Chapter 17 - A Bad Omen

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The mechanical sight gear's field of vision was limited to six hundred meters, but with the cooperation of the zero golden right eye, the distance was infinitely close. Therefore, Zero could easily see a corpse wolf from a thousand meters away. The sight gear's cross sight appeared on the forehead of this wild beast.

Zero calculates and corrects the error of the trajectory. Then, he gently pulled the trigger. In an instant, the corpse wolf inside the sight gear s body shook violently, half of its head was blown off by the impact of the sniper rifle bullets, and its entire body powerlessly laid on the ground.

The canyon was silent, and the sound of the sniper device had long since disappeared into nothingness.

Zero left the boulder that acted as a cover, raised his sniper rifle, and moved towards the wolf's corpse like a ghost. His movements were quick and gentle, the canyon was like a sleeping beast, he did not know of the arrival of this uninvited guest.

Zero did not try to conceal himself. This was the third sentry he had killed. There would be no new sentries until the wolves found out. Zero raised his speed to its limit. The first order's Agility buff allowed him to travel at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. In the blink of an eye, he was already a kilometer away from the monster.

A minute later, he was standing over the carcass of the wolf. Zero crouched down and used a steel dagger to pick one of the fangs from the wolf's upper jaw and stored it in a backpack. In the backpack lay two other wolf teeth, each wolf tooth represented the life of a wolf, this was the proof of zero reward for the mission. And today, there would be more of these.

Moving soundlessly, he slid down the gully, climbed over the boulder, jumped over the crack in the ground, and finally arrived behind a rock. The side of the rock that was exposed to the sun was emitting a high temperature. Even though it was hidden in the dark, Zero could still feel the heat emitted by the rock. He was wearing a grayish-brown protective suit that acted as a cover from a distance, just like the rocks that littered the mountain area.

The ultraviolet light in the sun was strong enough to roast an egg, but Zero only felt slightly hotter. There wasn't a drop of sweat on his face. This kind of physique that could automatically adjust the temperature could be categorized as an accessory of another ability.

The wind blew from behind the stone, bringing with it the scent of a corpse wolf. Zero was not in a hurry to act. He was waiting, waiting for the energetic male wolves below to rest. Zero will create a small landslide in order to kill the beasts to the greatest extent. As for those who had been left alone, Zero was confident that they wouldn't be able to escape from the sniper rifle's range.

To this end, zero begins the movement.

With a silent gesture, he buried the detonators into the rocks. After a thorough calculation of the detonator's weight and the angle of the explosion, he had simulated what would happen after the explosion in his mind. A large number of falling rocks would land on the wolves' heads before they could react. This sudden attack would at least cause the wolves to lose 80% of their numbers, so the remaining wolves would naturally have zero sniper rifles.

When he buried the last detonator, he smelled a peculiar scent.

It was the smell of blood, and it was fresh, and it smelled of something else. The smell was neither stinky nor fragrant, so it was hard to tell what it felt like. Apparently, Zero did not have any memory of this smell in his head. On the contrary, the smell of blood formed the image of a corpse wolf in Zero's mind.

However, it was a corpse wolf with its stomach ripped open.

This place was located at the upper wind vents, so the smell was not detected by the wolves below the canyon. Furthermore, if it wasn't for the fact that Su Yun was so close to him, he wouldn't be able to detect him.

At close range, a sniper rifle was far less useful than a dagger. He was like a cheetah, his slender and flexible body full of explosive power, enough to deal with any sudden danger.

Under the guidance of the smell, Zero went around a rock. There was a cave in front of them.

The smell of blood came from the cave.

On the sand outside the cave, Zero found traces of dragging. There were also some sharp and disorderly marks on some rocks nearby. Zero was lying on the ground, and the smell of the corpse wolf immediately entered his nose. He frowned and walked carefully toward the cave. Not long after, a tuft of greyish white fur appeared in Zero's eyes.

He could already imagine what it was like.

A corpse wolf was dragged into the cave by an unknown creature. Judging from the depth of the tracks in the sand and the claw marks left on the rocks, it was probably a male wolf. Only an adult male wolf would have the weight to match the marks on the ground, as well as the strength to leave clear claw marks on the rock.

