Among the people who came over, the first person was named Qi, who was about the same age as Mai. He was the second-in-command of the hunting team next door. He had the right to speak in that hunting team, and his strength was not bad. Among the five people who came, only Qi was injured. Lightest.
"Have you lost people?" Mai asked in surprise. The hunt had just started, and no one was there. Obviously there was something unusual.
"Three lost. When we were resting at the first stronghold, the three of them went to fetch water, and then they didn't come back." When the ballast said it, his voice was harsh. Obviously, this incident had a great impact on their hunting team. It would be fine if an accident happened during the hunt, but he disappeared inexplicably, and even the body could not be found, so he was not reconciled to giving up.
"The place where the water is drawn is also on the mountain, not too far from the cave, and there are no dangerous beasts. However, until the night, I didn't see any of them. Ah Cheng took people to look for it, but he didn't find it, only in the Some traces were found near the water intake, but they were not enough to find people. After that, we waited for a while, and everyone searched everywhere, but still couldn’t find them. However, when we were looking for people, we encountered a lot of these things.”
Shui rubbed his tired face and pointed to the bats on the ground, "They actively attacked the hunting team, and it was still in the daytime. There were more than a dozen of them, and our team injured several. Ah Cheng asked me to bring someone over to ask you for help, but I didn't expect that all these things had already flown here."
Shao Xuan listened to his words and noticed that something was wrong with Caesar next to him. Looking at its wound, it didn't worsen. The color of the blood was still healthy, but it looked very sleepy.
"Is it bitten?" said the ballast. "After being bitten by those things, it will be completely weak, but it will not die. Give it some of this."
The ballast handed Shao Xuan something like a tree root, and Shao Xuan naturally knew it after following the sorcery and herbal medicine for so long. This tree root can refresh the mind, and it can also relieve some narcotic poisons. But it's hard to find in hunting grounds. Moreover, they were not optimistic about Caesar before they set off for the hunt, and they laughed at Mike's behavior of allowing Caesar to accompany the team.
Seeing that Mai, Lang Ga and others were also looking over, Qiu said helplessly, "I have to rely on it to help find someone."
This is true.
Made you laugh before, now need help and get it back? Lang Ga and several people wanted to snort, but thinking of what happened, their hearts became heavy again.
It disappeared inexplicably, and no one could even be found. It sounded chilling. They are not afraid to fight with beasts, but they always have a kind of apprehension about unknown things.
"What did Ah Cheng say?" Mai asked.
"Acheng said that the person who took the water may have been bitten by those things and couldn't resist, and may have been dragged away by those things, but there are not many traces to be found, and it is difficult to find people." A spirited Caesar, "Hope it works."
Shao Xuan checked the wounds on Caesar's body, and after confirming that there was no problem, he focused on the two dead bats.
The saliva of these bats has a strong anesthetic effect. Shao Xuan used a stone knife to pry open their mouths and found that their upper incisors were much larger than other molars, and their canine teeth were knife-like and extremely sharp. The injury is the credit of these teeth.
Creatures with such teeth are obviously flesh-eating.
In addition to this, this bat has sharp claws, strong hind legs, and very large eyes.
"How is it? Can we go there now?" Qi was a little anxious. The longer the delay, the harder it would be to find someone. He still didn't know what was going on with the hunting team.
Mai looked at Shao Xuan, saw Shao Xuan nodded, indicating that Caesar had recovered, and said, "Okay, let's go."
The hunting team went back to the cave first and brought some more stone tools to guard against.
The ballast took them and did not walk up the mountain. Although the mountain was relatively less dangerous, it required a long detour. They were in a hurry and had to arrive as soon as possible, so they directly chose the shortest route.
On the way, they encountered a few big bats like that again, and they all slashed and killed together.
"Everyone, be careful, the scratches are fine, the important thing is the bites, I don't have enough medicine in my hands." Qi reminded.
"The hunting ground has a lot less prey. The herds of big-horned deer and giant cattle have left their original places and run farther. Even the beasts have come out less... These are things that have never been encountered before."
Hearing this, everyone knew that it was not a good sign.
Prey is scarce and may have been taken by other predators; herds of bighorn deer and giant cattle migrated at this time, probably to avoid this dangerous place. However, even the ferocious beasts are coming out less, what are they even afraid of
"Sure enough, it's not a good thing." Lang Ga and a few whispered, when they saw those big bats, they had a bad premonition, and now they are more certain.
As he was walking, Shao Xuan suddenly heard some unusually sharp chirping sounds like sound waves. However, looking at Lang Ga and the others next to him, there was no response, and they didn't seem to hear it.
The fur on Caesar's back stood up again, his eyes staring warily at the sky.
The ballast walking in front, as well as several intermediate totem warriors such as Mai, suddenly stopped.
Mai gestured to the others, signaling everyone to be quiet and to be on high alert, while he listened carefully.
