Chapter 281
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Sergei's mouth twitched. He looked around: "If I remember correctly, this passage … It seems to be the 'death passage' that Huasheng consortium rented?" He glanced at Dudian.
Dudian indifferently said: "It seems that you have a good memory."
Sergei frowned as he saw Dudian admit to it. He tightened his grip on the gunpowder box.
Scar who was pushing the small cannon in front of them looked at Dudian in astonishment: "Is this the death passage?"
Gwyneth and Jin realized that the name wasn't a simple name. Their faces slightly changed as they looked at Dudian.
Dudian indifferently said as he saw the surprised look on their faces: "Aren't you afraid of death when you are hunting outside the giant wall? Aren't you worried a bit too much?"
Jin and Scar smiled but didn't say anything.
Gwyneth looked at Dudian. She saw that he didn't want to explain so she moved her eyes away. Her other free hand quietly touched the hunting sword on her waist.
After a moment, everyone came to a place seven or eight miles away from the giant wall.
Dean took out the map. The carvings on it were extremely detailed. It covered the entire area outside the giant wall. There were eight different emblems. Dean knew all of them. They were the emblems of the six consortiums, the military, and the last one was the emblem of the Ryan family. It was located in a small circle outside the wall of the death passage.
The areas on the left and right sides of the passage were occupied by the Scott consortium and the Green consortium. They were divided into small areas with area codes ranging from zero to more than ten to twenty. Only the area where he was standing was a gray area. It represented the uncleared areas.
This was the map that the consortiums had reached after a long period of cooperation. It was a unified map that was updated to facilitate the identification of each other's areas.
Dudian took out another map. This was the map that he had traded with the Huasheng consortium. The paper was yellowed and rough. Ten years ago, the paper technology was very poor. The pencil lines were a bit blurred. The map was divided into three areas. The first area was about forty miles away from the giant wall. Most of the monsters were level 12 to 25.
Outside of the first area was the second area. It was about seventy miles long, and it was recorded that there was a 'Bramble Mouth Earth Dragon'. According to the Monster Encyclopedia, this was a monster that had reached Level 37!
Even senior hunters would turn around and run if they saw such a monster. There was no room for fighting.
The outermost area was the third area that the hunters of the Huasheng consortium had explored. There was no record, only a black X mark.
Dudian had looked at this map many times. At the moment, he roughly determined his current location. There was a small lake about four miles to the left. There was a demon-claw crocodile. It was a level 19 amphibious monster. It was one of the more famous monsters that were below level 20. It had excellent lurking ability and amazing night vision ability. It was a killer in the dark and lake. Even senior hunters would be killed by it. Once bitten, there was no armor that could defend!
Dudian remembered that according to the map that was given by the Huasheng consortium, he had stepped into the second area. However, he had encountered scythe zombies and monsters below level 20. Moreover, the number was relatively small. When the senior hunters of Huasheng consortium died, they were either ambushed by monsters when they entered the third region or killed in the second region on their way back. Now ten years have passed. The first region marked on the map had long since disappeared without a trace. Either they were hunted by each other or they had migrated.
In any case, the safety factor in the first and second areas was many times higher than ten years ago.
This was good news for others, but for Dudian it was a big pity.
"Come with me." Dudian led the way to the lake about four miles away. He carefully sensed the movement in the surroundings. Sergei was leading the way. Sergei's' steel dragon 'magic marks were one of the few that could withstand the sneak attack of the demon-claw crocodile.
Along the way he didn't smell any monster lurking in the vicinity. After walking for about three miles, Dean still couldn't see the shadow of a lake in front of him. His heart felt strange. Did Huasheng consortium's map lie to him? But the year of the map didn't seem to be new.
He thought for a moment and asked Scar to stop in place. Gwyneth and Jin were on standby. He called Sergei to keep up with him. He threw the gunpowder box on the ground and moved forward lightly. Dudian felt that there was a monster lurking in the grass. His muscles were tense. After all, his sense of smell wasn't a 100% detector.
