by Chen Ran
In the midst of the sounds of battle, Zero could tell that the situation seemed to be disadvantageous for the humans. He decided to do them a favor. In the wilderness, unless there was a clear enmity between them, supporting their own kind was a rule that did not need to be stated clearly.
After waking Moni up and telling her and Lara to stay in the tent to not come out, Zero ran back to the battlefield like a ghost. The battlefield wasn't too far away from his camp. Not even one kilometer away, he could see a group of men and horses fleeing on the road under the night sky. There were two off-road vehicles in the group, and a few carriages which were being pulled by a mutated two-headed horse. The carriage was covered with a thick layer of waterproof cloth s, as if they were transporting some kind of goods.
It looked like it was a merchant caravan.
At the back of the caravan, a dozen guards were using automatic rifles to repel the zombie wolves. These scavengers liked to come and go at night, so it seemed like the caravan was out of luck. From a zero-point of view, there were at least two or three hundred strong male wolves attacking the caravan from the back of the road.
Although the fire of the caravan temporarily suppressed the attacks of the wolves, when the ammunition was exhausted, judging from the daggers and machetes carried by the guards, they were not a weapon against the wolves.
After observing for a while, Zero felt that something was amiss. The attacks of the wolves were so regular that it was common knowledge that wolves were social animals. Moreover, during hunting, they would show a higher level of organization than other wild beasts. However, the wolves that were attacking the caravan couldn't be described as organized anymore. Their wave after wave of fierce and short attacks were simply like an army that was training Su. This was not the battle intelligence that wolves should have.
The pack of wolves reminded him of the group of living corpse he saw two years ago. At that time, these living corpse had already displayed a wisdom that they shouldn't have, and even formed the rudiments of society. And now, this group of dead wolves let Zero see the fighting style of the army, making him think of the word evolution.
The evolution of life was not only on the level of strength. Occasionally, it would also be expressed in terms of intelligence. The latter was far more valuable than the former. Zero could not imagine what kind of world the living corpse, Corpse Wolves and other monsters would become when they gained intelligence. It was certain that the human space would shrink further, and then the world would be more cruel than it was now.
A zero is not a philosopher, much less a statesman. He didn't need to worry about these big topics. Helping the caravan solve this crisis was more important. Zero circled and moved silently toward the back of the pack.
Camber pressed the cross against his forehead. Sitting in the SUV, he sincerely prayed for God to show his face and help him survive this disaster.
Camber was almost fifty years old this year, but by the standards of the wilderness, he was still considered robust. Although his hair had long since turned white and the muscles in his body had begun to loosen, he still had the energy of a young man. It was because of this that Camber was able to become one of the most outstanding adventurer on the coastline.
The adventurer was a business that only appeared after the catastrophe. Even after the earth became dangerous, there were still wealthy people who were willing to take risks and run businesses selling goods to the south and selling things to the north. These merchants who spent their lives on the ground and wandered between various bases and companies were called adventurer.
In the turbulent times, other than the large companies like Parkland's valve that had the ability to transport goods independently, the other companies did not have this ability. Therefore, the adventurer was born based on fate. They would sometimes bring goods that were not available locally from far away, or conduct long distance trade interactions between the company and the company. There were even some merchants who would purchase strange creatures from the Southwest Land and bring them to the coastline for sale. This kind of merchant would also have a nickname. People would call them the Monster Broker.
Camber was such a monster manager.
People always had a mysterious desire to control others, especially those who held a high position. In this turbulent era, with a large number of humans as their subordinates and subjects, they were no longer able to satisfy the needs of the big figures. Even if there were to be unlucky people who would be killed by his pets every year, Camber's business would never stop because of this.
This time, he bought some good stuff from the Southwest Land, including a treasure grade monster. Camber believed that he could get a good price for it, but of course, no one could afford to buy it. Therefore, Camber decided to be a little more greedy this time. He was going to Yongye City, where the leaders of the council would definitely be interested in studying this rare species that came from the deeper parts of the Southwest Land.
I heard that in order to capture this monster, the adventurer team that sold it to Camber paid a price of almost complete annihilation. Such a monster was truly unheard-of. However, before arriving at the Yongye City, Kaiju had planned to give this monster a tour performance. On one hand, he wanted to spread the news to the Yongye City and on the other hand, he wanted to earn more money. As the saying goes, killing two birds with one stone, why wouldn't Camber do it?
During Camber's journey, Titan City, who was not far from here, was one of the bases that he had to pass. On the other hand, Camber had been unable to eat or sleep well ever since he came back from Southwest Land to the coastline. What he wanted the most was to enter a safe base to have a good sleep. When he was in Titan City, he would let the convoy travel through the night.
Since it was the adventurer, Camber naturally did not lack any defensive power. In fact, a mercenary named "Arctic Fox" served him all year round. This mercenary group was made up of veterans who fought all year round. Among them, the mercenary captain and aide-de-camp were adepts with abilities at the fourth and third ranks. Although their abilities were not extremely strong in terms of hot weapons specialization or perceptual domain scouting abilities, but very rarely had there been any mishaps while protecting Camber, so Camber did not plan on changing him.
