Chapter 35 Chapter 35 It’s too bad! It’s a beast tide. We are doomed…
"What's going on?"
"Why are there so many wolves?"
The people surrounded by the wolves fell into panic.
The mercenary raised the tranquilizer gun in his hand and aimed it at the wolves that were watching them eagerly.
Du Ru stopped them and said, "Don't do anything yet. They are wild wolves. They won't hurt people on their own initiative. Such a large-scale wolf pack seems to be on the way to migration."
A graduate asked timidly, "Did we get in their way?"
Du Ru said calmly: "Step back slowly and make way for them."
The others followed suit silently, but were silenced by a few warning wolf howls as soon as they made any move.
Not far away, the gray-green wolf leader had red eyes, his breathing was rising and falling, and his long and sharp fangs were faintly visible.
In its eyes, the human figures in front of it overlapped one after another, and strange large blocks of bright colors swirled and collided, eventually melting into a bright and dazzling red, which directly stimulated the ferocity deep in its heart. The roots of its teeth were numb and itchy, and it urgently wanted to tear and bite off something.
The wolves, influenced by the leader, became restless and looked at humans with increasingly hostile eyes.
They were waiting for a signal to attack.
The next second, an angry howl resounded through the sky.
The wolves rushed out of their den and pounced on the vulnerable prey.
The anesthetic needle pierced into the neck of a mountain wolf as quickly, fiercely and accurately as an arrow shot from a bow. The mountain wolf screamed and fell to the ground. The released anesthetic paralyzed it and made it unable to move.
Five well-trained mercenaries stood at a distance from each other, surrounding the crowd in the middle, and fired calmly without missing a single shot.
The wolves moved very quickly. When their companions were knocked down, they showed no fear at all and rushed forward.
The mercenary threw out a few smoke bombs to temporarily block the wolves' line of sight, and shouted to everyone in a low voice: "Go!"
The group retreated in a hurry.
Lu Zhiluan turned his head and was suddenly met with a pair of bloodshot red wolf eyes.
Cold-blooded and cruel, it makes people feel cold inside.
System: [Detected a distress signal from a small animal. 】
The system's tone suddenly became serious: "Host, the wolf leader is not in a good state. It has gone mad. I detected a strange power in it, the same as that in the magpie."
"If left alone like this, it will soon get out of control, become bloodthirsty and brutal, and attack indiscriminately, and finally die violently."
"The green wolf is a first-class protected species. Without the leadership of a leader, it is difficult for the wolf pack to survive the long hunting season. We must save this population."
Lu Zhiluan paused and his escape slowed down.
The leader wolf, on the verge of losing control, let out a roar and pounced on the wolf beside him the moment he lost his mind. His canine fangs sank deep into the fur and pierced into the warm flesh. The smell of blood belonging to the same species did not wake up the wolf king, but instead made his inner desire for brutality even stronger.
The bitten wolf howled weakly a few times and fell to the ground, its body twitching continuously. After confirming that its prey had lost the ability to move, the wolf king turned around with a grim look and pounced on the next loser.
There was a huge commotion among the wolf pack. Without the command of the leader, the wolves that were chasing their prey instantly lost their cohesion and stood there at a loss. The next second, they were thrown to the ground by the mad leader and bitten viciously.
One after another, wolves were bitten and seriously injured.
The alpha wolf's ferocity has long gone beyond the scope of internal strife, and every bite is a fatal blow.
Du Ru and several researchers soon discovered this anomaly. In the dim environment, the wolf leader's cold eyes were burning with cruelty and ferocity.
Chen Fang's face was solemn. "What happened to them? Internal strife?"
Du Ru: "No, we have recorded this alpha wolf before. It is the new leader, and it has been less than a year. No one in this pack of wolves can beat it. Moreover, the color of its eyes is very strange."
Lu Zhiluan tried to cast mental healing spells remotely, but it didn't work on the wolf. The system quickly determined that it didn't have mental problems, but was controlled by some kind of drug and needed contact to be cured.
It was impossible for one person to do it. His eyes fell on the tranquilizer gun in the hand of the mercenary beside him.
Lu Zhiluan: "There's something wrong with the leader wolf. We need to find a way to calm it down, or it will kill all the wolves in the pack."
Chen Fang quickly understood what he meant, and turned to the mercenary and said, "First, tranquilize the wolf leader."
"Others, find a place to hide to avoid being hit by the wolves."
Although the leader wolf was out of control, it was incredibly sensitive and easily dodged several anesthetic needles.
Lu Zhiluan hid behind a bluestone and waited anxiously.
The alarms from the system in my mind became more and more urgent, and the rescue of the small animals was elevated to an emergency level.
The seemingly strong and powerful alpha wolf has actually been stretched to its limit, like a balloon about to explode, getting closer and closer to the critical point.
There were more than a dozen tiny gunshots. Even the mercenary frowned when none of the shots hit the target. Are the animals in this forest so alert?
Such reaction speed and dodging are difficult to achieve even for many speed-type psychics.
As the top mercenaries in the alliance, they had undergone countless precise trainings on shooting angles and directions. If one person missed, it could be attributed to their lack of ability, but if all five of them missed, it would be too much to say.
Seeing the leader wolf almost disappear into thin air, everyone felt a growing sense of weirdness.
like a monster.
An idea suddenly popped up in many people's minds.
The minor disturbance from the tranquilizer gun finally attracted the attention of the leader wolf, and its cold beast eyes shot coldly at the people behind the bunker.
