The night was silent.
On the first night after everyone entered the barren area, Ian arranged for Ruby and Du Dian to be on duty, so that the rest of the people could have a good rest and recover their strength so that they could maintain their best condition for tomorrow's battle.
"If you sense a monster approaching, give me a signal immediately." Ruby said to Du Dian.
Du Dian nodded slightly, and sat at the two ends of the basement with Ruby, always paying attention to the movement outside.
No bonfire was lit in the dark basement to prevent the heat from attracting monsters.
The cold wind poured in from the vents in the basement. Eugene, Ian and others were wrapped in clothes tightly, leaning against the wall and sleeping, holding weapons in their hands, as if they would wake up at any time and enter the battle.
Du Dian has always maintained a state of thermal vision. While paying attention to the movement of monsters outside, he is also paying attention to the physical state of Ian and others. He can see the blood flow in their bodies and the contraction of each heart beat.
"When the task is completed, we have to find a way to leave the team and find Kaqi..." Du Dian's eyes flickered, thinking secretly in his heart.
The night is long.
On the street above the basement, low-pitched animal roars and roars of monsters fighting could be heard from time to time. Every time there is a sound, it will make Du Dian and Ruby's heart tense, and the whole body will be tense. After the sound disappears, they will relax a little bit.
In a blink of an eye, the night passed.
Dawn was approaching, shining into the basement from the direction of the vent.
Seeing that it was getting bright, Ruby immediately woke up Ian and the others. Everyone woke up one after another. After breakfast, they packed up their things. First, Luna and Du Dian checked the movement outside to confirm that there were no monsters staying nearby. Then he quietly climbed out of the basement and came to the street outside.
"Let's go." Ian led the way.
Everyone drew their weapons and followed closely behind.
Walking quietly along the street, I saw some remains of monster bones on the ground along the way. In addition, I also encountered a pool of fresh blood. Du Dian recalled the roar of monsters fighting and roaring last night, guessing that it was mostly left by the battle at that time. down.
A few walking corpses were staggeringly walking on the quiet and desolate street. Hearing the footsteps of the crowd, he immediately turned his head and looked over. The numb face covered with blood suddenly showed a ferocious expression, and he roared and rushed over.
"Xiao Du, you are in charge of cleaning these. Eugene needs to save his energy for the battle with the Listener." Ian said.
Du Dian nodded, broke a Baisen bone from a monster wreckage on the ground, rushed out of the team quickly, and killed several walking corpses rushing towards him. The bone spear easily penetrated their heads. The disparity in physique made Du Dian The battle ended quickly without causing much movement.
After killing a few walking corpses, Du Dian continued to move forward holding the bone spear. Facing these monsters whose hunting level did not exceed ten, he did not want to waste arrows. Although the arrows shot could be recovered again, the sharpness would wear out.
Along the way, he encountered some walking corpses, as well as monsters that were the size of wolves but had a head like a mouse, all of which were killed by Du Dian.
"In a place with so many high-level monsters, it's strange that these weak walking corpses are still alive." Eugene muttered as he walked.
No one answered his words. Ian and the others were all vigilantly guarding their surroundings. Although there were two perception players, Luna and Du Dian, they still did not dare to take it lightly.
When Du Dian heard Eugene's words, his heart moved. He thought of the walking corpse powder sold among hunters in the giant wall, which can suppress the body odor and avoid being attacked by monsters. It seems that only a small part of these monsters will attack the walking corpses, and most of the rest of the monsters mostly ignore the walking corpses. Is it because the number of scavenging monsters is small
In a blink of an eye, everyone came to the foothills on the edge of the city.
I saw many uneven pits on the road leading to the mountain in front of me, as if pierced by some blunt instrument, which looked like footprints, but they didn't have claws like footprints.
Ian took a look, and said in a concentrated voice: "Get ready to enter the mountain. Those who listen to the wind have sensitive senses and can hear subtle movements. Everyone wraps up their shoes, controls their breathing, and breathes according to the three shallow and one deep devil-eating mouse breathing methods." breathe."
After finishing speaking, he took out the cloth that he had prepared in the rucksack earlier, bent down and wrapped the alloy boots on his feet, and cooperated with the stealth footwork, which can greatly reduce the noise.
As for the three shallow and one deep breathing method, this is a very common method of camouflage, specially designed to prevent certain hearing-sensitive monsters.
After Ian finished preparations, Du Dian and others also finished their preparations one after another. After adjusting their breathing, they entered the mountain silently in accordance with Ian's breathing.
Just a few hundred meters into the mountain, Du Dian saw a large number of red heat sources lurking in the tall grass on the mountain, but these heat sources are not big, just some small monsters, and the hunting level is between 3 and 18. No threat to the squad.
Despite this, Du Dian still made a signal with hand gestures.
After seeing it, Ian nodded and moved on.
The wet fog in the early morning shrouded the mountain. After Du Dian and others entered the mountain, the fog drifted and blocked the broken road in front of the foot of the mountain, hiding the figures of everyone.
Everyone moved forward in silence.
Suddenly, Luna, who was walking with Du Dian, changed her face and hurriedly raised her hand to signal.
Roar!
At the same time as she was signaling, a huge black shadow suddenly jumped out of the grass covered with thin mist, roaring and rushing towards the crowd.
Everyone was shocked.
Ian and Martin reacted the fastest and quickly went up to them.
Eugene was so frightened by the giant black shadow that he almost screamed, his face paled instantly, and he instinctively pulled back and retreated into the team to gain a sense of security.
There was a sound of fire rubbing out, and Ian's sharp sword slashed at the black giant figure, blocking its attacking momentum, but he also swayed, staggered two steps back, and almost fell.
Martin immediately stood in front of him. His weapon was a pair of black knives, which were crossed and blocked in front of him at the moment, staring closely at the repelled black giant figure. Instead of rushing forward, he bought time and waited for the team to adjust. .
Rosemary and Ruby stood up quickly. Ruby threw aside the huge burden on her body, drew out her battle ax and stood on guard, with a tense expression on her face.
At this time, Du Dian had already seen the appearance of this giant black shadow. It turned out to be a human-shaped upper body with a muscular chest, but its head was like an eagle without eyes, and its lower body was a thick snake tail. Standing high, several sharp flat bony spurs grew out of the two strong arms that resembled human arms, like several sharp blades.
"It's the 'Corpse Pecker'!" Ian was taken aback, his expression changed slightly, and he said, "The Wind Listener is nearby!"