Chu Guang never thought that the second non-combat casualty in Shelter No. 404 was caused by crabs in the lake?
"Cracked Claw Crab."
Looking at the lakeside, the big crab lying on the player's head and feasting on it, Chu Guang recognized the identity of this thing in just one second.
This crab is probably a mutant of some kind of lake crab. As for the specific species, no one knows, and it doesn't matter. After all, a crab that grows to one meter tall is not suitable to be related to anyone.
The mud and algae hanging all over the body seem to be never washed clean, and it looks like a ball of mud from a distance. The high-raised arc-shaped carapace is a natural armor, which is accumulated with a large amount of calcium and magnesium minerals, chitin, keratinized fibers, and other biopolymers, which can effectively disperse and buffer kinetic damage. Generally, light weapons hitting it are no different from tickling.
And the two huge pincers are even more explosive. It is said that they can cut off a tree trunk as thick as a thigh... But how did this thing appear here?
Could it be that there is a nest of cracked claw crabs somewhere at the bottom of the lake or on the other side of the lake?
Chu Guang's brows tightened.
"What is a cracked claw crab?" Fang Chang, who was following him, was confused and asked quickly.
"Alien species."
No time to explain.
The cracked claw crab had already gnawed off half of the head. If he waited any longer, the unlucky player would have his neck gnawed off.
Chu Guang switched the KV-1 exoskeleton from "cruise mode" to "maneuver mode", increased the output power of the knee and elbow joints, and walked towards the cracked claw crab with heavy steps, while calmly pulling out the hammer behind him.
The shell of the cracked claw crab is very wide, so the cracked claw crab has almost no vision behind it.
Although they have a keen sense of hearing at close range, as long as they walk towards this thing, they cannot accurately distinguish the front and back positions of the target.
If it's fast, in 2 seconds, I can knock it down with one hammer!
However, just when Chu Guang walked out of the forest, and was still 20 to 30 meters away, Brother Mosquito suddenly came out of the bushes with a wooden tube.
"Big crab? Where is it??? Damn, it's so big! Sir Administrator, it's too dangerous there, please don't go over there! Let me kill it!"
After saying that, Brother Mosquito excitedly lit the fuse behind the wooden tube, carried it on his shoulder, and aimed the black hole at the crab.
"Fuck!"
"It's a mosquito!"
"Run!"
The players who were joining in the fun were all frightened by his actions, and they all ran away as if they had seen the plague god.
Before Chu Guang could stop it, the wooden tube burst out a tongue of fire, and with a fist-sized firecracker on top, it drilled towards the split-claw crab with a whoosh.
The split-claw crab probably heard the noise, but before it could turn around, the forearm-long firecracker fell into the mud behind its butt.
Obviously.
This RPG was not very accurate.
But it didn't matter.
With a "bang", a mud column flew up four or five meters from the ground. The explosion shook the shell twice, and the billowing smoke directly swallowed the huge body.
Nearly one kilogram of gunpowder exploded instantly. If a person stood so close, even if he was not killed by shrapnel, his internal organs would be shattered.
However, the split-claw crab was not a human after all.
The shock wave of the explosion did not penetrate its shell at all, let alone injure its internal organs, which were not much to begin with.
A shrill and hoarse scream sounded.
The split-claw crab swallowed by the smoke rushed out in pain, quickly locked onto Chu Guang, who was closest to it, and rushed over with its big claws.
But probably because its leg was "broken" by the shock, its speed was only slightly faster than that of a human walking.
Nearby players quickly raised their guns and opened fire, but the Claw Crab, which was hit by a few shots, was as if nothing had happened, and was not affected at all.
"Cease fire!"
Chu Guang raised his right fist, signaling the players to stop wasting bullets, then weighed the sledgehammer in his hand, sighed and walked forward.
"You really know how to find something for me to do."
...
The lame Claw Crab was no different from a predator that had run out of ammunition in front of the nitrogen-powered hammer.
Chu Guang didn't waste time with it at all, switched to B mode, and swung a heavy armor-piercing blow. The nitrogen armor that exploded instantly directly shattered half of its face.
The battle was over.
The dozen or so little players who came out of the base with him were only responsible for scraping the sha, and apart from wasting a few bullets, they didn't do any damage at all.
