Chapter 53 Gymnasium
The gymnasium in Yilan County is located in the center of the county. It is a leisure square with the gymnasium in the center. It used to be a place for citizens to gather, but now it has become the place with the most monsters in the entire city.
The witcher's car drove safely all the way to the edge of the leisure square without encountering any large group of monsters.
But when they reached the street closest to the square, the car could no longer go forward.
At this time, the sky was slightly bright. Under the hazy light, a large group of monsters swarmed across the leisure square, densely packed together, numbering tens of thousands.
Several people felt their scalps tingling. If these monsters were alarmed, the armored vehicles might not be able to protect their team.
"Lao Gao, see if there is a giant-pawed man-bear? Try to find the man-bear's location."
Shi Lei gave instructions, and Gao Yan stuck his head out of the armored vehicle's skylight and began to check using the vehicle's infrared telescope.
"There are a group of fiery-maned horses, a group of tusked wild boars, and a large group of bloodthirsty mastiffs. Wow! There is also a group of iron-armed apes at the entrance of the gymnasium. These guys are not easy to deal with. Roar, there is also a group of jackdaws on the central lighthouse. These things are much more powerful than brain-eating swallows. They are all E-level mutant birds."
After looking for a while, Gao Yan retreated from the skylight: "Captain, I didn't see the giant bear, and there are not many low-level mutant beasts here. They are all of high level. But I found that the closer to the gymnasium entrance, the higher the level of the mutant beasts. It seems that the gymnasium is the lair of high-level mutant beasts. The giant bear may be in the gymnasium."
Several people turned their eyes to the gymnasium. The gymnasium in the county town was not big, just a basketball hall, with about two to three thousand seats. This building was rarely well preserved, and a large number of high-level mutant beasts gathered at the entrance.
And there was a strange phenomenon. All the mutant beasts were facing the direction of the stadium. Some monsters saw the arrival of the armored vehicles, but did not take any action.
"It's too dangerous. The car must not move forward. If we make any more noise, the mutant beasts will definitely notice us. If we alarm these guys, we will definitely be torn to pieces."
Shi Lei asked Zhao Liang to stop the engine immediately, and several people urgently formulated a strategy.
"Our target is the giant bear in the gymnasium, but it seems that it is basically impossible to get through the ground. Does anyone have any good ideas?"
Zhao Liang thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps we can wait for other teams to show up and have them lead away some of the mutant beasts. That way we will have a chance to pass through. However, I suspect that other teams are also watching from the dark, and no one wants to be the first to step out."
Shi Lei nodded: "Yes, no one is stupid, this method is not easy to implement."
Ye Tiancheng said at this time: "There must be a sewer in the gymnasium. We can consider entering through the underground pipes."
Shi Lei waved his hand and said, "No, the sewer strategy is no longer useful. It's a paradise for mutant rats. If we go in, it might trigger a rat tide. By then, we'll all be wiped out."
Ye Tiancheng spread his hands and said, "We can't get through on the ground, and we can't walk underground. Can we fly over? I have no idea."
Shi Lei looked at Lin Zhen: "Lin Zhen, do you have any ideas?"
Lin Zhen said, "We can't force our way through such a dense group of monsters. Don't you see that these mutants are a bit unusual? They don't care much about the arrival of warriors. So I think we can only take a steady approach, starting from the edge and nibbling away at them bit by bit. I'm afraid we'll have to stay here for a while longer."
"Erosion? There are tens of thousands of monsters here! How long will it take for us to erode them all?" Ye Tiancheng immediately raised an objection, obviously still upset about Lin Zhen speaking for Zhao Liang before.
"Of course not just us. There are actually eight teams here. I guarantee that they will have to resort to this method in the end. And don't you think that if we clear out all the mutant beasts in this square, even if we don't hunt down the giant-handed man-bear, our trip here will not be in vain?"
Several people's eyes suddenly lit up and they started calculating quickly in their minds.
There are tens of thousands of mutant beasts, including many C-level and D-level ones. Eight teams are needed to clear them out. Even if the demon hunters can kill a thousand of them, it will still be a huge income.
