Chapter 1062: Xu Huo's Method
The sword aura barrier released by "Crimson Sword" and "Dead End" simultaneously cleared a patch of xenomorphs. Xu Huo focused on what was in front of him, leaving the mutant beasts from other directions to "All Things Want to Cut Everything."
The prop line had already been arranged around the shelter in advance, circling once every twenty centimeters, and was also pulled to a height of ten meters, leaving space above the shelter but without sealing the top.
Xu Huo stood inside holding the line. Before the mutant beasts that seemed oblivious to the prop line could get close, he killed a batch first. Soon, the fallen bodies piled up outside, only to be quickly buried by the mutant beasts charging in from behind.
Blood splattered all over Xu Huo's protective suit and shield. When he wiped the blood off his shield for the eighth time, the corpses of the mutant beasts had already squeezed through the gaps in the prop line and piled up against the shelter. He had also moved from the ground to the top of the shelter. Whenever a mutant beast leaped down from above or forced its way in from outside the prop line, he killed it cleanly and pushed the body back out, letting the corpse pieces slide down the pile, gradually forming a slope shape.
The mutant beasts were endless. The mountain of corpses beneath his feet grew larger and higher, soon burying the shelter. Even he himself rose higher, stepping on the bodies.
The people inside the bar across the street watched through the crack in the door as he fought the mutant beasts like a machine, admiring him but also feeling puzzled. "What is he doing? Does he think he can kill all the mutant beasts by himself?"
Ordinary people rarely faced the threat of xenomorphs head-on and survived, so they didn't understand just how dangerous it was outside. The mutant black wolves that had first arrived at the crash site were almost all killed by Xu Huo alone. The bar was also under siege, but with the doors and windows sealed, the mutant beasts couldn't break through the props and get in, so they turned to more direct targets—but this only lasted a short time.
As more and more wolves were killed by Xu Huo, the mutant beasts that couldn't squeeze in had room to move. Larger, lion-like and ox-like mutant beasts appeared. Those that relied on claws and teeth might not be able to break into the bar, but the mutated rhinos were a different story. Without climbing ability, they specifically targeted the bar, ramming its walls from different places and angles in turns.
The "bang bang bang" of impacts never stopped. Although the bar was shaking, it didn't seem to be damaged, so the people hiding inside had the leisure to question Xu Huo's actions.
However, Uncle Guan, who held the props, and Ruan Qiyan, Zhou Yuanzhu, and the others, who knew there were even larger mutant beasts outside, understood that if there was no change, the props would eventually be destroyed—high-level props were strong, but that didn't mean they couldn't be broken.
"He's probably trying to use the mutant beasts' corpses to cover himself and the props," Uncle Guan said. "By confusing the scent, he becomes a smaller target, and the other mutant beasts might overlook him."
"Will that work?" Zhou Yuanzhu said. "Those mutant beasts drool more than they bleed. There's no way they won't eat their own kind. They'll dig him out sooner or later."
"Maybe he's doing this because there's a bigger target nearby," You Xuewen said.
Uncle Guan and the others fell silent. They had also thought of this possibility. As long as Xu Huo successfully hid himself and the two children, the mutant beasts would naturally turn their attention to the bar. At least he would be safe until the bar was destroyed.
Of course, that didn't mean he was wrong. The mutant beast horde was an unavoidable external threat. Whether he was there or not, their pressure was the same.
"Did the aircraft successfully get out?" Uncle Guan asked.
"Nine out of ten were destroyed. Only one barely managed to capture the situation outside the woods," Zhou Yuanzhu said. "The terrain outside is flat. Besides the super-large xenomorphs, there are also plenty of flying xenomorphs. But the flying ones are hovering outside, not coming in to cluster."
"Hard as it is to believe, I think these xenomorphs are cooperating with each other."
Uncle Guan was a B-rank player, with far more accumulated instances than the others. Under common knowledge, players usually thought xenomorphs were all brawn and no brain, acting purely on instinct to eat people. But that wasn't true. Xenomorphs, like all animals, understood the hierarchy of strength between groups. The weak obeyed the strong, carrying out the leader's orders without hesitation, even more effectively than humans. And here, super-large xenomorphs had appeared. Generally, if such a xenomorph appeared and was still alive, it was definitely the leader of the entire beast horde. Besides the strength advantage from their massive size, they could also "think," even if that thinking was on a hunting level.
"How many super-large xenomorphs are there?" he asked.
"The footage captured eight," Zhou Yuanzhu couldn't help adding, "and that's not the full view."
"It seems hiding here isn't a solution," Uncle Guan said. "Let's wait for more props from other members. Once they arrive, I'll go out with You Xuewen and Lin Qiao. We'll try to kill a couple of super-large xenomorphs and see if the horde gets scared and retreats."
"What is he doing?" Ruan Qiyan suddenly looked at Xu Huo's side and said.
Xu Huo casually tossed the medicine bottle onto the corpse pile. The corpse mountain had now reached ten meters high, and even "All Things Want to Cut Everything" was mostly buried, with only a bit exposed near his feet, which happened to cut the falling bottle in half. Black liquid flowed along the edge, dripping onto the corpse pieces below, quickly contaminating both the blood and the flesh.
Seeing that the large mutant beasts outside could no longer hold back and were driving the ones in front forward, he withdrew "All Things Want to Cut Everything," put on the invisibility prop, and stepped on "Gentleman's Poise" to rise to a higher altitude. But he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he went outside the bar and killed a batch of mutant rhinos, casually pouring on attractant.
The scent of the agent made the nearby mutant beasts stop fixating on the people inside the bar. They turned to eat their former "allies" instead. The hearty swallowing and chewing seemed to stimulate the other mutant beasts, making them ram the bar even more frantically. One batch retreated with bloody heads, and another batch charged forward with bloody heads.
But some clever mutant beasts turned toward the corpse mountain by the shelter and began fighting over the bodies.
The effect of the pathogen agent Xu Huo had deployed couldn't compare to directly using rain to finish things off. But if all the corpses turned black and stank of disease, not even mutant beasts—let alone pigs—would take a bite. That's why he used a diluted poison to ensure the corpses were contaminated, but not completely.
When some mutant beasts swallowed the contaminated corpse pieces, the contamination began to spread smoothly.
Fallen companions were food. As more and more mutant beasts fell, the number rushing in to scavenge grew larger—a plague from another district had successfully spread through the mutant beast horde.
Finished writing early today. ^_^ I only realized after updating yesterday that I forgot to write about some props. It was a reader who reminded me. How embarrassing. If you all notice this kind of thing in the future, please leave me a message. Good night~
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