The City of Terror - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 - Duping

Chapter 35 - Duping

Wei Xiao Bei inspected his surroundings after waking up . He found that he was still wearing his backpack . The hardtacks and the six Fiendish Man Fish corpses were still inside . He was also holding onto his improvised fishing rod .

After sorting out his things, he arrived at the courtyard and climbed up over the wall to see if there were any movements in the street .

Perhaps it's been a long time that since a human had appeared here, but he could no longer see the Fishmen in the streets .  

Wei Xiao Bei walked towards Green Lake, placing most of his attention in front of him, while thinking through some things in his mind .

What should I do next? Do I go lure out those Fishmen, or do I go fishing?

Fishing was undoubtedly the best way to earn evolution points . But compared to the Fiendish Man Fish, the threat of the Fishmen village was greater . .

The Fishmen also caught fish from everywhere around the lake . Wei Xiao Bei could not know when he would bump into them .

Moreover, the Fiendish Man Fish corpses in his backpack had already begun to rot .

Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t help smiling as he walked towards the Fishmen village .

The Fishmen village as usual, had Fishmen Guards with iron pitchforks guarding the entrance . Compared to the first time he came here, the Fishmen Village seemed to be livelier .

More than ten young Fishmen were frolicking around the village . Three adult Fishmen were cleaning the mess on the side; they should have just finished eating .

Wei Xiao Bei, who was lying down on a reed thicket, couldn’t help looking at the dull gray sky .

Being able to judge the time in The Dust World was just wishful thinking .

The dull gray sun in the sky had never moved even once . Even the color of the sky could not help in determining whether it was daytime, night time, or dusk .

Wei Xiao Bei could only guess that most of the Fishmen in the village should be out catching fish at this time .

It was very clear that these Fishmen did not have a custom of storing food . Naturally, this might have something to do with their animalistic behaviour . These Fishmen would eat their harvests so clean, there would never be anything left .

Wei Xiao Bei hid his head back into the reed thicket and took out the Fiendish Man Fish corpse . He begun cutting up the fish on a rock .

The smell from the rotting Fiendish Man Fish could cause people to vomit . Luckily, the Fishmen’s sense of smell was bad . Otherwise, Wei Xiao Bei would have been noticed by those Fishmen a long time ago .

After spending ten minutes, Wei Xiao Bei had cut the six fishes into tiny pieces . He then walked towards the Fishmen Guards .

He placed 30 pieces of fish meat in a straight line ten meters apart until he was thirty meters away from the guards . And at the end of the trail, he created a few simple traps using reeds .

He walked along the dense reed thicket on the lake side and threw a few pieces of meat towards the village entrance, meanwhile the two guards did not notice at all .

Wei Xiao Bei quietly retreated after doing this . He lied on his stomach and observed .

The rotting stench of the meat had attracted a few strange looking mosquitos .

The mosquitoes had quickly attracted one of the guard’s attention .

This Fishman Guard walked towards the piece of meat, and the mosquitoes quickly flew away .

It wondered what the thing on the ground was . He picked it up and instantly threw it in his mouth .

Wei Xiao Bei was slightly regretful . If he knew that the Fishman Guard was so careless, he would have added an extra ingredient to the meat .

Naturally, this was only in his imagination, after all, he still hadn’t found any kind of usable poison in this Dust World .

The Fishman Guard soon found the other pieces of meat, picked them up and swallowing them instantly .

The other Fishman Guard doubtfully looked at the other guard’s actions, causing it to let out a strange sound .

However, the Fishman Guard, who was eating the meat, did not pay any attention to the other guard at all and continued searching for more meat .

Soon, it noticed a piece of meat ten meters away, and then another ten meters away… . . .

The Fishman was lured out just like this, slowly moving closer to the trap that Wei Xiao Bei had set up .

Wei Xiao Bei held his breath and followed behind the Fishman Guard approaching his trap .

Finally, it stepped on the reed trap . Its body immediately tilted and one of its legs sunk down .

Wei Xiao Bie did not hesitate upon seeing this, he quickly strode forth and smashed down the wooden club on the Fishman Guard’s head .

However, something unexpected happened . When it heard Wei Xiao Bei’s footsteps, it reacted quickly by turning around its body and raised its pitchfork .

Bang . A heavy sound echoed as the club hit the pitchfork . The pitchfork swayed as it blocked the club .

The force Wei Xiao Bei placed in the attack was not small . The recoil from hitting the pitchfork shook his right hand numb .

When Wei Xiao Bei prepared to hit it again, the Fishman Guard counter-attacked, sending the pitchfork smashing towards him .

The Fishman Guard was much faster and stronger than the elite Fishmen, to the point that its strength was stronger than Wei Xiao Bei by a bit .

If it had not fallen into a trap and allowed Wei Xiao Bei to ambush it, the Fishman Guard would have already poked a few holes on Wei Xiao Bei’s body .

Ouch!

Wei Xiao Bei felt his right shoulder become heavy . A strong pain suddenly spread, as if his shoulders had been smashed to pieces . Half of his body suddenly weakened

The Fishman Guard quickly pulled out its foot from the trap after its successful attack . It retreated two steps with an evil grin and thrust the two meter long pitchfork towards Wei Xiao Bei’s chest .

This was one of the most dangerous situations Wei Xiao Bei had encountered since entering the Dust World .

He could not muster any strength from his right shoulder his club had already dropped to the ground . A small portion of his body had even been rendered useless;  it would be difficult even if he wanted to evade .

Risk it all!

Wei Xiao Bei’s 12 points of willpower finally had its time to shine . Without panicking, he stared at the incoming pitchfork and waited for the moment it approached his chest . He raised his right hand with all of his strength, knocking against the pitchfork . And then, he tightly held onto it without letting go . His body had almost fallen down from the impact, but he was smiling .

The Fishman Guard did not even worry about the human turning around the situation .

However in the next moment, the Fishman Guard suddenly felt a numbing pain from its hands that were holding onto the pitchfork . For some reason, it couldn’t hold onto it anymore, let alone thrust it again .