Chapter 44: The target of the bunny bomb
"Bang!"
With a gunshot, the lifeboat quickly packed up the eliminated contestants and took them away.
Lorion glanced at them indifferently, picked up the looted bag of supplies with the barrel of his gun, and threw it to his jubilant teammates.
Although killing beetles is the main way to earn points, eliminating potential competitors in advance is also a cruel strategy that is tacitly allowed by the rules.
Not far from them, Inoan's team also witnessed this scene.
Lorion raised his eyes calmly. The two sides looked at each other from afar across the valley filled with smoke and blood. They both tacitly chose to retreat temporarily, unwilling to confront each other head-on at this time.
On the other side of Kagano 09 Team, Quan Yi and Kalix chewed the insect pupae with big mouthfuls, exclaiming how delicious they were. They finished all five skewers amidst the weak retching sounds of Lancelot.
Lancelot would rather starve to death outside than have a single bite.
After filling their stomachs, they had to get down to business. A few of them squatted behind a huge rock and discussed their next plan in low voices.
"There are about a hundred people left now. It seems quite a few have successfully formed teams. Even if they're not fully staffed, we can't rule out the possibility of some forming impromptu teams to hunt down isolated individuals or strong teams..." Quan Yi traced the loose soil with his fingers. "Tsk, the situation is more complicated than expected."
"Indeed," Calix said, his brow furrowed as he held his gun. "The competition is based on total team scores. If we want to avoid being caught up, we'll have to hurry up and get more bugs. We'll also have to be wary of those sneaky guys."
Youan helped Xin Fei pack up the supply bag, looked around boredly, and simply took Lancelot's mirage whip, grabbed the head and tail, and jumped rhythmically.
Lancelot saw it, spread his hands lazily towards him, and naturally joined the skipping rope.
The two of them stood shoulder to shoulder, jumping up and down with the sound of Quan Yi and Kalix's serious tactical discussion in the background.
"The most urgent thing is to find a way to quickly catch and kill the insects." Youan's breathless voice interrupted the discussion.
"That's right!" Quan Yi replied subconsciously, his head nodding along to the strange rhythm. "And we have to find supply boxes to replenish them, otherwise we won't be able to hold out for long with just these few energy cores..."
He suddenly realized what was happening midway through his speech and glared angrily at the two jumping figures. "Can you two stop jumping around! Can you be serious?"
Lancelot raised his lips into a beautiful arc, and hummed with a smile: "Relax, it's just some exercise after dinner."
Quan Yi covered his face in pain, unable to figure out where the other party's feeling of relaxation came from.
Youan stopped embarrassedly, sat down on a rock beside him holding the whip, and slowly began to check the wear and tear of the spare parts in the backpack.
"I should have brought the recording of your harp practice."
Lancelot leaned against Youan like a boneless creature, rubbing his cheek with the tip of his ear, which was missing a tuft of fur. "When that sound is heard, the insects within a few stars will probably go crazy and hit the trees. It should save a lot of energy for weapons."
Ugh, what a dirty idea.
Quan Yi's mouth twitched: "We are a team, not a gang."
Lancelot sighed regretfully: "I'm sorry, I forgot."
Youan chuckled twice, then suddenly realized what was happening, stopped, and glared at them angrily.
What's the meaning!
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Night fell in the sixth hour of the game, and the sky gradually turned gray until the last ray of light was swallowed up, but this did not mean that the hunting and competition in this land would stop.
The huge black-shelled beetles moved quickly and rustlingly in the bushes. The antennae waving above their heads suddenly stopped, and they turned around to brush away the dense grass leaves.
A piece of roasted meat pupa that was sizzling with oil and exuding a strange burnt aroma was placed in a clearing in the forest.
Just as they gathered around to feast on the food, an inconspicuous little metal ball rolled in front of them.
“Click.”
With a slight sound, a mechanical little rabbit with colorful lights popped out of the ball.
It blinked its small eyes, shook its head without warning, twisted its round body, and performed a somewhat magical dance.
"What the hell is this?"
"Ahhh! Help! This is so cute!"
"It looks like a small figurine!"
The beetle that was gnawing on the pupa stopped in confusion and gathered around, staring blankly at the jumping mechanical rabbit in front of it with its scarlet compound eyes.
Suddenly, the cute mechanical rabbit stopped moving, and the beetles curiously touched it with their forelimbs.
“Boom!”
Along with this deafening sound, a huge impact force rushed out in all directions, breaking branches and leaves and falling down. The power of the burst was enough to send these beetles to the west!
[Cagano-Yuan +30 points]
The system's prompt sounded, and the audience was still immersed in the cute appearance of the mechanical rabbit when the screen was covered with the broken limbs of beetles.
It’s true... he’s small but has a bad temper!
Quan Yi, lying at a distant sniper spot, saw this scene through the scope and couldn't help but whisper to You An beside him, "Don't you think this thing... the chanting time is a bit long?"
You An pursed his lips: "But it looks good."
He put a lot of thought into designing the dance steps.
