Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Gordon patted Anhill on the shoulder.

Anshir, who had always been in a light sleep state, opened his eyes. As if he had never fallen asleep at all, he picked up the heavy crossbow that had never been retracted without any confusion, and the scope locked on the golden touch in his sight.

It was an unknown insect monster. It looked like a combination of a beetle and a praying mantis. It was not too big, about four or five meters long, barely reaching the side of the large monster, and about the size of a beetle.

"boom."

Fierce moment [Shi Yu] The muzzle fire flashed, and a dyed bullet shot out, hitting the target accurately, leaving a pool of bright pink marks on the carapace that seemed to be made of gold.

"Hi——!" The mysterious beetle-like monster was frightened, and after a burst of hissing, it began to burrow into the ground.

"Leave it!" Anshir snorted.

Gale Storm barked and turned into an afterimage and rushed forward.

It's a pity that it was still a step too late. The golden monster penetrated the ground extremely fast, and it had already penetrated into the ground before the strong wind bit it.

It didn't even forget to use its sharp hind legs to stir the sand, burying the passage it dug when it drilled into the ground.

"Wurrrrrr—"

The gale that flew into the air roared angrily, and frantically planed the pile of sand that seemed to be vain.

Some tooth hounds are really good at burrowing into the ground, but Gale with a strong physique is obviously not that kind. When Gordon and the others rushed to it, it barely got out of a shallow hole enough to stuff its big head into.

Pork Chop looked at Gordon with obvious intentions.

Before Gordon had time to say anything, Anshir spoke first, "It is basically certain that the ground floor around this building is relatively solid, so there is no need to worry about quicksand, otherwise that thing wouldn't have come here specifically to drill into it. Drill out.

But it's inappropriate and unnecessary to pursue it now. I've set up dye bombs on it, so I don't worry about it running away.

My suggestion is to go back to the camp first, rest and adjust the state, and replenish props. We cannot determine whether and when we will encounter mechanical giants during the pursuit. Maintaining state is very important. "

Gordon thought about it and agreed to Anshir's suggestion.

"Let's go back to camp first."

In the camp organized by the advance team, they slept until the afternoon and ate a hot meal after waking up. Gordon and the others immediately felt full of energy.

Pork Chop again took the initiative to ask for an attack, and this time Gordon did not object.

Among the two, the cat and the dog, the only one who is good at digging into the ground is the pork chop. It's a pity that Pandan and Amber are not here, otherwise they can still help.

Under the turns of instruction from Gordon and Anshir, Pig Chop set off alone.

It first came to the building where the golden beetle was found last night, sniffed left and right, but found nothing unusual.

Tighten the fixing straps of the cat armor and the cat sword, and finally check the condition of the portable props. After confirming that everything is correct, the pork chop burrowed into the ground.

The sand is mixed with the smell of dye bombs, guiding the route of the golden beetle when it burrows into the ground.

The pork chop was dug all the way down along this route. After a few minutes, its face was empty, and it almost didn't fall directly.

"Meow meow!"

Pig Chop let out a scream, and quickly grabbed the rock crack outside the cave with its sharp claws, only to avoid falling.

This is a dark underground cave.

At this time, it was hanging upside down on the rock wall at the top of the cave, wobbling.

Pig Chop stabilized his mood, and the focused cat pupils quickly scanned left and right, and found no danger or living things for the time being, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

Climbing down the rock wall, the pork chop shook off the sand from his body and looked around.

As Gordon had guessed, the ground near the ruins of the ancient village was empty.

Large and small crypts, caves, and corridors are connected together to form a huge and complex underground space.

Similar landforms are very common in desert areas.

It can be said that the sand sea on the surface and the lava caves underground together form a seemingly barren but actually full of diversity ecosystem in the Great Desert.

After taking out a small notebook and simply recording the terrain with the compass, the pork chop followed the smell of the dyed ball and tracked it.

Every two to three hundred meters, it will pause and continue to draw the topographic map, and at the same time, according to the number of steps and the direction it is heading, it will roughly confirm the position of the area corresponding to the surface.

This will help it complete the main purpose of this reconnaissance - to find a suitable entrance and exit for Gordon and the others to enter the underground cave.

Just like this, while looking for the scent, while referring to the map, Zhu Chop couldn't tell how long he had been in the underground cave.

The dark environment is always easy to make people forget the passage of time, and the sense of orientation is gradually blurred in the darkness.

The pork chop continued to move forward, and finally found the trace of the golden beetle in a very wide underground cave that probably covered an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters.

It was lying motionless on the rock wall, as if sleeping.

It is not the only golden beetle similar to it. In this giant cave and several caves in the nearby area, Pig Chop also encountered several monsters of the same type.

They should be the "owners" in the nearby cave, and I don't know if they have any relationship with that mechanical giant?

After a little hesitation, the pork chop began to test - it tried to get close to these creatures.

These golden beetles have vision and a very keen vibration perception ability. Their movement speed is not fast, and their aggressiveness is not too strong. Even if they attract their attention, they can easily escape.

After playing with these monsters of unknown species for a while, Pig Chop suddenly raised his body.

The sensitive beard trembled twice, and it felt a breeze.

When there is wind, it often means that there are entrances and exits.

It searched carefully, and soon found a huge stone crevice in the high place of the nearby rock wall.

That's where the breeze comes in.

This rock wall is not vertical, and the surface is uneven, even for humans without sharp claws, it is not difficult to climb.

If that crack in the rock could really lead to the surface, Gordon and the others should be able to come down through here.

The pork chop made another mark on the topographic map, and then climbed along the rock wall to the rock crevice.

When it got closer, it realized that due to the angle of observation, the stone crack was wider than it thought. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a corridor, even a big gale should be able to pass through it freely.

"I hope it goes well." The pork chop burrowed into the passage inside the stone crevice and ran up.

After another few minutes passed, it saw a light at the end of the passage.

The pork chop was very excited, and his pace accelerated further.

".Which cat is this?" The pork chop that got out of the rock looked around for a while, and a question mark appeared above its head.

Surrounded by brick and stone walls more than ten meters high, you can see the clear sky above your head, and the moonlight shines down, illuminating the place.

Pig Chop scratched his ears, climbed up the wall, and soon came to the surface.

Turning around to look, the pork chop was stunned, and said to himself: "It turned out to be a well cat, and it's quite a big cat."

After observing the mottled and weathered buildings around them, the pork chop was very sure that they had never been to this place before, but it must still be within the scope of the ancient village ruins.

Climbing along the wall to a higher place, looking around, the pork chop finally figured out where it was at this time.

"He actually ran to the castle in the middle of the ruins, meow?"

After confirming the next direction, Zhu Pachi slid down the city wall and ran towards the direction of the camp.

Ps.

Those who like to understand the settings should have guessed that the two chapters I wrote are about the male mantis, which has not appeared in the game, but only in the settings.

In the initial case, the male mantis was prepared to appear as a vassal monster, but it was later canceled. Regarding the male individual, I did not find any picture information, so I can only write it vaguely.

There is a setting that is not sure whether it is an official setting. It is said that the Xiongge mantis is golden and the female is brown. As the female eats more and more males, the color will become more and more golden, which is a way to judge its age. Two ways, this statement has been mentioned by two ups who do mh ecology, but I have not found such information myself, so I have not applied it for the time being