Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 359 The Fisherman is Ecstatic

Hearing Ziyuan's words, Yoko was somewhat confused. She didn't know what Ziyuan had discovered, but after hesitating for a moment, she did as she was told.

Lin Lin glanced at Zi Yuan with some surprise. He hadn't expected that this girl, who looked quite comedic, would react so quickly and discover the easiest way to hunt the Lupus dinosaur so soon.

Unlike its keen sense of vibration throughout its body, the squirmosaur had very poor eyesight. Moreover, because of its flounder-like "eyes higher than the top of its head," it often couldn't tell what it was swallowing when it opened its mouth to bite, since the sand would be expelled through its gills anyway.

Therefore, experienced hunters would take full advantage of this characteristic, luring the dinosaur to swallow a big bang, and then it would be blown to bits, lying there unable to move for a long time, completely at their mercy.

It seems Shion truly possesses the talent of an excellent hunter...

Lin Lin and Brave exchanged a glance, both reading the same meaning from each other's eyes:

Now you can touch it, let's watch Shion's performance!

This was, after all, Shion's own promotion mission. The two of them had just taken the lead, forcing the Hidden Mouth Dragon to attack them. That time was enough for Shion to become familiar with and understand most of the Hidden Mouth Dragon's attack moves. Under these circumstances, as long as she really had the level to promote, the following battles would not be a problem for her at all.

……

"Bang bang bang!"

The heavy crossbows continued to fire, and with each bullet flying out, the wounds on the Flood Dragon's body began to worsen. Stimulated by the pain, the Flood Dragon became increasingly frenzied. Finally, with a roar, it charged towards the Purple Orchid Cart at high speed, its mouth wide open, tearing and snapping, sparks flying in the air.

Seeing the Flood Dragon charging towards her with astonishing momentum, Shion had no intention of confronting it head-on. Seizing the opportunity, she rolled over while holding the heavy crossbow, using the crossbow's heavy inertia to slide far away and successfully avoid the Flood Dragon's charge attack.

She had just turned around, ready to shoot at the dinosaur again, but the dinosaur didn't give her the chance. Seeing that she had missed the target this time, it used the same trick again, digging up the sand beneath it and burrowing back into the ground in the blink of an eye.

Oh no, it's coming at me again!
Without hesitation, Shion put away her heavy crossbow and sprinted off again, her gaze sweeping towards the sandboats not far away. If Yoko wasn't ready by now, she would have to time her attack perfectly and pounce the instant the Nautilus charged forward...

Fortunately, even though she has only been a member for less than a year since her debut, Yoko is a properly certified five-star hunter by the guild. She handles small tasks like placing explosive barrels efficiently and doesn't slack off like the two next to her.

"This way!"

Yoko deactivated the safety device on the Barrel Bomb G, putting it into an activated state where it would explode upon severe impact, and then waved to Shion.

Shion dashed towards the location of the sonic bomb. She wasn't sure of the maximum range at which the sonic bomb could interfere with the senses of a Nautilus, so she could only consider the distance she had previously determined by sound as the limit. She ran to within ten meters of the Barrel Bomb G before frantically waving her arms.

"Sonic Boom Grenade!"

Yoko already had the sonic bomb in her hand. As soon as Shion spoke, she threw the sonic bomb directly out. Under Yoko's precise control, the sonic bomb detonated right above the Barrel Bomb G.

Please, you have to succeed!

Ziyuan stared at the large, brown barrel, secretly sweating with anxiety. At the same time, her muscles tensed up, so that if things didn't go as she expected, she could avoid the attack of the Lurker Dragon in time.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment, and Ziyuan could clearly hear her heart pounding rapidly, once, twice…

coming!

A slight tremor came from beneath her feet, and Ziyuan forcibly suppressed the urge to pounce immediately, maintaining a still posture.

The next moment, dust billowed up and the Sand Glutton's huge mouth burst out from underground. Shion watched helplessly as the barrel full of explosives was swallowed whole by the Gluttonous Dragon. The Gluttonous Dragon acted as if it had just eaten a small pie, turning its head to look in Shion's direction as if nothing had happened.

