Chapter 186 Exclusively published on Jinjiang: The greenhouse was vandalized.
On an open space outside the village.
Three hunting teams emerged in full force, weapons in hand, their expressions serious as they gazed at the approaching wolf howls.
Xiong Mao shouted menacingly, "So what if they're a pack of wolves? I'll kill as many as they come!"
Although the reactions of the others were not as intense as Xiong Mao's, Zhang Chengming, Li Jing, and the others were equally filled with fighting spirit in their eyes and on their faces.
They wanted to protect their loved ones and children in the village behind them. No matter what came, whether it was a pack of wolves or something else, they would never let them into the village!
The ground tremors became increasingly noticeable, and the howls of wolves were already close at hand.
Lu Xuan, who was standing in front, looked up and said, "You're here."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than wolves began to fall from the snow layer, which was nearly ten meters high, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
With a layer of snow about half a meter thick on the ground as a buffer, the wolves were not only unharmed, but also pounced on them directly.
Lu Xuan shouted, "Attack!"
As they cursed the wolves for their toughness, they raised their alloy crossbows, tranquilizer guns, and energy guns, and began firing at the wolves.
"Whoosh—"
"Bang--"
"A bunch of beasts, daring to attack us, die!" someone shouted while firing.
One after another, wolves fell howling after being hit, but their companions seemed oblivious, continuing their frenzied charge forward, their bloodshot, raging eyes seemingly intent on tearing everything in their path apart.
The first batch of wolves to arrive numbered over a hundred.
The hunting party consisted of only forty-odd people, with each person facing an average of about three animals.
However, with Lu Xuan present, his wind-type abilities swept across the battlefield, decapitating more than a dozen wolves in one go. Even though they were outnumbered, they still held a clear advantage in the battle.
In mid-air, a drone faithfully recorded the battle scene below under the red moonlight and simultaneously transmitted it to the projection screen in the training room.
Inside the training room.
The elderly, women, children, and some of the bolder helpers in the village stared wide-eyed at the intense battle being projected onto the screen.
Whenever a wolf is knocked down by the young men, people cheer.
Conversely, if they discover that a wolf is trying to ambush them from a tricky angle that the young men haven't noticed, they can't help but shout "Watch out!"
Although the wolves are always the first to be killed, hundreds of wolves rush forward one after another, appearing densely packed on camera. They are still very afraid that a tragedy will happen if they are not careful, and they dare not take their eyes off the projection screen for a moment.
Even though they weren't involved in the battle, the tension inside the training room was no less than outside.
The helpers present were dumbfounded, some even pinching themselves secretly – wow, it wasn't a dream!?
It should be noted that even the highly skilled Huo family army would inevitably suffer injuries or even deaths when encountering a pack of beasts, even when their numbers outnumbered the beasts.
The number of able-bodied men in Yunlu Village was clearly much smaller than that of the wolf pack, yet not a single one of them had been injured. On the contrary, in such a short time, half of the wolf pack had already fallen!
They thought the wolf attack would cause heavy losses to Yunlu Village, and that they might also be affected, but the situation seemed... quite safe?
"Brother is so amazing!"
When Lu Xuan once again used his ice-type ability to freeze several wolves, and then crushed their heads, Lu Chen excitedly clapped his hands.
The three Zhang siblings standing nearby also widened their eyes and exclaimed in amazement, "That's really amazing!"
After saying that, she remembered that her father was also fighting, and quickly said, "Although my father is not as good as Uncle Lu, he is still very powerful. I just counted, my father killed three wolves!"
Xiong Dabao, standing nearby, immediately retorted, "My dad has already killed four, he can definitely kill even more, more than your dad!"
Upon hearing this, the other children immediately joined in the competition.
One person says my dad can kill seven, while another says my dad/uncle can take down ten.
In the end, Xiong Dabao roared, "My dad can kill all the wild wolves!"
Su Ying, who was standing not far away with several familiar female relatives, heard her son's shout and her red lips twitched slightly.
A group of children looked at Xiong Dabao with disdain.
Seven or eight wolves is one thing, but one person taking down all the wolves?
That's an incredibly exaggerated claim.
Apart from Lu Chen's brother, no one else in the village could do it.
