Chapter 1517: Playing Hard to Get

Salt can attract the deer, but salt cannot keep the deer. If Zhang Zian tries to get close to the deer, even if he only walks back a few steps, he may scare the deer away, and the deer is a vigilant animal. , no matter how much you love to lick salt, you will not regard salt as more important than your life, so once you are frightened, you may run away from it and never get close again.

So Zhang Zian can only pretend to be okay, knowing that the deer is about 50 meters away in the woods behind him, he can't act too anxiously, like an idiot who has never seen a woman before. When we met, we talked about whether the four-piece suit on the bed should be made of silk or pure cotton. I guess it would scare the girl and turn around and run away. The same is true for the deer.

Tourists rarely visit this pristine forest in depth. At most, they drive through or find a few officially recommended trails, even if they check in successfully, so the deer here are different from the deer in Muir Park. In San Francisco's popular scenic spots, deer have long been commonplace for people.

As for how many deer there are behind, whether it is one or a group, and what kind of deer it is, these are not clear. The biggest possibility is that a deer is watching the wind and testing, and the main force is still in the woods farther away.

The elves seemed to make sense after hearing what he said, especially the metaphor of the blind date was easy to understand, but they also felt sympathy for him inexplicably.

After extinguishing the bonfire that was set up for cooking at noon and burying it with soil to prevent the ashes from resurging, he put on his backpack and started on the journey again. The pore diameter of the seasoning bottle cap is adjustable. Before, he only opened half of the pore, but now he opens the pore to the maximum, so that more salt can leak out, in case the deer behind him feel that the salt is too little and not satisfying and leave halfway.

Although there is only one seasoning bottle, he bought several boxes of table salt, and he can replenish it as he uses it.

He brought a lot of miscellaneous things like this, which may or may not be useful, so the backpack was extra heavy.

"Femas, Mr. Tea, Vladimir, and Fina, you need to be more vigilant."

Not long after setting off, Zhang Zian saw that the elves were all curious about the deer behind them, and looked back from time to time, so he reminded him.

"Oh?" Old Cha was startled, "Is that the new elf approaching?"

Zhang Zian looked down at his phone. It was obvious that the distance to the elf was getting closer on the electronic map, but it was not so close. He was more concerned about other things.

"The deer is still behind?" He asked instead.

Lao Cha nodded, "It seems to be a little closer than before, the number... the old man has seen two or three of them so far."

Zhang Zian said: "The deer is following us,

But there are ferocious beasts in this primeval forest, including black bears, cougars, and coyotes. Deer are also one of the main prey of these beasts, so... the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. We are equivalent to that cicada. ! "

When he said this, the elves understood the potential danger of the matter.

Originally, it was a rare event for tourists and hikers to encounter beasts in this forest, because humans are not in the diet of beasts, and beasts also know that people are not easy to mess with, so hearing people's footsteps and smelling people's smells is a rare event. They will avoid them from far away... But the situation is different now. The ferocious beasts also want to eat. They are really hungry. Even if they know that there are people nearby, they can't let these deer who are focused on licking salt. If people don't know each other and want to stop them , they probably wouldn't mind adding an extra appetizer.

"Gah?" Richard was startled, "My uncle is so thin, bears and lions, he shouldn't be interested, right?"

"I'm not sure, maybe they just want to change their taste." Zhang Zian said half-jokingly.

The elves got up their spirits, stopped paying too much attention to the deer behind them, and focused more on the front and side, in case there was a sudden attack by a beast, especially the cougar, a small lion It is very suitable for hunting and ambush in the mountains and forests. It may even hide in the trees, and when the prey passes by, it will jump down, jump on the back of the prey and bite the neck, killing the opponent by surprise.

When it was almost evening, Zhang Zian saw that it was getting dark and it was not suitable to move on, so he looked for a place to camp.

It is best to camp near a water source, whether it is a stream or a lake, but in the forest, water sources are not easy to find. Often, when you don’t need to camp, you will encounter a stream, and when you need to camp, you will even have a water source. I can't find any pits, which is really annoying.

After the crisis in the desert, he is now more concerned about the potential danger of water shortage than ordinary hikers, and he has to plan ahead before there are signs of water shortage.

Just as he was watching the sky darken rapidly, and secretly worried about whether he could find the water source before dark, Fina suddenly reminded: "The deer in the back, they won't follow."

He hurriedly turned his head and saw that the deer had indeed stopped, looking alternately at him and a path that was stepped by animals on the side, as if hesitating.

After a while, the leading buck stepped onto the trail first, followed by the others.

Have they lost interest in salt? Still think he's dangerous?

or……

Zhang Zian suddenly thought that humans need to drink water, and so do deer. Eating grass alone cannot satisfy the body's need for water, not to mention that they have licked so much salt along the way, they will definitely be thirstier than usual!

Deer live after water and grass, and they have the instinct to find salt, but also have the instinct to find water. Just like camels can find water in the desert, deer can also find water in the forest.

"Femas."

He softly called Femas to stop, gestured to it, temporarily stopped following Mike's scent, and changed his course, keeping parallel to the animal path that the animal stepped on, and walked in the same direction.

The road is rugged and difficult, the ground is covered with dense ferns, and the road is often blocked by overgrown tree roots. Coupled with the surrounding towering trees and mist, it seems to have traveled to "Jurassic Period" The world of the park.

The tree roots protruding from the ground are one meter high. When encountering the tree roots blocking the way, the elves can jump over them lightly. He can only take off the backpack, push the backpack over first, and then turn over to pick up the backpack , miserable.

He bet that the deer were looking for water to drink, and he was pretty sure his guess was correct, but he wasn't sure how far the water source was from them, if it was far away...

After walking like this for twenty or thirty minutes, the sky became darker and darker.

Is there really a source of water ahead?

At this time, the elves with keen hearing said almost in unison: "There is the sound of running water ahead!"

Zhang Zian, whose confidence was getting weaker and weaker, seemed to have been given a booster, and his body was instantly full of motivation.

After walking for a while, the road turned around, and after bypassing several big trees, a gurgling stream suddenly appeared in front of them.

The deer were already drinking quietly by the stream.