"Just one person?" Everyone was slightly taken aback.
Geli nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "He should have smeared Zombie Powder on his body to cover his scent. For the past two days, I've always smelled the scent of a zombie following behind us. I originally thought it was just a zombie wandering aimlessly, but the trace of his pursuit is very obvious. He's coming straight towards us. And when it rained twice, he stopped. If it were a real zombie, it wouldn't care about the Disaster Rain at all. This shows that he was worried that the Zombie Powder on his body would be washed off, so he was forced to stop."
Upon hearing this, Bailin said thoughtfully, "From what you said, this person's tracking technique is rather inexperienced. He thinks that he can cover his tracks just by using Zombie Powder. If he's chasing us in a straight line, it means he's coming for us. Most likely, he's also judging our position based on our scent. Since he has the ability of scent tracking himself, he should know the technique of using the scent of zombies to cover his tracks. Usually, this technique can only be used to track prey, and it's easy to expose himself when tracking others. Unless, he doesn't know that there's someone like Geli in our team."
The dark-skinned girl asked in confusion, "Not knowing the information about our team but still daring to track us. Could this person be a stowaway from another consortium?"
Bailin's face turned cold and she said, "Maybe he's just a junior newbie who strayed into our area by mistake. Humph, he doesn't even know to tuck his tail and go back. Even if we kill him, he won't have any grounds to complain."
"Rather than killing him, it's better to capture him alive and hand him over to the consortium. It can be considered a meritorious deed." Geli quickly said.
Bailin stood up and said, "Let's go take a look first. If he's pleasing to the eye,we'll keep him. If not, we'll kill him!"
"What about the Clawbeast..."
"Nick, Reed, you two stay here. If there's any situation, use the Demon Smoke Bomb to notify us."
Hearing Bailin's instructions, the remaining two agreed. Bailin took Geli and the dark-skinned girl and quickly chased in the direction indicated by Geli.
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On a desolate street.
After the heavy rain, the broken street was covered in mud. The road was full of potholes. The moss and vines on the ground, soaked in the rainwater, became even greener and more alluring.
Dudian was crawling on a tall building. He glanced at the weather overhead. The turbid light and thick dark clouds seemed to herald that another heavy rain was about to come soon.
"The rain during the Disaster Rainy Season is really frequent..." Dudian said to himself. He took out several arrows from the quiver on his back and wiped them one by one, rubbing the arrowheads until they were as shiny as silver.
After wiping the rainwater off the arrows, Dudian took out his dry rations and chewed them slowly, allowing his body to regain some heat. During the initial stage of the Disaster Rainy Season, the temperature was still very cold, which was not suitable for hunting. Large monsters would all stay in their lairs and sleep, too lazy to come out and move. Only some bloodthirsty and murderous beasts that didn't store food would come out and wander around, looking for prey.
After eating, he picked up a bowl of foul-smelling blood plasma beside him. This bowl was found in a certain residential house. Time and radiation had destroyed the things built by humans, but many earthenware products, which originally came from nature, had been preserved. At the moment, the blood plasma in the bowl was bubbling from time to time, and small, blood-red maggots, as bloodthirsty as leeches, were wriggling out of the bubbles.
Dudian inserted the arrows into the bowl, dipped them in the blood plasma, and used a cloth to smear the upper half of the arrows with it, as if painting them with a layer of blood-colored paint.
Soon, all six arrows were coated with a layer of blood plasma and loaded into the quiver.
"It should be coming soon..." Dudian looked at the gathering dark clouds in the sky. The faintly rumbling thunder seemed to resonate with the beating of his heart in his chest. He squinted his eyes and looked towards a street in the distance.
There, three figures were approaching rapidly. There was no scent leaking from their bodies at all, as if they were three silent stones.
Dudian was crawling on the ground, bending his bow and nocking an arrow. He stared fixedly at the graceful figure at the front, and the sharp arrow was firmly locked on her head, waiting for her to enter his shooting range.
"He's 300 meters away..." While approaching in a low posture, Geli said in a low voice and quickly, "He's lying on the top of the tall building at nine o'clock ahead. When he smells that our scent has disappeared, he'll probably be alerted. Now he's not moving at all. He's probably lying in ambush there, waiting for us to take the bait."
"Kill him quickly!" Bailin said coldly.
"Be careful of traps." Geli quickly said, "With his ability, he's likely to be a thief or a Hunter. We've already entered his shooting range. If he's a Hunter, the best time for him to shoot is the moment we rush into the building. So we have to be careful. If he's a thief, the traps are likely to be buried in front of the building."
The dark-skinned girl peeked out from the corner and said, "The ground there is flat. There are no traps. If there are any, they will only be inside the building." She had learned the skills of a thief, including scouting and making traps. Especially in terms of traps, she had absolute confidence in her judgment. Unless the other party was an intermediate thief whose knowledge of traps far exceeded what she knew, but that was impossible. The inexperienced tracking technique had already revealed everything.
"Climb up the wall. I'll cover you in the front. You two climb up the wall from the left and right sides to surround him." Bailin quickly made a decision. She knew that the longer they delayed, the more time the other party would have to prepare. She wanted to catch the other party off guard and make him unable to expect that they would come so quickly!
"Yes!" The two immediately complied and split up to act.
Bailin drew out the lady's one-handed longsword on her back. She took a deep look at the tall building, suddenly exerted force with her foot, and rushed forward at full speed from the front. The sword blade was protected in front of her chest, and she stared closely at the top of the building. She was confident that if an arrow were to be shot at her, with her swordsmanship, she could definitely block the vital parts!
Breaking in directly!
This was her fighting style. Although she was a woman, her personality was more straightforward and decisive than that of a man.
The moment she stepped out of the hiding place, she knew that she was exposed to the enemy's sight. She quickly calculated the distance in her mind.
Two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters, one hundred and eighty meters...
When she got closer to one hundred and twenty meters, she still didn't see any movement on the top of the tall building. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart. Could it be that the other party was sleeping and resting? Didn't he realize that they were counterattacking?
In addition to this doubt, there was also a trace of inexplicable unease in her heart. But now that the arrow was already on the string, she had to shoot. She quickly reached within a hundred meters. If she went any further, she would be at the bottom of the building. The distance between this building and the ground was approximately sixty meters.
The other party still didn't shoot an arrow!
She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but her body had already reached the bottom of the building. After a brief hesitation in her mind, she still climbed up the wall. Her fingers tightly grasped the severely corroded wall, and she moved up quickly. If she stopped, the wall she was holding onto would fall off and couldn't support her body weight. She could only use a little strength and rely on her speed to climb up quickly.
Just as she climbed to the third floor, suddenly, a chill rushed from her back.
Bailin was shocked in her heart and quickly turned her head to look back.
Whoosh!
An arrow shot through the air from behind. With a puff, when she turned her head, it hit the side of her cheek. The sharp arrowhead penetrated into her cheek and entered her mouth. The intense pain almost made her cry out!