Wu You was wearing a custom-made field training uniform and carrying a simple backpack.
He was carrying a sharp machete and had an M16 rifle hanging on his backpack.
Not far away were Little Black and another strange creature.
This creature was only about half the size of Xiao Hei, with eight spider-like legs, two soft tissue tentacles above the two pairs of compound eyes on its head, and a scorpion-like hooked tail with a metallic sheen hanging from its back.
Its movement speed is no slower than that of the normal Blackie, and it moves as if it were on flat ground, whether it's rocks or big trees.
Slightly lower in the sky are the ghost leeches, which have always played a very important role, while higher in the sky, a white eagle-like creature is flying.
It is similar in size to a bald eagle, and in addition to the features that an eagle should have, it has three special tail feathers that are half the length of its body, which sway as it flies.
All four are high-level black iron creatures. Leaving aside Little Black and Ghost Mosquito, the Velvet Spider Scorpion can not only adapt to various terrains, but also spit out a biological fiber web with strong adsorption and paralysis effects within twenty meters.
The tail hook is both a sharp cutting knife and a poison needle.
It was created using alchemy from three animals: velvet worms, tarantulas, and Palestinian scorpions. Although it is currently the only creation made using second-level alchemy, it has not yet reached the bronze level.
However, Wu You was quite satisfied with it, which was worthwhile considering that he had consciously suppressed its potential level during alchemy.
Another type is called the White Eagle, created through alchemy using golden eagles and rattlesnakes. The three long tail feathers have numerous gaps inside, which are infrared receiving organs.
Not only does it have excellent vision, but it can also receive infrared thermal imaging within a few hundred meters.
With these four black iron creatures clearing the way, plus Wu You's current strength and reflexes, and the M16 behind him, the safety factor in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain is already very high.
Wu You has been here for most of the day.
The search began along the river from where the bear had fallen off the waterfall, but after wandering around the area for a long time, no trace of the brown bear could be found.
He is now heading towards the spot where he first encountered the brown bear, under the boulder where he took shelter from the rain.
If we search backwards based on the time and location of contact, and still can't find it, there's nothing we can do.
Finally, after more than ten minutes, we arrived at the foot of the former boulder.
However, no trace of the backpack that was left behind was found.
Was it dragged away by some other animal, or did the brown bear come back?
Just as Wu You was about to turn and leave, a small corner of an object protruding from the soil caught his attention.
I crouched down for a closer look and was slightly taken aback.
This looks like the end of a backpack strap?
Working together with Xiao Hei, they dug the thing buried in the ground in no time.
It was a tattered hiking backpack; apart from the small section of the broken shoulder strap that was sticking out of the ground, the rest was buried a good half meter deep.
The bag has a lot of cuts and tears, but because it is made of high-quality nylon, it does not show much signs of decay except for some dirt.
Everything in the bag is gone.
Wu You's brows furrowed into a deep frown.
Actually, when entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, I didn't notice anything amiss in the system's 3D navigation map, but once I was inside, I felt something was wrong.
Why is this happening?
Suddenly, a few fragments flashed through my mind.
The first time I entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain was thrilling, lasting several hours, but not much time had passed in reality after I returned.
The second time I entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, I narrowly escaped death. It took most of the day, but only a few minutes passed in reality.
When I first got the system, it felt too fantastical, so I attributed everything to the system and didn't think about it in detail.
However, Wu You had already given a rough idea of the time issue when he returned from the Eastern Realm last time, but he still hadn't delved into it deeply.
Now you can see what the backpack looks like.
Obviously, no animal would be so bored as to bury it, and there weren't any obvious traces.
It's more like it was naturally buried by dust over time, and that's how it got to its current state.
Could it be that several years, even more than ten years, or even decades have passed since I last entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain?
In what form does the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts actually exist?
Is this a time gap, outside the normal timeline?
Wu You once again thought of the so-called gods, and also of a classic movie he had once seen, "Interstellar".
...
All of this is an unsolvable problem for Wu You right now, and there is no need to solve it.
However, the conclusion drawn from this is...
The brown bear that Wu You once hated to the core is probably no longer around.
Forests and landforms can withstand the erosion of time measured in decades, but most animals cannot.
Given that bears have a lifespan of 20 to 30 years, that brown bear, which wasn't exactly a teenager, would probably have rotted away by now, even if it hadn't died from disease or fighting.
Well then, since that's the case, we'll just have to carry out the main objective of coming here.
Material for capture.
So the first thing to do is to find a tiger.
As the king of beasts in the traditional sense, Wu You has long been interested in it.
It's just that we didn't have the strength to catch them in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain before. In reality, smuggling is neither easy nor likely to cause trouble.
...
A tiger with a king-shaped pattern on its head is lying on a rock, watching several deer that are about to pass by in the distance.
The wind from above carried the scents, and the rocks obscured the view.
As the deer foraged, it cautiously observed its surroundings.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the herd will lose another member today.
Hundreds of meters in the air, a pair of gray-white eyes were watching everything happening below.
Wu You decisively ordered the ghost leech mosquitoes and the velvet spider scorpions to launch an attack simultaneously.
The tiger felt no attack or pain, but it quickly lost control of its limbs, and its eyelids grew heavier and heavier.
Except for one that managed to hide behind a large tree, all the other deer were entangled in a thick, white netting.
The pain, numbness, and itching sensations transmitted through the silk threads quickly caused them to lose the strength to struggle.
Wu You observed all of this from a tree in the distance.
I want both the deer and the tiger!
A few minutes later.
Hint: Capture successful, material obtained: male Bengal tiger.
Hint: Capture successful. Obtain material: Male elk.
Hint: Capture successful. Obtain material: Male elk.
Hint: Capture successful. Obtain material: female elk.
...
After catching the last deer, Wu You stood up.
Next up is the Andean vulture, or more specifically, the Andean condor.
Vultures have a good appetite and an extremely strong digestive system; they can even digest bones.
Wildlife scientists have conducted experiments.
A soft metal cage is woven from thin metal chains, and fresh pieces of meat are placed inside.
Let the vulture swallow it.
Less than a minute later, when the metal chain was pulled out again, the meat inside had already been digested.
This demonstrates its formidable digestive capacity.
The Andean vulture, being the largest vulture and the world's largest bird of prey, has exceptional digestive abilities and lifespan.
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