She was certain there was only one. She could hear its movements within a 600-meter radius. If there were an ambush, there would be more birds within that 600-meter radius.
There was only one wolf, but the group didn't underestimate it. They put on night vision goggles and assumed a defensive posture.
Recalling the information Watson had given her, Qin Dinglan said, "There are mutated gray wolves nearby. If it's a wolf king, it's probably A-rank; ordinary wolves are C or B-rank. Their abilities are all freezing, with moderate defense and great agility."
Losy gave Nicole a look, and Nicole immediately understood, carefully manipulating the plants around the mutated gray wolf in an attempt to trap it.
Losi raised her gun, intending to shoot the moment Nicole trapped it.
However, the gray wolf's hearing was no weaker than Losi's, and it easily dodged the sneak attack with a leap when the plant was only half a meter away from it.
It exhaled a chilling breath that instantly froze the plants.
Nicole frowned; she had lost control of the frozen plant.
The A-level wolf king, though a bit old, still possessed considerable ability; its ability to dodge the attack was within Losi's expectations.
She didn't fire; that shot just now wouldn't have hit her.
As Jiu Nai's metal attack flew halfway, the old wolf king exhaled cold air again, freezing the metal spikes into an ice ball. Jiu Nai suddenly found it difficult to control, and her speed was greatly reduced.
Taking advantage of this moment, the old wolf king flipped over and disappeared into the forest.
"They're gone?" Nicole thought there was going to be a big battle, but it turned out to be just like that?
The sound was indeed gone. "Wolves hold grudges," said Losi. "Be careful. Let's go, we can still make it to the red-tailed pheasant flock."
At 8:20, the group finally arrived at a place not far from the territory of the red-tailed pheasant.
Losi took out his infrared binoculars. The red-tailed pheasant's territory was a shrubland no more than a meter high, with all sorts of weeds mixed together in a dense thicket. Even if you got close and wore night vision goggles, it would be difficult to see where the red-tailed pheasant's nest would appear.
Having made a general decision, Losi put down the binoculars: "You guys are making too much noise with your exoskeletons on, so stay here and keep watch. Notify us immediately if there's any unusual activity. The three of us are going to steal some chickens, but we'll do it quietly."
Will this work? Tuka was a little worried, but seeing that Nicole had no questions, he could only agree.
Before taking action, Qin Dinglan gave the group a calming buff, looking directly at the three of them seriously: "You are agile, land silently, and are observant enough to touch even grass and trees without making a sound."
Tuka and Nicole calmed down immediately. Losi didn't react, but seeing that the two were alright, she waved to them and then tiptoed closer.
The three of them walked forward quietly. Losi was the first to find a red-tailed pheasant sleeping soundly in its nest. She then turned the other two to look at her.
She reached out, held her breath, and snapped its head in the instant she grabbed its neck. In less than half a second, the red-tailed pheasant was completely lifeless, without even making a sound.
Having set a good example, Losi waved for the two of them to go find their own way.
The two gave each other an OK sign and tiptoed off to find their prey.
The operation went smoothly. Within just 15 minutes, they had gathered 25 animals around the outermost layer of bushes. However, there were too many bushes inside and no path, and it was too noisy to go in, so they could only operate on the outermost perimeter.
After Losi crushed another red-tailed pheasant, there were three eggs below. Losi didn't hesitate to put them in her pocket; these would also count as points.
The shrubbery area was about half the size of the Union College, and the three of them cleared the outer perimeter in about half an hour.
With ten minutes left until nine o'clock, Losi told Nicole and the other girl to stop, grab all the prey, and retreat.
The red-tailed pheasant is only half the size of a regular broiler chicken, and it took two trips to get them all.
There were 47 in total, and the three of them also found some eggs, totaling 16. They could fit into a large containment box if squeezed together. For the time being, Qin Dinglan would take care of them, as she was wearing an exoskeleton and it wouldn't be too strenuous for her.
The supplies for everyone, along with the black-haired spiders they had killed earlier, were carried by Jiu Nai.
At 9 o'clock, the group had not yet reached the nearest shelter. After spraying the group with a purifying spray, Jiu Nai continued on her way.
At 9:10, the five arrived at the shelter, Radiation Red 2, panting heavily.
Jiu Nai took out the spray and applied it again, and the radiation in the shelter slowly decreased to yellow level 9.
Nicole tied her disheveled hair back up and leaned against the wall of the tin shelter, breathing heavily.
The radiation outside was still too high for her, especially during the rising radiation phase. It felt like she was submerged in water, with an invisible pressure pressing on her chest, making it impossible to breathe without taking deep breaths.
Losi took the supply bag, took out water bottles, and distributed them to the people one by one.
Qin Dinglan had just removed her exoskeleton, and her hands trembled slightly as she accepted it: "Thank you."
Losi couldn't help but take another look at her. The red-tailed pheasant weighed no more than 300 pounds. She shouldn't be working so hard.
"Are you too stressed or too tired? Tell me if you feel unwell, your health is important."
Qin Dinglan gave a slightly tired smile: "Okay, I'm fine, just a little tired. I'll be fine after a rest."
Luo Xi patted her shoulder, opened a water dispenser, and drank it down. Qin Dinglan's emotions didn't seem to fluctuate much, so the problem shouldn't be too serious.
After taking a simple nutritional supplement to replenish energy, it was time to rest.
They still took turns keeping watch at night, with Qin Dinglan and Jiu Nai taking the lead.
While Losi and the others were fast asleep, the unlucky guy from the team that went to the Black Spider's side was seriously injured and had already been taken back to school; his grades were destined to be at the bottom.
The next day, everyone woke up early. Since they didn't have a car, all they had brought were water and nutritional supplements. They quickly finished breakfast and then started looking for their next target.
After traveling for two hours, we arrived at the nearest B-grade mutated morning glory vine.
From flat land to rolling hills.
The mutated morning glory vine clung to the cliff face on the east side of a small mountain.
The hill is not high, about 30 meters high, and the exposed gray rocks of the cliff are completely covered by green morning glory vines.
Its main root system has two to three hundred roots, about the thickness of a little finger, much larger than that of a common morning glory vine. It also has many branches, numbering in the thousands.
Amidst a lush green landscape, morning glories bloom in a gradient of pink and white.
A strong, unpleasant floral fragrance could be smelled by five people even four or five hundred meters away.
"This smell is too strong, yue." Nicole covered her nose in disgust and gagged twice. The floral scent was even more overpowering than wasabi.
Qin Dinglan and the other two did the same thing; it was the first time they had ever smelled such a strong floral fragrance.
Losi sniffed, a wave of nausea rising in her stomach that she suppressed. The floral fragrance concealed a putrid, maggot-infested stench that ordinary people couldn't detect under the overpowering floral scent.
She tilted her head slightly and looked out. Under the cover of the dense root system on the ground, she could vaguely see a thick layer of black objects sandwiched between the roots and the cliff.
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