Chapter 127 Hunting the Rats
"Shh~ Gently..."
Gently...
"More gently..."
In the dark sewer, Dai Lian hissed at Gong Yan who was following behind him.
He needed an extremely quiet environment to be able to use his ears to hear the movements of those evil creatures.
This world is really not very reasonable. According to the usual game, one should directly judge the confrontation between one's own attributes and the environment. There may also be an intervention of a fluctuation value. If the judgment is passed, the white circle or outline of the target will be directly presented on the screen.
However, here... there is no system help, and there is no screen display.
[It's like traveling through time...]
Dai Lian complained in his heart, and his ears received all the slightest movements like sonar.
The bouncing sound of steel bars expanding and contracting due to heat and cooling... The dripping sound of cold water vapor condensing into beads...
The disordered sounds of nature need to be filtered first, and the remaining ones are the purposeful and regular movements of those anti-entropy bodies!
[You are using insight to explore the environment...]
Gong Yan followed closely behind, just trying to slow down her steps as much as possible.
Cold objects do not have the fluctuations of thoughts, only living things have ripples that escape through the collective nerve tissue.
Cold, hungry...
In her world, all emotional fluctuations are like the background color that does not affect the vision, hitting the surroundings of all living things.
However, it is still a little difficult for her to receive this information now. This instinct is not proficient, and it is only possible to perceive it slightly under the premise of extreme concentration...
"Shua~"
The two people acted in unison, raising their hands and weapons almost at the same time.
Dai Lian changed to a short bow, and Gong Yan, who had no basic skills, would undoubtedly find it easier to use a hand crossbow in the early stage.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
The two arrows were shot one after another, one missed... and the other also missed.
The pop-up of combat information has an irregular delay, and it is usually difficult for players to immediately determine whether their actions are effective through it, but the sound of the arrow hitting the ground and the sound of hitting are obviously different.
Dai Lian, who is focused on the battle, can still judge this situation.
In a dark environment, even with a level 1 ranged weapon specialization, Dai Lian cannot hit the target every time, not to mention that the target is a living thing.
Fortunately, these insane little creatures lost their fear of large creatures and their sense of fear. When they noticed the direction of the attack, they actually took the initiative to charge.
"Get closer and shoot."
The number of targets was not large, about a dozen in the chaotic movement.
Without the control of the "king", they no longer acted in unison, which gave them the opportunity to attack separately.
"Hmm~" Gong Yan responded in a low voice.
She was not particularly keen on fighting, but it was obviously impossible to have fun in this world without some skills.
If there was a chance, she would not mind honing her skills without losing anything.
Quickly loading the crossbow with arrows, Gong Yan looked calm.
[Closer, closer. ]
Gong Yan silently chanted in his heart while holding the crossbow with both hands to stabilize the trajectory as much as possible.
3...
2...
1...
Shoot!
"Swish!"
"Swish!"
Dai Lian was a little happy when he shot arrows almost at the same time again. Even without communication, this kind of tacit cooperation in battle was still refreshing.
Unlike Kuang Xin, that reckless man!
But it seems quite safe to have that reckless man in front...
[Successfully hit a small moving target, long-range weapon proficiency experience +2. ]
[Hit the target, causing 3 piercing damage to the target! ]
The bowstring is not strong enough, the bow is not strong enough, and the arrow is not sharp enough...
Their weapons are naturally not as reliable as Bai'e's military products.
But it doesn't matter. The large bundle of "arrows" carried by each of them behind them is their ammunition depot!
When the distance is close enough, Gong Yan and Dai Lian maintain a steady rhythm while shooting and retreating.
Without the melee strength of the young lady of the arbitration office, they dare not let these little things maintain their numerical advantage and get close to them completely. Once they get close, they will frantically climb up along the calves, trouser legs, etc., and they can hang all over the human body in a few breaths. Moreover, their teeth and claws are sharp, and it is difficult to rely on struggling to get rid of them whether they tear the skin or tear the clothes and hang there.
The attack power of these little things is not high, but the attack frequency is very high. In groups, Dai Lian and Gong Yan don't want to use their bodies to feed their hungry gullets.
Kites are the only choice.
"Swish!"
"Swish!"
The two retreated quickly, and their hands never stopped moving. The knowledge taught by adults when shooting with pistols can also guide their combat, but they need actual combat to realize experience.
There are more than a dozen targets, but you can't be greedy. Just aim at the one you lock on as much as possible. If you shoot more, there will always be a chance.
If you rely on the large number of targets and just shoot at the densely packed areas and hope to fight with luck, that would be stupid.
Dai Lian has a level 1 long-range weapon expertise, and his hit rate is at least twice that of Gong Yan.
Gong Yan is clever and deft. His small palm holds more than a dozen homemade arrows. His arrow-loading movements are dazzling. The small crossbow can also play a firing rate that is not inferior to that of a pistol.
[Successfully hit several small moving targets, light firearms proficiency experience +8. ]
[Successfully hit several small moving targets, light firearms proficiency experience +14. ]
The sound of breaking wind was transmitted in the pipe, mixed with the wind and spread far away...
"I said I would track down the whereabouts of the person who was sheltering you, why are you still so stubborn?" The strong man accused with a voice as hard as stone.
"Don't talk~" Franka raised her index finger between her full and bright lips, "Listen..."
"Swish~"
"Swish~"
"Swish~"
A faint whistle vibrated the air, and the strong man's eyes froze slightly, a little surprised, "When did you find out?"
Franka smiled and didn't care, "You are too impatient now, of course you have lost your sensitivity to the environment."
She deliberately made her voice heavy and acted like an old man, "I am just training your patience... And these rats are also related to our mission. Didn't you say before that you should leave a good impression on ordinary people? Isn't it natural to do something good for them? Maybe seeing us like this, those mutants and devil believers hiding in the dark will come out and surrender?"
The strong man snorted coldly, "Naive!"
"Naive is a reward for me~" Franka's eyes flickered, and she looked in the direction of the sound with interest, "How about it? Do you want to go and see? Maybe it is related to the direction of our investigation?"
"..." The strong man ran away without saying a word.
"Tsundere~" Franca hummed a melodious tune, holding her hands behind her back and catching up lightly.
...
[Use melee attack to hit the target, combat proficiency experience +18. ]
[End of the battle, gain 15 combat experience points. ]
[You killed a plague rat, "Side quest - clearing rats" progress 10/100. ]
"Finally killed it..." Dai Lian wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was not the handsome muscular gorilla of Kuang Xin. He was panting under the intense physical labor, and covered his arm to feel a bit of masochistic pleasure, "And lost 3 points of blood..."
The bow and arrow are just a means to reduce the state of the plague rat. In the end, if you want to end the battle, you have to rely on... feet.
After losing the ability to move and the numerical advantage of the collective attack under the long-range kite attack of the bow and arrow, the feet are the last killer of the two.
Anyway, the adults only asked them to kill the rats in a "dark environment", and did not say that they must rely entirely on bows and arrows to complete the killing.
In the end, stepping on them one by one is also quite fun in whack-a-mole.
Gong Yan used a small shovel...
"I don't know why the adults insisted that we clean up these small things at night..." Dai Lian, who was taking a short break, frowned and didn't quite understand. There was no one in the sewer during the day, and there was some scattered light during the day so that the vision was not so limited.
Gong Yan just smiled slightly and bandaged his arm while listening to him.
[Curious, irritable...]
Glancing in a certain direction in the darkness, she still had a faint smile on her lips, "Maybe the adults just want to do something good in secret... What we do doesn't need others to know."