Chapter 351 - 198: Members of the Survival Association Are Defecting? Return to the Trading Market! The Bloodthirsty Vine King Appears

Chapter 351: Chapter 198: Members of the Survival Association Are Defecting? Return to the Trading Market! The Bloodthirsty Vine King Appears

"Sir, this is the current information for all team members..."

Chen Chong took the record book from Jia Wen. It was densely filled with the names and positions of every member.

"537 people now?"

Chen Chong was a little surprised. He vaguely remembered that just a few days ago, the team had only a little over four hundred members. How much time had passed? They had already added over a hundred more people, bringing the total to almost two-fifths of the entire school population.

’With a little more effort, we might just be able to recruit half the school...’

"Perhaps your great reputation has spread throughout the school, Sir, convincing those students who were hesitant and full of reservations to make up their minds. That’s why they’ve been joining one after another," Jia Wen said with a smile, waving his feather fan.

Chen Chong frowned slightly. ’I haven’t done anything all that shocking these past few days, have I?’

’Then again, I have captured a lot of prey like wild goats and deer...’

’That must be it.’

’Many people gather in the open area by the river. They must have seen what I was doing and spread the news all over campus, attracting more people to the team.’

It was hard for the average person to comprehend. In an era after the transmigration where food was so scarce, hearing that someone could bring dozens of live animals out of the Primitive Jungle as if they were simply receiving a shipment was an incredibly shocking event.

To some, this revelation was even more impactful than seeing Extraordinary Creatures...

Just then, a sly grin appeared on Zhong Fang’s face.

"Brother Chong, you wouldn’t believe it. While you’ve been away, we’ve had no less than thirty people joining our team almost every day. And some of them even came over from the Survival Association."

"People from the Survival Association defected?"

It wasn’t just Chen Chong who was stunned; even Xu Jun, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered.

Although they didn’t have any major conflicts with the Survival Association, everyone knew that Sima was secretly competing with them.

Of course, neither Chen Chong nor Xu Jun ever took him seriously.

But they figured that in private, Sima would definitely bad-mouth their team to his own members, viewing them as a thorn in his side.

It was surprising that people from his team had actually defected. What a rare sight.

Zhong Fang continued, "A couple of days ago, I went to the information exchange station to check the intel logs and caught a glimpse of Sima from afar. You guys should have seen the look on his face! He looked as miserable as if he’d just eaten shit!"

"Although it wasn’t many, only a dozen or so, once this sort of thing starts, it’s a huge blow to morale. There are definitely others in their team thinking about defecting now."

"That guy Sima is probably watching his own people like a hawk now, as if they were thieves. I bet he’s too worried to even sleep at night, hahaha..."

Chen Chong laughed at this.

"The team really needs people right now, and we can’t afford to lose anyone from the school."

"Treat the defectors from the Survival Association like any other student. No special treatment, and don’t single them out."

"If they’re capable, we’ll give them important roles. If they’re not, they’ll be punished just like anyone else..."

Zhong Fang nodded. "Don’t worry, Brother Chong. I know how to handle this."

Chen Chong didn’t dwell on the topic. He had no real conflict with the Survival Association.

Strictly speaking, the only one who had ever started a conflict with him was Du Ming.

And he was long dead.

As for the rest of the Survival Association, although they had almost come to his door demanding an explanation, the matter had fizzled out, and no further conflict arose.

Naturally, Chen Chong wasn’t going to take his anger out on the association’s ordinary members.

At a time when manpower was extremely precious, he would recruit anyone he could, as long as there wasn’t some irreconcilable, life-or-death grudge between them.

As for Sima...

’I never considered him a real issue.’

If he weren’t a Transcendent and was just an ordinary college student, the Survival Association would have been a massive threat.

But ever since he’d become a Transcendent, Sima posed a practically nonexistent threat to him...

Chen Chong had no issue with other students forming their own teams.

If Sima was content to lead his people, gather resources, and survive peacefully, then it didn’t matter.

But if one day Sima got it into his head to come and provoke him...

...then Chen Chong wouldn’t mind making the entire Survival Association disappear.

Just then, Jia Wen seemed to remember something. He excused himself and went downstairs, returning a few minutes later.

In his hands were three Cards.

"Oh, right, Sir. You previously ordered the team to acquire Building Cards. We didn’t find the fence you were looking for, but we did manage to obtain a few small Building Cards in the last couple of days. Please, take a look!"

Chen Chong raised an eyebrow and took the Cards from Jia Wen.

Two were D-Class, and one was C-Class.

The two D-Class Cards were a Bird Cage Card and a Beast Cage Card.

The C-Class Card was for a picket fence.

He was familiar with the Beast Cage; after all, he used one to raise the wild rabbits at his home.

This one, however, was smaller and more crudely constructed.

Judging by the area this Beast Cage Card could create, it could probably hold three to five wild rabbits at most.

’It’s completely useless for my current setup at home...’

Chen Chong shook his head and set it aside.

’I don’t need the other one, the Bird Cage Card, either.’

’I have no reason to keep birds at home.’

’Even if I wanted to cage my Rock Armor Eagle, this thing wouldn’t hold it. A single talon would probably smash it to bits.’

’This cage is for parrots or mynas at best. It’s better to leave it for the team than to take it for myself.’

’If team members catch a live pheasant or wild duck, they can use it as a temporary pen in a pinch.’