Chapter 100 Midnight Hunting

In the next few days, Yu Ke was busy with daily work and exercise.

Regular water quality testing of the tributaries of Jinghu Lake, the recovery of the vine jungle and mushroom community after the end of the cold wave, and the reproduction and living conditions of the frightened deer, all require him to collect data from all aspects.

However, the Shadow Moon Leopard has not been seen for a long time.

Yu Ke guessed that it should be clearing the remaining mutants in Jinghu Forest.

Although Pandora was successfully suppressed and contained by the Disaster Prevention Bureau, the mutants will not return to their original state because of its disappearance. They are still causing damage to the environment of Jinghu Forest and need to be cleaned up in time.

That night, Yu Ke returned from Jinghu Forest on a frightened deer and received a call from Ye Yingtong.

The life-saving grace of the farm made it natural for the two to establish contact.

Yu Ke had commissioned Ye Yingtong to help collect information about the forest spirit two days ago, and this was also a test of the latter. He wanted to know to what extent she could do with her ability.

"Well, just send the information to my email. Thanks to your help this time, how is your health recovering recently?"

After turning over and landing, Yu Ke took Feng Ling from the front of the deer saddle back to the ground, watching it run to the stairs outside the tower happily, patting the neck of the frightened deer, signaling it to rest by itself, and then asked about Ye Yingtong's situation.

"Without the disturbance of the red-faced ghost, I will recover after a few days of sleep, but my body is still a little tired."

Ye Yingtong's voice sounded full of energy, not like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Ke checked the situation in various parts of the patrol camp as usual, and returned to the tower after confirming that there were no omissions.

Feng Ling was circling at the door, and her four little paws kept stepping on the carpet to wipe off the dust in the forest.

With the various beast meats fed by Yu Ke, and the special environment of Jinghu Forest, Feng Ling is no longer in the sluggish state when he was first delivered. His brown-red fur is shiny and his physique is getting stronger.

He opened the door, picked up Feng Ling and walked into the bathroom. He first gave it a bath, then put the pre-cut beast meat strips into its food bowl, and changed into loose pajamas to make himself a fried rice with eggs and meat.

"This is the Danhang Meteorological Observatory. After the continuous sunny weather, the Danhang area will usher in a week of cooling, rain and snow. There will be a moderate snowfall tonight. Pay attention to keep warm and prevent moisture."

The latest weather forecast came from the mobile phone. Yu Ke had expected this. On the way back to the camp, he noticed that the sky was gloomy.

After all, it was late winter, and it was normal for it to cool down with rain and snow.

He lit the stove in the house, and the warm fire soon attracted Feng Ling's attention. He squinted his eyes and squatted in front of the stove in a daze. For this reason, Yu Ke specially closed the stove door, fearing that the little guy would put his claws in out of curiosity.

He sat in front of the computer with a big bowl of fried rice and opened the email sent by Ye Yingtong, which contained a lot of graphic information about Sen Ling.

Compared with the fragmented information on the Internet, Ye Yingtong, who is backed by Danhang University, can undoubtedly access more comprehensive information.

Dragging the mouse wheel, Yu Ke soon found a lot of valuable information.

First of all, the legend about forest spirits is not limited to the past hundred years. The existing text records can be traced back to a thousand years ago. In the Danhang area at that time, there was a story about a woman with antlers on her head rescuing lost people in the forest.

Secondly, in the information found by Ye Yingtong, Yu Ke found that whenever a disaster occurred in Jinghu Forest, forest spirits would appear in various ways to protect the forest, which obviously conforms to what happened in the Pandora incident not long ago.

Finally, it is also a point that Yu Ke cares about.

About two hundred years ago, there was a strange phenomenon in the Jinghu Forest area. The county annals at that time recorded that there were crows gathering in the forest and the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling for a long time. In the two hundred years since then, forest spirits seem to have never appeared again.

Obviously, the forest spirits have probably encountered some disasters, otherwise it is impossible that the light balls appearing in the Mirror Lake Forest now are just a group of light, and it is not necessary to rely on the power of the Shadow Moon Leopard and Yu Ke to defeat the deformed beasts infected by Pandora.

