Chapter 661: Temporary Camp

This person didn't suffer heavy injuries, thanks to the leg guards. For many years, human visitors had been sneak-attacked by planarians more than once or twice, and had long ago derived a set of coping methods. All equipment was specially made, and each accessory had wonderful uses. They continued to rush to the southwest.

The number of dead corpses on the road was getting fewer and fewer, showing that human visitors had avoided the edge of the beast tide's advance.

The direction indicated by the Tracking Bee Compass also separated from the trajectory of the beast tide.

After walking for another half a day, the wounded person also climbed up to hurry on the road. He Lingchuan finally gathered with the Chiyan team behind a giant rock.

Only five living people were left in the team, but this small camp had more than twenty people. They all came from other teams and were scattered in the beast tide, so they had to build a temporary camp here.

About a quarter of the contestants were injured, with varying degrees of severity. Although they were originally competitors, in this camp, everyone was temporarily united and helping each other.

Hot water had been boiled, some were responsible for cooking, some were responsible for treating injuries, and some were responsible for going out to collect Shuzhu. The Fu Realm environment was harsh and there were many accidents, so everyone didn't mind huddling together temporarily.

This was still an upwind, and the smell of blood was a bit strong. But everyone wasn't worried that Danube beasts would be attracted, as they hated the smell of human creatures.

He Lingchuan asked and found out that the time of the attack on everyone's original team was different; some were yesterday, some were ten hours ago, and the Chiyan team was hit three hours ago.

After being attacked, experienced hunters would continue to move forward with the beast tide, but keep a long distance. Because the chance of encountering other unlucky guys later was very high, and the more people picked up, the safer it would be.

The people in the camp were gathered in this way.

Overall, the beast tide was moving from north to southwest. The further southwest, the larger the beast tide, as if an unknown force was gathering all the Danube beasts in that direction.

In normal times, these Danube beasts were wealth for hunters, one floating stone after another running. But once gathered together, they were a torrent of fierce beasts, invincible, and nothing dared to block their path.

He Lingchuan and the other four drilled into their own tent, took out supplies from their storage rings to replenish the old team members, and then sat down to rest quickly.

In the Fu Realm, resting and replenishing physical strength was also a science; one had to know how to seize every moment.

There were no plants here, so there was no firewood. If they wanted to boil water and cook, they could only rely on talismans.

Fresh water was extremely scarce on the flat ground, and there was a small lake near the camp, but the water was cyan and poisonous.

Everything needed for the survival of human creatures here had to be self-prepared.

Even buying some water to drink or a few pieces of dried meat in the camp required using floating stones to exchange.

Floating stones were the hard currency here.

He Lingchuan asked many people, and they all said that such a beast tide riot had never been seen before, and the Danube beasts were particularly irritable.

It is worth mentioning that Danube beasts originally had no hostility toward humans and monsters, only curiosity, but after hundreds of years of hunting in Lingxu City, they treated human creatures like natural enemies, and most of the time they avoided them. But once there were many beasts, they wanted to trample over and take revenge on the hunters.

There were also several hunters who heard strange sounds from afar during the battle, "Kuang Kuang Kuang", like knocking on a wooden clapper.

At this time, several more outside hunters walked into this camp, some injured, some with purple stains on their clothes—this was Danube beast blood.

One of them took out floating stones to buy Shuzhu from the camp, and happened to hear He Lingchuan inquiring about news, so he interrupted: "I witnessed a small beast tide fourteen years ago, with only about two hundred, far less terrifying than today's group. They should have been driven over."

The voice was low and a bit hoarse.

He Lingchuan looked at the mask he was wearing, which was exquisite and very recognizable: "Are you from the Ke family?"

This person smiled: "This year's Grass Sea hunt, I'm just working for the Ke family."

"Grass Sea hunt, have you participated many times?"

"Yes, others pay and I pay with my life, earning some hard-earned money." He bowed to He Lingchuan, "Hu Bin, mercenary hunter."

"He." He Lingchuan didn't say his full name, just looked behind Hu Bin, "Why are you alone?"

The Grass Sea hunt has a long history and its own system. Many families and official forces organize teams that use mercenaries because they are experienced, and this is even a livelihood for many cultivators and demons.

"This year's Danube beasts are particularly ferocious. We lost two people as soon as we entered, and later four more went back to the Grass Sea to exchange supplies. The rest were scattered by the beast group three hours ago. I saved a companion, but his injuries were too heavy and he didn't make it." Each participating team had to reasonably allocate personnel and supplies, and replenishment from the human world was very important.

Hu Bin pointed to the northeast: "I followed the beast tide from there."

He Lingchuan was always thinking about his goal: "Have you seen prey frozen into ice blocks?"

"Ice blocks?" Hu Bin thought for a while, "Yes, yes, six or seven Danube beasts were like this, very strange."

"Strange?"

"If the murderer was a human, their floating stones weren't dug out; if the murderer was a Frost Silver Beast, they weren't eaten either." Hu Bin said solemnly, "And the Frost Silver Beast rarely freezes the prey completely, which is laborious and inconvenient to eat."

