Pig "Stand"

The one that Thomas beat up was just an ordinary boar.

This pig was a "stand-in" that Li Qing had chosen in advance, while Li Qing himself had been hiding in the pigpen opposite the big boar.

While the boar ran out of the pen to draw fire, Li Qing seized the opportunity created by his "brother's" daring leap from the pen and launched an attack from behind Thomas.

In this instant

Upon hearing his supervisor's blunt rebuke, Thomas's face was filled with astonishment and panic:

Mistaking a pig? How could that be?

If that pig wasn't Li Qing, why would it rush out of its pen to attack him for no reason?

Thomas couldn't come up with an answer.

Humans would hardly know why, but pigs know, Li Qing knows—it's because of the smell.

Pigs have extremely poor eyesight and can only rely on their sense of smell to perceive the world in most cases.

Therefore, in the world of pigs, the sense of smell can carry an exceptionally rich amount of information.

For example, Li Qing could smell it very clearly.

The large boar exuded the scent of male hormones from head to toe; its distinctive pheromones announced to all its kind that it was currently in intense estrus.

Thomas, in order to gain a better view, had chosen to stand on the low wall of a sow pen.

Being close to the pigsty already gave him a slight sow smell, and when he accidentally fell into the pigsty and got covered in pig urine, the sow smell became even stronger.

In other words

Because pigs have such poor eyesight that they can't distinguish whether the shadow in front of them is a human or a pig, from the perspective of a pig that only uses its sense of smell to distinguish things, Thomas is now a living, smelly sow.

Even humans sometimes can't control their lower bodies, let alone pigs.

If a boar in heat smells the scent of a sow nearby, it will definitely lose control.

So, the big boar wasn't actually attacking Thomas, but rather displaying its strength and aggressively courting him.

Unfortunately, Thomas ignored its advances and instead fired a burst of bullets at it.

"Now!"

Li Qing leaped up and charged towards Thomas at high speed.

After smelling these scents, he deliberately hid in the pigpen opposite the big boar, just for this moment.

However, at this critical moment, Thomas, as if he had foreseen the future, suddenly and nimbly dodged to the side just as Li Qing jumped out of the pigpen.

The pig's charging speed is not slow, but its weakness lies in its lack of agility, making it unable to make timely maneuvers.

So, with just a slight shift of Thomas's body, Li Qing's pig snout missed its target and crashed heavily into the wall of the opposite pigpen.

The pig has thick, rough skin and a very hard nasal bone.

Li Qing wasn't seriously injured from hitting the wall, but the unexpected missed attack sent a chill down his spine.

"How could this be? How could this guy react so quickly?"

"Does he have eyes in the back of his head?"

"Etc."

In a flash, Li Qing vaguely realized something:

"He just said that the pig farm itself is a substitute."

Thomas's wireless earpiece, his occasional "talking to himself" into it, and the chilling information that this pig farm is a stand-in.

All of this combined made Li Qing suddenly realize that he was now fighting more than just Thomas.

Behind Thomas, there was also a technology team leader secretly monitoring everything and providing Thomas with a 360-degree all-around battlefield perspective.

"Damn it."

Li Qing suddenly realized that he had no way to launch a sneak attack when the enemy had "full map vision".

Of course, he did not give up and sit idly by. Although the flame of hope had suddenly dimmed, it still held a sliver of life.

The sneak attack did fail, but he had successfully lowered Thomas 'Thomas guard and brought him close by using the pig brothers' double trick.

"We're so close now, he can't possibly use a grenade again."

"As long as I can get close to him before he reloads and fires, he'll be forced into close combat."

"This is the opportunity!"

Li Qing quickly turned his head around and stared intently at the dark figure not far in front of him with his severely nearsighted eyes.

Thomas was frantically backing away while frantically loading bullets.

He seemed genuinely terrified by the series of unexpected events that had just transpired.

The composure he had displayed earlier when he had forced Li Qing to show himself through words had completely vanished, replaced by a pale, helpless expression.

An annoyed rebuke came through the wireless earpiece.

The voice was so angry and loud that even Li Qing, who was several meters away, could hear it.

But the harsher and more ruthless the reprimand, the more Thomas reacted – the bullet that could have been easily loaded into the barrel was accidentally dropped to the ground by him with a tremor.

"It's a success!"

Li Qing felt a surge of excitement.

He had to thank the enemy for their mistake and himself for his good fortune.

This basic mistake gave him crucial time, allowing him to successfully cross the short distance and pounce on Thomas.

Because the distance was too short and there wasn't enough time to accelerate, Li Qing's current charge didn't actually unleash much power.

Even so, being suddenly pounced on by a 300-pound behemoth is definitely not a pleasant feeling.

Thomas staggered backward as the pig's snout shoved him, and he struggled with all his might to keep his balance so that Li Qing wouldn't knock him over.

It must be said that his physical fitness is exceptional.

This is not surprising; as Stand User, having eight-pack abs is basically standard.

Thus, Thomas used all his strength to hold Li Qing's pig head down with both hands, and the two were temporarily locked in a stalemate, resulting in a "evenly matched" fight.

But Li Qing had already sensed the approach of victory:

"I won!"

"I have successfully entangled him, and his Stand ability has been rendered ineffective."

"And in terms of sheer strength, this guy could never beat a pig."

That is indeed the case.

Thomas's resistance was very weak. If this continued, he would eventually be knocked to the ground by Li Qing's headbutt and have his throat bitten through by those fangs.

However, this perilous situation seemed to ignite his will to survive, causing him to unleash a power far exceeding his usual strength.

"Get out of my way!"

Thomas's face was flushed red, and the muscles in his arms bulged with blue veins.

Then, he pushed forward with such force that he pushed Li Qing's body back a little bit.

Yes, the maximum force he unleashed was only enough to push that 300-pound muscular body forward by a few centimeters.

However, just because of those few centimeters of being pushed away, Li Qing suddenly felt that her body was completely out of control.

It's like stepping into an icy staircase in the northern winter.

Li Qing felt his foot slip, and the whole pig uncontrollably slid backward.

At first it was just sliding, but then it simply defied gravity, taking off with all four hooves off the ground and accelerating away into the distance.

"Hmph—"

Li Qing let out a startled roar in mid-air; he truly hadn't expected the situation to turn out this way.

The power Thomas just unleashed was simply not enough to throw Li Qing currently weighs 300 pounds, so far as to throw him like a dart.

From the perspective of momentum conservation, this is extremely unscientific.

However, in this alternate world where Stands exist, Sir Isaac Newton would have been driven to his death by anger long ago.

"Cough cough."

Thomas coughed violently after using too much force.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm not risking getting closer here just to increase my stakes and lure you out."

"I dare to take the risk because I have a way to ensure my safety—"

He was breathing heavily, a strained smile appearing on his lips:

"For me, 'Mission Accomplished' is paramount."

"Anything I can move, even if it's just a tiny bit, counts as a 'projectile.'"