Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 475 - 473: The Sniping at the Entrance

Chapter 475: Chapter 473: The Sniping at the Entrance

A wild boar as large as a sedan had knocked down a big tree and charged out from the depths of the jungle.

In its disproportionately small eyes was a look of novelty; it had never left the boundaries of the Qi Ling Mountain Range since it was born.

It had heard from other monsters that had fled into the mountains that the outside world was dominated by a two-legged animal, which didn’t have any redeeming qualities except their numbers.

These animals were timid and frail, only good at screaming and running away. They liked to domesticate other creatures for their consumption and were recklessly destroying nature and the environment, driving many species to the brink of extinction.

Oh, right, there was one benefit to these animals.

They were delicious!

The wild boar had never eaten a human before, but influenced by the other monsters that had fled to the mountains, it drooled at the thought of them.

This time, an accident happened in the mountains, and it wanted to take this opportunity to taste what humans were like.

Just as it was about to leave the mountain range, a large-caliber sniper bullet struck its forehead, blowing a gruesome, bloody hole where its skull was.

The bullet didn’t kill the boar monster; the basin-sized wound looked horrifying but was just a flesh wound and not fatal to the boar’s massive body.

However, the bullet had dizzyed it for a moment, and then a rocket exploded beside it. The deafening sound of gunfire erupted, covering the area where it stood.

Each of these bullets was shot at least from an assault rifle, and there were even heavy machine guns – the power way beyond that of ordinary handguns.

By the time it stopped, the wild boar monster was dead beyond dead, its body riddled with dense bullet holes, resembling a huge, red wasp nest.

This corpse was left here, untouched by anyone – it should serve as a deterrent to other monsters, hopefully.

Watching the wild boar fall, Lin Zheyuan’s expression did not ease in the slightest; taking down a wild boar was nothing to celebrate. The real trouble was still to come.

If it were just monsters of the wild boar’s level, there’d be no need to dispatch Rangers to support them.

It was Furong River City’s Hunters Association that Lin Zheyuan was a part of, which had taken over this important passage coming from Qi Ling Mountain.

There were over a dozen such passages, each guarded by varying numbers of Demon Hunters.

Now, the only Demon Hunters left in Furong River City were Jiao Xinlei and the non-combatant Ding Mingguang; their presence meant that at least Furong River City wouldn’t descend into chaos while they were away.

The Demon Hunters that he brought along included Lin Lu, Yan Xiu, the recently joined Li Dazhuang, and another newbie; including Lin Zheyuan, a total of five superpower users had come.

The large team of Supporters from Furong River City’s Hunters Association had also been brought along by him, numbering in the dozens. Each was armed with highly lethal weapons and lay in ambush nearby, ready to snipe at any monster that emerged.

Individual commoners wielding ordinary gunpowder weapons posed no real threat to these monsters.

However, once the trained Supporters mustered in numbers, these gunpowder weapons would turn into a metallic torrent, unleashing enormous power.

Many types of monsters could not be killed with ordnance alone; fortunately, most of the monsters from Qi Ling mountains could not ignore the damage dealt by firearms.

Although these Supporters can play a significant role, the dangers they face are actually greater than those faced by Demon Hunters because they lack the ability to protect themselves. Once a monster gets close, death is the only outcome.

Yet Lin Zheyuan must do this. Monsters will continue to appear, and if Demon Hunters were to deal with all of them, they would likely lack the strength to handle a truly threatening monster when it appeared.

Therefore, Lin Zheyuan and his team would only step in when the Supporters faced imminent danger or when they truly couldn’t handle a monster. At other times, it was most important to conserve energy.

You Han was also among the team of Supporters. Her abilities had only recovered a few days ago, a fact that Lin Zheyuan did not yet know.

The reason she was in the team was that she was the captain of the Furong River City supporter squad.

Suddenly, Lin Zheyuan opened his eyes, a red, slender tendril shot out from his hand, flew into the sky, and speared an odd bird down.

This arterial road was under their watch, so not even a single bird could be allowed to fly out!

The bird was as big as half a man, its sharp claws likely capable of easily tearing through metal. Even with its body impaled, the bird still thrashed wildly until Lin Zheyuan drove the tendril into its brain, finally calming it down.

"This bird might count as a monster on the outside, but to live in the Qi Ling Mountain, such strength is not enough. Perhaps they live in groups," he thought.

As this idea crossed his mind, Lin Zheyuan felt a presence from the depths of the forest before anyone else did. His expression suddenly changed as he shouted loudly, "Supporters, please be aware, the next wave of attacks is coming from the sky!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of yingying cries arose, and the shadows of several giant eagles, glistening with a golden sheen, appeared from the direction of the mountain range, followed by a flock of the same odd birds as before.

The golden giant eagles were of the same species as the Eagle Monsters that Wen Wen had captured, while the odd birds were subordinates to these Eagle Monsters.

When the birds flew close enough, on You Han’s command, several dozen guns of different types roared to life, with the odd birds falling from the sky like dumplings being dropped into water.

They were small and didn’t have strong defensive fur, so even individual bullets were enough to harm them.

However, after the first hail of bullets, these birds became much more difficult targets. Under the Eagle Monsters’ command, they rapidly changed their flight trajectories, making it difficult for the Supporters below to aim.

Then they started to swoop down from the sky from time to time, grabbing the gun-firing Supporters into the air and tearing them apart with collective force.

Facing such a horrific situation, firing a gun was tantamount to seeking death, as it would attract the birds’ attacks.

But the Supporters didn’t stop, for they knew that if these monsters were allowed to escape, it wouldn’t just be they who were torn apart, but also the commoners in the city who knew nothing.

Before they were all dead, they wouldn’t easily let any monsters escape from there.

Lin Zheyuan and his team also stopped conserving their energy and began to take action, with red blood threads, holy white light, kicking long legs, and a grey-green Doom Guardian all moving at once.

One by one, the odd birds were being killed, but the situation didn’t improve much. Moreover, the most troublesome were the circling Eagle Monsters in the sky. There were a total of seven Eagle Monsters, a small-sized tribe.

Each of the six had Disaster Level strength, and the strongest was even approaching Disaster Level. The leader, a pure golden eagle, emitted an aura only possessed by those of Disaster Level.

You Han sighed, unbuttoned her gray lady’s suit jacket, revealing a thin battle suit underneath.

In the current situation, she could no longer hide the fact that she had regained her abilities.