Chapter 286 The Rats Continue to Rush

This protective clothing is the same as the one worn by the soldiers. It is specially made by the official research institute and can protect yourself from being bitten by giant rats to the greatest extent.

Of course, if a giant rat pounced on it and bit it hard, it would not be able to withstand it, but this is much better than the toughness of ordinary clothes.

However, this kind of good thing cannot be bought, it can only be rented, and one must mortgage one's ID card to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Now, as long as you follow the official instructions, your ID card is your pass. Without it, you can hardly take a single step forward.

Not to mention entering the shelter in the future, even the relief food now requires an ID card, so no one would be willing to give up their ID card for a little meat.

Some survivors feel hesitant because they think the rent is too expensive and they also need to mortgage their ID cards.

But as soon as the official news was released, smart people rushed to the supply and marketing cooperative to rent special protective clothing.

Although the rent is a bit expensive, as long as I can bring back a giant rat corpse, it will be worth it.

By the time the hesitant survivors reacted, all the protective suits had been rented out.

The survivors did not run around randomly when they went out to catch mice.

Now everyone knows that the giant rats' teeth are poisonous, so after they went out, they just followed the soldiers obediently. They didn't follow very closely, but there were soldiers in front who had cleaned the area with flamethrowers, so the danger was greatly reduced.

The soldiers had no complaints about this, and sometimes they would even go back to rescue the survivors behind them when they were in danger.

Too many people died in the apocalypse, and no one wants to watch anyone die again.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fourth day since the red-eyed giant rat appeared.

Shi Jiaojiao didn't sleep well at night, her face looked very bad, and she was feeling anxious.

She woke up at around three in the morning and couldn't fall asleep again.

There was no way, there were just too many giant rats outside. Although they should have hidden inside the farm house and the noise seemed far away, it was still very noisy because of their large numbers.

Even with earplugs on, I still didn't feel sleepy at all.

Shi Jiaojiao simply got up and checked the wooden arrows that would be needed soon, trying to sharpen the arrowheads of each one to an extremely sharp point.

When the safe period was about to begin, the noise outside gradually became more agitated.

As the temperature rose, rats rushed towards the cave in groups following the smell.

Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci moved the iron gate away and looked out through the small hole in the cave entrance.

This sight made her scalp tingle.

I was so glad that I had made preparations in advance yesterday.

I saw seventy or eighty giant red-eyed rats outside, howling and surrounding the cave not far away.

This is the only place with human scent on the entire mountain, and it is impossible for the giant rat to leave.

Shi Jiaojiao did not act rashly, nor did she make a sound, just looking outside quietly.

Soon, attracted by the smell of human flesh, some giant rats could no longer bear it and rushed directly to the cave. When the rats in front moved, the giant rats behind also rushed forward anxiously.

When the giant rat landed on the broken glass and let out a shrill scream, Shi Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief.

This obvious trap can only be used against mutant rats. It may not be successful even if it is used against a pack of wild dogs.

After all, dogs are very smart.

There were screams outside one after another, almost piercing people's eardrums, but the giant rat only felt the pain and did not know how to retreat.

The only thing on their walnut-sized brains was eating, especially since the smell of human flesh kept wafting out of the cave, which was like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey.

So the giant rats marched forward bravely, one batch after another.

Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci were able to remain calm, but Wang Jia and Tang Wei couldn't.

Who can watch mice, more than half a meter long, flying towards the door of their house one after another without feeling anything?

The most recent time was when a giant rat that was lucky happened to step on the companion in front of it, and its claws were even about to scratch the cave entrance, but it was stepped on by the giant rat behind it.

At that moment, Wang Jia's breathing almost stopped and his heart was beating like a drum.

However, as time passed, none of the giant rats could pounce on her, so she felt relieved.

The threat was lifted. She looked at the giant rat rolling on the glass shards, as if she saw countless pieces of dried meat, and her mouth was watering.

Although she and Tang Wei had eaten a lot of meat in the past few days, she was still greedy, mainly because her body was lacking in nutrition.

Wang Jia thought for a moment, then picked up the intercom and suggested, "Jiaojiao, I see there are still a lot of giant rats behind us that haven't come forward yet. Should we use some meat to lure them out with the scent?"

Shi Jiaojiao refused directly: "This kind of giant rat only acts on instinct. What if the temptation is too great and it rushes over despite the pain?"

The glass shards can only cause pain to the giant rats, but cannot kill them.

What we need to do now is to try our best to eliminate all the injured giant rats.

Shi Jiaojiao said: "Let's use the crossbow first. We can kill as many as we can, and there are quite a few injured giant rats right now."

Wang Jia nodded repeatedly and immediately said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

If Shi Jiaojiao hadn't taken her to set a trap yesterday, even if the cave could withstand the rats today, it would not be able to withstand it tomorrow.

And now, where is the time for her to set the trap again?

The rats rushed over in waves, and in the end, she and Tang Wei would probably die.

Wang Jia and Tang Wei only had a mechanical crossbow that Shi Jiaojiao had sent them yesterday, so they took turns.

The two were still a little unskilled in using the mechanical crossbow, and their accuracy was just average, but practice makes perfect. Plus, the giant rat was injured, and although it would roll over in pain, it would not run around, making it a perfect target for them.

He shot wooden arrows one by one, and after getting the hang of it, he killed quite a few giant rats.

Of course, it is impossible to kill with one arrow.

The giant rats that died at the hands of the two men were basically full of wooden arrows and eventually died from excessive blood loss.

On the other side, Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci's levels are much higher.

In order to facilitate two people shooting at the same time, two holes were specially opened in the door yesterday.

Mu Ci was holding a steel crossbow, while Shi Jiaojiao was holding a pistol crossbow that she had won in a lottery.

Almost every arrow shot by the two men hit the giant rat's vital points.

Shi Jiaojiao pursed her lips. Accuracy alone is not enough, speed is also needed.

Bringing the giant rat's corpse back to the cave and restoring the trap will take time.

The two men sped up and took care of the injured giant rat first, then focused their eyes on the giant rat that was still intact and had been wandering on the edge of the glass shards.

The giant rats were indeed acting on instinct, but with so many giant rat corpses lying here, the smell of blood was so strong that it was almost suffocating.

The strong smell of blood just covered up the smell of the four people in the cave.

So the remaining giant rats stopped rushing forward and instead set their sights on the corpse lying on the glass shards not far away.

For them, as long as they can fill their stomachs, does it matter whether it is the same species or not?