Mei Xue and Mei Cheng had no elders participating in the battle, but they secretly regarded Lu Xuan as an elder and felt that the others were far inferior to Uncle Lu.
At the scene of the battle, Xiong Mao sneezed violently, and the earth spikes he released almost missed hitting Li Tuo next to him.
Startled, Li Tuo quickly dodged to the side. "Aim higher! Anyone who didn't know better would think you were an inside agent sent by the wolf pack."
"Bullshit!" Xiong Mao rubbed his nose, quickly regaining his composure. "Watch me kill three or five more of them!"
...
Watching his brother dominate the battlefield off-camera, Lu Chen felt a surge of excitement. "I want to kill wolves with my brother too," he said.
Xiong Dabao nodded vigorously, then took out a tranquilizer gun from his spatial storage and shouted, "I have a gun too! I can fight!"
The elders around: ? ? ? What nonsense are you spouting in broad daylight?
Miao Jinfeng said speechlessly, "Whether you go there to help or cause trouble, you'd better behave yourselves."
Lu Qing chuckled and said to Lu Chen, "With your brother and brother-in-law here, there's no need for you to go. If you want to fight, wait until you're older."
Lu Chen pursed his lips.
By the time he grows up, the cataclysm will be over, and there won't be any chance for him to fight anymore.
After confirming that her son was alright, Aunt Zhang looked at Lu Qing with concern, "Are you sure everything is alright? Don't be too nervous and upset the baby."
Lu Qing shook her head. "I'm perfectly fine."
Lu Miaomiao, who had been watching over Lu Qing the whole time, said, "I will protect Sister Qing."
With Lei Yan and Lu Xuan absent, she naturally had to take on the responsibility of protecting Lu Qing and Lu Chen.
Listening to the children's innocent words and witnessing the battlefield under control, Li Tie and other elders felt much more relaxed.
But it's not time to completely relax yet.
Just after the first group of wolves was almost dealt with, a new group of wolves appeared in the shot.
The wolves spotted through the binoculars numbered at least several hundred; the initial hundred or so were just the vanguard, and the battle was far from over.
...
Half an hour later.
Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, and the others were so exhausted that they didn't care about the blood and wolf carcasses scattered all over the ground. They sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.
"Finally, we've killed them all." Li Tuo wiped the sweat from his trembling hands.
Although the others didn't say anything, they were also constantly swinging their arms.
With their level one abilities, it was naturally impossible for them to last for half an hour.
Back when they were in the vanguard, their superpowers were exhausted, and the rest of them used the same weapons as other non-superpowered individuals.
The Covenant's energy guns are powerful, but they also have some recoil. This recoil shouldn't hurt them, but after using them for half an hour, their arms were still sore and numb that they were almost ruined.
In addition, everyone's bodies and minds were constantly tense, making it even more tiring than working a full day.
Only a few strength-enhancing types had slightly better physical attributes than the others, and they still had the strength to finish off the wolves that had been knocked down by tranquilizer guns.
[Sigh, seeing how tired they are, while I'm happily munching on the fruit I won in the raffle, I feel a little embarrassed.]
[The streamer single-handedly took down over a hundred wolves, awesome!]
[It's a pity the vampire vine didn't make an appearance.]
There are still too few wolves; the vampire vines have no chance to perform.
[Did the streamer even use three-tenths of their power? They were just switching between wind and ice abilities; the others were practically useless.]
[Three points is too low for the streamer; one point at most, no more.]
Ultimately, it all comes down to the wolves being utterly useless!
To be honest, hundreds of wolves are quite dangerous. Even ordinary citizens of the Star Covenant, without superpowers or mechs, would be doomed in a fight against them.
[That's right, it's only because the hunting team's weapons have been upgraded that they were able to kill so quickly without taking any damage.]
While they were discussing, Lu Xuan, who seemed completely unaffected, walked around a pile of wolf carcasses, sometimes looking at the wolves' fur, sometimes prying open the wolves' eyes to check the color of their pupils.
Viewers wondered: [What is the streamer watching?]
Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression unreadable, and said, "It's nothing."
These wolves included gray wolves and snow wolves, clearly from multiple different populations.
But today, these wolves, who usually fight fiercely whenever they meet, attacked them all together. And the eyes of all the wolves were the same as those of the wild boars that Wu Cheng and his companions had encountered during the day, which were said to have red eyes. They wondered if it was the same situation.
