"It's good to have this group of cannon fodder." The leader of the five men said to Luo Yuan as he chopped off the head of a mutated rat that slipped through the net with a machete.
His name was Huang Yaoguang, and he used to be the security captain of a company. A few days after the company closed down, he and a few of his men settled down in the garbage dump. If Luo Yuan hadn't saved them during the last rat tide, they would have been turned into bones. That was why he and a few of his brothers followed closely behind Luo Yuan the moment they set off.
"They're just a bunch of mobs. I'm afraid they'll scatter once there's danger!" Luo Yuan said as he raised his head and looked into the distance. Even though many people had left, there were still thousands of people gathered in the garbage dump that was a few square kilometers wide.
The scale of this rat tide was huge. It was probably the biggest one in half a month. The deeper they went, the more frequent the battles became. There were more and more corpses on the ground. Occasionally, they could see a few mutated rats gnawing on the corpses. Intestines and internal organs were all over the ground.
The smell of blood mixed with the unique stench of the garbage dump, forming a weird nauseating smell.
"Look, what's that?" Someone suddenly shouted in front of them.
Everyone immediately looked over and saw a gray blanket moving towards them from more than a hundred meters away. Suddenly, the gunshots in front of them became louder. The crowd was in a mess. A small number of people started to run back, but more people ran in that direction. The scene was extremely noisy.
It was not a blanket, but a rat tide with a radius of a few hundred meters. Countless mutated rats gathered together and pushed forward like a wave.
"Let's go. The Rat King must be there," Chen Haiyan shouted.
After saying that, he ran forward.
Everyone quickened their pace and quickly rushed to the front of the battle. When they saw the scene, they could not help but gasp.
There were densely packed rats everywhere in front of them. The rat tide covered a few garbage mountains. What they saw was only the tip of the iceberg. Even so, there were at least thousands of them.
If it weren't for the hundreds of people still fighting in the surroundings, and the fact that there were still more people rushing over, he would have already retreated.
"Kill!" Chen Haiyan shouted and took the lead to rush into the rat tide. With a few slashes, she sent several rats flying. With the rise and fall of her footwork and the left and right movements of her body, she changed into slashing, stabbing, lifting, chopping, wiping, carrying, spreading, pulling, cutting, and other saber techniques. The rats around her couldn't get close to her at all.
"Boss Luo, what should we do?" Huang Yaoguang and the others were not called by Chen Haiyan, and they admired Luo Yuan, so they did not attack immediately. Instead, they asked Luo Yuan.
"It's just a few mice. It's not enough for us to kill. You guys stand behind me and help me block the mutated mice from both sides." Luo Yuan was slightly excited after watching Chen Haiyan's performance.
"Okay, leave the rest to us. Unless they step over our dead bodies, they won't miss a single mouse, okay?" Huang Yaoguang knew that in this way, the pressure on them would be much lighter, so he immediately promised.
Luo Yuan nodded and walked forward with his knife.
After such a long period of training, his knife skills had increased to 13 points. Compared to the last time he had gone to Yushui City, his strength had improved even more. The whole knife in his hand was like an extension of his arm. With the flash of his knife, the rats were beheaded and dismembered before they could even get close to him. Blood splattered everywhere.
Compared to Chen Haiyan's knife skills, there were not many fancy moves in his knife skills. Every move and every style was extremely concise, without any unnecessary movements. If there was a characteristic, it would be speed. Most people wouldn't even be able to see it clearly before the knife was already swung out. Huang Yaoguang and the others who were following him basically had nothing to do.
Besides Luo Yuan and Chen Haiyan, the middle-aged man called Qian Dakui was also particularly eye-catching.
He roared, lowered his body, raised his shield, and rushed towards the rat tide like a bull. His strength was great, and together with the shield that had many sharp blades hanging on it, he was invincible as he charged forward. Not only were the surrounding rats sent flying by him, but their bodies were also badly mutilated by the sharp blades on his shield. They were either dead or crippled.
He stopped after a few meters, and the shield in his hand spun around his body. A few mutated rats that tried to attack him from the side were quickly knocked away. The next moment, he took his machete and kept hacking. Although he was not as good as Luo Yuan and Chen Haiyan, he was able to easily withstand the attacks of the rats with the help of the shield.
