Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1097 Saved
"hu~hu~"

In the dense jungle, Shi Jia's breathing became heavier and heavier, his lungs felt like they were being burned, and his head felt increasingly heavy.

My legs felt like they were filled with lead, and the injured areas felt numb, like ants were gnawing at them.

He leaned weakly against the tree trunk, and with difficulty looked back, but the three people were already gone.

Shi Jia breathed a sigh of relief and slid down the tree trunk to sit on the ground. "Hiss~" The stinging pain in his thigh intensified, and he bent over with difficulty to look.

The blood that flowed out had turned black.

"Poisoned?" Shi Jia gasped for breath, his head spinning. He tried to look around, searching for herbs to cure the poison. But the scenery before him grew increasingly blurry.

"hu~hu~"

"Big brother, there he is!"

It was them! Shi Jia was jolted awake. She immediately tried to stand up, but the exhaustion in her body was beyond her imagination.

He held on for a while, but his body still didn't move at all; instead, his arms became increasingly weak.

"hu~hu~"

"Brother, it seems he's not doing so well," A-Jia said.

"Kill him quickly, the concentration of foul air here is very high, let's get out of here right away," the shrewd man said.

A-Jia and A-Yi exchanged a glance, then hesitated. "Brother, I don't think he'll live much longer. Should we just give up?"

The shrewd man frowned. "Hurry up!"

Seeing this, A-Jia and A-Yi had no choice but to raise their crossbows and aim them at Shi-Jia.

"Wait, we can't use crossbows!" the shrewd man said.

"Huh? Why?" the two asked, puzzled.

“Although these crossbow bolts have no markings, crossbows are generally used by hunting teams in the Black Zone,” the shrewd man said.

"If his body is discovered, people will likely suspect us."

Upon hearing this, A-Jia and A-Yi immediately drew their own short knives from their waists. They exchanged a glance and walked together towards Shi Jia, who was sitting under the big tree.

Shi Jia struggled to lift her head and look at them, "You, you are sure you want to kill me... I, we, leave... the area, Sister Lan, she definitely, definitely knows, you, you..."

A-Jia and A-Yi hesitated.

"A-Jia, A-Yi, hurry up!"

A resolute glint flashed in their eyes as they raised their arms high and slashed down at Shi Jia—

"Ding, ding!"

Two metallic clanging sounds rang out in succession. The knives that were about to fall from A-Jia and A-Yi's hands were knocked away by something, and the two of them were writhing on the ground in pain, clutching their arms.

"Who is it?" The shrewd man was startled and looked around nervously. Then a burly figure and a slender figure appeared in his sight.

His pupils constricted—it was a Spirit Martial Master! He turned and ran! But the next second, a pebble pierced through his back.

"Ah, I threw it too hard." Aqui was a little annoyed and cautiously looked at the gentle woman next to him. "Madam Lanxin, I..."

Lan Xin glanced at the person lying on the ground in the distance, then looked away. "Be more careful next time."

"Okay." Aquilina breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Jia's vision was blurry, but he still recognized the two people. "It's you, thank you!" he said before fainting.

"He's fainted?" Aqui squatted down and examined his condition. "Madam Lanxin, has he been infected by turbid qi? Should we save him?" Madam Lanxin also squatted down to examine him. She saw that Shi Jia's lips were purplish-black and the wound on his leg smelled of blood. "The turbid qi has penetrated deep into his blood. I'm afraid it's difficult to save him."

"Fine, take him with you. Whether he lives or dies is up to fate." Madam Lanxin took out a handkerchief, wiped her hands, and then tossed the handkerchief to A-Kui.

A-Kui put the handkerchief into a pocket before squatting down and hoisting Shi-Jia onto his shoulder.

Suddenly, something rolled out of Shi Jia's pocket. Madam Lan Xin, with her sharp eyes, looked down and saw a stone the size of an egg at her feet.

