Chapter 26: The Ghoul Hunt (2)

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Zhao Gao climbed up the high slope and picked up the cage spread out on the ruins...... Yesterday when they placed the trap, the cage was still upright, Zhao Gao pinched the nylon cloth, the broken metal skeleton pierced the cloth like a hedgehog, full of holes and unrecognizable, Lu Xun couldn't bear to look directly at this poor cage, he could expect that these traps would definitely be destroyed by hunters, but he didn't expect to be ravaged to this point.

Zhao Gao threw down the tattered cage, Lu Xun caught it, the bait in the cage had long been gone, the nylon was torn into pieces of cloth fluttering in the wind, the skeleton of the aluminum alloy was broken into several pieces, the cracks on the nylon cloth were several feet long, and there was still viscous transparent saliva...... Apparently some creature had bitten the thing, and the creature should have had huge canine teeth and claws several centimeters long.

Lu Xun was stunned when he looked at it...... What kind of monster can cause such damage?

"How many are these?" Zhao Gao asked.

Lu Xun turned his head and glanced at the cargo bed of the pickup truck, and there were five equally miserable cages piled up in the car, "The sixth." ”

This is the sixth cage, and none of them have been spared a heroic death.

"These monsters are just too rampant." Lu Xun said angrily, "It's just a matter of eating up the bait, not even letting go of the cage." ”

"We smeared blood on the cage." Zhao Gao jumped down, "The smell of blood will make hunters suspicious...... They will try to take a bite to see if they can eat it. ”

"Did you find any traces of ghouls?" Lu Xun asked.

"Nope." Zhao Gao shook his head, "The ones who eat the bait are obviously hunters, the destructive power of ghouls is not so great, they have no claws and teeth, and they have no ability to destroy traps." ”

"What now?"

"Go and see the last two remaining cages." Zhao Gao was silent for a moment, "Let's see if we can find anything." ”

"What if those two are the same as the other six?"

"That's the worst-case scenario, all eight cages were destroyed, and we had to abort our plans to go home." Zhao Gao opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, "These six cages have been destroyed by six different hunters, all of them are of high level, I underestimated the density of hunters in this area, and now it seems that the number of hunters here is actually beyond our imagination...... Next, we can only try our luck and hope for clues in the last two cages. ”

"Luck?" Lu Xun glared, "Can this kind of thing still be lucky?" ”

Zhao Gao started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the Ford Raptor F150 turned and drove onto the road, "A lot of things have to be lucky, such as Sanwu, she can survive until now is also luck, we can only do the best we can do, as for the rest of the ......"

The young man stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of his head, "You can only resign yourself to fate." ”

Lu Xun didn't speak, he instinctively didn't like the word "resigned to fate", the deep powerlessness and helplessness revealed in this word made him afraid, just like you gritted your teeth and ran wildly with all your might, and you couldn't catch the last train that was about to depart, you have no right to control your own destiny, your destiny is firmly pinched in the hands of God, it wants you to be round, if you want to be flat.

You can ask the heavens for this power, but it will only coldly trample you in dust and puddles of water.

In front of the heavens, everyone was embarrassed like a beaten water dog.

"Isn't there a saying? The unlucky people drink cold water and stuff their teeth, and people always emphasize subjective effort and ignore objective conditions when evaluating a thing, as if humans can kill hunters only by spirit and perseverance, and have nothing to do with weapons and ammunition...... In fact, objective conditions are the basis of everything, and without weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine, human beings will not be able to stay here. Zhao Gao said leisurely, "And luck is the most important objective condition...... Luckily, our luck has always been good, and the goddess of victory is always on our side. ”

His eyes were fixed ahead, looking a little absent-minded.

The car was shaking, the wheels of the Ford Raptor F150 were running over the stones on the road, and the Land Patrol was sitting in the back seat, his back against the wall of the car, and the wind was pouring in through the window.

Lu Xun turned his head to look out the window, thick clouds were chasing them in the sky behind him, the rain clouds walked with the strong wind, the speed was not slower than that of a car, the city was dimming little by little, there was no sunlight on the other side of the Huangpu River, and a torrential rain was brewing.

"Typhoon." Zhao Gao glanced in the rearview mirror, "There have been more and more typhoons that have landed in Shanghai in the past few years, and there will be rainy weather for more than half a month in the future...... It's annoying. ”

"I like the rain." Lu Xun said suddenly.

"Why?" Zhao Gao was stunned.

"Because when it's raining, I can huddle under the covers and listen to the rain and thunder outside." Lu Xun replied, "It's very comfortable and poetic, isn't it?" ”

Zhao Gao was silent for a long time and shook his head.

"Incomprehensible."

Zhao Gao doesn't like rain, and in his countless nightmares, the dark rain is boundless and never stops.

Neither of them spoke anymore, the Ford Raptor F150 was driving along the main road, they were heading to the penultimate trap placement site, these two cages were the last hope, if these two cages were also destroyed, then their plan would be a complete failure, Zhao Gao and Lu Xun would have to return to the academy early, and Ariana's vaccine development progress would be hindered.

Ariana's vaccine is directly related to Lemon's life...... Lu Xun was actually very nervous and uneasy in his heart, he suppressed this fear in his heart, and talked nonsense to relieve the tension in his heart.

Zhao Gao ...... Look ahead! ”

Lu Xun suddenly came to his senses, straightened up and lay on the back of the chair in front of him, and stretched out his hand to point forward.

Zhao Gao came back to his senses, raised his head and looked in the direction pointed by the landing patrol...... He saw the seventh cage, the black nylon cloth cage held to the floor by wire cables, still the same as it had been when it had been set up last night. Obviously, this trap avoided the attack of the hunters, Zhao Gao and Lu Xun were a little surprised, they thought that this plan was useless, who knew that the mountains and rivers were doubtful, and the willows and flowers were bright and another village.

Zhao Gao stepped on the accelerator, the pickup quickly approached, and the two gradually saw the cage clearly...... The cage was intact and undamaged, the cage door was open, but the bait in it was gone.

The two held their breath.

"Hey...... Zhao Gao, what's going on? Lu Xun poked Zhao Gao in the back.

"I'm driving, can you please not interfere with me?" Zhao Gao turned his head to look at the trap in the distance, "However, this ...... It shouldn't have been done by ordinary hunters. ”

The wind swept the clouds over their heads, and the rain clouds finally caught up with the speeding pickup, and the sky quickly darkened, and the mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building.