Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 498: Encounter

"I’ll scout ahead."

The caravan had departed, and there always needed to be someone to act as a scout, to dispel worries and avoid dangers.

As the one with the strongest ability in perception within the team, Dai Lian naturally took on the responsibility without hesitation.

"Go ahead, we’ll follow behind at a slower pace," Gong Yan smiled and responded.

"I need two more people."

After all, in case of encountering any situation, besides going back to report, there needed to be people who would continue to keep watch. Dai Lian couldn’t possibly do the work of several people on his own. Your next chapter awaits on novelbuddy

Currently, apart from his own team of four, everyone in the large group listened only to Gong Yan; he couldn’t command them.

"No problem," Gong Yan said, then turned back and looked at those behind her, "Wen Bo, Wen Yan, go with Dai."

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

...

The noisy sounds were so conspicuous that they had alerted Dai Lian before his eyes could see the source.

After deftly climbing up a rugged little stone hill, the sight that unfolded before him was even more revealing—

A messy, tumultuous sea of green.

Seeing the figures jumping up and down, Dai Lian’s eyes immediately narrowed into dangerous slits.

Beastmen!

He had encountered these creatures once before, and their nearly indestructible nature had left a deep impression on him.

Even if bombarded by a Minefield Array, their robust bodies wouldn’t die; had it not been for his own arrow, inherited from the Elder, their team of players on a mission would have probably been wiped out in one fell swoop.

And even with an arrow from the Elder, it wasn’t enough to kill these powerful creatures instantly. Last time, it was more about driving them away than actually winning.

And this time... there were at least hundreds of them!

Such a large group couldn’t be allowed to encounter the ordinary people’s caravan following behind!

"Wen Yan, go back quickly and tell them to stop, it’s best to retreat backward," he said.

"Yes!"

The beastmen’s large group was right in front of the path the team was taking; perhaps the team behind would have to consider detouring?

But the first thing to ensure was... not to let the enemy notice them.

It was difficult for a large group of ordinary people numbering in the thousands to move, so hoping not to be discovered by the enemy could only depend on luck.

Watching Wang Wenyan at the foot of the small hill running quickly backward after receiving the order, Dai Lian sighed softly and muttered to himself, "Let’s hope for some good luck..."

With that, he turned back to look towards the distant green sea once more.

The beastmen didn’t seem to know what they were doing, chaotically gathering in groups, with two beastmen who couldn’t see eye to eye starting to scuffle among themselves.

Amidst the punches and kicks, some debris could be seen flying around, whether it was teeth being knocked out or some other small parts of their bodies.

As for the rest of the beastmen, they had all formed a ring, inside which only two green-skins of slightly different sizes were dueling.

Their movements were fierce.

"What are those things?" Wang Wenbo asked curiously on the side.

They had been born in Grey Iron City and had never had the chance to experience anything outside of it.

Though they knew about the existence of such creatures from the game’s promotional material, they had never seen them firsthand.

Let alone the fact that his basic attributes were no match for Dai Lian. He could only see a green tide moving on the distant plains and couldn’t make out any details.

Dai Lian replied with a pondering tone, "Beastmen."

Hearing Dai Lian’s response, Wang Wenbo curiously looked at Dai Lian’s profile and asked, "Have you encountered them before?"

Finding new content in the game was exciting for Wang Wenbo.

It seemed Sister’s decision was right; joining these outsiders made the game content more interesting.

They were players, not those poor natives who were truly struggling to survive in this world.

Having fun was far more important than any danger.

"We’ve encountered them."

"Are they tough?"

"Almost impossible to kill."

"Then you guys?"

"Scared them away."

Dai Lian didn’t say any more but just crouched down, trying to minimize the area of his body exposed beyond the stone.

At the same distance, if they could see the beastmen, then the beastmen could also see them.

Though beastmen might not carefully scan their surroundings, it was not worth the risk to be careless.

Watching Wang Wenbo on the side straining his eyes to see the distance clearly, Dai Lian took a small object out from his bosom and handed it to him.

"Here—be careful, don’t damage it. It’s quite expensive."

"Binoculars?" Wang Wenbo carefully took them, pleasantly surprised.

He put the small black object before his eyes, and the view of the distant scene instantly became clear.

Wang Wenbo controlled the field of view of the lens, slowly sweeping through the beastmen horde.

Green faces with fierce fangs, muscular bodies.

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Most beastmen were bald, only some of them had various unique decorations on their heads that looked like hair... along with pieces of iron armor on their bodies.

The view from the lens shifted, finally focusing on the center of attention for all the beastmen.

Two beastmen significantly sturdier than the surrounding ones were confronting each other. One’s iron armor covered only the routine vital parts of the body, while the other, even bulkier beastmen, was fully armored.

Even though the armor pieces, in comparison to their massive bodies, looked laughably small and were quite crude.

From the slight heaving of their bodies, it was evident that both contestants were expending a lot of energy in this duel.

"Their weapons and armor seem so rudimentary..." Wang Wenbo mumbled to himself, holding the binoculars.

Facing a group of "wild beasts" that resembled a bunch of primitives, he felt a sudden urge to make a splash.