Volume 1 The Endless Wilderness Section 3 Hunting
"Slimy ......"
The heavy panting sound was getting closer and closer, and Chen Xing could already see the white teeth of the ghoul dog, and the saliva that was glued to it and reflected the sunlight.
In the long years, although Chen Xing learned a lot of combat skills, but after returning from rebirth, his physical fitness decreased significantly, and most of the skills were not used, and all that was left was experience. For example, he now has a thick strip of cloth wrapped around his left hand, which he made with the few clothes he has, in order to cope with the current situation.
The ghoul is fast, and he only has a pistol, so hand-to-hand combat can be said to be inevitable. And after being reborn, he can't use any fighting techniques that can be used in melee combat. Moreover, he had not awakened his spiritual power before, so he could not use powerful combat skills, let alone the shield of spiritual energy condensation, and would only choose melee combat when he was forced to do so.
It can almost be said that as long as you fall into close combat, you are equivalent to losing half a life. Luckily, the Ghoul is just the lowest predator in the wilderness food chain. He, a man of three lifetimes, can be a veteran soldier of his grandfather's generation with a cumulative age, if he can't deal with a ghoul dog, he really has no face to see.
In the blink of an eye, the ghoul dog ran under the stone, kicked on its hind feet, raised a cloud of flying sand, opened its mouth full of fangs, and pounced on Chen Xing.
I saw the latter's left hand horizontal, bowed and bent his arm, and sent forward. The ghoul relied on instinct, and when he saw something in his view, he immediately bit down.
At the same time as the ghoul bit his left arm, Chen Xing's right hand holding the knife went forward, and the tip of the dagger pierced into the ghoul's heart, and bright red blood suddenly spurted out.
The chest cavity was wounded, and the ghoul let out a snort. Chen Xing then kicked it away, kicking it under the stone.
"Woo......"
The ghoul struggled on the ground, kicking up bits of dust. As soon as he got up with his neck crooked, there was a flash of fire above his head.
"Bang!"
The ghoul's head exploded in response, and red and white slurry sprayed all over the ground.
Green smoke came out of the muzzle of the black hole, Chen Xing blew a breath, closed the safety buckle, and inserted it back into the armed belt on his waist.
Raising his hand and looking at the black watch, a set of data scrolling up appeared on the screen.
[Dr2612-5-16,pm2:30]
[Note: Not in satellite coverage]
[You found a ghoul]
[You use the weapon "Old Black Star Pistol (DMG 1~4)" to target the ghoul and attack......]
[Your bullet deals 3 damage to the target, causing the wound to bleed continuously]
[Deadly Dog Chest Wounded, Respiratory System Damaged, Movement Speed Reduced to 35%, Remaining Health 3/6]
[You find another ghoul]
[Ghoul 2 attacks you]
[You aim for Ghoul 2.] After a brief hesitation, you give up and instead aim for Ghoul 1 and attack......]
[Your bullet hits the target's weak spot (head), dealing 3 damage]
[Ghoul 1 takes devastating damage, 0/6 HP remaining, dead]
[Ghoul 2 attacks you......]
[You successfully used the "??? Resisted the attack of Ghoul 2]
[You use the weapon "Normal Military Dagger" to attack Ghoul 2......]
[Your dagger deals 2 damage to the target, causing the wound to bleed continuously]
[Ghoul 2 takes puncture damage to the chest cavity, the respiratory system is damaged, the movement speed is reduced to 50%, and the remaining health is 4/6]
[You use the weapon "Old Blackstar Pistol (Damage 1~4)", aim at Ghoul 2, and attack......]
[Your bullet hits the target's weak spot (head), dealing 4 damage]
[Ghoul 2 takes devastating damage, 0/6 HP remaining, dead]
[All threats have been removed]
[BATTLE ENDS]
[Battle Achievement Statistics: Ghoul Dog (Normal)*2]
[Market Valuation: 6~7 Silver Coins (Orchid Town) 7~8 Silver Coins (Dragonstone Town)]
Seeing the statistical results, Chen Xing exhaled heavily, only feeling that the road ahead was long and there was a long way to go.
There is no other reason, it is too difficult to make money, and things are too expensive.
The market price of a Black Star pistol bullet is between 8 copper and 1 silver, and it took three rounds to kill the two ghouls, and after subtracting, they make less than 3 silver coins. And a primary evolution potion requires nearly 50 gold coins, that is, it is really fatal to kill at least three hundred or more ghoul dogs.
What's more, his first goal at the moment is not to buy an evolution potion, but to buy a two-wheeled bicycle.
In the wilderness, walking is too inefficient, and in the event of an emergency, it is likely that there is no escape. In addition, at night, you can't see your surroundings clearly, and you can easily be ambushed. So he had to rush back to town before dark.
Therefore, locomotives are particularly important. One of the cheapest second-hand Great Wall Iron Rides has a market price of around 15 gold coins.
With a car, you can go deeper into the wilderness, and when you encounter trouble, you can still escape with a twist of the accelerator. The most troublesome in the wilderness are the wolves, as well as the outcasts. Of course, there are other more powerful beings, such as the Wild Python, the Thunderhorn Rhinoceros, the Scaleless Wyvern, the Giant Living Corpse, the Dead Sea Vulture, the Man-eating Sparrow, the Graveyard Marching Ant, and the Sand Sea Storm Bug......
