According to the high-altitude observation from the hovercraft, the parking lot is still green and the establishment of ant nests can be clearly seen. The parking lot is completely abandoned.
In their gathering place, the food problem was temporarily solved with the hunting activities.
Although some disabled and weak children still do not have enough to eat, at least they are guaranteed not to starve to death.
The most basic food crisis was resolved. Although the conditions were a bit difficult, at least there was no major unrest, and the death toll was kept to a small number. People finally had hope for the future.
Lin Xiaoman's hope is to be able to develop steadily and reach the level of a junior spiritualist.
After more than two months of peaceful and simple living, something unexpected happened. One day, along with the sentry's warning of an enemy attack, a ferocious beast appeared.
Generally speaking, the strange beasts on the edge of the forest do not have the courage to attack human gatherings unless they are extremely hungry, so attacks by strange beasts rarely happen.
Just because there are fewer of them doesn’t mean there are none. Look, a ferocious beast has appeared.
After hearing the warning and the subsequent gunshots, Lin Xiaoman was about to go out to take a look. However, before he stepped out of the door, he was pulled back by Zhang Peiwen who came back from outside.
"It's a giant eagle! Hurry, close the doors and windows!" Zhang Peiwen said anxiously while closing the door, panting.
Lin Xiaoman quickly closed the window and glanced through it, then saw the huge shadow hovering in the sky. All the relevant information in the original owner's mind popped up at the same time.
As the name suggests, a giant eagle is a massive eagle, over a meter tall, with a wingspan of six or seven meters. It can easily snatch a person up into the air. It's a bird of prey found deep in the forests and mountainous regions.
There were a few gunshots, and less than 5 minutes later, there was no movement outside. Maybe they were scared away, or maybe they caught their prey and retreated.
Because the hunting team Zhang Yashan was in went into the forest to hunt, the probability of encountering a giant eagle was low, so Lin Xiaoman was not so worried about him. What she was worried about now was that the giant eagle, having tasted the benefits, would regard their gathering place as a food ground.
Over the evening meal (meat soup), someone with inside information shared the latest news about the disaster. The giant eagle that appeared during the day wasn't scared away, but had snatched away a seven or eight-year-old child. The child's mother cried herself blind and was still begging the elders to organize a rescue team.
Everyone who heard the news sighed and expressed sympathy. However, they all knew very well that they could not catch up with the giant eagle flying in the sky. Moreover, it had been half a day, and the body was probably cold.
Compared to the children who have obviously become food for the giant eagle, everyone is more worried about whether the giant eagle will come back?
After a peaceful and orderly day full of anxiety, just when everyone relaxed their tense nerves, the giant eagles came again, and this time there were two of them!
Another round of gunfire rang out, and the terrifying eagle cry gradually faded away.
It was still the evening big pot meal time, and this time the news was: the giant eagle attacked a logistics team that was fishing by the river, and captured a woman and a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.
For a time, the entire gathering place was in a panic, and the daytime, which was usually bustling, suddenly became deserted.
For fear that the giant eagle would come back, those who were not assigned work stayed at home and did not go out.
Good things didn't work, but bad things did. The situation that everyone was worried about came true. The two giant eagles, probably a couple, obviously regarded their human gathering place as a food field, and would come to catch someone as food every now and then.
The giant eagles were fast, their feathers were as hard as rocks, and they had the advantage of being air-to-ground, so bullets could not hit them at all. The guards responsible for security were completely helpless against them.
A trap was set, using a strange beast sprinkled with knockout drugs as bait, but the giant eagle was not fooled at all.
As for the hovercars, there were only two left in the entire gathering place, and they were still large passenger buses, clumsy and outdated. Although they could fly, they were far less agile than the giant eagle, and the airflow from the giant eagle was enough to overturn the hovercars.
Even if they wanted to die together by using human bombs, the giant eagles were like spirits, targeting the elderly, weak, women and children. Strong men were not in their hunting range at all.
The bosses of the gathering place were also frowning about this.
Although giant eagles come to hunt from time to time, it is not realistic for everyone to hide at home, and related production activities cannot be abandoned.
On this day, because of the shortage of medicinal materials, Lin Xiaoman was assigned a task to take a logistics team to collect herbs.
Herb collecting is relatively safe and does not require entering the deep forest.
Outside the moat surrounding the gathering place is a field of weeds, overgrown with weeds, many of which are medicinal plants.
It's a piece of wasteland, the highest of which is only as high as an adult's calf. There are no large exotic beasts. At most, there are some snakes and big insects hiding there. As long as you are careful, there is basically no danger.
The team of forty or fifty people is composed of women, teenagers, elderly people over a hundred years old, and disabled people. It is a standard team of the elderly, the weak, women and children.
When Lin Xiaoman went out, he felt uneasy. The giant eagles liked teams like theirs! Although the two giant eagles had just captured two people two days ago and it was impossible for them to come so quickly, Lin Xiaoman's eyelids kept twitching, and he always felt that something was going to happen.
And then, something really happened!
Near noon, accompanied by a scream, "The eagle is coming, the eagle is coming!" The sharp-eyed people were the first to see the small black dot appearing above the forest in the distance and shouted in fear.
Following the first scream, the entire team immediately panicked, and the sentry post in the distance also issued a warning of an enemy attack.
Lin Xiaoman: MMP!
"Run! Get in the water and hide in the river!"
After taking a look at the gradually growing black shadow coming towards this side, Lin Xiaoman shouted and ran away.
There was no shelter in the wasteland, so the only option was to go to the nearest moat.
Although everyone started to run for their lives as soon as the giant eagle appeared, it was obvious that those with two legs could not run faster than those with wings.
Soon, in just two or three minutes, a huge shadow was cast down from the sky.
Realizing that the giant eagle was right above her head, Lin Xiaoman stopped and knew that running was useless. She quickly took out her small pistol.
These two eagles are very smart and will pick on the weak. As long as she shows her aggressiveness, the probability of her being caught as food will be greatly reduced.
Her muscles were tense, and she gripped her small pistol tightly, which had a poor range and lethality. Lin Xiaoman had never been so nervous before.
This feeling is like facing a big tiger with a kitchen knife. What is tested is your mentality!
Don’t be confused, don’t panic, and don’t let your mentality collapse!
The calmer you are, the higher your survival rate. If your mentality collapses, everything will be over.
Here, Lin Xiaoman tried hard to cheer himself up and strive for a greater chance of survival, while the giant eagle in the sky had already started hunting.
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