In the forest, Dias opened the subspace container in his hand and took out the ammo inside for everyone to replenish.
Logically speaking, subspace containers on planets with a habitability rating of A and below would be unstable. Therefore, most people would only use subspace containers on habitable planets. For planets with a habitability rating of B and below, opening a subspace container would involve different degrees of risk. Even so, Dias still opened it. If they did not replenish their ammo, it would be difficult for them to have time to replenish their ammo once they started fighting. Fortunately, the activation went smoothly. Although there were some effects and it was not very stable, they were able to take out the items.
"Vice-captain, it's not just one side that has those things!" Xiao Shang exclaimed.
The scanner showed a few more dots. After a second scan and cross-analysis of the parameters, they confirmed that these were indeed the creatures with keratin on their heads.
They had formed a fan shape and surrounded Dias and the others. They were either surrounding them or … forcing them to the back.
"They're forcing us back!" Xiao Shang said.
Yes, if they were only surrounding them, why were they only forming a fan shape?
If they were forcing them back, then what would be waiting for them? Although they did not know, it would definitely be more dangerous and disadvantageous to them.
They could not retreat! They were in a dangerous situation now. If they retreated, they might be in a situation where they would most likely die!
It seemed that these guys were quite intelligent, far higher than they had imagined.
After replenishing their ammo, if their aim was good, they could finish them all off with micro-armor-piercing bullets. But this time, these guys seemed to be chasing after their lives. They were even faster than the previous ones.
Bang!
The bullets struck the hard surface of the horny creatures' heads and drilled through them, entering their heads.
Killing one with one shot was indeed a lot easier. However, there were too many of them, and the distance between the two sides was still shrinking.
Even though there were only twelve of them, they still had a certain level of confidence in facing those guys with no less than three hundred. At least the situation was not too bad.
Just as they had this thought, the alarm sounded. This time, what the scanning system showed made their hearts sink.
Behind these horny creatures, another group of unknown creatures came. They were very fast and did not move in a straight line.
The most special thing was that although the unknown creatures behind them were not running in a straight line and were dodging, they were still running toward them in a fan shape.
Not long after, everyone saw the creatures running from behind through the telescopic system. They were larger than the horny creatures. Excluding the spikes on their backs, these horny creatures were about a meter tall, while the creatures behind them were more than twice the size of the horny creatures.
If these horny creatures were partially armed, then the ones that came later were fully armed!
Damn it, these guys are wearing "armor" again! Moreover, the "armor" was a lot more difficult to deal with than those guys who only had their heads and torsos equipped. Its body was covered with a hard, red and black substance that looked like a crystal. From its appearance, it looked a little like a leopard.
Kari took out another type of bullet. This type of bullet looked similar to the armor-piercing bullet, but the color of the bullet was different. Each bullet had a special symbol on it.
Bang!
The bullet hit one of the big guys, penetrated the thick hard surface, and went inside before exploding. Blood spurted out of the creature's mouth. A lot of the hard, red and black substance on its body was lifted up due to the internal shock, but its body did not seem to have been blown into pieces. Of course, even though it looked fine, its internal organs were blown up. It moved around for a while before it stopped moving.
When the others of its kind saw this, they sped up again and ran with more skill, agility, and leaping ability. It was very difficult to lock onto them and shoot them. The two shots that Kari fired later did not hit their targets but hit the tree trunks instead. The resulting explosion did not affect those creatures much. As long as they missed, even if the explosion happened right next to them, it would not hurt them much. The hard protection on their bodies allowed them to avoid the damage of such an explosion.
Due to the red and black monsters coming from behind, the horny creatures running at the front became even more desperate.
The horny creatures at the front were the ones who died, and they were also the ones who attracted most of the firepower. There were more than twenty monsters at the back, and this was only what they could see. Dias did not know if there were more hiding outside their scanning range. Perhaps there were some lying in ambush at the back. Up until now, Kari was the only one who had killed one first. They were having a hard time fighting two of the creatures at the same time.
The two sides were getting closer and closer.
"Retreat first! Stall for time. The captain and the others will come to support us! "Dias roared. He had no other choice now. If they did not fight while retreating to find suitable cover, it would be very difficult to deal with them once they got close. The monsters behind them could probably kill them with a single swipe of their claws.
Climb up a tree? Impossible. They would be dead meat if they did that. No matter how thick a tree was, it would not be able to withstand the claws of these things. Moreover, based on the movements of those creatures, they could also climb up trees. Perhaps they were much more agile in trees than they were. Hoverboards? Although they brought them, they did not dare to use them. If they wanted to fly, they could only fly above the forest. Judging from the jumping speed of those things, they could reach a certain height as long as they borrowed the strength of the tree trunk. Meanwhile, many birds had gathered in the sky above the forest at some point. They could only see their shadows flashing by through the gaps between the leaves. However, everyone knew that as soon as they went up, they would become the target of a multitude of attacks. In the air, humans were not as agile as those big birds, so they would only die even faster.