"It's them?" Mai said in a low voice.
"Yeah." Ballast nodded, "However, their current target is not us, they should have found other prey."
"Mai did you hear anything? Why didn't I hear anything?" Lang Ga asked.
"Your ability is not enough." Mai listened carefully, then pointed in a direction, and said, "Climb up the tree! Be careful to hide, look at the situation first."
Since Caesar couldn't climb trees, Shao Xuan let it hide in the grass.
After flexibly climbing up a big tree next to him, Shao Xuan found a thick branch with dense leaves and hid it until it was high enough to see somewhere not far away.
Looking up, on a branch diagonally above, stood a raccoon. At this moment, the raccoon was tense all over, his hair was blown up, his mouth was open, and his eyes were full of horror. Such precautions and fears are not aimed at Shao Xuan, but the approaching creatures in the sky. However, just as it was vigilant, Shao Xuan suddenly jumped up, startling it, and almost fell off the branch.
The raccoon's round eyes stared at Shao Xuan for a while, and determined that Shao Xuan was not a threat for the time being, so he bared his teeth at Shao Xuan, and threw the unfinished arthropod in his claws at Shao Xuan. In the past, it seemed that Qi Shao Xuan scared it.
Shao Xuan's head side, avoiding the half insect thrown.
The insect hit the tree trunk directly, but a few drops of the green liquid splashed onto Shao Xuan's face.
Shao Xuan wiped the insect liquid off his face expressionlessly, scolding in his heart: This little raccoon is really bad-tempered.
However, Shao Xuan would not be angry with it for this.
Suddenly, the beaver turned his head and looked in one direction.
Over there, that's where Mai just pointed.
Shao Xuan, like the others, hid in the branches and looked through the gaps between the leaves with the help of the leaves.
The surroundings were quiet, but there was an air of fear.
On a piece of grass not far ahead, four tooth deer stood there, facing in four directions, with erect ears and alert eyes.
call-
Shadows flashed across the sky and landed on the grass.
There were more than one bat, eleven bats landed, and they surrounded the four tooth deer in the middle.
For most bats, when they are on the ground, their movements are very difficult, and if they can move, they are very slow. But when these bats landed, their wings folded, leaving behind a pair of powerful long legs and forearms.
Of the eleven bats, any one was bigger than the one that Mai hunted.
After the eleven bats landed near the tooth deer, they ran quickly and charged towards the tooth deer.
Tooth Deer wanted to jump out of this encirclement, but just as he jumped up, he ran into a big bat that also jumped up.
A large bat was knocked out a few meters away, rolled on the grassy hill, got up again, and continued to attack the tooth deer. The sharp teeth were like razors, biting off a piece of the tooth deer's skin.
The blood began to spread.
After being bitten, the deer's movements became slower and slower. They failed to escape at first, and now, it is even more impossible.
All four deer were bitten on their bodies, and one of them had started to have weak legs.
Those bats did not take this opportunity to continue to bite, but waited patiently.
After the last deer finally fell to the ground, they did not immediately start enjoying the meal, but two or three worked together to grab the deer that was no longer able to move, spread its wings, and flew away.
After the bats left, the hunting party gathered under the tree, and the expressions on everyone's faces were not very good.
"They don't seem to want to eat their prey immediately," Mai said.
Qi had a gloomy face, "So Ah Cheng said to find the missing person as soon as possible. At least after seeing the behavior of those things, as long as they are not eaten immediately, the missing person may still be alive."
"They seem to be hoarding food, but winter is over," said an older soldier in the team. "So, who do they take this food to?"
There was silence in the team.
"Let's find the missing person first." Qiu sighed.
Qi took Mai and his party to the first stronghold of their hunting team, and when they met with the leader of the hunting team, Ah Cheng was applying medicine.
"What's the matter? Was attacked again?" Qi hurriedly took a few steps to check the condition of the wounded.
"Fortunately, it's not too heavy." Ah Cheng got up and walked towards Mai, a smile finally appeared on his sad face, "You are finally here."
Acheng's eyes swept around, and fell on Caesar standing beside Shao Xuan, "I didn't think so, I really have to rely on it this time."
When the two team leaders exchanged information, Shao Xuan observed the situation in the cave.
The soldiers of the hunting team, who were still full of energy when they set off, are now stunned one by one, probably because of the inexplicable disappearance of their companions and the possible crisis.
Everyone has wounds on their bodies, but fortunately, most of them are scratches, and few are bitten.
"The most fortunate thing is that I didn't bring those boys over this time. Otherwise..." Ah Cheng didn't say any more.
If there are young warriors who are newly awakened this year, they will definitely be attacked the most. Just like last year's Shao Xuan, the newly awakened warriors don't have much hunting experience. One bad thing is death.
"Axuan, it's up to you and Caesar." Cheng said.