Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 2061 - 2124: A Hand Grenade
The smell on this monkey is truly unbearable, as if it’s been soaking in a stinky mud pit for years, carrying a rotting odor. Li Yifei frowned, executing several sword moves in succession. He had roughly gauged this big monkey’s strength. Its oily skin could even deflect the sword, avoiding injury, and its natural defense was very strong, feeling even tougher than the hide of a rhino or elephant.
Ordinary weapons can’t do much damage to it, but what if it’s a gun?
Li Yifei made a few dodges, creating some distance, reached into his bag, and pulled out a handgun. The gun was already loaded, and Li Yifei disengaged the safety and fired a shot at the big monkey.
Bang, the gunshot rang out. Li Yifei did not aim for the big monkey’s vulnerable spots like the eyes but shot at its belly. The handgun in his hand was of small caliber with not much power, but if it hit a human, it could enter from the front and exit from the back. However, the bullet on the big monkey’s body... clanged onto the ground.
As expected, Li Yifei flicked his wrist, fired another shot, but this time the bullet missed the big monkey and hit a small monkey on a tree beside it. With a snap, the monkey clutched its belly and fell from the tree, evidently not understanding how it got hit.
But these monkeys have truly tenacious vitality. An ordinary bullet hit it, and it didn’t seem to care, jumping up from the ground, baring its teeth at Li Yifei. If not for the big monkey, it would probably have charged immediately.
Seeing the small monkey hit, the big monkey roared furiously, seemingly feeling that Li Yifei was provoking it. In anger, the big monkey went on all fours and was in front of Li Yifei after a few powerful strides.
"****!" Li Yifei’s hand shook, directly tossing a black sphere right into the open mouth of the big monkey ready to bite him. The sphere slid down the monkey’s throat without touching its teeth.
Meanwhile, Li Yifei quickly retreated, displaying his agility, sprinting dozens of meters away within moments.
The big monkey, swallowing some inexplicable object, seemed a bit dumbfounded, watching Li Yifei dart off. It forgot to chase, attempting to vomit the swallowed object, when suddenly, it felt a massive force in its throat that instantly tore its body apart as if in that brief moment, the big monkey was shredded. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Running, Li Yifei glanced back, witnessing the explosive force of the grenade erupting from the big monkey’s belly, tearing its body apart.
"Seems like no matter how tough the body, it can’t withstand a grenade." Li Yifei stopped, grinning smugly. The other small monkeys never expected such a situation. Seeing the big monkey’s head burst into fragments and its body in pieces with only its legs and long claws somewhat intact but blown far away, they screeched in a frenzy and scattered, now terrified of the thunderous explosion.
The instigator, Li Yifei, clapped his hands, turned, shouldered his bag, and continued running towards Xu Shanshan. Of course, he wasn’t idly walking but sprinting. Who knows if there are more monstrous big monkeys behind him? If another pack appears after killing one, even he might be in danger. It’s better to escape while the small monkeys are in panic.
After running several miles, Li Yifei suddenly heard howling behind him, louder than the big monkey before.
It seems there are indeed many monkeys. Li Yifei glanced back, not seeing any following him, childishly flipped a middle finger, and continued jogging. The island was large; even after running at least ten kilometers, it still wasn’t far. At this speed, it might take a long time to find Xu Shanshan.
His watch occasionally visible as he ran, Li Yifei kept an eye on changes on the island. After leaping over several large rocks, his vision suddenly cleared. There was a large beach and a river about fifty meters wide. With Li Yifei’s swimming speed, he could cross it quickly, but before entering the water, he suddenly stopped, noticing something on the riverbank.
There were some tracks on the sand, clearly not human, neither wearing shoes nor barefoot. These tracks... were unmistakably some sort of reptile’s. Li Yifei compared his hand to the prints and found them slightly larger than his palm, indicating the creature wasn’t smaller than a crocodile.
If it’s a crocodile... Li Yifei eyed the river, twitching his mouth’s corner. How could this desolate island have a crocodile? The same island with nothing besides monkeys? Li Yifei wondered if he was lucky or not.
He looked at the river, considering walking upstream, where the river might narrow, as this was the mouth, making it naturally wide.
He chose to walk along the riverbank, drawing his sword ready in hand and staying alert. Given the monkeys’ audacity, any crocodiles here wouldn’t be weak either.
