After disposing of Bailin's body, Dudian found her one-handed sword under the stone pile and left the place. Along the way, he found a lake. There were faintly visible shadows of some huge black figures swimming in it. He raised the one-handed sword and threw it into the lake.
The body was destroyed, and the sword sank.
Dudian clapped his hands and thought that even if the investigation team in the consortium traced some clues, they wouldn't know that he had done it. As for the deaths of the other people, they were all killed by the Brain-Pecking Beasts. And Geli, the only one he had shot and killed, he had already smelled through his sense of smell that he had been cremated by the dark-skinned girl and the others.
"It's time to go back inside the Wall..." Dudian turned and left. This time, he had stayed outside the Wall for too long. Moreover, when he had sneak-attacked Geli before, he had soaked in a pool filled with the water of the Disaster Rain. Without even thinking, he knew that he was severely infected with nuclear radiation.
However, without reaching a certain level, the mutations caused by nuclear radiation couldn't be seen from the outside. When the content accumulated to more than ten percent, radiation black spots like those of the ordinary poor in the slums would slowly appear on his body, or the skin color of some parts would age and wrinkle, and even some parts would fester.
Moreover, if it was serious, it could also lead to sterility.
However, before leaving, Dudian still went back to the fortress he had found before. He selected a few firearms that were relatively well-preserved from the armory inside. In addition, he also selected one piece each of landmines, grenades, artillery pieces, and other items, and threw them into the storage bag and sent them to the Ninth District.
Along the way, he avoided danger relying on his sense of smell and basically didn't encounter any danger. After all, most of the monsters in the Seventh District had been cleared. The ferocious monsters had long been killed by the first batch of hunting teams that came to clear the area. The remaining ones were all monsters with relatively strong survival abilities.
After returning to the Ninth District, Dudian found the place where he had hidden the black bow with ease. He found that no one had noticed this place. He immediately took out the black bow from it, along with two hundred Frost Crystals.
To his surprise, these Frost Crystals had been hidden here for more than two months, yet they were still intact and showed no signs of melting at all.
Dudian put on the black bow, then continued to hide the firearms, landmines, and other items inside. As for the Frost Crystals, he only left a hundred of them. With his current strength, it wasn't difficult for him to hunt zombies. Leaving a hundred of them was convenient for future research when he built a secret stronghold outside the Wall, so that he wouldn't have to waste time hunting.
After covering up the storage location, Dudian carried the remaining Frost Crystals he had hunted on his back, left along the Ninth District, and headed towards the passage in front of the huge Wall.
Halfway there, it started to rain.
Dudian immediately got into a nearby dilapidated building to take shelter from the rain. After the rain stopped, he found some large-leaved plants and weaved them into a raincoat to put on, in case he got wet by the rain while waiting in front of the huge Wall.
When he returned in front of the huge Wall, Dudian quickly found the passage. However, the passage was locked from the inside. This iron plate was extremely thick. Even if he used brute force, it would be difficult to break it open. Moreover, he felt that even if Glary were here, she might not be able to dismantle it.
Dudian sat beside the passage and could only wait.
This was the consequence for Hunters and scavengers who didn't return on time. They could only enter together when the passage was opened next time.
Dudian only hoped that the scavengers would be sent out from inside the Wall as soon as possible.
While waiting, Dudian didn't idle around. When he had sneak-attacked and shot before, he had thought of the Spiral Arrow. But he knew that it was very difficult to learn to shoot the Spiral Arrow. Although the Spiral Arrow could indeed increase the destructive power and penetration, its shooting trajectory was different from that of an ordinary arrow. It was greatly affected by the air current and was prone to deviation.
"Anyway, practicing the Spiral Arrow is better than practicing the Continuous Arrow." Dudian thought to himself.
The destructive power of the Spiral Arrow and an ordinary arrow was like the difference between an armor-piercing bullet and a regular bullet. It could at least double the destructive power, or even increase it by two to three times. Of course, if time permitted, when he mastered the Spiral Arrow and then combined it with the Continuous Arrow, the lethality would be even more terrifying.
However, with such difficulty, it was estimated that it would be difficult to master it proficiently without three to five years of practice.
Dudian decided to practice the Spiral Arrow first. Through this hunting experience, he became even more aware of how important accuracy was for a hunter. If he had missed when he sneak-attacked Geli, the outcome would have been completely different.
Even if he hadn't shot the dark-skinned girl, he wouldn't have been able to let the Brain-Pecking Beasts kill her.
Without accuracy, even if he learned the Continuous Arrow to the point of being able to shoot seven or eight arrows in succession, if he missed the target, it would be meaningless.
