Surrounded by Allies?

Therefore, when Cong Yu

When we arrived at the pier...

The tall Opal was wearing a hunter's hat, a pendant around his neck, a jacket, and carrying a hunting rifle, sitting in a jeep.

A large circle of armed soldiers surrounded the area, dispersing the crowd while shouting "No filming!" and setting up electronic jamming devices.

He's got the whole street under his control.

Cong Yu sighed and put on his mask... He had thought this was a lightly packed trip, but it turned out to be a group operation?

"Hello, sir..."

Seeing Cong Yu approach, a soldier looked at the suspicious masked figure with a serious expression. "We are the Death King's forces. If you wish to approach, please be prepared..."

Before he could finish speaking, Opal, who was not far away, had already spotted Cong Yu: "Let him come over, soldier! You should be grateful that my friend has a good temper and spared your life."

Upon hearing the "king's" order from behind, the soldier paused for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening and quickly stepped aside to make way.

"Excuse me! Please go ahead!"

Cong Yu nodded to the soldier who stood ramrod straight, gun held high with utmost respect. "Thank you."

"..."

"You brought so many people with you this time?"

In response to Cong Yu's words after getting in the car, Opal replied, "They don't participate in the hunting; they're just providing protection. They'll drop us off at the protected area and then leave."

Opal Smith is of mixed race, with Native American ancestry. When he was still human, he served as a prophet (a con artist) and a warrior (a henchman). Therefore, his body remains in its human form...

It refers to a masculine, but not overly muscular, strong man.

"Long time no see, my friend."

Opal greeted Cong Yu by taking off her hat and gloves and opening her arms to hug her.

The skull pendant on his chest felt a little off-putting.

"It has indeed been a long time."

Cong Yu responded casually, patting the burly man on the shoulder. "Is the situation serious this time? You looked so anxious on Linx."

Opal smiled wryly at Cong Yu's words, "It's very serious. Kangaroos are evolving rapidly... and their numbers are already beyond your imagination."

Cong Yu felt it couldn't be beyond her imagination.

"How much? Fifty million?"

Cong Yu asked casually, remembering what the joke went like?

You're right, you're right, but Uruguay has a population of 3.457 million. However, Australia has 47 million kangaroos, so on average, each Uruguay...

"More than 110 million."

Opal said that.

"..." Cong Yu: "???"

Wait a minute, isn't this number a bit too high?

"As I said, kangaroos are evolving... What are the kangaroo's natural enemies? Wolves, wild dogs, lynxes, eagles, pythons, and crocodiles."

Opal said this with a sigh, "But now, the kangaroos here can kick an alligator to death with one kick."

"They're in heat all year round, giving birth once a month, with three or four pups per litter. They mate and fight while pregnant, seamlessly transitioning between the two..."

"Aerial footage from drones shows that our national park is almost turning into wasteland; even the grass seeds have been eaten."

Then the kangaroos will starve to death, along with large numbers of rabbits and rare birds. Then, with the regrowth of plants, the kangaroo population will increase again!

However, all the other animals starved to death.

With no one competing with the kangaroos for food, they reproduced even more aggressively...

"..." How tragic.

Cong Yu knew that the kangaroos in this world were incredibly fierce, and she had participated in several events with them before, but she never expected them to be this extreme.

Well, actually, their reproductive capacity is about the same as in the previous world... except they're a little bit stronger in combat.

But even this "small amount" is enough to cause drastic changes in the ecological environment.

"So, what's a suitable number for the kangaroo population to return to normal?"

Opal was also unsure about Cong Yu's question. So he asked the driver and adjutant, who were sitting in the front row, seemingly oblivious to everything else.

The subsequent conclusion was. "The population size needs to be controlled back to around 30 million."

"..." They're going to kill 70 million kangaroos?!

Cong Yu squinted, sensing the seriousness of the situation... The kangaroo population seemed to be on the verge of exploding.

No wonder the three local lads I heard along the way said that kangaroos always attack villages and cities, and eat whatever they catch.

It's gotten to an outrageous level.

Even though various continents have offered bounties for hunting kangaroos, the results seem rather mediocre... and deploying the army seems a bit wasteful.

They're just like goblins from a fantasy animation...

So that's why you asked me and the Sun King for help?

As Cong Yu was thinking this, a cargo ship arrived at the port in the distance, followed by the sound of unloading.

Then, as some people approached...

The soldiers made way for them.

Four Egypt, wearing headscarves, silently placed the coffin on the ground and then bowed to Cong Yu and Opal in the jeep.

"Buzz-Buzz--"

Cong Yu opened her phone to check the messages as it vibrated.

[Pull:

Haha! You haven't changed a bit in all these years! Come and move me!

[Cong Yu:...]

After replying with six points, Cong Yu gestured to Opal beside her, who nodded in understanding.