Really? Eating a bucket of popcorn and there's absolutely no reaction?

Just as Ziyuan was shocked, she suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from inside the Qiankoulong's body. The dragon was almost blown away by the strong impact. Its brain, which was subjected to the strong impact, completely lost the ability to control its body for a moment. It could only stand in the sand like a salted fish in "Looking Up at the Stars". Its big mouth full of steel teeth opened weakly and spewed out thick black smoke.

It worked!
Shion was so excited she almost shouted out loud. She quickly drew her heavy crossbow again, ready to fire at the soft, bright red skin exposed on the belly of the Flood Dragon.

But before she could pull the trigger, she heard Lin Lin's somewhat excited voice:

"Wait a moment!"

Ziyuan hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at her senior brother, wondering why he was stopping her when this was clearly a perfect opportunity to attack.

Turning his head, he saw Lin Lin rushing towards him, pulling out the fishing rod he had just retrieved from the sand boat, and heading excitedly towards Qiankoulong.

Shion: Huh?

When my senior told me to bring a fishing rod, I thought he was joking or that we were going to find a water source to fish. I never expected that we were really going to use it to catch monsters!
Lin Lin swung his fishing rod and cast a powerful flick, successfully casting the hook into the half-open mouth of the dinosaur, where it hooked onto the soft, tender flesh inside its mouth.

"Hey!"

Since arriving in the Monster Hunter world, Lin Lin has caught all sorts of fish, making him a semi-experienced angler. But so far, he has never caught such a big fish, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

The feeling of wrestling with prey using a fishing rod was completely different from wrestling with Xiong Er. Wrestling mainly tested brute strength, but fishing tested more the skill of making the prey follow one's strength. Lin Lin got into the game and, while gripping the fishing rod and wrestling with the still dazed and confused Qiankoulong, called out to the other three:

"What are you standing there for? Come on, let's fish it up!"

In the end, Ye Zi reacted the fastest. Without the slightest hesitation, she pulled out the fishing rod she had just brought and joined the ranks of people fishing in the desert.

Brave hesitated for a moment, then suddenly felt that this might be interesting. He was about to get his fishing rod when he stopped after taking only a couple of steps.

Since it seemed that he was no longer needed, with Yoko's addition, both fishing rods were used simultaneously. The dinosaur, which had not yet recovered from the pain of the explosion inside its belly, felt a piercing pain in its mouth. In order to relieve the pain, it instinctively pounced and rose into the air like a fish, and then fell heavily to the ground, completely exposing its bright red and soft belly.

Two tiny figures, using two slender fishing rods, actually managed to fish up a monster sixteen or seventeen meters long. The visual impact of this scene almost left Ziyuan speechless. Although she was deeply shocked, Ziyuan didn't forget what she was supposed to do. Seeing that she was close enough to the Submerged Dragon, she decisively removed the magazine from her piercing rounds, switched to shotguns, rolled over, and rushed to the Submerged Dragon's belly, her gun almost touching its body.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

If penetrating bullets represent a marksman's skillful use of long-range shooting to wear down monsters, then shotguns are the epitome of extreme violent aesthetics. With a single shot, countless bullets explode, creating a bloody, mangled hole in the monster's body, while the intense impact easily suppresses the monster, preventing it from raising its head.

Feeling the scorching heat of the gun muzzle, listening to the roar of the bullets, and witnessing the tender belly of the Flood Dragon being riddled with holes and even its intestines being ruptured under the constant bombardment, a fanatical look appeared on Ziyuan's face, a surge of hot blood that even a cold drink could not suppress.

Hahaha! That was so satisfying!
Even though they're both heavy crossbows, firing a shotgun at point-blank range feels like using a completely different weapon than firing a piercing shot from a distance! Each shot feels like being hit with a sledgehammer! How could a tiny fumarole possibly withstand that?!

Wahahahahaha I'll blast your teeth to pieces!
The dinosaur had already been severely injured by the explosion from the inside after swallowing the bomb. Before it could recover, it was caught on a fishing rod, exposing its soft belly. Under the barrage of shotgun shells fired by Shion, it couldn't get up for a long time. It wasn't until Shion emptied the magazine and had to reload that it managed to struggle and flip itself back up.