"Forest spirits. It seems that there have been various extraordinary creatures in this world for a long time, but they have not appeared in front of the world until the advent of the Great Cataclysm."

Leaning against the rattan chair, Yu Ke drank a sip of soda and thought about the origin of the forest spirits.

Since he traveled through time, he has actively or passively received a lot of information about the advent of the Great Cataclysm.

So far, countries around the world have been arguing endlessly about the reasons for the advent of the Great Cataclysm and the root causes of the world's changes. There are all kinds of arguments, and among them are discussions about past gods.

Since forest spirits exist, what about other gods?

Are they as powerful as the legends say, or are they just artistic processing of supernatural phenomena seen by the people at that time? In fact, those so-called "gods" are actually extraordinary creatures in the society at that time.

One thing is certain, this world has had extraordinary beings thousands of years ago, but there was no catastrophe at that time, so there was a barrier between them and the world of ordinary people, and they did not interfere with each other.

However, the era of the catastrophe actually broke this boundary.

All things in the world have the opportunity to evolve to a higher level, and even the world itself seems to be undergoing some indescribable changes.

While thinking, Yu Ke heard a noise beside him. Feng Ling jumped on his legs and stared at the fried rice he hadn't finished yet.

"This is not for you."

Holding Feng Ling in his left hand, Yu Ke rubbed the fluffy fur on its neck and chest while eating fried rice.

Feng Ling is different from other two-tailed leopards. The fur around its neck grows particularly vigorously and feels very good to the touch.

After dinner, it started snowing outside the window.

The temperature in the tower was always maintained at a fairly comfortable level because of the heat emitted by the stove. Yu Ke let Feng Ling run and play in the house, while he watched popular variety shows or TV series to pass the time.

He recently discovered that one of the benefits of traveling to this world is that many classic TV series he has never seen, and each one is very novel to him, an "old antique".

Therefore, the free time before going to bed every day is Yu Ke's rest time to appreciate these TV series.

But the situation tonight may be a little different.

Yu Ke, who had just finished watching an episode of a suspense drama, got up to get potato chips and shrimp sticks. When he walked to the window, the mark on his right arm suddenly became hot.

This was an unprecedented phenomenon. Yu Ke rolled up his sleeves in surprise. The mark of the gift from the forest spirit glowed faintly. He looked out the window and found that the fluorescent green light was flickering in the woods not far away.

Is it finally here?

Earlier, Yu Ke speculated that this mark was not only a gift from the forest spirit, but also a communication channel between him and the forest spirit.

The Pandora incident made him recognized by the forest spirit and became a partner similar to the Shadow Moon Leopard.

Tonight, the forest spirit found the patrol camp and triggered the mark again, which was obviously a signal for action.

Yu Ke did not intend to refuse.

As a patrol hunter, there was no harm in building a good relationship with the forest spirit that protected the Mirror Lake Forest.

More importantly, the forest spirit was not a guy who liked to "get something for free".

In fact, on the contrary, it would give generous rewards to those who worked for it.

Last time, it was a mark of majestic natural energy. What will it be this time?

"Feng Ling, you stay here to look after the house. I have to go out for a while."

After taking off his pajamas and changing into the Abyssal Whale combat uniform that he hadn't worn for a few days, Yu Ke carried the Leviathan Axe on his back, held the Blackthorn Bow and Arrow, and walked out of the tower quickly after saying something.

Suddenly leaving the warm house, the wind and snow hit him in the face.

With a long sigh, Yu Ke felt excited. Although a peaceful and quiet life made him feel comfortable, hunting and fighting made him deeply realize his own existence and powerful vitality.

After blowing a whistle, the frightened deer soon appeared under the tower. Yu Ke put on his helmet and rode the frightened deer to leave the forest patrol camp.

The fluorescent green light group with the will of the forest spirit had been waiting outside.

No extra communication was needed. The light ball led the way in front, and Yu Ke followed closely behind, going deep into the Mirror Lake Forest.

Yu Ke turned on the newly updated camera on his left shoulder and activated the positioning function of the watch to ensure that he would not get lost on the way back.