The vibrant pink color immediately caught her eye. Madam Lanxin's breath hitched; she bent down, picked up the stone, and examined it closely.

"Rosestone!" Madam Lanxin's eyes sparkled with delight as she admired the stone from all angles for a while before looking at Shi Jia, who was being carried by Aqui.

"Ah Kui, put him down, I'm going to save him now!" Madam Lan Xin's eyes revealed her determination to get the rose stone.

A-Kui was taken aback. Why did Madam decide to save this boy?
Yes, as a spirit painter who assists in healing, Madam Lanxin's abilities are extremely powerful. Not to mention that it's just turbid energy entering his body, even if the turbid energy has already infected him, she has a way to save him.

“Oh, okay.” Although he didn’t understand why, Aqui was used to listening to Madam Lanxin.

"Wait, someone's coming. Let's leave first." Madam Lanxin sensed the change in the turbid and spiritual energy in the air and noticed someone approaching.

Aqui immediately hoisted the person he had just put down back onto his shoulder. The two then quickly moved away from the spot.

Ten minutes later, Lan Yu followed the footsteps and arrived here. First, she saw a shrewd man lying on the ground in a running posture, and then she saw two people lying on the ground not far away, holding their hands in an odd posture.

She quickly examined the traces at the scene. "It was a blue-rank expert!"

Her expression was solemn. Her level was only the lower green rank. She had accepted the royal power's employment to lead a hunting team composed of ordinary people because she had just been promoted and needed to consolidate her cultivation.

If she were to face a blue-rank expert two levels higher than her, she would have no choice but to run for her life.

“These two are still alive.” Lan Yu checked their condition. “The turbid qi has entered their bodies, and their acupoints have been sealed.”

She tried to release the acupoints, and surprisingly, they were released easily. The two, in their strange positions, stretched out their bodies while unconscious.

Lan Yu looked around again but didn't see the newcomer. She pursed her lips, hoisted the two surviving people onto her shoulders, and returned the way she came.

When Lan Yu returned to the camp, it was already dark. A campfire was burning in the camp, the headlights of the bus were on, and the returning passengers were already inside.

"Sister Lan, you're back? Huh, what's going on with those two?" Wang Quan looked at the two people on Lan Yu's shoulders in surprise.

"Hmm." Lan Yu carried the two people into the car. The hunting team members waiting inside looked at the two unconscious people in surprise. "Sister Lan, what happened to them? And what about Brother Shao?"

Brother Shao is a shrewd man.

"Dead!" Lan Yu said coldly, throwing the person onto the seat before getting off the bus. He completely ignored the shocked crowd.

"He fainted because of the inhaled turbid air," Lan Yu said to Wang Quan as he approached him.

"Where did they go after the turbid air entered their bodies? And what about that newcomer?" Wang Quan asked in surprise.

“The new recruits may have been rescued and haven’t been found,” Lan Yu said. “There was also a dead person inside, whom I didn’t bring back.”

Wang Quan's eyes widened. "Someone's dead? What happened?"

Although joining a hunting team means being prepared to face death, the place they came to this time was exceptionally safe. The grey-eared rabbits weren't particularly powerful; unless they encountered dozens or hundreds of them at once, they were unlikely to die.

"Hmph! Killed by a Blue-Rank expert," Lan Yu sneered. "But they deserved it." She told Wang Quan about her discovery. After speaking, she warned Wang Quan, "You need to manage your hunting team properly. Otherwise, if word gets out, who will want to join your hunting team?"

Wang Quan's expression grew even more grim upon hearing this. "Thank you, Sister Lan. I will handle this matter well."

Lan Yu nodded and got back into the car.

Wang Quan, with a stern face, extinguished the campfire, leaving not a single spark, before getting into the carriage.

The bus drove towards the city gate leading to Red District 8 in the dim night. Unlike the usual cheerful atmosphere after a hunt, the atmosphere inside the bus was unusually quiet this time.