C5 Hunting

"..."

The sound of heavy breathing was getting closer and closer. Chen Xing could already see the white teeth of the necrophagous dog, as well as the saliva that was stuck to it, reflecting the sunlight.

In the long years, although Chen Xing had learned a lot of fighting skills, after his rebirth, his physical fitness had greatly decreased. Most of his skills were useless, and the rest was only experience. For example, he was now wrapped in a thick piece of cloth in his left hand. This was made with the few pieces of clothes he had, and his goal was to deal with this situation.

The speed of the necrophagous dog was fast, and he only had a pistol. It was inevitable for him to engage in close combat. Moreover, after his rebirth, he could not use any combat skills that could be used in close combat. Furthermore, he had not awakened his spiritual energy before, so he could not use powerful combat skills. He also did not have a protective barrier that could condense spiritual energy. He could only choose to engage in close combat when he had no other choice.

It could be said that as long as he was in close combat, he would lose half of his life. Fortunately, the necrophagous dog was the lowest level carnivore in the food chain in the wilderness. He was a man who had lived for three generations, and his age could be counted as a grandfather. If he could not deal with a single necrophagous dog, he would be too ashamed to see anyone.

In the blink of an eye, the necrophagous dog ran to the bottom of the rock. It kicked its hind legs, raised a cloud of sand, and opened its mouth that was filled with sharp teeth, pouncing towards Chen Xing.

The latter's left hand was stretched out, and he bent his body as he moved forward. The necrophagous dog relied on its instincts. When it saw something blocking its line of sight, it immediately bit down.

While the necrophagous dog was biting its left arm, Chen Xing's right hand, which was holding the knife, moved forward. The tip of the dagger pierced into the heart of the necrophagous dog, and fresh blood immediately spurted out.

The chest was injured, and the necrophagous dog let out a moan. Chen Xing immediately kicked it to the bottom of the stone.

"Wu..."

The necrophagous dog struggled on the ground, raising a cloud of sand. Just as it was about to get up, a fire flashed above its head.

"Bang!"

The head of the necrophagous dog exploded, and red and white liquid splattered all over the ground.

Green smoke rose from the black gun's muzzle. Chen Xing blew a breath of air, closed the safety, and inserted it back into the belt on his waist.

He raised his hand and looked at the Black Watch. A set of data was rolling up on the screen.

Dr.2612-5-16, PM2:30

Note: Not within the range of the satellite signal.

You have discovered a necrophagous dog.

You have used the weapon "Old Black Star Pistol (Damage 1~4)", aimed at the necrophagous dog, and launched an attack.

Your bullet has dealt 3 points of damage to the target, and the wound will continue to bleed.

The chest of the necrophagous dog suffered a fatal injury, and its respiratory system was damaged. Its movement speed was reduced to 35%, and its remaining HP was 3/6.

You have discovered another necrophagous dog!

The necrophagous dog 2 attacks you!

After a short hesitation, you gave up and turned to aim at the necrophagous dog 1, and attacked it...

Your bullet hit the target's weakness (head), causing 3 damage.

The necrophagous dog 1 received destructive damage, and its remaining health points were 0/6. It was already dead.

The necrophagous dog 2 attacked you...

You successfully used "???" to block the attack of the necrophagous dog 2.

You used the "ordinary military dagger" to attack the necrophagous dog 2...

Your dagger dealt 2 damage to the target, and the wound would continue to bleed.

The necrophagous dog 2's chest was pierced, and its respiratory system was damaged. Its movement speed was reduced to 50%, and its remaining health points were 4/6.

You used the "old Black Star Pistol (Damage 1~4)", aimed at the necrophagous dog 2, and attacked it...

Your bullet hit the weakness of the target (head), causing 4 damage.

The necrophagous dog 2 received destructive damage, its remaining health points were 0/6, and it was already dead.

All the threats were eliminated.

The battle ended.

The battle results were tabulated: The necrophagous dog (ordinary)*2

Market price: 6~8 silver coins (Orchid Town) 7~8 silver coins (Dragon Stone Town)

Seeing the statistics, Chen Xing let out a heavy sigh. He felt that the road ahead was long and arduous.

The reason was that it was too difficult to earn money, and the items were too expensive.

One Black Star Pistol bullet was worth eight to one silver coins, and he had used three bullets to kill the two necrophagous dogs. After deducting the cost, he would only earn three silver coins. A beginner evolution agent cost nearly fifty gold coins, which meant that he would have to kill at least three hundred necrophagous dogs before he could earn enough money.

Furthermore, his first goal was not to buy evolution agents, but to buy a two-wheeled motorcycle.

The speed of walking in the wilderness was too slow, and if he ran into any sudden incidents, he might not be able to escape. Furthermore, at night, he would not be able to see his surroundings clearly, and it was very easy to be ambushed. Therefore, he had to rush back to the town before the sky turned dark.

Therefore, a motorcycle was extremely important. The cheapest second-hand Great Wall Cavalry was worth around fifteen gold coins.

With a motorcycle, he would be able to go deeper into the wilderness and escape if he ran into any trouble. The most troublesome things in the wilderness were the wolves and the refugees. Of course, there were also other more powerful existences, such as Wild Python, Thunderhorn Rhino, Scaled Flying Dragon, Giant Living Corpse, Dead Sea Vulture, Man-Eating Sparrow, Tomb Army Ant, Sandstorm Bug...