Yes, of course, crocodiles are naturally formidable. Li Yifei mentally added. The further he walked upstream, the narrower the river got, though the water became much murkier, hiding its depth. Tossing stones in produced no sound of hitting bottom.
The scattered claw marks on the shores increased, even extending into the forests on both sides of the riverbank. Near the water’s edge, the woods were dense, and Li Yifei needed to be cautious of these things. In Africa, Southeast Asia, and even in more dangerous rainforests, Li Yifei had never been as cautious as he was now, with an inexplicable worry in his heart.
After walking two or three hundred meters, Li Yifei noticed the river channel narrowed significantly, barely thirty meters across. Feeling his surroundings, Li Yifei detected no danger, so he prepared to cross the river. Just as he reached the riverbank, before he could enter the river, a warning surged in his heart, and he hastily retreated backward.
Just after retreating a few meters, Li Yifei saw a giant mouth suddenly emerge from the river, about two meters long, filled with sharp teeth. Its speed bursting out of the water was incredibly fast, clearly ambushing for a long time. If not for Li Yifei’s quick reaction, it might have succeeded in capturing him.
If those jaws and teeth clamped onto his body, Li Yifei felt there was absolutely no way he could escape unscathed.
While retreating explosively, Li Yifei held his sword across his chest in a defensive stance. At the same time, he saw the upper part of the creature beneath the water. It looked somewhat like a Nile Crocodile, but it wasn’t one. In fact, it shouldn’t even be called a crocodile, because crocodiles have very short limbs, while the creature in front of him had limbs... yes, they should be called legs. It walked upright, with front legs over a meter long, unlike crawling.
Seeing this, Li Yifei landed and retreated explosively again.
Not to mention this creature’s long legs; even a regular crocodile, Li Yifei knew its running speed was extremely fast. If it really started running, its short-term burst speed would definitely be faster than an adult human’s.
This might be an animal from a lost civilization, at least not seen on the mainland.
The creature’s entire body was about six or seven meters long, but its tail wasn’t as long as a crocodile’s, just over a meter. Its body height was at least one and a half meters, or even more. After its gaping jaws missed, it swiftly charged at Li Yifei again.
As Li Yifei retreated, he also pondered on how to deal with it.
If it was just this one, he might try to fight it, but if there were many, Li Yifei wouldn’t be able to withstand them.
The creature was incredibly fast, running a few steps, making pounding noises, and it wasn’t light in weight, charging towards Li Yifei. Seeing he would soon reach the forest and use the trees to block the creature’s impact, Li Yifei once again sensed danger, hurriedly turned back, and saw another one rushing out from the bushes, even bigger than the one chasing him, with a wide, bloody mouth snapping at him.
Li Yifei used his giant sword to block; the blade clashed with the creature’s teeth, producing a collision sound, but it caused no damage.
Chased from behind, blocked in front, Li Yifei bent his knees and leaped up, jumping over two meters high, changing his position midair, avoiding the blocking creature’s attack.
When he landed, Li Yifei’s sword once again struck the creature’s body, producing the sound of gold and iron. The sharp blade left barely any mark, only a shallow impression.
Damn, it’s really like this, Li Yifei thought as he landed, without delay, cursing internally. He knew dealing with these two creatures quickly was unlikely, so he immediately decided to run upstream.
The two creatures that looked like crocodiles but more dangerous gathered together, charging after him.
Crocodiles have weaknesses too, like their eyes and belly, which are weak spots. So dealing with them might not be very difficult, and these two creatures’ bellies and eyes also shared these weaknesses, without thick armor. However, Li Yifei didn’t want to entangle with them.
Having encountered strange creatures in succession, Li Yifei was more concerned about Xu Shanshan’s safety.
Of course, Xu Shanshan might not be as weak as he thought, but Li Yifei still believed that having her by his side would give him more peace of mind.
Employing his agility, Li Yifei’s speed was incomparable to ordinary people, so although the two behind him were fast, he gradually pulled away from them. Moreover, the distance continued to increase.
But the danger was not over. During his run, Li Yifei lured out five or six more of these monsters from the river and the forest. Upon seeing Li Yifei, these creatures’ first reaction was to open their mouths to bite. After Li Yifei dodged, they began relentlessly chasing him.
