Chen Shanshan's movement speed was fast.
Once she entered the battle, she turned into a completely different person.
Lin Feng and Liu Mingfei closely followed her, making a big circle to reach the target's left side further south.
At a distance of two hundred meters from the Rock-Horned Horse, they stopped and hid behind a pile of rocks.
Chen Shanshan spoke in a low voice:
"We're in luck, the terrain is in our favor for the attack."
Saying this, she picked up a piece of debris and sketched out a rough battle plan on the rock surface:
"We are currently downwind, so we don't have to worry about our scent dispersing, which allows us to take a longer route to encircle."
"The Rock-Horned Horse's stamina and endurance far exceed that of a Desert Wolf. If it weren't for giving birth and having to leave its herd, plus the postpartum weakness, we wouldn't stand a chance to hunt a Level 9 Rock-Horned Horse with just a few of us."
"Even so, its stamina remains strong, especially when under the threat of death, it can unleash power comparable to an Evolver."
"We can't compare with it on endurance, so we can only use a relay strategy to exhaust it to the point of complete fatigue, leaving it unable to run."
"The Rock-Horned Horse's top speed can reach forty kilometers per hour, but it can only run two to three kilometers at most before collapsing due to full-body hyperemia and overheating."
"I'll make the first strike, chasing from behind; the first kilometer is up to me. In the second stage, Liu Mingfei, it's your turn, keep chasing it and don't let it stop."
"Chase it for about seven to eight hundred meters..."
"For the final stretch, Lin Feng, it's your turn. If you can't catch up, just shoot. Its rock armor is probably impenetrable, so aim for its lower body and limbs."
"Together with the anesthetic toxin on the Horn Bow Arrows, it shouldn't be too much of a problem."
Lin Feng nodded, the captain's plan actually took considerable care of him, given that he had the lowest Constitution Attribute Value among them.
Chen Shanshan would take the lead, running the entire route.
Liu Mingfei in the second segment only had to run half of it, his own finish might not even require five hundred meters.
Seeing no objections from the two, Chen Shanshan immediately pulled out a bone tube from under her cloak, staining the Wolf Fang Arrowhead with plant toxin.
She also reminded them:
"Now the Rock-Horned Horse has just stopped to rest, and in about half an hour, it will start again. Lin Feng, can you cover two kilometers in half an hour?"
Lin Feng calculated, it was roughly one meter per second.
Before, it would have been easily comparable to a brisk walk during a stroll, but now they were under the scorching sun, with ground temperatures close to fifty degrees and detours around steep, jagged slopes...
Every step consumed energy, quickening the pace was an over-exertion of energy.
Fortunately, with wolf hide insoles, he didn't worry about hurting his feet.
Lin Feng looked at the water bottle hanging at his waist, filled with a liter of water, and figured rationing it should suffice.
He earnestly nodded to indicate it was fine.
Liu Mingfei, seeing the blue-green concentrated toxin in Chen Shanshan's hand, couldn't help but swallow, patted the rusty long knife at his side, and nodded in agreement.
"Alright then, remember your timing. After this successful hunt, we'll need to get a watch."
"Liu Mingfei, you should be under that hill."
Chen Shanshan gave a few final instructions before urging them to set off quickly.
After the two went far, she returned to the tricycle.
She took a small alarm clock purchased this time, calculating the timing to start the attack.
Then she addressed the two nervous women on the vehicle:
"When we launch the attack, remember to ride the bike and follow closely. The Gobi is difficult to ride, so take turns riding if you can't continue. Just don't fall too far behind."
"Otherwise, it's hard to protect yourselves in danger."
Ding Yi and Liu Qian nodded in unison.
Meanwhile, as the group left the main team, the two followers under Qi Mountain, at the end of the line during the Holy Spring Ceremony, clearly saw Chen Shanshan's group heading out on the tricycle, standing out on the open flat road.
Thus, one of them asked the cohort to return to the Fifth Village to report to Qi Mountain, bringing other team members along, while he followed the target himself to prevent losing them.
