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Chapter 184 Desert Giant Worm

The message was delivered in the afternoon, and intelligence arrived in the evening.

Traces of the giant desert worm have been spotted to the north of the eastern sand dunes.

That evening, Qin Ziwen led the vehicle-mounted crossbow and the others to their destination, but they did not find the giant desert worm.

The next day, Qin Ziwen continued his stakeout at the destination.

After several days, there was much less dust in the air than before.

The sun was blazing overhead, but the wind that blew in carried a warm feeling.

After a morning of waiting, the giant desert worm finally appeared.

Amidst swirling sand and dust, a colossal beast appeared.

This time, however, the desert giant worm did not come out directly like the previous two. Instead, it stopped in the sand dune, only showing half of its head, and cautiously observed the outside world.

Cao Biansheng's expression was grave. "They seem a bit more dangerous than the previous two."

Qin Ziwen shook his head, "A beast is still a beast; it won't last long."

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant desert worm observed for a few minutes before finally unable to resist and slowly crawling out of the sand dune.

Then it crawled toward the bait outside.

It opens its chrysanthemum-shaped mouthparts and slowly swallows its prey into its throat.

What it didn't notice was that inside the prey's body, there was a chain extending outward from the prey's anus, the end of which was tied to a large rock not far away.

The giant desert worm swallowed its prey and lay still, secreting an anesthetic liquid to paralyze it.

Even if the prey appears to be dead, there are too many animals in the Gobi Desert that are good at feigning death, so it will not let its guard down.

What made it strange was that a group of humans were standing not far away.

It ate two not long ago, and they didn't taste very good.

However, it is not picky about food.

"Oh!"

The desert giant worm suddenly heard a low, muffled sound in its eardrum.

The next second, its head exploded.

Although it wasn't the first time he'd seen something like this, Luo Gang was still somewhat moved, asking, "When will your vehicle-mounted crossbows come out?"

"Two more days."

"Roar!!!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the side.

On this vast plain, it was like a thunderclap.

Everyone's expression changed in surprise, and they looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A huge, massive dinosaur was trotting towards them from the mouth of the valley.

"Tyrannosaurus rex".

Cao Biansheng gasped for breath.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was heading in their direction.

This is a colossal creature, 15 meters long and weighing over 7 tons, whose appearance is remarkably similar to the Tyrannosaurus Rex that humans are familiar with.

This monster was very tall, and their spears could hardly pierce its head and heart; they could only hit its feet. However, due to the Tyrannosaurus's body structure, if they wanted to hit its feet, they had to get under its belly.

"Let's go!" Luo Gang urged.

Qin Ziwen decisively said, "Retreat!"

"Wait, wait." Cao Biansheng was sweating as he watched the Tyrannosaurus Rex getting closer and closer. He then turned around, reloaded his crossbow, and aimed it at the Desert Giant Worm!

"Just one more hit, Captain, you guys go first!" Cao Biansheng murmured.

"I absolutely cannot let that Tyrannosaurus Rex in the trench steal my kill." He was about to complete the level two mission, and he was unwilling to retreat like this.

He struck the mechanism heavily.

"boom!"

The giant crossbow bolt was fired like an arrow, striking the giant desert worm repeatedly.

The giant desert worm shuddered violently. Then, numerous tiny white specks of light burst forth from its body, coalescing into two cards on its form.

"Hahahaha." Amidst his maniacal laughter, Cao Biansheng was pulled away by Qin Ziwen.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex that was charging from the east paused when it saw the giant desert worm. It turned its head to look at the humans, a cunning glint in its eyes.

Finally, it walked up to the giant desert worm, stretched out its front claws, pried open its head, and then stuck its nose inside.

Instead of biting directly, it pressed its large nostrils tightly against the object and inhaled deeply and forcefully.

"Roar……"

A low, satisfied whimper, quite different from its previous roar, rolled out from the depths of its throat.

It seemed that this was not enough, so it stretched out its rough tongue and greedily licked every corner of the giant worm's brain as if savoring an exquisite delicacy.

From a distance, watching this scene, everyone felt a chill.

"What is it doing?"

"Is it really that easy to suck out the brain of this worm?" Qin Ziwu muttered to himself.

Wang Jun speculated: "Could it be sucking the anesthetic liquid from the giant worm's head, just like some dogs like to lick toads?"

"Let's retreat first." Qin Ziwen glanced at the crossbow mounted on the vehicle.

This thing is very heavy. Although it can be pushed away, the Tyrannosaurus Rex is right next to it.

It can only be put on hold for now.

Qin Ziwen took two steps back, his expression shifting rapidly.

Just as the last giant desert worm died.

He then received a notification.

[Complete the Level 2 Hunting Ladder Quest: Hunt 3 Adult Desert Giant Worms]

[Reward: Human Physique Enhancement Card (One Star), 4 Points]

[Challenge completed, current progress 1/10]

[VIP Level 3 resident, you have obtained partial map information for the next stage]

[Next map: Island]

[Next stay duration: 45 days]

[Number of new recruits for the next phase: None]

[Next stage type: Competition]

Surprisingly, no more players were added in the next phase, and the game mode changed to a competitive mode.

The challenge at this stage is to hunt giant beasts on the Heavenly Ladder. Will the competition at the next stage be between residents of the same community or between different communities?

Pulling their thoughts back, the next phase of the map was still a long way off for them; their main task now was to figure out how to complete the ten hunting missions.

It is now the tenth day since we crossed into the Gobi Desert.

Only one out of ten tasks was completed.

We need to speed things up.

The group retreated several hundred meters, gazing at the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the distance.

After feeding for a while, the Tyrannosaurus Rex wobbled and shook its head to stand up. It then swung its thick tail and walked back into the canyon.

Only after it had gone far away did Qin Ziwen return to the giant worm's corpse and take down two cards.

He discovered that the reward would decrease after hunting the same beast too many times.

In the evening, Zou Jianghe brought important news.

They found a desert raptor on a cliff to the east, but this desert raptor was larger than the ones they had encountered before.

It should belong to the leader or chief-level individual within the same clan.

"Is this the only target? How about we choose another one?" Qin Ziwen suggested.

Du Yu shook his head. "Sir, tomorrow is the last day. We may not be able to find a suitable target. At least compared to that Tyrannosaurus Rex, this one is more suitable."

"Hmm." Qin Ziwen nodded. At least Du Yu had a chance of winning against the leader of this desert raptor, but against a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the chance of winning was almost zero.

(End of this chapter)