The pig-headed Humanoid San Zong turned his head in another direction, still with his eyes closed, and said, "About ten zhang diagonally ahead, there are Mandala Sky Fruits, at least five hundred years old."
"There are also many Red Pine Forest Ginsengs. The further into the forest, the older the Red Pine Forest Ginsengs are."
"Further away, there are Longevity Grass, Zu Si Hemp, Iron Skin Dendrobium, and Knotfragrant Euphorbia."
"Oh, right, Knotfragrant Euphorbia is very poisonous. Even if you humans smell it, you'll get dizzy. I wonder if there's a chance to bring them all back to the Plantation to plant..."
The more Xia Chujian listened, the brighter her eyes became. She couldn't help but say to Ye Shijie in the team channel, "Team Ye, do you think he can smell where the Blood Kirin is?!"
Xia Chujian realized that this pig-headed Humanoid was smelling plants. The Blood Kirin was also a plant, so maybe there was a chance? Ye Shijie knew that this was what Xia Chujian was thinking.
He twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "He'd have to have seen the Blood Kirin and smelled it to know, right? Do you think he looks like the kind of Humanoid who's seen a Blood Kirin?"
The Blood Kirin was such a precious thing, exclusively enjoyed by the royal family. Ye Shijie couldn't imagine any possibility that would connect this lowly Humanoid Slave with the supreme royal treasure.
"Captain, ask him anyway, just in case..." The hope that had just risen in Xia Chujian was extinguished by Ye Shijie, but she still didn't give up, making a final struggle.
Ye Shijie casually asked, "Have you seen a Blood Kirin?"
He planned to hear this pig-headed Humanoid deny it, so that Xia Chujian would give up.
But San Zong opened his eyes and looked at Ye Shijie in surprise, saying, "How did Grandfather know that San Zong has seen a Blood Kirin?"
"...What?! You've really seen a Blood Kirin?!" Even Song Mingqian was surprised, and came over with his gun, also pointing it at San Zong's pig head.
With two guns pointed at his pig head, San Zong plopped to the ground, unable to even kneel.
Only the little dog beside him was quite brave, jumping around in the snow, barking at Song Mingqian.
But it was too small, and the little puppy's voice had no deterrent effect at all. Instead, it made Ping Qiong, who had been silent, feel a little itchy, wanting to pet the dog.
San Zong quickly protected the little dog, trembling as he kowtowed to Song Mingqian, "Grandfather, please be generous and don't be so serious with the little dog..."
"If Grandfather wants to hit, scold, or kill, come at San Zong, don't touch the little dog..."
"The little dog is still young... doesn't understand..."
It seemed that in his mouth, all normal humans were "Grandfathers"! Song Mingqian chuckled and slowly put away his rifle, saying lightly, "Even if I don't point a gun at you, we have others who will. Don't think that this will make us lower our guard!"
Li Fu walked over, bent down, and picked up San Zong, smiling and saying, "Don't listen to that Song Mingqian's nonsense. This little brother looks familiar. Where have we met before?"
Li Fu was two meters tall, truly like a giant in front of San Zong, who was about one meter forty-five.
San Zong trembled even more as he looked at the tall and strong Li Fu, who resembled a brown bear.
After a while, he said in a trembling voice, "...San Zong is a Humanoid Slave, and has never left the Plantation since birth. You are humans, you shouldn't have seen San Zong..."
"Is that so? Maybe I'm mistaken." Li Fu scratched his head, looking very relaxed, and asked unhurriedly, "By the way, where did you see the Blood Kirin? I heard that this kind of thing is rare..."
San Zong's little pig face looked honest and simple, but at this time he puffed out his chest and said with a little pride, "San Zong is the best at farming in the Plantation!"
"The former director of the Plantation brought a Blood Kirin with seeds and asked San Zong to try to plant it."
"San Zong separated the seeds and tried for half a year, but didn't plant it well. The Blood Kirin was later dried and sent away."
Ye Shijie coldly looked at this pig-headed Humanoid San Zong and continued to ask, "Why didn't you plant it well?"
"Because the Blood Kirin has very high requirements for the environment. It can't survive even with a little bit of pollution."
"Although the soil in the Plantation is the best black soil in the entire Beichen Star Region, it still can't meet the Blood Kirin's environmental requirements."
Song Mingqian understood a little about planting terminology and asked curiously, "Can't you plant it in a sterile environment?"
San Zong shook his head with a serious face, "No. The Blood Kirin can't survive in a completely sterile environment either. San Zong has tried it."
"And once, the Blood Kirin was almost ripe, but someone sprinkled a little dirty thing on the leaves, and the Blood Kirin immediately withered and decomposed, leaving not even a bit of residue."
Xia Chujian's heart was pounding.
She suppressed her excitement and said to Ye Shijie in the team channel, "Team Ye, have him draw the appearance of the Blood Kirin. If he has really seen it and even tried to plant it, he should know what the Blood Kirin looks like."
Ye Shijie nodded and said to San Zong, "How about this, draw a picture of the Blood Kirin for us in the snow, so we can broaden our horizons."
San Zong quickly knelt on the ground and began to draw with the arrow shaft.
He drew crookedly, showing that he had not received formal painting training.
But he drew it very vividly, capturing many details of this rare plant, the Blood Kirin, without any errors.