"Too strong..."
"Dawn boss is awesome!"
"I finally know how that predator lost his head..."
The players around were whispering excitedly.
Mosquito, who was carrying the wooden barrel, looked confused, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses after the battle.
"Fuck... you're fine?"
"You're using HE bullets to attack the crew, at least change to AP bullets," Ye Shi patted Mosquito's shoulder with a grin, "But let's be honest, brother, I don't think your skills are good enough."
Mosquito blushed and argued.
"It must be the plot... the plot killed it! How could it be killed if the plot was not over and the blood was locked? One kilogram of gunpowder, it must have died without the blood locked!"
"Hahaha, it's possible! Why can't I think of the blood lock in my head? Haha."
"..."
Fang sighed, and did not laugh at him with Ye Shi. He just patted the big brother on the shoulder, gave him an encouraging look, and then went up to help the manager pack up the spoils.
Such a big split claw crab must weigh at least 300 kilograms, maybe 400 or 500 kilograms.
[Midnight Killing Chicken] He turned the axe and hit the back of the split claw crab. As a result, it was painful to the tiger's mouth, and there was only a mud mark left on the dirty thick shell.
"Fuck? Is this shell made of iron?" His eyes bulged out, and for the first time he doubted the power of his axe.
"It should be good for armor," [Mole on the Run in the Canyon] squatted beside and used a hatchet to file the claws of the big crab a few times, "The claws are so damn hard, is this thing really mutated by radiation?"
"Who knows."
Looking at the group of players who were surrounding the cracked claw crab and looking around, Chu Guang put away the hammer.
"You find a cart and carry it back."
"Yes!"
"Yes, sir, manager!"
Looking at the players who started to work, Chu Guang then found two little players who had nothing to do and asked them to carry the headless body on the ground back.
Fortunately, they arrived in time, and the little player only had his brain eaten, and his clothes were basically intact. The shrapnel from the previous explosion and the burning wood tar were basically blocked by the shell of the cracked claw crab.
Chu Guang is not worried about the players committing suicide now, but is more worried about them ruining their clothes.
People can start over after death. I only have two blue coats. If I break them, I really don't know where to get a suitable one.
…
On the way back, the snow was getting heavier and heavier. Snow had already started to hang on the treetops and grass leaves. If it didn't stop until the evening, it would probably snow tomorrow before the next snow.
Chu Guang initially speculated that the temperature drop caused the change in the range of these split-claw crabs, but he didn't know from which direction they migrated.
Don't settle down in front of his house.
In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Chu Guang issued an order to designate the surrounding area as a dangerous area.
Before finding out the source of these split-claw crabs, no one is allowed to approach.
At the same time, he also ordered two perception players, one to the northeast and the other to the southwest, to scout along the lakeshore and report back immediately if they found any abnormal situation.
The big crabs, which were one meter high even when lying on their stomachs, were carried onto the cart by two strength players.
Singing all sorts of triumphant songs along the way, the players who followed the manager to "go on the expedition" carried the trophy back to the outpost.
That high-profile appearance attracted the attention of many people.
"Fuck, such a big crab?"
"What's going on?!"
Curious and ignorant of the truth, the player stepped forward and grabbed a player who was following the team and asked.
"Brother, where did you catch such a big crab?"
"I caught it by fishing."
"What the hell?! How can such a big one be caught?!"
"Hey, first use the fishing man to make a nest, and then it will be caught?"
Not only the nearby players were stunned, but also Yu Hu who happened to come from Beth Street to trade.
Next to him stood a man, and the two of them carried one side of a wooden stick on one shoulder, and a sturdy mutant wild boar was tied to the wooden stick. They stood in front of the west gate and looked at the crab, and everyone was stunned.
Chu Guang noticed him, walked towards him, and said with a smile.
"Come to exchange things?"
Yu Hu opened his mouth, and his eyes just moved away from the big crab and stuck to the big hammer behind Chu Guang.
But the man next to him reacted first, nodded nervously, and said honestly.
"I want to exchange some salt. I heard that you can exchange salt here."
Yu Hu finally came back to his senses and hurriedly introduced him to Chu Guang.