Zero could not imagine what could capture an adult corpse wolf alive. Based on his knowledge of the new era, in the memories, only the butchers he met in the Silver Tree City were qualified to do so.

However, there were no other marks on the sand other than the tracks of the corpse wolves. This meant that the thing that had captured the corpse wolf was not very big and was also light in weight. Otherwise, there was bound to be something left behind.

The dagger in his hand tightened.

When Zero walked into the cave, the skin under the protective suit gave off a prickly feeling. That was a signal of danger. Amongst the zero golden right eye, the silver stripes immediately gathered, clearly projecting the scene in the cave into Zero's eyes.

The cave was not large, but the walls were filled with blood. The stomach of an adult male wolf was ripped open. Its intestines and internal organs were scattered all over the ground. Some of them had even been stomped into meat paste, mixing together with the sand. Beneath the wolf corpse, blood pooled into pools of blood. Judging by the thickness of the blood, the time the male wolf had died was definitely no more than 10 minutes.

During this period of time, Zero had been laying the detonator in the vicinity and had not realized that the killing was happening right beside him.

He had goosebumps.

Zero's sensitivity towards danger had always been very high. Killing people by his side this time, yet this was the first time he had ever experienced such a thing.

He used his dagger to pry open the wound, and his frown deepened. The muscles of the wound were fractured randomly. It was obvious that the wound wasn't caused by a sharp weapon, but was instead torn apart by a tremendous force. Seeing this, Zero carefully stood up, turned around, and was about to leave. He decided to give up on this hunt. When there was an unknown danger nearby, Zero didn't think he had the heart to kill a pack of zombie wolves.

When he turned around and was about to leave, he stepped on something. The sensation of the foreign object stopped him. He looked down and saw a metal plate lying in the mud and blood at his feet.

Zero picked it up. There was a metal piece the size of a thumb with English engraved on it. It was just that the English language had been severely worn out and only the letters "HA" could be seen. He didn't know what that meant, but there was no doubt that it would carry an English brand. It definitely wouldn't be a corpse wolf or some other wild beast. It could be a man, someone who could tear an adult male wolf apart with his bare hands!

He threw the plate into his backpack and left the cave. The moment he stepped on the sand outside the cave, Zero heard the miserable screams coming from below. Su Ming's heart tightened as he dashed forward like a bolt of lightning. He hid behind the rock and looked down.

Blood formed rivers!

Corpse Wolves lay scattered on the ground, their corpses were extremely strange. Some had their stomachs ripped open, some had their heads twisted to the side, some had their intestines strangled, and some had their limbs strangely twisted. This was simply an unequal massacre. Judging from the bloody technique, the murderer should have belonged to the same person who killed the corpse wolf in the cave.

From the distance came the howls of the corpse wolves. From the other side of the canyon, Zero could see a dozen adult males wolves surrounding and attacking a figure. Zero changed his line of sight. By the time he caught sight of the figure, the battle was already over.

There was no doubt that it was a person. However, he was holding a wolf corpse in his hand, and his face was covered, making it impossible to see his appearance. He grabbed the wolf's head and neck with both hands, then used his strength to split the corpse apart.

He casually threw the wolf corpse towards the direction of zero, which occupied all vision. When the wolf corpse landed on the ground, the person had already disappeared without a trace.

Ten minutes later, zero appeared on the scene.

He didn't dare to rush over. Even with his enhanced level 1 defense, his body couldn't withstand the opponent's strength that could easily tear apart the corpse wolf. Thus, after determining that there was no danger, he approached it cautiously. He quickly checked the scene, but other than the ground littered with minced meat, he could not find anything else of value.

He left the canyon and ran as fast as he could in the direction of the base. He had to report what he saw to Old Jack that the presence of such dangerous humanoids near the base was not an ordinary occurrence.

When they were about a kilometer away from the base, Zero suddenly stopped.

At the edge of the road, a dead wolf lay in a pool of blood. Its limbs were still twitching, indicating that it had just died and that its nerves had not completely stopped working.

The sense of danger in Su Bai's heart grew stronger.

That thing was approaching the base!