Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1095 Hunting Rabbits

Lan Yu watched his departing figure, her expression blank, but her tone held a hint of curiosity, "Old Wang, how did you get yourself into such trouble?"

"Sigh, it's been several months since we've had any new recruits. Who would have thought it would turn out like this?" The time an ordinary person can spend in the Black Zone is limited. If someone spends more than a year in the Black Zone, they're basically finished.

Therefore, their hunting team needs to constantly recruit new members.

"Fine, he's already confessed." Wang Quan took a drag of his cigarette. "If this kid is lucky enough to survive, I won't let him come next time."

Lan Yu nodded, agreeing with Wang Quan's statement.

The sky in the art world is just like a painting, always so blue, and so is the sky in the Black Zone. Lan Yu looked at the blue sky and said, "People always want to become painters, thinking that becoming a painter will bring them great success, but they don't know that becoming a painter is the beginning of another kind of suffering."

Yes, in her view, Sun Yu risked his life to join the hunting team because he was unwilling to be an ordinary person for the rest of his life. Otherwise, why couldn't he survive in the Red Zone? He wasn't guaranteed a good job, but he could at least make a living as a factory assembly line worker.

Wang Quan smiled bitterly upon hearing this. Lan Yu came from the Lan family in the Lan District, one of the top seven families in the Painting Kingdom. They were born superior to others, so how could they understand the suffering of ordinary people like them!
Who would want to be busy every day but only have three meals a day?

Water flows downhill, people strive for higher places. Admiration for the status quo is an innate human trait.

While Wang Quan and Lan Yu were chatting, Shi Jia had already walked a kilometer. He looked at the map and, sure enough, there was a rabbit burrow nearby.

He crouched down and quietly observed his surroundings. Soon he heard a rustling sound in the surrounding grass. His eyes lit up, and he quickly ran towards the direction of the sound.

A gray shadow flashed through the dense grass. Shi Jia reacted quickly and fired a crossbow bolt in that direction.

"Whoosh—" After the sound of something cutting through the air, there was a low "plop."

Shi Jia rushed over to check, but there were no rabbits there. Undeterred, he pulled the crossbow bolts out of the ground.

"Huh, this stone is actually pink." Shi Jia noticed the stone next to the crossbow bolt. Somewhat curious, she picked it up and examined it carefully, then held it up to the sun. Under the sunlight, the pink color appeared even purer.

He suddenly remembered what he had heard yesterday, "Could this be mineral pigment?" He was overjoyed and quickly put the stone in his pocket. Then he looked around, trying to find a second pink mineral, but unfortunately, he couldn't find it.

It's a bit of a shame, but it's also quite normal.

Shi Jia dusted himself off and continued hunting gray-eared rabbits.

The gray-eared rabbit was very agile. Shi Jia saw the rabbit more than ten times and shot a crossbow bolt more than ten times, but he failed to hit it even once.

At times like this, he would miss his spiritual power from his previous life. If he still had his spiritual power, he would guarantee that he would never let a rabbit escape from his crossbow bolt.

Suddenly, a faint rustling sound came from the bushes beside them. Shi Jia's eyes sharpened, he turned the crossbow around, raised his hand and pressed down, "Whoosh!"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The rabbit squeaked urgently, and the grass trembled even more violently.

Shi Jia's eyes shone brightly as he stood up alertly, his crossbow still aimed at the bushes.

Just then, a gray rabbit entered his field of vision, and at the same time, a burrowing spike sprang out from beside his feet. Shi Jia's expression changed; the gray-eared rabbit could unleash burrowing spikes!
He immediately pulled the trigger and retreated rapidly.

"Zhizhizhizhi——"

Shi Jia retreated to a distance of over fifty meters before stopping. He carefully observed the gray-eared rabbit's movements. Only when the weeds stopped swaying did he cautiously approach.

He seems to be dead!

Shi Jia's eyes were shining, and she was about to rush forward when she caught a glimpse of a gray shadow out of the corner of her eye. She immediately stopped in her tracks, and the crossbow bolt was already thrown!