But tonight, the seasoned Arctic Fox was being beaten by a group of hungry corpse wolves. In Camber's business history, Corpse Wolves were monsters that did not even have the value to be sold. Monsters like these would be killed off with just a few rounds of fire.
But now, it seemed that the Arctic Fox had battled for a little too long, causing Camber's heart, which was not very brave, to be shrouded in a shadow that made people panic.
adventurer daring to traverse dangerous grounds depended on their greed for wealth and not their courage to face any kind of danger!
Chapter 84 - Uninvited guests
"Da, da, da ~ ~ ~"
In the dazzling firelight, a torrent of hot metal cut through the pack like a gigantic sickle. It had torn apart the corpse wolf's weak and weak body. Countless amounts of wolf blood flew in the air. Every time a fire flared up, dozens of corpse wolves of all kinds would turn into corpses. However, their comrades continued to step over the corpses, continuously attacking the caravan's defensive line.
More than half an hour had passed since he had been targeted by the wolves. The machine guns in the soldiers' hands were already burning hot, and what was even worse, their ammunition was almost used up. Although the arctic fox uses echelon attacks to ensure that its firepower is suppressed and its endurance is maintained. However, as the battle went on and their stamina decreased, even the experienced veterans would gradually become careless.
And these things that didn't seem important to them in normal times would have taken their lives on the battlefield.
After the first round of fire, Two Soldiers should have retreated to the back to replenish his ammunition under the cover of his comrades. He did not know if it was
because the impact of the wolves had made them too nervous, but as they retreated, they lowered their heads and took out magazine s to replace the machine guns with new ammunition.
However, in this short period of time, a few strong male wolves came out from the pack of wolves. They rushed to the vicinity under the fire line of the other warriors, bit their jaws, picked up two soldiers with their heads lowered, and threw them back into the pack.
The soldier let out a frightened cry, flailing his arms and legs in a futile attempt to fall into the midst of the pack of corpses. Immediately, screams filled the air as the wolves looked like sharks who had just seen blood. Dozens of male wolves pounced on the two unlucky soldiers, using their sharp claws and fangs to tear apart their warm and soft bodies.
"F * ck, when did these damn things become so troublesome?"
The 30 + year old Caucasian man wielded two machine guns and shot at the wolves. His ability was the strengthening of the perceptual domain's vision, which allowed him to see as far as he wanted, but Vida's vision limit was around one thousand meters, which would be reduced at night. Even if the perceptual domain was not directly based on a combat ability, with Vida's accurate level 1 shooting, it could guarantee that more than 80% of the bullets would land in the pack of wolves, and cause effective damage.
But just as Vida had said, this group of Corpse Wolves were much harder to deal with than any of their own kind that they had met before. They also knew how to attack step by step, so these beasts' movements were more nimble and their bodies were more powerful. Unless it directly hit them on the forehead, the mutated organism would have to use multiple times or even more bullets to stop them from moving.
"Forget about being difficult. What's even more troublesome is that they seem to have become much smarter than before." Bart was the leader of this mercenary group. He, who was around 40 years old, was at the golden age in his life. Be it his energy or physique, both were at their most exuberant, but what made Bart even more proud was his military experience. Under his lead, the error rate of the Arctic Fox had only been maintained at around ten percent over the past ten years. This was one of the reasons why Camber had chosen them as his guards.
The Captain's ability was a stage four sniper's specialty, so at the same time as commanding the team, Bart also played the role of a sniper in the team.
"Vida, for the sake of God, help me find the head of a wolf. Otherwise, we'll be finished. " Bart screamed, the attacks of the wolves seemed to be very orderly, if they were to say that there was no leader at the back, Bart would not believe a word of it. As a sniper, his vision was naturally not that bad. But at night, it was obvious that an assistant officer with enhanced vision was better able to do this task.
As expected, Vida quickly found a male wolf among the pack of wolves. It was about a third of the size of the other corpse wolves, and its fur was not pure black, but it had scarlet red fur. The head wolf was moving behind the pack of wolves, and its occasional gestures should be the signal for the wolves to attack. This kind of intelligence shouldn't have appeared on the Corpse Wolves, Vida felt his hairs standing on end.
"Found it, damn it. It already seemed to have some intelligence. Captain, it's at your three o'clock location, about five hundred metres away! " Vida shouted.
Bart raised his sniper rifle and set up the muzzle, the barrel pointing in the direction that Vida had said. But just like Vida, Bart quickly found the wolf. It was so different, so impossible to ignore.
"All right, don't move. Baby, let me take care of you in one shot, and then we can all rest. " Bart mumbled to himself, the aim of the sight gear was moving slowly but accurately.
quickly pressed down on the trigger until the sight locked onto the head wolf's eyebrows.
However, the moment he shot, the head wolf of the sight gear lowered its head, and the sniper bullet grazed past its thick back, leaving only a bone deep wound.
"Bastard!" Bart cursed, he knew that he had lost his chance. The frightened Wolf Head would not let him off so easily. The cunning fellow would definitely hide himself.
