Chapter 27: Survivor Organization

Nick's formidable strength, displayed in the battle with the Desert Worm, prevented the survivor team from daring to cheat, and they took out all the resources they had previously harvested.

They didn't dare to gamble that Sally was just joking.

"This is all the resources we collected in this dungeon, there's absolutely nothing hidden..."

The leader of the team looked at Nick.

He pointed to the pile of survival resources in front of him, most of which were fast food, about 3L of purified water, and metal materials such as iron and copper.

"..."

Nick's expression was strange, and he looked at the culprit of all this. He had considered the issue of remuneration, but he hadn't done it as thoroughly as Sally.

He directly intercepted all the gains of their squad in the current dungeon.

Sally winked playfully, handing the decision over to Nick.

Nick had no choice but to nod gently. He didn't count the resources, but put them all into the miniature altar. As for the subsequent distribution issue, that would naturally be discussed later.

He glanced at these survivors and asked, "Do you have anything else?"

Several survivors looked at each other, and finally the leader looked at Nick, his face a little tangled, and asked, "Well, I want to ask... have you joined any organization?"

"Organization?"

Nick frowned slightly. He could probably understand the meaning, nothing more than a group formed by the current regional survivors to better cope with the dangerous dungeon.

He had seen similar news in the [Regional Chat] channel, but Nick didn't take this matter to heart. He wasn't particularly interested in teaming up, let alone joining this kind of large group.

The leader saw Nick's puzzled attitude, and a glimmer of light appeared in his dim eyes. Although this dungeon exploration had no gains and three teammates were lost.

If he could recruit both Nick and Sally into the organization, it would be of great benefit to him.

He quickly explained, "It's an organization similar to a guild, a guild formed by many survivor teams, which can provide everyone with trading items, sharing information, and so on."

The leader of this survivor team saw that Nick was not moved, and continued to add, "There is no mandatory binding force, it's just a collective for mutual help."

Nick glanced at the leader, his expression a little strange.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I'm not particularly interested in the guild you mentioned. If there's nothing else, we'll leave first."

After Nick finished speaking, he was ready to leave. He looked at Sally, whose expression remained unchanged, and she quickly followed his footsteps.

Joining such an organization or group would not help him explore the dungeon in the future. On the contrary, it was likely to bring a lot of trouble.

After being rejected, the several members of the survivor squad mostly showed expressions of regret. After all, the strength Nick showed previously was too tyrannical.

He could even deal with such a strong dungeon creature so calmly and kill it. If they could be recruited into the guild, the president's reward would definitely be substantial.

"What a pity..."

...

After leaving that survivor team, Nick looked at the remaining exploration directions. The next moment, hints appeared in front of him.

There were no monsters in the several directions that could be dug. Correspondingly, there were very few rewards that could be obtained from digging, and they had already been explored by the small team just now.

Nick glanced at Sally and asked curiously, "Aren't you curious why I refused that person's invitation?"

Sally's eyes were a little strange, and she said, "Why should I be curious... So many people couldn't defeat a Desert Worm. Would joining such an organization be beneficial to us?"

"Besides, why should I question the captain's decision?"

After hearing this, Nick nodded gently.

This was the reason why he was resistant to teaming up before. Others would not obey unconditionally like Sally, and there would inevitably be situations where opinions were not unified.

Although the current team was small, there was no need to worry about this problem.

Nick continued to focus on exploring the dungeon. After Sally used up her daily digging and exploration attempts, Nick started exploring like a relay baton.

In nearly fifteen explorations, apart from those caves that were preempted by others and were empty, the overall harvest was quite good.

Just a Water Rune was rewarded when killing a dungeon creature.

Not to mention other survival resources. Just the current exploration gains, regardless of the spoilage rate of food, would be enough for a month without worrying about supplies.

"The harvest is not bad..."

Nick collected all of them into the miniature altar. He looked at Sally and said, "As for the specific resource allocation... let's go back to the camp first."

"Camp?"

Sally frowned slightly. She naturally knew the role of the camp, which was to return the way they came. But after all this wandering, did Nick really still remember the way back?

"Okay, give me your hand..."

Nick didn't explain anything. The function of the Teleportation Rune was to teleport the holder and the holder's items to the set point. He really didn't know if it had the function of bringing people.

"..."

Sally's face showed an expression of "I knew it". She nodded seriously and said, "Captain, are you finally showing your true colors?"

"Why do we need to hold hands when digging to the camp... But I can understand you. It's human nature to have unnecessary fantasies about a beautiful girl. If I have a choice, please let me die at the hands of a dungeon creature."

"..."

Nick's face was full of black lines. She was originally a pretty good girl, but unfortunately she had a mouth.

He glanced at Sally and said calmly, "Then you can spend the night here. I'll go back with the Teleportation Rune first... Also, I'm not interested in your undeveloped body."

"..."

Just as he retracted his hand, Sally's slender, cold hand took the initiative to hold Nick's.

Sally rolled her eyes at Nick. It was just teasing the captain. After all, with Nick's strength, if he really had bad intentions, she basically had no possibility of resisting.

"Let's go, Captain!"

"Such virtue."

Nick said lightly. The moment he held the Teleportation Rune in his hand, the black panel quietly appeared, and a teleportation option was provided to Nick.

He didn't hesitate at all and decisively chose to teleport.

With a brief, dazzling light, followed by a strong sense of dizziness, the brief few seconds were quite torturous. Nick slowly opened his eyes, and the scene in front of him was the abandoned palace.

Following Nick's teleportation, there was also his teammate, Sally.

At this time, she looked at this abandoned but magnificent palace, and the shock in her eyes could not be concealed.

"Captain!!"

"Is this your camp?"