Although they knew that there would be more difficult situations ahead, they had no other choice. Now that they had been forced to this point, they could only take one step at a time and wait for reinforcements from the back.
Boom!
Someone used a shoulder cannon. Although shoulder cannons were more destructive and definitely more lethal than bullets, they were not very effective against those big guys. The reason was because of the terrain and environment here. This was a forest, and there were thick tree trunks everywhere. Those big guys had very sensitive senses and dodged very quickly, so it was very difficult to really lock onto them. The energy bullets that hit the tree trunks would at most cause some damage to the horny creatures in front of them, but they would not cause much actual damage to the big guys. At most, they would peel off some of their hard skin. However, if they used the shoulder cannon, they would be able to wipe out some of the horny creatures in front of them first, which would reduce their burden by quite a bit.
They had already eliminated three-quarters of the horny creatures in front of them, and they had yet to deal with the monsters at the back. The twelve of them alone would not be able to handle them.
One of the big guys running at the back ran into one of the plants with red and white flowers when it was dodging bullets, and it directly used its two claws to tear the plant in half. This made everyone realize just how difficult it would be to fight these guys in close combat. Even a Rank A Genotype would not dare to fight them head-on without a weapon, not to mention that the other party had the advantage in numbers.
Ba Dao's extra two pairs of hands came into play. Although his accuracy might not be as good as Cillin's, it was still an extra helping hand. Cillin's Rapid Fire had killed most of the horny skinned beasts on his side, so the others should be able to deal with the remaining horny skinned beasts.
After reloading, Silin aimed his gun at the big guys behind the horny creatures. They were very alert, especially when they saw Kari kill one of them with a single shot. They became even more vigilant, and they were very sensitive to being locked onto. Before Kari could fire, they had already dodged to the side.
Bang!
A hole was blasted open on the head of one of the big guys, and the dark red hard substance on its skin splattered everywhere. Due to inertia, it rolled on the ground twice before it stopped moving. It did not even sense that it had been locked onto, and it was suddenly shot while it was running.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Another three shots were fired in quick succession, and three more big guys were shot and fell to the ground.
After Silin killed seven of them, the remaining horny creatures and the big guys covered in hard substance caught up to them.
Clang —
Sparks flew when the wrist blades that popped out cut into the skin of these big guys, which showed just how hard their skin was. Although they managed to cut in a little, the wounds were too shallow. Unless they were all cut in the same spot, they would not be able to do much damage even if they were torn apart.
Extremely low temperature condensation and flames were not very effective against them, and their surface defense was too good. Fortunately, Silin had taken care of seven of them, and together with the one that Kari had taken care of first, there were still fifteen left.
The horny skinned beasts did not stop there. Instead, they continued to run, so the group only had to face these 15 big guys.
Although they were wearing protective suits, the group's dodging speed was still very fast, and they were looking for points of attack as they dodged.
Perhaps they knew that Silin posed the greatest threat to them, so three of them attacked Silin.
Using the recoil from the wrist blades hitting their bodies, Silin jumped up and fired a shot into the mouth of one of the big guys that was pouncing at him. The impact from the bullet's explosion lifted countless small pieces off its hard surface, and dark red blood and internal organ fragments also sprayed out of its mouth.
After that shot, Silin did not stop. He dodged the one that was coming at him from behind, stepped on the tree trunk with his foot, twisted his body, and quickly jumped up to dodge. Then, he fired another shot at the one that was pouncing at him from the side. This series of attacks was extremely fast. Even Dias would have a hard time doing this while wearing protective suits. The big guy that was pouncing at him had already leaped off the ground, so it could not dodge instantly and was shot directly.
He put away his wrist blades, and at the same time, three small hooks popped out and hooked onto the thick tree trunk next to him. He turned around along the trunk and fired another shot at the one that was about to make a move.
Dias, who was fighting a big guy, roared in his heart, 'I haven't even taken care of one, and that kid has already taken care of three!'
After taking care of three, Silin found an opening and helped Xiao Shang take care of one. That big guy's mistake was that it should not have sent Xiao Shang flying at that moment, giving Silin the opportunity to take care of it. If the two of them were too close, it would not have been easy to shoot.
"Silin, go help Kari! There are two attacking him! "Xiao Shang roared.
They thought that Kari was the first to kill one, so the big guys classified Kari and Silin as dangerous. The most threatening one was Silin, so they sent out three of them, followed by Kari, so two of them went to deal with Kari, and the remaining one was a one-on-one.
Kari?
That guy was pushed too hard by two of them, so he should have retreated a little further than everyone else, but he should not have retreated beyond the range of the scanner, right?
In terms of flexibility, Kari was not as good as Silin, so the only thing he could do was to prevent the two from attacking him from the front and back. However, this guy could not have retreated so far that he could not even see his shadow, right?!
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