Although it doesn't look very appealing, anyone with a discerning eye would recognize it as a Blood Kirin.
Ye Shijie pondered for a long while, then slowly said, "...Then you should also be familiar with the scent of the Blood Kirin, right?"
San Zong hurriedly nodded, "Smelled it! I never forget any plant I've smelled!"
"Good, then smell around. Is there any scent of Blood Kirin nearby?"
But San Zong didn't even try, honestly saying, "There's no Blood Kirin here. I already smelled it."
Ye Shijie remained impassive, continuing, "So there isn't any? Are you sure?"
He asked this to make Xia Chujian give up.
He genuinely felt that the mission was impossible to complete, and it would be better to return sooner rather than later.
He was already very satisfied that he could fleece a bunch of excellent weapons from the Dark Night Hunter Association with this mission.
Anyway, failing this mission wouldn't deduct any points...
But they didn't know Xia Chujian's real purpose.
At this moment, the words of this pig-headed Humanoid, San Zong, didn't make Xia Chujian give up, but instead gave her a new idea.
"Team Lead Ye, he said there's no Blood Kirin 'here'. Then ask him, where is there any?!"
Ye Shijie's right eye twitched uncontrollably a couple of times, but he still followed up, asking, "You said there isn't any here, so is there any elsewhere?"
"Yes, there is!" San Zong's small, beady eyes lit up on his pig face. "The place San Zong came from has it! That human was the one who sent San Zong to find the Blood Kirin!"
"Oh? He actually came to find the Blood Kirin?" Ye Shijie's thick eyebrows rose high. "Where is it?"
San Zong thought for a long time, then said with a bitter face, "San Zong can't say where it is, but San Zong came from that direction, and can lead you there..."
"After San Zong helped him smell the Blood Kirin, he drove San Zong over here... to kill people..."
Xia Chujian was really anxious at this time, saying in the team communication channel, "Let him lead the way! I'll follow behind! Team Lead Ye, you don't need to come, in case it's a trap, you can provide support!"
Ye Shijie was actually thinking the same thing, but he couldn't let Xia Chujian go alone.
He said coldly, "Alright, you'll still provide remote support. I and Number 3 will go with him. Number 2 and Number 4 will be the second echelon."
Number 3 was Song Mingqian, Number 2 was Li Fu, Number 4 was Ping Qiong, and Xia Chujian was Number 5.
In front of outsiders, the team never said each other's names, always using the code names from the team to address each other.
"No! Team Lead Ye, I must go!" Xia Chujian didn't agree this time.
Because her purpose wasn't the Blood Kirin, but the Blood Kirin's companion plant, the Kong Sang! If that Blood Kirin was nearby, she really wouldn't need to come in person right away.
But listening to what the pig-headed Humanoid said, that location was relatively far from their aircraft, so she had to go and see it for herself.
Xia Chujian did what she said she would, immediately re-equipping herself.
She had been in the aircraft before, and because the temperature inside was relatively high, she only wore that one-piece bulletproof suit, with a loose work jacket over it.
Now that she was going out, into the Exotic Beast Forest with a temperature of minus eighty degrees, wearing that definitely wouldn't work.
When she went to that small wooden house before, she had worn two more coats over this outfit, all equipment she had received from the Dark Night Hunter Association.
But this time, she thought about it, and last time she wore that Exotic Beast fur coat she got from the Dark Night Hunter Association, she still felt pretty cold.
She decided to wear the coat she brought herself.
This coat was also made for her by her aunt, the same material as that ivory-white wool hat, unbelievably warm, definitely not comparable to that Exotic Beast fur coat she got from the Dark Night Hunter Association.
She was afraid of the cold, and felt it was more appropriate to wear this one.
Besides, ivory white was also white, and with the white snow outside, it could be considered a layer of camouflage at a critical moment.
This was also one of her only few possessions.
Because she was going on a long trip, she carried the slightly more valuable things from home with her.
Anyway, there wasn't much.
Then she fussed over the weapons to bring.
She took a Destroyer 800 Fully Automatic Submachine Gun from the aircraft's armory, and found five belt-type magazines to tie around her waist, a total of one thousand rounds of ammunition.
Although it's a bit heavy, safety comes first.
If she encounters tough customers like the horse-bodied Humanoids again, she needs to fire enough bullets in the first instant to ensure she kills them immediately.
But as she was about to leave the aircraft's hatch, the corner of her eye caught sight of the sniper rifle case under the seat.
After thinking for a moment, she dragged the case out from under the seat, opened it, and placed the Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle that had been leaning against the seat inside.
The case contained various accessories that came with the Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle, allowing for random modifications, which she was used to.
Only after carrying the gun case out did she feel at ease.
When Xia Chujian arrived at the place where Ye Shijie and the others were, Ye Shijie just shook his head helplessly and said, "Then let's go. Number 4, you're responsible for long-range support."
He was referring to Ping Qiong.
Ping Qiong shrugged. "Okay, but I have to remind you, my marksmanship isn't as accurate as Number 5's."
She was, of course, referring to Xia Chujian.
"Good enough, at least you won't use up all my bullets like Number 5 does." Ye Shijie felt a pang of heartache at the thought and couldn't help but glare at Xia Chujian again.
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