Chapter 16

Silver lines converged into a dot in the golden pupil, then expanded abruptly.

In his line of sight, the scenery five hundred meters away suddenly drew closer, allowing him to clearly see a mature Corpse Wolf stretching out its tongue and resting on the rocky surface.

It was a sentry.

Zero knew that in front of the wolf were dozens of packs of wolves roaming the wilderness.

Corpse Wolves are mutated wild wolves that are infected by eating carrion and corpses.

The wolves that couldn't survive the invasion of the virus died one after another, and the ones that survived were the ferocious beasts that had bloodshot eyes. Their fur turned grey and their bodies emitted the stench of corpses.

Corpse Wolves feed on corpses, but know that they prefer fresh flesh and blood.

Having hunted for three days for the Zombie Wolf, he had a deep understanding of this.

With regards to the smell of fresh flesh and blood, the Corpse Wolves' sense of smell was exceptionally strong.

After repeated experiments, we determined that the limit of a Corpse Wolf's sense of smell was around 400 meters in radius, which also allowed us to define our best shooting distance.

Naturally, the M500 in his hand was not that far away.

Besides, the almost extinct large-caliber weapon is not remanufactured, so there is no muffler material to match it.

If he went hunting with a revolver, a single shot would attract the attention of all the wolves within a few kilometers.

To this end, Zero specially purchased a sniper rifle from the armoury.

It was an old Svd sniper rifle, designed and modified by former Soviet Soviets Dragonov.

It used 7N bullets and had a maximum range of 600 meters. However, with the aid of the zero-gold yellow eye, it was able to unleash the power of effective killing within a kilometer.

However, this type of sniper rifle had been eliminated in the new era. Nowadays, it was commonly used in the "Falcon" series of interceptors that were started by the Mentos Corporation. For example, the Falcon N used by Allen was the first generation of this series of rifles.

Even though it was a first-generation gun type, coupled with the high precision semi-automatic sight and the newest sniper equipment, its effective range could reach 500 meters.

In normal circumstances, the power and range of the new sniper rifle would be around 25 times that of the Svd.

On the other hand, because he was faced with the possibility of being eliminated, this sniper rifle was relatively cheap.

Masson, the armoury administrator, sold it for only $050 and gave away a base of ammunition.

Anyway, this type of gun would be sent back to Parkland headquarters at the end of the year to be recovered and destroyed, and Mason sold one of them to Nil for nothing.

This sniper rifle was specially modified by Zero. For example, the extra long barrel made the Svd sniper rifle out of place.

Through modification, with the aid of the zero right eye of the gold, a 50 dollar gun could display the power and range equivalent to a basic Falcon rifle.

During the three days of hunting, Zero was constantly familiar with the operation of the sniper rifle. The Zombie Wolves in the mountains were his best target for practice.

Today, there were no longer three to five groups of lone Corpse Wolves that were hunting.

He found a pack of no less than fifty adult males, and twenty more female wolves and cubs.

This was something that he accidentally discovered yesterday while hunting a few male wolves. He decided to take care of this wolf den today.

When a pack of wolves is formed, the danger level is very different from that of a single number of wolves.

A pack of wolves was more dangerous, and their reproduction would be beyond imagination, thanks to the presence of a she-wolf.

At this time next year, he believed that the number of Zombie Wolves would double.

In his line of sight, the sentry who was resting began to move. It meant that the wolves had moved again.

With a sniper rifle on his back, Zero silently disappeared behind the cover like a ghost. At a constant speed of ten kilometers per hour, they were hanging these Zombie Wolves.

Even if he ran for a day like this, he wouldn't feel tired at all.

He didn't know how a rank 1 Strength buff appeared two years ago, but it allowed him to have enough stamina. Furthermore, the point of evolution that wasn't triggered by the directional potion had naturally evolved into a rank 1 Agility buff.

Speed was far more important to a Gunner than strength and defense.

Therefore, zero is quite satisfied with this ability.

Level 1 Agility boosted his speed to 60 kilometers per hour.

And it also comes with other relevant minor capabilities, including more sensitive responses, which are essential to the ability to wander alone in the wild.

The distance between them and the wolves was about a kilometer.

He was looking for a suitable battlefield.

In front of them was a wilderness 1 km away from the base, the plain here wasn't suitable for fighting against the wolves.

The wide terrain would greatly increase the movement space of the wolves, and the zero sniper rifle was a single shot, which meant that he could not create a powerful firepower that was strong enough to sustain him.

Once the wolves were within three hundred and fifty feet of him, that would be the end of him.

A rank 1 defense was not enough to resist the Corpse Wolf's fangs that could bite through steel plates. In this age, humans were evolving, but beasts evolved even faster.

Therefore, he waited patiently for an opportunity. He also had time.

In order to hunt these Zombie Wolves, he had prepared three days' rations, which was enough to travel back and forth in the wilderness within a thousand kilometers of the base.

And in fact, zero doesn't have to go that far.

In his mind, the map within a 500km radius of the base was clear.

Zero knew that there was a natural canyon 10 km away from the base. Two years ago, when he was on a mission to Silver Tree City, he passed through that long and narrow canyon.

Other than the barely passable highway, the rest of the place was rocky and covered with countless objects.

For zero, it is the most suitable battlefield.

The wolves were heading towards the canyon.

Lingcun had never doubted his own judgment. At that time, near noon, the canyon was in sight, confirming Lingcun's idea.

From the movement of the wolves, the wolves were preparing for a long migration.

The surrounding wilderness no longer had any food left to provide them with. If they wanted to survive, they had to leave this place to find a better place to live.

But the wolves did not know that they were not going to leave.

If he could make one less wild beast, then there would be less danger for those who had no other choice but to roam the wilderness.

This was an age of competition. In addition to competing with the same species, humans also competed with beasts and monsters for space to survive.

Either you die, or I die!