Chapter 156: Dinosaur Crisis — Refers to the dinosaurs being in crisis.
"We are responsible for guarding against dinosaur protectionists on the outskirts of the jungle, while the main members, led by Boss Butcher, have gone to capture Stegosaurus… However, I personally feel it might not go too smoothly. These dinosaurs have not only generally gained superpowers, but their intelligence also seems to have improved.
Based on my previous observations of the mutated Stegosaurus pack, they seem to have already demonstrated discipline and teamwork capabilities approaching those of Velociraptor, or even canids."
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. After receiving Cheng Tian's diamond, poacher Qiao began to actively reveal more information about the poaching organization and his professional insights.
He had been poaching for many years, so his experience was definitely rich. He could easily distinguish the difference between the current mutated dinosaurs and those from before.
As for the poachers who died earlier… they were just colleagues. Qiao had no extra emotional investment in them whatsoever.
Compared to the Butcher organization, which only paid wages later, Cheng Mouren, who had just given him a fist-sized diamond, was his true father!
"Have you noticed the form of these mutated Stegosaurus' superpowers? Are they all consistent, or are there individual differences?"
Cheng Tian noticed this key point and pressed for more information.
"Let me think… The largest Stegosaurus in that pack can shoot things from its tail. I'm not sure if it's electricity or something else, but it's quite powerful, capable of blasting holes through large trees.
However, the female Stegosaurus around it have never shot anything from their tails… Oh! Right! They, like the Triceratops that this big guy knocked down earlier, can curl up and roll on the ground!"
Mid-sentence, Qiao, who suddenly remembered something, slapped the War Elephant Mammoth's nose, causing the War Elephant to shake him around wildly.
Cheng Tian's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. He hadn't expected this single diamond, worth a thousand coins, to provide information far exceeding its value.
While the general distribution map of the five mutated dinosaurs was important, Cheng Tian believed the additional information Qiao had just provided was even more substantial.
Without Qiao's additional explanation, Cheng Tian would likely have fallen into a fixed mindset, assuming that because the wild Triceratops he encountered earlier used the Triceratops ability template from "adventure island 3," all other dinosaurs in this area would follow a similar pattern.
But now, it seemed that wasn't the case.
The Stegosaurus leader Qiao mentioned likely adopted the "Blue Dragon/Ice Dragon" template, commonly known as the "farting dragon," whose tail can fire energy projectiles and can also move on ice without slipping.
And the female Stegosaurus around the leader seemed to adopt the "Triceratops/Sand Dragon" template, capable of rolling and charging. Cheng Tian estimated that the several Stegosaurus' rolling charge would be even more lethal than that of a Triceratops; otherwise, they wouldn't live up to the "sword mountain" naturally present on their backs.
If he had faced them with his previous fixed mindset, the possibility of suffering a significant loss was certainly not small.
It seemed that all the dinosaurs in this Swamp Jungle now needed to be treated as having random adventure island dinosaur templates.
"Aileen, Owl."
Perhaps accustomed to giving orders in his previous team, Cheng Tian subconsciously issued instructions to Aileen directly as a captain. But interestingly, Aileen not only showed no resistance but also seemed somewhat… docile? after hearing the command?
"You! Close your eyes! If you dare to peek, I'll gouge out your eyes!"
This docility lasted only for a moment. Before preparing to release the Owl Spirit, Aileen chose to glare fiercely at Qiao, who was temporarily working for them.
Perhaps knowing that her appearance wasn't very intimidating, Aileen directly shot an arrow to the side. With a whoosh, the arrow completely embedded itself into a thick tree trunk… This was a living tree that hadn't been dehydrated, for crying out loud!?
Working Qiao shivered and then decisively covered his eyes with the cloak on his back.
Seeing the clever Qiao, Aileen nodded in satisfaction, then activated the Owl Spirit and began to control it through empathy.
Cheng Tian's perception ability only extended 300 meters and could only sense humanoid units. For reconnaissance, he was far inferior to Aileen's Owl. The Owl was planning to fly eastward, towards the direction of the mutated Stegosaurus' nest.
Among the five optional targets, Cheng Tian first chose the Stegosaurus, for a simple reason—
It's easier to fish in troubled waters.
With the Butcher organization blocking the front, Cheng Tian could take advantage of the chaos to get things done. His goal was simply the mutated Stegosaurus' nest, and with the Kulu-Ya-Ku mini's ability, Cheng Tian could retrieve eggs whether there were any inside or not.
As for units like the mutated Stegosaurus leader, which should at least be an Elite Template, Cheng Tian's contingency plan was to seize any opportunity and hide if there wasn't one, ideally letting the Butcher organization bear the wrath of the dragon egg parents.
Since Aileen needed to frequently empathize with the Owl to confirm dangers and paths, it wasn't convenient for her to drive a motorcycle. So, Cheng Tian simply released his new batmobile, which had excellent terrain-crossing capabilities, and directly motioned for her to get in.
"But I can't drive it…"
As soon as Aileen finished speaking, the batmobile, which had been incorporated into the Zhanche Jvzhen, started moving on its own.
Although the vehicle itself had an automatic follow ability, once incorporated into the Zhanche Jvzhen, its AI seemed to have received a temporary upgrade, gaining autonomous movement capabilities at the level of a self-aware robot. Even if Cheng Tian didn't control it, it could perfectly follow or even fight on its own.
Boom boom boom boom!
Just as Cheng Tian and his companions were about to set off again, continuous and heavy footsteps, coming from afar and getting closer, sounded from the bushes to the right of their direction of travel. Upon hearing these footsteps, Qiao's expression changed dramatically, and he yelled in a lowered voice.
"It's an Allosaurus! The footsteps of an Allosaurus!"
However, his words had not yet fallen when the equipped combination platform on the rear side of the batmobile instantly popped out… revealing four Vulcan Machine Guns!
Unlike its previous period where it could only be used for jumping puzzles, after a trip to the Gates Group, the batmobile had been specialized for heavy firepower at Cheng Tian's request.
And the accessory that placed the least burden on the vehicle, had the strongest continuous output capability, was the easiest to repair, and had the most readily available ammunition replenishment, was the Vulcan Machine Gun, which was almost universally used by all metal slug land vehicles.
Billy Gates even arranged a special model for Cheng Tian with "super large ammunition capacity," with thousands of rounds for each Vulcan Machine Gun.
At the same time the batmobile deployed its Vulcan Machine Guns, the gun barrels of the War Elephant Mammoth and the drill tank also turned in the same direction—
A total of eight Vulcan Machine Guns, at the same time, began to spew deadly tongues of fire in the same direction, weaving into a magnificent and lethal network of firepower.
In Cheng Tian's light and dark vision, the owner of the light health bar that had just poked its head out—a mutated Elite Allosaurus unit, over 9 meters long with an eerie purple body surface—was utterly torn to shreds by a round of concentrated fire from the eight Vulcan Machine Guns!
Before all the body fragments had even landed, a Mimic with a "plum blossom" symbol printed on the front keyhole position popped out.
But it was at this moment that Aileen, who had been on standby inside the batmobile, suddenly leaped out of the cockpit. A violent storm swept over her entire body, rapidly converging on the arrow nocked on her bowstring, then shot out, guided by the tailwind—
The target was a red Pterodactyl in the sky, frantically fleeing north of the jungle!