by Chen Ran
As the abdomen area was not protected by the hard shield, the two large revolver in Zero's hands shot out. The body of the giant snake bloomed, and the stench of snake blood spread to all directions.
The two crossed each other on the ground and in the air.
He then slid another three meters and bounced up from the ground using his waist. While maintaining a half-squat posture, he turned around to face the giant snake. He waved his hands at the small of his back. A long black box hung at the small of his back. It was an automatic reloading machine that was purchased from the Phoenix City. On both sides, there were loading tanks, and when the bullets were pressured, the intelligent chip of the reloading machine would control the bullets it had prepared earlier and place them into a handgun.
Due to the differences in firearms, the model of the reloading device was also different. For example, the item used was a revolver, so it had to be a reloading device.
The moment the revolver pressed into the magazine, the reloading machine started working. Under the control of the A.I. Chip, first, each side had a mechanical arm that pulled out the Drum s from their guns, and then, it was time to unload the bullets and load the new bullets. The whole program was completed in less than a second, reflecting the new technology crystallization of mechanical, electronic and microcomputer processes.
By the time Leftie had finished reloading, the Shield Snake that had fallen to the ground was still alive. Although the M500's special warhead drilled into the snake's body and destroyed its soft tissue along the way, it was powered by more than 3000 joules of kinetic energy. However, compared to the size of the giant snake, even if it was … A 50% warhead, without being able to directly hit a vital point, would only deal a limited amount of damage to the giant snake.
In addition, the special snake-like muscle structure of the Firelizard allowed it to automatically contract its muscles the moment the bullet entered its body. It also clamped onto the bullet, preventing it from causing even more damage. Once the battle was over, the snake could even use its muscles' flexibility to squeeze out the bullets that were embedded inside its body. This ability was not something that all metamorph possessed.
However, it was still far from the end of the battle. As a result, the shield snake did not have the time to pay attention to the bullets in its body. After circling the ground once, it rushed towards Zero without a care for its life.
Zero turned and ran, closely chasing after the giant snake. A man and a snake dashed across a large patch of grass. Countless mutated bushes were crushed by the huge snake.
It ran straight towards a man-eating tree, but its speed of zero was far faster than the man-eating tree's reaction speed. When the ten-meter-tall mutated tree was about to pull out its life-reaping roots, Zero stepped on it and bounced back. As for the shield snake, it directly crashed into the man-eating tree. This collision weighed at least a thousand Jin, causing the man-eating tree to tilt backwards.
Zero adjusted his posture in the middle of the air. Both of his wrists shook as he emptied the bullets in the gun. But this time, the bullets that hit the thick armor of the Fighter Snake didn't have the same effect as the previous round. The bullet hit the snake's body and created a series of sparks, but not a single drop of blood came out.
As for the giant serpent, when it felt pain, its large tail instinctively swept towards the empty space in front of it.
Zero, who couldn't dodge in the air, crossed his arms in front of his chest to block the snake's attack.
The moment he was hit by the snake tail, he borrowed the force from it and fell to the ground. He then rolled a few times before absorbing the huge force of the shield and snake away from his body. However, Zero's hands were numb and in pain. If not for his rank 2 defensive abilities, the bones in his arms would have been broken by the giant snake.
The muscles on his back suddenly exerted force and bounced up from the ground. Just as he adjusted his posture, he heard Moni scream.
"Be careful, zero!"
A fishy wind assaulted his nose. In Zero's eyes, the ferocious look of the shield serpent as it shook its head and bit at him was reflected.
Time had already passed by. Zero's body bounced up slightly and its legs split apart. It stomped on the serpent's upper and lower jaws, one above and one below. With great force, Zero forced open the mouth of the giant snake, preventing it from closing. The Fierce Spirit Serpent Shield Snake went berserk, and just like that, it charged into a row of black man-eating tree.
With both legs on the snake's mouth, the two guns in his hands shot out consecutively. The sound of gunshots rang out unceasingly, and the bullet went straight into the snake's mouth, cutting off its long and thin tongue in the blink of an eye. The snake wanted to swallow Zero into its stomach, but its mouth was split open by someone's legs and could not be closed. The shield snake had no choice but to accelerate its charge forward, intending to knock Zero onto the man-eating tree and kill him.
Seeing that his back was about to collide with the man-eating tree, the shield snake's full speed could be compared to the speed of the truck. Zero knew that if the chariot wasn't strong, he wouldn't dare to joke about his body. The revolver quickly returned to its belt holster, but a fragment grenade had already reached zero.
The moment the grenade was thrown into the snake's mouth, he pushed on it with his foot and threw it out. It landed on the ground a sliver faster than the giant snake and then rolled to the side. At this time, the shield snake crashed into the man-eating tree, instantly crushing four or five large trees. Before long, a muffled sound could be heard from within the snake's body. The huge snake's body expanded rapidly and then suddenly exploded.
