Chapter 11: A Horse Cannot Get Fat Without Eating Grass

"Tap, tap... This wooden box has a hidden compartment."

Mu Liang tapped the bottom of the wooden box with his finger, and found that it was hollow.

He used his military knife to pry open the wooden board at the bottom of the wooden box and saw a cloth bag inside it. After opening it, he discovered that there were seeds within it.

"These are actually vegetable seeds. No wonder they were placed in the secret compartment."

Pleasantly surprised, he tied the bag and stuffed it into his backpack.

In this post-apocalypse wasteland world, the seeds of green plants represented the important hope for the revival of civilization in the future.

While searching the room, Mu Liang opened the wardrobe next to the bed and found another surprise.

Five rolls of cloth of different colors were neatly placed in the closet.

"There's a lot of stuff. It looks like I'll need a helper."

Mu Liang took out the five rolls of cloth from the wardrobe and touched his chin as he thought about how to transport all these things out of the building.

There were many things in the camp leader's room that he wanted to take away with him.

After all, who asked Mu Liang to cross over empty-handed? In such a post-apocalypse wasteland, he couldn't buy household items even if he had money, since there was no place to buy them.

"Xiao Motley, slip through."

Mu Liang used his mind to summon the Tricolor Lizard who was secretly protecting Mino so that it could come and help him move things.

The Rock Tortoise couldn't be summoned. If it came, it would probably knock down the wall and barge in.

As the Tricolor Lizard was rushing over, Mu Liang packed all the things he wanted to take with him, including the five rolls of cloth and a bundle of swords.

He rummaged through the wardrobe once again and saw, clothes, quilts, and other things that were used by the camp leader.

He didn't want used things.

"There is still an unused wolf's skin here."

Mu Liang opened the last closet and saw that a wolf's skin was properly placed inside.

He took it out and found that the edges and corners of this wolf's skin were untreated. He could tell at first glance that it was still unused.

"Since there are three wolf heads, how could there be no wolf's skin?"

Mu Liang rolled up the wolf skin and stored it aside.

Then he softly said, "Now there's no need to worry about the quilt."

After he finished sorting all the things, he looked up at the ceiling.

The Tricolor Lizard had arrived very quickly. It didn't need to climb over the wall like Mu Liang to hide from people. Instead, It used its claws to climb over the ceiling.

"Come down and help me carry some things back." Mu Liang waved at the lizard.

"Hiss~~"

The Tricolor Lizard tilted its head and climbed down the wall.

"It's size is still a little small. I don't think it can carry too many things."

Mu Liang glanced at the five rolls of cloth that were one meter long and then looked at the Tricolor Lizard that was also only one meter in body length.

"Looks like it's time for you to evolve to level-3."

Mu Liang raised his hand, placed it on the body of lizard, and ordered the system in his mind, "Evolve the Tricolor Lizard to level-3."

"Ding! Level-2 Tricolor Lizard evolved to level-3, deducting 100 evolution points."

"Ding! Tricolor Lizard has evolved to level-3 successfully."

"Ding! Level-3 Tricolor Lizard's talent evolution: Mimetic Stealth."

"Ding! Synchronizing the trainer's 'Mimetic Discoloration' ability with the level-3 'Mimetic Stealth'."

A familiar warm current appeared in Mu Liang's body and his body was strengthened once again.

"Stealth? Is it possible to be invisible while in action?" Mu Liang focused his attention on his new abilities.

He immediately activated his 'Mimetic Stealth' ability, and the surface of his body changed color as he walked.

"It's not without shortcomings. There's a delay of about one second between color changes. The faster you move, the greater the delay in becoming invisible and changing color."

"This stealth ability depends on moving slowly, so the delay in discoloration is smaller. But it's quite suitable for moving stealthily."

Mu Liang summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the new ability.

The point that satisfied him the most was that he was able to move while being invisible.

After observing his own changes, Mu Liang looked at the Tricolor Lizard that had evolved and doubled in size.

Now its body length was two-meter and the color of its scales was no longer striped. Instead, each scale had a distinguished color.

One was green, one red, and another blue. It looked colorful.

There were a few spikes beside the lizard's head, and its brown vertical pupils looked very callous.

"Xiao Motley. After you get a pair of wings, then you can even pretend to be a dragon."

Mu Liang patted the head of the Tricolor Lizard.

"Hiss~~" The Tricolor Lizard tilted its head, wondering what a dragon was.

"Stay where you are and help me bring these things back."

Mu Liang tied the five rolls of cloth, wolf skin, and bundle of swords to the Tricolor Lizard.

"Hiss~~" The Tricolor Lizard twisted its body uncomfortably.

"Go ahead. Ask Mino to untie these things for you and then come over again."

Mu Liang waved unceremoniously and let the Tricolor Lizard crawl out the window.

"Hiss~~" The Tricolor Lizard's claws pressed against the wall and easily left claw marks on the wood.

"I have to hurry up, or the camp leader's death will be discovered."

Mu Liang silently left the room and searched the building once again.

At this time, the maids were obediently staying in specific places, waiting for the host's call.

A horse could not get fat without eating grass.

Mu Liang's goal this time was food. It wasn't easy for him to come here, so it would be better if he could get some food.

While he was exploring, he caught sight of a person sneaking.

"Huh? Isn't that guy Agu?"

Mu Liang looked at the other party's side profile and recognized that it was none other than Agu, who had appeared in the hall.

He followed him curiously. He wanted to see what the other party was doing by sneaking into the camp leader's house.

Agu looked left and right. After he didn't see anyone, he quietly entered a room.

When Mu Liang looked inside from the crack in the door, he was surprised to find that this was a food storage room.

In addition to Agu, there was a maid in the storage room as well.

An affair?

A term flashed through Mu Liang's mind, but he quickly rejected it.

"Agu, are you out of your mind? Why are you taking so much meat? If the camp leader finds out, he will kill you."

The maid saw that Agu was putting meat in his cloth bag, and he even specially selected the best quality.

Agu would often steal some meat and the maid would help him cover up under normal circumstances.

However, the maid couldn't cover up if so much meat went missing.

"The leader has gone mad. He's going to work with Bloodbeard to kill some people in the camp who don't listen to him."

Agu angrily roared, "I didn't go to the hill today. I thought that I could interrupt the camp leader's plan, but I didn't expect that he would 'become frenzied' and ask Bloodbeard to come in advance."

Yes, he had lied to the camp leader in the hall, which was also Agu sounding him out.

It turned out that he had already planned to run.

Agu thought that if he didn't contact the bandit scouts, they would suspect each other. He just didn't expect the camp leader to have personally made a deal with Bloodbeard before.

Suspicion was non-existent anymore. As long as the two sides met and talked, he would be exposed. At that time, the only thing that awaited him would be death.

Therefore, Agu prepared to escape overnight.

"How can the camp leader word with Bloodbeard?"

The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she completely lost her composure.

Agu pushed the maid and urged her, "Quickly, go back and pack your things."

"Okay, okay." The maid regained her senses and nodded.

Mu Liang allowed the maid to leave and stared at Agu in the room, who was still putting dried meat in his cloth bag.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes.

He needed to rethink the plan he had prepared earlier.