Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Unknown Titanium Gun, Horn Bow, and Luring the Desert Wolf

Only four points of durability remain, meaning this mysterious titanium gun of unknown level and quality is actually nearing the brink of being scrapped.

Although it only takes one point of Life Value to repair one point of durability, Lin Feng looked at his Second-level Enhanced Person’s 14 points of Life Value and couldn’t afford to waste too much on it.

So he asked the captain:

“Where did you get this from?”

A hint of loneliness flashed in Chen Shanshan’s eyes, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she replied:

“More than five years ago, after rescuing my master, who gave it to me after a calamity, this was her weapon, said to come from a large relic.”

“It could originally switch to a spearhead form, the blade is exceptionally sharp, able to easily pierce through ten centimeters of steel, and could wound an ordinary Desert Wolf with just one blow.”

“How about it, can it be repaired?”

Lin Feng frowned slightly, seeing that it indeed has its uses, with a base damage of 20 points, plus the stopping power from the piercing wound, far more effective than chopping and heavy striking.

Then, under the captain’s expectant gaze, Lin Feng explained the current situation:

“My ability will consume physical status, fully repairing it is quite taxing and may affect subsequent battles, so I’ll just try first.”

Explaining the situation, Lin Feng first consumed one point of Life Value to see the effect.

As a surge of energy was drawn from within his body and infused into the mysterious titanium gun in his hand, the rust on the surface of the ordinary steel rod flaked off, showing slight improvement.

Returning the titanium gun to the captain, the latter tightly gripped and twisted the lower segment with both hands, unfortunately, aside from the scraping sound, the appearance remained unchanged.

Lin Feng estimated that a breakthrough might occur after the durability is restored to more than half.

60% after all is considered passing.

So he took the titanium gun and continued to consume another point of Life Value to perform repairs.

This time, the surface of the titanium gun was brand new, with the previous tiny rust spots disappearing, and vaguely revealing tadpole-like unknown patterns.

Seeing this scene, Chen Shanshan was somewhat excited, took it and directly twisted the lower segment.

With a crisp click, from the originally blunt top of the steel rod suddenly sprang a three-edged spearhead, thirty to forty centimeters long.

The three edges were still in a peculiar spiral form.

The spear tip was exceptionally sharp, even in the shadow, a cold glint could be seen.

Lin Feng couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, this relic-origin cold weapon was immensely sci-fi, seemingly capable of piercing any defense.

The identification result in his eyes showed that its damage was a full forty points!

If used for killing, it would certainly one-shot each target.

Against a Desert Wolf, a stab to the vital spot could also achieve a one-shot kill.

“Thank you!”

Chen Shanshan retracted the spearhead form, looked at Lin Feng with a serious expression, and solemnly thanked him.

Then she turned to look at the Desert Wolves tailing the group, even her tone became confident:

“Next, as long as we can lure it into attacking, I’m fully confident in achieving a kill.”

Lin Feng nodded, without a hint of doubt or contempt due to the short stature of the woman in front of him.

She was, after all, a Late-stage Enhanced Person, with Evolution Level eight, four times stronger than himself, possessing nearly a ton of power, and paired with the titanium gun in her hand, dealing with a Deserted Old Wolf was not an issue.

But to increase the probability of a kill and decrease the likelihood of injury, Lin Feng decided to continue upgrading another weapon Chen Shanshan had:

“Hand over the bow and arrow, let me see if I can optimize it. Its shooting is noiseless, more suitable for ambush than a pistol.”

Chen Shanshan nodded, took down the bow hanging on her shoulder, along with the remaining five arrows, and handed them over:

“This is made from the horn of a Mutated Zebra, and it’s been about two years since I’ve used it.”

Information about the item floated in Lin Feng’s eyes:

“Crude Horn Bow lv1, White Quality”

“Basic Attributes: Damage 5, Durability 7/10, Effective Range 80 meters, Remaining Arrows: 5; Can consume 1 point of Life Value for upgrading.”

“Evaluation: Inferior Horn Bow, requires high user proficiency, hit rate affected by many factors, not recommended for beginners.”

Seeing the basic damage of 5 points, Lin Feng decided to upgrade without a second thought.

As his Life Value dropped to 11 points, the horn bow in his hand, infused with the internal energy, was upgraded to lv2:

“Ordinary Horn Bow lv2, White Quality”

“Basic Attributes: Damage 10, Durability 10/10, Effective Range 150 meters, Remaining Arrows: 5; Upgraded to Host Level Limit”

“Evaluation: A usable Ordinary Horn Bow, requires over three hundred kilograms of force to adeptly use, hit rate affected by many factors, not recommended for beginners.”