A large clump of snake blood mixed with flesh and bone fragments splashed all over the ground. When these objects fell to the ground, regardless of whether it was the grass or the bushes, they all started to madly gather. The mutated plants were quickly absorbing the fresh snake blood and minced meat from the ground. As for the nearby man-eating tree, they extended their roots from the ground and directly stabbed into the body of the shield snake.
The Shield Armor Snakes whose bodies were almost blown to pieces were unable to stop the man-eating tree's attacks at all. They could only watch helplessly as these demons used their roots to continuously suck in the flesh and tissue from its body.
On Death Ridge, the roles of hunters and prey could be switched at any time. Glad he hadn't become prey, Zero stood up, a little hurt in his hand and shoulder. However, because it was closer to him, when the snake shield exploded, a few pieces of the grenade flew out along with the snake blood and brushed past him.
However, this was only a small wound. He did not even frown as he pulled out the broken piece. As for a wound of this degree, it would only heal tomorrow for zero.
Looking at the giant snake's corpse, Zero couldn't help but to mourn for the man-eating tree and other mutated plants that were about to be split cleanly. He walked back to the fire and picked up his rucksack. As expected, the food inside had been destroyed eighty to ninety percent of the time. For example, bread could only be eaten if it was transformed, but Su's clothes that was used for self-nourishment were torn, causing the liquid body to flow all over the place, making it inedible.
The most important part was the clean water. Because of the broken utensils, it made the backpack wet. Even if Zero immediately twisted out the water from his backpack, it wouldn't be enough for two people to use for a day.
He shook his head and picked out the bread that could still be eaten. Then, he walked towards the aboriginals who were still alive.
Since these primitive people who lived in the jungle were able to survive until today, it meant that they had a water source that they could use for food. In order to continue on, he would first need to find edible water sources on Death Ridge, and second, he would need to return to Phoenix City to buy supplies. But the second method was obviously not feasible. Aside from the Parkland's killer who was hiding somewher
e, Zero also did not have enough clean water to sustain the two for five days.
Therefore, the only thing left was the first method. That was to get clean water from the natives.
This was the real reason why he had killed the giant snake and saved the aboriginal.
Chapter 128 - Prophet
The search for water through the natives was quickly disbanded.
Ten poisoned spears were suddenly thrown out from the dark forest behind the surviving aboriginals. They were neatly planted in front of Zero's feet, separating him from the aboriginals like a cordon.
At that moment, there was a slight sense of absent-mindedness. When did his sense of danger decrease? When Zero thought of this, he felt relieved as he looked at these primitive weapons. All along, only weapons that could give birth to signals of danger were either the strong mutated organism or modern weapons with great destructive power. The worst kind of weapon would be a weapon that had been artificially forged.
Zero had never encountered this kind of wooden primitive weapon before. To Zero, it was no different from a tree in the wilderness. Moreover, these spears only served to warn him, not to pierce his body. As a result, they did not carry much killing intent, which was why he ignored them.
However, Zero did not like being in a passive state. However, when his fingers touched the butt of the revolver, he had no choice but to stop.
An intense killing intent came from behind him, and if he remembered correctly, Moni seemed to be in that direction.
Therefore, Zero turned around and saw that Moni was still confused. She did not know that in the darkness behind her, there was a half moon shaped wheel saw and her delicate neck was not even 10 centimeters apart.
It wasn't until Zero looked at her that Moni noticed anything amiss. The girl immediately thought of dodging the weapon, but there was one that was black, so her slender arm extended out from the darkness and lightly pressed down on Moni's shoulder.
Moni didn't dare to move at all, even though its small hands were slender. However, the feeling it gave Moni was that of a violent bear's palm.
In the darkness, a woman appeared behind Moni.
He was about twenty years old, and his skin was as dark as the endless night. However, it didn't give people an ugly feeling. Instead, it gave people a quiet feeling akin to the earth. The woman's face was rougher than those of her countrymen in the city, but her strong nose and slightly thick lips gave her a wild air.
Her body wasn't hot, but it was well-proportioned. The two small and firm lumps of soft flesh in front of her chest, along with the tall and straight mountain peak, supported the simple linen vest on the woman's body, causing her to be unable to help but pinch it. The woman's vest was very short, only reaching her navel, so it was very easy to see the breathtaking slender waist, the raised buttocks that extended downwards, and the perfect string of legs that flowed into her dress and out from under the hem.
Her face and shoulders were painted with the color of the surviving natives. Without any shoes on her slender legs, and with her cute little toes on the ground, Zero was worried that she might become the target of a mutated plant's attack.
But it was this kind of lady who was like a fairy in the night, yet had a wheel saw that could be called a lethal weapon in her hands.
There was a huge difference between wheel saw and the weapons used by the natives. First, it was made of metal, and second, it was shaped like a half moon. The edge of the crescent moon was covered with fine sawteeth. These sawteeth were like the fangs of ferocious beasts that could twice damage a wound. Zero could imagine the area of the wound enlarging and the corresponding amount of blood flowing out after they cut through it.