Now, he was two hundred meters behind Chen Shanshan's group, eyeing the fine equipment in their hands and the abundant supplies on the tricycle with a gaze of greed and longing.
Especially seeing Ding Yi, formerly an outcast, not betrayed by Chen Shanshan as Qi Mountain had said...
Now she was drinking clean fresh water from the barrel, eating delicious wolf jerky...
While he was starving, doing errands for the captain every day.
The promising life Qi Mountain had promised was unfulfilled.
The resources obtained after selling those burdensome early-stage Enhanced friends couldn't begin to please the Evolver.
Everyone had to squeeze into a motel's standing compartment, enduring the smell of sweat, foot odor, and body odor.
Watching Ding Yi live comfortably, this follower wanted to return to the team.
Old Captain Chen Shanshan was always a kind person; if he performed a tearful, contrite show, promising to turn over a new leaf, she would surely forgive.
Then by betraying other friends and companions, turning against Qi Mountain, he could win Chen Shanshan's trust...
In this way, he could replace Ding Yi's position, and even become the new deputy captain!
With these thoughts, the solitary follower believed he'd made a "wise" choice based on strategic insight.
But what he didn't realize was that the biggest variable affecting his fate in the new team wasn't Old Captain Chen Shanshan, but the recently recovered Wasteland newcomer.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng was heading to his designated position.
With Liu Mingfei's guidance, passing the hill Chen Shanshan had pointed to earlier, he continued moving forward.
Liu Mingfei rested on the rock's shadow, taking a sip from the water bottle Lin Feng handed him:
"You just need to go six or seven hundred meters further, approximately there, behind the slope. No hurry, we've only been going for about ten minutes; there are still twenty minutes left."
"Keep an eye on your surroundings; we might not be the only Hunters targeting it."
Lin Feng nodded:
"Thanks."
After speaking, he continued on his way.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Shanshan was already within one hundred and fifty meters of the target, advancing cautiously to improve the bow and arrow's hit rate and frequency.
When the Rock-Horned Horse, lying prone on the ground, got up to set off again...
Chen Shanshan was already less than one hundred meters from it.
She took out the Wolf Fang Arrows, marking the start of the hunting operation!
She stood up, drew her bow, and aimed at the target.
After firing, Chen Shanshan swiftly pulled out a second arrow and continued shooting.
Without a moment of hesitation, all movements flowed seamlessly.
The first arrow directly hit the hind leg of the Rock-Horned Horse, the Wolf Fang Arrowhead pierced the outer Rock Armor, tearing the skin and digging into the flesh.
The Rock-Horned Horse, pained, immediately sprang up and instinctively rushed towards the distance.
But the second Wolf Fang Arrow swiftly followed.
This time it hit its abdomen, similarly piercing the surface Rock Armor, letting the paralyzing toxin from the arrowhead's blood groove seep into the flesh.
As for the third arrow, although it also hit the target, the distance between the two sides had already exceeded two hundred meters, and after hitting, it failed to stay lodged and fell.
Seeing the Rock-Horned Horse running away at full speed, Chen Shanshan quickly put away her bow and arrows, tightly gripping the titanium rod, and pursued.
Not far behind her, Ding Yi and the other person saw this and followed on a tricycle.
A minute and a half later, the Rock-Horned Horse, maintaining a speed of ten meters per second, was already physically weak, coupled with the continuous bleeding from the three arrows, gradually became exhausted.
It looked back, having already distanced itself from the pursuing humans, and thus slowly reduced its running speed.
However, just at this time, another human, wielding a long sword, jumped out from behind a rock over a hundred meters away and charged with intimidating shouts.
Already panicked, the Rock-Horned Horse was frightened and immediately increased its speed, continually depleting its stamina.
Rested and ready, Liu Mingfei maintained a steady pursuit rhythm to ensure the Rock-Horned Horse couldn't stop.
Until seven hundred meters later, the Rock-Horned Horse, once again distanced from the hunter, was so drained of energy that it was panting heavily and struggling to move.
Just as it prepared to pause for a rest...
A human silhouette slowly appeared from behind the Gobi Slope not far away.
Lin Feng raised the silver-black large-caliber revolver in his hand and aimed at the target.
