The two repaired Steven's somewhat damaged machete, and they must bring a hunting bow. Although bows and arrows are ineffective against large creatures with high defense, they are still useful against small creatures and monsters with weak defense.
The two made many arrows with pointed stone and wooden shafts, and used poison dart frog venom to coat the arrows.
Their weapons include: a machete for each person, a hand ax with a wooden handle, an imitation Saiman hunting bow, and some poisonous arrows.
In terms of defense: one sleeveless scale leather armor for each person, and one scale armor arm guard for Kate's left hand. In addition, some auxiliary tools were made: two bundles of animal skins and a 10-meter-long throwing rope, and several tung tree oil.
Each person also carried a small leather bag of tung oil.
In terms of food: we hunted several antelopes and deer one after another, dried the meat and fish as dry food, and prepared a large amount of cassava and purple banana powder. Other equipment included outdoor rainproof tents, sleeping mats and sleeping bags, monocular telescopes, and pocket watches.
, flint, leather water bags, cooking utensils, etc., these equipments filled two large backpacks in total.
The two of them feel that there is basically no problem with the preparation of force: Kate is now more proficient in using ice elemental power. He can quickly reduce the temperature of objects touched by his hands. If it is water, it can freeze instantly, and there is more water vapor around it.
Under certain circumstances, water vapor can be made to adhere to the surface of an object and form a layer of frost in a very short time, which can completely limit the opponent's ability to move.
The two designed some coordination techniques and plans for the application of these abilities in combat: Kate can use her left hand to stick to monsters and activate elemental abilities at the same time. The arm armor can protect Kate's arms very well. Using it, she can
Gain a great advantage in battle.
In addition, Kate's physical strength, agility, endurance, and reflexes have all been greatly improved. Her overall strength is far greater than before she encountered the Purple Star Whip Python. She is completely confident in dealing with some extreme situations. As for Steven, his strength has always been there.
It was improving rapidly and there was no stagnation at all.
After everything was ready, just a week after the rainy season passed on September 16, they took all the equipment and set off. According to the plan they discussed, the first goal was to go to the location where the monsters were last found, and first investigate the platform.
If the situation is the same as last time, then we will reconnoiter along the mountain to the east side, then turn to the south side to find the main part of the ruins, and then discuss the next plan based on the situation.
Four days later in the morning, the two men quietly reached behind the rock where they had last observed the platform opposite the cliff. They slowly poked their heads out and found that there was nothing on the platform opposite.
Kate took out the monocular and observed it carefully, then handed the telescope to Steven and said: "It seems that these monsters are not trapped on this platform. They must have a certain degree of freedom in the ruins. This also shows that the ruins may be preserved."
It has to be relatively intact, there may be some functioning traps inside, so we have to be more careful now."
Steven also observed carefully through the telescope. He noticed that the rock platform was relatively smooth and clean overall, with no grass or shrubs growing. The hole was bottomless and so dark that it was impossible to see what was inside.
He put down the telescope and said: "Judging from the cleanliness of the platform, I speculate that those monsters may often come to this platform. Should we wait for a while?" Kate replied: "Let's wait for a while, just behind the rock here." So the two
The man sat behind the rock and waited for those monsters to appear last time.
Until noon, the monsters did not appear on the platform. Steven and Kate sat behind the rocks and ate some simple food for lunch, and then continued to wait.
The two speculated that the most likely time for the monster to appear would be the last time they encountered them, that is, after 2 pm. After lunch, the two checked the wind direction. At this time, the wind was not strong and the wind direction was in the direction of the wind.
The direction of the canyon was blowing from east to west, which would not cause the zombies (this was the name Steven gave them) to smell their scent. Of course, the wind direction might change later, but the two of them didn't care about it.
Sure enough, after 2 o'clock, the stone armor that Steven called the "Guardian" appeared on the platform with a few zombies!
The number of zombies is still 5, and the way they move on the platform is roughly the same as last time: the stone armor steps around the center of the platform in a circle, and some of the zombies around are standing and shaking, and some are walking stiffly.
Follow the guard as he walks slowly around the perimeter.
Steven and Kate used binoculars to carefully observe these monsters again, and basically confirmed that they were still the same ones they saw last time. The damaged areas on the left shoulder and back of the guardian were the same as those found last time.
They evaluated the strength of these monsters: the strength of the zombies was much lower than that of the guardians. These zombies would not pose a threat to the two of them at this time, unless they surrounded them in extremely large numbers and the terrain was very unfavorable.
But that guardian is not easy to mess with at first glance. First of all, its defense must be very high. Secondly, its power must also be very huge. The two existing weapons hardly pose any threat to it. On the contrary, if its arms are
It can be dangerous to two people under the right terrain.
Steven quietly said to Kate: "Kate, look at that guardian, are you sure you can freeze it?" Kate replied: "Its power is very huge at first glance. If you just use water vapor to condense on it, it will freeze it."
As for the frost, I estimate it can only have a short-term impact on it, and it can break free with its strength."
Steven said: "I have an idea, if you pour water on it or get it in the water, then you should be able to freeze it."
"If you just pour water on it, you can probably only freeze it temporarily for a while. Even if you put it in water and freeze it, it may not be able to last for a long time. It depends on how powerful it is."
Steven said: "Now you can't know how powerful it is just by looking at it. You can only know how powerful it is by fighting it. Then we will discuss it based on the specific situation. Maybe the device on the joints on its legs will be a weakness.
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After the monsters were active on the platform for an hour and a half, they were led by the guardian into the rock cave entrance.
The two sat upright and began to discuss the next plan. Kate took out her pocket watch and looked at the time and said: "It's a bit late today. If you continue walking eastward, it will be an unexplored area. I propose to spend the night on this mountain and continue tomorrow.
Scout eastward."
Steven agreed to Kate's proposal, so the two found a campsite on the west side of the mountainside. The monster's platform had been turned here, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.
It was getting late after setting up the camp. After the two had eaten, Steven was on duty in the first half of the night. He added some firewood and sat by the campfire with his legs crossed, and then began to visualize entering a state of silence. Now he
After entering the silence, it is different from before. In the silence state, his senses can remain very sharp, and any movement nearby can be detected immediately. Steven feels that the current silence state is an effective method for investigation.
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Early the next morning, the two of them packed up their things and set out after breakfast. When they passed by the rock platform yesterday, the monsters did not appear on the platform.
They turned around yesterday's rock and came to the south face of the mountain near the edge of the cliff canyon. They walked eastward along the edge of the canyon while searching and observing. After walking up the mountain, they came to the valley on the east side of the mountain. They found that the opposite mountain peak was heading eastward.
It stretched for a long distance, and it was not easy to get around it to see it. The two of them were not in a hurry and kept heading east along the direction of the mountain peak to the south.