He then ordered the soldiers to move the coffin onto the vehicle.

Yes...

Ra, the Monster King of Egypt, the Sun King.

Miss La is awaiting resurrection.

So, she's now in a coffin, a mummy that can only tap on her phone, but can't speak or get out.

The composition of the passengers in this jeep is quite strange.

In the front seat was a driver in military uniform, and in the passenger seat was an adjutant in a suit and tie, looking like an elite lawyer.

Behind them were the burly Opal, the handsome Cong Yu, and...

A large Egypt- style coffin between the two.

Because there needed to be enough space for the Sun King to type comfortably, her coffin was designed to be very spacious.

"It's been a long time, Sun King... Why haven't you been resurrected yet?"

In response to Cong Yu's words, the Sun King, still inside the coffin, quickly typed out his reply—

[La: There are still more than 50 years left.]

[La: Besides that, are there any power outlets or portable chargers? My phone is almost out of battery... Hurry up.]

After the phone transmitted the message, a charging cable emerged from a small hole on the side of the coffin.

He shook himself, signaling for help to come quickly.

Chapter 188 Encirclement by Allied Forces?

It's worth mentioning that there aren't actually as many kangaroos in the nature reserve as Cong Yu had imagined...

At this point, some people might ask...

What kind of "imagination"?

Hmm... It's kind of like Resident Evil, with hordes of bloodthirsty kangaroos collectively attacking the fence of the protected area.

They use the carcasses of other kangaroos as stepping stones to charge forward, or something similar.

But clearly, the situation is much calmer than that...

One hundred million kangaroos might not be enough to achieve the effect Cong Yu envisioned... but a billion kangaroos might produce a similar spectacle.

There don't seem to be many kangaroos.

Cong Yu said this, watching the kangaroos hopping around in groups of three or five, "The surrounding vegetation is actually not bad... Opal, are you exaggerating?"

As Cong Yu spoke, the enormous coffin behind him resembled the zombie carrying a coffin in Plants vs. X Zombies 2.

Inside, of course, is the Sun King.

As for Cong Yu's words, Opal Smith, who had been watching Cong Yu with a tense gaze the whole way, just stared at him speechlessly.

"Because this is the outskirts... and do you know what the normal 'observable population density' should be in a nature reserve?"

As he asked this, he simply raised his shotgun from behind and swept the muzzle across the kangaroos one by one.

Yes, it was "sweeped" rather than "fired".

He used the shotgun Loading with slugs in his hand as a telescope to briefly survey the kangaroos.

"This is a desolate grassland, a grassland! Not a zoo!"

As Opal spoke, illusory threads formed from dark magic gradually appeared between the kangaroos, connecting them one by one.

"If this scene of groups of three or five were near a water source, it would be somewhat reasonable... but this is only the outer edge of the protected area."

As Opal spoke, the threads he controlled gradually connected all the kangaroos within the visible range.

Then...

Opal aimed at the nearest kangaroo and pulled the trigger—a flash of light followed by a bang.

With a whistling sound as bullets whizzed through the air, the nearest kangaroo was instantly knocked to the ground.

In an instant, the once quiet kangaroo herd erupted in chaos, with some kangaroos looking around with human-like wariness in their eyes.

Many more kangaroos immediately leaped up and ran off in different directions, their powerful hind legs pushing off the ground as they tried to escape the danger as quickly as possible.

This is why it's so difficult to effectively hunt kangaroos...

If dozens or even hundreds of kangaroos gather together, you can only kill one or two at most with a shotgun; the rest will run away quickly.

And kangaroos... they're really useless!

A bunch of scrap metal—the fur is useless, the meat rots, its utilization value is extremely low, and spending a lot of money to dispose of it is not worth the loss.

The kangaroo that was initially knocked to the ground even struggled to its feet and joined the fleeing group.

However, a kangaroo is a kangaroo after all, not the tiger that, according to rumors on online forums, can "charge up with an AK and bite people to death."

After running for a while, the kangaroo collapsed back to the ground with a "thud," struggling and twitching occasionally.

How's my marksmanship?

Opal asked this question.

Cong Yu watched Opal reload quietly, then casually watched the kangaroos disappear into the distance. "I've barely fired a gun in my life, and you want my opinion?"

[Ding-dong]

[La: Only one killed?]

Regarding the message from the Sun King in the coffin behind him, Cong Yu shook his head. "No, this is Opal's power... linking lives together with chains, so that when this kangaroo dies, all the other kangaroos connected to it will die."

As if to verify Cong Yu's words, a moment after he finished speaking, the kangaroo on the ground... its head lolled to the side, its leg twitched, and it died!

Then, the jet-black filaments from the Opal on its body snapped instantly, extending towards the kangaroo that had already run far away.