Chapter 955: By Chase I Mean Tracking

Following the huge vines like stairs on the trunk of the giant tree, they came across a wide tree hole not long after walking down.

Judging from the smell and traces, the scratching bird did not enter the tree hole, but out of curiosity, Gordon and Pork Chop still walked into this huge cave that was more like a cave than a tree hole and explored it.

The space in the cave is about several thousand square meters. The light is not too bright, but it is not to the extent that it is not clear.

There are many cracks on the trunk of the giant tree, through which sunlight and wind can penetrate, and rainwater can also flow in through the cracks in the tree, making the vegetation in the cave equally dense and not stuffy.

"How is this place, meow?" Pig Chop looked around, "As a camp."

Gordon looked around, "This should have been the lair of a monster. There are still some traces on the ground.

And the hole we just came in is too wide. Many monsters can get in. It's not suitable for setting up a camp."

"That's right, meow."

"But it's not a wasted trip."

Gordon suddenly laughed and ran to a dark corner on the edge of the cave. Pig Chop hurriedly followed.

"This is, a mine cluster, meow?!" Pig Chop was surprised.

Although the ancient giant tree was so big that it felt like a mountain, it was not a real mountain range after all.

It was too strange to have a mineral vein on the tree.

Gordon took out the pickaxe and came to the dark red mine cluster. "This is what Hunter told me. He said that small mineral veins would appear on the ancient giant tree.

It seems that the minerals extracted from the underground by the giant tree are condensed into crystals. Good things can often be dug up."

"Then we can't let it go, meow!"

One person and one cat surrounded the mine cluster, knocking on it.

"These should be dragon vein crystals, right? It seems that many equipment or protective stones in the New World can be used." Gordon happily put away the broken mineral crystals.

Pork Chop held up a piece of crimson ore and said excitedly: "This seems to be scarlet iris stone!"

Gordon took the ore, confirmed the luster with the sunlight penetrating through the tree gap, and then pulled it out and scraped it with a knife. "It's scarlet iris stone, the grade is quite high.

It's a bit strange that scarlet iris stone can be dug out from the tree."

The two of them searched carefully in the huge tree hole with a mentality of exploring treasure hunting, and they really got some good harvests.

Bone materials, insect materials, and various plants. This giant tree is simply an inexhaustible treasure house!

No wonder the commander-in-chief and his men want to set up a camp on the tree. If these resources can be developed bit by bit, the development of the Star Base will be of countless benefits.

Gordon marked the location of this tree hole on the map. Although it is not suitable as a camp, it is still a good resource point.

Gordon and Pork Chop left the tree hole with a lot of harvest and prepared to continue tracking the scratching bird.

But Pork Chop suddenly made some discoveries.

It pointed to a vine that spread out, "Let's go there and see meow? I'm a little concerned about where these passages can lead to."

Gordon naturally didn't care, and there was no rush to chase and track the scratching bird.

The two stepped onto the suspension bridge-like passage formed by the branches and vines entangled together.

The passages are connected in all directions and have many forks. Some of them are dead ends, while others can lead to certain branches.

The two wandered aimlessly in the maze of vines and branches. Gordon also collected Domantra. Just when he was thinking about whether he should return to the main trunk and continue the previous tracking.

Gordon suddenly found a very good branch.

The branch was in the shape of a palm. Although it was far outside the main trunk, it should be very strong considering the hardness of the ancient giant tree itself.

If you want to get to the "palm" at the end of the branch, you can go through the vine passage or walk along the branch.

If you set up a solid obstacle on the branch, you can close it, and the vine passage becomes the only entrance and exit.

It is impossible for large monsters to walk on the vine passage, these passages cannot carry them.

There is no need to worry about the threat from the air, those branches that point to the sky like fingers are sharp and lush, and creatures like fire dragons are difficult to approach.

Gordon took Pork Chop and walked through the vine passage to the palm-shaped branch.

The area of ​​the palm is not too large, about 30 to 40 square meters, but it is enough for a camp.

"This place is good." Gordon smiled and marked the location on the map, "We can already report, but there may be better options, so let's use it as an alternative plan first."

"You just won't let go of that scratching bird meow." Pork Chop looked at him with a squint.

"Hehehe."

With a backup plan, Gordon's murderous intention suddenly rose.

Revenge is one aspect, but the more important reason is that if the camp is really set up on this palm-shaped branch in the future, the scratching bird may become a threat.

Because of its size, it can pass through the vine passage. What if it runs into the camp to steal things or threaten the safety of the members of the fourth group?

Let's just give up.

The man and the cat returned to the main trunk and continued to follow the traces of the dye ball. When they saw rare plants or materials, they stopped to collect them.

As they went down, their bags became more and more bulging.

When they came to the middle of the ancient giant tree, they made some new discoveries.

There were some traces of fighting on the ground, and a few light yellow feathers.

Judging from the color and size of the feathers, it was obviously left by the scratching bird. There were also some traces of fighting around. What did it conflict with?

"Pork Chop, can you smell anything special?" Gordon squatted down, picked up a feather of a scratching bird, put it in the guide insect cage, and asked Pork Chop.

Pork Chop sniffed carefully for a while and shook his head, "The smell of the dye ball is too pungent meow, it disturbs the smell meow, I can't confirm it meow."

Gordon scratched his chin, this is also the disadvantage of the dye ball.

The smell of the dye fruit can be traced even by humans, but it is a bit too strong for Elu with a keen sense of smell.

Fortunately, the guide insect was not affected.

These tiny creatures don't seem to rely only on smell to track the target.

The star-shaped fireflies formed a light path in the air, and Gordon and Pork Chop no longer hesitated. They quickened their pace and chased after it.

In this way, under the guidance of the guide insect, they chased all the way from the middle of the ancient giant tree to the root of the ancient giant tree, but still did not see the figure of the scratching bird.

Fortunately, the light of the guide insect became brighter and brighter, which was a sign of gradually approaching the target.

At this time, Gordon had an unshakable question in his heart.

Since he found the feathers and traces of the fight of the scratching bird, he has been focusing a lot of his attention on searching for more clues.

But there was nothing.

Even after leaving the trunk of the giant tree where it was not easy to leave footprints and descending to the soft land, the footprints of the scratching bird appeared, but what about the thing it was fighting with?

Have the two separated? Or is there any other reason?

With such questions, Gordon led Pig Chop to continue tracking.

Finally, they found the figure of the scratching bird in a giant cave formed by rocks and countless tangled roots at the bottom of the giant tree.

Its movements were a bit strange. It kept shaking its body, struggling and jumping, and chirping. From time to time, it turned its head back and pecked twice, looking very irritable.

"Look at the meow on its back!" The sharp-eyed Pig Chop shouted.

Gordon squinted his eyes and looked.

A Deter was clinging to the back of the scratching bird, waving a bone stick made of a small monster skull, and constantly hitting the scratching bird's head.