Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 344: Strike First, Ask Questions Later
Originally, everyone was hopeful about reaching the Jungle Area soon, but with Xu Yi’s words, they instantly felt hopeless.
Ten days, or even longer, indeed made people feel a bit desperate.
Everyone filled their water containers to the brim and then stored them in their Star Chart Storage Space.
Since they had already stopped, they simply ate some jerky and, after resting for over ten minutes, continued their journey.
"Da da da."
In the Desert, a sound suddenly echoed.
"Gunshots, everyone get down." Xu Yi shouted, then pulled Lu Ke down.
Then, Xu Yi immediately took out his binoculars.
The gunfire continued, and the distance wasn’t too far; Xu Yi estimated it to be around a thousand meters.
Quickly, Xu Yi locked onto the location and saw those who were firing.
"They encountered giant lizards, looks like there are two or three." He said, glancing at the compass in his hand, then continued: "Just ahead of us; if we continue forward, we’ll run into them."
"What do we do now? Wait for the battle to end, or go up?" Zhou Chun glanced at Xu Yi, leaving the decision to him.
Going up was either to help or to take advantage of the situation.
This, naturally, Zhou Chun wouldn’t be foolish enough to ask outright.
After all, they were still on a live broadcast. What if the audience heard and went after his family?
He and Zhou Mo wouldn’t be affected here, but his wife and daughter hadn’t arrived yet.
Just as Xu Yi was about to speak, a voice was heard.
"Member Jin Daxuan of Team 021 has died, Li Minggao has died. Member Oda of Team 115 has given up, Yoshihara has given up. Member Basong of Team 394 has given up, Si Angla has given up."
Upon hearing this prompt, all the challengers were shocked inside.
Especially the members of the eliminated teams, who were even more empathetic. Challengers could give up, but they couldn’t. Out of a total of 46 people, 4 were already dead.
Including the challenger who died from Team 02 on the first day, in just four short days, five people had died.
This kind of mortality rate made everyone a bit fearful.
Many involuntarily asked themselves whether they should continue. If this keeps up, would the next one to die be me? 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
Of course, the most regretful were those eliminated members who decided to challenge again.
Unfortunately, they had no way back.
Cooperation, only cooperation, can let everyone walk out of the Desert alive.
Otherwise, they would be torn to pieces by the Fierce Beasts of the Desert.
Five lives made them realize that only cooperation is safe enough.
If they still harbored thoughts of robbing others, even if they obtained supplies, they might not be able to handle the Fierce Beasts.
At this moment, Xu Yi also thought this way.
Because there was no limit on the number of people for the ten billion prize. So, even if all the remaining 290+ teams successfully challenged, everyone could still receive the ten billion reward.
In this situation, not thinking about uniting was just too foolish.
"Too late, if they could have held on a bit longer, we would’ve arrived, and they wouldn’t have had to give up." Xu Yi said, then stood up.
"What do we do now?" Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi, no matter what decision Xu Yi made, she would unconditionally support him.
"Killing our kind, of course, we can’t let them off. Let’s go, take down those giant lizards." Xu Yi said in a low voice, then stepped forward.
The others were invigorated, glancing at Xu Yi, and followed him.
"To deal with the giant lizards, you can attack from their left and right sides; one person on each side will overwhelm them. However, you must react quickly; their bite force is incredible and can easily tear our bodies apart." Xu Yi said, imparting some experience.
"Their speed actually can’t match ours, but their skin is excellent camouflage and hard to detect. That group likely was attacked because they didn’t notice them. Otherwise, relying on the crossbow, they could have dealt damage." Xu Yi added, as Zhou Chun and Zhou Mo had yet to face a giant lizard among the six of them.
Ten minutes later, Lu Ke and Zhou Mo raised their crossbows, aiming at the two giant lizards.
Because the two giant lizards were gnawing on two corpses, they were very conspicuous.
Once the crossbow arrows were fired, they directly pierced the giant lizards’ skin.
The giant lizards let out a screech, abandoned the corpses, and charged towards Xu Yi’s group.
With still twenty meters of distance, everyone remained calm.
Lu Ke and Zhou Mo reloaded the crossbows and continued shooting.
When the two giant lizards reached them, each had been hit by three arrows.
Xu Yi, wielding Lu Ke’s short gun, charged out, followed closely by Zhou Chun, then Cheng Jie and Liu Li.
Xu Yi, being the fastest, rushed forward and slammed the gun into one of the lizard’s neck, lifting it straight up.
When Zhou Chun saw this, his eyes lit up.
So, it could be attacked this way too.
He wanted to do the same, but when he reached the rear giant lizard, he found he couldn’t stop and stab like Xu Yi.
He ran from the side, slowed down, and finally thrust his iron spear forward.
As he attacked, the giant lizard turned to bite him, scaring Zhou Chun, who quickly retreated.
At that time, Cheng Jie had already rushed in, directly stabbing the military dagger into the giant lizard’s neck. However, she lost her balance and crashed into it.
"Sister Cheng." Liu Li screamed, letting out an ’ah’, and plunged her military dagger into the lizard.
She chose the underside of the lizard’s jaw, thus piercing through its head.
Simultaneously, Zhou Chun thrust his iron spear, breaking the lizard’s neck.
The lizard Xu Yi struck received two more arrows.
It shrieked, stood up, and furiously scratched with its forepaws.
At that moment, Lu Ke and Zhou Mo charged up.
Aiming at the lizard’s belly, Zhou Mo thrust his military dagger, and Lu Ke plunged Xu Yi’s dagger, then sliced open the lizard’s stomach after inserting it.
"Having many people really makes a difference; it took just a moment to take down two giant lizards."
"If the previous group cooperated like this, they wouldn’t have been wiped out."
"A team must have a strong leader, otherwise, they would be defeated quickly."
"So, cooperation is the key; with two big groups, they could easily take down the giant lizards. Anyone still thinking of robbery is just digging their own grave."
The live stream audience was awed by Xu Yi and his group’s handling, compared to the previous group, their strength was overwhelming. They all possessed an unstoppable momentum.