However, just as Bart was about to curse, the head wolf who avoided Bart's attack suddenly shook its body, and blood spurted out from its head. A look of disbelief appeared in the wolf's eyes. However, its brain had been damaged, so no matter how strong it was, it had no choice but to fall to the ground.
Soon after, the muffled sound of gunfire could be heard from very far away.
Even in death, the head wolf did not know where this bullet had come from.
The death of the head wolf had thrown the wolf pack into chaos. The wolves that had lost their command had turned back into foolish beasts from efficient war machines. After being killed by another ten or so Arctic Fox, the corpse wolves quickly retreated with their tails between their legs, only leaving behind a floor full of wolf corpses.
Seeing the wolf pack retreat, Bart heaved a sigh of relief. This was naturally done by the soldiers below. After he reported this to Camber, he came to the back of the group and smoked together with Vida.
"It seems that we have the help of a noble." Vida said as he looked into the long night.
Bart nodded his head heavily: "He is a very powerful sniper. From the time of the gunshot to the time of the head wolf's shot, he must have fired from at least 1500 meters away."
Vida stuck out his tongue exaggeratedly: "Chief, you couldn't have heard wrong, right? At such a distance, even with the most accurate sniping equipment in the daytime, it was still very difficult to hit with a hundred hits. Besides, it's a big night right now. "
"That's why I said the other person is powerful." Bart said bitterly: "Fuck, I am a level 4 sniper, my night limit is only 800 meters. He's fifteen hundred meters, hey. "
Vida endured laughing, and did not mock his team leader anymore.
At this moment, the sound of engine could be heard. In the wilderness under the night sky, there were lights burning in the distance. The light gradually approached Bart and the others, the captain made a glance, and Vida immediately threw away the cigarette. The aide called a few soldiers to come forward. Behind Vida, the soldiers were pointing their machine guns in the direction of the lights, ready to shoot at any time.
"Stop, if you don't want to be a sieve." Vida called out to the riders on the horse carriage.
Chapter 85 - Behemoth
In the eyes of the aide-de-camp was a black heavy locomotive, on the engine was a young knight. She was about 20 years old and belonged to the yellow race. However, the outline was exceptionally clear, especially the blindfold on top of the yellow eye. It made the visitor of this night seem as mysterious as the night sky.
There was a twelve to thirteen year old girl behind the Knight. The girl had long, dark gray hair that was like the Milky Way, which was unforgettable. On top of the girl's head was a round and plump creature. Even with Vida's vision and knowledge, he was unable to see what kind of creature it was.
The knights, the silver-haired girl, and the mysterious creatures in the darkness formed a bizarre picture scroll. No matter how you looked at it, this combination was not simple at all.
The rider on the engine spoke, his voice low and cold. "Is this how you treat those who saved you?"
Bart's cigarette fell to the ground, the captain shouted, "You killed the head wolf?"
Looking at this middle-aged man, Zero nodded silently. There was no change in his expression, as if he had done something insignificant.
As for Bart, the team leader's expression suddenly became very interesting.
The SUV was parked in a V-shape, and a bonfire was built in the open space that the SUV protected. The flames illuminated the surrounding space, causing the black locomotives parked by the side to flow with a crimson luster.
Camber looked at the young man in front of him, who was brimming with killing intent. Although the adventurer didn't have any ability to strengthen them, Camber's eyes were poisonous. If not, he wouldn't have discovered so many potentially
valuable metamorph. Right now, he was looking at Zero with the eyes of one looking at a metamorph.
For the first time, Zero made ordinary people feel uncomfortable.
After killing the head wolf, he thought of using the caravan to confuse information about his own existence, and so, he drove Moni here. But now, he decided to leave. He felt very uncomfortable with the pot-bellied merchant in front of him. The man looked at him as if he was looking at a commodity, and his eyes showed undisguised greed, which caused Zero to not pull out his gun and destroy the merchant.
Zero did not want to be a commodity.
Seeing Zero pull Moni up and about to leave, Camber realized that he had lost his composure and hurriedly stood up and said: "Wait, sir. You can't just leave like this. "
Zero looked at him coldly and asked, "What do you want? You want to sell us as slaves? "
"No, no, no." Camber's fat body trembled, he smiled and said: "How is that possible, a sniper as outstanding as you is a talent that I yearn for. I don't know where you are going, but if you don't have a specific target, you might as well stay in my caravan. I think that Bart and the others will need a good sniper like you, so I can pay you a satisfactory salary. "
This was exactly the result Zero wanted. He nodded and said, "I want to go to Blue Radiance. If it's along the way, I don't mind earning some extra money."
"Lan Hui mountain, huh? Coincidentally, I have to pass that way too. So we can have a short but happy trip. " Camber laughed, as long as Lingqi agreed to stay, the merchant would be confident of keeping Zero as his personal bodyguard. Even if he failed, at least before he went to Yongye City, he would have this kind of outstanding sniper guarding. This would let Camber feel a lot more at ease on his journey.