Boss Zhou and the other two were at the back of the line. They would occasionally shoot and kill the rats that slipped through the net. For them, every bullet was precious. Naturally, they couldn't be like melee fighters, killing without restraint. Moreover, they didn't bring many bullets this time, so they could only save them for crucial moments.
The crowd kept pushing forward, leaving a path of dead bodies. Some belonged to mutated rats, some belonged to humans, but most belonged to mutated rats.
Ten minutes later, the crowd had pushed forward a few hundred meters, and the number of people had increased to more than a thousand. The rat tide was getting thinner and thinner.
Suddenly, an oppressive roar came from the front. It did not sound like a rat's roar, but more like the roar of a ferocious beast. When the mutated rats heard the roar, they immediately retreated like the tide.
"Oh no! The king of rats is escaping. Without this opportunity, it will be even more difficult to kill it in the future. "Luo Yuan's face changed as he shouted. If the king of rats escaped, his mission would probably fail.
"Go! We can't let it escape! "The crowd could see that, and they were all excited.
The team quickly split up. Other than a few hundred people who chased after the king, most of them stayed. After all, only a few people were ambitious. Most of them came just to make a fortune, and they did not want to take too much risk. With so many mutated rat corpses, it was enough for them to live a stable life for a while, so there was no need to take risks.
A few minutes later, a huge rat appeared in front of them.
Perhaps it was the reflection of the moonlight, or its fur, but it looked silvery white. Its body was about 1.5 meters long, and it looked smoother than a normal rat's. Its slender tail formed a straight line in the air, swaying slightly with the movement of its body. It was like a noble king surrounded by a group of mutated rats, slowly retreating into the distance.
Luo Yuan's eyes lit up. The size of this mutated rat was not too exaggerated. It was just a small creature compared to the giant snake and the giant dog. Other than the thousands of mutated rats surrounding it, which was a little troublesome, the rest of the rats could not even be compared to the blue rank creatures they had met before.
"Do you have the guts to rush?" Luo Yuan asked the temporary team.
"If not, we would have stayed at home long ago. Why would we come here to risk our lives? I finally understand this world. The timid die of starvation, and the bold die of overeating. Let's overeat today. "Huang Yaoguang cooperated. He could see that Luo Yuan, Chen Haiyan and the others seemed to have a strong desire to attack. Although he did not know the reason, it must be related to the value of the king of rats. Thinking of the rumor he had heard, his heart suddenly started beating fast.
"Not bad. Those who don't want to go can quit now." Chen Haiyan said and looked at the crowd.
"Isn't it a joke to quit at this point? Count me in? " Qian Dakui curled his lips and smashed the end of the shield on the ground. He was panting. Even if he had good stamina, holding such a heavy weapon was a little difficult.
"Boss Zhou, what about the three of you?" Chen Haiyan asked the other three.
"The few of us will not quit, but I'm worried that the others will take advantage of us. We are not the only ones here! " Boss Zhou said with a fake smile as he rubbed his pistol and looked at the hundreds of people nearby.
Luo Yuan did not care. His goal was to kill the king of rats and complete the mission. As for how many people would get to split the loot, that was a matter for later. Although it was good to get more, it did not matter if it was less. He had already prepared to go to other places to hunt blue rank creatures, so he did not want to fight with others for a little profit. The more people there were, the more risks they could share, which would increase the success rate of the mission.
However, he could only hide this in his heart. He thought for a while and said, "Why don't we discuss with them and set a rule? I don't think there are many who would dare to go."
"I'll handle this. I know the leaders of the bigger groups!" Chen Haiyan said after thinking for a while.
"Alright, I'll leave it to you." Luo Yuan looked at him coldly.
Luo Yuan could see that Chen Haiyan was an ambitious person. He had been very proactive along the way and had taken the position of a leader. However, this had nothing to do with him. The more proactive he was, the better it would be for him. Luo Yuan was happy to see that.
More than a hundred people were facing thousands of mutated rats and a king rat. As expected, many people hesitated. In the end, there were only about 50 people who were still persistent. They were divided into three groups. Basically, they were put together at the last minute.