Looking at these wolves, their bodies stiff with death, Lu Xuan couldn't help but think of the apocalypse ten years ago.
At that time, in addition to humans being infected with the virus and turning into zombies on a large scale, and a small number of people awakening superpowers, animals also quickly began to go berserk and mutated rapidly, becoming larger, fiercer, and more dangerous.
The madness of these wolves today is so similar to that of the berserk animals in post-apocalyptic times.
But this is just a natural disaster, and a time-limited one at that. It's completely different from the apocalypse, so it shouldn't have anything to do with it.
Uncertain speculation would only cause more confusion, so Lu Xuan thought for a moment and decided to suppress his unrealistic guesses.
The communication device rang.
Li Tie asked, "Ah Xuan, can we go out now?"
Lu Xuan: "Okay."
A moment later, the men, women, and children of the village couldn't wait to come to the open space.
The swirling snow had stopped sometime earlier.
The stench of blood in the open space was somewhat suppressed by the cold air, but seeing the countless wolf carcasses scattered all over the ground up close still had a great impact on everyone.
The helpers didn't dare to get close, but the villagers quickly regained their composure after the initial shock.
Under the village chief's command, the elders scattered to collect the wolf carcasses, while the guards went to shovel snow in the distance to cover up the bloodstains on the ground, so as not to attract more wild animals.
The women, along with Lin Qingfu, went to check if the hunting team members who were still sitting on the ground were injured.
What you see through a drone will inevitably have oversights; you can only feel at ease after checking it in person.
Everything is proceeding smoothly.
Although Lu Qing was in good health, she was persuaded by Miao Jinfeng to stay in the training room to avoid being overwhelmed by the smell of blood. Only Lu Chen came.
The little guy circled around Lu Xuan, his eyes filled with boundless admiration for his older brother.
He also took the opportunity to say to Lu Xuan, "Brother, can I fight alongside you next time? My gravity ability can help too!"
Lu Xuan pressed his head down and said, "How can we help? Squash all the wolf meat? Just stay with your sister."
Lu Xuan let out a frustrated wail.
The collected wolf carcasses were handed over to Li Tie, who counted them and distributed them on the spot according to the old rules.
Lu Xuan took 135 of the 450-plus heads, which was roughly the same number he had eliminated in the battle.
The remaining supplies were mostly distributed among public goods and hunting teams, with the rest going to individual households at the end.
These wolves probably go hungry frequently during the extreme cold season. Not only are they all skin and bones, but they also have less meat than in other seasons. Furthermore, their internal organs are all too smelly to eat. I estimate that each wolf might yield a good 30 pounds of meat.
Almost every family received more than 100 kilograms of meat.
As for Lu Xuan, he could get about 4,000 catties of meat.
Lu Xuan, along with the rest of his family, had no preference for wolf meat, so he planned to recycle and dispose of it all.
A rough calculation suggests that I should be able to earn around a million points.
A million-dollar fee for half an hour's work is acceptable, I suppose.
After the meat was divided, it was almost time for breakfast in the village.
Li Tie noticed that Li Tuo, Liu Chun, and the others were yawning frequently, and hurriedly said, "You guys must be exhausted from getting up in the middle of the night to kill wolves. Go back and get some rest."
Lu Xuan noticed that Lu Chen had also started yawning, so he casually picked him up and then reminded Li Tie as if he remembered something: "Village Chief, tell the guards to be alert. If any more beasts appear during the day, remember to notify us immediately."
Li Tie and the other villagers nearby were startled when they heard this.
"besides!?"
"No way, only a few hundred wolves have come. Where are there so many wild animals around?"
"And the Red Moon has already disappeared."
The speaker looked up, and the red moon overhead had disappeared sometime earlier, and the sky had returned to the pitch-black darkness of the previous days.
Lu Xuan said, "No one can guarantee that the abnormality of the beast horde is due to the Red Moon. It's always a good thing to be vigilant."
Li Tie naturally understood this principle and nodded solemnly, saying, "I understand, I will make the arrangements."
After watching the able-bodied men return to their homes and walking back and forth in the open space several times to make sure no bloodstains were missed, Li Tie turned around and went back to the village.
