Chapter 1538: A Strange Smell

Zhang Zian hadn't slept for almost 36 hours. He was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open. He just wanted to quickly set up the tent and get in to sleep. If the elves didn't have to eat, he didn't even want to eat dinner.

However, when he heard that Femas found something abnormal, he still cheered up and followed it to check. After all, it is better to be more cautious when hiking in the forest.

All the deer gathered at the stream to drink water. The young deer played nonchalantly with the doe, while the adult deer took turns to drink water. The deer that had already drunk looked around vigilantly.

The current of this creek was fast-moving, and the water quality was relatively turbid, carrying a lot of sediment, which was different from the few creeks they encountered. Zhang Zian guessed that this creek might have been formed by the thunderstorm last night, or it might be a tributary branched from other creeks because of that thunderstorm.

The water should be precipitated before being filtered and sterilized, otherwise it may affect the water purification efficiency of the filter.

The deer herd is obviously not satisfied with the water quality, but it is not far from dark, and it may be too late to find other water sources, so they can only make do with it.

The strong head deer's injury has improved greatly. When walking, it is no longer as difficult as it was two days ago. The wound no longer oozes blood, and there is no sign of infection. In addition to the reason Zhang Zian disinfected it, another reason should be Credit to the cooler weather in the forest.

The head deer was watching the woods upstream of the creek uneasily. Hearing Zhang Zian's footsteps, he just looked sideways at him, and then continued to stare. He didn't even respond when he walked beside it.

Zhang Zian followed its line of sight and saw that the dense forest was overgrown with branches. There was no sun, and it was very dark. His sight was swallowed up by the branches and darkness a dozen meters away, and he couldn't see anything.

Is it a black bear again?

The deer's reaction was somewhat similar to when they encountered the bear's den before, but the bear had already been left behind. Could it be that they had already entered the territory of another black bear? If this is the case, it is probably a female bear, after all, it is too close to the territory of the previous male bear.

However, looking at the appearance of other deer in the deer herd, they are not quite similar. It seems that only one deer in this small deer herd has sensed the potential danger, and the other deer are only on routine alert.

It's a pity that the deer can't speak, even if he could, Zhang Zian wouldn't understand.

"Femas, don't you smell anything unusual?" He leaned over to check the ground, but he didn't see any suspicious footprints.

Femus said apologetically: "There are many smells. The smell in the forest is very complex. There are many smells left by animals.

Especially near water sources, but I can only distinguish a few of them, such as coyotes, black bears, owls, chipmunks, sika deer, red deer, etc. Animals that I have never seen, even if I smell them, I will It is not known what animal left behind. "

This is a problem. Femas, like most animals, recognizes people and objects by smell. It can only know what kind of animal it is only by seeing an animal with its own eyes and recording its smell, and smelling a similar smell later. Otherwise, you will just smell a strange smell, and the ghost knows what is left behind.

Many animals drink water, and odors near water sources are more complex.

"That is, coyotes and black bears can be ruled out?" he asked.

Femus hesitated, "I didn't smell it, at least I didn't smell a fresh smell."

"Does anyone smell?"

"nor."

Not coyotes, black bears, or humans, so the beast in the forest that can threaten red deer is the cougar?

When the animal world fights alone, weight is king. The invincibility of felines that people talk about is also based on the premise of similar weight and size. Therefore, the threat of pumas to humans is far less than that of black bears. If it is really a puma Don't be too nervous.

Zhang Zian thought for a while, "Forget it, don't worry about it, it might be that this deer was overwhelmed after being injured, we should eat when we should eat, and sleep when we should sleep, we can't be paranoid all day long."

That being said, the deer reacted a lot like there was some danger nearby that worried him, so sleep in bear spray tonight.

Dinner is still a combination of instant canned wild vegetables mixed with rice. Although all kinds of canned food come in different styles, I eat this for three meals a day. I am a little tired of eating it. At this moment, he misses those junk foods so much, such as hamburgers and fries. Happy water, I didn't even bother to eat it when I was in China, but now I can't help swallowing when I think about it.

Shortly after nightfall he added some twigs to the campfire, then crawled into the tent and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

Maybe it was because I was too sleepy and tired, I didn't even have a dream during this sleep.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but in the dimness, he felt furry paws slapping him.

"Zian! Zi'an! Wake up!"

Zhang Zian fell into a dark sleep, and after opening his eyes, he didn't realize where he was for a while, and wondered why the ceiling in the bedroom was deformed?

After a few seconds, he looked sideways and was startled. He saw a huge shadow reflected in the faint light of the fire outside the tent. .

"I……"

He sat up agitatedly, and just about to shout, suddenly recalled that the figure outside was very familiar, it was Femas, but its figure was projected on the tent by the firelight, making it look very big.

It was the old tea that woke him up, and Phimas slept outside the tent to watch the night.

"What's wrong?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.

Seeing that he was awake, Lao Cha said in a low voice: "There seems to be something going on outside, and the old man only woke up when he heard the sound of Femas rubbing the tent."

The other elves in the tent woke up too.

Richard lamented: "What a tragedy! Since entering the forest, I haven't even been able to sleep soundly. My uncle is about to suffer from a nervous breakdown!"

This is nonsense with eyes closed, it fell asleep faster than anyone else, and started snoring as soon as it kicked its legs.

Zhang Zian ignored it, put on his clothes quickly, and then quietly opened the zipper of the tent. Judging from Fei Masi's reaction, the situation this time is not as urgent as that of the black bear, otherwise it would definitely bark loudly. To warn him, the second is to deter the enemy.

The mist was rising outside again, and the bonfire was almost extinguished, leaving only a little dark red charcoal ash. The cool air really poured into the tent like water, and the temperature may only be four or five degrees, which neutralized all the heat that had been accumulated in the tent.

Seeing him coming out, Femus stopped scratching the tent, but fixedly watched the direction of the deer herd.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a low voice.

Femas also replied in a low voice: "There are coyotes approaching, more than one, and there seems to be some other animal smell, I can't smell what kind of animal it is."