Chapter 171: Sand Fury Moonlight Rat!
"Click~"
"Click~"
The distant scenery dissolved into a mist in the curling heat, like the sound of a spring flowing in the crackling afternoon sun—the most common sound of a predator rattlesnake wagging its tail in the desert—and the sound of a spring of flowing water drew thirsty critters to it, followed by a lightning-like attack.
At this moment, not far from Mithka's quiet lurking bunker, there are three tails that stand up like flags - each tail represents a rattlesnake.
"Squeak!"
"Mirika, rat swarm, prepare!"
"Wait, Miteka, bait, other, moonglow rat, hunt!"
"Squeak!"
"Understood!"
It's extremely difficult to survive in the desert – food and water alone can make your head go out every day – but even in such a harsh environment, there are moonlight rats.
They call themselves the Sand Fury Tribe, using the chirping of moonlit rats and the wiggle of their front paws as simple language, as well as using their clan members as bait to hunt hunters in the desert.
"Squeak!"
"Ready, alright?"
With a slight chirp, Miska watched as the Moonlight Rat behind her prepared to hunt, and she gripped the sharp, slender triangular rock in her forepaws—the only five of the entire Sandfury Tribe, all in the claws of the strongest Moonlight Rat warriors.
Only these hard-won triangular rocks can kill their prey - the rattlesnake's skin is so tough that even the sharp claws of a moonlight rat can't cut through it, and only with the help of tools can it be rewarded, not a farce for the tribesmen to die.
In this safari, excluding the males and cubs who were left behind in the camp to recuperate, the warriors of the entire Sandfury Tribe were divided into five squads, resulting in only the strongest captain of each squad being able to use the triangular rocks.
"Squeak!"
"Be careful, Miteka, on!"
Although there were three rattlesnakes in front of him at once, Miska didn't want to give up - he had been wandering in the desert for days, and the hunting party had never encountered any prey, and finally encountered prey, and he needed to try it anyway.
Failure is the loss of a few tribesmen, but if successful, it will provide the tribe with food for a week or so - and Mithka's command ability and strength will cause a huge repercussion in the tribe, thus giving her a bonus to compete for the position of clan leader.
Of course, before sending out the bait members, Mithka still told her to pay attention to safety, just like the previous times, and then sent Miteka out - after more than ten bait hunting operations, Mithka has become an elite bait rat, she knows when to be noisy, when to be quiet, like an ignorant desert rat.
............
A desert rat with gray and yellow hair dragged its long tail and crawled carefully in the sand, not digging through the gravel to search for possible small insects and plant seeds, but when the sound of a spring flowing came from the front, a look of joy appeared in the mouse's smart eyes, and it couldn't help but speed up and move quickly in the direction from which the sound came.
"Squeak!"
"Miteka, well done, beautiful!"
Apparently this desert rat was the Sandfury Tribe's bait rat Miteka, and not far behind her, Miska was crawling with Mirika and the members of the hunting party to slowly follow Miteka - not only relying on the same color as the desert, but the Sandfury Tribe's warriors also controlled their body temperature - their body temperature was not much different from the surface temperature of the desert after being exposed to the sun, so they were invisible in the eyes of the rattlesnake.
"Kara Kara Kala~"
Of course, as a bait rat, Miteka is also free to control its body temperature, and at this moment it makes its body temperature slightly lower than that of the desert surface, which naturally shows a gray form in the rattlesnake's temperature vision—such an image is the image of the prey in the rattlesnake's genetic memory.
The tail swayed louder and louder, forming a dume, and as Mitteka crawled to the edge of the tail, the slightly raised gravel suddenly exploded, like a split rope, and a fat, more than a meter long, a rattlesnake flew out, and suddenly opened a wide mouth of one hundred and thirty-eight degrees, and four slender curved needles shimmered with a moist luster.
Obviously, these fangs are highly poisonous, and once bitten, only death awaits Miteka - neither Miteka nor his fellow hunters will allow such a situation.
Therefore, at the same time as the rattlesnake shot out, Miteka was already far behind, he immediately turned around and approached the hunting party as fast as he could, and the captain of the hunt, Mithka's eldest sister Mithka, also accelerated rapidly at the same time - before the rattlesnake's fangs were about to bite Miteka's buttocks, she shoved the sharp triangular rock into the rattlesnake's mouth!
"Squeak!"
"Everyone, come on!"
Each slender triangular stone is more than ten centimeters long, the front section is craggy and sharp, holding in the claws of the moonlight rat is simply a spear - swallowing such a stone spear, the skin of the rattlesnake's neck is immediately pierced, it immediately twists its body in pain, trying to wrap up Miska, but is held down by the swarming sandfury moonlight rats, and then a smaller rock with a sharp blade pierces deep into the rattlesnake's body along the broken skin, and then a moonlight rat holds the rock and slides hard!
"Tear up!"
In an instant, the rattlesnake's skin was stripped away—so all the Sandfury Moonlight Rats put their mouths up and sucked the escaping blood—and in the desert, every drop of thirst-quenching liquid was precious!
After sucking blood, the Sandfury Moonlight Rats use rocks to remove the skin and mince the skin, then clean and roll it up with sand, and then bury the writhing rattlesnake in the sand.
Instantly, the rattlesnake was cooked by the blazing sand – without the protection of its skin, the meat could not withstand the desert heat.
"Squeak!"
"Eat, offal!"
Waiting for the rattlesnake to die, Miska removed the triangular rock spear from the snake's mouth and allowed the Sandfury Moonlight Rats to eat the rattlesnake's roasted entrails, which were the best gift for the Sandfury warriors, who believed that eating the entrails of powerful prey would make them stronger.
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In the same vein, Miska commanded the Sandfury Moonlight Rat warriors to hunt down another rattlesnake before slowly closing in on the third rattlesnake.
However, the third rattlesnake didn't have any effect on Miteka's performance, and it didn't move - it didn't even start wagging its tail slowly until it knew that the entire Sandfury Moonlight Rat hunting party had come a certain distance.
"Kara Kara Kala~"
And hearing the sound of the rattlesnake's tail wagging out, Miska's pupils suddenly filled with a look of horror!