He Lingchuan heard his voice getting hoarser, so he handed over a water bag: "Have you seen the Frost Silver Beast hunt?"

"Also fourteen years ago." Hu Bin pointed to the north, "See that high mountain? That year I saw the Frost Silver Beast at the foot of the mountain. They came down the mountain, and hunting prey was just spraying a mouthful of frost, freezing it until it couldn't move or had no strength to resist, and then they could eat it in big chunks, there was no need to freeze it all."

He Lingchuan grasped the key point: "Don't all Frost Silver Beasts live on high mountains and dangerous peaks? Why come down the mountain?"

"Who knows?" Hu Bin smiled, "Maybe some monsters just don't like to play by the rules."

He Lingchuan squatted down and drew a footprint on the sand: "Is this the footprint of the Frost Silver Beast?"

Hu Bin looked carefully and shook his head: "No, it doesn't look like it."

He also drew a footprint casually: "The Frost Silver Beast lands on four toes, the claw print you drew is three-toed, and the palm pad is particularly large."

He asked He Lingchuan: "Are you sure this thing releases cold ice?"

He Lingchuan shook his head: "Didn't see it personally, but beside every Danube beast or human frozen into an ice block, there are such footprints."

"Interesting." Hu Bin compared with his palm, "The footprint you drew has a very wide claw tip distance, it looks like the claws are slender, and it is used to standing on its hind legs. Hmm, maybe it's a heavy-clawed beast, it also feeds on carrion and wanders around dead prey."

"Not impossible." He Lingchuan looked toward the north, that dangerous peak pierced the sky, and he couldn't estimate the height.

The Frost Silver Beast living on the top of the high mountain was very mysterious, and he couldn't find any useful intelligence in Lingxu City. Originally, the only way to get the Frost Pill was to climb the high mountain himself. But now, he felt there was one more feasible way.

That was to follow the beast tide and find the monster that sprayed cold ice. Maybe it was a mutated Frost Silver Beast? Fu Shanyue had warned him that some new species would occasionally appear in the Fu Realm.

This should be much simpler than climbing high mountains, enduring severe cold, and finding the Frost Silver Beast. Otherwise, in those vast mountains, who knew which corner the Frost Silver Beast was hiding in?

Hu Bin added: "The Frost Silver Beast I saw back then even started fighting in the stone forest."

"Hmm?" He Lingchuan said strangely, "How many Frost Silver Beasts are there in total?"

"Five, of different sizes, looking a bit like wolves in the human world, but much more ferocious." Hu Bin recalled, "It seemed that the two largest were dueling, and the others were watching from the sidelines, restless."

"Ran to the flat ground to duel?"

"Yes."

He Lingchuan pondered: "This kind of duel is usually for the throne."

Wolf packs are like this. Although this is the Fu Realm and the Frost Silver Beast is not a wolf, the instincts of creatures often converge.

Hu Bin also said: "I guess their original leader met with an accident, so they needed to re-elect."

He Lingchuan nodded: "Same here. And then?"

"One died and one was injured. The winner took the beast group and left, and the dead one stayed on the ground." Hu Bin smiled bitterly, "I was just about to pick up a bargain, but the Palace Guard rushed out, and I could only watch them take away the spoils. Cough, it turns out they had also been hiding in the dark watching the battle."

"The Palace Guard also participates?"

"For the sake of fairness, they only hunt and don't participate, but no one dares to grab with them."

Someone in the camp suddenly came over and asked: "Old Hu, will your Ke family team continue or withdraw?"

With only Hu Bin left, does it make sense for the Ke family to participate?

Hu Bin scratched his head: "I don't know either, it depends on whether the Ke family will send more people in."

"What about you? You can't survive alone in the Fu Realm." This person kindly invited, "Come with us, how about it?"

People are not made of iron, especially after high-intensity fighting, they need rest even more. The Fu Realm has poisonous air, and the trouble of changing Shuzhu every quarter of an hour will definitely disrupt the normal rhythm of meditation and sleep.

Fighting alone in the Fu Realm is almost synonymous with looking for death. In the wild land, the most important thing is unity and cooperation.

Hu Bin thought for a while, said the word "Okay", and then took off his mask.

The Ke family's mask was too flashy, so he casually changed into an owl mask.

The person laughed: "Looking at this mask, I know it's you, no mistake."

During the change of mask, He Lingchuan also saw his face, in his early thirties, long eyes and big nose, looking ordinary.

But this person had an extraordinary bearing and was quick in his actions. He Lingchuan knew at a glance that he was from a military background and had not seen less human life.

The person who successfully invited Hu Bin came to ask He Lingchuan again: "What about you, do you have a team?"

"Chiyan's."

"Oh oh. We are following the beast tide, do you want to go together?"

He Lingchuan didn't hesitate much and nodded: "Okay. How to address you?"

There is strength in numbers, not to mention that there are so many beast groups, their nine people couldn't finish fighting at all.

"My surname is Zhou." This person laughed, "You can call me Old Zhou. Our team represents the Golden Horn family."

He Lingchuan glanced at Hu Bin and asked Old Zhou in a low voice: "Is Old Hu famous in this line?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 662 =====