Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"The road on the Luhual Plateau is not easy to walk on. The lower the terrain, the more difficult it is." Ajian led the way and explained:

"The things we are stepping on are not stones and soil, but living corals."

As he spoke, Ajian jumped twice on the spot. The blue mass under his feet, which was unclear whether it was an animal or a plant, was very elastic, like a spring-loaded cushion, bouncing and swaying as he jumped.

"Woof!"

"Meow!"

Gale Pork Chop's eyes were shining. The nature of cats and dogs made them unable to resist the temptation of "shaking". They immediately climbed onto the piece of coral and started jumping and playing.

Gordon Anhill did not dare to let down his guard at all.

They finally understand what "biodiversity" is.

Various corals that cannot be named, strange creatures that should not appear on the ground, and strange insects

To scholars, this place is full of unknown treasures, but in the eyes of hunters, dangers lurk everywhere.

The area near the research base is not bad. It is close to the Grand Canyon and the terrain is not too low. At least the ground will not move if you step on it.

How is it like now?

Anhil carefully stepped on a "stone" that looked loose and porous, a bit like a lotus pod. A large number of soft, green tentacles that were unknown as to whether they were poisonous or not immediately came out and wrapped around the soles of his feet.

The tense Anhil immediately deployed his heavy crossbow, ready to blast the tentacled stone.

Ajian quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't be nervous! It's not malicious, it just regards you as its prey!"

".?"

Ancil pulled the bolt action and put his finger on the trigger.

"no no!"

Ajian quickly reorganized his words, "That's what they do. They rely on sensing vibrations to hunt. When something passes by, they will stretch out their tentacles to try."

These coral polyps are actually very weak, and the only things they can eat are ants. Just lift your feet slowly, slowly and gently."

An Xil paused.

"What will happen if I lift my feet faster? Is there any danger? For example, getting entangled in more tentacles, being stung by poisonous stings, etc.?" Gordon asked seriously from the side.

If that's the case, you have to be very careful when hunting, as the roads are full of traps.

"Ah, that's not possible." Ajian waved his hands and said: "With the thickness of the armor you are wearing, there is no coral in the world that can hurt you.

It is true that many coral polyps can sting people, but their stinging cells can only pierce soft tissue as thick as paper at most. There is no danger if they are touched through a layer of clothing, let alone armor.

I ask you to lift your feet slowly, just because I am afraid that these coral polyps, which look like small tentacles, will be broken by you. They are still very fragile. "

"oh."

Anhil had a cold face and raised his foot vigorously.

Sure enough, several of the tentacles wrapped around its soles were torn off.

"No--!"

Gordon Anhill looked at Ajian with an expression of "What's wrong with you?"

"Ahem, okay, it's not that exaggerated. It's just that coral polyps of this color are relatively rare. Wait a minute, I'll take a sample."

Ajian smiled dryly and bent down, using tweezers to pick off the still squirming green tentacle from Ancier's boot, and put it into the glass tube he carried with him.

"But I do have to remind you, try not to touch these coral polyps directly with your skin. Although they are not very toxic to humans, being stung can be painful and itchy, and some people may be allergic."

"clear."

Next to them, Liefeng and Pork Chop were having fun.

Gale's limbs jumped high with force, and then fell down. It was not known whether the impact was too strong and stimulated the mysterious soft-bodied creature.

A stream of clear water spurted out from a hole in its center, and the fountain-like water column directly flew the pork chop away.

"Meow--!"

Gordon had no choice but to run over and bring back the pork chop hanging on a tree-like coral branch.

Anxier also taught Li Feng a lesson, telling him not to run around and to stay calm.

Pig Chop shook his body and shook off the water droplets on his hair, "What kind of cat is that? It's also a coral cat."

Ajian looked at the huge soft-bodied creature with a diameter of nearly ten meters, shrugged and said: "It's hard to say, there are differences among our scholars on the classification of that thing, and the scientific name has not been determined yet.

We like to call it 'waterbed coral'. It is filled with clean water, which has a slightly salty taste but does not affect drinking. It is a very important water source for the creatures on the land coral platform.

After all, rivers and lakes are rarely seen on land coral terraces. Whether it is rainwater or river water, it will flow downward and it is difficult to accumulate into water areas. "

"Are there many of these around? I've seen several of them, big and small." Gordon said.

"Snapped!"

Ajian snapped his fingers, "That's right! The lower the place, the more common this kind of waterbed coral is.

Nutrient-rich mist from the Miasma Valley and sufficient rainfall are necessary conditions for the growth and reproduction of this waterbed coral.

Moreover, there must be a large number of waterbed corals in the area where the krait is active. I have also said before that the land coral platform lacks water, and the krait can only rely on these waterbed corals to replenish its body's moisture. "

"In other words, if we go to an area with more corals on the water bed, the probability of encountering the water monster bird will be higher?"

"That's right!"

Gordon tentatively cut a small strip of tissue from the waterbed coral and placed it in a guide cage.

It's a pity that the guide insect didn't respond

"Gale." Ancier pointed to the waterbed coral that the pigs and the others used as a playground. "Remember the smell and take us to find it."

"Woof!"

Liefeng lowered his head and sniffed carefully, then took steps and started running.

As Ajian said, waterbed corals can be found almost everywhere in this low valley area.

In this way, the hunters, led by Pig Chops and Gale with their keen sense of smell, inspected more than 20 waterbed corals in a row.

Finally, they made a discovery.

Gordon took out a piece of orange-yellow feathers from the center of a particularly large waterbed coral, on the side of the somewhat evil-looking closed cavity.

"Is this the feather of a krait?"

Jian looked at it carefully and confirmed: "Yes, it should be the feathers on the neck. It probably fell off when he put his head into the water bed coral to drink water."

"That's convenient."

Gordon threw the feathers into the insect guide cage. This time, the guide insects responded quickly. After staying on the feathers for a while, they flew out of the insect cage in groups and flew in a certain direction.

The hunters followed.

There is basically no possibility of finding and losing monsters whose scent is locked by guide insects.

I ran up and down among countless strange-shaped corals for dozens of minutes.

The big bird, whose main colors were orange, yellow and red, finally appeared in front of the hunters.

It has emerald-like eyes, golden and red-edged scales and feathers, strong and powerful wings, and a colorful tail. Every part of its body is so gorgeous.

But once they are put together, Tai Nie is too ugly, so destroy them.

With a look of disgust, Anhil set up the Shigure and loaded the lv3 normal magazine.

Perhaps it was because it had not encountered a creature that could pose a threat to it for so long and it was used to being arrogant, so the water demon bird did not appear nervous.

After casually glancing at the hunters, it continued to stretch out its long tongue covered with mucus and licked up the coral polyp eggs that could be seen everywhere.

Gordon smiled evilly and moved his neck, "Liefeng Pork Chop, protect Mr. Ajian.

Ancil, let's make it tense. "