Vol 3 Chapter 210: Tracking in the Forest (Part 1)

Xiang Kun did not hesitate to waste tracking time, carefully checked the place where the "blue dot" stopped, and found nothing unusual.
But what made him strange was that although judging from the smell, the mutant creature did stay here, but there was no obvious trace on the ground.
Xiang Kun didn't check it carefully, and after dropping a ball on the ground that had established an "extrasensory connection", he took his bow and arrow and continued to chase.
The barefoot Xiangkun moves very fast in the forest. Sometimes the grass and obstacles in front of him are too high. He will leap directly by stepping on the trees next to him, even holding a bow and arrow with one hand, and hanging branches like a monkey with the other hand. Swish the body out.
But the "blue dot" moved faster, and the distance between the two people slowly increased.
But Xiang Kun is not worried. He has enough patience and endurance to track the opponent. As long as it can't block his own smell, it is difficult to get rid of him when he has been found and locked.
Compared with large cities, mountain forests have much less interference from olfactory sources. Mountain forests are not as isolated as reinforced concrete. In addition, Xiang Kun is more sensitive to the "special smell" of other mutant creatures. "Unless it is much faster than him, or uses the environment to block and eliminate odors, if Xiang Kun can't catch up with it in a short time, it won't be thrown away.
But after chasing for more than an hour, Xiang Kun suddenly realized that it was not good, because based on the judgment of the surrounding terrain in his mind, this direction continued to pass, and it would not take long to reach the cliff.
After chasing for a while, Xiang Kun didn't speed up the chase, because he knew that if the "blue dot" was really running towards the cliff, he would definitely not be able to catch up. So he hung the bow on his body and began to climb a tall tree next to him, using his hands and feet together, and quickly reached the top, then he took the bow, took the arrow, opened the bow, and looked at the direction of the cliff in the distance.
Ten seconds later, in Xiang Kun's infrared imaging vision mode, the "blue dot" rushed out of the forest and "flyed" out of the cliff.
Based on its flight trajectory and speed, as well as the wind speed at this time, and the distance between them, Xiang Kun made an instant prediction and shot the arrow.
Although the arrow of that arrow established an "extrasensory connection" with Xiang Kun, the moment he released the arrow, he basically had the judgment of its flight trajectory, and knew where it would eventually land.
But this distance is indeed too far away. Strictly speaking, it is considered to be beyond the range. Moreover, his prediction of the gliding trajectory after the "blue dot" rushes into the air cannot be very accurate, so it depends on whether it can be hit. Certain luck.
After a while, Xiang Kun lightly sighed, luck is indeed not on his side, the arrow did not hit the "blue dot".
And the "blue dot" quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Xiang Kun quickly got down from the tree and continued to the edge of the cliff, looking at the mountains and forests in the distance. He quickly switched between night vision mode and infrared imaging mode, but there was no trace of the "blue dot".
"Meet another one who can fly?"
Xiang Kun couldn't help but want to spit.
If he is also running on the ground, even if he can't keep up in a short time, he is confident that he can keep up with the opponent. But this cargo can actually fly? What can he do?
And just according to his prediction, if the "blue dot" glides out of the cliff, there is a real chance that the arrow will hit.
But judging from the trajectory of the "blue dot" later, it seemed that it could control its posture and direction in the air, so it completely deviated from Xiang Kun's predictive trajectory.
This thing is not like the result of plant mutation?
Xiang Kun recalled that when he switched the night vision mode, the shape of the opponent he saw was not a flower, grass, or tree, but a big spider!
Or do they just look like spiders, but actually those feet are just mutated rhizomes and branches that are easy to move?
Otherwise, how to explain the "branches" scattered all over the forest? How can it be impossible for a spider to "graft" plants everywhere, right?
Or, is this the ability that the spider "evolves" in this mountain forest? Other spiders weave webs, what they "weave" is part of the plant?
It is also possible that it has swallowed mutant plants with similar abilities?
Xiang Kun made various guesses, speculating about what kind of existence the mutant creature he encountered was.
But what makes Xiang Kun the most unhappy is that this guy can actually fly! It never swallowed other mutant birds, right? Xiang Kun swallowed owls too, why can't he fly?
Fortunately, the other abilities, that is, being able to fly is a bit too shabby. Of course, if the distance between them is close enough, Xiang Kun believes that with his "arrow technique", it is still possible to shoot it down with a bow and arrow before it flies far away.