"This is my cousin, surnamed Li, called Li Niu."
Li Niu is okay.
Chu Guang had a strange expression, thinking what to do if you run out of these twelve zodiac signs and several common animals.
"It's snowing outside, come in with me."
Under Chu Guang's leadership, the two of them had no problems in the outpost, but there were always people casting curious glances at them.
Yu Hu was used to it, after all, he had come here several times, but the cousin he brought with him was here for the first time, and he always felt uncomfortable.
"Please don't worry about it. They have been underground for a long time and have never seen anyone outside the shelter, so they will be curious about outsiders."
Seeing the big man in the blue coat talking to him, Li Niu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I don't care."
Chu Guang nodded, took the two to the warehouse, and handed them over to Luca, the warehouse manager who was guarding there.
The old serf recognized Yu Hu and immediately understood what he should do. He took the man named Li Niu to the slaughter stall very skillfully.
Yu Hu handed all the prey to him, and did not follow him, but gathered next to Chu Guang, staring at the big hammer curiously.
"Brother Chu, is this your weapon?"
"I guess so."
"Such a big one? Can it be used?"
"Of course."
"Then, did you kill the split-claw crab just now with this hammer?"
"Yes."
After receiving a positive answer, the boy's eyes bulged out, and it took him a while to digest the shock in his heart and said a word.
"Too strong!"
Split-claw crab!
A monster that no scavenger wants to encounter.
This thing has a fast speed in narrow terrain, extremely high explosive power, and simple thinking. Once it locks on the target, it will chase it to death.
Unless you can find a higher place to climb up, it will be difficult to escape.
Almost nothing can fight this monster head-on, even a mutant brown bear is unwilling to fight it.
Chu Guang smiled and didn't explain.
It doesn't matter whether he is strong or not, as long as the power of technology is strong enough.
A nuclear-powered hammer, plus a chemical-powered exoskeleton, can smash a wall with one hammer, let alone the face of an animal?
"It's okay. By the way, how is the situation over there? It looks like the snow won't stop for a while."
"What else can we do? It's almost the same every year at this time, so we can just make do with it," Yu Hu was optimistic and said indifferently, "But this winter came too early, and we prepared too hastily. There were originally caravans coming in October, but who would have thought that the last wave would be in late September this year... Alas."
Chu Guang said comfortingly.
"Think about it from another angle. The meat can be preserved longer when it's cold."
Yu Hu shook his head.
"But prey is hard to find. If you want to catch prey again, you have to keep going to the city and find the nests of those alien species."
Chu Guang said with interest.
"Oh? Do you have any experience?"
Yu Hu nodded and said.
"It's not much experience, I think it's half! Many small animals like to go into half-fallen buildings, especially those with trees arched in, and even build nests in them. Some hyenas, jackals, and carnivorous animals also follow in. You can find prey in such places all year round... but there are risks."
Chu Guang: "Gnawers."
"Well, gnawers like to hide in buildings the most, but they won't hide too high. We start from the fourth floor and go up when we sweep the building. But even so, it's hard to say what we will encounter inside. Maybe it's a nest of tens of thousands of rats, or maybe it's a creeper taking a rest. Without a gun, we dare not go too deep. We can only walk to the edge of the fifth ring road at most."
Chu Guang sighed.
"It's snowing, and it's not easy to go inside."
Yu Hu said with a wry smile.
"It's not just difficult to walk when it snows, it's difficult to walk even when it doesn't snow! The road is like a maze, up and down, and some streets are flooded from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, soaked in water and never dry!"
The straight-line distance from Beth Street to Boulder City on the map is more than ten kilometers, which is from the outside of the fifth ring road of Qingquan City to the edge of the third ring road, and the wetland park is a little further away.
Qingquan City cannot be found in the parallel world, but Chu Guang draws a line of more than ten kilometers on the map from the riverside to the remote city by analogy with Jiangcheng where he once lived.
What is the concept of this distance?
If there is no traffic jam, it can be reached in half an hour by car, and it may take an hour if there are many forks in the road.
As for walking?
Chu Guang has never tried to walk so far, but even if it cannot be generalized, twenty overpasses or underground tunnels are inevitable.
This is still under normal traffic conditions.