However, these things would usually only appear in places far away from the human control zone. The ones near the town had all been killed by the local guardians.

Chen Xing took out a fiber net from his backpack and placed the corpses of the necrophagous dogs inside before dragging them away.

It was so painful to not have a car. He had to go back after killing five or six of them. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to move them. He thought that he should drag a cart out, or else the efficiency would be too low. Actually, the main purpose of coming out today was to try it out. He didn't think of killing a large number of them.

A few minutes later, he went around a large mound and arrived at a barren land. The soil here was grayish-black, which was not common in the Red Soil Continent.

"Huh?"

He muttered in his heart. He remembered that he had not passed by this place when he came here. He raised his hand and pulled out the Black Watch compass. Looking at it, he felt that the direction was correct. He was about three to four kilometers away from Orchid Town.

He frowned and thought for a while. Since he had been here for too long, he didn't seem to have any impression of it. Thus, he continued to walk forward.

However, as he walked, the surrounding ground suddenly moved, as if something was digging out from under the soil.

Generally, when such a situation appeared, the rookie would first look at the Black Watch to confirm what it was. Those with some experience would take out their weapons and watch carefully. As for those experienced like Chen Xing, they would definitely throw down their things at the first possible moment and run away.

He didn't have a team now, and he was alone. It would be difficult for him to deal with anything. If anything happened, he would just run away. At worst, he would just come back and pick it up after figuring it out.

He only had one life, and everything else was secondary.

According to his experience, there were about four kinds of things that would come out from the ground. The most unlucky thing was that he would encounter the newly hatched army ants. They had wings and could cover the sky and the earth. They could instantly turn a wild yak into a skeleton, let alone his small body.

However, the possibility of this happening in the summer was very low. Moreover, from the situation of the ground moving, it did not seem like an army ant.

The second unlucky one was the wild python that had just woken up from its hibernation. It could swallow a small truck in one bite, and its movement speed was extremely fast. Even if he drove a motorcycle, he might not be able to escape, let alone him only having two legs. However, this possibility was very low. After all, the wild python was not something that could be seen everywhere. Unless he was really unlucky to the extreme, he would choke to death even if he drank water.

Then, there was the Sickle Beetle and the living dead. The former was more troublesome because the Sickle Beetle could fly, which was quite a fatal thing. The living dead was the safest, for there was no other reason. It did not know how to run or jump, and its movements were stiff, so it was very easy to bypass it.

"Puff, puff, puff …"

Not long after Chen Xing ran, the ground suddenly shook, and hundreds of hands jumped out, like a sea anemone, densely packed. There were over a hundred of them. Although the scene in front of him was extremely terrifying, he still heaved a sigh of relief. It was just a living dead, so if he could not beat it, he would run. It was not a big deal.

The living dead had appeared a hundred years after the great disaster. When humans threw nuclear bombs into the foreign planes and perished together, fifteen percent of the humans died, and eighty-four percent of the humans died in the nuclear winter. Only one thousandth of the humans entered 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 rot. After that, under the influence of the radiation, some of the cold viruses mutated, and a kind of virus that was later called the "living dead virus" appeared.

They were parasitic on human corpses and made them "come alive". However, in reality, it was not a real resurrection, but a virus that had taken over and controlled their bodies, turning them into a brand new species.

The living dead and the original body had no connection. They were low-level carnivores, and their intelligence was not even as high as that of gorillas.

"Gulp..."

As time passed, fifty to sixty living dead with mud all over their bodies crawled out of the ground and made vague sounds towards Chen Xing. They stretched out their arms and slowly walked towards him.

However, the person in question did not care about it at all. He only wanted to take back the two corpses of the necrophagous dogs. The characteristics of the living dead were that their skin was rough and thick, their movements were slow, and they had great strength. Chen Xing circled around the corpses and wanted to lure them away so that he could drag the corpses away.

In order to prevent them from hiding a special type, Chen Xing still carefully scanned the Black Watch.

Living Dead (Normal) x 1

Life Force: 15 / 15

Innate Abilities: Biting, Strength

Negative Features: Sluggish Movement

Possible Virus: Corpse Disease

Living Dead (Leader) x 1

Life Force: 90 / 90

Innate Abilities: Biting and Strength, Poison Enhancement, Venom Jet Spray

Negative Features: Sluggish Movement

Possibly Virus: Corpse Disease

Luckily, he scanned it, or else he would have the same fate as his previous self.

When the level of the living dead virus in his body was below 15%, it would not erupt. However, once it reached its peak, his blood pressure would rapidly increase, and his capillaries would rupture. In the end, his skin would bleed, and he would become a living dead. It was quite terrifying.

The corpses of the two necrophagous dogs were not worth much, since they were only worth a few silver coins. There was no need for him to risk his life. He still had four boxes of bullets, so he could just continue to fight.

However, just as he was about to leave, he saw a living corpse's chest flashing with light. When he looked closer, he saw that it was actually a gold necklace!

Chen Xing's footsteps could not help but stop. That thing looked quite thick, and was worth at least a dozen gold coins.