Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 599 Underground Exploration of Pork Chop

Author: It’s a puffer fish

Chapter 599 Underground Exploration of Pork Chop

Gordon patted Ancil's shoulder.

Anhil, who was always in a state of light sleep, opened his eyes. As if he had never slept at all, he picked up the heavy crossbow that had never been put away without any confusion, and locked the sight on the golden color in his sight.

It was an unknown insect-like monster that 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 sides of the large monster, and about the same size as a beetle.

"boom."

At the fierce moment [Shigure], the muzzle flashed, and a dyed bullet shot out, accurately hitting the target, leaving a bright pink mark on the carapace that seemed to be made of gold.

"Chi--!" The mysterious monster suspected to be a beetle was frightened, and after a sharp hiss, it began to burrow into the ground.

"Keep it!" Ancier shouted.

The fierce storm roared, turning into an afterimage and rushing upwards.

Unfortunately, it was a step too late. The golden monster burrowed into the ground very fast, and it had already burrowed into the ground before the strong wind bit it.

It even didn't forget to use its sharp hind legs to stir up the sand and cover the passage it dug into the ground.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The strong wind roared angrily, and frantically dug at the pile of slightly frivolous sand.

Some tooth hounds are indeed good at burrowing into the ground, but the strong and strong Gale obviously does not belong to that kind. By the time Gordon and the others arrived running, it could barely dig out a shallow hole big enough to put its big head in.

Pork Chop looked at Gordon, his intention was obvious.

Before Gordon could say anything, Ancier spoke first, "What is basically certain at present is that the bottom layer around this building is relatively solid. There is no need to worry about quicksand, otherwise the thing would not come here specifically to drill in.

Drill out.

But it is not appropriate or necessary to pursue it now. I have already equipped it with dye bombs, so I am not worried about it running away.

My suggestion is to go back to the camp first, rest, adjust your condition, and replenish props. We cannot be sure whether or when we will encounter a mechanical behemoth during the pursuit, so it is important to maintain your condition."

Gordon thought for a while and agreed to Ancier'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 others immediately felt full of energy.

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

Among the two people, a cat and a dog, only Pork Chop is good at digging in the ground. It's a pity that Pandan and Amber are not here, otherwise they can still help.

With Gordon and Ancier's repeated instructions, Pork Chop set off alone.

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

After tightening the fixing straps of the cat armor and the cat sword, he finally checked the status of the items he carried with him. After confirming that everything was correct, the pork chop dived into the ground.

The smell of dye bombs mixed in the sand guides the golden beetle's route as it burrows into the ground.

The pork chop dug all the way down along this route. After a few minutes, the front of it was empty and it almost fell straight down.

"Meow meow!"

Zhupa screamed in surprise and quickly grabbed the rock crevice outside the cave with his sharp claws, thus avoiding 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, swaying.

Pork Chop calmed down his emotions, and his focused cat eyes quickly scanned around. No danger or living things were found for the time being, which made him feel slightly relieved.

Climbing down the rock wall, Pork Chop shook off the sand on his body and observed his surroundings.

Just as Gordon guessed, the ground near the ruins of the ancient village is empty.

Large and small crypts, caves, and tunnels are connected in series 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 an ecosystem that may seem barren but is actually full of diversity.

After taking out a small book and briefly recording the terrain with a compass, Pork Chop followed the smell of the dyed balls.

Every two or three hundred meters it walks, it will pause and continue to draw the terrain map. At the same time, based on its number of steps and direction of travel, it will roughly confirm the position of the area corresponding to the surface of the earth.

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 chasing the smell and moving forward according to the map, Pig Cho couldn't tell how long he had been in the underground cave.

The dark environment always makes it easy for people to forget the passage of time, and the sense of direction gradually becomes blurred in the darkness.

Pig Chop continued to move forward, and finally found traces of the golden beetle in an underground cave that was very wide and probably covered an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters.

It was lying motionless on the rock wall, seemingly sleeping.

It was 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 kind.

They should be the "masters" of the nearby cave, and I don't know if they have anything to do with the mechanical behemoth?

After a moment's hesitation, Pig Chop began to test - it tried to get close to these creatures.

These golden beetles have vision and a very keen sense of vibration. They do not move very fast and are not very aggressive. Even if they attract their attention, they can easily escape.

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

The sensitive beard trembled twice, feeling a breeze.

When there is wind, it often means there is an entrance or exit.

It searched carefully, and soon found a huge rock crevice high on the nearby rock wall.

That's where the breeze blows.

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

If the crack in the stone really leads to the surface, Gordon and the others should be able to get down through it.

Pork Chop made another mark on the topographic map, then climbed along the rock wall to the crevice.

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

"I hope everything goes well." Pig Chop got into the passage inside the stone crevice and ran upwards.

A few more minutes passed, and it saw light at the end of the passage.

Pork Chop was very excited and accelerated his pace further.

"Where is this place?" Pork Chop emerged from the crack in the stone and looked around for a while, then a question mark appeared above his head.

Surrounded by masonry walls more than ten meters high, the clear sky can be seen above the head, and the moonlight shines down, illuminating the place.

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

Looking back, Zhupa was suddenly enlightened and said to himself: "It turns out to be a well cat, a pretty big cat."

After observing the mottled and weathered buildings around, Zhupa was very sure that they had never been to this place before, but it was definitely within the ruins of the ancient village.

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

"You've actually come to the castle in the center of the ruins, nya?"

After confirming the direction, Zhupa slid down the city wall and ran towards the direction of the camp.

Ps.

Those who like to understand settings will probably guess that the two chapters I am writing about are male pavilion mantises, which do not appear in the game, but only appear in the settings.

In the first case, the male Pavilion Mantis was planned to appear as a vassal monster, but it was later canceled. Regarding the male individual, I could not find any picture information, so I could only write vaguely.

There is a setting that I am not sure whether it is an official setting. It is said that the male 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. This method has been mentioned by two ups who are engaged in mh ecology, but I have not found such information myself, so I have not applied it yet.

(End of chapter)