Chapter 201 Blood Mist in the Woods
Considering the dangerous environment of the border, Yu Ke did not plan to travel at night.
Near dusk, he found a relatively flat open space in the forest, cleaned the ground and lit a bonfire. He washed and peeled the fish that Feng Ling caught from the water with the dragon tooth dagger and the water stored in the mark space, and roasted it next to the bonfire.
Frankly speaking, this behavior is a taboo in the depths of Jinghu Forest.
Fierce beasts are not afraid of open flames. The bright light at night will attract their attention, not to mention roasting fish.
After eating and drinking, Yu Ke added a lot of firewood to the bonfire.
Immediately before nightfall, he took Feng Ling to the top of a nearby banyan tree, woven a rattan bed with the forest spirit mark, and then covered it with a cushion.
As for the remains of the bonfire and roasted fish, they were left by Yu Ke under the original tree in order to use them to attract ferocious beasts.
The unusually rich spiritual power in the banyan area attracted the attention of the forest spirit. It needed Yu Ke to capture a few beasts for in-depth exploration, but Yu Ke did not intend to run around, so he simply waited in this way.
In this way, he could avoid being attacked by beasts and capture suitable exploration targets.
As night fell, the extremely lush tree canopy in the banyan area blocked the light of the stars and the moon, and it was pitch dark in the woods.
Yu Ke sat on the rattan bed, holding the black thorn longbow in his left hand and stroking Feng Ling's forehead with his right hand. The whole person was in a very relaxed posture, leaning against the tree trunk to observe the area where the campfire was.
The forest spirit's will easily covered his breath, allowing him to stay in the dark, like a dormant beast.
The camera was turned on to record the situation in the depths of the forest, and the professional experience of the forest ranger hunter continued to increase.
Time passed bit by bit.
The temperature at night in the Mirror Lake Forest in early spring was not high, and there were few mosquitoes.
Only the cold wind blew continuously, and the curled branches and leaves rustled.
Yu Ke half-closed his eyes and breathed evenly.
Being in the wilderness, his energy recovered very quickly, and not sleeping for a night was nothing.
Until the firewood at the bottom of the campfire was more than half burned, sparks mixed with carbon ash swirled in the forest, and a black shadow rushed from the southeast.
With the help of the firelight, Yu Ke saw that it was a half-human-high lizard with an umbrella-shaped periosteum between its neck, lying beside the campfire and swallowing fish bones and internal organs.
Yu Ke did not move, he looked down on guys of this level.
The lizard continued to search for food around the campfire. Just as it found a fish head and put its mouth close to it, several thorns shot out from the branches above, piercing its abdomen and nailing it to the spot.
The next second, a beetle covered with thorns and the size of a rhinoceros crawled down the tree trunk, clamped the lizard with two claws and was about to drag it back.
Compared to the leftovers of others, fresh blood food can obviously satisfy its needs better.
It was at this time that an arrow flew in front of the beetle, and the internal mechanism was triggered, and a net bag filled with electricity popped out, completely covering the giant beetle.
Yu Ke flipped over and landed on the ground, and quickly walked to the beetle that was still struggling and still thinking about counterattacking.
He suddenly turned his head to avoid the oncoming thorns, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. He knew the power of the arrows provided by the Disaster Prevention Bureau. Ordinary beasts would be paralyzed immediately after being hit by one, but the beetle in front of him actually had the strength to fight back.
But that was all.
He took out the Qingming mask from the mark space and put it on his face. As his mind turned, the beetle's head suddenly stiffened, and then it curled up on the ground and trembled as if it had met a natural enemy, not daring to move at all.
The recast Qingming Mask can create a terrifying illusion for the target. Yu Ke found in the test that this ability is very useful for ferocious beasts with low intelligence. As long as they are not those ferocious beasts with extraordinary spiritual abilities, they will easily become frightened, panicked, and even lose their combat effectiveness and let him slaughter them.
Of course, Longwei can have the same effect, but the Qingming Mask is more concealed, and once the former erupts, it will be an indiscriminate momentum impact, which can easily cause unnecessary trouble.
The forest spirit will quickly turned into a fluorescent green light ball and penetrated into the beetle's body, and began to explore its whole body to find possible abnormalities, while Yu Ke completely extinguished the campfire to prevent sparks from flying around and causing a forest fire.
As a forest ranger, protecting the ecological environment of Jinghu Forest is also one of his responsibilities.
"It has evolved recently."
The forest spirit quickly discovered the problem and said,
"This evolution is still going on. It seems that other substances have been mixed into its flesh and blood."
"Maybe it ate some spiritual fruit. After all, the banyan tree area is rich in spiritual power, and the probability of spiritual plants appearing will also increase."
Yu Ke paid attention to the situation around him and shrugged.
The deep part of Jinghu Forest is not lacking in various spiritual plants, and the evolution of fierce beasts is not surprising.
"No, if it is natural evolution, I can feel it, but its evolution process is very strange, like a sudden mutation."
"Can you find the root cause? No matter what kind of evolution path it is, there is always a source."
While Yu Ke was thinking, he suddenly noticed the abnormality on the right side of the campfire from the corner of his eye and turned around to check subconsciously.
I saw a light red light emanating from the forest floor, which turned into bright red blood in a few seconds, and finally dispersed into blood mist in the cold wind of the forest, and the same situation happened in various places around.
The trunk of the banyan tree, the ground, and the bushes all released blood from nowhere.
The strong smell of blood rushed to his face, and Yu Ke's expression froze. Without saying a word, he raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and retreated with the forest spirit.
Although he didn't understand where the blood came from, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Yu Ke didn't want to use himself as a test subject to test the effect of the blood mist on the human body.
Wearing a full-coverage mask that had not been used for a long time, Yu Ke no longer cared whether it was safe to travel through the woods at night. He just wanted to leave this strange area quickly. He asked Sen Ling halfway,
"What is going on? The forest is bleeding, and in this way, do you know where the blood comes from?"
A large area of blood mist rose from the ground, which was beyond Yu Ke's understanding.
What was even more strange was that on the way out of the banyan tree area, Yu Ke used his own perception and the night vision mode attached to the helmet to find that many beasts living in the banyan tree area were like being high, either standing still or swaying left and right, constantly making strange noises.
Obviously, they were collectively inhaling the blood mist diffused in the air!
Sen Ling did not respond to Yu Ke, but turned into a dark green fluorescent light and took some blood energy, as if analyzing what was hidden in it. The latter also took this opportunity to get closer and observe carefully, hoping to capture key information with the characteristics of checking for leaks and filling gaps.