Chapter 137 No Good Intentions (Additional Update for 600 Monthly Tickets)
Meanwhile, at the grassland camp...
On this day, Ye Jinghong stood on a mound next to the camp, his eyes constantly moving around, his whole expression looking worried.
The weather is getting hotter, and recently more and more animals come to the river to drink water and bathe, and their frequency is getting higher and higher.
From the perspective of resource acquisition, this is undoubtedly a good thing, but considering their situation, it is not so good...
Obviously, Ye Jinghong had also thought about the problem that Zhou Xu had worried about before.
This forced him to appropriately strengthen surveillance of the surrounding areas. In addition to arranging scouts and patrols to guard the surroundings, many times he would personally go out and do the surveillance, just like now.
Sweeping his eyes across the distant river bank, he could see many herbivores on the grassland drinking water in groups of three or five, and some even simply dived into the river.
Just when Ye Jinghong was about to look away, a commotion suddenly occurred, and the group of animals fled in all directions in panic.
【What's going on? ! 】
As this thought flashed through Ye Jinghong's mind, a burly beast appeared in Ye Jinghong's sight from the lush grass.
“Is it this?!”
The appearance of this ferocious beast surprised Ye Jinghong.
When they first arrived at the grassland, they followed the footprints and found traces of a herd of wild antelopes.
If he was not mistaken, at that moment, it was this guy who suddenly pounced out and bit a wild antelope to death with one bite.
The antelopes were frightened and fled in all directions.
Ye Jinghong had never seen such a ferocious beast. The oppressive feeling it gave was even stronger than the giant spider they had faced before.
And it was precisely because of this that this ferocious beast left a very deep impression on Ye Jinghong.
From the moment he set up camp on this grassland, Ye Jinghong had been wondering whether he would encounter this ferocious beast again.
Now this ferocious beast really appeared before his eyes again!
This is not a good thing for Ye Jinghong.
He had been thinking about this question, not because he wanted to see the beast, but because he believed that the existence of the beast was a threat that could not be ignored.
If the other party's activity area is nearby, then they have to be careful.
As soon as this ferocious beast appeared, Ye Jinghong undoubtedly immediately became extremely alert.
Thanks to a blessing from their leader, his eyesight was far superior to that of most tribe members, allowing him to observe the beast more clearly.
[This beast's steps are very heavy, and it seems to be struggling...]
By observing the beast's body movements, a question emerged in Ye Jinghong's mind.
【What happened to this guy? 】
As Ye Jinghong had this thought, the beast in the distance took heavy steps and slowly moved to the river, as if intending to drink water and rest.
As a result, after just two sips, the beast suddenly turned its head as if it had sensed something, and let out a threatening roar towards the lush grass behind it!
This roar seemed to form some kind of invisible sound wave, shaking the large grass nearby and rustling.
Even though he was far away, when the roar came, Ye Jinghong's hair stood on end instantly, and a strong sense of oppression followed.
But Ye Jinghong knew that the roar was definitely not directed at him, and at most he was just affected.
It’s hard to imagine that the roar of the beast was so shocking!
Until now, Ye Jinghong's face was full of horror and disbelief.
And just after this roar, the beast dived into the lush grass.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the bushes.
The grass was so tall and dense that Ye Jinghong couldn't see anything from a distance.
But accompanied by a commotion, the guys lurking in the bushes soon came into Ye Jinghong's sight.
[It’s actually a hyena man?! ]
The name "hyena people" was proposed by their leader, and after that, Ye Jinghong and the others followed suit.
Their camp has been located on this grassland for some time since it was established.
During these days, although they followed the leader's instructions and kept a low profile throughout, not having any contact with these "neighbors" on the grassland, they would hide in the dark to observe and collect intelligence during the process of avoidance.
This also gave Ye Jinghong and his team a basic understanding of these hyena people on the grassland.
Simply put, this is a race of robbers who like to be sneaky and cunning.
Rather than hunting on their own, hyenas prefer to steal other people's prey, just like they did when they stole the centaurs' prey.
Hyenas rarely act so aggressively without sufficient benefits.
Now that these hyena people have set their sights on this ferocious beast, there must be a reason.
Based on Ye Jinghong's observations so far, this group of hyena people probably want to take this opportunity to eliminate their competitors in the ecological chain in this area.
Under normal circumstances, food is limited in the same area, which creates a very direct competitive relationship among predators in the region's ecological chain.
Just like what happened to Zhou Xu and the giant spider back then.
Under this premise, it seems natural for the hyenas to want to eliminate weak competitors.
Ye Jinghong had no interest in getting involved. For things like this, he would just watch from afar.
[It’s right here. It’s a bit close to our camp. I’m really scared…]
However, the thought had just come to his mind, and he hadn't even finished thinking it through, when the next scene made him completely change his expression.
"What the hell!"
At this moment, the beast, as if it were dying, actually came towards their camp with the group of hyena people!
At the moment, Ye Jinghong didn't dare to bet that the beast would suddenly turn around and take away all the hyenas before they discovered their camp.
Almost immediately after discovering this situation, he quickly passed the message down, allowing the entire camp to enter combat mode at the fastest speed! After that, no miracle happened. Since they were surviving here, their scent would inevitably be left nearby.
The hyenas who were chasing the beast at the time clearly sensed their presence. To be honest, the beast might have rushed over just because it smelled their scent. It seemed like they had no good intentions!
(End of this chapter)
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