Chapter 472: Beast Disaster. Surrounded
Chu An added a few pieces of wood into the fire. In order to attract Chu An, the jackals in front did not dare to act rashly. The jackals behind tried to find a breakthrough, but this breakthrough did not exist at all.
The two sides were in a stalemate for nearly two hours. Chu An was a little annoyed, but the jackals were still thinking of various ways.
"Wooooo, wooooooooooo..."
Just when Chu An was using his mental power to communicate with Shen Xun on how to disperse the jackals, the jackals suddenly howled collectively. The sound was not as sharp as a wolf's howl, but rather a bit... cute.
“Wooooooooooooo…”
They howled, gathered together, and ran deeper into the woods.
What is going on here? Have they really given up, or do they feel some other threat?
Chu An still remembered that the last time she fought with the wolves, she attracted a brown bear. If she hadn't been able to control the stone slab, there would have been a fierce battle, and both she and Gu Ye would have been injured.
She added some more gasoline to the fire to make it burn more vigorously, then picked up the night vision binoculars and looked around, but found nothing unusual.
wrong!
She raised the telescope slightly, her pupils suddenly contracted. On the thick tree trunk directly opposite her were two colorful pythons coiled. Although not as thick as the black snake, they were almost as thick as her waist.
The two pythons were entangled with each other and wriggling slowly. Chu An adjusted several angles, but he couldn't see where their heads were, so he couldn't see the reflective eyes.
She was not afraid of pythons, but she was naturally uncomfortable with snake-like animals and multi-legged creatures.
She looked up again. There were no birds roosting there, but the intertwined branches outlined the devil's smiling face, as if mocking humans for overestimating their own limitations and trespassing into this forbidden area.
Rustle...Sasha...
There was another sound coming from the bushes in the distance. She lowered the telescope and saw a huge creature appear in the direction where the jackal fled, just three meters behind the python. It was shaped like a cow, but had two reflective fangs. It should be an evolved wild boar.
Not far from the wild boar, there were small rodents running around very fast, and it was impossible to tell what kind of animals they were using night vision binoculars.
Were they being treated like animals tonight?
Chu An did not move. As long as they did not attack actively, she did not intend to take action.
So far, she has seen four kinds of animals, but she doesn't know how many more there are that she can't see. As the saying goes, a single move can affect the entire body. After all, this is not the human home ground. Even if she is 90% sure of killing them, she dare not gamble on that 1% chance of something going wrong.
Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat for Mou Ci. Their team was not composed entirely of soldiers, so how were they supposed to survive in the deep mountains and forests?
And what is it that they would rather enter the forest to avoid? Is it more terrifying than the wild beasts here?
…
Gu Ye slept for three hours, set the alarm for himself, got up on time, packed his sleeping bag, and walked to Chu An.
"A quick break." He picked up the stick and poked the flame.
"Okay." Chu An felt his legs were a little numb, so he grabbed Gu Ye's arm and stood up. Then he told Gu Ye to pay special attention to the wild boar. No, there were two of them now.
Gu Ye was stunned when he heard this, and followed Chu An's instructions, looking at them one by one.
Although they had no obvious intention to attack, it was still quite creepy to see them surrounding me like this. I couldn't imagine that I had slept in this place for three hours.
Putting down his night vision goggles, he added a few more pieces of wood to the fire. Although it was quite uncomfortable to roast a fire in the summer, there was no other way, as animals are naturally afraid of fire.
Fortunately, Chu An had prepared the wood long ago and had stored it in the space, so it was convenient to use. Otherwise, going to the surrounding area to look for dead branches would be like walking into a tiger's mouth.
On the other side, Chu An lay in her sleeping bag and slept normally. If there was a fatal danger, her right eye would tell her. This function had not been used for a long time, which meant that she had been at ease for too long, and it was time to stimulate her body and increase her caution.
When Chu An entered the space, the first thing he did was to find Chen Xun to discuss tomorrow's search route.
She was worried about any of Gu Ye, Lao Chu and Wang Guan going out alone to look for Mou Ci, so she decided that the four of them should act together, and the other three directions would depend on them.
Shen Xun had made arrangements in advance. They would send out four people this time, plus Chu An, and they could search outward in the direction of the five-pointed star.
He opened the map of Mount Yilian. "Originally I wanted to search forward in a fan-shaped pattern, but no one can guarantee that they will always move forward. So, I plan to search 360 degrees and try to radiate the entire surrounding area."
After he said this, everyone looked at him, as if it made sense.
"Don't look at me like that. After all, I'm not an expert in field search. I'm just considering it from a cautious perspective." Shen Xun pointed out four routes on the map and continued, "Tomorrow, the four of us will search in these four directions respectively, and then you will follow this route."
Chu An looked at the line he pointed out at last, which was exactly the direction where the giant python was coiled and the wild boar was blocking the road. What a coincidence.
"Xiao An, even if we find someone, we can't show up easily. So the best outcome is for you to find the person. I've analyzed it for several days and I think this is the most likely way."
He pointed down on the map again, "There is a river further down here. They are likely to go down along the river. There is a small fork in the river, and next to the fork is the Wumeng grassland."
He pointed at a place near the Wumeng grassland and said, "According to the time calculation, they should have walked here."
"I think we may continue to go down along the main river channel." Wang Ce said, holding his hand, "This branch is very shallow, and it is very likely to have dried up or will soon dry up. They will not give up the water source until they are sure of getting out."
"How do you know it's shallow here?" asked Guo Changren puzzledly.
"I've been there." Wang Ce replied.
"Have you been there? It's so dangerous there, why did you go there?" Guo Changren continued to ask.
"Find a tree." Wang Ce suddenly smiled, "There is a magical tree over there. It is said that it is all white and crystal clear. I am curious!"
"Curious?" Guo Changren showed an expression of disbelief. A deputy chief physician of a tertiary hospital was curious about a tree that existed in mythology.
"I've heard of this legend, too." Grandpa Gao suddenly said, "It is said that whoever can find the spirit tree will have a wish granted by the spirit tree."
Shen Xun suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Ce, this man never believed in gods or Buddhas.
"Okay, okay, continue." Wang Ce turned Shen Xun's head over and deliberately pinched his face like an old gangster.
Shen Xun pursed his lips and said after a long while, "How about this, Xiao An, you go to the fork first and take a look. If there is really no water, continue to look along the river."
"Okay." Chu An memorized the route in his mind and looked at Wang Ce again. His gaze stayed on Shen Xun's face most of the time, as if he could never see enough.
"Hey, that's not right." Guo Changren suddenly frowned and said, "Since that place is very likely, why don't we go over there and take a look first?"
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