The soldiers of the second team hid in the bushes and stared nervously at a grove of mountain pear trees halfway up the mountain.
A giant earth bear with a body length of more than four meters was leaning on a mountain pear tree. The bear's claws as big as cattail fans shook the big pear tree vigorously. The whole tree was shaking violently, and a green pear almost as big as a fist was shaking.
Falling like raindrops in the forest, two bear cubs over two meters long happily gnawed on the green pears on the ground.
This kind of mountain pear is not delicious, not to mention that green pears are extremely sour. Even in the mature season, yellow and orange pears are hanging on the branches. Although the juice is sour and sweet, one bite is full of pear residue that is difficult to swallow. For the Imperial people
For example, this hard-to-eat sorbet can only be used to make fruit wine.
The green pears from the tree fell all over the ground, and the adult giant earth bear leaned down and lay quietly under the tree, seemingly not interested in these green pears.
He Boqiang did not expect that such a lazy brown bear would actually be one of the overlords in the Gandaur Mountains, the Geomantic Bear.
It is said that an adult earthburst who has reached the peak of its power can touch the door of a level three monster, but in fact most earthbursts are only level two monsters.
To the soldiers of the second team, the violent earth bear in front of them was like an insurmountable mountain.
It is said that the Earth Dire Bear has the power of earth magic. It is difficult for ordinary weapons to pierce its bear skin. When the Dire Dire Bear is on all fours, it has endless power in its body. It is definitely not something that the current members of the team can defeat.
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The george bear has a very sensitive sense of smell. When looking for prey, it can smell the scent of prey two kilometers away. It is also irritable and can easily turn into a violent state when it senses danger approaching.
At this moment, everyone was hiding in the bushes, but what they saw was a warmer picture. A mother bear and two cubs were eating green pears in the pear forest.
He Boqiang felt that there must be some reason why the indigenous girl appeared.
At dusk last night, she appeared on the top of the tree and disappeared quickly after being discovered. She was obviously warning He Boqiang that this forest area was dangerous. This made He Boqiang unable to sleep well all night.
After the team packed up their tents and continued to move forward, He Boqiang never let down his guard.
He was actually on guard against a large group of indigenous hunters or red-eyed hyenas that would suddenly appear in the surrounding forest.
It wasn't until they saw a huge geomantic bear in the forest on the mountainside that He Boqiang realized that the big guy in front of them was the source of the unknown danger, and that the danger was slowly approaching.
The body of this second-level monster is like a mobile treasure house. Its skull is destined to have a magic core containing magic crystals. An intact bear skin is even more valuable.
However, Surdak was not stupid enough to hunt for the Dire Bear. The number of people in the second team was not enough for the Dire Bear to take a few slaps from the Dire Bear.
In order to avoid being discovered by the violent earth bear, Surdak and his team members hid in a field of wild vines. The vines themselves had an unpleasant odor and could effectively mask their body odor.
It is a good way to protect yourself when entering the bush.
He Boqiang always felt that the big land bear seemed to know that there was someone in the forest here, but in fact it was also hesitant to come over.
The Geomaniac Bear wandered in the pear forest opposite for a while, and finally decided to leave slowly with the two cubs.
After the violent earth bear climbed over the ridge and faded away, Surdak asked everyone to get out of the tree vines, and everyone sat in the forest and let out a sigh of relief.
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"It seems that we have entered the depths of the Gandaur Mountains. Everyone must be more careful."
Surdak warned the team of soldiers.
Red Socks Garcia couldn't help complaining to Surdak: "Captain, how long will our mission last? We are asked to find a person in such a large mountain forest. We don't even have a specific range. Where do we go?
try to find?"
The bearded Kagel wiped the sweat from his face, came over and said: "It is said that based on the time calculation, it was determined that the swordsman should reach the area where our regiment is responsible for the defense area."
Surdak lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying: "This time we have brought seven days of marching rations. The food is still sufficient so far, so let's look inside again and treat it as a field training."
Near noon, the soldiers lit a fire in the forest and cooked a pot of fish porridge. Tim fish is a first-level monster. Regular consumption of this fish is said to enhance one's physical fitness. It is a rare nourishing product. After eating several fish porridge in a row,
He Boqiang didn't feel any improvement in physical strength. It was true that this kind of fish porridge was more resistant to hunger.
He Boqiang sat on a tree root protruding from the soil, drinking fish porridge from a bowl with a piece of dry baked wheat cake.
His eyes fell on the woods not too far away, and a piece of animal skin skirt was exposed behind a maple tree. He Boqiang pressed his forehead with some distress. Although he was very grateful for her warning last night, but
The whereabouts of the second team fell into the eyes of this indigenous girl without any reservation, and there was no secret at all. It was really a headache.
