After leaving the passage, Dudian saw Pett use a whistle-like tube to summon a black crow. He wrote a message on the paper and pen he carried with him and let the crow send the message.
"There are messenger crows raised by the consortium near this huge Wall passage. In the future, if you have any urgent matters, you can also use them." Pett smiled and explained when he saw Dudian's curious expression.
Dudian asked, "Aren't they afraid of radiation?"
"These are Lead-Clawed Crows. They are not only smart but also able to resist radiation. If they are raised in the living area, they won't get used to it. They just like to hunt in this radiation area." Pett smiled.
Dudian suddenly understood. These should be a unique species in the radiation area.
Pett didn't leave alone but stayed here with Dudian. He saw the huge burden on Dudian's back and smiled, saying, "You've already become a Hunter, but you still haven't forgotten scavenging. With your current treatment, the little resources from scavenging are not as much as what you can earn by hunting just one zombie."
Dudian knew that he was worried that he would waste time on unnecessary things. Remembering his previous concern, he said truthfully, "These are all monster materials."
"Ah?" Pett was taken aback, a bit slow to react. He said in surprise, "Monster materials? All of them in here? This... Did you hunt them yourself?"
"More or less." Dudian replied vaguely, leaving some room for interpretation.
Pett was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he realized that his reaction was a bit impolite. He sighed with emotion, "I was overthinking it. I didn't expect that after such a short time of training at the Hunting Headquarters, you can hunt monsters alone. Well, come to think of it, you already have the strength of a Hunter. What you lack is just skills and experience. Tsk tsk, look at this quantity. It's worth at least dozens of gold coins, right?"
The concept of dozens of gold coins was similar to hundreds of thousands in the old era. Even though Pett had some savings, he was still a bit envious.
Dudian was slightly taken aback and immediately understood that he thought he had only hunted small monsters like Bone-Eating Rats. These monsters had very few valuable materials on them. To accumulate such a large quantity, it could indeed be worth dozens of gold coins. However, these were all Frost Crystals, with more than seven hundred of them in total, which was seven hundred gold coins. As for the monster materials hunted by Bailin and the others, he didn't pick them up to prevent exposure.
After all, when he returned inside the Wall, Glary would still give him four thousand gold coins. Now he could be considered a wealthy person, richer than most other junior Hunters. He wasn't so greedy for money.
After a while, a carriage made of iron came. It was as gloomy and cold as a prison cell. In front of the carriage were two Bright Knights. However, judging from the white flame emblems on their chests, they were only high-ranking apprentice knights.
"Go ahead." Pett smiled at Dudian.
Dudian nodded and got into the carriage.
Two hours later, the carriage gradually stopped. Dudian lifted the curtain and looked out. He found that it wasn't the ancient castle he had come to last time, but a desolate and empty small town. There were fallen leaves all over the street, and almost all the shops on both sides were closed. The buildings looked extremely dilapidated.
"Where is this?" Dudian asked an apprentice Bright Knight in charge of escorting nearby.
The apprentice Bright Knight glanced at him indifferently and said, "The Purification Guard Station."
Dudian didn't expect his attitude to be so cold, and there was even a trace of disgust. He couldn't help but frown slightly, but he didn't care too much. He put down the curtain. It seemed that the Purification Guard Station was not the same place as the ancient castle he had been to last time.
After a while, the carriage stopped.
One of the handsome Bright Knights stepped forward and handed Dudian a pair of iron handcuffs. He said indifferently, "For the sake of safety, please cooperate!"
Dudian was angry in his heart, thinking that he wasn't a prisoner. However, seeing the white flame medal on the other person's chest, he held back his anger. Otherwise, if they mistook him for being infected, it would cause trouble instead. He immediately handed his hands over and let the knight cuff him.
After cuffing Dudian, the young apprentice knight then took the key from someone beside him, opened the lock on the carriage for Dudian, and said, "Please walk in front."
Dudian said with a serious face, "Should I hand over my burden to you?"
"Of course." The young apprentice knight said indifferently.
Dudian didn't say anything more. He turned around and walked in front. Under the escort of several people, he entered a black hall in front like a prisoner.
A female Bright Knight came out to greet them in the hall. She covered her nose and took a look at Dudian, then waved her hand and said, "Take him to wash up."
"Yes." The young apprentice knight replied.
Dudian was taken by them to a huge bathhouse behind the hall. The bathhouse was divided into single rooms. What made him angry again was that he had to take a bath under the surveillance of the other party, and he still had to wear handcuffs during the bath!
Although he felt humiliated in his heart, Dudian endured it. After quickly finishing the bath, he walked out of the bathhouse naked with them. A male servant dressed as a waiter outside held a new set of linen clothes and handed them to Dudian.
After changing his clothes, Dudian followed them to another part of the hall. There was a row of prison cells here. However, unlike the simple prison cells he had seen before, these prison cells were made of iron as thick as a baby's arm. Even a senior Hunter might not be able to break them open easily.
"Go in. Someone will come to examine you later." The previous young apprentice knight said indifferently.
Dudian didn't say anything and silently entered the cell.
The other several prison cells around were all empty. He sat inside alone, and on the table was still that copy of the Bright Doctrine.
He didn't look at it. Instead, he leaned against the wall and thought about his next archery training and alchemy plan.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
During this period, people came to examine Dudian's body one after another. But the examination methods were different from last time. They not only tested the radiation content in his body but also examined his blood and Marks of the Demon.
The method of testing the blood was very simple, just like the "identifying kinship by dripping blood" in the old era. Dudian's blood and the normal blood of other people were dropped into a bowl filled with water to see if Dudian's blood would devour the blood of normal people.
If it did, it meant that Dudian was infected with a virus, and people would immediately come to "destroy" Dudian!
Although the abilities of the Marks of the Demon were extremely diverse. For example, Bailin's Bloody Marks of the Demon could control blood, but once the blood left the body, it was no longer under her control. So this blood testing method was currently the most "scientific" and accurate way.
During the examination, Dudian also learned that he needed to stay here for seven days. The incubation period of the virus in the bodies of Hunters and scavengers was different. For junior Hunters, seven days was the limit, for intermediate Hunters, it was half a month, and for senior Hunters, they needed to stay here for a whole month!
This was also the reason why senior Hunters didn't carry out many missions. They only carried out one or two missions a year.