Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 574 - 391: What Statue?

He should just become Yan Haoming.

Seamless.

After all, no one has seen him, and no one has heard his voice.

His private messages are all text chats.

But this Yan Haoming’s personality...

It seems he’s offended quite a few people.

Among the two people who came this time, the one ranked second, named "Qin Fu," was also provoked by him and harbors some resentment. After that conversation, there was no more interaction.

The woman ranked eighth, named Zeng Tao, was even teased by him in text, and she angrily declared she would kill him on sight.

Unbelievable...

Is this guy a teddy bear?

He wants to rub up against everyone he sees.

"You want to pretend to be Yan Haoming?" Lou Fei’Er sized him up and recalled Yan Haoming’s appearance. "This charisma seems a bit too different, doesn’t it?"

"Well, no one has seen him anyway." Xu Xin shrugged.

"But..." Lou Fei’Er hesitated for a moment, then couldn’t help but say, "Can you pull it off? His personality..."

Recalling Yan Haoming’s behavior just now, she immediately looked disgusted.

She also knew that Yan Haoming was provoking people all over the regional channel, understanding that this person was unlikable.

But Xu Xin in front of her was somewhat... too likable.

This was a bit of a problem.

"No big deal." Xu Xin was calm.

Who says you can’t be two different personalities online and offline?

Those keyboard warriors who are invincible online and spew venomous words might be so socially anxious in real life that they can’t talk to strangers and don’t dare to fart in front of their boss.

Yan Haoming in reality might not be such an annoying person. He could even be a stark contrast, which isn’t that unusual.

"Fine, whatever. Just don’t blow your cover." Lou Fei’Er flopped onto the sofa and stretched. "I hope one of those two can become my lackey."

Xu Xin then began contacting Ji Chaoyang and Wen Guixin.

These two should be looking after his place now.

"How’s the situation?" he asked in the explorers’ group.

Ji Chaoyang: "So far, nothing much. That pterosaur statue doesn’t seem to want to attack your treehouse."

Ji Chaoyang’s words made Xu Xin breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Wen Guixin: "So boring. By the way, why did you plant other people’s parasitic treehouses so far away?"

She was naturally referring to Ma Hongwei and the parasitic treehouses around him.

To say far, it’s actually not that far, just over three hundred meters, but for Wen Guixin, who planted all parasitic treehouses within a fifty-meter range, it really was too far.

"I have other plans for the area around my treehouse." Xu Xin explained, then asked, "Are you guys under my treehouse now?"

"Of course not," Wen Guixin said, "I called Wenxi over, we’re in your treehouse now."

Li Wenxi: "Hehe, I’m here too. With someone in the treehouse, I can operate the ballista, and it gives peace of mind in case of danger. Leave this to us, you focus on what you need to do!"

Xu Xin was a bit surprised: "Didn’t you say you were going mining today?"

Li Wenxi: "Yajun took them, and I need a day of rest. I can’t anymore, yesterday was too tiring! I want to slack off!"

Xu Xin was somewhat speechless: "Slacking off on the first day out?"

Wen Guixin: "Doesn’t matter, what boss works with their subordinates? It actually loses authority."

Li Wenxi: "Authority? What authority do I have..."

Hmm...

What Wen Guixin said does make some sense.

But Li Wenxi, compared to company management, is more like the strongest technical leader.

After all, she has a hundredfold drop rate!

And the people around her can also enjoy part of this bonus.

If she doesn’t go, the efficiency would significantly drop.

Oh well, it doesn’t matter much now.

With more people gathered now, relying on numbers alone, efficiency isn’t low.

"If there’s really nothing, you can head back." Xu Xin said, "I’ll have some people over from Ma Hongwei’s side to keep an eye out."

Wen Guixin: "There’s really nothing happening on my end, either. I’ve delegated all the authority. After all, with my physique, I’m not suited to mix with them. If they hadn’t insisted on keeping me, I wouldn’t have stayed anyone."

Seeing her say this, Xu Xin chuckled.

Even though she said this, didn’t she still plant all those people’s treehouses within a fifty-meter range?

Li Wenxi: "I finally found an excuse to slack myself off; I’m not going back!"

Li Wenxi: "Besides, Yajun also said to let them work alone for a day. The next day, once I join in, they’ll realize the gap between mining solo and mining with me, and they’ll respect me more. I think what she said makes a lot of sense!"

Hearing her say this, Xu Xin raised his eyebrows slightly.

Indeed, there’s some logic to it.

This Li Yajun seems to have some talent in management.

He remembered that Li Yajun had mentioned her college major was biological sciences.

The predecessor of this discipline was animal husbandry, so she likely has some ability in this domain as well.

Once this winter passes, her capabilities in this area will come to the fore.

Unexpectedly, this person they brought back together with Li Wenxi turned out to be quite capable.

Xu Xin: "I think you just want to be lazy."

Li Wenxi: "Lazy? It’s called justified laziness!"

Xu Xin: "Alright, do whatever you want. I might come back late. The fruits and vegetables on the third floor, and the meat in the cold storage, use them as you please."

Wen Guixin: "I’ve already eaten a whole bowl of fruit. By the way, this egg in your treehouse is so interesting; it moves on its own! What kind of egg is this... And your little panda is so adorable; I really want to pet it! And those pangolins under your treehouse... you’ve got so many fascinating things here!"

Keke and the giant egg are in the treehouse now, so they naturally saw them.

Ji Chaoyang: "Can I check out your alchemy lab?"