Dudian took out his dagger and carved a series of spiral marks on the arrow shaft. Although they were crooked and couldn't be compared with those made by a craftsman, since he had nothing better to do, he might as well practice with them to get a feel for it.
"After I go back, I must improve my shooting range. It was indeed right that I didn't learn the Continuous Arrow step by step before. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the time to improve my accuracy and shooting range. If my shooting range were three hundred meters or five hundred meters, I probably wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to kill Bailin this time. Especially when I lured those Brain-Pecking Beasts, I almost lost my life."
Dudian raised the black bow, pulled it to its fullest with all his strength, and the arrow spun and flew out rapidly. But when it reached about a hundred meters, it shot straight in a diagonal line onto the grass.
"If there were a target there, this deviation would be too great." Although Dudian had expected that the Spiral Arrow would be difficult, he didn't expect such a large deviation. Could it be that the spiral thread he had carved was too deep, resulting in too much influence from the air current?
He looked down and thought that even if it was a big deviation, he could just practice slowly.
In the process of continuously shooting and picking up the arrows, time passed bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, six days passed.
The passage that had been closed and motionless suddenly made a sound while Dudian was running out to pick up the arrow. It slowly opened.
Dudian couldn't help but be delighted. His food had already run out, and he had been hungry for these past few days. If the passage hadn't been opened, he would have had to find some grass roots to fill his stomach.
It was Pett who opened the passage. When he saw Dudian, he was stunned for a moment and looked a bit surprised.
"Dudian?"
"Eh!"
"Why are you here?"
Several voices sounded from behind Pett. They were familiar voices, exactly those of Mekon, Zach, and Shamm.
Dudian took a look and immediately knew that Pett had sent them out to scavenge. Calculating the days of his training, it was indeed time for them to go out on a mission again.
"I came out on a mission and got separated from the team, so I've been waiting here." Dudian smiled and said, "Fortunately, I waited for you. Otherwise, I would have starved to death here."
"Come on, you're not that easy to die." Mekon came over and said with a smile.
Shamm looked Dudian up and down and couldn't help but say, "Were you hunting those monsters? Are you not injured?"
Dudian nodded and said, "Sort of."
Pett couldn't help but say, "Aren't you in training? Why would they send you out on a mission?"
Dudian glanced at him and said, "It was an urgent mission. The consortium was short of manpower, so they transferred me here."
"But you're a newbie after all. How could the consortium do this..." Pett had a complicated expression. He knew very well how dangerous hunting was. Even junior Hunters could lose their lives, let alone a young newbie. However, he also vaguely understood the reason in his heart and could only secretly sigh, "Without the Bright Physique, you're really not valued by those people in the consortium. Sigh!"
Dudian roughly guessed what he was thinking from his expression and understood his feelings. He was a bit touched and smiled, saying, "Anyway, the mission has been completed, and there should be a lot of rewards. I'll treat you later. Mr. Pett, please do me the honor. Well, the same goes for you three. Be careful when you're scavenging. I'm waiting for you to come back for dinner."
"Then we're going to the most luxurious place!" Mekon smiled wickedly.
Zach's eyes also lit up, and he said, "I want to go to the hotel where the nobles eat."
"Can't you save some money for Dudian?" Shamm on the side was a bit angry when he heard this. He said to Dudian, "It's fine if we go to the Ivy Tavern to eat."
"Damn it!" Mekon and Zach were startled. "Is that still called saving money?!"
Dudian was slightly taken aback when he heard this. However, from their reactions, he knew that it was most likely a well-known top tavern in the commercial area. He didn't expect that after a few months, he knew nothing about the commercial area, but they knew more than he did.
"Okay, okay. Just be careful when you're scavenging." Dudian readily agreed.
Pett smiled and said, "This time, they're going to the Thirteenth District, which has been scavenged many times. There's basically no danger. They won't encounter the zombies like last time. At most, they'll just meet a few small Bone-Eating Rat monsters. As long as they're careful and don't act alone, there's basically no danger."
"Hmph, there aren't many resources either." Mekon muttered softly.
Pett shook his head and smiled when he heard this.
The scavengers who were on the same mission as Mekon and the other students who had joined the Mellon Consortium at the same time looked at Dudian's exquisitely styled battle armor and the black battle bow in his hand with complicated expressions. They didn't expect that the person who had received training with them at the same time in the past had now become a "big shot" in such a short time, while they were still standing still and excited about the little resources they got from scavenging.
After saying goodbye to Mekon and the others, Dudian entered the passage with Pett.
"After we go out, you wait here for a while. I'll send a message to the Purification Guard Station and ask them to send someone to pick you up." Pett smiled.
Dudian nodded. Just like scavengers, Hunters needed to undergo strict inspections every time they returned inside the Wall.