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Chapter 181 The Giant Worm, a Treasure Trove

The thought of hunting the giant desert worm made Cao Biansheng tremble all over.

Although it wasn't a close-range, hands-on hunting experience, the process of personally operating the crossbow and pinning it to death was itself a form of "doing it personally."

This is the vehicle-mounted crossbow that he operated himself.

Could he kill such a big guy with pure melee weapons?

Cao Biansheng suddenly realized.

A crossbow is a crossbow, and a crossbow bolt is an arrow; isn't this also a form of archery?

Qin Ziwu was somewhat annoyed. He was still thinking about the second arrow he had shot, which had missed.

That bug kept moving, making it difficult to aim.

He felt it was a pity; if he had shot more accurately, things might have turned out better.

After the giant desert worm died, the crowd waited for a long time, unsure whether it had any companions.

"Are there still worms in the desert?" Luo Gang shouted, covering his mouth.

Because of the distance, the sound was scattered in the wind, and only scattered, intermittent individual words could be heard on both sides.

Luo Gang thought for a moment, then took out paper and pen from his pocket, wrote down what he wanted to say, and asked Qin Ziwen to have the horned eagle deliver it.

The two sides reached an agreement. The students did not know if there were any more giant desert worms in the dunes, at least they did not see two giant desert worms appear at the same time.

Just to be on the safe side, the group waited another half hour before working together to drag the giant desert worm's corpse out of the sand.

The desert giant worm is lighter than you might imagine.

With the combined efforts of more than a dozen people, they managed to drag it out of the sand dune bit by bit.

After testing, it was roughly estimated that the giant desert worm weighed around four tons.

Its skin is very smooth, like the shell of a crustacean, and also has a certain elasticity.

From the open side wound, it can be seen that its interior is a hollow structure, with only some simple white skeletons supporting the entire body.

The overall appearance resembles stacked tires.

Du Yu stepped forward and took down the three cards floating above the corpse.

One yellow card, one gray card, and one gold card with a black border.

[Building Enhancement Card] Random, [Building Card] Blacksmith Shop, [Advanced Resource Card] Water Dew Fruit Forest.

After the giant desert worm was pulled out, Wang Jun examined it.

He was very curious about this strange creature he had never seen before.

After a long while, Wang Jun stood up and reported to Qin Ziwen: "Chairman, the important internal organs of this giant desert worm are mostly concentrated behind its head. Therefore, its main weakness is likely its head. As for the rest of its body, there are acid sacs that secrete corrosive gases at intervals."

During my examination, I discovered that its body cavity was filled with this type of acidic gas.

As he spoke, Wang Jun raised his right hand. During the examination, his hand had accidentally slipped into the body cavity, and within just two seconds, the skin on his hand had turned noticeably red.

“In addition, I found a special air sac at the back of its head,” he continued, “which can release a liquid with an anesthetic effect. The teeth in its mouth are not its primary means of attack; their main function is probably to help hold its prey in place.”

When it envelops its prey's upper body with its head and mouth, its fine, sharp teeth pierce the prey's interior, immobilizing it. Then, it releases an anesthetic liquid from inside its mouth, rendering the prey unconscious, before swallowing it whole. Finally, it uses the corrosive gases within its body to decompose the prey.

"Is that so? I thought it tore its prey apart with its teeth." Qin Ziwen squatted down, looking at the desert giant worm's ferocious chrysanthemum-shaped mouthparts and the dense array of sharp teeth inside.

At least visually, those sharp teeth are quite intimidating.

“Its teeth are indeed quite hard and strong, but the distribution of its oral cavity structure makes it difficult for its teeth to become its primary means of attack.” At this point, Wang Jun said half-jokingly, “Unless its head can rotate at a high speed like an electric drill, then its head can become a blender.” Qin Ziwu next to him laughed and said, “If it lived in the sea, that would be possible. It could learn to do a death roll like a crocodile.”

"Then it doesn't have any meat?" Qin Ziwen was only curious whether this thing was edible.

Wang Jun said, "It has some muscle, and its muscle strength is very high. This kind of meat should be very chewy. Chairman, the value of this desert giant worm is not low, mainly because of its meat, but because of its organs."

The acid in its acid sac can be collected, and the organ that releases anesthetic fluid can also be removed; the fluid inside is a natural anesthetic.

Then there's its outer shell, which is quite strong. If it were made into armor, it would offer more protection than many leather armors.

Given its size, it could easily make ten full sets of armor, and still have some spare armor plates.

"President, don't be fooled by the fact that the crossbow pierced its body with a single arrow. Against a crossbow bolt, not only leather armor, but even iron armor is pulverized in an instant."

"Okay, then you guys go ahead and handle it."

Qin Ziwen nodded.

He looked into the depths of the desert, and after waiting for a while, finally, a student tentatively slid down from the height and ran quickly on the sand.

He was very fast, and in less than a minute, he had run out of the dune area.

Even after escaping, he was still shaken, his face filled with the relief of surviving a close call.

He hugged the students around him, then went to Qin Ziwen and thanked him.

The other students had already told him that the main way to kill this giant desert worm was through Chairman Qin's vehicle-mounted crossbow.

If it weren't for this new powerful weapon, it would have been almost impossible for them to deal with the giant desert worms in this desert.

Because if you can't beat the desert giant worm, you can run away.

At its speed, if it escapes into the sand dunes, it would be almost impossible for anyone to catch up with it.

Subsequently, the remaining students trapped inside gradually ran out.

They all wore expressions of shock and disbelief.

"Wow--"

At the edge, a student who was helping to cut the worm suddenly clutched his stomach and ran to the side to vomit violently.

He pointed to the tail section he was in charge of, his fingers trembling.

The others seemed to realize something, and their faces fell.

The group walked over and found a human corpse at the end of the giant desert worm's tail.

Judging from the clothes worn on the body, it was the classmate it swallowed.

Most of its soft tissue had decomposed, its clothes were deformed and twisted, its rubber soles were sticky and bubbly, and the exposed parts had been almost completely decomposed, revealing its bare bones.

Some students covered their mouths, turned their heads away, and felt nauseous.

His teammates, with whom he spent every day, found it even harder to control their emotions.

Luo Gang sighed, "Bring him out and bury him on the spot."

Seeing this, Qin Ziwen, who had originally wanted to try the muscles of the desert giant worm, silently gave up the idea. He decided to find an opportunity later to try one that had never eaten a human.

However, this thing is indeed suitable as prey. It is very strong, but its strength mainly lies in its combat power in special terrain. Once it leaves the environment, its combat power will drop by at least half a level, if not a level. However, the cards it drops are very generous, a total of three.

(End of this chapter)