Instead of going home, he went to the livestock shed.
The soundproofing of the livestock shed wasn't as good as that of the safe house. They had been so focused on protecting the people that they had forgotten about the cattle, sheep, and chickens, and they didn't know if the animals inside had been frightened by the wolves.
·
Lu Xuan took a nap until almost noon before waking up.
As soon as he went downstairs, he heard Lu Qing, who had gotten up much earlier than him, tell him about two things that had happened that morning.
The first one is about the livestock shed.
Lu Qing looked distressed: "The appearance of the wolf pack terrified the livestock in the barn. More than ten chickens died of fright, and some others fell ill from fright, suffering from severe diarrhea. The cattle and sheep also lost their appetite."
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, "Still having diarrhea?"
"No, not at all." Lu Qing smiled and said, "The village chief tried to feed them diluted human antidiarrheal medicine and sedatives, and they have all recovered. However, the other beasts went berserk, but the livestock were fine, which everyone found quite strange."
Lu Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's because the cattle, sheep, and chickens in the livestock shed have also eaten the mutated fruit."
The fact that mutated fruits can increase the probability of humans awakening superpowers makes sense in preventing livestock from being affected by the Red Moon.
Lu Xuan didn't dwell on that question and continued, "The second thing?"
Lu Qing sighed, "It's about helping out."
"The commotion in the middle of the night really scared them, especially the female workers. They probably felt more at ease knowing that Huo Jiajun had 3,000 people on his side. You had just come back to sleep when they hurriedly took the bus and left."
Live stream viewers: ?
Did the helpers all run away in fear?
[No way, the streamers were playing so easily, why would they run away? They're such cowards.]
Lu Xuan said confidently, "It's impossible that they've all left."
Lu Qing nodded, "About half of them have left."
She smiled and said, "Not everyone is so timid. Our village is so strong, with many superhumans. We can take down hundreds of them without a single one getting hurt. How could we not know how safe we are?"
Since there's no danger to my life, why run?
Are we just fed up with life?
Are we no longer making money from the supplies?
Moreover, apart from the greenhouses, the disaster victims in Huo's army camp were all living in tents. Can tents be as sturdy as safe houses?
Staying here means you can go to the safe house to take refuge in case of an emergency.
Is it even necessary to ask which is safer, Yunlu Village or Huo Family Army camp?
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "It's good that some people are still here. They can continue to help process today's wolf meat, and..."
Lu Xuan said meaningfully, "We were attacked last night, but the Huo family army may not be spared."
Lu Qing clapped her hands and said, "You're absolutely right! They were indeed attacked as well."
It doesn't seem right that hundreds of people left at once.
To prevent General Huo from misunderstanding that they were driving people away, the village chief naturally had to contact General Huo to explain the reason. Unexpectedly, he learned that the Huo family army camp had also been attacked.
[Ridiculous! Attacks on different locations simultaneously—if that's just a coincidence, I'll rip my head off and let everyone kick it around like a ball!]
Brother, you've really taken a big bet! But I also don't think it could be a coincidence.
I bet a whole box of nutrient solutions that it's definitely related to the Blood Moon.
Lu Qing said, "However, the Huo family army didn't encounter a pack of wolves, but rather—"
Before he could finish speaking, someone hurriedly knocked on the door and ran in, shouting, "Lu Xuan, come quick! Another herd of beasts is coming, this time it's a herd of wild boars!"
Lu Qing exclaimed in surprise and quickly said to Lu Xuan, who had just stood up, "The Huo family army also encountered wild boars last night. I didn't expect to see them here as well."
Just like Ah Xuan said before going to sleep, they came in broad daylight.
·
The wild boar herd came from a slightly different direction than the wolf pack, and their numbers were also fewer, probably only around two hundred.
Having learned from the previous night's experience, the hunting team skillfully took out their weapons and prepared for battle. The villagers and the helpers who stayed behind consciously went to the training room or other nearby houses to take refuge, and the drones that were watching the battle were also launched.
The villagers thought that wild boars shouldn't be as difficult to deal with as wolf packs, so they weren't too worried about the hunting team. They started discussing again whether the appearance of the herd of animals was related to the red moon.
"Once is one thing, but twice in a short period of time, it must be related!"
