? Why do you have so much energy?"

Supporting his knees and breathing heavily, Meng Yufan noticed that Li Xiaoen was still leisurely looking at the scenery. He couldn't help but exclaimed, which attracted everyone's attention for a moment.

"I've been exercising before, so I can barely cope with it now."

Of course, he was told that heavy objects could not be placed in the storage space. Li Xiaoen let out a long breath and said, "Besides, my sweat glands are relatively small, so I don't sweat much."

"okay."

Meng Yufan nodded, and began to wink at Li Xiaoen, motioning Sufeil who was standing aside and had put his backpack on the ground.

Noticing that Li Xiaoen's gaze had shifted, Sufeil turned around, silently picked up his backpack and put it on again.

"I can handle it, don't worry about it."

You see, even if I take the initiative to suggest it, people won’t appreciate it.

Li Xiaoen gave Meng Yufan a look, trying to clear up the other party's misunderstanding of him, but he got an even more narrow-minded and ambiguous look in return.

Well, nothing to say.

Li Xiaoen shrugged, and a hand stretched out in front of him, holding a colorful ribbon.

"Sean, you're in the best physical condition right now, so please help with these ribbons along the way."

The leading senior student breathed heavily and looked at Li Xiaoen and said.

"Well, leave it to me."

Li Xiaoen nodded and took it.

This is a must-have sign for every outdoor hiking organization. Because there are so many people and the hiking trails are narrow and long, in most cases the team will be dragged out very long. The team members who fall behind can rely on the signs along the way to catch up with the front team.

The leader decides the direction of the team and needs to tie ribbons on the branches around the team along the way, including the turning points. Along the way, they have seen many ribbons left by other organizations.

After a brief rest, and waiting for the "leader" of the team behind to catch up, the few of them started moving forward again.

"Sean, this direction."

Walking at the front of the team, the leading senior pointed in a direction at the fork in the road ahead.

"it is good."

Li Xiaoen nodded, took a ribbon and tied it to a tree in that direction. Listening to the loud shouts of several boys behind him, he couldn't help but sigh and unconsciously glanced at Sufeil who was half a body length behind him.

Although the boys were noisy before, at least they were not like the monkeys now. According to the control variable method, it was because of this woman named Xiaomei.

Why is the sense of déjà vu of horror movies becoming more and more pronounced?

Noticing Li Xiaoen's gaze, Su Feier frowned and walked towards him.

"..."

After a brief eye contact, Li Xiaoen turned his gaze away.

After a short break along the way for lunch, they finally reached an open field as the sun began to set. They were met by two middle-aged men, also wearing windbreakers and overalls. They had hunting rifles slung over their shoulders, and one of them was carrying what appeared to be a cage, wrapped so tightly in black cloth that nothing could be seen of its contents. Both groups paused in surprise.

Judging from the direction they were walking, it was both coincidental and reasonable that they all wanted to rest and spend the night in this open space.

It was one of the tall middle-aged men who reacted first. He nodded to Li Xiaoen and the others, and led his companions to quickly walk along the front road and into the forest again.

"call--"

After they disappeared from sight, the leading senior finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are they poachers who are illegally hunting?"

Li Xiaoen turned his head and asked Meng Yufan.

"Well, judging by the steps of the man carrying the cage, he must have succeeded."

Meng Yufan nodded and replied softly, then smiled with relief, "It's best for us if we can avoid conflict."

"understand."

Looking at the direction where the two men had gone, Li Xiaoen nodded.

As for whether to report this behavior to the authorities afterwards, if they can't stand it, it should be the local American students who should go. As an international student, he can't care about so many things, nor does he want to care.

Under the leadership of the senior student, everyone rested for twenty minutes and were immediately directed to the nearby forest to search for dry firewood. In return, the workload of tonight's picnic and the task of keeping watch were handed over to other people.

Noticing that everyone still stood up with their heavy backpacks on, Li Xiaoen was stunned for a moment and then did the same.

"Do you know the reason?"

Noticing Li Xiaoen's actions, Meng Yufan asked with a smile.

"Safety."

Li Xiaoen tilted his head and replied.

"Well, not bad, not bad."

Looking at Meng Yufan's old charlatan-like attitude, Li Xiaoen shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.

That was indeed a lesson he learned, though no one could claim to have figured it out on his own.

In the deep mountains and dense forests of the wilderness, the only thing everyone can absolutely rely on, besides themselves, is the backpack they carry.

Keeping it in sight and in hand at all times is the most reliable guarantee for your own safety.

After all, no one knows what kind of emergency might happen even if you leave your backpack and walk a few meters away, causing the backpack to be lost or the emergency response to be delayed.

This may be just like the seemingly rigid and tedious confirmation process in other major projects, which are lessons learned from blood, tears and even lives.

After walking about ten meters, he could still see the empty space when he looked back. Li Xiaoen picked up a long and thin piece of wood under his feet.

In an instant, a screen of light appeared before his eyes.

Li Xiaoen was pleasantly surprised. This system, which had been dormant for so long, finally responded?
[Gambling Agreement]

[Stand the wood on your finger, keep your balance and walk to the tree not far away without falling]

[Successful Bet Reward: Wish Come True x3]

[Wishes Come True: Destroyed after use. To use, simply recite the mantra: "Wishes Come True, according to my wishes, quickly manifest," and it will cast a spell according to the user's wishes.]

【Note: Spells are ineffective against the system and its reward items.】

【Whether to accept? 】

Could this reward be the magic weapon of the snake demon in Calabash Brothers?
(End of this chapter)