Chapter 1386: Enemy Sniper

Responsible for protecting Hu Zi Feng, Wang Man pointed toward the sniper's nest ahead and requested instructions. "Captain, that position is outside the surveillance range, and it's suitable for a sniper to ambush…"

Before the captain could bare his teeth, vice-captain Huo Zhun spoke up. "That position is upwind, so it doesn't meet the selection criteria. Go to that downwind sniper's nest. It's a bit worse over there, but Feng-ge, don't feel pressured. Just focus entirely on sniping. Even if there's a margin of error, Jin-ge and I will catch the wanderers. Captain, does that work?"

"Captain, don't worry. I definitely won't have any margin of error, and I'll guarantee the mission is completed!" If a margin of error let the wanderers escape, Yang Jin would definitely be able to catch them, because he was a top-tier speed Evolver with extremely rich combat experience—once he locked onto a target, he couldn't miss. But Hu Zi Feng was still under a lot of pressure; he was afraid that if he missed this time, he wouldn't get another chance to team up with Lao Lang in the future.

So in this battle, even if it meant exposing his position and falling into danger, he had to succeed!

Lao Lang nodded slowly and left with Wolf King Cui Yan, along with Huo Zhun and Yang Jin. Wang Man glanced at the one adult Evolved wolf and the little scarred wolf that stayed behind, and asked in a low voice, "Scarface, aren't you going?"

Seeing that the little scarred wolf didn't answer, Hu Zi Feng explained to his human teammate, "Because neither of us speaks wolf language, the two of them are staying to relay messages."

Looking at this cute Evolved wolf—less than a year old, with the blue of its iris not yet faded—Wang Man felt a strong sense of urgency.

As non-predatory animals, humans were able to occupy the top of the food chain for a long time before the Catastrophe, relying on their highly evolved brains and powerful capacity for social cooperation.

Now that Blue Star's lifeforms had undergone a great evolution, a small number of animals in the Evolution Forest had likewise developed highly evolved brains, and had surpassed humans, achieving cross-species cooperation.

Looking at the human side, however, because survival resources were extremely scarce, social order and morality were forced to retreat step by step before the instinct to survive, and localized conflict and disorderly struggle remained the norm in human society. The former grand social division of labor and the high-speed production chain had not yet fully recovered in the eleventh year of the Catastrophe; every day, many people died from infighting and hunger, and the birth rate was despairingly low…

"Wooo—"

Detecting that the breathing rate of the human beside it had changed noticeably, and that its magnetic field had grown sharp, the little scarred wolf's father shielded his cub, bared his fangs, and growled softly at Wang Man.

Wang Man took a deep breath and immediately adjusted her state.

Human society did indeed have many problems, but the most difficult phase had already been weathered. The agricultural system was beginning to recover, and in another two years, humanity would surely shake off famine and accelerate the restoration of social order.

What she had to do now was cooperate with the wolf pack to clear out the black sheep among the humans hiding in the wolves' territory!

"They're coming!"

Inside the damp cave of Mountain Thirty-Six, Xia Qing, who had already set up her sniper rifle, caught the sound of animals running with her sharp hearing—and it wasn't just one animal running over, but a whole group.

No need to ask—it was definitely Broken-Waist Wolf leading the way, driving over the animals nearby that had lost control and gone berserk and were fighting each other.

Normal animals, during this period, all used their respective survival skills to raise their odds of surviving the Harmful Snow Period. Even if they were so hungry they couldn't stand it and risked coming out to forage during the breaks between Harmful Snow, they would avoid that barrier of Harmful Grass that was releasing hydrogen sulfide poison gas.

So Broken-Waist Wolf was going to use the out-of-control berserk animals to break through the Harmful Grass barrier the wanderers had cultivated from Evolved Bai Mao Grass.

That brain, those schemes—Third Brother would tilt his head eight degrees again if he saw it!

Soon, Xia Qing saw a small beast tide made up of dozens of animals—rabbits, muntjacs, wild boars, foxes, leopards, and more—charging into the Harmful Grass that was over two meters tall.

Behind the Harmful Grass wall was a stone cliff? The brains of the out-of-control animals had already been destroyed by Harmful Elements, leaving only feeding and killing—they had no idea to dodge obstacles!