The previous distance was too far away.
However, Xiang Kun recalled the trajectory of the
blue dot

flying
from the cliff, and the extent of its control of the direction change. This guy’s flying ability should also be limited, otherwise he would not need to
fly
on the edge of the cliff. ", when you are chased directly, you just can't get up.
But what is the principle of his flight? There are no wings or other structures that can borrow wind.
Xiang Kun thought, while groping down the mountain from the edge of the cliff, looking for the arrow he had just shot, and by the way, see if it is possible to find the "special smell" again.
Because of the establishment of a "super-sense connection", Xiang Kun quickly found the arrow in the forest after going down the mountain. Luckily, there is no stone or anything, and it can be recycled.
The sky was already dark, Xiang Kun did not continue to search far away, but turned back and checked in the same direction as before, looking for the trace left by the mutant creature when he fled.
He has already discovered that his previous judgment may be somewhat wrong. Whether this mutant creature is a plant or not, its IQ may be much higher than he had previously thought.
At least when this guy was about to approach Xiang Kun last night, he suddenly noticed something and chose to escape at the first time. Otherwise, as long as the distance is closer, it may not be able to escape.
As he walked back, Xiang Kun still did not find the "trace" caused by the rapid movement of the "blue dot", but he found a lot of rhizomes or branches abruptly lying between the two trees when he came. And these parts, without exception, have that faint "special smell"-obviously they are all "branches" that the mutant creature "grafted" beforehand.
If Xiang Kun is a normal human or beast, he is really likely to be delayed or tripped by these branches and rhizomes.
Xiang Kun positioned according to the ball he dropped and returned to the position where the "blue dot" suddenly stopped last night.
It was already bright, and sunlight was spilling into the forest through the cracks in the branches and leaves above his head. Like last night, Xiang Kun did not find any obvious traces there.
He stood there, looking at the big rock on the mountainside not far away-that was where he stayed last night.
The mutant creature found that he was normal. Originally, Xiang Kun deliberately wanted him to find out, and then "seduce" him. The question is why did it come and escape?
As the saying goes, it’s all here, don’t you know, don’t communicate, don’t fight? The mutant creatures in the forest should be more wild and more aggressive.
Xiang Kun speculates that there are two possibilities:
1. The mutant creatures were destroyed through those "branches" and knew that some kind of creatures "unfriendly" to it invaded the territory, so in the middle of the night, they came to look at the "branches" that Xiang Kun deliberately left around. Distance judged that Xiang Kun was also a mutant creature, so he didn't dare to provoke him, so he ran away;
2. The mutant creatures know that Xiang Kun is also a mutant creature through those "branches." He came over overnight and planned to use Xiang Kun as food, but after arriving at this position, he judged that Xiang Kun might be stronger than it. "If not, Xiang Kun would probably be "eaten" instead, so he chose to run away.
What does the large movement from left to right mean? Use this to test Xiang Kun? But when Xiang Kun moved, he didn't make any movements. Why did he choose to escape in the end?
This distance, if judged by smell, is unlikely.
Directly relying on sight does not seem to be able to see anything.
Or does it have other ways of judging through the "branches" around Xiangkun?
For example, Xiang Kun's line of sight moved along with it's long-distance lateral movement, and his neck may have turned slightly, so he was discovered?
A mutant creature that can detect and lock it in advance is likely to be stronger than it-maybe this is its way of judging?
Putting away the on the ground, Xiang Kun returned to the boulder where he was sitting yesterday, put on his shoes and quiver, and continued to walk through the mountains and forests.
From time to time, one or two "branches" that were "grafted" could be found based on the "special smell", but Xiang Kun didn't move them anymore. Obviously, this area is already the territory of the mutant creature and the habitat where it lives. Although Xiang Kun can’t lock its position for the time being, he should be able to find its nest sooner or later after searching like this. After all, from Xiang Kun Judging from the habits of Kun himself and the other two mutant creatures he has seen, they all have one thing in common, that is, they need time to rest after drinking blood. That mutant creature must have a place where it can rest peacefully after drinking blood. .
After walking for a while, Xiang Kun suddenly stopped and thought for a while, then walked back, returning to the area he had passed through ten minutes ago.
Compared with other places, there are more "branches" with "special smell" in this area, and the distribution density is relatively greater.