"What good words do you expect from Quan Yi with his level of appreciation?" Lancelot took out a mirror to fix his hair, then took out a bottle of no-rinse cleaning spray from his bag and sprayed it twice at the fluffy tail.
Calix showed an incredulous look: "You brought these things to the competition?!"
"Don't make such a fuss, sir. Even if it's a live broadcast, no one can capture a single ugly picture of me." Lancelot pulled Youan to his side, squinted his eyes and picked out the broken leaves hidden in his hair, and assured with a smile, "Of course, this includes yours."
As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of the small ball of light flying towards him and lashed out with his whip. "Fly higher! How many times do I have to tell you? The picture from this angle is ugly!"
The small ball of light paused for a second, then slowly rose to a higher position. The entire sphere was filled with an inexplicable sense of resentment towards working.
"Ball: Why don't you do it yourself?"
"We have fans too! Lancelot, don't go too far!"
"What brand of no-rinse spray does the young master use? Please give me the link!"
"Hmm! The way he whips people is so exciting!"
Calix rolled his eyes immensely.
He looked around boredly, and suddenly caught sight of a vine next to him that was covered with white bell-shaped flowers. The flowers were crystal clear and quite beautiful.
His fingers were itching and he couldn't help but want to pull a few off.
"Hey, you'd better not touch that!" You An was quick-witted and grabbed his wrist. "This is the Bai Ling vine tree!"
This plant accumulates a large amount of sap during the rainy season and secretes a pheromone that easily attracts swarms of flying insects called carrion flies.
Those bugs are smaller than mosquitoes, but their numbers are overwhelming. Not only do their bites cause extreme itching, but they also release a kind of... extremely smelly mucus!
If you get a little on it, you won’t be able to wash it off for days!
Everyone imagined the scene, and instantly their faces showed expressions of extreme disgust and nausea.
Kalix retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted, as if the white flower was a red-hot iron.
Lancelot felt a little regretful: "What a pity, it's so beautiful."
After a short rest, Youan and his companions continued to use roasted insect pupae as bait to attract black beetles, and then used their insect meat to lure out higher-level Zerg.
Before dawn, the team's total score continued to accumulate by relying on rough baiting methods, and soon rushed to the top three positions.
But Youan was not aware of this, and the others did not feel relaxed at all because of the successful scoring strategy.
Because their supplies were beginning to run out.
Since the start of the competition, there has been no conflict with other teams. Although the mechanical bombs assembled by Youan have saved a lot of weapon energy consumption, if they want to last the rest of the game, they either have to harvest other teams or find the supply boxes dropped everywhere by the organizers.
"There are still four crystal cores, and Youan still has three bombs..." Xin Fei made a rough calculation, gave the crystal cores to replenish the weapons' energy to the three combat systems, and gave the extra crystal core and the bomb to Youan.
After simply healing Quan Yi and Calix's depleted mental strength, they were ready to set off, but Lancelot temporarily added a small ball of light with camera movement skills and it quietly fell behind them.
After strenuous exercise, food is no longer the first need. Yuan's throat is so dry that it is about to smoke. He has drunk the last drop of water in Lancelot's canteen. Now everyone must replenish clean water to avoid affecting their combat status later.
The valley seen from a high place was the first choice of Youan and his companions. If they were lucky, they could even seize it as their base and take the opportunity to kill other teams.
Of course, it’s not just Youan and his team who have this idea.
Youan and his group arrived near the valley. Just after they had refilled their water source, they saw a faint purple light flashing from a group of stilt houses built on the mountainside opposite the valley.
They all tilted their heads and looked at the shadow lurking under the stilt house.
Eight sharp legs covered with thorns inserted into the sand and gravel, supporting the body and slowly rising up, with a huge sense of oppression following like a shadow.
As expected, no one will always be blessed by good luck, and everyone's heart skipped a beat!
It’s an advanced Zerg, the Snow Blue Ghost Spider!
This creature is brutal and ferocious, moves extremely fast, and its silk net is highly corrosive. It excels at ambushing and hunting in dry deciduous forests or caves, and even its own kind is on its food menu.
Youan subconsciously searched his mind for memories of the competition, and a hint of doubt gradually arose in his heart.
Why is it in such a humid area?
Youan narrowed his eyes and vaguely caught a glimpse of a corner of golden light flashing behind the shadow of the spider leg. He reached for the backpack behind him.
When the ghost spider's eyes locked onto Lancelot in the front, he immediately decided to throw a mechanical bomb that would explode immediately. However, due to the long distance, the parabola was seriously deviated.
"Not good!" Lancelot frowned and pushed Youan away.
Although the violent shock wave did not kill it directly, it completely enraged the beast. It let out a sharp hiss, and its eight compound eyes flashed with violent red light as it suddenly rushed out from its hiding place!
It was moving so fast that it almost reached the bank of the stream in an instant, and Quan Yi didn't even have time to distance himself from it.
In a moment of desperation, Lancelot shook his wrist, and the scarlet whip flashed like lightning. The hair-raising sonic booms rang out one after another, chopping off a spider's leg!
Calix reacted extremely quickly, picked up his heavy weapon and fired first, accurately penetrating the spider's head!