Soon, a large patch of short grass was exposed in front of the grass. It was a depressed basin but the arc of the depression wasn't deep. There were aquatic weeds growing on top of it. There was a little water at the bottom of the basin.
Dudian's eyes narrowed as he touched the ground with his toes. He felt that the soil of the basin was a bit soft. He took a few steps back. Was this the lake from ten years ago? Ten years had passed and the lake had turned into a swamp?
Sergei stood on the edge and looked carefully. His face slightly changed as he took a few steps back. He looked at Dudian: "Move back!"
Dudian was surprised as he retreated in a hurry. But he didn't see any movement in the basin: "What's wrong?"
Sergei's eyes were dignified as he pointed to a place more than ten meters away: "Look at the bottom of the branch. Is there an eye?"
Dudian's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the direction of Sergei's finger. He saw a rotten branch in the water. The light couldn't reach the bottom of the branch. It was dark but it didn't affect Dudian's vision. There was a mottled emerald ball that looked like moss growing on the ground.
Dudian's eyes moved: "I'll try." He bent down and picked up a piece of mud. He kneaded it into a ball and threw it towards the direction of the branch.
Due to his long training as a shooter, his aim was much better. The mud ball hit the dead branch hard, and with a bang, some water splashed out. At the same time, the whole ground suddenly shook and turned 180 degrees, slowly moving into the other side of the basin.
Dudian took a deep breath. He didn't expect that there would be a monster lurking in the lake. Moreover, the smell of the monster was very light. It was completely covered by the smell of the decaying water in the basin.
"Sure enough …" Sergei looked at the figure that was twisting away. He looked at Dudian: "It's a bit difficult to kill them. But they like to lurk and hunt. Once their camouflage is seen through, they will hide. They won't attack from the front unless they are too hungry."
Dean's eyes flashed: "So, they are not particularly hungry. There are other monsters around that have become their prey, and it is likely that they live in groups!"
Sergei was startled as he didn't expect Dean to speculate so many things. He looked at the teenager and nodded: "There is a possibility. However, it doesn't mean that the monster is weak. It is likely that it was killed by a sneak attack. There are some monster hunters that can ambush and kill monsters that are seven or eight levels higher than themselves."
Dudian nodded. The attack weapons of the monsters were far more advanced than fur and scales. For example, the armor they were wearing was mainly used to isolate radiation and provide a small amount of protection. However, the armor would be easily torn apart by the claws of the monsters which were around level 20. Even steel plates would be pierced. The only way to save their lives was to avoid the attack and kill the monster first.
"We'll hunt here." Dudian glanced around and made up his mind.
Sergei was startled.
Dudian turned back and looked for Gwyneth and others: "There is a water source nearby. We'll set traps to hunt them. Gwyneth, your speed should be faster than us. You will be responsible for luring the monsters once the traps are set up."
Gwyneth frowned as she looked at Dudian.
Dudian also looked at her. Gwyneth slowly retracted her eyes but didn't say anything.
"How do we set up traps?" Jin was puzzled.
Dudian opened the gunpowder box: "Let's dig a hole and bury these."
They were startled. The taciturn Gwyneth frowned and said: "If I'm not mistaken, this is the powder of sulfur powder and other ores. It can only be poisoned by monsters. Why are you burying it in the ground?"
Dudian said: "This is a weapon, not a poison. You just have to do as I say."
They looked at each other. Were these powders weapons? Were the weapons buried in the ground?
But they didn't say anything as they looked at Dudian's determined face. Sergei and Dudian discussed together and chose a place to dig a pit. They buried boxes of explosives in it.
It didn't take long for the sky to turn dark. The traps were set up.
Dudian took Sergei and others back to a place far away from the ruins. They used a few pieces of concrete to build a shed. They ate dry food to conserve their strength.
Jin looked at the darkness around them. He felt a bit creeped out: "Will there be monsters crawling over at night?"
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