Xu Xin: "Feel free. But the alchemy lab is quite basic, and even if you look, you can’t really do much."

After chatting for a while, he turned off the projection on his watch.

As long as nothing went wrong over there, it was fine.

He just worried that the pterosaur statue might attack his treehouse.

Where did the pterosaur statue go? Why did it suddenly disappear?

Forget it, it’s not something he needs to think about right now.

He turned the wristband and released the three beasts.

Just now when talking about Keke and the giant egg, Xu Xin thought of Silver King Mimi and Afu, which he had kept in his wristband.

"Oh?" the Silver King called, expressing confusion.

Mimi lightly leaped to the window to look outside.

Afu also flapped its wings and flew over.

The three beasts had been here before, but only once. They didn’t quite remember the place.

Especially since Lou Fei’Er had made quite a few changes here.

"Why did you release them?" Lou Fei’Er was somewhat puzzled, "Do you mean you want to..."

"Silver King, Mimi, Afu, today you three will be her subordinates."

Xu Xin pointed at Lou Fei’Er and said to the three beasts.

Afternoon, two more people are supposed to arrive, and one of them ranks second in District 188. It’s better to be cautious.

Having Silver King Mimi out on guard is better than keeping them in the wristband.

Moreover, the people coming already knew about Lou Fei’Er’s mutation.

It’s reasonable for her to have a few mutated creatures as helpers.

"Awoo!" the Silver King cried out.

Afu hung upside down on the window ledge.

Mimi paced about, starting to wander around the treehouse.

Xu Xin slightly closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the other two to arrive.

He wanted to take a break.

These days, except for sleeping at night, there was little time to rest.

Now even before going to sleep at night, there was work to do.

Exhausting.

Lou Fei’Er sat on the side, watching Xu Xin resting with his eyes closed, forcibly suppressing the urge to pounce on him.

Then she ran aside to sit elsewhere.

No way! Sitting next to him was unbearable!

This allure must be toxic!

Despite this, she still absent-mindedly scrolled through the world channel and area channel, occasionally sneaking glances at Xu Xin’s face.

Until her watch vibrated.

Seeing who was coming, she immediately stood up: "Zeng Tao’s here!"

Finally, the second person was about to arrive?

Xu Xin opened his eyes, sitting up straight: "Already here?"

Lou Fei’Er scrolled through her watch, the changing light reflecting on her face: "She said she already took a glance around the beam of light and is coming over now."

Took a look at the Transmission Array?

"Ask her about the situation at the Transmission Array."

Lou Fei’Er immediately asked.

"She asks what is the meaning, and what situation..." Lou Fei’Er said with a hint of amusement.

"...those statues, what’s their current status." Xu Xin frowned slightly.

Lou Fei’Er immediately conveyed the message.

"...she’s asking what statues...?" Lou Fei’Er blinked her eyes.

"Hmm?" Xu Xin also turned to look at her, "Give me the watch, I’ll ask."

"Oh, oh." Lou Fei’Er oddly handed her watch to Xu Xin.

He glanced at it.

"What statues? There’s no such statues?" This was Zeng Tao’s reply.

Xu Xin immediately responded: "The statues surrounding the beam of light in the giant pit, didn’t you see them?"

"Huh?" Zeng Tao quickly replied as well, "No, there are no statues, the giant pit is completely empty, there’s nothing there?"

Xu Xin and Lou Fei’Er, who leaned over to look, exchanged glances, both showing expressions of surprise and confusion.

"Are you sure? Are you sure it’s empty?" Xu Xin asked again.

"It’s broad daylight, not night. How could I be mistaken? So, what statues are you talking about? Are you some kind of riddler! Suddenly, it seems really interesting. Tell me about it when I arrive!" Zeng Tao responded quickly.

This...

Xu Xin handed the watch back to Lou Fei’Er, just about to contact Ji Chaoyang to ask about the situation over there, when Ji Chaoyang called.

"Xu Xin, all the statues in the giant pit are gone."

Turns out, he had a survivor left as a spy around the giant pit just to observe any changes.

But unexpectedly, while the spy was in the jungle attending to a call of nature, the entire giant pit cleared out!

The spy hurried to Xu Xin’s treehouse and had just informed Ji Chaoyang of the situation.

It turned out to be true!

The statues really had disappeared!

"Did he observe the snow layer around the giant pit to see if there are traces of the statues moving?"

"I asked him, and he said he didn’t notice, he just saw that the statues were completely gone from the giant pit, so he rushed back to report." Ji Chaoyang’s voice came with the sound of whistling wind, "I’m going over to check, heading there now. I’ll be there soon."

On the side, Lou Fei’Er was also chatting with Zeng Tao.

At this moment, a somewhat lively voice came from outside the treehouse: "Hey hey hey, is this Lou Fei’Er’s treehouse? It should be here, right?"

Someone had arrived.

"Coming, coming!" Lou Fei’Er hurried to the window.

"If there’s any situation, send me a message. I have people from District 187 here now." Xu Xin quickly whispered.

"Alright, get busy." Ji Chaoyang replied and quickly hung up.

Xu Xin put down the watch, took a deep breath, and pressed the worry deep in his heart.

What do these statues ultimately want to do?

At this moment, the wall of the treehouse wobbled, and a not very tall girl, with a strong sense of teenage demeanor, stepped onto the treehouse floor.

"Ah, finally here!" She patted her wind-kissed, slightly red cheeks and let out a long breath.