Chapter 43 Hunting

Lift up the snow monster's head.

No blood flowed from the wound cut by the axe blade.

Yu Ke looked at its appearance and thought about its possible origin.

Do the beasts in the depths of Jinghu Forest look like this?

Besides, with the harsh environment in Jinghu Forest now, normal beasts will choose to lie dormant temporarily.

Why run to the outskirts for several hours to eat a person and then run back?

After thinking about it, Yu Ke still thinks that this monster is related to the cold wave, and the timing of its appearance is the best evidence.

You know, the cold wave has lasted for several days.

It happened that today, when the environment suddenly deteriorated, and even the Forestry Bureau specifically reminded it, this snow monster suddenly appeared in the wind and snow.

Not only did it break into the camp, but it also attacked Yu Ke directly. This is definitely not what a beast would do.

After the Chaos Color incident, Yu Ke's psychological endurance has been improved. The monster in front of him at least has a human form, but it is just a little ugly.

It doesn't matter if it's hard to identify the identity, it has the ability to fill in the gaps.

Careful observation of its head and torso allowed Yu Ke to successfully obtain its information.

Wendiego: A snow monster that follows the cold wave, has a strong desire to kill and destroy, and has the ability to control the wind and snow in a small range.

"Wendiego"

Yu Ke muttered this somewhat difficult name, and the conjecture in his mind was verified.

Noticing the characteristics of Wendiego, he immediately called up the professional tag system to check the experience gained by [Forest Ranger] and [Investigator]. This is another way for Yu Ke to identify the identity of the monster.

The former's experience has increased, and the latter's is also the same. This discovery made Yu Ke raise his eyebrows.

In this way, Wendiego is likely to be a monster of unknown horror. Just like the chaos color erupted during the cold wave, it followed the cold wave and was also affected by it.

But this strength is a bit weak.

While thinking, Yu Ke suddenly felt a warm current flowing through his body, gradually spreading to his limbs.

The body temperature seemed to rise a little.

Yu Ke immediately realized that it was the new loot trait that took effect, and Wendiego was obviously a special target.

Open the trait to check, and sure enough, new content appeared below the loot trait.

Hunting target: Wendiego (slightly increase cold resistance)

This guy dared to run freely in the blizzard without wearing anything, so his cold resistance must be maxed out.

Maybe he saved the deer and accumulated good luck.

Yu Ke's luck can only be said to be very good. He triggered some of the trait acquisitions with a very small probability right away, which made him very satisfied.

He didn't mind any number of passively triggered traits.

Putting away the Leviathan Axe, Yu Ke looked around, trying to find a bag to collect Wendiego's body.

The Forestry Bureau will definitely be very interested in this thing, and it can be used to exchange for rewards.

However, when Yu Ke took out the bag from the house and returned to the original place, he was surprised to find that Wendiego's body began to freeze.

This does not mean that it was frozen by the wind and snow, but that its body was being assimilated by the ice and snow. Both the skin and the bones and flesh were rapidly losing their original state and turning into a translucent dirty ice block.

Even the hideous and terrifying face became blurred, like a crudely made ice sculpture.

What is the principle behind this?

Yu Ke felt that his three views were challenged, but when he thought of the chaotic color, he felt that this kind of monster was born like this.

He took out his mobile phone to take a few photos. Even though Wendiego began to transform, Yu Ke chose to put it away and then handed it over to the Forestry Bureau for research.

After finishing the work in the camp, Yu Ke still did not choose to rest.

The Frightened Horned Deer King has not appeared yet, and the existence of Wendiego makes Yu Ke more and more worried about the former's safety.

The information about Wendiego given by Checking for Leaks and Filling in the Gaps clearly mentioned that it had a strong desire to kill and destroy. Yu Ke would not be naive to think that this monster was the only one nearby.

Carrying equipment and medicines obtained from the small garden workstation not long ago, Yu Ke left the camp and headed for Jinghu Forest.

It was now close to noon.

The weather had improved, at least it was no longer pitch dark, but the blizzard still blocked the vision seriously.

The searchlight in front of the car illuminated the road ahead, and snowflakes drifted in the cold wind.

Yu Ke sat in the cab, paying attention to the road conditions ahead while checking the map on the screen.

Fortunately, off-road vehicles and other means of transportation are special models distributed by the Forest Defense Bureau. All configurations can still operate normally even in such a low temperature environment, and the tires have been replaced in advance.

This is how they can drive normally on the forest road completely covered with ice and snow.

Before they drove far, the light suddenly shone on a frightened deer staggering forward on the road ahead.

Squeak~

Yu ​​Ke hurriedly stepped on the brakes, pushed open the door and went down to check the situation.

The frightened deer obviously saw Yu Ke, and struggled to jump forward two steps, but fell forward again due to physical reasons.

"What happened?"

Holding the frightened deer's neck, Yu Ke tried to ask about the situation.

However, this frightened horned deer obviously did not have the wisdom of the deer king. It just held his clothes in its mouth and tried to lead him in a certain direction.

Yu Ke quickly understood what it meant.

Because in the forest area in the southeast direction, more and more frightened horned deer appeared.

They were all covered with frost without exception, and in very poor condition, obviously affected by the extreme cold.

More importantly, Yu Ke found scars on several of the frightened horned deer. The blood was frozen on the fur before it even had time to flow out, and the dark red color was particularly eye-catching.

The frightened horned deer king never appeared in Yu Ke's sight.

As the king of the tribe, the frightened horned deer king had only one possibility to choose to leave the deer herd.

That is, when the tribe is threatened, it will definitely stand up and choose to solve the threat alone.

The giant python that was chased at the time was the best proof.

Without any hesitation, Yu Ke returned to the off-road vehicle, took out the Leviathan Axe from the trunk, and traced back along the direction where the deer herd came.

In the Mirror Lake Forest at the same time.

The frightened horned deer king leaped up in the wind and snow, and the black ball in the center of the horns on his head burst into a purple glow.

In an instant, more than a dozen ice lumps that were coming towards him froze in mid-air, and then bounced back at a faster speed.

Standing on a snow-covered boulder, adjusting his posture, a stream of cold mist blew out of his mouth and nose.

The frightened horned deer king raised his head, and his deer pupils under his eyelashes stained with snowflakes were full of vigilance.

In the wind and snow ahead, dozens of black shadows emerged one after another.

The short and sturdy Wendiego squatted among the branches, with a dark blue tongue hanging under his skull, licking the ice and snow; the four-armed Wendiego leaned against the tree trunk, his narrow knuckles scratched the wind and snow, grabbing irregular ice lumps; and the bear-shaped Wendiego stood up and roared terribly at the frightened horned deer king.

Wendiego was not referring to a single individual, but a tribe!