Cave Refuge-Chapter 294 - 283 New Source of Food

Apart from the Giant Scorpion that Robinson William personally killed, the other four Giant Scorpions were engaged in battle with members of the special forces team.

It wasn’t that the other special forces members lacked strength; after all, even though Robinson William was one of the few with the strongest combat abilities in the team, the others who made it into the special forces were no pushovers either.

They might not be able to beat Robinson William one on one, but if two took him on, Robinson William would have to be careful. If he were to face more than three at the same time, his chances of winning wouldn’t exceed ten percent—of course, this referred to close combat.

Now, every Giant Scorpion was being attacked by several members of the special forces team, but they were containing them without causing much harm, mainly waiting for Robinson William to personally test the combat capabilities of the Giant Scorpions before figuring out how to deal with them.

Looking at the remaining four Giant Scorpions, Robinson William said to the special forces members surrounding them, "These Bugs’ exoskeletons are very tough, but their joint areas are weak in defense. The testing is over, you guys take care of them."

Hearing Robinson William say this, the special forces members, who had been skirmishing with the Giant Scorpions for a while and were now familiar with their fighting methods, began to fight fiercely.

Although they hadn’t brought many pole weapons with them this time, close combat wasn’t limited to melee weapons; pistols could be used to effectively damage the joint areas of the Giant Scorpions’ hard shells.

Just because firearms are ranged weapons doesn’t mean they can only be used from a distance; using firearms in hand-to-hand combat doesn’t decrease their power, but can greatly increase their lethality.

After the practical test, the threat posed by these Giant Scorpions wasn’t too strong. Not to mention the Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists, even Martial Artists with lower Cultivation Levels could kill them without injury if they cooperated well, and if traps were set in advance, even ordinary people could kill them.

Compared to the virtually unsolvable Bug Nest that faced ordinary survivors, the Giant Scorpions that appeared in Saxon County, although dangerous looking, posed little threat to the survivors once they were understood.

After killing the five attacking Giant Scorpions, Dong Tianyu wanted to go back and tell his parents that it was safe now so they wouldn’t worry.

But as Dong Tianyu turned to leave, he suddenly heard someone ask Robinson William about how to handle the corpses of the Giant Scorpions.

Since the defense of the Giant Scorpions’ exoskeletons could withstand pistol shots, Robinson William, with a no-waste mentality, directly said, "Break down their corpses. Their shells are tough; dismantle them to see if they can be repurposed.

If they can be made into plates for bulletproof vests to replace the steel ones, that would be ideal. If not, we can attempt to create external armor to attach to vehicles to enhance their defense.

Of course, this is under the condition that the defense capabilities of the Bug shells are not diminished after disassembly and are also relatively lightweight and not too heavy."

After giving these instructions, Robinson William also prepared to leave as he had just arrived and had many miscellaneous tasks to deal with; he didn’t have time to stay longer.

Seeing Robinson William ready to go, the special forces member who had just asked the question spoke up again, "Robinson, what about the Bug Meat of these creatures?"

Hearing this question, the special forces members who were all busy with their tasks quickly turned their attention to him. Noticing the others’ stares, he somewhat uncomfortably continued to say,

"My hometown is in Yunnan, and I’ve eaten quite a few scorpions from childhood to adulthood; I’m very familiar with the anatomy of scorpions. While fighting these creatures that looked like scorpions, I noticed that they fought similarly to the common scorpions before the disaster.

So I think these things might just be scorpions, only somehow they’ve grown so much bigger, and I’d like to follow in the footsteps of Shennong as a pioneer to bravely conduct a trial."

Impatiently, Robinson William said, "Speak plainly."

"I’m craving meat. Looking at the size of this Bug, there should be a lot of meat on it."

Seeing the man’s jovial expression, Robinson William was somewhat helpless, as he very well understood where the man was coming from.

Although the surrounding area was farmland with crops planted, none of it belonged to them, and taking it by force wasn’t an option.

Not to mention who owned the farms; not only did the farm owners have larger numbers, but they also had more Martial Artists, even overpowering them in numbers of Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists.

Moreover, not only did they have superiority in terms of Martial Artists, but their equipment superiority, in both quantity and quality, was also overwhelming.

Perhaps, out of face-saving considerations, the farm owners might allocate some land to them for use in the next planting season, but that was a matter for later.

Although Robinson William told them not to worry about supplies when they arrived, who could fully relax without a clear understanding of the supply channels?

The man’s claim of eating scorpions ’since childhood’ was undoubtedly an excuse. Robinson William believed that the man had eaten scorpions; after all, how big could pre-disaster scorpions be? Small enough to eat whole after beheading and tail removal.

As for his claim of being very familiar with the anatomy of scorpions, Robinson William thought it merely meant that he had dissected scorpion bodies as a child when bored and probably hadn’t engaged in such trivial pursuits since growing up.