After the delay, the rats had gradually passed one of the garbage mountains and were about to disappear. Luo Yuan was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
After a while, Chen Haiyan finally came back. He looked in front and said quickly, "Since time is tight, let's talk on the way."
"The result of the discussion is that the three groups will attack from three directions. The first group to kill the rat will get half of the loot, and the other two groups will share the rest equally." Chen Haiyan said hurriedly while running, "The advantage is that even if we don't kill the king rat first, we can still get some loot!"
"That's good. Otherwise, even if we kill the Rat King, I'm afraid we'll be betrayed by others. Those who can survive here are all good people. They'll do anything for the sake of profit," Qian Dakui nodded.
The garbage dump was an extremely chaotic and cruel place. It was like a different world from the orderly city. Human life was worthless there. Almost a hundred people died or disappeared every day. Some of them were killed by the mutated rats, while others were killed by humans. The corpses turned into a pile of bones before the sun rose.
While humans were eating the mutated rats, the mutated rats were also eating humans.
If the species on the land did not have strict discipline, their speed would be greatly slowed down when there were too many of them. Ten minutes later, the group caught up with the rat tide again.
The battle broke out quickly. After a moment of chaos, the rat tide suddenly stopped moving. Maybe it was because the number of enemies had decreased, so there was an opportunity. Countless mutated rats suddenly rushed forward like a tide.
At that moment, even Luo Yuan felt the pressure increase.
His footsteps were alternating between advancing and retreating, swaying left and right. The Zhanmadao in his hand was almost like a phantom under the moonlight. The mutant rats that were not afraid of death, just as they jumped into the air, they were invisibly cut apart.
He withstood the tide-like attacks, like a sharp blade, slowly tearing apart the tide of rats. Step by step, he moved forward with difficulty. Every step he took left a few mutated rat corpses.
"Ding! Knife skill increased by 1."
Luo Yuan did not seem to notice the system's notification. His mental strength was highly concentrated, and his whole body was emitting a terrifying aura. This kind of aura made every mutated rat that was rushing towards him stop for a moment and mess up their movements.
In less than a minute, there was a decrease in the group. Boss Zhou and the other two were using guns, so they were at the back. If it had been a small group of mutated rats, it would have been safer to be at the back. However, they were facing a rat tide, so there were rats everywhere.
A rat bit one of the men's calf from behind. After he killed it, two more rats rushed over from behind. He kept firing bullets and killed the two mutated rats in a hurry. However, he realized that he was gradually separated from the group.
More and more rats swarmed him. He only managed to call for help once before he was swallowed by a group of rats.
"Useless!" Boss Zhou wanted to save him, but it was too late. He cursed under his breath and looked gloomy. He winked at his last subordinate, and the two of them squeezed into the middle of the group.
Huang Yaoguang and the others followed closely behind Luo Yuan, blocking the mutated rats from both sides and sharing the pressure. However, it was not long before they were injured one after another. Chen Haiyan and Qian Dakui quickly joined in. The ten of them formed a circle and firmly blocked the crazy attacks of the mutated rats.
At this moment, gunshots suddenly rang out in the distance. The rat tide was startled, and they quickly rushed to the other side. Suddenly, they were sent flying.
"F * ck! Is it the armed police? " Chen Haiyan looked back and suddenly got angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know who informed them. If I know, I'll kill him."
Not far away, there were dozens of soldiers holding rifles and continuously shooting at the rats. The surrounding mutated rats all rushed towards them, but the mutated rats on Luo Yuan's side became sparse.
He looked at them for a while, his expression uncertain. In the end, he could only sigh dejectedly. "Let's go. With these people here, we can't do anything to them. With these people here, we won't even get any leftovers. They won't let go of any lord level mutated creatures. "
"We're leaving just like that?" Huang Yaoguang touched his wounded arm and said in disbelief.
"What else can we do? Can we compete with the army for food?" Qian Dakui vented his anger by hitting a mutated rat with his shield and spitting on it.
After working hard for a whole night, they were about to reap the rewards, but now they were being robbed. Anyone would be upset.
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