Age of Evolution#

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Stadium

Translator: 549690339

The sports stadium in Yi Lan County was located in the heart of the county town, surrounded by a recreational square. In the past, it used to be a gathering place for residents, but now it had become the most concentrated area of monsters in the entire city.

The Demon Hunters drove to the edge of the recreational square without encountering any large groups of mutated beasts.

However, when they reached the closest street to the square, the vehicle could not continue any further.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and under the hazy light, there was a dense group of monsters on the recreational square, numbering around ten thousand.

Looking at the scene gave the team members an uneasy feeling, as these creatures could easily destroy them without the protection of their armored vehicle.

“Old Gao, see if you can spot the giant palm bear? Try to find its position,” Shi Lei instructed, and Gao Yan stuck his head out of the armored car window to look through the infrared binoculars.

“There’s a group of Fiery Mane Horses, a group of Boar Wolves, and a pack of Bloodthirst mastiffs. Wow! There’s also a group of Iron-Arm Apes at the entrance of the stadium. Those guys are not easy to deal with. Haha, there are even Cold Crows on the central lighthouse; they are much more powerful than Brain-eating Swallows. They are all E-level Mutated Birds.”

After observing for awhile, Gao Yan withdrew from the window: “Captain, I didn’t see any giant palm bears. And there aren’t many low-level mutated beasts here. The closer they are to the stadium, the higher the level of the mutated beasts. It seems that the high-level Mutated Beast’s nest is inside the stadium, so the giant palm bear might be in there.”

Everyone turned their gaze to the sports stadium. The county sports stadium was not large; it was simply a basketball court with about two to three thousand spectator seats. The building was surprisingly well-preserved, with a dense crowd of high-level mutated beasts gathered near the entrance.

Another strange phenomenon was that all the mutated beasts were facing the direction of the sports stadium. Some had noticed the arrival of the armored car, but they did not make any moves.

“It’s too dangerous. The armored car can’t move forward any further. If we make any noise, the mutated beasts will definitely notice. If we startle them, we will be torn to pieces,” Shi Lei instructed Zhao Liang to turn off the engine, and the team hurriedly planned their tactics.

“Our target is the giant palm bear inside the stadium, but it seems impossible to get through on the ground. Does anyone have any ideas?”

Zhao Liang thought for a moment: “Perhaps we can wait for other teams to appear and let them lead some of the mutated beasts away, giving us a chance to pass. However, I suspect that the other teams are also observing us from the shadows, and nobody wants to be the first to step out.”

Shi Lei nodded: “Indeed, no one is foolish enough to do that. This idea will be hard to achieve.’

At that moment, Ye Tiancheng suggested, “There must be a sewer inside the sports stadium, right? We can consider entering through the underground pipes.”

Shi Lei waved his hand: “No, the sewer approach is no longer practical. The sewers are a paradise for mutant rats. If we go in, we might trigger a Rat Tide, and we would be wiped out.”

Ye Tiancheng shrugged: “We can’t pass through the ground, and we can’t go underground. Can we fly over? I give up.”

Shi Lei looked at Lin Zhen: “Lin Zhen, do you have any ideas?”

Lin Zhen said: “Getting through such a dense crowd of monsters by force is

prodadly unlikely. Haven’t you all hoticea that these mutated peasts seem to De a bit unusual? They don’t really care about the arrival of the Martial Artists, so I think we can only advance cautiously from the edges, clearing the beasts bit by bit. We’ll probably have to stay here a bit longer.”

“Bit by bit? There are at least ten thousand monsters here! How long would it take for just a few of us to clear them out?” Ye Tiancheng immediately raised objections, apparently still holding a grudge against Lin Zhen for previously defending Zhao Liang.

“Of course, it’s not just a few of us. There are actually eight teams in total. I can guarantee that in the end, they will all have to adopt this method. Besides, don’t you think that if we clear all the mutated beasts in the square, even if we don’t kill the giant palm bear, this trip won’t be in vain?”

The faces of the team members suddenly brightened up, and they quickly calculated in their minds.

There were tens of thousands of mutated beasts, including many C-level and D-level ones. With eight teams clearing them out, even if their Demon Hunter team could kill a thousand, it would still be a huge income.

