Chapter 31 Hanging Nest

The missing person was abandoned in front of the small garden workstation.

This was his luck, he was not destined to die.

The medical facilities in the small garden were enough to heal his injuries and let him survive the cold wave.

Yu Ke was still chasing the human-faced owl outside the workstation.

After nearly two hours of tracking, deep into the Mirror Lake Forest, Yu Ke was unwilling to go back like this.

Of course, Yu Ke also knew that staying in the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest for a long time was not a good idea.

The energy of the snowmobile was limited, and he had to keep enough power for the return trip, otherwise he would be trapped in this blizzard and the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, Yu Ke set a limit for himself.

Track the direction where the human-faced owl last appeared for half an hour. If there was still no result, then retreat.

Anyway, the missing person has been rescued, which can be regarded as completing part of the task, and some professional experience can still be gained.

Driving into the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest, Yu Ke chose to slow down and try to observe the surroundings as much as possible to catch any clues that the human-faced owl might have left behind because there was no clear target location.

Just as Yu Ke was about to evacuate because the search had yielded nothing, his sight was suddenly attracted by a brown-red object swaying in the wind not far away.

Turning a corner and approaching, Yu Ke leaned over and pulled it out of the snow.

Half of a blood-stained scarf.

Items left behind by the missing person!

But why was half of it exposed?

You know, the blizzard has not stopped yet, and the snow is increasing almost every minute and every second. Ordinarily, such things should be buried in the blink of an eye.

Looking around, Yu Ke soon found that there were also several small snow piles in the snow next to him.

He took the Leviathan Axe from the side of the snowmobile, turned over and got off the car to push away the snow pile. When he saw what was under the snow, his expression suddenly became solemn.

I thought they were some other debris, but they turned out to be bones and flesh frozen into ice, and even broken palms.

There must be a reason why these things appeared here.

Yu Ke stood up and looked up at the white snow and wind above his head. So many blood and flesh debris fell here not long ago. In his opinion, there was only one explanation, that the "original owner" of these things was above his head!

Realizing this, Yu Ke speculated that the nest of the human-faced owl might be nearby.

Recently, human-faced owls have frequently attacked farms outside Danhang City. According to the intelligence of the Forest Defense Bureau, in order to avoid being surrounded, it basically takes away the prey. In this way, it is not strange to store food near the nest.

So, the human-faced owl should be hiding somewhere above his head?

The sight was blocked by the snow and wind, and Yu Ke's vision was only drifting snow and wind.

If you want to verify your guess, you can only climb up and check it yourself!

Yu Ke did what he said. He turned around and took the shotgun from the other side of the snowmobile and put it on his back.

In a blizzard, long-range attacks are ineffective, and shotguns can undoubtedly play a more powerful role in close combat.

Holding a dog-leg knife in one hand and a Leviathan axe in the other, Yu Ke found a tree with the largest volume nearby and climbed up.

Relying on his outstanding physical fitness, Yu Ke inserted the short knife and long axe into the tree trunk in an interlaced manner as a fulcrum, and continued to climb.

In this process, Yu Ke deliberately did not touch the branches on both sides too much. At most, he stepped on them for a short period of time, instead of jumping back and forth to speed up the climbing speed when hunting the giant python before.

It's not because the environment is bad and it can't be done, but doing so will create a large-scale noise.

Judging from the reaction of the human-faced owl in the last fight, this monster is not slow in perceiving the surrounding environment.

We have come this far. If we alarm the enemy because of the effort-saving steps, Yu Ke will hit himself twice in frustration.

When he reached a height of more than 50 meters above the ground, Yu Ke looked down. The snowmobile and the ground were nowhere to be seen. The blizzard separated him from the ground, as if he was in an abyss. If he fell down, he would be doomed.

He only glanced at it and stopped looking. Compared with worrying about whether he would fall down, Yu Ke was currently paying attention to the scene in front of him.

Not far from him, a large number of branches were forcibly woven together to form a messy net, or a flat nest with only a certain curvature at the bottom. Because the entire bottom of the nest was deliberately hollowed out, the snow would continue to slide down from the hole, making it difficult to accumulate completely.

What Yu Ke was more concerned about was the vines hanging from the hole at the bottom of the nest, which were entangled with a lot of shocking debris!

Pieces of clothing, shoes, scarves, even broken legs, and heads of wild animals

They swayed in the howling wind and snow, and things fell from time to time. I think this is why the snow piles below formed.

This is clearly the place where the human-faced owl dries its food!

However, Yu Ke still had doubts in his heart.

He found that there were only some small items left here, and the prey had disappeared completely. This could be explained by the fact that the human-faced owl had a large appetite and consumed its stored food in the cold wave.

However, as Yu Ke kept getting closer to the net bag hanging in the air, he was surprised to find that there were vines of strange colors entwined between the intertwined branches, and they were also the ones that had tied up the prey before.

Even in this snowstorm, they are unusually purple-red, with a few spots of color and a strange phosphorescence.

Whether it was an illusion or some other reason, Yu Ke vaguely noticed that the part of the vine tip that was wrapped around the object was more like the tentacles of a creature, constantly wriggling in the air, as if trying to grab something.

Special plants deep in the Mirror Lake Forest?

Yu Ke had never seen such creatures, and now was not the time to study vines.

He had already seen the nest where the human-faced owl was hiding.

It was in the tree hole at the other end of the net bag!

Standing where Yu Ke was now, he could clearly see the large hole hollowed out on the opposite tree trunk. At first glance, it was more than one person tall, and the space inside must be quite large. There were a lot of hay and dead branches piled up outside, which should have been brought back by the human-faced owl to keep warm.

Yu Ke was originally trying to confirm whether the human-faced owl was hiding inside to avoid breaking into the empty door and alerting the snake.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached, he heard a sharp hissing sound coming from the tree hole.

Now there is no need to verify, the human-faced owl is in it.

At this time, the human-faced owl seemed to be suffering from some kind of severe pain. Even Yu Ke, who was opposite the tree hole, could hear the wailing coming from it.

Yu Ke guessed that it should be hit by a bullet when attacking the farmer, and this was undoubtedly a great opportunity to lurk over!

Putting away the dagger and Leviathan Axe, Yu Ke held the gun belt of the shotgun in his mouth and used all four limbs to crawl along the suspended nest towards the tree hole. The closer he got, the clearer the cry of pain from the human-faced owl became.

Carrying the wind and snow, Yu Ke quickly climbed to the front of the tree hole, stepped on the interlaced branches with his feet, and pulled the bolt.

Turning on the light on the top of the helmet, he took a deep breath and approached the tree hole.