CHAPTER 62: CHAPTER 31: TREMENDOUS GAINS

Yan Luo spent twenty-two full hours slaying demons in the Crimson Abyss, his eyes bloodshot, veins tracing across his eyeballs, only then did the tingling itch fade from his very bones.

His activities weren’t limited to the Dark Forest; footprints of his journey remained on the Ruined Iron Hills and the Bone-Eroding Plain.

Starting from the Dark Forest, passing through the Bone-Eroding Plain and the Ruined Iron Hills, Yan Luo made a big loop and returned to the Dark Forest.

During this time, Yan Luo encountered several Hunter teams, some even from other exploration towns.

Such madness was witnessed by many, and even someone like Yan Luo, who didn’t care much about appearances, couldn’t help but feel ashamed.

After his berserk state subsided, Yan Luo’s body wasn’t too tired, as he had been consuming demons non-stop during those twenty-two hours, digesting the magic power through continuous killing, alleviating the physical fatigue.

However, his spirit was extremely weary.

Yan Luo felt he needed a good rest, preferably lying down on a soft bed for about a dozen hours.

Yawning, he drove his car towards the exit. On the way, Yan Luo met Li Xinyue and the others.

The seventh squad of the Glazed Group happened to be returning to Blue Star as well, sharing the same goal, so Yan Luo joined their team.

"Hey, Xinyue, your chance has come."

Sitting in the back of an armored vehicle, a female Hunter nudged Li Xinyue with her elbow, all gossip.

Li Xinyue wanted to play dumb, "What chance?"

The female Hunter looked at her with disdain, clucked, and said, "Don’t pretend. Anyone can see you have a thing for Yan Luo. For Hunters, having a thing and directly telling him you want to sleep with him, what’s the difference? We don’t know when we might die, so when alive, we strive to enjoy this beautiful world with all our might. You know what I’m saying. If you claim you don’t understand, then I’ll tell you bluntly—go, tell Yan Luo you want to sleep with him!"

Li Xinyue’s face behind the mask instantly flushed, shaking her head hurriedly, "No, no, I can’t say something like that!"

Hearing this, the person sitting in the front row turned around, teased, "Squad leader, if you can’t say it, the one sitting next to you might have to step in, as she seems to have a thing for Yan Luo too."

The female Hunter sitting next to Li Xinyue laughed, "Don’t say, I actually might consider that."

Her words made Li Xinyue anxious, "But don’t you have a boyfriend?"

The female Hunter shrugged, "You mean Zhang Zeyu? That kid plays around more than I do. We’re a couple just to comfort each other when neither of us have a hookup."

"But I heard Yan Luo even rejected the commander of the Red Rose Warband," the driver interjected.

Helena Sheffield bore the title "Seductive Lady," many admired her allure.

Upon hearing this, for some reason, Li Xinyue sighed in relief.

Her feelings for Yan Luo were complex; it wasn’t love, but saying there was no affection would be impossible.

When other women appeared around Yan Luo, she indeed felt nervous.

Yet considering the burdens she carried, Li Xinyue resisted approaching Yan Luo, not wanting to drag him into the muddy waters.

Yan Luo was a good person and shouldn’t step into that mire.

The team didn’t encounter any demons on the way, returning to Blue Star with ease.

The moment they passed through the Spatial Membrane, many relaxed.

Yan Luo greeted the people from the seventh squad and was the first to enter the checkpoint for inspection.

The soldier at the checkpoint casually checked his body and motorcycle, and when Yan Luo opened the spatial tool, the soldier’s eyes widened.

He was dumbfounded, looking at the nearly filled materials inside the Space Box, then at Yan Luo, throat moving, he asked with difficulty, "...Did you hunt all this yourself?"

Yan Luo nodded, "That’s right, let me through if there’s no problem."

He was very tired now, just wanting to go home and sleep.

The soldier was momentarily troubled.

He found it hard to imagine how many demons Yan Luo must have hunted in the Abyss to gather so many materials, but thinking that acquiring this much could be explained easily if it was by hunting other Hunters.

After some thought, the soldier finally decided to close the Space Box, returning it to Yan Luo with a complicated expression.

"You’re good, no contraband, you may go."

Yan Luo picked up the box, turned to leave, mounted his motorcycle to return to his previously purchased villa.

He entrusted the task of sorting out the items to Keke, hastily took off his exoskeleton, walked directly to his bedroom, aimed for the soft bed, and threw himself down. As soon as his body touched the mattress, he fell into a slumber.

However, he didn’t get to have a pleasant dream as he wished.

In the dream, Yan Luo entered the manic state after consuming berserk blood once again. Demons appeared in droves before him, but not a single one could withstand his butcher knife and firearm.

He charged through the ocean of demons, killing with great pleasure. Yet when the blood soaked his ankles, he turned back stunned, to see not a single demon behind him; all the lifeless bodies scattered on the ground were human.

Thus, Yan Luo sat up abruptly.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Yan Luo broke out in a cold sweat, breathing raggedly.

It wasn’t a good dream, and even after waking, the experiences from the dream didn’t fade from his mind.

Sitting on the bed in a daze for a while, Yan Luo checked the time, surprised to find he actually slept for fourteen hours without waking even once.

At this point, his stomach growled on cue, and a severe hunger struck him.

Yan Luo swallowed, got out of bed, left the room, woke Keke, instructing it to cook while he ran to the pantry, retrieving several instant meals to eat.

It proved correct to have Keke cook, as after finishing several instant meals, Yan Luo didn’t feel any sense of fullness.

It’s not just because of the previous dozen hours of sleep but also due to the extensive digesting of magic power during the Abyss journey, which prompted corresponding physical growth. But having not overeaten in the Abyss, this growth consumed his original energy.

Though he hadn’t looked in the mirror, Yan Luo knew he was surely very thin now.

Indulging in a huge meal, once he felt satiated at last, Yan Luo stopped.

After watching the news for a while, Yan Luo got up, grabbed the Space Box, and rode off to the Hunter’s Guild.

"Hey, Yan Luo, you’re back!"

"I heard you had a good harvest this time, got quite a lot of good stuff?"

"Interested in dining together tonight? The kind where you don’t head home after."

"Good afternoon, Instructor Yan, have you eaten?"

Many noticed Yan Luo’s arrival at the Hunter’s Guild and greeted him warmly.

Though Yan Luo was quiet, he had a rather good rapport within the guild.

Yan Luo politely replied to everyone, slowly walking to the counter, and addressing the machinery sitting behind it, said, "I’m applying for a business room."

Upon hearing this, surrounding people instigated.

"Good kid, you’ve surely made a fortune again!"

"Could you teach me some money-making tricks?"

"How’s your luck so good? You reap big every Abyss hunt."

Yan Luo glanced at them, asked calmly, "Do you want to earn big money like me?"

People were stunned, someone asked incredulously, "You’re willing to teach us your money-making tricks?"

Yan Luo projected a book’s cover, "Once you finish studying this, you’ll know how to make money."

Upon seeing the book title, many couldn’t help but curse.

——"Crimson Abyss Demon Compendium (V7.6.1)"!

If they could master it, they’d indeed make money, but apart from a weirdo like Yan Luo, no one could memorize it all.

Led by the machinery, Yan Luo entered a business room. He tossed the Space Box onto the table, sat with arms folded, saying nonchalantly, "Quote a price."

When the machinery opened the Space Box, the materials inside almost overwhelmed its sensors.

Total, 412 items!