Fierce and vicious weapons like these obviously weren't the style of natives. They came from the hands of Master Forging.
With the appearance of this woman, more natives emerged from the forest. They were either holding arrows or spears, surrounding Zero in a half moon shape.
"Why are you attacking my people, outsiders?"
Another surprise happened.
This was clearly a woman from the aboriginal side. Although it was difficult to understand, she could at least understand the common language of the continent. He had thought that she was squealing like the natives.
Just as Zero wanted to explain, the native that had survived shouted. The language he was using was fast and urgent, like meaningless syllables, or at least zero. He didn't expect himself to understand a single word.
Even if he didn't understand, it didn't mean that the woman in front of him didn't understand. Following the change in her expression, as well as the release of the wheel saw on the side of Moni's neck, she knew that the crisis had ended.
Soon, the other natives found the corpse of the Firelizard snake. When the snake corpse, which had been hollowed out by the man-eating tree, was brought back to the aboriginals, the surviving aboriginals excitedly described something to the female leader. he said, pointing to the zero, his face full of respect.
"It's you... Kill this devil snake? " the woman asked, pointing at the snake.
As he nodded, the other natives suddenly raised the weapons in their hands and let out strange cries.
Su Yun was confused. However, the female leader walked over, handed Moni over to Su Yun, and said: "Go. Since you saved our fellow countrymen and killed the devil snake, I can pretend that I didn't see you two. Just remember that outsiders like you are not welcome in this jungle. If you understand, then scram! "
Zero smiled wryly in his heart. He had been eager to kill the Firelizard snake and save this aboriginal in exchange for a "scram".
He shook his head and said, "We don't want to stay, but we need clean water to drink. If you can tell me where I can get some edible water, we'll leave immediately. "
Su Zhizhan was very polite and didn't even think about asking the woman for clean water. She just asked for the location of the water source. Unexpectedly, the woman's face changed as she screamed, "What? You're here to steal the life source?"
At the same time as she shouted, the wheel saw on the woman's hand started to vibrate slightly. It was a sign that he was using some sort of ability. Zero didn't know that just a few casual words from him had aroused the hostility of the other party. He immediately pulled Moni back, and at the same time, he placed one hand on the butt of the gun on his waist.
The aboriginals behind him seemed to know that their leader was about to attack. They all let out strange cries and assumed a attacking posture.
Just as the two sides were about to make a move, a loud shout came from behind the aboriginals, "Stop!"
Hearing this voice, the female aboriginal was slightly surprised, but obediently lifted up her attack posture. As for the other aboriginals, they also quieted down and opened up a path.
An old man with a white beard, leaning on a cane, appeared in the middle of the field with two armed male native guards carrying bows and arrows, a broadsword at his waist, and a spear in their hands. The old man sniffed the air and laughed: "I have forgotten how long it has been since I last smelled gunpowder." Young man, why did you not follow the mountain path that was opened by the caravan and instead come here? You have to know, the Death Ridge is not an amusement park, so you can go anywhere you want? "
Before he could answer, the female aboriginal had already rushed to say, "Esteemed prophet, this greedy foreigner is here to rob us of the Origin of Life!"
Chapter 129 - Taelice
He followed the indigenous people to a natural valley in the Death Ridge.
The vegetation here was also brimming with vitality, but it lacked a demonic feeling when compared to the mutated plants outside. As he walked along the path, he was sure that these plants were just ordinary plants. Other than being able to provide rich amounts of oxygen to the valley during the day, they wouldn't show any strong signs of aggression.
There was a small pond in the middle of the valley. The pond was only about ten meters wide. The p
ool was covered in water and was guarded by heavily armed natives. It was clear that this pool was very important to them.
Surrounding the pond were layers of wooden houses. It was just that these layers of wood were built on large trees with intertwined roots. The structure of the wooden house was simple and the style was rough, but it had a kind of primitive and natural flavor to it.
There were a total of thirty or so wooden houses in the entire tribe. Zero estimated that the tribe's population was at least a hundred people. Although it could not be considered a big tribe, it was still quite a large number of people. When unfamiliar faces like Su Yun and Moni entered the valley, it attracted the attention of many of the locals.
The misunderstanding between Zero and the female aboriginal was only resolved after the prophet Gutner came over. It was clear that regardless whether it was in terms of race or knowledge, Gutner did not belong to this tribe that the Prophet called Shinzhe. The distinct white race made Gutner differentiate from these dark-skinned barbarians. Under Gutner's explanation, Zero finally realized that the pure water in his mouth was the source of life that Semitic had mentioned.
And the life source that was treated as a treasure by the Semitic was actually the pool of water within the valley.
Gutner was originally a geographer and explorer. Ten years ago, he and the exploration team were in danger. Other than him, the rest of the team died in this forbidden grounds, while Gutner was lucky to be saved by the Semitic. To say that it was to save his was not really appropriate, but for Semitic, the unconscious Gutner was just a delicious food.