Compared with other beast-like monsters, ordinary zombies with a hunting level of four are the favorites of junior Hunters. They only have the primitive instinct of simply chasing, and they can be easily hunted using traps, luring, and other techniques. Unlike other monsters, which have already developed a beast-like survival consciousness. Even the weak Bone-Eating Rats know how to avoid danger, and ordinary traps can hardly catch them.
However, if these ordinary zombies evolve into Scythe Zombies through a large amount of feeding, all aspects of their physical qualities will rise sharply, and their combat power will be improved by leaps and bounds. They can completely confront intermediate Hunters head-on, and they will also develop a simple consciousness and won't be easily killed by external forces.
Dudian had seen Scythe Zombies in Area 1 before. At the moment, he could tell at a glance that these were just ordinary zombies, which was why he dared to boldly lure and hunt them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrows were shot out one after another. His effective shooting range was a hundred meters. The height of a hundred meters was actually equivalent to the height of twenty-four or twenty-five floors. The floor height of most residential buildings was about four to five meters, which was the normal specification.
And Dudian was currently standing on the top of a dilapidated building that was on the verge of collapse and severely corroded by moss. It was about twenty floors high, approximately eighty meters from the ground. All the zombies attracted by the stones were within his effective shooting range.
The arrows accurately hit these running zombies. Their movement trajectories were extremely easy to capture. After the intense experience of shooting at the Black Weaver earlier, Dudian felt much more relaxed when shooting at these zombies. At least, predicting their movements wasn't too difficult, and he could hit the target easily.
The sharp arrows pierced through the zombies' heads from top to bottom, nailing them to the ground.
Occasionally, there were missed arrows that pierced through the zombies' shoulder clavicles or stabbed into their faces. The strong force caused their bodies to deviate from the ground. And the zombies, which had no sense of pain, would get up and continue running towards the source of the sound after falling.
Dudian continuously drew arrows, shot, and then drew arrows and shot again.
The zombies fell one after another. Soon, the arrows in Dudian's quiver were used up. He grabbed at the empty quiver and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Looking at the increasing number of zombies gathered on the street, he immediately went to the other side of the building, picked up some stones, and threw them into the distance.
The stones landed on the adjacent street, and the sound of shattering was quite loud in the silent ruins. The zombies' ears were extremely sensitive, and they immediately gathered over.
Taking the opportunity, Dudian quickly went downstairs, smeared the Zombie Powder that Glary had given him before she left all over his body, went to the corpses of the zombies that had been shot and killed on the ground, quickly cut off their heads, held them by the hair or the broken necks, carried seven or eight heads back to the building, squatted down in a corner, and quickly cut open the heads. He immediately found the cold crystals inside and collected them.
After cutting open all eight heads, Dudian ran out again, cut off the heads of the remaining zombies, carried them back, and secretly dissected them in the corner.
After repeating this process three times, Dudian finally collected all the cold crystals from the brains of the shot zombies. At the same time, he also retrieved all the arrows he had shot.
After finishing all this, Dudian didn't rush to continue hunting. Instead, he returned to the top of the building, held one of the cold crystals in his hand, bit his finger, and dripped his blood onto the cold crystal. The cold crystal, which was stained with warm blood, was like ice meeting extremely hot boiling water. At the position where the blood dropped, it quickly caved in and melted rapidly, turning into a silver-like transparent liquid.
Dudian thought that there was hope and continued to observe.
When the blood melted to the center of the cold crystal, it stopped, as if the remaining heat wasn't enough. As time passed, the temperature of the blood had long since cooled down, but the cold crystal still remained in the melted state and didn't freeze the blood in the pit into ice.
Seeing this, Dudian let out a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he thought that this alone wasn't enough to be safe. So he went back downstairs, collected the blood of the zombies, took out another cold crystal, and dripped the zombie blood onto it. However, the zombie blood didn't show any sign of melting the cold crystal. Instead, soon after it landed on the cold crystal, before it could slide to the bottom of the cold crystal, it was frozen into a dark red teardrop.
Only then did Dudian feel relieved and thought to himself, "My blood has indeed been changed by the Marks of the Demon of the Fear of Contamination. The cold crystal can't erode my blood, which also means that I should be able to absorb the cold crystal directly."
