Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 378 - 373: Pollution Zone Mission

Ji Ning seemed not to notice.

The Outer Continent Hunter named Bieber, along with five other hunters in the booth, formed a hunter team.

Bieber was the captain.

They were all from the South Continent, here in Hua Continent on a mission, currently resting.

The South Continent is separated from Hua Continent by an ocean, and Ji Ning was a bit surprised that they had come to Hua Continent.

Compared to Hua Continent, which is close to the continent’s central area, South Continent people prefer nearby Jiazhou.

The two continents are only separated by a mountain peak.

Ji Ning always asked his questions.

Bieber replied with a smile, "My mom is from Hua Continent and grew up here, naturally she feels close to this place."

Bieber offered Ji Ning a bottle of beer, chatting casually, "Are you guys here for a mission?"

"Yes."

"Have you decided on the level of the mission?"

Ji Ning pretended to be inexperienced, "We brothers are new here, still unclear on how to take missions."

Bieber’s eyes lit up, and he smiled even more brightly, "That’s not difficult, we’ve all been newbies before. If you trust me, I’ll take you on a few missions, and you’ll understand."

Ji Ning smiled, looking naive and sweet, "Sure, thanks for the guidance, senior."

Bieber raised his beer bottle, clinking it against Ji Ning’s bottle, "We’re all Hunters, helping each other. Remember us if you get a good mission."

"No problem..."

Beside them, Ye Xingyan mentally lit a candle for the slyly grinning Bieber.

In the afternoon, Bieber and his friends, drunk, were helped by their newly-made good brothers to leave the bar.

Some veteran hunters inside the bar watched, their eyes showing a hint of understanding but they remained silent.

In the hunter’s world, learning to protect oneself is the key to going further.

"Good brothers... my house is ahead... wanna come in?" Bieber slurred.

Ji Ning still sounding naive said, "Sure! We need to rent a house anyway."

"Rent... what house? Stay here, rent half off..."

"Really? Thanks a lot, Captain Bieber."

Ji Ning seemed not to notice the strong presence inside the house, warmly half-carrying Bieber’s arm, escorting him inside.

Suddenly—

A sharp blade pressed against Ji Ning’s neck.

The previously drunken Bieber suddenly became clear-eyed, his amiable face turning cunning, "Kid, hand over the valuables in your pocket."

Ji Ning lowered his head slightly, his lips suddenly curling, "Alright..."

***

Black Snake Gang Camp.

The deputy commander had just finished an online meeting, angrily smashing the things on the table.

His trusted aide, kneeling not far away, had a pale face, a bloody mark on his forehead from the deputy commander’s throw.

"Useless! Truly useless—"

"Can’t even handle this small matter, what use are you to me?"

"Is the cleanup done?"

The aide quickly nodded.

"Those people are newly recruited, haven’t shown their faces outside, don’t know our gang’s name."

The deputy commander’s expression improved a little, then asked, "How many people signed up for the task to gather at the Pollution Zone?"

"No one from the gang is going, recruited a few hunter teams from outside, they’ll depart soon."

The deputy commander said nothing more, sent the aide out to oversee the mission.

He had no energy to watch these small matters right now, he needed to confront the people from the first base.

On the other side, Bieber’s team successfully took the B-level mission issued by the Black Snake Gang, and after gearing up, arrived at the designated location.

"Evil Dragon Team?"

Ji Ning immediately stepped up, showing the task information to the Black Snake Gang Hunters.

The hunters saw no issues, counted the people on site, frowned and asked, "Wasn’t it supposed to be six people?"

"Two got too drunk at noon, can’t make it."

The hunter looked disdainful, "Drinking knowing a mission is up?"

"Sorry, sorry... we’ll be careful next time!"

"With fewer people, the task amount can’t be reduced."

"No problem, we four can handle it."

The hunter ignored them, pointed to the transport truck, indicating they should board.

Ji Ning and his group quickly climbed into the transport truck and found an empty seat to sit.

There were three hunter teams on the truck, the other two teams had six people each, only Ji Ning’s were four.

This created a numerical disadvantage, and the other two teams’ members exchanged knowing looks.

Ji Ning pretended not to notice, for once inside the Pollution Zone, it’s about strength not numbers.

The Black Snake Gang hunter, seeing all teams were ready, reported to the deputy commander’s aide, then signaled the convoy to set off.

Seven or eight large transport trucks rolled out from the Black Snake Gang camp, heading toward the defensive wall.

The massive wall opened slowly, and the transport trucks drove into the unknown Pollution Zone.

This was Xiao Shun’s first mission into the Pollution Zone’s depths since becoming a superpower user, feeling both anxious and curious.

The scenery on both sides was barren, clusters of building ruins lying haphazardly by the roadside.

The bumpy road made the transport truck shake violently.

The natural light dimmed as they went deeper, soon obstructing vision, leaving everything in darkness.

But he had a hearing superpower, could hear sounds far away in such a quiet environment.

A kilometer from them, there were many wolf-like but not wolf-like howls, making one’s skin crawl.

He involuntarily tightened his grip on his weapon, looking at the heavily armed Ji Ning opposite.

It’s hard to imagine how his family’s leader managed to bring an ordinary girl through the Pollution Zone.

...

After about two hours of driving, they reached the task area.

The environment monitoring outside showed the pollution concentration had reached 87%.

Xiao Shun noticeably felt the oxygen from the gas mask thinning, extremely uncomfortable.

"This area is ours, you go over there!"

Suddenly, a member from a team with them pushed him.

Xiao Shun lost his balance, almost falling.

Luckily Ji Ning helped him and secretly infused him with a bit of healing ability.

As a former hunter, Ah Da was too familiar with these rules of the jungle.

The two teams saw they were outnumbered, tried to bully them and seize better task resources.

The task was to collect poisonous grass, not difficult, but the collection relied on regions where some areas had abundant, well-grown poisonous grass, others sparse and weak.

For tasks, naturally preferred regions with abundant, well-grown poisonous grass.

Collecting there was simple and easy.

But Ji Ning and his group weren’t ones to be bullied.

They raised their arms in unison and fought!

The transport driver from the Black Snake Gang, used to such scenes, watched with eager interest, as long as it didn’t result in fatalities.

Once the sides settled their victory, he simply remarked, "Task amount can’t be reduced."

After driving away one team, Ji Ning’s group took over a large poisonous grass area.

"Plantain, mutant yellow chrysanthemum leaves..." Ye Xingyan’s eyes lit up.

He loved it here.

If he had experimental equipment on hand, he could start research right here.

Ji Ning lightly coughed, reminding him to attend to the task at hand.

The four squatted down to start collecting environment samples.

Also observing if there were any mutant beasts nearby.

Perhaps because this area was frequently visited, up until they completed the samples and collection task, not a single mutant beast appeared.

Just when Xiao Shun thought the mission might end in failure, he suddenly noticed the driver deviating from the convoy, steering in a different direction.

Soon the voices of other drivers from the convoy came through the cab.

"Lao Jiu, where are you going?"

"Calling Lao Jiu, can you hear me?"

"Lao Jiu, that’s a danger zone, you can’t go there!"

"..."