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Chapter 205 Hunting the Tyrannosaurus Rex

"What's your name?"

"Jiang Shan".

Cao Biansheng raised his head, glanced at the man in front of him, and said with a smile, "I remember you."

Jiang Shan was taken aback, then lowered his head, his expression complicated.

The two had actually had a conflict before.

Cao Biansheng said, "He's strong and has potential. He should train hard after joining. Maybe we'll become comrades-in-arms in the future."

Jiang Shan remained silent for a while, then said, "Hmm."

The rush to join finally ended in the evening.

Cao Biansheng, Qin Ziwu, Wang Jun, and Yuan Dajun each came over with their compiled registers.

How many people joined?

Qin Ziwu said, "I have forty-five here."

Wang Jun handed over the booklet. "Thirty-eight."

Yuan Dajun handed over the booklet. "Thirty-four."

Cao Biansheng grinned, "Then I have the most people here, fifty-nine."

Qin Ziwen did the math, “One hundred and seventy-six people, that’s quite a lot.”

Wang Jun shook his head, "Not only that, their families haven't been counted yet. There's no problem adding another one or two hundred people. In addition, there were originally fifty people we brought out. Now, out of this group of three hundred people, two hundred and twenty-six are from our Qin Alliance."

Qin Ziwen estimated in his mind that the total number of Qin Alliance members should now exceed five hundred.

They make up about a quarter of the community's population, and more than half of the members are young and middle-aged, which is an astonishing proportion.

In the evening, Qin Ziwen selected ten people from the group to join the hunting team.

Five of them were elites who were already in the team when they set off from the community in the first wave, while the other five were elites selected from the young and strong who joined later after this expansion.

Qin Ziwen used his Insight skill to notice that all ten people had three-star physical attributes.

In this environment, those with strong physical abilities are indeed more likely to stand out.

At this moment, Yuan Dajun brought over a man. "Chairman, this is my neighbor, Zhang Liang, who is also my colleague. He used to be the captain of the hunting team in the Tongmenghui."

Qin Ziwen stood up and shook hands. He remembered this man; he was one of the ten people selected to join the hunting team.

"Hello."

"President, we're going to hunt Tyrannosaurus Rex, right? I have an idea, I wonder what you think?"

"You say it."

Zhang Liang said, "Actually, I used this method to kill several pythons before when I was on the previous map. I put a fist-sized triangular iron spike in a piece of meat, tied a rope to the spike, and then tied it to a tree next to me. After the snake ate the meat, it moved, and the iron spike would rotate in its stomach, eventually tearing its intestines apart."

Qin Ziwen nodded and asked, "Have you ever killed a crocodile using this method?"

Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment.

Then he answered truthfully: "I did kill it, but the crocodile escaped back into the river and I haven't seen its body since, so I don't know if it was successful."

Qin Ziwen agreed with Zhang Liang's idea. "Hmm, I've actually considered this method before, but for carnivores that swallow food without chewing, their esophagus and stomach walls are often stronger than those of ordinary animals. If the iron spikes are too small, they might not be effective. If the spikes are too big, they're not stupid; if you taste a fishbone in your mouth, do you spit it out or swallow it?" Zhang Liang thought for a moment, "What if we lay some barbed wire or tripwires on the ground? With some barbs on them, the Tyrannosaurus Rex stepping on them should affect its mobility."

Qin Ziwen said, "That's feasible, but it's probably too late now. If the quantity is small, it won't be of much use on the plains, and if the quantity is large, there's not enough time to forge it now."

At this point, Qin Ziwen became interested, "Mr. Zhang Liang, what did you do for a living before?"

Zhang Liang said, "Lao Yuan and I were comrades-in-arms before. After we retired from the army, we both worked at the same stunt company. I was in charge of props, and Lao Yuan was the martial arts instructor."

"A prop maker, huh?" Qin Ziwen nodded. "No wonder. If you're interested in this, after the battle, would you like to go to the Ordnance Bureau and be in charge of the creative aspects of military weapons?"

Zhang Liang's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed, which could be considered a return to his old profession.

The following morning, seven more crossbow carts were delivered via the previous route, bringing the total to eleven.

Li Yue came with the crossbow mounted on the vehicle. He had stayed up all night, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Fortunately, he drank a lot of healing spring water before setting off, otherwise he felt he would be lying on the ground right now.

"Why did you come along?" Qin Ziwen glanced at him.

Upon hearing this, Li Yue sighed, "They've forgotten the old ones once they have new ones. Does the boss not want me to come over?"

"speak English."

Li Yue truthfully replied, "Master Li is still at the Ordnance Bureau continuing to manufacture crossbows. This batch is an improved new model with changes in range and ballistics compared to the old model. I have to come and give him some guidance."

As he spoke, he looked around.

"Wow, is this the oasis? So much grass, so much water, green and blue, it's so pleasing to the eye."

"Stop talking nonsense and follow me."

After Qin Ziwen finished speaking, he had the eagle lead the way in the sky, and then led the group away pushing carts loaded with crossbows.

After taking a long detour, avoiding the straight section between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the oasis, we parked the vehicle-mounted crossbow on a sand dune not far away from the side.

From here on the sand dunes, you can see the Tyrannosaurus Rex's lair diagonally opposite.

It's just a little far away, almost two hundred meters.

Li Yue straightened up, placed his hand on his brow, and squinted as he looked out: "This is fine. It's right within the optimal range of the crossbow. Boss, to make aiming easier, I specially added a scope to each new crossbow cart. Although I can't guarantee 100% accuracy, it should be roughly fine."

Li Yue peered westward and asked, "Has the Tyrannosaurus Rex left?"

"It left a long time ago. This Tyrannosaurus Rex is very diligent. Every morning it goes out to the oasis for a buffet and then returns to its nest. It takes at most half an hour. This dinosaur is very disciplined."

Qin Ziwen squinted at the empty nest opposite him.

A thought flickered in my mind: should I sneak into the Tyrannosaurus Rex's lair while it's not around?

But in the end, I suppressed my curiosity and decided that I could still go see it after killing the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

They took advantage of the time difference, setting off earlier, and arrived just as the Tyrannosaurus Rex had departed, so it shouldn't be long before it returned.

"Alright, everyone, let's smear the mud on it now." After Qin Ziwen finished speaking, Cao Biansheng lifted the tarpaulin on the cart, revealing a box full of lake bottom mud.

Then, everyone methodically applied the product to their exposed arms, cheeks, neck, and other areas.

Under the blazing sun, on the distant horizon, a tall and imposing figure strode briskly back to its lair.

(End of this chapter)