He held the cold crystal and wanted to absorb it directly, but there was still a trace of hesitation in his heart. Although he was very clear that there was at least a 90% chance that his speculation was correct, there was still a trace of fear of the cold crystal, which was an unknown object. Moreover, he knew very well that any experiment needed to be repeatedly tested and verified. Only when it had stability over a long period could it be considered successful. He wasn't sure if there would be any sequelae or side effects if too much time passed or if he absorbed too many cold crystals. After all, the cold crystal was really too strange.
After thinking for a moment, he finally gave up the urge to absorb the cold crystal immediately. After all, life was only once, and it was better to be cautious.
He put the cold crystal into his backpack, picked up his bow and arrow, and continued to hunt the zombies. He planned to wait until his secret experiment was completely finished before slowly studying the secrets of the cold crystal so that he could make perfect use of it.
Time passed quickly.
Dudian hunted all the way in Area 7. In the blink of an eye, two days passed. The number of cold crystals he had hunted reached more than six hundred, which was equivalent to more than six hundred gold coins. During these two days, he also occasionally encountered some larger monsters. He hadn't read the monster illustrated book yet and couldn't identify their hunting levels, so he could only detour and avoid them.
"I'll hand over half of these cold crystals and keep half for myself. Maybe I'll build a secret base outside the Wall in the future." Dudian secretly thought to himself while hunting.
Suddenly—
A familiar scent wafted into his nostrils.
Dudian was startled, and a graceful figure immediately appeared in his mind. "It's her!"
He would never mistake this scent. It was Bailin, the Bloody Swordsman who had almost injured him before!
"It's about thirty li ahead... Could it be that she's also hunting in Area 7?" Dudian's eyes flickered. He suddenly thought that Area 7 was a key area being cleared by the consortium recently. It didn't seem strange for Bailin to be here. His expression changed, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.
As the saying goes, enemies often meet on a narrow road. The scene of their first meeting at the Scavenger Headquarters flashed through Dudian's mind. A hint of cold killing intent welled up in his heart. But at the same time, a voice in his heart whispered, "It was just a verbal conflict before. There's no need to escalate it to the point of killing. So much time has passed. Maybe she's already forgotten about me. Even if she remembers, she'll just cause me a little trouble. It's better to just let it go."
However, another thought emerged: "This is outside the Wall. Even if I kill her, no one will know. And she's not protected by the laws inside the Wall. Even if someone finds out, they can't convict me. If I kill her, no one will know, and it will also save me from future trouble. Although she's an intermediate Hunter, if I strike first, with her in the open and me in the dark, I might still have a chance."
"Killing someone... is still too cruel."
"If I kill her, so be it. No one will see it."
While Dudian was pondering in his heart, he suddenly thought of the Hunter who had pushed him to a desperate situation. Now he already knew the other person's identity. His name was Bayne, and he was that woman's younger brother. For a moment, the hesitant and wavering heart in his heart suddenly became firm. "She will never let it go. It's just that I've been in the training camp during this period, so she couldn't deal with me. Once I leave the training camp, she will definitely try every means to plot against me!"
"Cut the weeds and remove the roots!"
"Those who have been offended must be dealt with completely and thoroughly!"
Dudian looked at the scar on his right hand, and the softness in his heart suddenly turned hard.
He clenched his battle bow. Looking at the large bag of cold crystals in his hand, he hesitated for a moment. Finally, he gritted his teeth, took out a cold crystal, cut his palm, and the blood oozed out and stained the cold crystal clenched in his palm.
Suddenly, a cold feeling rushed into his body along his palm, seemingly entering all the veins in his body.
"With my current strength alone, even if I lie in ambush, it's very difficult to hunt her down. I just hope that my speculation about the cold crystal is correct. But I can't absorb too much." Dudian pursed his lips, feeling the cold crystal disappearing bit by bit between his palms, but his heart became more and more nervous.
Moments later, when there were no abnormal symptoms in his body, he relaxed a little. He took out another cold crystal, held it carefully, and continued to absorb it. Once he felt any discomfort in his body, he would immediately stop.
"This is my only chance to fight back. It's a god-given opportunity!" Dudian secretly thought to himself, "Once the training is over, I'll go outside the Wall, and then I'll be at her mercy. Only by seizing this opportunity can I get rid of future troubles! Cold crystal, please don't cause any trouble!" He couldn't help but secretly pray. This was a risky move, but if he didn't take the risk, the situation he would face after leaving the training camp in the future would be even more difficult.
It's better to firmly seize the opportunity when it's in your own hands than to let it slip away and then fight back passively.