Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 566: Chapter 385: Reaction Force Amplification_2

If we can conquer these three, then they’re likely to be as much of a help as Ma Hongwei.

”They aren’t here today, I contacted them last night. They clearly said they would definitely come today,” Lou Fei’Er replied.

Xu Xin sent a voice message directly, asking bluntly, ”What did they say? What’s their attitude? How far away is each of them?”

”Hmm...” Lou Fei’Er was momentarily stunned by the series of questions.

She thought for a moment and said, ”Well, they were probably stimulated by yesterday’s regional strength ranking. Knowing that I alone raised the ranking by over thirty places, they’ve mustered some strength to make a name for themselves. Especially now, more and more people are on the leaderboard.”

Xu Xin casually clicked open the leaderboard.

The number has already exceeded 20 people.

However, regrettably, except for Dong Erbao, there is still no one’s name in gray.

It seems no one has found a shortcut yet.

Lou Fei’Er suddenly started laughing: ”One of them even told me he doesn’t need a shortcut, he wants to climb by himself. Haha, what do you say, should we let him climb, wait for him to climb up, and then conquer him? Wouldn’t that be like getting a giant peak for free?”

”We’ll discuss that later. What about their distances? Who’s the closest? Roughly when are they coming, can you tell clearly?” Xu Xin added some wood to the fireplace and fed the ornamental fish.

”Ah, let me tell you in detail!”

Lou Fei’Er started explaining to Xu Xin.

Three people are coming this time, ranking second, fourth, and eighth in the previous activity, and they generally never dropped out of the top ten before.

Which means, three people with very stable strength.

Only one named Yan Haoming, who’s ranked fourth, is very close to their location, probably only about a hundred kilometers away.

”This Yan Haoming, I contacted him last night. He said he is less than a hundred kilometers from here and can arrive around ten in the morning. And from what he sounded like, it seems he also has some means of transportation. Coming quickly.”

”As for the other two, they both said the distance is quite far. If they set out in the morning, they’d probably arrive after noon.”

Oh?

Will one person arrive first?

Xu Xin’s eyes lit up slightly.

This could perhaps be leveraged.

Break them one by one?

Perhaps, it’s actually doable!

”You pack up your stuff in your treehouse. We’ll head to your treehouse in a little while. Bring decorations or whatever, don’t make the treehouse look too barren.”

”Don’t worry, boss, I’ve been prepared long ago. You really don’t need to worry about my preparations,” Lou Fei’Er said, as if lying on the sofa, sounding a bit lazily confident.

Indeed.

When he first met Lou Fei’Er, her dirty, tattered self, even carrying a white-grade shattered backpack, was truly unforgettable.

Her preparations were really overly thorough.

”By the way, ’boss’ sounds nice, don’t call me master in the future, just call me boss instead,” Xu Xin suddenly thought about the issue of addressing and said to her.

This guy uses ’master’ to tease, ’boss’ when people are around, and sometimes just calls him by name.

”Eh? Doesn’t every man like being called ’master’?” Lou Fei’Er was startled for a moment, then teased, ”How about I call you boss when people are around and master when no one’s here?”

”...Wenxi is right beside me, she heard it.”

”Ah?” Lou Fei’Er immediately panicked, ”No, Wenxi, I’m just kidding, listen to me...”

”I am also joking. Alright, get ready, we’ll leave in half an hour,” Xu Xin interrupted her.

Li Wenxi is still sleeping in the room, not beside him.

”I...” Lou Fei’Er was a bit annoyed, ”I got it! Don’t forget to bring Wenxi over for breakfast!”

Then she directly hung up the call.

Xu Xin sent a private message to Niu Fugui.

”Awake?”

The reply was almost instant.

”Awake Brother Xin, I woke up early.”

Although he went to bed at four last night, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

About five o’clock, as he couldn’t sleep, he got up and went to see the nearest snow mountain.

The snow mountain isn’t too far from his treehouse, less than twenty kilometers away, taking an hour to reach.

He carefully surveyed the snow mountain’s environment, walked around several times, and even climbed twice.

He found rock climbing wasn’t that difficult, and after gaining a bit of confidence, he returned again.

When he got back to the treehouse, it was nearly eight o’clock, and feeling a bit tired, he went straight to bed.

He slept naturally until five in the morning.

Then he just kept waiting for Xu Xin’s message.

And now, finally, it came.

”Are you ready? You’ll start climbing when it’s light today. Here you go,”

Xu Xin sent him a Concealer’s Cloak and explained how to use it.

Then he repeated all the information and points of attention he told him last night.

Including not exploring along the way, just climbing vigorously, using a grappling hook to hold onto the rock if you accidentally slip, and so forth...

”Don’t worry, follow my instructions, there’s absolutely no problem climbing up, your physique is even better suited for climbing than mine,” Xu Xin encouraged him.

”...I got it Brother Xin!”

Niu Fugui trusted Xu Xin’s words quite a bit, his confidence increased significantly: ”I’m an old ox and not much else, but my physique is sure strong. Now I’ll head out! I want to see the situations over there again!”

”It’s likely it won’t be bright until near ten o’clock today, is going now too early?”

”It’s okay, I still want to adapt by going over there again. If I go straight into climbing, I’m afraid standing at the foot of the mountain I’d hesitate, wasting a lot of time!”

”Okay then, be mindful of things on your own, and don’t be careless just because you’re fully equipped.”

”Rest assured Brother Xin, how dare I be careless!”

Ending the call, Xu Xin took a deep breath.

Niu Fugui doesn’t have a watch; once he leaves, there’s really no way to communicate.

Xu Xin can’t help him much either; it’s absolutely up to him.

Either disappear from the region forever, or climb to the top, making a name worldwide.

Of course, there’s another possibility.

He chickens out and comes back.

Hopefully, he’s not that kind of person.

At that moment, the bedroom door Xu Xin had closed opened, and Li Wenxi walked out, one hand holding Keke and the other rubbing her eyes.

”What happened? Who were you in contact with just now?”

”Ying...” Keke twisted a bit in Li Wenxi’s arms and continued sleeping.

”Niu Fugui, the one I talked about with you yesterday.”

With Keke, the two went to Lou Fei’Er’s side for breakfast.

Then Li Wenxi was called back by a voice message from Li Yajun.

There are more people over there now, she indeed needed to put in more effort.

”We should be heading out too,” Xu Xin glanced in the direction of Lou Fei’Er’s main treehouse, ”Let’s go to your treehouse in advance.”

”Sure, I haven’t been back there for a long time!” Lou Fei’Er said excitedly, standing up.

It’s time to head out.