Every Harmful Rain and Harmful Snow would eliminate a large batch of animals whose bodies contained too high a concentration of Harmful Elements; this was one way the post-evolution Blue Star ecological forest maintained its balance.

With the added effect of anaerobic soil bacteria, the number of animals losing control during this Harmful Snow Catastrophe would surge. If Xia Qing and her idol hadn't stepped in to intervene, among the out-of-control animals now there would surely be tigers, leopards, bears, and wolves, making the beast tide even more uncontrollable.

In the infrared night-vision lens, Xia Qing saw the bright spots of animals running quickly, which soon turned into a large patch of brightness.

The wooden spike wall the wanderers had set up within the grass barrier blocked this group of out-of-control beasts; scorching beast blood sprayed everywhere, appearing in the infrared goggles as a patch of brightness.

Why was Xia Qing sure they were wooden spikes? Because within that patch of brightness, there were streaks of vertical lines stained red by the scorching fresh blood; these bright lines weren't perfectly straight, and some even branched—iron spikes wouldn't produce that kind of visual effect.

This group of animals trampled down a patch of Harmful Grass but failed to break through the wooden spike barrier—however, the effect had already been achieved.

The wanderers hiding in the Harmful Grass had to clean up that patch of carcasses as soon as possible, or else the thick smell of blood would attract even more animals, triggering uncontrollable risks.

As soon as the people hiding inside came out to clean up the scene, it would be the moment of the kill for the Human-Wolf Squad.

Xia Qing put away the infrared night-vision lens, switched to a low-light night-vision lens, and placed her finger on the sniper rifle's trigger. The Harmful Snow increased visibility this night; using the low-light night-vision lens to amplify the faint light would help the sniper clearly capture the enemy's movements and snipe with precision.

Before the people in the Harmful Grass had come out to clean up the animal carcasses, Xia Qing caught a subtle change in the shaded, unlit side of the mountain peak next to the Harmful Grass.

That position…

Xia Qing immediately switched back to the infrared night-vision lens, and sure enough, saw that shaded spot light up. She immediately contacted the captain over the walkie-talkie in an extremely low voice. "Broken-Waist, there's a sniper among the human wanderers in the Harmful Grass, hiding behind a rock fifty meters above the Harmful Grass. Get under cover immediately."

"Awoo."

Upon receiving Xia Qing's report, Broken-Waist Wolf let out an extremely low howl in response.

Xia Qing discerned Broken-Waist Wolf's emotion from its voice, and confirmed in an extremely low voice, "Broken-Waist has already detected the wanderer sniper, and has already taken the Western Wolf King and the others into hiding, right?"

"Awoo." Broken-Waist Wolf, who possessed excellent night vision, responded again.

Awesome—as expected of an Evolved wolf standing at the very top of Blue Star's pyramid!

Xia Qing quickly laid out the battle plan. "That human sniper will be taken out by me last. The wanderers will soon pry loose a few of the nearly round rocks on the mountain—the same kind I pried loose on Mountain Fifty-Five before—letting the rocks and accumulated snow roll down the mountain to cover the animal carcasses. Immediately send the Western Wolf King to go call Blind-Eye Tiger over. Broken-Waist, you lie in ambush beside the round rocks. When the human wanderers come out to pry the rocks, you immediately use your claws to kill them, and then make Blind-Eye Tiger howl furiously."

"This is Blind-Eye Tiger's territory. When it hears the commotion and comes to check, and hunts the wanderers, the hidden wanderers won't notice anything off and send more people out to check. Broken-Waist, don't use your mouth—the toxins on these wanderers are very potent."

"Awoo." Broken-Waist Wolf responded again; this time the tone had changed—the Northern Wolf Pack's number-two combatant was bristling with killing intent.

Although Xia Qing couldn't judge the enemy sniper's skill level or the type of sniper rifle, she wasn't afraid in the slightest. Because she was wearing a special protective suit that shielded against infrared detection, and her sniper's nest was better than the enemy's. Once the hidden wanderers were lured out one by one, it would be time for her to take out the enemy sniper.