Each of those B-level giant-palm bears is worth hundreds of millions, but there are too few of them and it is difficult to kill them. In terms of cost-effectiveness, it is not as profitable as killing a large number of C-level and D-level ones.
"I think what Lin Zhen said makes sense. We don't have the strength to force our way into the stadium, so we might as well just hunt these monsters outside. If we kill a thousand or eight hundred of them, each of us can earn several hundred million. The only thing to worry about is that we must be careful when luring the monsters, and don't let the herd explode. Otherwise, we will be the first to stand out, and give other teams a chance."
Zhao Liang's words made Shi Lei and others nod their heads. They were all blinded by the value of the giant-palm man-bear and ignored the value of these C-level and D-level ones.
“Bang!”
While they were still talking, several gunshots were heard in the distance, and two rams were knocked to the ground.
A team took action, and the sniper opened fire, and only shot monsters from one tribe. This is a common method to lure monsters.
The triangular sheep is the goat of the past. After mutation, it became as big as a galloping horse and grew a third horn on its head. It changed from a pure herbivore to an omnivore. It is extremely aggressive. Although it is only E-level, the number of the sheep in the flock is so large that it is not easy to deal with.
This group of triangular sheep are almost the weakest mutant beasts in the square, and the team that took action also adopted a strategy of gradually clearing them out.
After two sheep died, the flock began to move, with dozens of sheep split out and rushed towards the place where the gunshots were heard.
"It's the devil!" Gao Yan took a look through the telescope and quickly found the location of the team.
Across from them, at the corner of a street, was the Demon Squad, and the people who fired the shots were Li Mengxi and Ruoruo.
"Damn it! Those bastards from Demon God. That kid Kong Shan almost killed us. Lao Gao, can you snipe from a long distance and kill the two women of Demon God first?" Ye Tiancheng said angrily.
Gao Yan shook his head. "I'm afraid that won't work. If it's just our two teams, it's fine, but I've seen several teams of warriors appear here. If we don't hunt monsters but kill other warriors in public, we will be punished by the Federation."
There are also rules between warriors, prohibiting killing each other, because the common enemy of mankind is mutant beasts, not humans.
Of course, this rule is of little use. The warehouse area in the base city was a compromise, and that kind of fight is allowed.
Even in the wild, many warriors would start fighting at the slightest disagreement. As long as the other party did not have direct evidence, no one could do anything to you. However, if you suddenly killed someone in the presence of many people, you would certainly not escape the Federation's capture. Once you were caught and convicted, you would be dead.
"Then wouldn't these bastards have tricked us in vain?" Ye Tiancheng was still a little dissatisfied.
"Forget it, Tiancheng. No matter what the grudge is, we can't take action at this time. Since the demon god has started hunting, we should not be idle. Get ready to take action. There is money everywhere!"
As soon as Shi Lei finished speaking, several teams appeared around the square and started to take action.
The mutant beasts in the square looked a little strange. They all headed towards the stadium as if they were on a pilgrimage. As long as the warriors around them did not attack their own companions, they would ignore them. It seemed that the delicious food they usually had no appeal anymore.
Although Shi Lei and others didn't know why this happened, they knew that this was a rare situation and it was the best chance to kill.
"Lao Gao! Give priority to clearing out the low-level mutant beasts, especially the mutant birds in the sky. If these things are not cleared out, there will be great trouble when retreating."
Gao Yan nodded, loaded an armor-piercing bullet, took aim with the sniper rifle, and shot a huge jackdaw in the head, causing its corpse to spin and fall from the square's lamppost.
The several jackdaws around it were enraged and flapped their wings as they flew towards the witcher, but those that were a little further away remained motionless.
"Hehe! Today is really good. These mutant beasts don't seem to be so aggressive anymore. If they had been so docile a long time ago, the Earth would have been restored long ago."
Gao Yan was somewhat pleased, and Shi Lei and the others were also delighted. In this way, the clearing plan could be carried out smoothly.
Only Lin Zhen, who proposed the clearing plan, was not as optimistic as they were. Lin Zhen had seen the situation of countless monsters gathering together and not moving before. The only explanation was that a high-level monster was about to evolve successfully!
(End of this chapter)
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