Qin Ziwen looked at the card on the crocodile corpse.
This was very obvious. To be precise, "Home" hadn't tried to hide the card's existence at all, such as concealing it inside the crocodile's stomach or placing it under the crocodile's corpse to be secretly discovered.
Instead, it was publicly revealed right in front of everyone.
"What... what is that!"
"That card can actually fly in the air. Could using it give you superpowers?"
"I think this thing definitely isn't simple."
"No kidding, even an idiot could see that."
"Could this thing be related to our crossing over? Can we use it to return to Earth?"
Just as the surrounding crowd was discussing, a figure swiftly rushed out and jumped down, landing steadily on the slanted rear of the off-road vehicle.
Before he could stabilize his posture, the off-road vehicle wobbled slightly, then the tilt angle grew increasingly larger...
The man only had time to let out a startled cry before his arms could no longer maintain their grip. With a splash, he fell into the pit bottom, two long spears piercing through his chest.
He unwillingly raised his arm, gazing at the faintly glowing card just meters away.
No one prepared to rescue him; everyone was staring at the card.
But with this precedent, the surrounding onlookers grew increasingly cautious. The pit bottom was filled with sharp spears—falling down would at the very least leave you bruised black and blue.
Qin Ziwu looked at the card with shining eyes. This thing looked so cool.
"Brother, should we go try to get it?"
"Just watch the show properly." Qin Ziwen shot his brother a glance with a warning in his eyes.
There was only one card, but the entire residential complex had over a thousand people.
Before obtaining the card, you'd have to compete with over a hundred people on site. After getting the card, there would still be over a thousand people in the complex constantly watching you.
Being the first to taste the crab openly might not necessarily lead to a good outcome.
It was just a building card anyway.
He had already obtained three of these things, and they felt mediocre to him, even inferior to resource cards.
That spring at home could stably provide twenty to thirty liters of drinkable water daily—pushed to the limit, it could sustain over ten people's daily water needs.
"Hehe, since none of you are taking it, I'll go then." Zou Sheng took off his jacket, observed the position carefully, then leaped onto the engine hood of the middle vehicle.
Watching this made others both angry and anxious. "Be careful! Whatever you do, don't fall down."
"Buddy, come back up quickly, it's dangerous down there."
"Slow down, maybe you should come back."
Everyone could work together to hunt the crocodile for a common goal, but watching someone else obtain this card right before their eyes made them feel terrible inside.
Zou Sheng completely ignored everyone's comments. No matter what others said, having seen the previous example and still daring to jump down, he had already prepared for the consequences.
Rising on his toes, he carefully avoided the spears protruding from the crocodile's back and reached out to grab the card.
After being grabbed, the card lost its faint glow.
It turned into an ordinary-looking gray metal card.
After grasping the card, Zou Sheng seemed to hear something, his expression turning blank.
Then he looked at the card in his hand with disbelief, his facial expressions shifting rapidly before finally spitting out one word: "Damn!"
This thing actually needed to be taken home before it could be used!
Then what was the point of him going through all this trouble to come down?
In his frustration, Zou Sheng felt the card in his hand was nothing but a hot potato: "This thing..."
The people at the pit edge breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the card in Zou Sheng's hand hadn't disappeared, and they began joking: "Buddy, what is this thing? If you can't use it, just give it to us."
"Fine, you go fight for it then." After saying this, Zou Sheng actually threw the building card in his hand directly out of the pit.
The card traced an arc through the air, landing outside the crowd.
Many people hadn't expected Zou Sheng to actually throw the card away. They swarmed toward the card, fighting and scrambling over it, creating a chaotic mess.
Seeing this scene, Zou Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This [Building Card] Level 1 Carpenter's Hut sounded really strange, like a house built in those management games he used to play. The requirement to use it at home particularly confused him—did it mean building another house inside his home?
Zou Sheng climbed out of the pit.
Huang Tao came over, saying somewhat regretfully: "Good buddy, why did you throw the card away? I saw you went through so much trouble to get that thing. Oh right, what exactly was that card?"
Zou Sheng felt scornful inside. This Huang guy was really direct—coming over and saying all that just for the last sentence. If I hadn't thrown it away just now, I probably wouldn't even have had the chance to climb out of the pit.
He immediately brushed the dirt off his clothes and said meaningfully: "You'll understand everything once you hold it in your hand. This thing needs to be taken home to be used. If you're interested, brother, go get it."
Building card? Needs to be taken home to use?
Huang Tao was somewhat confused by this, but he remembered the key sentence—you'll understand everything once you hold it in your hand. He immediately thanked him: "Haha, thanks buddy!"
After saying this, Huang Tao hurried toward the crowd fighting over the card with several people.
"Mine!"
"Damn, let go!"
"Who the hell kicked my ass?"
"Let me see it."
The crowd had become a complete mess.
Hair pulling, punching, kicking.
A group of people frantically fought over the card.
But without exception, anyone who grasped the card would hear the voice from Home.
Outside the crowd, a man with red marks on his neck and arms, his hair somewhat disheveled, collapsed sitting on the ground: "I thought this thing could send me back, but it's just some damn building card."
Inside the crowd, a man in white clothes grabbed the card, then desperately rushed toward the residential complex, wanting to run home to use the card.
"Thud!"
An iron rod heavily struck his leg.
The man let out a scream and fell to the ground.
"THUD!!!"
Another rod struck his head.
The man in white trembled, then lay motionless on the ground, his clothes stained red with blood.
The hook-nosed man holding the iron rod pried open his fingers and picked up the card.
He fiercely scanned the crowd, his voice filled with malice: "Anyone who fights me for this, I'll kill them!"
After saying this, he turned around.
"Thump."
A stone the size of an egg hit the back of his head.
The man's legs went weak, nearly causing him to fall. He glanced back, then uncontrollably collapsed sitting on the ground.
Someone else delivered a flying kick.
The hook-nosed man was kicked to the ground, the card and iron rod in his hands snatched away.
Then a new round of fighting began.
Qin Ziwen watched this massive brawl involving over a hundred people. "Such heavy malevolence."
"They've all gone crazy, over one card."
Zheng Yuan, who hadn't participated in the fighting, came to Qin Ziwen's side. Watching this scene, he said somewhat regretfully: "Why bother? I feel like it wasn't even this intense when we were killing the crocodile."
Qin Ziwen asked curiously: "You're not going?"
In his impression, Zheng Yuan had always been that bearded, hot-tempered older brother who dared to confront people.
"No. I just heard from Zou Sheng—it's some kind of building card. It can't send me back to Earth, so what's there to fight over? Plus, with so many people here, even if I got it, I couldn't hold onto it."