Though giant palm bears – the B-level beasts – were worth billions each, they were difficult to kill due to their small numbers and high defense. In terms of cost-effectiveness, it was much more profitable to mass-kill C-level and D-level beasts.

“I think Lin Zhen makes sense. We don’t have the strength to forcibly break into the stadium. It’s better to hunt these monsters outside. If we kill a thousand or eight hundred, each of us could earn billions. The only thing to worry about is to be careful when luring monsters, don’t let the beast herd explode our camp, then we would become the target and give other squads the opportunity.”

Zhao Liang’s words made Shi Lei and others nod. They were deluded by the value of the giant palm bear and somewhat neglected the value of C-level and D -level mutants.

“Bang! Bang!”

While they were still discussing, there were several gunshots in the distance, and two triangular goats were shot down.

A squad took action, and the snipers fired, only targeting one group of monsters. This was a common method of luring monsters.

The Triangular Goat was a mutated goat. After the mutation, it became as big as a galloping horse, and a third horn grew from its head. It changed from a simple herbivore to an omnivore and was highly aggressive. Although it was only E-level, the number of goats was large and hard to deal with.

This group of Triangular Goats was almost the lowest-strength mutated beasts in the square, and the squad that took action also adopted a step-by-step clearance strategy.

Two goats were killed, and the goat herd moved. Dozens of goats broke away and rushed towards the source of the gunshots.

“It’s Demon God Squad!” Gao Yan looked through the telescope and quickly found the whereabouts of the squad.

At a diagonal angle across the square from them, at a street corner, the Demon God Squad was there, and Li Mengxi and Ruoruo were the ones who fired the shots.

“Damn it! Those bastards of Demon God! Kong Shan almost killed us! Old Gao, can you snipe from a distance and take out Demon God’s two women first?” Ye Tiancheng said angrily.

Gao Yan shook his head: “I’m afraid that won’t work. If it were just our two squads, it would be fine, but I’ve already seen several Martial Artist squads appear here. In the presence of so many people, not hunting monsters but killing other Martial Artists will be punished by the Federation.”

There are rules among Martial Artists, prohibiting internal fighting, because the common enemy of mankind is the Mutated Beast, not humans.

Of course, this rule is not very useful. The warehouse area of Base City is a compromise, and such duels are allowed.

Even in the wild, many Martial Artists would start fighting at the slightest disagreement. As long as there is no direct evidence, no one can do anything to you. But if you suddenly attack and kill people in a situation with many witnesses, you will definitely not escape the capture of the Federation. Once caught and convicted, it’s a dead end.

“So this group of bastards got away with it?” Ye Tiancheng was still unconvinced.

“Forget it Tiancheng, no matter what grievances we have, we can’t take action at this time. Since Demon God Squad has started hunting, let’s not idle either, get ready to take action, money is all over the place!”

As soon as Shi Lei finished speaking, several more squads appeared around the square and began to take action as well.

The mutated beasts in the square were somewhat strange. They all moved towards the direction of the stadium, as if on a pilgrimage. As long as the Martial Artists around them didn’t attack their own group, they surprisingly ignored them. The usually tempting prey seemed to have lost its appeal.

Although Shi Lei and the others didn’t know why this was happening, such a rare situation presented the best opportunity to strike.

“Old Gao! Prioritize clearing the low-level mutated beasts, especially the mutated birds in the sky. If we don’t get rid of these things, retreating will be a

big problem. ”

Gao Yan nodded, loaded an armor-piercing bullet, aimed his sniper rifle, and blew the head of a huge Cold Crow with one shot. The corpse fell down from the lamppost in the square with spiraling motion.

The few Cold Crows around it were enraged and flapped their wings towards the direction of the Demon Hunters, but those at a slightly farther distance remained undisturbed.

“Hehe! Today is really good. These mutated beasts don’t seem to be as aggressive anymore. If they had been this docile earlier, Earth would have been restored a long time ago.”

Gao Yan was quite proud, and Shi Lei and the others were also overjoyed. In this case, the clearance plan could proceed smoothly.

Only Lin Zhen, who proposed the clearance plan, was not as optimistic as they were. Lin Zhen had seen such a situation where countless monsters gathered and didn’t move.. The only explanation was that a high-level monster was about to evolve successfully!