Researchers began taking out various devices to collect the dust scattered on the branches and fallen leaves.
The researchers present were quite shocked by the fine and thin dust.
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A dozen or so soldiers, all in protective suits and fully armed, stood guard around the researchers.
"Captain, I feel something is strange around me. I haven't seen any animals at all."
"Yes, and I feel like there are countless eyes watching us all around."
The walkie-talkies inside the protective suits carried the voices of the team members. The captain, whom everyone called the captain, looked around and vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the situation.
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The researchers carried out their collection work in an orderly manner, scraping off large amounts of black dust from the surface of the object and then putting it into several sealed containers.
A researcher who was collecting materials discovered a wild deer after parting a patch of bushes.
"You scared me! It's just a wild deer. Hmm? But I feel like there's something strange about this deer."
In the researcher's eyes, the wild deer was standing in the bushes about twenty meters ahead.
The figure stood with its back to him, its neck slightly bent, its head drooping in front of it.
"Something's not right, there seems to be something wrong with this wild deer!"
Upon closer inspection, the researcher immediately realized something was amiss.
The wild deer was trembling all over, its four legs spread apart erratically, each leg shaking uncontrollably, looking as if it were about to collapse.
The entire deer was covered with a thin layer of black powder, and a brownish-purple notch was located on its left hind leg. It was too far away to see clearly, but it looked like a wound.
Despite sensing something was amiss with the wild deer, the researcher couldn't suppress his curiosity and took a few steps forward to get a closer look.
"Click!"
A crisp snapping sound rang out, and the researchers looked down to find that their feet had stepped on a tree branch.
Looking up again, I saw that the wild deer in front of me suddenly stopped trembling, then abruptly raised its neck and slowly turned its head.
With just one glance, the researcher's pupils constricted sharply, and he involuntarily cried out.
"Aaaaaah! What...what is this thing?!"
The researchers were instantly terrified, and nearly dropped the collection container they were holding.
My body instinctively moved backward quickly, but I lost my balance and was about to fall to the ground.
Just then, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and steadily supported his back.
The researcher turned around and saw that the person who had come was the soldier captain.
"In front...that..."!
"Step back, there's something wrong with that wild deer."
Before the researcher could finish speaking, the team leader grabbed him and pulled him behind him.
The captain quickly cocked his gun, his eyes fixed on the wild deer ahead.
The deer looked extremely creepy at that moment; its head appeared to have been torn apart by some kind of animal.
Half of his face had been torn off, along with his eyeballs being pulled out of their sockets, and the surrounding flesh was in various fractured states.
The other half of the face also had multiple bite marks, and the remaining eyeballs in the eye sockets were abnormally cloudy, as if they had already lost their vitality.
The bloody wound was exposed, and the white bone inside was easily visible. A dark green, viscous liquid kept flowing out of the wound, which looked extremely disgusting.
The wild deer opened its mouth, making a panting motion, and its tongue hung out, dripping thick saliva.
The strange deer ahead turned around, its nose sniffing the air as if it were searching for something.
The next second, the wild deer's gaze was fixed on the two of them.
"Yo...ho!"
The wild deer raised its head and let out a cry, which, though clearly a deer's call, contained a wild beast's roar.
Immediately afterwards, the wild deer moved its limbs and charged at the two of them like a madman.
The captain was about to pull the trigger when he was stopped by the researchers behind him.
"Wait! Don't kill this deer. Its condition is very strange and may be related to this black dust."
The team leader understood what the researchers were saying and quickly adjusted his gun to aim at the deer's limbs.
"Da da da da da..."!
The captain's assault rifle roared, and several bullets flew through the air, hitting the wild deer's four legs.
The captain was an excellent shot; all the bullets hit his leg joints precisely.
"Thump!"
The charging wild deer suddenly lost its footing and collapsed to the ground with a thud, rolling over in front of the two people.
"Yo... Hoo! Hoo hoo hoo!"
The wild deer lying on the ground let out a series of roars and began to twist its limbs frantically, trying to rub itself little by little towards the two people.
At this moment, the wild deer's mouth was open to an exaggerated angle, giving the impression that it was about to dislocate at any moment.
Its neck was stretched out abnormally straight, and its mouth was frantically tearing at the two people.
The tongue that had been sticking out of its mouth had already been bitten off and fallen to the ground.
"Captain, what just happened? Why did they suddenly start shooting?"
Two soldiers rushed out of the bushes behind them, having heard the gunshots and come quickly.
Turning their heads, they also spotted the strange wild deer on the ground, struggling and howling.
"Holy crap! What is this thing?!"
"This is a deer! How can there be such a strange deer!"
The two men were immediately startled by the writhing deer on the ground and were about to raise their guns to fire, but were stopped by the captain beside them.
"This wild deer may have been affected by this black powder. Everyone finds some branches around and uses rope to tie it up and bring it back to the camp."
"Understood!" x2
Two soldiers received orders to immediately go and collect the items from the surrounding area, while the captain picked up a stone from the ground.
Then he went to the wild deer, pounced on it and pinned it down, shoved the stone into its mouth, and tied it up tightly with the ropes around his body.
Soldiers and researchers nearby rushed over after hearing the gunshots.
Upon seeing the wild deer writhing wildly on the ground, everyone present was filled with shock, and they all gathered around, pointing and whispering.
Soon, the two soldiers found several sturdy, columnar tree branches nearby.
Together, they tied the wild deer up tightly, hung it on a tree branch, and carried it back to camp by one person on each side.
After everyone left, sparse sounds came from a few bushes in the distance.
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