People's physiques are different

The small grenade should be enough to blow off that mule's head, right? No matter how strong it is, it's still flesh and blood... Huh?

Zheng Yichen thought this, but the unicorn mule agilely dodged the small grenade Zheng Yichen fired from his hand cannon, as if it knew Zheng Yichen would suddenly do that. The small grenade landed on the ground and exploded, not affecting the mule, but the commotion made it restless.

The unicorn mule stared intently at Zheng Yichen with its green eyes and attacked again. The nearly half-meter-long sharp horn viciously stabbed towards Zheng Yichen. Zheng Yichen had his two-meter-long black gun in hand, and against such a direct stab, he was sure he could... It missed.

His stab, which was always effective when bullying small animals, was agilely dodged by the mule. His arm was almost poked by the sharp horn.

After trying several times, Zheng Yichen found it very difficult to hit the mule. The creature seemed to have an ability to evade danger. The hissing sound occasionally harassed Zheng Yichen, continuously affecting his mental state.

However, although this thing was good at evading danger, after several consecutive exchanges that left him with some wounds, he finally returned to his backpack, lifted his backpack from the ground, and took out the shotgun hanging on it.

The mule, which was sticking out its tongue to lick the blood on its sharp horn, froze. Its green eyes stared at Zheng Yichen with reluctance, and then it simply ran away.

"??Fuck, don't go!!" Seeing the mule running away, Zheng Yichen couldn't stand it. He took so many hits, and now this thing was running? It wasn't leaving without giving him something!

It ran, he chased... he couldn't catch up.

The physical fitness of people in this world was quite strong. To put it this way, the 100m sprint record on Earth was 9.58 seconds, while in this world, a normal athlete without any abnormalities could run 100m in 8.8 seconds... Zheng Yichen hadn't paid much attention to this aspect before, but after someone broke the 9-second record for 100m a while ago, the news exploded.

He glanced at it and remembered it. This also indicated that the human physique in this world was actually quite top-tier. Zheng Yichen wasn't sure if he, having transmigrated and grown up from childhood, counted as a person of this world and had this physical foundation.

But now he was very clear that even if he did, he couldn't outrun a unicorn mule with four legs, which was also an abnormal creature, even if he himself was abnormal and considered an abnormal creature.

Birdshot hit the mule's backside. The thick-skinned mule didn't even look back and ran even faster, quickly disappearing from Zheng Yichen's sight. The forest wasn't suitable for pursuit.

On the way out of the forest, Zheng Yichen cursed inwardly and reloaded his gun. The power of birdshot was too weak. Slugs would be effective against that thing, but he was afraid he wouldn't be able to aim accurately.

The mule didn't show up in the end. Instead, hunters attracted by the sound arrived. Hunters from the vicinity heard the commotion and rushed over. Experienced hunters knew what had happened after glancing at the traces at the scene.

Seeing Zheng Yichen, who was injured, they didn't relax. This was also outside the city. The tense atmosphere only eased after Zheng Yichen took out his hunter license. It had to be said that the license was quite useful. Besides making actions involving abnormalities legal and reasonable, it was also quite good for proving identity.

The main reason was that this place had network access. They could check the number on the license to find the exact information publicly available.

For example, the registered name, personal mission records, and other information that could be disclosed.

As Zheng Yichen, who only had one mission record, he was undoubtedly a novice hunter in their eyes, so they weren't that vigilant.

"Are you guys also hunting that... mule?"

"Mule? Isn't it a horse?"

"That thing is a horse? I thought it was a donkey." Zheng Yichen's words made several hunters start talking. One of the hunters coughed lightly and stepped forward.

"This is one of our objectives, I suppose. Many people who come here take on these kinds of commission tasks incidentally. However, our main purpose is patrolling." He stopped there, and it was clear that the subsequent part involved their commission.

"That donkey... abnormal creatures are cunning. They rarely attack groups of hunters and always target ordinary people or those who are alone. Let's leave here first."

On the way out, Zheng Yichen noticed that the half-roasted rabbit he had left on the ground was gone. It was likely picked up by some animal.

These patrolling hunters were idle in the middle of the night, so they casually started talking about that mule. That thing appeared ten days ago. Compared to other abnormal creatures that occasionally ran out of the Southern Forest, that thing was quite cunning.

Even when some hunters set up traps with high-quality bait, it never fell for them. It could always evade pursuits, or it wouldn't appear at all in places where ambushes were set. They had accepted this commission a week ago, but by now, they had basically given up.

The main reason was that the mule's strength was not weak. If it hunted alone, it was easy to be counter-killed. A few days ago, a strong hunter came here, and then the mule disappeared. That hunter couldn't stay here all the time.

It just appeared today after he left, and it attacked Zheng Yichen.

"That thing is indeed very cunning. It could sneak up to a position very close to me," Zheng Yichen recalled the situation when he was first attacked by that mule. He only discovered it when it was already very close to him. If he had reacted a little slower, his skull would have been cracked open.

"Alright, if you want to contend with that beast, be prepared for other things. Your current equipment... is not good enough." A hunter looked at Zheng Yichen, not mockingly, but stating a fact. They couldn't stay here for too long as they still had patrol duties. Encountering a Novice Hunter like Zheng Yichen who had been attacked could be considered a reasonable excuse to slack off, but they couldn't do that anymore.

Zheng Yichen thought for a moment, looking at his wounds. He had a new idea in his heart. He had been hit by that mule so many times, and he hadn't managed to counterattack successfully even once. Both he and the mule primarily used stabbing as their attack method, and in the end, his fencing failed, and he got injured.

This... he had to prove himself again, right?

"Is it really open all day here?"

"It's open all day." At the Twilight Chapel, a Nun was cleaning Zheng Yichen's wounds. This Nun was the same one who had examined him earlier. Her milk-white hair left a deep impression on Zheng Yichen. "Minor injuries don't require stitches and will heal quickly."

"Your blood has an attraction to abnormal creatures. It can be used to make bait to attract abnormal creatures."

"Huh? This is possible too?" Zheng Yichen clicked his tongue, becoming interested. "How do I learn? Do I have to pay?"