Friends who frequently hunt for treasures know that when exploring treasure, you must enter the village quietly and avoid firing guns.
Lu Chen strolled around with his hands in his pockets, pretending to be idle, walking from the east of the village to the west, and then from the south to the north.
After a big stroll, the harvest was quite significant.
"A small Lu Family Village actually hides so many treasures!"
Lu Chen discovered five treasure locations throughout Lu Family Village.
Lu Chen silently memorized the locations and prepared to head back home.
He would come back to dig them up at night.
"Unknown treasure 99 meters directly east!"
Lu Chen looked up to the east, where a large locust tree stood on a small hill not far away.
He roughly estimated that this treasure location should be right next to this large locust tree.
Many people like to find an obvious landmark when burying treasures, the reason for doing so is to avoid forgetting the treasure location in the future.
Lu Chen looked at the sky, it was not yet dusk, and having nothing else to do, he strode towards the large locust tree.
Sure enough, when he arrived at the base of the large locust tree, he heard the prompt again.
"Unknown treasure one meter directly ahead!"
Lu Chen looked at the burial site; the soil here was firm and showed no abnormalities, indicating it had been buried many years ago.
Adding this treasure spot, the entire Lu Family Village now had a total of six treasure spots.
Although Lu Family Village was now so poor that they couldn't even afford food, it was, after all, a very ancient village, and there had once been wealthy families there.
And people of this era liked to bury their valuables underground, partly to prevent their wealth from being exposed, and partly to avoid being targeted by thieves.
Later, perhaps due to various reasons, these buried valuables gradually became ownerless.
Now, they all benefited Lu Chen.
Lu Chen was about to go home when he suddenly heard a faint shouting in the distance.
He looked up and saw three figures on a nearby hillside, running quickly towards the village.
"Bandits are coming!"
Lu Chen finally understood their shouts clearly.
The village chief had already arranged for some young, strong men, in groups of three, to patrol the several hills around the village. If they found anything unusual, they were to immediately return to the village and report.
"So fast?"
After confirming again, Lu Chen immediately shouted towards the village: "Bandits are coming! Bandits are coming…"
The village immediately burst into chaos.
Men, armed with various weapons, rushed out of their homes and gathered at the village entrance.
Their weapons were diverse: sticks, iron shovels, iron forks, sickles…
At the same time, screams, cries, and curses from women and children erupted from every household, a scene of utter pandemonium.
Lu Chen hurried home.
Before he even reached the house, he saw Xie Qiao standing at the door, holding a gleaming long saber.
Lu Chen looked at Xie Qiao with great surprise.
At this moment, Xie Qiao's face did not show much panic or fear.
There was only a hint of nervousness, and a faintly discernible… excitement?
"Wife, how is Da Ya doing?" Lu Chen looked towards the door behind Xie Qiao.
Xie Qiao tightly gripped the hilt of the saber with both hands, stepping aside and saying, "Daya Jie just drank a bowl of porridge and is fine now."
Just as she spoke, Lu Chen saw Zhao Daya walk out of the house.
Although she was still thin, the color in her face was much better.
"Lu Chen, I'm fine. I heard bandits are coming to the village?"
Zhao Daya's expression was surprisingly calm, as if her previous near-death experience had nothing to do with her.
When Lu Chen hadn't returned, Xie Qiao had already briefly told her about the miraculous effects of the Great Strength Pill.
Zhao Daya also tried it herself.
This trial completely overturned her worldview.
She actually used her slender hands to easily break a hard bluestone!
Then, she tried to squeeze the stone with force, and it actually crumbled into powder instantly!
The shock in Zhao Daya's heart was beyond words.
The Great Strength Pill Lu Chen gave her was simply a divine medicine!
Feeling the surging power throughout her body, Zhao Daya felt her will become as hard as iron.
In just a short half-day, she was no longer the weak woman who had been casually humiliated.
At this moment, she just wanted to vent properly.
To release all the humiliation and bullying she had endured over the years.
Lu Chen looked at Zhao Daya with complicated emotions.
Zhao Daya seemed to have changed.
He nodded and said, "You two also get ready, the bandits should be here soon."
He alone could easily take down a mere dozen bandits.
However, precisely because the enemy was weak, he let the two of them get some practice.
He took out a few chocolate bars and handed them to Xie Qiao and Zhao Daya.
"You two eat these… candies first, they're filling."
When Lu Chen was walking around the village earlier, he had taken out the military ration packs from his spatial storage, extracted a few chocolate bars from them, and ate them as he walked; he had already consumed two.
He had suddenly realized something just now.
Although it's said that people who have been hungry for too long shouldn't eat too much at once.
But the three of them were not ordinary people.
The dietary taboos of ordinary people did not apply to the three of them.
The Great Strength Pill's enhancement to the body was comprehensive.
The strength of muscles and bones increased tenfold.
All internal organs also increased tenfold.
It was just a bit of food, could it possibly upset their stomachs?
Xie Qiao and Zhao Daya took the chocolate in their hands and looked at it repeatedly.
Seeing this, Lu Chen said, "Just peel off the outer layer of tin foil, and you can eat it."
Xie Qiao and the other finally obeyed, peeled off the tin foil, and put the chocolate into their mouths.
"This candy is so delicious!" Xie Qiao took a small bite and said in surprise.
Zhao Daya, however, did not speak, just chewed slowly.
Although she didn't speak, Lu Chen still saw a subtle expression of delight on her face.
Neither of them had ever eaten chocolate before, and they felt it was the most delicious food in the world.
Especially in this year of famine where even grass roots and tree bark were scarce, being able to eat such a delicacy magnified their taste buds a thousandfold.
Seeing them eat so sweetly and engrossed, Lu Chen did not disturb them.
He turned and went back into the house, taking out his long saber.
"Still missing a weapon."
Although the repeating crossbow was also a weapon, it was for long-range.
Melee weapons were also indispensable.
Lu Chen thought for a moment, then took the long saber and left the house.
He wanted to give the two sabers to Xie Qiao and Zhao Daya. As for himself, he would use the repeating crossbow first, and when the enemy got close, he wasn't afraid to fight bare-handed.
But when he saw Xie Qiao and Zhao Daya, he saw Zhao Daya holding a long saber.
And Xie Qiao, however, was holding a small shovel.
Lu Chen smiled and handed the long saber to Xie Qiao: "Wife, this small iron shovel is useless, you should use this instead."
Xie Qiao, however, softly refused: "Husband, this shovel is quite handy."
"Don't be silly! Come, take it!"
Lu Chen tried to put the saber into Xie Qiao's hand.
Xie Qiao, however, waved her hands repeatedly: "Husband, you use this saber, I'll be fine with the shovel."
After speaking, she even swung the shovel a few times in the air.
"Husband, look, I'm really good with this!"