Infinite Hunter

The landlord asked the servant to pour tea for Cheng Yijiu. He was happy to talk to an "upper class person" like Cheng Yijiu. "Ah, we do have a legend about the snake god Vasuji here." He was dressed exactly like the British in the town, completely different from the local Saner. "Really?" Cheng Yijiu pondered for a moment, and he decided to speak out. "I found traces at the scene, traces of a large snake swimming. If I'm not mistaken, the tiger is likely..." Cheng Yijiu paused and made a gesture, "killed."

The other party changed his sitting position. The boy and girl stared at Cheng Yijiu with wide eyes. "Traces? Sir, are you telling the truth?"

Cheng Yijiu nodded. "Yes, I can even take you to see the tracks. My God, if this snake is real, it might be sixty feet long." The three-meter track was caused by rolling, so the snake's diameter could be over a meter, which is terrifying. "Perhaps there really is an undiscovered giant anaconda in India," Cheng Yijiu thought.

The landlords looked shocked but also very excited. Although they were dressed like British, they were still devout Hindus and their faith in the snake god was certainly devout. After saying this, Cheng Yijiu knew that he could no longer solve the problem with grenades. Even if he reported it to the British, at most, British biologists would fly over to study it like flies to rotten meat.

Until they confirmed there were more pythons, these people wouldn't necessarily violate the local Hindu faith by killing the giant snake. The previous Indian uprising had already dealt a heavy blow to Britain's power in South Asia, and they wouldn't want to do it again anytime soon. If it did, Britain wouldn't have to wait until two world wars nearly destroyed its entire national strength. It could have withdrawn from the Indian subcontinent and allowed the three regions to become independent.

The landlord immediately summoned a large number of tenant farmers and their lackeys, who followed Cheng Yijiu to the scene. First, the local untouchables helped collect the victims' bodies. Then, Cheng Yijiu pointed out the huge footprints, and they immediately knelt and kowtowed. Others placed bouquets of flowers and burned incense in a sacrificial ceremony. Of course, the landlord led the way. After they sang a ballad, Cheng Yijiu led them along the footprints.

Finally, they were led to a pond about two kilometers away. Cheng Yijiu pointed at it and said, "It's right here. At least I haven't found any trace of the giant snake leaving. It's very likely it's still in this pond." The three of them knelt down and chanted again. Cheng Yijiu even heard their gestures, as if they were planning to build a temple here? A temple really existed, right in the village, and now it seemed they were moving it to the edge of the pond?

This project was no small undertaking, but the power of faith was boundless, and Cheng Yijiu had no doubt they could accomplish it. At this moment, everyone saw a large, black, patterned body emerge from the center of the pool. It twisted a few times before sinking back into the water. Cheng Yijiu estimated that the body was approximately 1.5 meters in diameter...

Chapter 21

This one was comparable to the ones in Anaconda. Cheng Yijiu had seen giant snakes like this before. Soon, the water began to churn, and a massive black snake emerged from the water. "It doesn't look like a python, but more like a typical viper or pit viper. Its triangular head is enormous." Cheng Yijiu didn't want to shoot the snake again—firstly, it might not be possible, and secondly, if he did, he'd probably end up in a battle royale with the locals...

In comparison, punishment missions are probably acceptable - at least the snake didn't eat anyone, and maybe that wasn't its target at all.

Seeing the giant snake appear, the three of them became more and more excited, and they all fell to the ground. Cheng Yijiu didn't want to continue watching. If something happened, let it happen. Anyway, there are more than one man-eating tigers here, and the tooth marks he found on the remains are not just from one tiger. The tigers here can only be said to have developed the habit of eating humans - they regard humans as prey and will hunt them if they can. Otherwise, eating deer and wild boars would not be a problem.

This may explain why healthy tigers also eat humans.

Cheng Yijiu caught up with another tiger, a young female. Her footprints had appeared where the remains were. She was the one who had left, and the male tiger's footprints had never appeared anywhere else. The chase wasn't difficult, and the female tiger's figure soon reappeared before Cheng Yijiu two days later. The hunter was a little troubled; this tropical rainforest didn't give him a good impression.

"I have a bad feeling," he thought, not immediately raising his rifle to aim at the tiger over a hundred meters away. He continued to approach cautiously. Cheng Yijiu stopped moving, half-crouching motionless, his eyes darting around, his ears listening intently. His sixth sense told him that something was indeed approaching. Soon, Cheng Yijiu spotted the approaching creatures—more than one.