At this moment, the Flood Dragon was in extremely bad condition. Its internal and external injuries had almost taken half its life. Feeling the death star constantly flashing, the Flood Dragon finally felt fear. It ignored the Violet that had just severely injured it and burrowed back into the sand, disappearing from sight.

"They're already running away? I haven't even finished shooting yet..."

Shion had just changed her magazine when she saw this scene. She pouted rather unwillingly, feeling a sense of dissatisfaction that the other had fallen before she even had a chance to exert herself.

"Alright, stop joking around here. Why were you so nervous before we set off?"

Yoko put away her fishing rod, brushed the sand off her clothes, and seeing Shion's smug expression, she couldn't help but retort.

"Hehe, I just said it casually..."

Ziyuan scratched her hair. As the battle ended, the initial passion she had been burning gradually cooled down, and she finally came to her senses.

The reason she was able to shoot so effectively was entirely because her senior brother and Sister Yezi created an excellent opportunity for her to deal damage. If she were to fight the Flood Dragon alone, let alone being able to blast it in the belly, she might not even be able to think of a way to make the Flood Dragon swallow the bomb.

Lin Lin had just caught a fish weighing tens of tons and felt quite exhilarated, but it was a little of a pity that he couldn't carry the fish around and get lost.

He patted his bottom and stood up:
"Alright, let's hurry up and resupply before we catch up. Don't give that guy time to recover from his injuries, take him down in one fell swoop!"

"Yes! Senior brother!"

Shion snapped to attention, but then her eyes darted furtively toward the rocky platform behind her.

"But... what about them?"

"Their sandboats are damaged, but coincidentally, we happen to have two. We can share some supplies with them, and it will also free up some space for us. Your pile of equipment has left us nowhere to step..."

After reviewing the situation of the two people who had sent out the distress signal, Brave offered this suggestion.

However, Lin Lin and Ye Zi didn't say anything, but looked at Zi Yuan, because all those props belonged to this little rich girl, and it was up to her to decide what to do with them.

Ziyuan blinked. "Why are you looking at me like that? Isn't Senior Brother the captain?"
After a moment of silence, she said in a somewhat uncertain tone:
"Um...I have no objection?"

……

Leaving behind sufficient supplies and a sandboat, Lin Lin and the others bid farewell to Jack and Rose and continued to follow the trail left behind to track down the Hidden Mouth Dragon.

"Hehe, they said they'll thank us when we get back!"

Ziyuan seemed a little excited, "Actually, I don't really need them to thank me specially. Publicizing my heroic deeds is enough of a thank you, hahaha..."

Yoko's merciless吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments):
"Did you learn a lot of unnecessary things from Senior Rickles?"

Lin Lin did not participate in their conversation. After learning the names of the two people, he couldn't help but think about a question.

Jack and Rose are involved in a boat accident...

Emmm...

I'm really curious if they said anything like "you jump, I jump" before they were attacked...

Never mind, never mind, that's not the point. Why think about this?
Judging from the traces, that oasis ahead should be the nest of the Flood Dragon. Let's see what my junior sister will do next.

……

Ziyuan chose to be a big bombshell.

The large barrel bomb G swallowed by the Lurker earlier had already severely injured it. Even though an explosion from the outside is not as destructive as an explosion from the inside, the three large barrel bomb Gs left on the ship will surely give it a surprise.

Perhaps the scorpion was too badly injured and too exhausted to rely on sleep to recover from its severe injuries. It didn't bother with any disguise and simply lay down in its lair to take a deep nap.

This made things much easier for Lin Lin and his group, who had been following the traces of the dye ball. They didn't need to figure out which dune was the real body; they could simply surround the guy with a whole bunch of large barrel bombs.

"Hehehe, next, it's going to explode in a spectacular way..."

Shion chuckled softly, loaded a level 1 standard bullet into the magazine, and aimed at the explosive barrel in the center.

(End of this chapter)