Although it was snowing in the forest, for Yu Ke and the frightened deer who had experienced the cold wave, this level of snow would not have any impact on their movements.

About half an hour later, Yu Ke noticed that the fluorescent green light ball stopped in the forest ahead, and immediately tapped the deer saddle.

This was the secret code he and the frightened deer had practiced recently. Patting the deer saddle meant slowing down, tapping the left side of the neck meant turning left, and vice versa. Whistling meant calling, and lightly pinching the abdomen on both sides meant speeding up.

Bending the bow and arrow, spreading the perception, Yu Ke quickly caught the abnormal noise coming from the forest ahead.

The frightened deer stepped over the bushes, and the headlight on the helmet was projected over, illuminating a monster that looked like an ostrich that was twice as big, covered with scales, and had six deformed legs.

At this time, it was lowering its head to eat a lizard, and its two degenerate and bloated wings were opened from time to time, full of disgusting tumors. Perhaps it sensed the light, and suddenly turned the two twisted heads growing on the same dark red neck.

The filthy flesh and blood slid from its protruding beak, and the staggered sharp teeth collided, making a "click~" sound.

The demise of Pandora made these deformed monsters completely lose their target, and they became puppets completely captured by bloodthirsty desires, frantically attacking monsters in the forest, and at the same time spreading the virus they carried.

Seeing this scene, Yu Ke raised his eyebrows and was a little disappointed.

I thought that the forest spirit had discovered a special existence similar to the Qishui Monkey King, so he had to take action, and maybe he would join forces with the Shadow Moon Leopard to fight the enemy. I didn't expect it to be such a deformed beast.

After running in the forest for half an hour, it turned out to be just this kind of "low-level monster". I'm afraid it doesn't even recognize the trophy characteristics.

Without any hesitation, Yu Ke raised his hand and shot two arrows, not even giving the deformed beast a chance to turn around and charge, and directly shot its two heads and nailed it to the spot.

After replacing the new equipment, plus the increase brought by the characteristics.

Yu Ke's strength is no longer the same as he was in the Pandora incident.

"Huh, it's a good start. At least the cooperation is still going on."

Turning his head to look at the fluorescent green light ball hovering above the corpse, sprinkling light green energy, Yu Ke glanced at his watch, wondering whether to return to the camp. It was now ten o'clock in the evening, and he could still have a good sleep if he went back.

Just as Yu Ke was about to express his idea of ​​returning to the forest spirit, he found that the forest spirit that had completed the purification of the corpse suddenly rose to a height of more than ten meters, releasing a faint light, as if to guide a certain existence.

Is there a sequel?

Realizing that the matter was not over yet, Yu Ke looked around and soon noticed that a ferocious beast was approaching between the branches on the upper right.

Subconsciously looking up, he saw the long-lost Shadow Moon Leopard appearing from a high place, but Yu Ke's attention at this time was on the series of deformed beast heads strung together with vines in its mouth.

Under the illumination of the light, Yu Ke took a rough look and saw nearly ten deformed monster heads hanging between the branches. Not only were they grotesque, but there were also vines wrapped around them, and the ends were bitten in the mouth of the Shadow Moon Leopard.

Having not seen the Shadow Moon Leopard for some time, Yu Ke guessed that it was probably helping the forest spirits to clean up the distorted beasts because it had not returned to the outskirts of the Mirror Lake Forest. However, the latter's behavior of collecting heads still surprised him.

The information provided by the Forest Protection Bureau never mentioned that the Shadow Moon Leopard had such a hobby, and could a leopard also use vines to tie up the heads of distorted beasts?

Yu Ke's confusion was soon answered.

The Shadow Moon Leopard, guided by the forest spirits, jumped down and easily cut off the neck of the distorted monster with its claws. Then the vines connected to the head grew and wrapped around the fresh distorted beast head under the guidance of the light green energy.

"Are you collecting the heads of distorted beasts?"

Looking up at the fluorescent green light group, Yu Ke's expression became more and more surprised.

Without waiting for Yu Ke to figure out what was going on, Sen Ling moved forward again. The Shadow Moon Leopard tilted its head to look at him, raised its nose to sniff, as if to confirm something, and then growled to signal him to follow.

There will be more later.