It was noon when Li Xiang woke up. After washing, Wang Qi explained the action plan to her. They would set off after sunset, so she had better find a way to rest.
I feel that it is not a big problem to fight a mantis monster indoors during the day, but there is no need to take such a risk. The probability of being beaten up for committing crimes at night will be much lower anyway. Not only is it a visual problem, but there are also benefits in terms of temperature.
The two roasted some meat and ate it, while Wang Qi continued to sleep.
Li Xiang couldn't sleep, so he did vigilance work, and finally stayed next to Wang Qi and pretended to be asleep.
Wang Qi "did not notice" her little move, because when he woke up again, Li Xiang was still on guard.
The portion of the meal before preparing for action is also relatively small to avoid being too full and affecting your concentration. At the same time, roast the dried meat that may need to be eaten on the way, and the taste will be slightly improved.
"I won't talk again after I go out. You should also pay attention." He said with a gesture of silence.
Li Xiang nodded as if she understood.
Starting from Building 2, Wang Qi used gestures instead of words.
He doesn't even know the full set of police sign language, but it doesn't matter, he can just design his own.
The design intention of police sign language is to convey reliable and accurate information to the team in a silent environment, mainly with one hand, using the smallest possible movements.
Knowing the underlying logic, it is not difficult to imitate the cat and the tiger. Standby, advance, search, alert, attack, dodge, plus personnel designation, path pointing, etc., more than a dozen actions can be combined to cover most situations. At least they don't need to rescue hostages now. The purpose of silent operations is to kill everything that can be eaten, so the message composition will be simpler.
Wang Qi had already sorted out and practiced the movements when he was at home. Due to the difficulty in language communication and the training plan, he had not had time to teach Li Xiang... Let her understand first, and he could pull it if there was a problem.
The two set off again, Ideal no longer pushing the sled, and landed a few steps further away holding the crossbow.
Wang Qi still pulls the sled, but he also puts the fire ax on his waist.
This is the knowledge he learned while playing in the archery club. Ancient soldiers carried equipment differently when marching and preparing for battle. Hanging the ax by his waist like this will have some impact on his movements, but it will be easier to get when he really needs it.
...Well, actually, it was mainly because he was panicking when using the secret technique with the ax hanging on his waist, so he only thought of changing the carrying method when he was approaching the hunting area.
In order to maintain enough physical strength to fight the mantis monster at any time, and because some abnormal traces were found on the road, the movement was slower than yesterday, and it took almost five hours to reach the hunting ground.
Various problems can arise if people stay in the snow for too long, and Night Walker is no exception. The plan is to return to Building 2 within fourteen hours at the longest. If Li Xiang cannot hold on, the time will be shortened, leaving it to them The scouting hunt time is only three to four hours.
Traces found on the road showed that there were at least three additional waves of forces trying to obtain food from the reptile lair just from the direction they came from.
One wave was of mummy monsters, all acting alone. Two traces were found on the road. Judging from the size of the palm prints, they were not the same one.
The remaining two groups are humans or other nocturnal ghosts, and their identities are unknown. One wave had a lot of people, maybe ten people; the other wave had two people, maybe the survivors that they had seen.
Reptiles are not easy either, everyone wants to eat their meat.
Wang Qi had no sympathy at all. If there were no reptiles, many large and small animals and plants would settle in the city as it becomes a jungle, and everyone's life would be easier.
After searching around with Li Xiang to no avail, they continued to approach the gym.
I was thinking as I walked towards the suspected administrative building that was one of the targets in the early plans.
I took a detour and entered the building, and found something.
There was a sentry lying in the corner. When Wang Qi approached, there was no movement at all.
He made a gesture to ask Li Xiang to be on guard at the side, and then he touched it and cut off the tail whistle.
Still alive, but moving in slow motion.
Wang Qi stayed on the side of the reptile, poking its hunting feet with steel bars from time to time to make sure that the reptile was really close to its life limit, and then gestured to Li Xiang to let her try.
There are pros and cons to practicing with a weak crawler.
The advantage is that it can help her build confidence and overcome negative emotions in a safer way. The disadvantage is that the danger of reptiles may be underestimated when the temperature improves. The latter can be solved with language and added attributes.
Li Xiang was stunned, and it wasn't until Wang Qi made two gestures that she got into the mood.
Wang Qi stepped away and found that she was a little nervous, but didn't do anything.
Li wanted to aim his crossbow and shoot.
The crossbow arrow accurately hit the head, and the greater kinetic energy pushed the reptile back a little, but it did not penetrate the carapace and was slid away.
It is easier for people who have touched Coleoptera insects with their hands to understand that although insect exoskeletons look bumpy under a magnifying glass, they are actually very smooth. Using a crossbow to attack an exoskeleton creature as big as a reptile is similar to using a cannonball to hit a tank. The arrows will fly away. It will appear very frequently, and only when the angle is right, armor-piercing attacks will easily occur.
From the front, it obviously doesn't fit.
It didn't matter, Wang Qi had already explained the situation of reptiles to her several times at home. Li Xiang, who was at the scene, did not show any pause or disappointment when the crossbow bolts bounced off. She put down the crossbow and went up with her short spear to start shooting.
The short spear was modified from the hunting knife exchanged with the survivors earlier. In fact, a wooden handle was added to fix it together.
If Wang Qin attacked this thing with all his strength, it would fall apart in one go. However, even if Li Xiang's attributes are not low, because of her small stature, her attack acceleration range is relatively short, and her weight is not enough, resulting in the actual strength of the contact point being much lower than the value indicated by the attributes. Just pretend that she hasn't digested those attributes yet.
In short, she can use this spear, but its structure is too simple and still cannot support her to attack the exoskeleton. She can only attack from the abdomen, photosensitive crystal and other vulnerable parts.
The crawler also tried to attack during the whole process. As time went on, its movements even became more flexible, but it was of no use.
Wang Qi's explanation of the reptile was really spot-on. Li tried to hit it sideways but couldn't hit it. With its mobility at this time, it couldn't even aim at the enemy head-on.
Not long after, the reptile that Li Xiang stabbed a series of holes in the side of its abdomen stopped moving.
The reptiles are not dead at this time. Even humans have the ability to fight back for a short time if their intestines fall out. The nervous structure of the reptiles will allow them to maintain their ability to move for a longer period of time.
Li Xiang was curious and used a short spear to tease the reptile's tail sting. It could still attack, but it was even more unsure of its direction.
Wang Qi approached and asked her to step aside and give the reptile a hard time with the steel bar.
He put the whole reptile back on the sled and tied it up, and continued to wander around the administration building.
In the remaining time, I collected some documents that I didn't know were useful, and found another crawler in the corner of the next building.
There were three reptiles found this time, each in two buildings. Wang Qi was worried that they would not be able to take good care of Li Xiang if they called the police and attracted the mantis monster, so he had to give up temporarily.
For the time being, he didn't really give up. He needed to go back to Building 2 to lay out tactics for Li Xiang and dry his pants before coming back.
At least I didn’t leave empty-handed today, which was pretty good.
But when he returned to Building 2 and dismantled the reptile, Wang Qi began to worry again.
Before winter, only two shriveled fat strips were left. What should have weighed two kilograms now is less than one kilogram. I can't stir out four ounces of oil in the pot. I hope this is an individual phenomenon. If Reptiles are like this, so don’t you have to kill more every time you hunt?
Maybe the real meat-eating has to fall on the mantis monster.
