116: Chapter 116 Attempt

"Brother Ze, you really called it! These birds each have their own territory and have completely divided up the entire canopy area!"

Fatty scratched his head and continued speaking.

"If we want to pick the fruits, I'm afraid we won't be able to bypass these guys!"

"Yeah, it really is quite tricky!"

Chen Ze furrowed his brow slightly.

The number of birds was simply too large; once they went over rashly, even if they only provoked a single flock, it wouldn't be something the two of them and a monkey could handle.

"Why don't we try sowing discord again?"

Fatty made a suggestion.

Chen Ze understood Fatty's idea; he wanted to make the mutually wary flocks of birds fall into chaos first and then take advantage of the chaos.

Last time they got the e-grade red jujube, they had also used this method.

But the current situation couldn't compare to back then; the Monkey King competition was the number one priority for the monkey troop, and whoever could become the Monkey King concerned the fate of all members of the group.

As for two humans sneaking around to pick up some fruits, they would at most be on guard.

However, the mutated birds in front of them had no such thing as a bird king; even if one or two were attacked, it would probably be very difficult to trigger a large-scale confrontation.

Thinking this in his heart, but with no truly good methods at the moment, Chen Ze decided to give it a try anyway.

"Fatty, hide yourself well. I'll give it a try!"

After giving his instructions, Chen Ze directly took out an e-grade hand crossbow and began searching for a target.

Across a distance of dozens of meters, small birds like sparrows were too hard to aim at, so Chen Ze locked his eyes directly onto the largest macaw.

"Pfft!"

The crossbow bolt left the string, carrying a piercing sound through the air as it headed straight for the macaw.

Just the next instant when Chen Ze thought it was about to hit,

that brightly colored large parrot suddenly seemed to sense something, violently flapping its wings and darting far away directly.

"Clang!"

The arrow undeniably hit the trunk, making a crisp sound.

"Squawk!"

That macaw let out a strange cry and rapidly increased its flight altitude, seemingly searching for the culprit who ambushed it.

"Flap flap flap!~"

It was another series of wing-flapping sounds as a large swath of birds all became agitated.

Crows, parrots, sparrows, and many unknown ones.

Chen Ze hid in the distance, exposing only half of his head to secretly observe the situation.

He saw that these birds only circled a few times before landing back onto the canopy, showing no intention of infighting at all.

"As expected, it's not that easy to sow discord!"

"Damn it! If worst comes to worst, we'll just come at them the hard way!"

Fatty was clearly growing somewhat impatient.

"I refuse to believe that a few lousy birds can do anything to Fatty!"

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

"Don't look down on those feathered beasts. When our troop came to grab fruits last time, over a dozen of them were heavily injured. Their beaks are very sharp and can peck out a bloody hole in an instant!"

Xingzhe Sun gestured while speaking, and it was clear that his previous encounter had left a deep psychological shadow on him.

"Then what should we do! This doesn't work and that doesn't work either!"

Fatty was getting a headache when his eyes suddenly lit up as if he had thought of something.

"That's right! Blast it with a cannon! Let's just blow the tree to hell, and when those fruits fall down, we'll just pick them up and run!"

"Even if those birds chase after us, on the ground, we aren't afraid of those beasts!"

Fatty's method looked simple and crude, but the success rate was indeed quite high.

However, once an infantry cannon was used, this ancient tree in front of them would probably be completely finished, and there would be no possibility of picking from it again in the future.

Chen Ze did not reply immediately, quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, when a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.

"Fatty, you actually reminded me. Since the tree isn't our home turf, we can just figure out a way to make the fruits fall down!"

"How so? Brother Ze, do you also think we should blast it with a cannon?"

Fatty scratched his head.

"Are you the Krupp among the commanders, kid? All day long you're thinking about blasting a shot, blasting a shot!"

Chen Ze scolded with a smile.

"Then what should we do?"

"Did you forget we have a catapult?"

Reminded by Chen Ze, Fatty reacted instantly.

As long as the catapult smashed from afar, aiming at the branches on the outer side of the canopy, the stones hitting the trunk and branches would naturally shake off the ripe mutated apples.

"Brilliant!"

Fatty lowered his voice and said excitedly.

"Brother Ze! No wonder you're the boss; your brain is just much better than mine!"

"Don't celebrate too early either. When the fruits fall, we'll still have to go pick them up, and those birds won't easily let us succeed!"

"Bullshit! Up in the tree, Fatty might not be their match, but on the ground, could I be afraid of those beasts?"

Fatty waved the long spear in his hand, full of confidence.

Seeing this, Chen Ze wore a wicked smile on his face.

"Alright! Then later we'll count on you!"

With a plan in place, they immediately started acting.

The catapult was deployed in a hidden depression farthest from the apple tree, with Xingzhe Sun responsible for loading the stones.

As for Chen Ze and Fatty, they needed to come beneath the giant tree, ready at any time to collect the falling fruits.

"Fatty! Let's go!"

At Chen Ze's command, he directly drew the longyin saber and walked toward the giant tree openly like that.

"Alrighty! My long spear has been starving and impatient for a long time!"

Hearing this, Fatty grinned and quickly followed behind.

The surroundings of the entire giant apple tree were completely open ground; the moment the two of them appeared, it immediately aroused the vigilance of all the flying birds in the air.

"Screech——!!"

The leading macaw issued a sharp, long warning cry.

The parrot flock that had originally been facing off against the crow flock instantly split off dozens of members, their wings flapping violently as they hovered and swooped down at low altitude, locking onto the two humans who had suddenly appeared on the ground.

"Squawk squawk!"

The mutated crows on the other side also became agitated, their hoarse caws rising and falling in succession, seeming like they might swoop down at any moment.

"Good grief, it looks like all the birds are watching us!"

Fatty licked his lips, feeling the blood all over his body boiling.

But his palm gripping the long spear still quietly oozed a layer of cold sweat; the dense flying birds circling back and forth in the sky made one's scalp tingle just looking at them.

"How is it? Scared?"

Chen Ze glanced sideways slightly, teasing with a smile.

"Scared my ass! If they dare come down, it's just adding a meal for Fatty!"

Whether it was Fatty's taunt that took effect, or the two of them rashly stepping into the fruit tree's territory that completely touched the bottom line of the flying birds,

the leading colorful macaw violently vibrated its wings, and a sharp screech tore through the air!

"Screech~!!"

Over a dozen macaws lowered their bodies first, like colorful arrows, swooping down fiercely toward the ground with their hard, curved beaks flashing a cold light and sharp talons wide open, pouncing straight at the two of them!

The mutated crows watching from the side also split off twenty-odd members to follow closely behind, a dark mass flanking them from the side.

"They're coming!"

Chen Ze's expression tightened, the smile on his face instantly fading, as the longyin saber was held steadily horizontally in front of him.