"Didn't Lu Xuan say in the natural science class at the private school that just because we can't see the sun and moon doesn't mean they don't exist? It just means our eyes can't see them. So the red moon must still be there!"
"But how did the Red Moon affect those wild beasts? Why weren't we affected at all?"
"Look at what you're saying, how can you compare them to wild beasts?"
"Exactly! Besides, if we're really affected, are we going to turn on each other?"
As the speaker put it, he couldn't help but shudder. Luckily, they were unaffected, otherwise... he didn't even want to imagine what a terrible state the village would have become.
"Ah! Stop chatting, look at the screen! Someone's been hit by a wild boar!" Aunt Chen exclaimed.
The others were startled and quickly looked at the projection screen. "What? Who got hit?"
"Wu Yue and Jin He were also hit, but it seems he used his superpower to block it, so he should be fine."
"Where is my Wu Yue?" Zhou searched anxiously for Wu Yue on the projection screen, as did Wu Yue's husband's family and his wife.
Miao Jinfeng comforted him, "Don't worry, I just saw it. Wu Yue only grazed the wild boar a little. At most, he got a few bruises. He's not seriously injured."
Zhou's family and Wu Yue's in-laws happened to find him and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was still fighting energetically.
"Thankfully, you're alright."
"But it doesn't seem like fighting wild boars is going to be any easier."
Others also noticed this.
This is not surprising.
Although wild boars are not strictly considered ferocious beasts in the wolf pack's diet, their fighting ability, especially their charging ability, is exceptionally astonishing; they can even knock away or kill ferocious beasts.
Wild boars are three to five times the size of wolves, with thick skin and a thick layer of frost 'armor' covering their bodies, making them no easy opponents.
Ultimately, with ample energy and Lu Xuan keeping an eye on things, this so-called difficulty is just a matter of taking a little more time.
When the battle ended, the worst that could happen was a broken bone; no one suffered a fracture.
Zhao Yong, who was with the elderly, women, and children due to his fracture: "..."
There's not much to say about the post-disaster cleanup and meat distribution process; at most, each family just received an extra ten or twenty pounds of meat.
The villagers, including the hunting party, were more concerned about whether a new herd of animals would appear tonight.
They didn't have the answer in their hearts, but they vaguely understood that the answer was most likely yes.
In particular, Lu Xuan contacted Huo Tiankuo in front of everyone to inquire about the battle situation last night. While explaining the latest battle situation in Yunlu Village, he also reminded Huo Tiankuo to be careful at night.
The villagers: "!!!" As expected, Lu Xuan also thought there would be more fighting tonight.
...
Because of their speculations and worries about the evening, the villagers were distracted all afternoon, constantly losing focus while working.
As night finally fell, the villagers went out to take a look.
The blood moon didn't appear!
Wu Yinyin asked in surprise, "Could it be that we guessed wrong?"
Li Jing, however, was more cautious. "It's still early, let's take another look."
On the Lu family's side, Lu Xuan and the others also made a special trip to the second-floor lounge by the window, where they ate dinner while waiting.
After dinner, the blood moon still hadn't appeared.
After finishing our meal and having some fruit, we chatted for a while, but the blood moon still hadn't appeared.
At the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), which is around 10 PM in Star Alliance time, roughly the time when everyone usually goes to sleep, the red moonlight once again shone on the village.
"It's here!" Exclamations of surprise echoed from every household in the village.
Half an hour later, a new herd of beasts appeared again, just as if by prior arrangement.
Just like last night, the first thing that reached everyone's ears was the familiar howl of wolves.
It was another pack of wolves.
Zhang Chengming and the others couldn't help but wonder, "Are there really that many wolves around here?"
The total number of wolves was about the same as yesterday, but tonight's battle was not as smooth as last night's.
Halfway through the fight, an accident happened.
Li Tie suddenly received a call from the night watchman who was guarding the greenhouse on the mountain.
The other person's voice was urgent and angry, "It's bad, village chief! We've been attacked too! Our greenhouse has been smashed!"
Li Tie and the surrounding villagers' expressions changed drastically.
"What--!?"
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Author's Note: Today's thank-you list:
Reader "Azhan" added 10 units of nutrient solution to the water.
Reader "Ran" irrigated with nutrient solution +20
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