Tunjun households are roughly divided into farmers, hunters, fishermen, etc. Jin Ruofeng belongs to one of the hunters. They usually make a living by hunting wild beasts in the mountains and pay taxes with their skins and meat. When the monsters invade, they, the hunters
Some were organized into scout teams, responsible for detecting the activities of monsters.
On the third day after returning from Changfeng City, Jin Ruofeng's military household received an order to immediately organize a scout team to investigate the situation on the remaining mountains of Juming Mountain, sixty miles away from Changfeng City. Jin Ruofeng and his father immediately packed their bags and prepared to set off.
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The scout team is usually composed of nearby military households, and everyone gets to know each other together on weekdays, so naturally they have a tacit understanding.
Everyone knew about Jin Ruofeng's test results this time, and almost everyone on the road avoided talking about Zhenyun Academy, which made Jin Ruofeng a little embarrassed.
The scout team has left Changfeng City for three days. The team is traveling quickly in the mountains and forests. Although it is called a residual vein, it is already close to the main vein of Juming Mountain. The famous Juming Mountain Pass in the distance has already appeared in everyone's sight.
Most of the wasteland monsters enter Zhongzhou through here, so many observation posts are set up around Changfeng City to monitor the movements of the monsters. This is also an extremely dangerous task, after all, no one knows what monsters they will encounter.
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The observation posts are all bunkers made of huge hard bluestones from Mingshan Mountain. They can accommodate twenty or thirty people. They are all semi-hidden underground, leaving only entrances and exits as high as half a person and some palm-sized observation holes. Even though
In this way, countless observation posts are damaged every time monsters invade, and the scout teams inside are naturally not spared either.
The three-day trek made everyone tired. Dad checked the material reserves in the observation post and arranged the personnel on duty. The others then lay down on the ground to rest. They needed to stay here for half a month and investigate the surrounding areas.
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The next day, the sky became overcast, and it looked like there was going to be wind and rain. Dad divided the entire scout team into several groups and went to the surrounding mountains and forests to explore the situation.
This was not the first time for Jin Ruofeng to come here. The surrounding terrain was quite familiar. He followed his father unhurriedly. In late autumn, the dead leaves in the mountain forests had covered the ground. From time to time, he could see through the woods.
I saw some wild beasts running around.
There is a small waterfall about two miles away from the observation post. Below the waterfall is a pool of water. The clear spring water has always been the favorite of wasteland monsters. This is also the place where the scout team first investigated.
The pool was not very big but very deep. Some fish were swimming freely in the water. The area around the pool was quiet and there was no movement. Everyone spread out to see if they could hunt some wild animals and improve things.
Let’s live together.
Jin Ruofeng was standing on the edge of the pool. He couldn't help but be a little greedy when he saw the fish swimming in the pool. If there were no monsters, what a great place to live here!
Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound coming from the forest. Jin Ruofeng immediately picked up his javelin and followed the direction of the sound. A huge hare was looking for fruits under the withered leaves, slowly approaching from behind.
Jin Ruofeng did not notice, Jin Ruofeng raised the javelin in his hand and prepared to go.
At this time, the hare seemed to feel something, sniffed a few times in the air, dropped the delicious fruit in front of him, and disappeared into the trees.
Jin Ruofeng shook his head regretfully, but when he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered a strange hoof print right where the hare was searching for fruit.
"This is..." Jin Ruofeng came over and took a closer look. The hoof print was as big as his own head, and the mark had not dried up. It was obvious that it had not been there for a long time.
The image of a terrifying wasteland monster immediately appeared in Jin Ruofeng's mind.
Spiny-backed beast!
This is a second-level monster that is more than two feet long. It has sharp claws, a sharp thorn on the top of its head, and a strong back armor. It likes to act in groups and is always the first to invade monsters.
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Jin Ruofeng later found many similar marks nearby. These marks seemed to extend from the depths of the mountain forest.
This is a major discovery!
Jin Ruofeng immediately turned around and ran towards the water pool, but as soon as he ran a few steps away, he heard his father's sharp roar rippling in the forest: "Get out quickly, there is a monster!"
Before Jin Ruofeng could react, the mountain forest was filled with the chaotic screams of the scout team. Through the gaps in the forest, Jin Ruofeng saw six or seven spine-backed beasts chasing the scout team. Facing the ferocious demon,
The lightly-armed scout team was unable to resist the monster, and could only allow the monster to be slaughtered.
At this moment, Jin Ruofeng heard some movement behind him. When he looked back, he saw an even bigger spiny-backed beast emerging from the dead leaves. He couldn't help but shuddered and rushed out.
"Dad, there are some here too!" Jin Ruofeng shouted as he ran.
"Hurry and jump into the pool to escape!" Dad is quite familiar with the spiny-backed beast and knows that although this beast is ferocious, it is not used to water.
He could feel the heat from the monster beasts on the back of his head. Jin Ruofeng jumped into the cold pool water without hesitation. However, what surprised Jin Ruofeng was that these spiny-backed beasts were not afraid of these pools at all.
After rushing into it, Jin Ruofeng swam to the deepest part of the pool regardless of his efforts.
At this time, the scout team, which had no time to rush into the pool, was instantly cut off from their retreat. The spiny-backed beasts on the shore immediately completed the siege of the scout team.
A killing without any suspense unfolded.
Broken limbs and broken bodies were scattered around the pool, and blood spread on the ground, like snakes snaking and crawling, spitting out blood-red snakes, devouring the souls of the undead, and the nearby pool water was rippling with blood.
Seeing his friends being slaughtered by monsters, Jin Ruofeng was heartbroken, but he was powerless and could only watch helplessly. Moreover, his situation was also worrying. The huge spiny-backed beast behind him had been standing in the shallow water and watching eagerly.
, it seems that it must be killed.
"Ouch..." After a low howl, the other monsters stared at the surviving Jin Ruofeng.
Jin Ruofeng didn't have time to think too much, so he turned around and swam to the deepest part of the pool, right below the waterfall. Fortunately, Jin Ruofeng was usually pretty good at swimming. He held his breath and wanted to rush to the back of the waterfall. But although the waterfall was not big,
The impact was different from that of a small river. Huge whirlpools were scattered around the waterfall. Jin Ruofeng was instantly sucked into the whirlpool. After swallowing a few mouthfuls of cold water, he was sucked into the deep bottom of the pond.
A strange scene seemed to appear in front of Jin Ruofeng's eyes. There were countless skeletons piled up at the bottom of the deep pool, of various colors, shapes, human beings, beasts, and ferocious monster skeletons. One layer
The layers are stacked together and look terrifying.