His face twisted a bit, and he cursed inwardly, "What kind of world is this?" Because what he saw was a bipedal lizard, with a long, stiff tail balancing the claws in front and a large, triangular head. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like a creature from the Raptoridae family that lived 65 million years ago. Judging from its size, it might even be a Dakotaraptor - which also proved one thing, that is, not every Raptor had feathers, and the one in front of him did not.

But there are long and thin spines on the top of the head and spine that seem to be able to expand?

Three of these creatures appeared before Cheng Yijiu, their bodies camouflaged perfectly. Unlike mammals, raptors and birds possessed complete color vision, and without camouflage, it would be difficult for them to blend in. Therefore, the orange tiger was quite noticeable to these animals.

Cheng Yijiu carefully glanced behind him. He didn't have any here—he probably couldn't fight these guys with just a single-shot rifle. But as long as the animals didn't notice him, it wouldn't be a big problem. "Why would you want to attack a tiger? Aren't you afraid of getting hurt by the counterattack? Attacking a wild boar is better than attacking a tiger, right? Is this just a kind of competition in the ecological food chain?" He observed all this curiously.

The tiger seemed to have sensed it was surrounded, and stood up and began to move. It clearly opened its mouth, baring its fangs, and began to intimidate the raptor that had already exposed its entire body. It should be a raptor. Cheng Yijiu saw the scimitar claw raised on its foot. At this time, Cheng Yijiu saw that the two raptors in the other two directions increased their speed. The tiger turned suddenly, but at this time, the raptor that had originally exposed itself began to run and jump at lightning speed.

Cheng Yijiu watched all this with great interest. He knew the world was vast, and there were bound to be undiscovered creatures. But to say that a large UMA could survive for 65 million years without extinction, like a dinosaur, was a joke. Hadn't evolved at all? That was simply impossible. Under normal circumstances, he should have seen a dinosaur. Regardless, the reality was before his eyes, and Cheng Yijiu had to admit that the world was truly amazing.

The lightning-fast raptor leaped into the air, and the cat, unable to dodge, could only thrust out its two front paws in an attempt to resist—but was promptly tackled. The other two raptors had already leaped in. The tiger was doomed.

Cheng Yijiu was curious about whether such "raptors" had ever attacked humans. Since he couldn't communicate with the locals, he had no idea if such a case had occurred. Cheng Yijiu tried to retreat silently, but failed. The "raptors" raised their heads, and he was still noticed. These raptors had extraordinary vision. It seemed that, aside from their hearing, their vision and sense of smell surpassed those of mammals.

After making strange cries, the three dinosaurs turned toward Cheng Yijiu. Apparently, they'd seen humans before—they didn't show any of the fear of humans that other wild animals would. "This is much more dangerous than a tiger," Cheng Yijiu thought. He thought he might become a dinosaur hunter. The gun in his hand could take down one, the pistol at his waist could take down a second, and maybe a revolver would do the trick. Just don't draw your sword.

The three raptors were clearly showing an attacking posture. "They don't show any fear at all. These guys must have attacked people before." These three guys were at least sixty meters away from Cheng Yijiu, and their sprinting speed was extremely fast. However, Cheng Yijiu still had time to raise his rifle and shoot at the fastest one. Then he leaned against the tree, put down his rifle, pulled out his pistol, and fired continuously at the closest raptor.

After firing six rounds, he drew his knife. There was still one Raptorosaur charging at him—no, suddenly, two more appeared from the side, leaving him with three Raptors against one man. Each Raptorosaur was more than a man's height, measuring over five meters from head to tail, and weighing at least 500 kilograms. They were truly far more dangerous than a tiger. The first Raptorosaur struck struggled to its feet, but it could no longer move forward.

The second raptor, struck by multiple bullets, lay motionless, presumably dead—or at least seriously injured. Only one raptor attacked Cheng Yijiu; the other two turned back to the first one, which had stood up. This was a strong demonstration of social gregariousness. One-on-one, Cheng Yijiu, who had slain mythical beasts before, showed no fear. This one lunged at him head-on, and Cheng Yijiu grabbed his rifle and used it as a club.

He directly blocked the guy's most dangerous hind legs, and then used the momentum to overturn the dinosaur in one go - it was shocking to see this, this strength was extraordinary and was truly the pinnacle among humans.