Chapter 8: Frightened Deer King

In the era of the Great Cataclysm, animals and plants change more than just their size.

Some individuals not only change their appearance, but also develop extremely special abilities.

The frightened horned deer in front of Yu Ke is one of them.

A frightened horned deer calf emerged from the bushes. Its body is more robust than ordinary deer species. Its body is brown, its abdomen is beige, there are two small beige spots on its back, and its tail is in a huge ball.

Its face is the same brown as its body, but its mouth and nose are dark brown, and its cheeks have structures that look like cheek pouches.

The most peculiar thing is its circular double horns, each with a black ball in the middle.

Because the overall look is like a pair of surprised eyes, it is named frightened horned deer.

According to the research report of the Forestry Bureau, the frightened horned deer is a variant of the elk.

It has a gentle personality, still maintains herbivorous habits, and is not aggressive to humans.

Seeing that it is a frightened horned deer calf, Yu Ke relaxed and picked up his mobile phone to take a few close-up photos of it.

As one of the observation targets, Yu Ke's job is to understand the current situation of the herd of frightened horned deer.

Whether the number is increasing, whether new individuals appear in the herd, whether the strange horns on their heads have special abilities, and now there is a bully cub, of course, I don't want to miss this opportunity to observe.

He jumped out of the car, bent down to pick up the wild fruit he had just thrown away and handed it to the frightened horned deer cub, making a "huhu~" sound like calling a puppy.

Unexpectedly, the frightened horned deer cub actually came over.

Yu Ke quickly realized that it should be his wilderness heart trait that played a role. It allowed Yu Ke to gather natural energy anytime and anywhere, which undoubtedly had a great appeal to ordinary wild animals.

The little guy's clear and stupid bean eyes were not a joke.

Yo~ Yo~

He came up to take a bite of the wild fruit and found that it tasted good, and the little guy made a strange cry.

He jumped a few times on the spot, and then opened his mouth to take the whole wild fruit.

Yu Ke took this opportunity to shoot a short video. When he returned to the sentry tower, he could add the dubbing of the later explanation and post it online as material. It was a teaching video anyway, and could be used to test whether the [Teacher] profession could receive experience points.

Just as he was about to reach out and touch its forehead, a strong sense of crisis suddenly came to his mind.

The Heart of the Wilderness greatly improved Yu Ke's perception of the surrounding environment.

This sudden strange feeling made him alert and look at the jungle ahead.

The next second, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Looking at the bushes where the little guy had just emerged, a majestic figure stopped at some point.

Unlike the cub in front of him, what appeared in front of Yu Ke at this time was an extremely large frightened deer. Even if it was on all fours, its height was close to two meters and five, which was half of the off-road vehicle behind Yu Ke, and it was extremely oppressive.

More importantly, the hair of this frightened deer is abnormally grayish white, and the hair on the lower jaw is particularly dense, as if it has a tuft of beard. The shape of the horns on the forehead also seems to be abnormal. The top of the horns, which should be circular, has forked again, and the black ball in the center is even glowing with a layer of dark purple matte.

It is clearly a herbivorous beast, but when it is staring at him, Yu Ke has a strong sense of crisis.

This guy. Frightened Deer King!

Yu Ke hastily retracted his palm, and did not turn around to get a weapon.

The frightened deer are currently protected animals of the Forest Protection Bureau. As long as they do not hurt people, Yu Ke, as a forest ranger, cannot attack them. Even when poaching occurs, he has to protect them.

The frightened deer king stared at Yu Ke, and suddenly opened his mouth and let out a clear low hiss.

The little deer that was eating wild fruits just now shuddered, turned around and ran back, ran a few steps and turned back to take the wild fruits away, and when he returned to the King of Horned Deer, he raised his head as if offering a treasure, while the latter just stared at Yu Ke and slowly retreated, and finally disappeared in the forest.