He Boqiang wanted to chase him quietly and scare away the indigenous girl who had been following the team.
He calmly put down the wheat cake in his hand and made a gesture to the recruits to go out. This gesture usually means going out to solve personal problems. He Boqiang took a few steps quickly and disappeared in the dense forest.
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He ducked through a low cassava field, carefully hiding his figure, and moved towards the tree where the indigenous girl was hiding.
When he touched the maple tree, he found that the figure of the indigenous girl had disappeared.
He Boqiang sighed. Although he had known this would happen, he still wanted to try it. At least he had to stop the indigenous girl's adventurous actions, otherwise he would inevitably be in danger once discovered by other members of the team.
Augustus in the second team is a ranger with good anti-detection skills.
He Boqiang was about to turn around and return to the temporary camp when he suddenly felt something. He turned around and saw that the slender indigenous girl was looking at him from behind a tree dozens of meters away. He gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk and catch up.
The indigenous girl was wrapped in animal skins, her gray hair was braided into thin braids, and her face was covered by green tree sap. When she saw He Boqiang running over quickly, she was so frightened that she hurried into the depths of the woods. Her steps were light and nimble.
, it was difficult for He Boqiang to catch up for a while.
The forest is overgrown with weeds, and some potholes are filled with fallen leaves. If you step in, your body will be seriously unbalanced. Several times, He Boqiang felt that his ankle was about to break in pain.
He chased after the aboriginal girl through a dense red pine forest, jumped over an almost dead stream, and ran on the rocky beach for an unknown distance.
He Boqiang didn't stop until he was running so hard that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
It is obvious that every time when the indigenous girl disappears from sight, she will stop in front, wait until He Boqiang runs closer, like a deer in the mountains, and then leave He Boqiang far behind.
She seemed very careful, neither leaving He Boqiang too far behind nor letting him get too close to her.
After chasing them for a long distance, He Boqiang thought to himself: This way, the indigenous girl should not continue to follow the team.
So He Boqiang decided to go back.
When they returned to the temporary camp, Surdak and the second team of soldiers were looking for him around the camp, thinking that he had been attacked by indigenous hunters.
Sure enough, when he was camping that night, He Boqiang found that the indigenous girl was not following him.
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On the sixth day after leaving the camp of the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment, Suldak led the second team of soldiers to the end of the river valley and ridge.
This is the upper reaches of the river valley. This river is formed by the convergence of countless rivers and streams in the Gandaur Mountains. From here it splits into two tributaries. Going deeper, you no longer follow a single ridge.
Instead, there are vast tracts of mountains overlapping each other. The woodland here is dominated by white birch and five-leaf maple trees, and there are also vast tracts of red pine and fir trees.
Surdak was worried that he would lose his way in the mountains, so he stopped here, planning to camp here, repair for a day, and then return the same way.
He Boqiang, Red Sock Garcia, Bearded Cagel and others set up tents in the forest. Augustus followed Suldak and planned to walk around the surrounding forest to see if there were any suitable prey.
In the morning, we also saw a herd of elk running along the valley below in the direction of the team's coming. Occasionally, we could also see some small animals escaping in the forest.
He Boqiang and his team of soldiers had just put up the tent and built a simple stove. Before they had time to put the iron pot on the stove, Augustus ran back panting.
Augustus ran back sweating profusely and said: "Some things were discovered in the forest ahead, and the captain asked us to come together."
The bearded Kagel rushed up to meet Augustus and asked: "What did you see? Is it an indigenous person or a monster in the forest?"
Augustus held onto a big tree and panted for a while before saying: "It's a group of red-eyed hyenas..."
When he heard about the red-eyed hyenas, Cagel immediately grabbed Augustus's neck with both hands, pressed him hard against the tree, and shouted loudly: "Now that you have met a group of red-eyed hyenas, how dare you leave the captain behind?"
, run back by yourself?"
Augustus struggled feebly and was choked by Cagel. He was speechless for a moment and his face turned purple from the suffocation.
In the end, it was He Boqiang who pushed Cagel away. After Augustus broke free, he coughed violently and then said:
"Those red-eyed hyenas are all dead. They seem to have been eaten by some wild beast. Only a layer of dog skin is left..."
When Red Socks Garcia heard what Augustus said, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What's so strange about this? You can't count the number of wild beasts in this mountain forest that can kill red-eyed hyenas on one hand, and even more
Besides, there are even more powerful monsters living there, so you don’t need to make a fuss about hunting a few red-eyed hyenas..."