Master of Thermodynamics

The girl stared dumbfounded at Renault's eating like a ghost, and couldn't help but turned to Moose and said, "It seems that we have to hurry up and hunt, otherwise Renault will starve to death at night..."

Moose couldn't help showing a smile on his blank face. He nodded and walked forward first, followed by Renault and Angela. The three began to walk through the towering giant trees.

In the jungle, most wild animals have a fixed range of activities. When they move between foraging places, water sources, and nests, their action routes are often relatively fixed and they will leave many traces.

So hunting in the jungle, the most important thing is to find these traces.

For example, many animals that like to gnaw on the tender stems of plants will leave corresponding tooth marks on the plants, and there will also be traces of gnawing and scratches on shrubs and trees.

There are also footprints, which are the most obvious animal traces in the jungle. Animals of different sizes leave different footprints. The footprints of large animals will be much deeper and larger, while the opposite is true for small animals.

In addition, the freshness of the footprints is different. The fresher the footprints, the clearer the edges. In very humid places, there may even be a little water in the fresh footprints. You can judge the time when the animal passed by the clarity of the footprints.

While identifying the footprints of various animals on the ground, Moose looked around from time to time. He wanted to find a larger prey, because Lei Nuo's appetite was too terrifying, and small prey simply couldn't withstand his terrible appetite. .

It didn't take long for Moose to find what he was looking for - a deep line of hoof prints. He even squatted down to touch the hoof prints. There was a slight trace of wetness at the bottom of the hoof prints. Obviously, the owner of the hoof prints had Just passed here.

After walking in the dark forest for more than half an hour, Renault suddenly had a strange feeling.

Since killing the group of black orcs who were chasing after him, his mental strength has improved a lot, and his perception of the external environment has also become more acute for no reason. A wisp of frenzied will—that was the frenzy of mana.

If there is any incongruity in the environment, he can also quickly detect it, and he just has this feeling of dissonance at this time, like a stain suddenly appearing in a delicate scroll.

Renault looked up at the surrounding environment while walking.

This place is already in the deepest part of the Black Forest, and it is inaccessible all year round. It is surrounded by giant trees with a diameter of more than 8 meters. Countless branches of different thicknesses lie in the air. Coupled with layers of leaves, the air is like a green curtain. Very little light penetrates down.

The surrounding area was even more quiet, with no birds or insects chirping at all. It was quieter than the other places I passed by before. There were only the footsteps of the three people walking, and the friction between the body and the shrubs and grass.

Lei Nuo suddenly discovered a strange place. On the surrounding giant trees, there were several broken branches on many thick branches, and the branches were bare.

At a glance, he saw at least 20 broken branches of this kind, and he didn't know how many there were in farther places, but he had never seen this kind of scene in the places he passed before.

After seeing these broken branches, the feeling of disharmony in his heart became clearer. He couldn't help but looked up at a branch carefully, and his feet slowed down unknowingly.

When he stared at the branch for the first time, a warning sign suddenly appeared in Lei Nuo's heart, as if there was some kind of unknown danger, which made him a little suspicious.

"Strange, what danger can a branch have?"

"Why is it only this kind of broken branch that makes me feel dangerous?"

"Why do I have absolutely no feeling for the rest of these giant trees?"

Various thoughts flashed rapidly in his mind, and then a word jumped out - mimicry!

Renault suddenly realized,

These broken branches are actually not branches at all!

They are clearly some kind of creatures disguised as branches! And it's a herd creature!

"They camouflage themselves as branches to hide themselves, either to avoid predators or to hunt prey. Which kind of creature would it be?"

"Looking at their small size, they don't seem to be predators."

The next moment, Renault's expression suddenly changed!

"No, their mimicry is not to avoid natural enemies, but to lure prey into the trap!"

"They are not big, and small insects must be on their diet. There are a lot of them, so larger beasts are not their opponents!"

"So any creature that enters this area, be it wild beasts or insects, will be killed by them!"

"Because of that, the place is surprisingly quiet."

He overturned his previous conclusions!

These creatures can survive in a more dangerous place like the Black Forest, and they can also occupy a territory. Obviously, their strength is not weak.

Although there are a large number of dangerous creatures around, Lei Nuo is not afraid at all, but another strange thought can't be suppressed in his mind: "Are they... delicious?"

Although he ate a lot of jerky just now, he was not full at all. Burned by the endless fire of hunger, Renault's perspective on the problem had a strange shift.

At this moment, in his eyes, everything in the world can only be divided into two categories, one is edible, and the other is not!

So the way he looked at those creatures gradually became a little wrong.

Angela, who was walking in front, heard his footsteps slowed down, and couldn't help but look back at him. Seeing him staring straight up, she couldn't help asking strangely: "Reynolds, what are you looking at?"

After hearing the girl's question, he didn't even move his eyes, and replied without thinking: "There is food on it, a lot..."

Soon he added another sentence: "Angela, Uncle Moose, there are many strange creatures on it, which may be dangerous, be careful..."

Moose immediately became alert when he heard the words, and pulled out the two giant swords behind his back with both hands, and put on a vigilant posture. Angela followed suit and picked up her one-handed sword and light shield.

The actions of the two of them completely broke the silence, and an astonishing change appeared in the quiet forest in an instant!

In the dark canopy, pairs of light spots appeared. Looking up, there were at least hundreds of pairs of light spots on the nearby trees.

The three of them soon realized what these light spots were!

They are eyes!

Each pair of eyes represents a creature, that is to say, there are at least hundreds of creatures around!

And these creatures are watching all three of them!