Starting from the office buildings we kept passing through

Chapter 23 Water Transport

Two blue and one purple.

[One-Star Enhancement Card (Blue): After use, it can slightly improve physical attributes, including strength, speed, reflexes, and dynamic vision. It cannot be used after reaching the one-star limit.]

[One-Star Supply Card (Blue) - 20 Jin of Iron Blocks: Can be used to forge weapons]

[One-Star Equipment Card (Purple) - Power Gloves: When worn, increases strength by 30% in normal state, and also grants the effects of Great Strength and Hardening]

Mighty Strength: When activated, it doubles your strength for the next ten seconds.

Hardening: Once activated, it can make the gloves as hard as steel, lasting for one minute.

Both abilities can only be used a total of three times a day.

"good."

Although it didn't have the gold card Chen Hao wanted, the [Enhancement Card] and [Power Gloves] were still pretty good.

Both can enhance Chen Hao's strength.

Chen Hao said, "I'm going to the restroom."

Then he ran to the side and materialized the Power Gloves.

The gloves are entirely black, appear to be woven from silk, and have a very soft surface. They are breathable and comfortable to wear.

Furthermore, it was as if a force surged into his body, increasing his strength.

Back in the group, the fish, which had been feeling rather heavy, felt much lighter.

Chen Hao had a simple carrying pole on his shoulder with two strings of fish in the front and two in the back, for a total of four strings of fish, weighing more than 200 jin (100 kg).

The others were the same, each carrying a shoulder pole, either with a bucket or two strings of fish.

Three people carried two buckets, which were filled with grilled fish.

The two people carried two strings of fish, weighing about a hundred pounds each.

Two other people, one in front and one behind, were pulling the waterwheel.

The group carefully made their way through the forest.

Chen Hao walked at the very front.

They hadn't walked far when the fishy smell attracted a hunter—a leopard.

The leopard looked at Chen Hao and his group, who numbered in large numbers, and only dared to monitor and follow from the tree, not daring to go forward.

After the leopard came a group of monkeys.

It was the first time Chen Hao had ever seen this group of monkeys in the forest.

The monkey had gray fur and was twice the size of any other monkey Chen Hao had ever seen.

They grabbed onto the vines hanging from the tree and swung over.

There were more than a dozen of them, and the leader was as strong as a gorilla.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak," they made sharp noises as they saw Chen Hao and the others, seemingly trying to intimidate them.

"Brother Chen, what should we do?"

Everyone stopped in their tracks.

"Put down the carrying pole and prepare to meet the enemy."

Chen Hao said.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately did as instructed, putting down their carrying poles, drawing their weapons, and aiming them at the monkeys.

Seeing that Chen Hao and his companions did not run away despite their intimidation, the monkeys threw things at them.

They were all branches, vines, and other things that they had torn from the trees.

Like raindrops, they fell on Chen Hao and the others.

Everyone quickly took cover.

You should know that some of these branches are quite sharp, and if you accidentally get pricked, it can be quite painful.

"Hmph, you're asking for it."

Chen Hao shifted his feet, easily dodging the attacking branches and vines, drawing his arrow and bending his bow.

After taking aim, he released the bowstring, and the arrow shot out like lightning, hitting the monkey leader behind him.

"Ah!" the monkey screamed and fell from the tree.

The arrow pierced straight through its chest.

After landing on the ground, it struggled for a while before dying.

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed a one-star common creature—the Forest Gray Ape—and obtained a one-star card.]

Chen Hao's face darkened; he had originally aimed at the monkey leader.

Then he drew another arrow, aimed it at the monkey leader, and shot it again.

The monkey leader had already been frightened by Chen Hao's arrow earlier and was running around in all directions.

Therefore, this arrow still missed its target.

Fortunately, it hit an ordinary monkey.

The deaths of two forest gray monkeys have greatly alarmed this small group of about a dozen monkeys.

"Chirp chirp chirp," the forest gray ape chirped even more frequently.

As Chen Hao drew his bow, aiming at the monkey leader and preparing to shoot the third arrow, the monkey leader ran away without looking back.

The other monkeys quickly followed and ran away.

Seeing this, Chen Hao put down his bow and arrow.