However, these things are generally only found in areas far from human control. Everything near the town has been killed by the local guardians.
Chen Xing took out a fiber net from his backpack, loaded the corpse of the ghoul into it, and dragged it away.
It's so painful to have no car, kill five or six, and you have to go back, otherwise you won't be able to move it if you have more. I think I should still tow a pallet truck out, otherwise the efficiency is too low. In fact, he came out today, the main purpose was to try it, and he didn't think about a large-scale hunt.
A few minutes later, he walked around a large mound and came to a wasteland. The soil here is grayish-black, which is not common in the laterite continent.
"Huh?"
He muttered in his heart, remembering that when he came, he didn't seem to have passed through here. He raised his hand, called up the compass of the black watch, and looked at it, the direction should be correct, there are still about three to four kilometers away from Orchid Town.
He frowned and thought about it, but since it had been too long to seem to be impressed, he continued to walk forward.
But as he walked, the ground around him suddenly moved, as if something had come out of the soil.
Generally, when this happens, the rookie will first look at the black watch to determine what it is. Those who have a little experience will take out their weapons and wait and see cautiously, while those who are experienced like Chen Xing will definitely drop things as soon as possible and run wildly.
He is not in a team now, he is alone, and it is difficult to deal with any situation. What's the situation, let's talk about it after I run, it's a big deal to wait for it to be figured out, and then come back and pick it up.
There is only one life, and everything else is secondary.
According to his previous experience, there are about four kinds that will come out of the ground. The most unfortunate thing is that when I met a newly hatched cemetery marching ant, with wings, it was overwhelming, and it could eat a wilderness yak into a skeleton in an instant, not to mention his small body.
But now in the summer, the probability is very low, and judging by the situation of agitation on the ground, it does not look like marching ants.
The second unlucky one is the wilderness python who has just woken up from hibernation, which can swallow a small truck in one bite, and moves extremely fast, driving a motorcycle may not be able to escape, not to mention that he only has two legs. However, this possibility is also very low, after all, wild pythons are not found everywhere. Unless it's really unlucky to the extreme, the kind that chokes to death even drinking water.
Then, there are the sickle beetles and the living dead, the former is more troublesome, because the sickle beetle can fly, which is quite deadly. The living dead are the safest, for no other reason, they can't run or jump, their movements are stiff, their movements are slow, and they can easily get around.
"Puff puff ......"
Chen Xing didn't run far, and there was a sudden slam on the ground, and human hands sprang out, like sea anemones, densely packed, and there were hundreds of them. Despite the horror of what he saw, he breathed a sigh of relief. It's just the living dead, if you can't beat it, you can run, it's not a big deal.
The living dead appeared a hundred years after the cataclysm. When humans dropped nuclear bombs on heterotopic creatures and all of them died, 15 percent of the human race died directly, 84.9 percent of the human race died in the nuclear winter that followed, and only one in 1,000 people went into the underground shelter and survived.
During the long nuclear winter, a large number of human corpses were covered in ice and snow and did not decompose. Then, under the influence of radiation, some cold viruses mutated, and something that later scientists called a "living corpse virus" appeared.
They parasitize on human corpses and bring them to life. But in reality, it was not a resurrection in the true sense of the word, but a virus that took over and controlled the body and became a completely new species.
The living dead have no connection with the original body, and are low-class carnivores, with an IQ not as high as that of orangutans.
"Gollum ......"
As time passed, fifty or sixty living dead covered in mud emerged from the ground, making a muffled cry towards Chen Xing, stretching out their arms and walking slowly.
And the person concerned is not interested in this, and just wants to get back the harvest of his trip - the corpses of two ghouls. The living dead are characterized by rough skin, thick flesh, slow movement, and infinite strength. Chen Xing circled around the corpses, trying to lure them away so that he could drag the corpses.
In order to avoid hiding a special type among them, Chen Xing still cautiously scanned it with a black watch.
[Living Dead (Normal)*55]
[Vitality: 15/15]
[Innate Abilities: Bite, Might]
[Negative trait: Slow to act]
[Virus Likely to Carry: Living Corpse Disease]
[The Living Dead (Leader)*1]
[HP: 90/90]
[Talents: Bite, Strength, Toxin Boost, Venom Spray]
[Negative trait: Slow to act]
[Virus Likely to Carry: Living Corpse Disease]
It's good to sweep it, otherwise it will be sprayed and it will end up with the predecessor.
When the level of the living corpse virus in the body is less than 15%, it will not break out, but once it reaches the peak, the blood pressure will soar rapidly, the capillaries will burst, and finally the skin will seep blood and become the living dead, which is quite terrifying.
Forget about the corpses of the two ghouls, it's only a few silver coins anyway, and you can't fight hard. He still has four more magazines of bullets, and he can just shoot again.
But as soon as he wanted to leave, he saw the chest of a living corpse glowing. When you look at it, it turns out to be a gold necklace!
Chen Xing's footsteps stopped involuntarily, that thing, it looked quite thick, at least a dozen gold coins.