The dark purple spider, which was as big as a small mecha, fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the aftermath of the shock hit the wooden building that was already hanging precariously on the mountain wall!
"Crash--boom!"
Sharp-edged rocks and broken huge trees rolled down like an avalanche!
"Scatter! Scatter quickly!" Lancelot shouted sternly.
The team that was just intact was dispersed in an instant!
In order to avoid a thick crossbeam that fell on their heads, Lancelot and Calix were forced to roll down the steep slope next to them, and disappeared in the rocks and dust in the blink of an eye.
Xin Fei quickly pulled Youan, and the two of them, along with Quan Yi, were forced back by the rolling earth and rocks, and crashed into a half-collapsed abandoned stilt house in a panic.
The air was filled with smoke and dust, making people cough. Before Youan could catch his breath, a light bullet grazed the crystal core of his combat uniform and suddenly exploded behind him.
Dusty sawdust fell to the ground.
Youan frowned: "Someone!"
Quan Yi and the other man felt a sudden sinking of heart and looked in the direction of the voice.
Less than a hundred meters away, Inoan and his three team members were seen walking out of the broken hole in the opposite stilt house, blocking their only way of retreat!
Inoan's face was a little pale, and he was closely protected behind him by the burly attacker.
The main attacker holding an energy lightsaber and with sharp eyes and another secondary attacker carrying a heavy shield stared at them like cheetahs.
There was no sign of the healer in the team, perhaps he had gotten lost or been eliminated.
Yuan pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty. For them, this was barely good news that could increase their survival rate.
"It's over, it's over, the Bunny King is going to die!"
"I'm so impressed. He couldn't even throw a bomb accurately. He could have escaped unscathed just now. What a pity!"
"A half-baked one, a king of survival, and a healer. Come on, what's the point of playing with this configuration? You Kaganos, just surrender!"
Quan Yi didn't care about so many things. Before the other party could make any move, he grabbed Youan and Xin Fei, and carried them up to the second floor of the wooden house, one in each hand.
At this time, in addition to the lightsaber in his hand, Youan also had some powerful arrows in his mechanical crossbow, but it was simply a fantasy to deal with Inoan's almost full-strength team.
Quan Yi gritted his teeth and turned around and said, "There was no elimination message pop up just now, so Lance must be fine. You two go ahead and meet up with them."
Xin Fei was stunned and asked, "What about you?"
"Stay here to provide cover." Quan Yi raised the mechanical crossbow and waved it indifferently. It didn't matter if one of them was eliminated.
Unexpectedly, Youan shook his head and refused: "Lancelot would not invite you to participate just to make up the numbers. No one in the team is a dispensable supporting role."
Quan Yi was stunned, staring intently at Youan's dark and bright eyes.
"Woo—I'm so touched!" He took advantage of the fact that a certain red-haired noble was not around and rushed over to hug Youan's arm.
Youan straightened up and put on a generous and calm look.
It's like saying, it's okay, you can bury yourself in my vast arms and cry with gratitude!
However, before Quan Yi could be moved for long, he came to his senses again and said with a sad face: "But we can't win!"
"There is a way."
Youan patted his head like he was petting a puppy. As his brain worked rapidly, his eyes swept over the place where Inoan was currently hiding.
His sight suddenly paused, landing on a few vines not far from them that were in full bloom with pure white bell flowers.
An extremely bold and risky plan took shape in an instant!
You An said swiftly, "Quan Yi, give me your crossbow."
Quan Yi: "Ah? Okay, what are you going to do?"
Youan quickly took the mechanical crossbow from his hand, squatted down, and took out several mechanical components from the supply bag he carried with him. His fingers flew non-stop, and he modified and assembled the core components of the mechanical crossbow at an astonishing speed.
Xin Fei watched with his own eyes as Youan installed both his and Quan Yi's energy crystal cores, and his eyes widened in surprise.
It will explode, right?
"Take this."
Just as he was stunned, something heavy was stuffed into his arms. Looking down, he found that they were the only two remaining mechanical bombs.
Youan showed an expression that was calmer than ever before, and explained his plan at a very fast speed.
On the other side, Inoan saw the stream blocked by the spider's corpse and uttered a curse softly.
He was now beginning to feel dizzy due to dehydration and was being supported by the assaulters to hide behind the stilt house. The other two combat officers were already gearing up and running towards the dilapidated wooden building opposite.
Lancelot and Calix were the ones they saw rolling down the hillside, so the only one they had to watch out for was Quan Yi, who was good at long-range attacks.
But it was just a warning, not even a threat.
Just as the two men kicked the wooden door open with great momentum, two lightsabers drew a dazzling trajectory in front of them like lightning and slashed towards them head-on.
"Grass!"
The deputy attacker raised the huge shield to block, and the sword blade scraped past, bringing up a trail of sparks!
When they saw who was coming, their vigilant eyes suddenly changed and gradually turned into disbelief.
Just a strategic department to fight?
What does this guy want to do?
To die?
Euan imitated Lancelot, put on a smiling expression, and twisted his tail behind him.
It is indeed a suicide mission, but the target is you!
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