Yu Ke also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Before coming here, he had read the report about the herd of horned deer by the previous forest ranger. Although there was content about the King of Horned Deer, the King of Horned Deer just now had never appeared in either the video or the photo.

In this way, it should have undergone a mutation in recent times.

This is undoubtedly an unexpected discovery.

After returning to the car, Yu Ke marked this place on the map. The appearance of the King of Horned Deer meant that the herd of deer was not far away, and it would save a lot of time to find deer when investigating the herd tomorrow.

It seems that it will take some time to analyze the information about the snake skin. Yu Ke did not plan to stay here for long. He drove straight to the transfer station outside Jinghu Forest. This time he planned to do some shopping in the transfer station, and he would arrive as early as possible.

He drove a distance along the road.

The Forestry Bureau finally sent the analysis information about the snake skin. Yu Ke was about to reach out to open it and check it, but he saw something suddenly fall in front of the car from the corner of his eye, and he hurriedly stepped on the brakes.

Puff~

The object happened to fall on the hood of the car. Yu Ke looked up and was stunned for half a second.

The reason was that the thing that fell from the sky was actually a torn coat with blood stains at the hole.

This is still within the Jinghu Forest. It is not an ordinary thing for something like this to fall from the sky.

No, it is not an ordinary thing anywhere!

Yu Ke, realizing that something was wrong, immediately opened the car door and went out to check the position where the coat fell. His sight quickly locked onto a dark shadow among the branches.

Because the distance between the two sides was more than 30 meters and the branches blocked his sight, Yu Ke could only barely see a drooping tail and black feathers, and two rough and sharp claws clasping the branches.

The Forestry Bureau's various bird monster data flashed through his mind, and Yu Ke was sure that he had never seen anything like it.

"Save me. Save me"

A sharp wail suddenly came from a high place, and Yu Ke immediately thought of the notice issued by the Forestry Bureau just now.

This guy was marked as an extremely dangerous target by the Forestry Bureau!

Yu Ke turned around and was about to get the Black Blade recurve bow. At the same time, he turned on the car radio and contacted the Forestry Bureau, saying, "This is the 281st ranger. I found the dangerous target you just mentioned. I've located my current position. Oops, it's going to run away!" While reporting the situation, Yu Ke saw the strange beast on the high ground suddenly flap its wings. Without any hesitation, he closed the car door and rushed into the jungle while watching the flight trajectory of the strange beast. It's not that he didn't want to drive, but the density of vegetation in the Jinghu Forest area was simply not enough for an off-road vehicle to drive. Instead of wasting time by constantly dodging roadblocks, it's better to chase with his legs. Yu Ke, who was strengthened by the Heart of the Wilderness, ran at a fast speed. Even in the jungle, he still ran at a speed close to that of a professional athlete. The recurve bow with an arrow hung by his side, and Yu Ke watched the strange beast flying high in the forest. Of course, Yu Ke also knew that running like this was not a solution. He did not have the ability to outrun a pair of wings with two legs.

We must find a way to stop it!

Just thinking about this, several huge rocks in the forest ahead caught Yu Ke's attention.

After a brief thought, he decided to give it a try. He accelerated forward with all his strength, climbed up with the help of rocks, and finally leaped up and landed on a tree branch about seven or eight meters high. The bow was like a full moon, aiming at the strange beast in front.

But just when Yu Ke was about to release the bowstring, the strange beast seemed to have noticed something and suddenly turned back to look here.

When their eyes met, Yu Ke's pupils trembled.

He saw that the monster's face was actually a huge and ferocious human face, with a young man in its mouth!

The arrow originally aimed at its wings paused for a moment. At such a long distance and with a moving target, Yu Ke could not guarantee whether his arrow would hit the monster or the abducted young man, so he subconsciously wanted to aim further.

But after two seconds of hesitation, the monster seized the opportunity and flapped its wings quickly, creating a gust of wind that scattered the surrounding branches and leaves, forcibly creating an obstacle, and widened the distance between the two sides again.

The pursuit failed.