Chapter 12 Hunting and Anti-hunting
Robert has been in the abandoned Manhattan, New York for nearly three years and finally found a survivor other than himself.
Before falling asleep at night, he was still a little excited.
It is difficult for people who have not experienced it personally to understand this kind of surprise of survival.
For more than two years, Robert, who had a serious lack of communication, even began to talk to the figure model.
If he continues, he suspects that sooner or later he will become mentally ill one day because he is too lonely.
In contrast, Xin Sheng has only been in this world that has experienced the disaster of the end of the world for a few months, and his feelings about loneliness are far less strong than Robert.
But after all, he had lived alone for half a year, and he could understand Robert's feelings.
Because he had rescued him when facing the threat of the Night Demon King, Robert, who was surprised, had almost no doubt about Xin Sheng's origin and intentions, and even his most important laboratory was displayed to him without reservation.
When Robert was still tossing and turning in the master bedroom with excitement, Xin Sheng, who was staying in the guest room, had already fallen asleep first.
Rhubarb curled up in a ball and lay at the gate. Once an accident occurs, the loyal hound will wake up his master as soon as possible.
At the same time, the Night Demon King, who was still injured by arrows on his shoulder, was running wildly in the darkness.
Its physique is stronger than any night demon that Xin Sheng has ever seen. It leads the largest ethnic group among the Manhattan Night Demons and occupies an entire skyscraper as the ethnic group's nest.
Today, its daughter was captured in front of her, and the Night Demon King was filled with anger and self-blame, and followed by a strong desire for revenge.
It called on all members of the tribe to start searching for the whereabouts of the assaulters in Manhattan after nightfall.
Unfortunately, Robert and Xin Sheng were very careful and did not leave any clues available to the Night Devils.
The search for the whole night was fruitless. Seeing that the sun was about to rise, the Night Demon King could only recall his subordinates unwillingly.
But it still did not give up.
The Night Demon King knew that humans would definitely go out during the day, so he ordered members of the clan to scatter to all corners of the Manhattan area and to hide in buildings that could not be exposed to sunlight and observe in secret.
It wants the guy who captured his daughter to pay the price.
For this reason, the Night Demon King took the initiative to provoke a territorial battle with other tribes.
He wants to use his powerful strength to defeat the enemy, drive away or subdue the defeated, expand his manpower as much as possible, and speed up the search for the bold alien.
"roar!"
Standing on the roof of the Empire State Building, the Night Demon King could not suppress his anger and anxiety, and raised his head to roar at the dark night sky dotted with bright stars.
Responses come from all over Manhattan.
This hunting and anti-hunting drama has just begun.
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As soon as the sun rose, Xin Sheng, who had already grown a biological clock, woke up, and Robert walked out of the master bedroom almost at the same time.
"Robert, early."
Xin Sheng's good morning greeting made Robert, who was still confused, quickly wake up, and his eyes became a little complicated.
‘How long has anyone greeted me good morning?’
The very ordinary greetings before the end of the world made Robert feel like he was a different life.
"Good morning, sir."
As usual, Robert will first perform a round of anaerobic exercise before having a meal in the early morning.
Only by good physical fitness can he have a greater chance of survival when facing a crisis, just like yesterday's shocking escape.
Xin Sheng agreed with this very much. The two of them performed exercises that suited them until the sun rose completely.
When Robert and Xin Sheng finished their morning exercises and returned to the living room to prepare for meals, the disciplined Dahuang squatted at the gate and waited silently.
Samantha, the German Shepherd, seemed relatively lazy. She was still dozing off on the sofa, and her alertness was obviously not as good as that of a professionally trained hunting dog.
“Uh~”
The overly sharp contrast made Robert a little embarrassed: "Xiao Sa's training started after he was half a year old. Although I have tried my best,... you know."
Xin Sheng showed an understanding smile on his face and patted Robert's thick shoulder comfortably.
"I can understand, but you still have to try to restrain Samantha's hunting instinct to avoid encountering the emergencies of yesterday."
Anyone who has raised a dog knows that puppies are the easiest to teach within three months, and most hunting dogs have to complete most basic training within this period of time.
If you miss this golden period, even a dog breed with super intelligent nature like the German Shepherd will inevitably experience a significant decline in learning ability.
Robert is not a professional hunter or dog trainer, so it is not easy for Samantha, who has just started training at half a year old, to this extent.
After simple breakfast, the day of life in Wasteland Manhattan officially began.
Robert, who was very alert, did not continue to use yesterday's SUV, but instead switched to a brown military jeep.
After living alone in the crisis-ridden Manhattan area for more than two years, Robert's caution is never inferior to Xin Sheng. He will not give Night Demon any chance to find his own home.
However, in Xin Sheng's opinion, Robert's understanding of Night Demon is a bit behind.
The Night Demon's intelligence is not low, and it is not the irrational and low-level beast he thinks is.
Previously, there was only Robert, the entire Manhattan area. As long as the Night Demon had the will to hide in the dark and monitor, he would sooner or later find traces of his activities in the city.
Xin Sheng, who was mentally prepared in advance, soon after he went out, he realized something was wrong through the hunter's keen crisis perception. There were plural creatures nearby hiding in the dark and secretly observing them.
‘As a result, have you started to monitor it on a large scale?’
Robert did not raise his vigilance like Xin Sheng, nor did he have the powerful hunter intuition as powerful as his.
Robert, who was driving forward, was in a very relaxed mood, humming a soothing folk song under the warm sunshine.
In just one night, the Night Demon King could not conquer many new subordinates, and it was not so easy to seize territory from other tribes.
Led by two alert dogs, Xin Sheng and Robert went door to door to search for resources, mainly searching for guns and ammunition.
Unfortunately, I had few gains throughout the morning.
Local Robert explained this.
"New York was the first city to fall under the virus. After the disaster broke out, gunfire in the city of New York almost never stopped."
Recalling the scene two years ago, Robert's face showed a look of pain and sadness.
"The vast majority of infected people are dead, but a small part of them has become... the night demon in your mouth."
"The person who was still working together yesterday suddenly turned into a monster and attacked his relatives, friends and partners in turn."
"This huge pressure of not knowing who can be trusted has put survivors in New York into a state of hysteria and madness."
Robert smiled self-deprecatingly: "Three days, just three days."
“According to the members of the Special Forces who protected me, New York City residents have exhausted guns and ammunition in three days that a thousand-man barracks would last for several years.”
"Wait until everything calms down."
Robert sighed deeply: "There is no living person around me, only Xiao Sa and I stood alone in a dead empty city."
"The mutated Night Demon ate everyone's corpses, including their kind."
"For them, we don't have to see the stenchy and rotten corpses all over the city."
After taking a bite of Robert's homemade canned meat burger, Xin Sheng asked the questions he had always cared about.
"Robert, can you figure out how many night demons are in downtown New York?"
Robert nodded, his eyes flashing with a confident look, giving a relatively accurate number.
"The 8 million people in New York have at least 7 million people who die from the virus."
"The early mutated Night Demon's emotions are very unstable, and the desire to attack each other is extremely strong."
"The remaining nearly one million night demons fought each other for a long time, and it gradually calmed down after about half a year."
"I used mathematical formulas to roughly calculate the total number of Night Demons in New York today, which should be about 200,000, distributed in the five major regions of New York."
"Manhattan accounts for one-third of the total number of Night Devils in New York, about 70,000, because of its dense population and numerous skyscrapers suitable for nesting."
‘No wonder…’
Chapter completed!