“I actually think these Goblins… uh, let’s just call them Goblins for now, they’re not easy to deal with.”
Lin Ye spoke at the right moment, deciding to follow Wang Bin’s suggestion and call these Green-skinned monsters Goblins.
Although Lin Ye had suppressed the opponent from beginning to end using his Animal Taming skill during the battle, he still discovered a few things.
Ordinary Goblins, though weak, displayed some surprising advantages.
First, they were already capable of using tools. The sturdy wooden clubs were far more effective than the iron shovels and spades Chen Bugu and the others found in the tunnel.
Second, they were organized. When the group discovered these Goblins, they had already completed their encirclement and formed simple tactics, indicating that Goblins had developed organizational skills, which was quite frightening in some ways.
Third, they possessed simple intelligence. These Goblins appeared from hiding in the bushes, using their skin color, which was similar to the bushes, to prepare an ambush, unlike the Scarlet Hound that just went for direct kills.
Individually weak, but intelligent, organized, and capable of using tools.
Such monsters were already similar to humans in some aspects, and not necessarily easier to deal with than Scarlet Hounds.
“Chen Bugu, what do you think of their strength?”
After listening to Lin Ye’s analysis, Bai Ting looked at Chen Bugu and asked.
During the recent battle, Bai Ting had paid attention to Chen Bugu.
Chen Bugu’s gaze during the fight left a deep impression on Bai Ting.
His usual amiable eyes had changed, becoming firm, decisive, and with a hint of disdain that Bai Ting wasn’t sure was an illusion.
Chen Bugu’s fighting style was clean and precise; he had no wasted movements throughout, as if every strike was aimed directly at taking the opponent’s life.
Bai Ting suspected that Chen Bugu had learned some form of combat skills like martial arts, and combined with his strong mental state, this allowed him to kill the Green-skinned monsters the fastest.
Chen Bugu hadn’t expected Bai Ting to ask for his opinion.
In his impression, this poker-faced man was incredibly arrogant and never cared about others’ opinions.
“Barely Black Iron One-star level, definitely not as strong as the Scarlet Hound we encountered in the tunnel, but I agree with Teacher Lin’s analysis.”
“There’s one thing you all might not have noticed, I’ll demonstrate it for you.”
As Chen Bugu spoke, he raised his Lianxin Crossbow, slowly strung it, and then shot downwards at an angle towards a large tree not far from his side.
“Whoosh!”
The Crossbow pierced through the tree trunk, which would require one person to hug it.
Then, its force weakened, and it stuck into the ground.
Just as everyone was puzzled.
Chen Bugu held a wooden club in his hand.
“Look at this, everyone.”
Everyone saw that on the Green-skinned monsters’ weapon, a Crossbow had only penetrated halfway.
Yan Kuan gasped, surprised by the hardness of the wooden club.
“This doesn’t look like an ordinary wooden club; it might have been processed.”
Chen Bugu used a lot of force to pull out the Crossbow.
“You mean these monsters also possess the technology to process weapons?”
Yan Kuan frowned, feeling as if he had also hit upon a good point.
Chen Bugu shook his head.
Then he slowly smiled and said.
“No, I mean we can each take one and go.”
Yan Kuan: …
“Let’s rest for a bit, I’m really exhausted.”
Lin Xiaoxiao had been using her Mind, consuming a lot of mental energy, and after their escape, they immediately encountered a battle, which also kept her mentally tense.
Lin Xiaoxiao sat on the ground, took out two pieces of beef jerky from her pocket, and threw one to Lin Lin.
“Grrrrr…”
Wang Bin’s stomach grumbled uncooperatively.
He had thought that after leaving the tunnel, he could go home and happily drink a cup of happy water and order some fried chicken.
He hadn’t expected to be starving in the forest at this moment.
“Bu Gu Ge, do you have anything to eat? Share some with me.”
Wang Bin walked awkwardly to Chen Bugu, staring at the bag on his back as he spoke.
Before leaving the tunnel, besides Chen Bugu who took a backpack filled with some food and mineral water, no one else took anything.
Wang Bin had even tried to dissuade Chen Bugu at the time, saying he shouldn’t take other people’s things.
Chen Bugu had smiled and agreed, but his hands didn’t stop moving.