If you cross the ruins, it will be a completely different concept.
In the pre-war era, even the shortest buildings within the Fourth Ring Road were basically over 600 meters. The magnetic bases and magnetic nodes laid on the roads and building exterior walls are the basis for supporting the three-dimensional traffic with 120 lanes in the vertical direction.
In the era when magnetic levitation technology was popularized to private cars, the meaning of high-rise buildings was no longer just "houses", but even became part of the "road", especially the buildings near the main roads, which had rigid requirements for height.
Of course, these are all speculations made by Chu Guang based on the stories told by Old Charlie and limited information, and they may not be true.
But just by imagining those dominoes lined up one after another, he could feel the oppression brought by this reinforced concrete cemetery.
People always have an instinctive awe and even fear of creations that are hundreds of times larger than themselves. It is indeed not an easy task to search for prey in this ruins...
Chu Guang suggested.
"Why don't you all move to my place? I just happen to be short of manpower."
Although he was a little tempted, Yu Hu still shook his head like a rattle.
"No, no, we can't cause you trouble."
Chu Guang said with a smile.
"What kind of trouble is this? I didn't raise you for nothing. At most, it's just helping each other."
Yu Hu shook his head faster.
"It's okay to come here to help you, and it's okay to stay for a few days, but you can't move in! We live well over there, and living underground... It always feels weird. Besides, I can't understand what other people say except you here, and it will definitely be difficult to get along with each other after a long time."
Seeing him say this, Chu Guang didn't insist anymore.
Although Chu Guang wanted to say that they were actually different from the traditional "blue coats" and didn't always live underground, this was obviously not the crux of the problem.
When a person refuses based on multiple reasons, the reason given is often the most insignificant one.
The most typical example is "My mother won't let me."
So Chu Guang never listened to explanations, and even if he did, he would pretend not to hear them.
Trust takes time to build, and you can't force it.
Besides, they don't have no home.
You can't just tear down their house.
Yu Hu changed the subject and asked with a silly smile.
"Speaking of which, Brother Chu, can the meat of that big crab be eaten? This is the first time I've seen someone catch this guy."
Chu Guang laughed.
"I don't know. I was planning to ask you."
"Me? How would I know? I've heard that the roe of female crabs can be eaten, but I've never heard of whether the crab meat can be eaten... It would be great if it could be eaten. How much meat would such a big crab have?"
Yu Hu drooled as he spoke.
Chu Guang smiled and waved his hand.
"Come next time! I'll study whether it's poisonous or not. If it's not, you can eat as much as you want!"
Yu Hu nodded vigorously and laughed.
"Okay! Then I'll bring my brother, my father, and Xiaoyu with me!"
"Haha, I'll just pack a portion for you to take back!"
The two chatted for a while, and the slaughtering was already done over there.
Probably because it was just winter, the meat rate of the 250 kg wild boar reached 60%, and 150 kg of meat was picked.
Of this, 30 kg, 20%, was considered as a reward for the shelter. The remaining 120 kg was given to the man from the Li family and Yu Hu.
Wild boar skin is also considered high-quality leather, especially for making protective gear. Although it is not as scarce as deer skin, its value is still much higher than hyena skin.
After consulting Chu Guang, Luca still calculated 300g of coarse salt for the man at the price of deer skin.
After getting the salt, the man was very happy and thanked Chu Guang and Luca for a while, and then left with Yu Hu.
"Luca."
Seeing that the master was talking to him, Luca bowed his head respectfully.
"Any instructions, sir?"
Chu Guang asked.
"Can the meat of the cracked crab be eaten?"
Luca was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, then said carefully.
"My lord, I have been working in the fields all the time, and I have never seen such a thing... But if you are not sure, I can test the poison for you."
"That's not necessary."
If the poison really needs to be tested, it is the players who will do it. If it is not poisoned to death, just lie in the incubator, and the extra 100% recovery speed bonus will definitely be able to heal it back.
Besides, it doesn't matter if it dies. If you are on the official website for three days, you will be a hero.
But at this moment, Chu Guang suddenly thought of someone, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes.
How could I forget that guy.
Do you need to take someone to test it?
Just take a look at Yaya and see if she eats it!