Then he went to the bodies of the two dead monkeys, took the arrows, and put them into his quiver.

He tossed one of the monkeys behind him.

This is for the leopard that was following us.

Following them around all the time would also be a hassle.

The other one, he carried in his hand and draped it over the carrying pole.

"Let's keep going."

"it is good."

The group set off again.

After they left, the leopard cautiously approached the monkey's carcass, sniffing the familiar scent of blood. It couldn't help but bare its fangs, bite the monkey's body, and then drag it up a tree.

With food in hand, the leopard naturally lost interest in following Chen Hao and the others.

Half an hour later, Chen Hao and his group returned to the cement plaza in front of the building, looking somewhat disheveled.

"Damn, I almost died there."

When Liu Zhan saw the familiar building, he looked terrified and even swore.

The others also looked shaken.

Chen Hao also let out a deep breath, and looking at his hands, they were still trembling slightly.

As for his [Fang Blade], there are several more notches on the blade.

Looking at them again, three buckets of grilled fish and four strings of fish carcasses were missing.

Fortunately, they managed to bring the waterwheel back intact.

The reason they were in such a sorry state was that they had encountered a black bear.

A black bear that stands more than four meters tall.

With just one swipe of its claws, the black bear sent Chen Hao flying. Chen Hao's powerful strength was no match for the black bear.

Fortunately, the other party only had their eyes on the fish.

After eating its fill of fish, it leisurely left.

Chen Hao and the others could only watch from a distance, not daring to step forward to stop them.

Fortunately, the other party did not damage the waterwheel, although several bear claw marks were still left on it.

This was caused by the black bear's curiosity.

After discovering the waterwheel's sturdiness, it stopped exploring and focused on eating fish.

A well-fed wild animal will be much less aggressive.

Furthermore, Chen Hao and his group were quite numerous, posing a certain threat to it as well.

That's how it left.

When Chen Hao and his group returned to the building, they once again attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Of course, the main purpose was to watch the waterwheel that Chen Hao and his group had protected.

"What is that thing? How can such a thing exist?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"It might have been opened from a card."

Someone explained.

As more and more people try to enter the jungle, various cards become known to people.

Among them, the most popular are equipment cards.

The supply card was disliked.

You need to kill wild beasts to get cards.

Killing wild animals would provide food, so meat cards were considered a waste of their resources.

Water and salt cards are quite popular, while iron cards are the most disliked because they are completely useless.

Instead of using it to smash wild animals, you might as well pick up a few stones.

Then, the waterwheel was pushed into the lobby on the first floor, into their chassis.

People around watched the waterwheel from a distance, speculating about its purpose, but no one dared to get too close.

The impact of Chen Hao's murder continues.

"Brother Chen, what's this?"

When Chen Hao and the others returned, their colleagues gathered around them.

"This is a waterwheel; there's water inside, and there are fish too."

"From now on, we will never lack water again."

Chen Hao explained.

"Really, that's great."

Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed and cheered excitedly.

"Can I use this water to wash my face?"

A girl with a dusty face ran up to Chen Hao and asked expectantly.

Because water resources are so precious, everyone is only allowed to take a sip to quench their thirst when they are thirsty.

As for things like washing your face and taking a bath, those are a bit of a luxury.

"Okay, everyone go ahead and take a shower."

Chen Hao nodded.

"That's great, thank you, Brother Chen."

The woman looked at Chen Hao with emotion.

The waterwheel has a spout; when the wooden stopper is opened, a continuous flow of water flows into the bucket.

Once the bucket was full of water, I quickly plugged it with a cork.

Then, laughing and joking, everyone lined up to wash their faces and hands with the water from the buckets.

They would only pour out the water when it became completely murky, and then fill a new bucket with clean water.

The onlookers who witnessed this scene were in an uproar.

"What? It's filled with water?"

"How much water would this need to hold?"

"Ah! I also want to wash my face, wash my hands, and take a bath."

"Where did they get all this water from?"

"Have you forgotten that there's a big river not far away? Look at the fish next to them, it's obvious they went to the river."

The crowd began to discuss it animatedly.

Chen Hao's colleagues looked on with envy as they happily washed their faces and took showers.