Chapter 1518: Stay or Go

Seeing the water, Zhang Zian felt relieved.

The water vapor in the forest is very heavy. If you can’t find a water source, you can use some methods to survive in the wilderness to condense the dew, but that will take a lot of time, and it’s only barely enough to sustain life. If you really get to that point, you’d better find a way out of the forest as soon as possible. Don't talk about finding the missing girl and other things.

After an afternoon of walking together, the deer seem to have some trust in him. Even if they see him appearing by the stream, they are not afraid. They are only about 20 to 30 meters away from him. If he has a shotgun, it is very difficult to miss him. .

This is a small herd of seven or eight deer, including a male stag walking in the front, and a few young deer that are alive and kicking and unaware of the dangers of the world.

The young deer were full of curiosity about human beings, so they ran up to only a dozen meters away from him, staring at him with innocent eyes, as if wondering where this strange guy got so much delicious salt?

He recognized it. It was a group of red deer. The most obvious features that differentiated them from other deer were the dark brown circle around their necks and the pair of majestic antlers on the top of the buck's head.

Not only him, but the elves also recognized it, because not long ago, everyone had seen such antlers on the wall of the wooden house in the forest, but there was a complete deer head made of a specimen attached to the antlers.

The antlers of the red deer can grow very large, and have always been one of the hunters' favorite trophies. They cut off the deer's head and make specimens for display at home, showing off their hunting skills and masculinity.

There are many types of deer, and their names are also very confusing. The United States and Europe have different names. For example, the same word Elk refers to red deer in North America, and moose in Europe. What’s more confusing is that many Chinese tourists or The local translators in the United States translated red deer into elk. In fact, elk is a unique deer in China. It is extremely rare and it is impossible to see it in the wild in the United States.

North American red deer are larger in size, like to live in groups, and like to be active during the day. These characteristics can be matched.

But I don't know if there are individuals infected with prion protein in this herd of red deer?

When he pitched his tent, the group of red deer, which are accustomed to being active during the day, seemed not to leave, alternately sipping stream water and gnawing grass blades.

Their expressions remained alert and alert, but not directed at him, instead staring up from time to time into the darkening depths of the woods.

"Quack! I will help you idiot to find a latrine. You are satisfied. Do you want to try squatting?" Richard flapped his wings and flew over, trying to land on his shoulder, but due to the onset of night blindness, he landed. It took a few times to succeed.

"The latrine?" He didn't bother to pay attention to it,

"You farted?"

"Quack! A child can be taught! But it's a pity that you underestimated the power of my uncle. If this uncle really collapsed, he could create a bomb crater and an atomic bomb crater!" Richard pushed him with his wings, "Go and try! Squat down and see See if it fits!"

Zhang Zian was so annoyed by it, after setting up the tent, he wanted to fetch water anyway, so he picked up the pot and asked, "Where is it? Let me warn you first, if it's not like the latrine, I'm going to eat chicken stewed mushrooms tonight!" "

Richard showed him the direction nonchalantly, and led him around a few thick trees, and came to a thin tree about 20 meters away from the stream. Although it was a thin tree, its diameter was about the same as that of an adult man.

"Look! Does this look like a latrine?" Richard could hardly see clearly, and pointed to the ground with his wings based on his impression.

Zhang Zian didn't believe it at all, he casually glanced at the ground, and immediately froze.

Under the root of the thin tree is an oval pit, about 20 to 30 centimeters deep, with smooth edges.

"Quack! You idiot! Does it look like a latrine?" Richard yelled triumphantly. When it flew here by itself, it found this pit, and couldn't help but go back to show off its discovery to Zhang Zian. It couldn't explain why, but it vaguely felt that this pit was different from the naturally formed pit.

The chill crept up Zhang Zian's back. He didn't care about talking to Richard. He turned on the headlight and carefully inspected the trunk of this slender tree. Sure enough, he saw that the trunk was about one meter above the ground. Peeled quite a bit.

Looking closer, he used his fingers to pull out a black hair as long as his little finger from the gap in the bark.

Fuck!

He cursed secretly, stopped taking water from the stream, and hurried back to the tent he had just set up with an empty pot.

"Femas! Come with me!"

Fimas was resting on his stomach, but when he heard his voice, he immediately stood up and followed him back the same way.

Not only Fei Max, but other elves also heard the worry and urgency contained in his voice, and followed him one after another, wanting to see what happened.

Coming to the pit again, Zhang Zian pointed to the pit and said, "Femas, smell it..."

Femas didn't need to get close at all, he had already smelled the smell, "What is this smell? Very strong body odor, like the smell left by a large carnivore!"

It stared uneasily at the increasingly thick darkness, the instinct left in its blood was warning it to leave here immediately.

The other elves with a keen sense of smell also smelled it. This smell seemed to have a certain sense of oppression, and they were almost out of breath.

"Zian, what kind of animal left this pit?" Old Cha was on high alert, his brass-colored eyes flickering.

What animal digs a pit? pangolin? Anteater?

Zhang Zian took a deep breath, barely suppressed the panic in his heart, and said as calmly as possible: "It's a black bear."

"Black bear?" The elves were all stunned, and even Richard swallowed his teasing words in fright, "Are you sure?"

Zhang Zian nodded, pointed to the pit and said, "This kind of pit is a den for bears to sleep in. Hunters and experienced hikers in the United States call this a bearbed."

He pointed to the trunk of the slender tree again, "The black bear sleeps here and rubs itches. Its skin is rough and thick. If it rubs too hard, it will even rub off the bark. There are still black bear hairs in the bark."

He turned back and stared at the deer herd by the stream, "The trail they walked just now was probably stepped on by black bears, so they are so restless, but they eat too much salt, no matter how anxious they are, they still need to drink water... "

"Then what should we do now? In my old opinion, I'm afraid it's not suitable to fight recklessly, and the best policy is to walk." Old Cha persuaded.

Vladimir was eager to try, clenched his fists and said: "Whatever is black and white, they are all imperialist bears!"

"Femas, can you smell how long the bear has been away?" he asked.

Fimas sniffed the surrounding carefully again, and said uncertainly, "Maybe a day or two."

They need water very much, besides, how far can they go at night with one deep foot and one shallow foot?

Zhang Zian was in a dilemma, and after a long time of deliberation, he decided to take the risk of staying here tonight.