"Squeak squeak squeak!" Shi Jia hurriedly retreated and fired until he had retreated another fifty meters or so before stopping.

This time, he waited patiently for more than ten minutes before going back to pick up the two gray-eared rabbits. Both rabbits were quite plump, each weighing over 10 kilograms. With over 20 kilograms hanging around his waist, walking was difficult for Shi Jia. After thinking for a moment, he decided to go back first.

"Huh? You've got some luck." Lan Yu, who was resting with her eyes closed, opened them in surprise.

"Sister Lan? Who are you talking about?" Wang Quan had already lit a campfire; they planned to spend the night there. The journey to and from the camp was quite long, and for a hunting team like theirs, making a daily round trip was not cost-effective. Therefore, they usually went out for three days, returning on the evening of the third day.

"Tell me about the new recruit you brought in." Lan Yu glanced around; five of the eight teams that had gone out had returned, and they were now lighting a campfire and preparing dinner. "How was the harvest?"

Wang Quan was still wondering what kind of luck the newcomer had when Lan Yu asked him. He then put the newcomer aside and said, "Not bad. The five teams caught a total of seventy gray-eared rabbits." "Now is the peak season for gray-eared rabbits. It's normal to catch so many."

Upon hearing this, Lan Yu replied, "These rabbits aren't enough for your expenses this time." He had caught less than three rabbits.

Wang Quan's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. "Tomorrow I will have them speed up the hunt." He had spent two hundred red crystals to hire Lan Yu, this spirit martial artist!
Although this price is already the lowest among Spirit Warriors, with the cost of chartering a vehicle and hiring hunting team members, he would need to hunt at least 360 Gray-eared Rabbits and obtain 360 Red Crystals to cover this expense.

But he didn't organize the hunting party for poverty alleviation. He himself needed the red crystals to cultivate and support his family! Therefore, he needed to hunt at least five hundred gray-eared rabbits. Otherwise, this trip wouldn't be a loss.

But five hundred isn't enough, is it?

At least eight hundred!

Lan Yu shook her head, "Have you forgotten when the Grey-eared Rabbit started its activities?"

Wang Quan frowned. "But this is the Black Zone, where the beasts are active at night."

"It's alright, I've checked, there's no danger within a three-kilometer radius," Lan Yu said.

Wang Quan gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, then let's do as Sister Lan says."

When Shi Jia returned carrying the two rabbits, he found the camp shrouded in gloom. He immediately felt uneasy. "Captain Wang, what happened?"

"It's nothing, come and eat quickly. After we eat, we'll continue hunting." Wang Quan glanced at Shi Jia with a not-so-good expression.

"Huh? Oh." Continue tonight? Sure, he remembered that rabbits were more active from evening to night. "By the way, Captain Wang."

"What is it?" Wang Quan was now filled with regret for hiring such a weakling.

"It's like this, Captain Wang. I hunted two gray-eared rabbits. Can I hand in the quest first? They're a bit heavy to carry." Shi Jia was a little embarrassed. He had been hunting all day and had only caught two rabbits. He was really finding it hard to say.

"What? Two?" Wang Quan looked at Shi Jia in surprise. "Let me see them."

"Here you go." Shi Jia put down the hunting bag and held it up to Captain Wang.

When Wang Quan opened it, he found two plump and healthy adult gray-eared rabbits.

"You hunted it all by yourself?"

Shi Jia nodded, "Yeah, the rabbits were too fast, we only managed to kill two."

Wang Quan glanced at Lan Yu, recalling her words. He then looked at Shi Jia and nodded, acknowledging that she had indeed had some luck.

A single low-grade red crystal can sell for around 300 yuan, so two would be 600 yuan. If this guy hunts two more gray rabbits, hiring this new recruit won't be a loss.

“Good, keep it up. If you hunt more than 10 gray-eared rabbits this time, I'll come back to you next time.” Wang Quan was quite pleased that he wouldn't lose money, so he made the promise.

Lan Yu, standing next to him, rolled her eyes in exasperation. "You say you're not here to do charity? Who are you kidding?"
Shi Jia said happily, "Thank you, Captain Wang!"