"What should we do now? Should we launch a distress signal?" the fisherman asked.

The color of the distress signal was red-green-red, and it could be launched multiple times with a ten-second interval. Once launched, it meant abandoning the trial.

Things had developed to this point; the hunters who landed on the island suffered heavy casualties, and the Yamata Orochi had approached the near sea... the trial itself was no longer important. Even if the Dubhe Tower urgently canceled the trial now to evacuate all the hunters on the island, it was likely that, except for those Angsa hunters, no one else would have any objections.

The problem was, no one could come to take them away.

Judging by the strange characteristics of this Nameless Island, ordinary people landing on the island would only face death. Organizing an elite team of hunters for rescue was an option, but if not enough people or strong enough individuals were sent, it would not be a rescue but a sacrifice.

The appearance of the Yamata Orochi made the highest priority task now the subjugation of the Yamata Orochi instead of rescuing these hunters who landed—considering that it was only three hundred kilometers from Chunming City. Given the Yamata Orochi's speed in the water, it could reach the Xiazhou Federation's capital in just one hour.

Compared to Chunming City and the tens of millions of people in it, this group of hunters was practically negligible.

Assuming the Federation Government and the Dubhe Tower had already received his transmitted message, they were undoubtedly preparing for the subjugation or expulsion of the Yamata Orochi, rather than a rescue operation.

If it were a mysterious creature like the Dragon Rock Fortress, perhaps they could replicate an inducement operation, letting Bao Si use her charisma ability to lure it back to the Fusang Sea... but the problem was that the destructive power and attack range of the Yamata Orochi far exceeded the Dragon Rock Fortress, and no floating or sea platform could withstand its continuous attacks.

To make Bao Si's abilities effective, she would have to be sent within the attack range of the Yamata Orochi.

No one could protect her.

"Launching a signal won't help; no one can save us," Shino Seiichi sighed, "The people in Chunming City must be busy discussing how to deal with the Yamata Orochi... as for us, we're probably already considered abandoned."

"You're too pessimistic... after all, we are... we also..." the fisherman couldn't continue his sentence halfway through.

He suddenly realized that among this group of hunters who landed on the island, nine out of ten could only be considered a "ragtag group."

Hunters like Huangfu Sha, even though she had been well trained, had almost zero combat experience... Shino Seiichi was even worse, spending all day in the laboratory. He might have seen many infected and mysterious creatures, but those mysterious creatures were all on the lab table or in containment devices. He only needed to stand behind layers of safety glass and manipulate robotic arms in the lab...

Even the fisherman himself, despite being a mysterious creature hunter in the Siberian Autonomous Region for a few years, had only participated in a few corpse hunting events. Legitimate mysterious creatures, except for that strange fish that infected him back then, he had never encountered even once.

He had been part of three mysterious creature eradication operations on the northern tundra, but during these three operations, not a single hair of a mysterious creature was seen, let alone gaining battle experience with them.

Their participation in the rank advancement trial was essentially to gild themselves... Rank hunters had higher permissions and could freely attend various commercial activities, earning more money.

Other than that, there was a very cruel phenomenon among mysterious creature hunters.

A hunter's strength and their "lifespan" were inversely proportional in most cases.

Hunters with great strength often only lived for a few short years. Conversely, those mediocre individuals could maintain a stable infection process for decades.

The stronger the hunter, the poorer the mimicry stability within them—this was also the main reason the Federation secretly pushed for the mass production of hunters.

Among this group of hunters participating in the trial, experienced combat hunters existed but were a small minority.

Moreover, some of them harbored ulterior motives... making it nearly impossible to have them follow Dubhe Tower's orders to participate in the subjugation of the Yamata Orochi.

"Damn it, you're right." The fisherman dejectedly stuck his spear into the ground, "We're just a bunch of useless pawns."

"In my opinion, we might as well wait here," Shino Seiichi said, "We'll wait for the Federation to act... My imagined best escape route is to return to the coast when the Yamata Orochi is distracted by the subjugation force and escape using the landing boats left there."

"How long do you think it will take for the Federation to gather the subjugation force?" Sun Hang asked.

"The last time with the Yamata Orochi, the subjugation operation took at least six months to prepare... but given the urgency now, perhaps..." Shino paused, unable to continue.

"Perhaps half a month, or maybe a week," Sun Hang finished his thought, "Relying solely on the Federation's naval and aerial mobility to subjugate the Yamata Orochi is a pure sacrifice. They would need to assemble an entire restructured fleet and summon the elite hunters dispersed throughout to stand a chance of eliminating the Yamata Orochi."

"A week's time... that should already be the most optimistic outcome," the fisherman sighed, "But our current supplies won't even last for three days."

"And her," Shino looked at Huangfu Sha, lying on the ground with a pen tube still in her neck, "She's lost too much blood. If she doesn't receive a transfusion soon, she won't last the night."

"Those Angsa hunters should be carrying plasma," Sun Hang said.

"They definitely won't share with us; they even kill their own," the fisherman replied immediately.

"We can trade or seize it; there are ways," Sun Hang said, "The problem is they've already gone underground, and without a 'Protective Talisman,' that's a forbidden zone for us."

Sun Hang wasn't sure if "Three Monkeys" would help him shield the curse, but he was sure it wouldn't help the fisherman and Shino.

"If it comes to that, I'll give her my blood! I'm O positive!" the fisherman rolled up his sleeve and said.

Just then, a piercing shriek tore through the sky outside.

Sun Hang and the fisherman ran out to the street, looking towards the sound.

They saw three red signal rockets shoot into the sky, exploding with a roar hundreds of meters high!

Three consecutive red signal rockets!

The meaning conveyed was "request for fire support"!!

That meant if the destroyer anchored on the sea saw these three signal rockets, in a few minutes, intense bombardment firepower would cover the ruins of the entire research institute!!

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