I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 398: Chapter 293: Oh, Humanity! If You Don’t Court Death, You Won’t Die

Even now, after a fierce barrage of superpowers from that terrifying human, its hope for survival had become incredibly slim.

But the Wild Boar Beast’s intense desire to survive allowed it to cling to a faint, desperate hope.

It thought, ’If I can just hold on a little longer and get some more distance, maybe the terrifying human behind me will give up the chase.’

HUFF...

After spending the entire afternoon toiling in the wilderness under the scorching sun, Lin Li’s stamina was nearly depleted.

He was breathless from the long chase, hunting this Wild Boar Beast that was at the Second Order Middle Stage.

But no matter how tired he was, he wouldn’t give up on a hunt that was this close to the finish. He had to kill it, no matter what.

The Wild Boar Beast, clinging to its sliver of hope, had no idea that the relentless human hot on its heels had absolutely no intention of letting it go.

If it could read Lin Li’s mind and know how determined he was to finish it off, it would surely have a mental breakdown.

And then, knowing its escape was hopeless, the Wild Boar Beast would have certainly fought to the death, just to make the human pay some price for its life.

GRUNT...

Under the setting sun, a fallen Wild Boar Beast let out a mournful cry. Its body was covered in gruesome wounds, some charred black, others deep enough to reveal bone.

The wounds had been caused by either Fireballs or Wind Blades.

Blood gushing from its wounds stained the patch of grass where it had collapsed crimson.

At that moment, a Spiritual Longsword shimmering with a faint golden Spiritual Light pierced through the Wild Boar Beast’s heart, pinning it firmly to the ground.

The Wild Boar Beast’s body twitched a few times, and the light in its eyes slowly faded.

When Lin Li’s Perception could no longer detect any life signs or Spiritual Energy Waves from the Wild Boar Beast before him, he pulled out the Spiritual Longsword and, just to be sure, plunged it into the creature’s head.

Chasing this Wild Boar Beast so far in such scorching weather had made him sweat buckets; a large patch of his camouflage uniform was completely soaked.

HUFF...

’Done. Time to pack it in and head home.’

After delivering the final blow, Lin Li immediately retrieved a bottle of mineral water from the Mysterious Small Island.

GLUG GLUG GLUG...

After chugging more than half the bottle, the breathless Lin Li finally caught his wind.

He then stored the slain Wild Boar Beast on the Mysterious Small Island, putting away his Spiritual Longsword as well.

The Mutant Beasts had all gone into hiding to escape the intense heat.

After an entire afternoon searching for prey in the South District wilderness, Lin Li had only hunted one Second Order Middle Stage Wild Boar Beast and five Tier One Mutant Beasts. The Magical Little Fruit’s current maturation progress was less than three percent.

If he continued at this rate, it would take him over a month to harvest another Magical Little Fruit.

At first, unable to find any prey, Lin Li had tried his old trick of using the noise from his motorcycle to attract Mutant Beasts.

Unfortunately, the results were far from ideal. Based on past experience, the sound of his motorcycle in the wilderness should have attracted at least five or six Mutant Beasts.

But after running the engine for a full half-hour, only a single First Rank Middle Stage Mutant Beast showed up.

It seemed the scorching weather had drastically reduced the Mutant Beasts’ desire to be active. Even when they heard the noise from human vehicles, they chose to ignore it, content to lie around in shady spots and escape the heat.

Now, he could only hope that the sweltering weather would break once September arrived.

Otherwise, with such low efficiency, he might as well not have come out at all. It would be better to rest at home and wait for the weather to cool before hunting again.

In fact, some veteran Exotic Beast Hunters, relying on their years of experience, knew that it was difficult to find prey while hunting in the wilderness during such hot weather.

As a result, these veteran Hunters gave themselves a vacation, taking their wives and kids on trips.

The only Exotic Beast Hunters still hunting Mutant Beasts in the wilderness in this heat were single guys and rookies who hadn’t been in the business for long.

’When I had dinner with Liu Jialin yesterday, she said the relevant departments were in a meeting and that there’d be artificial rain in the next day or two.

’There was no artificial rain today, so it must be tomorrow. It would be great if this time the rain could also cover the wilderness surrounding the city.

’A good downpour would cool off the sweltering wilderness, and the Mutant Beasts that are hiding from the heat would come out to play. Then I could hunt them.’

Lin Li gazed at the sun setting on the horizon, pausing for a few minutes to appreciate the beautiful twilight scenery. Then, with a thought, a dirt bike materialized in front of him.

VROOOM...

He hopped on the motorcycle and twisted the throttle. The bike’s roar echoed across the landscape.

Over the course of the afternoon, Lin Li had unknowingly ventured more than ten kilometers deep into the wilderness of the South District Suburbs.

The terrain where he was now was relatively flat, allowing him to ride the motorcycle.

Once he got closer to the city’s safe zone, the terrain would become too uneven, and he wouldn’t be able to use the motorcycle anymore.

VROOOM...

Lin Li got his bearings, and the dirt bike roared to life, speeding away at full throttle.

Beneath a sky painted red by the setting sun, a flock of ordinary birds took flight from the depths of the wilderness.