Having become a Mid-stage Enhanced Human, his senses, especially sight and hearing, were enhanced by a factor of two, now able to clearly discern objects the size of footballs from four hundred meters away.
Equating to having the vision of a 4x scope.
The Rock-Horned Horse in front was at least four meters long, like a small elephant, easy to lock onto its figure.
Without hesitation, Lin Feng directly pulled the trigger.
The Wolf Fang Bullet, along with gunshots, hit the Rock-Horned Horse before it could respond.
Six shots within a hundred meters.
One shot directly hit under the throat at the chest, with up to twenty points of damage, under the penetration of the Wolf Fang Bullet, splattered a large blood splash.
The Rock-Horned Horse let out a painful howl, driven by survival instincts to flee again.
But having struggled only a few steps, internal bleeding and excessive blood loss rendered its massive ton-heavy body incapable of continuing.
Collapsed two hundred meters away, it let out cries of agony.
Lin Feng approached with his gun, having hit all six Wolf Fang Bullets into this big creature.
Later during dissection, remember to extract the bullets, Ding Yi and the others.
Soon, Liu Mingfei from behind also came up, but the two didn't approach and quietly waited for the Rock-Horned Horse to completely perish.
With such a big creature, even an ultimate struggle of a dying light could take both away directly.
Waiting a bit longer posed less risk.
More than ten minutes later, Chen Shanshan directly rode on the tricycle, bringing two women to the scene.
At this point, the Rock-Horned Horse was already on the verge of death, its previous cries of agony turned into feeble whines, about to breathe its last.
Chen Shanshan held the titanium gun firmly, switched it into Mitsubishi Spiral Spear mode, approached from behind quickly stabbing into the target's throat, completing the kill.
She took out an empty water bottle to collect the blood, then looked at everyone:
"This big guy, weighing more than a ton, definitely can't be transported, we must first peel off the outer Rock Armor and only take the meat."
Everyone nodded and started to work.
Just as Chen Shanshan was about to strip the Rock Armor, her brow suddenly furrowed, she drew her bow aiming at the incoming path.
Only for a silhouette to appear about a hundred meters behind the tricycle.
Everyone immediately picked up their weapons, ready for anything.
After all, having just sprinted four or five kilometers, they were somewhat spent, now encountering a potential threat from behind, it posed a risky situation.
However, that person raised both hands walking steadily closer.
Approaching soon, Ding Yi and Lin Feng's expressions slightly changed.
The person trailing behind was actually a former team member, once one of Qi Mountain's followers.
"I have no weapon! I pose no threat!"
"Captain, I'm here to defect, to report!"
The subordinate approached and sensibly knelt down, holding his head clapped between hands, with teary grievances:
"Captain Chen, we were all deceived by that beast Qi Mountain, he sold off the team members to a Slave Master, even threatened us to serve him tirelessly..."
"Back then my mind was clouded, now I've escaped back, bringing valuable news."
Chen Shanshan put down the Horn Bow, slightly furrowing her brow:
"What is it?"
The subordinate sensed opportunity, slowly stood up with a flattering expression, continuing:
"Qi Mountain, that son of a dog, intends to further harm us, planning to use captain's weapon to gain favor from the Evolver."
"He's already brought men over, wanting to catch us off guard, we must prepare defensively!"
Chen Shanshan took a deep breath, just about to speak...
A man's voice came through:
"Anything else?"
The subordinate paused, looked at the unfamiliar man who emerged alongside Chen Shanshan, having no impression of this once nearly deceased person.
Now being questioned by Lin Feng's interrogating tone, immediately feeling somewhat angry, directly ignoring Lin Feng's inquiries, continuing to look towards the captain.
"Is that all?"
Seeing the contempt in the subordinate's gaze towards the unknown man, Lin Feng merely smiled, raising the revolver from behind.
"Bang!"
A bullet hit right at the center of the forehead.
The bullet shattered half the rear skull, brain matter splattered everywhere.
Meanwhile, as the gunshot echoed, deep wolf howls reverberated from the nearby valley Gobi...