People don't share the same joys and sorrows.
When one is miserable, someone else is happy.
Sometimes, joy and sorrow are separated by nothing more than a pane of glass.
Hu Chan leaned back comfortably in his seat, casually playing with a few Blood Moon Tarantula armor discs in his hand. Looking at Chu Baxing's miserable state, he made no effort to hide the gloating smile on his face.
"Boss Qin earns his living with skill. What's got you so worked up? If anyone's to blame, it's your own lack of ability. You couldn't even kill a Phantom Mantis."
Chu Baxing ground his teeth, "The Phantom Mantis is unbelievably fast, and its weak spot is tiny! Without a special movement skill like Qin Siyang's, who could beat it? You? Didn't I already beat you?"
Hu Chan snorted, "At least I didn't have to ask Boss Qin to step in!"
"He didn't even use his hands! One kick, and he charged me three hundred bottles of Sequence Potion!"
"That's Boss Qin's skill!"
Qin Siyang quietly drove the drill cabin while listening to the two clowns argue beside him. He couldn't be bothered to interrupt.
As long as I stay strong enough, there'll always be bootlickers arguing on my behalf.
Still, Qin Siyang didn't take Hu Chan's flattery to heart.
He had no interest in the kind of support Hu Chan only offered because he wanted to tease Chu Baxing.
Unfortunately, celebrating too early was never a good habit.
Fortunes always change.
Even Hu Chan never imagined karma would come so quickly.
Three hours later, Hu Chan excitedly headed toward an area where he'd detected more than a dozen divine auras. He had thought his luck had finally turned around and that he might stumble across the extremely rare Blood Moon Tarantula.
Reality, however, was often cruel.
The moment he stepped into the nest, he suddenly realized, this wasn't a Blood Moon Tarantula nest.
It was a Blood Moon Blind Spider nest.
Just one different word in the name, but a world of difference.
Hu Chan had nearly lost his life.
Blood Moon Tarantulas were rare small gods that could be handled without much trouble if encountered alone. Blood Moon Blind Spiders, on the other hand, were powerful medium-sized gods with combat strength more than ten times greater. Their eyeballs were also one of Professor Wu Yu's favorite research materials.
Hu Chan's mood at that moment was like a gambler eagerly pushing open the doors of a casino, only to find that the person waiting inside wasn't the dealer, but his creditor.
"Holy shit!"
The moment Hu Chan entered the tunnel, his escape route was sealed off.
There was no way he could win in a fight.
Without wasting time, he immediately decided to fight while retreating.
But Blood Moon Blind Spiders weren't so easy to shake off. A medium-sized god was at least several stories tall. Its eight legs raced across the walls and ground, while its body twisted at impossible angles.
Even worse, faint dark red streams of light shimmered across their bodies. It was a passive skill that unleashed their hidden potential, making them grow stronger as the battle dragged on.
Hu Chan held out as long as he could, killing three or four Blood Moon Blind Spiders before finally escaping.
Fortunately, Qin Siyang arrived in time.
As expected.
The one desperately running after the drill cabin and pounding on the window had become Hu Chan.
When he heard that Qin Siyang's fee was five hundred bottles of Sequence Potion, his heart sank.
With a miserable expression, Hu Chan pleaded, "Boss Qin, why did you only charge Chu Baxing three hundred bottles of Sequence Potion but you're charging me five hundred? I've always been on your side!"
"When I rescued Chu Baxing, I only had to kill one Phantom Mantis. To rescue you, I have to kill the ten or so Blood Moon Blind Spiders chasing you. Five hundred bottles is already a discounted price."
From the passenger seat, Chu Baxing said coldly, "Qin Siyang, did you skip breakfast or something? Why are you driving so slowly? Don't you know how to floor the accelerator?"
"Chu Baxing! Stop kicking me while I'm down!"
Chu Baxing chuckled from the passenger seat, "If you'd known it'd end like this, why did you do it in the first place?"
Hu Chan wanted nothing more than to grab Chu Baxing by the collar and drag him out of the drill cabin to run for his life together, but he didn't even have time to stop.
Even as he cursed, the Blood Moon Blind Spiders behind him were almost on his back.
At last, Hu Chan gave in and gritted his teeth, "Fine! Fine! Five hundred bottles it is!"
The corners of Qin Siyang's mouth lifted slightly. After slamming on the brakes, he activated Origin Violence, shot out of the drill cabin, turned around, and charged into battle.
It was as effortless as slicing melons and chopping vegetables.
A few minutes later, the drill cabin started moving again, speeding across the landscape. A long trail of dust stretched out behind it.
Qin Siyang sat in the driver's seat, steering with one hand and smiling to himself.
Not only had he earned another five hundred bottles of Sequence Potion, he'd also killed more than ten Blood Moon Blind Spiders.
He had made a fortune.
This trip had involved no deliberate hunting on his part, yet he'd still earned over two thousand bottles of Sequence Potion, along with a batch of valuable medium-sized god materials.
It was an incredible deal.
He smacked his lips and couldn't help sighing, "Robbery really is the fastest way to make money..."
Meanwhile, inside the drill cabin, Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, Gu Yunpeng, and Zhao Sifang all wore different expressions.
After quietly doing the math, they realized that simply breaking even on this trip would already count as a good result.
As for poor suckers like Hu Chan and Chu Baxing, their hearts were bleeding.
"Three hundred bottles...", Chu Baxing muttered over and over.
"Don't remind me. Mine hurts even more...", Hu Chan pressed a hand to his chest, as if recalling the miserable days when he'd become an orphan at a young age.
Fortunately, this trip hadn't been a complete loss.
Hunting a hundred kilometers outside the safe zone had allowed them to encounter many gods they'd never seen before.
That was far more valuable than staying inside the safe zone and relying on the Divine Arena to improve.
Although Hu Chan still ached over the potions he'd spent, thinking back on his fight with the Blood Moon Blind Spiders left him with plenty to reflect on.
"This battle taught me something. The Blood Moon Blind Spiders' perception and rate of growth are much stronger than I expected. If I hadn't been fast enough to run away, I probably would've died out there today."
Zhao Sifang nodded, "I realized my timing when using artifacts still isn't good enough. If I'd been fighting an even stronger god, I probably would've been killed instead."
Those combat experiences might save their lives someday.
So even though they hadn't made much money, none of them felt the trip had been pointless.
Chu Baxing rubbed his temples, "I'm exhausted today. Professor Zhang's class starts at eight on Monday morning. I wonder if I'll even be able to get up."
Hu Chan laughed, "Crown Prince Chu, did you even look at the class schedule?"
"What do you mean? Professor Zhang taught last Monday, so isn't it his class again this Monday?"
"College classes aren't like high school. Not every course meets every week. Some alternate between odd and even weeks. Professor Zhang's class is only on odd weeks. On even weeks, it's Professor Wu Yu's Introduction to Divine Anatomy."
"So that's how it works."
Like Chu Baxing, Qin Siyang had only just realized this himself.
'Monday is Professor Wu's class?'
'Perfect.'
'I can give Professor Wu a few more fresh Blood Moon Blind Spider eyeballs.'
Thinking that, Qin Siyang felt even better.
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