Xiang Kun sat down against a tree, put his bow and quiver on the side, closed his eyes, and looked like he was resting.
As time passed, Xiang Kun slowly opened his eyes and looked at a half-human plant three or four meters away. Several red fruits the size of eyeballs appeared.
The color of the fruit is extremely red, as if blood is about to ooze out.
And he clearly remembered that there was no such fruit before.
The branches of the few red fruits that emerged were one of the "branches" left by the mutant creature.
After Xiang Kun took out his phone and took a picture of Hong Guo, he didn't make any more movements. He wanted to see what the mutant creature wanted to do.
Before long, Xiang Kun knew what the mutant creature wanted to do. A leopard appeared on a tree nearby, watching the fruits and staring at Xiang Kun vigilantly.
Holding a bow in one hand and a quiver and shoes in the other, Xiang Kun got up slowly, then backed up, away from the few red fruits.
In fact, he had already known that the leopard appeared nearby by relying on smell and sound.
I don’t know if the fruit that came out was for the leopard to come and target him, or simply for the leopard?
Xiang Kun has been paying attention to the leopard's posture and movements, knowing that its attention is mainly on the red fruit, so he is not very worried, and slowly backs away, indicating that he is not threatening.
Sure enough, after Xiang Kun retreated ten meters away, the leopard jumped down from the tree, staring at Xiang Kun vigilantly, while slowly approaching Hongguo.
Seeing the leopard swallowing a few red fruits in one bite, Xiang Kun probably knew how the mutant creature "hunted". Even the carnivorous leopard was attracted to eat the fruit, not to mention the omnivorous wild boar. The three anchor Xue who are lost in the mountains are gone.
He speculated that these red fruits should have a strong attraction to other creatures and could induce them to swallow them actively, but he could not feel it because he had no appetite for other foods except blood.
After eating the red fruit, the leopard did not leave, shook his head, stared at Xiang Kun, and let out a threatening growl.
The red fruit didn't seem to incapacitate the leopard, but it aroused its ferocity.
Being stared at by a cat weighing about 30KG, there is a tendency to attack at any time, but Xiang Kun is not panicked at all. When he felt the leopard before, he was already prepared, when the leopard appeared in a nearby tree When he went up, he compared his body shape and posture with himself.
Basically, it can be judged that even if he does not use the bow and arrow, this leopard is not his opponent in close combat. No matter from reaction or strength, he has the ability to suppress absolutely. As long as he doesn't bite the key part, he will be removed by one piece. The arrow is sure to get rid of it.
But does it make sense to kill it?
It's not that mutant creature, and if you drink blood after killing it, it will be even more deadly when it enters a deep sleep.
Mere killing is meaningless.
Of course, Xiang Kun also has other ways to deal with this leopard, such as "mental shock"-although I don't know if it will be useful if this leopard is first affected by the red fruit.
But after thinking about it, Xiang Kunlue made the following choices:
Turn around and run.
As soon as he ran towards Kun, the leopard naturally jumped out and chased him.
If it is an ordinary person, even a sprinter, it is impossible to run a leopard in this kind of terrain, and it will soon be caught.
But Xiang Kun seemed to have long eyes behind his head, and he could always avoid the leopard when he was about to pounce on him, and then continue to flee in panic.
It didn't take long for the leopard to keep up, and he was a little unsteady while standing still.
However, Xiang Kun still ran forward desperately without looking back, with no intention of coming back to pick up the bargain.
After running for a while, Xiang Kun's speed slowed down, and then with a scream, he rolled down a hillside, and his bow, bow bag and shoes all flew out.
Xiang Kun lay in the haystack under the hillside ~EbookFREE.me~ and hugged his knees and howled miserably. It is true that many new wounds appeared on his body during the fall, and his forehead was torn, which looked quite miserable.
Xiang Kun let out a miserable cry while collecting sensory information around him, paying attention to the direction the mutant creature might come over.
He had previously underestimated the IQ of the mutant creature. This time he wanted to try again to see if he was chased by a leopard and injured when he fell down the hillside. Can the mutant creature re-evaluate his strength:
A humanoid mutant that dare not confront the leopard;
A humanoid mutant that has been injured and is suffering;
A humanoid mutant whose killing weapon is no longer at hand;
This is an excellent opportunity for a sneak attack.
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