Lin Xiaoxiao’s beef jerky was also something she had casually put into her pocket when they were scavenging other people’s cars earlier.
After all, no one had expected that they would suddenly appear in a primeval forest after leaving the tunnel.
Chen Bugu unhurriedly took out 3 bottles of mineral water and several boxes of biscuits from his backpack, distributing them to everyone.
Old Liu and the others weren’t particular; each took a biscuit and started eating.
Wang Bin had a mouth full of biscuit crumbs, yet he stammered.
“Woah, this is amazing! I never thought Yue Liyue biscuits tasted so good!”
Chen Bugu ignored him. After distributing the food to everyone, he sat to one side, picked up a bottle of water, and drank by himself.
Chen Bugu originally didn’t need to share the scavenged food with everyone.
At most, he would share with Lin Ye and Yan Kuan, after all, Lin Ye had saved his life, and Yan Kuan had a friendship with him in his previous life.
After gaining Fireball, Chen Bugu’s combat power had qualitatively improved; as long as he was careful and didn't seek death, he could also leave the Initial Forest.
This was unlike the strange Great Disaster in Yu Tan Tunnel, which Chen Bugu still couldn’t understand why there were five Scarlet Hounds this time.
In a direct combat situation, just one Scarlet Hound could wipe out the Goblin squad they just faced.
If he hadn't luckily Deciphered the treasure chest and obtained the Lianxin Crossbow, and coincidentally met Yan Kuan who could construct Rock Barrier, Chen Bugu could hardly think of any way to survive that Great Disaster.
The Great Disaster in Yu Tan Tunnel could almost be described as a certain death situation; in his previous life, he had never heard of anyone’s Great Disaster being so difficult.
So in the tunnel, Chen Bugu had to rely on the strength of Bai Ting and others; only by cooperating could they have a sliver of hope for survival.
But after leaving the tunnel, Chen Bugu had been conflicted.
To be honest, he had no need to bring this group of people along.
From the very beginning, when Chen Bugu rescued Bai Ting and Yan Kuan, his plan was:
After leaving the tunnel, everyone would go their separate ways.
Chen Bugu wasn’t so confident that with his strength, Bai Ting and the others would listen to his command.
However, in these short ten minutes since arriving at the Initial Forest, Chen Bugu had a new idea.
A team in the apocalypse generally needed several roles, and this team could fulfill them all.
Bai Ting’s Thunder Sprite as the primary damage dealer.
Wang Bin’s Ignite could supplement the damage.
Old Liu’s Floating was simply too suitable for reconnaissance.
Lin Xiaoxiao’s Mind could be used for control at critical moments.
Lin Ye’s Sheep Attribute could provide support and act as a decoy.
Yan Kuan’s Earth Element was the best support and defensive ability.
As for Lin Lin’s Holy Light, this was what attracted Chen Bugu the most; with a healing ability, he wouldn’t need to be so cautious in combat.
Lin Xiaoxiao and Lin Lin likely didn’t survive the Great Disaster in his previous life, otherwise, with their two types of abilities, Chen Bugu wouldn’t have had no impression of them at all.
Most importantly, after entering the Starting Forest, Chen Bugu suddenly remembered something.
In his previous life, an informant had given him a piece of information that was useless at the time.
This information happened to be about a weapon, and the sealed location of that weapon was in the Starting Forest.
At that time, Chen Bugu had left the Starting Forest too long ago, and when the informant revealed that information, the weapon had already been taken by someone.
So, he didn’t take it seriously.
But if the information about that weapon was true, then that weapon should still be there in this life.
Chen Bugu’s heart even sped up a little.
If he were alone, he really wouldn’t be confident.
But in a team, the chances would be much greater.
Most importantly, Chen Bugu vaguely felt that everyone’s attitude towards him was changing.
Although he couldn’t be called a “leader,” everyone was more willing to listen to his opinions.
Even Bai Ting, that poker-faced man, subconsciously asked for his thoughts just now.
Chen Bugu bit down on a biscuit, suddenly making up his Mind.
He needed that weapon!
If he could get that weapon, plus the effect of his new ability, Space-Time…
Chen Bugu decided.
Since he had been reborn with such difficulty, he wanted to make some changes.