It opened its mouth and released its badly injured and dying companion, revealing its bloody fangs, and rushed towards this side!
The mercenary standing not far behind Lu Zhiluan found the right moment, held his breath, and secretly aimed at the wolf leader that was flying towards him.
With a "whoosh!", the wolf was shot in the side of the neck. It staggered a few steps, its body swaying unsteadily, and its movements became slow due to the anesthetic injected into its body.
Everyone's face was filled with joy!
The happiness lasted only three seconds, because the leader wolf, which should have collapsed, rushed over again. The anesthetic had no effect on it!
In a flash, the wolf leader was within reach. It rushed straight towards Du Ru, who was closest to it, and opened its mouth.
The wolf's claws scratched Du Ru's shoulder, and the bright red blood quickly dyed his right shoulder red. Du Ru groaned in pain and endured the pain as he inserted the needle in his palm.
The mercenary at the side rushed over, kicked the wolf away, helped Du Ru up, retreated quickly, and shot it with two more shots of anesthetic.
The leader wolf lay prostrate on the ground, growling unwillingly, and even tried to get up.
In the end, it took four shots of anesthesia to make it unable to move.
The leader wolf's eyes were dull, and then they regained a brief moment of clarity. After realizing its own situation, it secretly sent a signal to the turbulent tribe.
As one crisis after another arose, the wolves, who had just been running around in a confused state, soon realized that their leader had been injured. The natural cohesion of the group made them regard them as enemies, and then they turned around one after another, approached step by step, and uttered warning sounds.
The pressure from dozens of wolves made those who wanted to check on the leader of the wolves afraid to take any action.
Fortunately, the other wolves were not as agile as the leader, and they could be knocked down with just one shot. The mercenaries, who had suffered a series of setbacks, finally regained their professionalism in them.
The chaotic scene subsided, and dozens of green wolves lay on the ground gasping for breath.
Chen Fang and Du Ru led the others to treat the wolves bitten by the leader wolf. The effect of the tranquilizer gun still had some time to last. If they left it alone, these injured mountain wolves would most likely not survive more than two months.
Winter is the hunting season for all kinds of large animals. An unexpected decline in the number of mountain wolves will cause an imbalance in the food chain they are in, which is definitely not a good thing for the entire forest. Some human intervention is needed when necessary.
Lu Zhiluan, accompanied by a mercenary, went to check on the leader of the wolves. Its eyes were rolled up, its body was shaking unnaturally, and bright red blood was constantly flowing out of its mouth.
He placed his palm on the wolf's back and cast a healing spell.
The system sent out a detection light ball, which passed through Lu Zhiluan's hand and moved inside the wolf's body.
The abnormal energy that drove the wolf mad was discovered in his heart.
The system was surprised: "This wolf actually has some remnants of supernatural powers. No wonder it is so ferocious."
Lu Zhiluan didn't quite understand: "Do you mean that animals in this world can also awaken superpowers?"
The system denied: "Impossible, purebred animals don't have special powers. The rescue system exists to help ordinary animals survive. In this world, only creatures with half human blood like mermaids have special abilities like humans."
"If the animals in this world have special abilities, then the host's mission will not be as simple as rescuing small animals." The system added.
If animals didn't have the possibility of awakening supernatural powers...
That's most likely man-made.
Lu Zhiluan's face was solemn, and some not-so-good scenes suddenly emerged in his mind.
When he was at the Canaan Research Institute, he had heard about the origin of people with special abilities.
The awakening of most people's supernatural powers originated from a star shower that fell from the sky decades ago.
After that day, everyone experienced changes of varying degrees, with a high fever that lasted for a week. Those who survived the illness developed various supernatural powers, while some others lost their lives forever at that moment.
At first, people viewed people with special powers as a scourge, but gradually, they relied on their powerful special abilities to gain a voice. After several decades, after all kinds of consultations and negotiations, people with special powers still maintain their privileged advantages over ordinary people.
This ability is not entirely harmless.
The price of awakening supernatural powers is that they age faster than normal humans and will also have many complications.
It is called supernatural power, but in fact it is more like overdrawing life in exchange for some kind of power, but many people still flock to it.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhiluan felt even more depressed. He hoped that it was not what he thought.
The leader wolf gradually recovered under the treatment, and the red bloodshot in its eyes disappeared. After realizing that the human in front of him had no hostility, a hint of surprise flashed across the wolf king's deep beast eyes. The vigilance of surviving in the wild made its body maintain a defensive posture at all times, reducing its aggressiveness to the minimum, allowing the human in front of it to touch it.
The system absorbed the energy from the wolf king's body and smacked its lips, saying, "This energy can be absorbed by me. It's quite useful. I can use it to upgrade the healing technique. This way, the host can save a lot of points to pay off the debt."
Lu Zhiluan: “…” He is quite diligent and frugal in managing the household.
The medicinal powder brought by Lu Zhiluan played a very important role. With the help of the treatment equipment of the research institute, these mountain wolves were finally not so weak. After recuperation for about ten days to half a month, they could recover to 70% to 80% of their original state. At least they would not be wiped out in one go during the hunting season.
After rescuing the wolf, the group left in a hurry before the effect of the anesthetic wore off.
They had just walked halfway when they suddenly heard a loud bang in front of them. The ground shook slightly, and something was coming towards them.
The leading mercenary opened the optical computer on his wrist and called up the images taken at observation points along the way. His face changed drastically.
He shouted to everyone: "It's a beast tide!"
"Now, immediately, run to the right!"