As expected, just as Lin Feng anticipated, the bow’s damage doubled after the upgrade to ten points!

He tried drawing it back, feeling some strain.

“Don’t release the bowstring directly, dry pulling can damage the bow, release it slowly!”

Chen Shanshan promptly reminded Lin Feng, who nearly released his fingers while unfamiliar with the bow and arrow.

Slowly retracting his grip, Lin Feng looked at the untouched durability, rubbed the red mark on his forefinger, and handed the horn bow back to Chen Shanshan.

Chen Shanshan tried it and nodded with satisfaction.

With a titanium gun for close combat, paired with the horn bow’s long-range damage, she was even confident enough to hunt down a Desert Wolf below Level 9 by herself.

At this moment, Ding Yi approached, handing Lin Feng a cloak woven with Scavenger Vulture feathers:

“The Feather Robe can shield you from the sun, conceal your scent, and it is breathable and not hot.”

Lin Feng was wearing only a thin sleeveless hemp robe, woven from plant stems, which was itchy and rough. His exposed arms were already sunburned red.

After draping the Feather Robe, he felt significantly better.

Then Ding Yi took out a small bottle made of leg bone from his pocket, pulled out the wooden cork, and a faint fragrant scent wafted out.

The liquid inside had a rich blue-green color, which looked obviously dangerous at a glance.

“This is plant secretion I’ve collected, concentrated, with strong muscle-paralyzing and hallucinogenic effects. The more intense the movement, the faster the effect. Coating the arrowheads with it provides extra security.”

Upon hearing Ding Yi’s introduction, Lin Feng marveled that knowledge is power; combining it with arrows was simply perfect.

Having completed all the preparations before the hunt, only the specific implementation of the steps remained.

The first point was how to lure this Desert Wolf into actively attacking.

Lin Feng’s injuries had already healed, so playing dead would not be very effective anymore, and facing the Desert Wolf alone could easily backfire on him.

At this point, Ding Yi adjusted his glasses and spoke up:

“I’m the weakest now, so I’ll act as bait.”

Lin Feng looked at Ding Yi with some surprise. This woman who had first treated his injuries seemed extremely rational, or rather, very self-aware.

She was taking on a task that was near-suicidal.

Chen Shanshan shook her head. With nearly six years of experience roughing it in the wasteland, she had plenty of experience in counter-killing Desert Wolves:

“There’s no need for a special bait, Desert Wolves, although cunning and ruthless, are strong and not at the bottom of the food chain, unlike the cautious Scavenger Vultures…”

“On the contrary, deliberately exposed flaws would arouse the vigilance of experienced Deserted Old Wolves.”

“Wolves have a keen sense of smell, able to pick up on our scent status, determining strength and targeting the attack.”

“When it’s your turn to stand guard, Ding Yi, it will definitely probe.”

“It knows well that as long as it kills one, the rest will flee in panic, becoming the bottom tier of Deserters, with no unity or camaraderie worth speaking of.”

While explaining, the captain coated the arrowheads with the plant secretion.

After understanding the habits of Desert Wolves, the specific hunting plan also became clear.

The escaping team had to travel twenty kilometers every day, requiring over eight hours of rest, and taking turns standing guard, there would always be a flaw.

For convenient action, Chen Shanshan found a shallow cave beneath a rocky outcrop, where people could rest inside while placing a sentry outside.

In the vision of the Desert Wolf, the prey was solely the one outside the cave, and all it needed to do was cautiously approach and snatch away the prey.

But it didn’t know that Chen Shanshan had the Perception Superpower, capable of detecting nearby dangers even with her eyes closed.

As the plan proceeded smoothly, the two sat inside the cave, trying to breathe evenly, feigning sleep.

Outside the cave, Ding Yi looked tense. At the slightest stir, she needed to dive into the cave immediately

This was what Chen Shanshan had specially instructed her.

Time ticked by slowly, and to ease her inner tension, Ding Yi began searching for grass roots beneath the stones.

Half an hour later, the old Desert Wolf, which had been monitoring them for a long time, circled around and decided to attack from behind.

It lay flat a hundred meters from the cave entrance, using a boulder to cover the prey’s line of sight, and slowly moved forward, inching carefully.

Until only thirty meters remained from the cave entrance to the humans!

The old Desert Wolf suddenly pushed off powerfully, leaping straight towards Ding Yi’s back.

On the rugged slope,

it covered ten meters with each stride, one leap per second!

A mouth full of fangs gleamed under the sunlight, aiming right at Ding Yi’s neck.

At the critical moment, a low silhouette suddenly shot out from the cave, a titanium gun aimed at the wolf shadow mid-air.

At the same time, a loud warning came swiftly:

“Get down!”

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