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"The next stop is the No. 3 transfer station. Thank you for riding."

The train arrived at the transfer station on time. The sound of brakes could be heard faintly in his ears. Yu Ke stood up and left the carriage.

Stepping onto the platform.

The noisy sounds coming from the front and back made him raise his eyebrows. He looked around and was quite surprised for a moment.

It has been less than two days, and the number of hunting groups at the transfer station has increased significantly.

When Yu Ke was on the train, he could feel the restless atmosphere among the hunters in the same carriage. A large number of hunting groups were rushing to the Mirror Lake Forest with unprecedented enthusiasm, as if there was a treasure waiting for them to discover.

It seems that the Forestry Bureau's plan to deliberately spread information in pursuit of Pandora is quite effective.

According to the information provided by Anseli in the Monster City this morning.

Considering the adverse impact of Pandora, which has been listed as Strange Containment 087, on the forest environment, the Forestry Bureau decided to conduct a large-scale search inside the Mirror Lake Forest in order to find it in the shortest time and contain it or completely eliminate it.

However, the Forestry Bureau has limited manpower after all, and the area inside the Mirror Lake Forest is too large.

Letting the civilian hunting group join the search operation has become the best solution to the problem.

On the one hand, once the Forestry Bureau launches a large-scale operation, the news of Pandora will eventually be revealed. The civilian hunting group has always had its own intelligence channels. When they see the actions of the Forestry Bureau, they will definitely inquire from many parties.

Rather than spreading various versions of rumors at that time, it is better for the Forestry Bureau to guide in advance and let the situation develop in the direction they expect.

On the other hand, Pandora's influence is too bad. The Forestry Bureau only wants to find its location. For this reason, it has even applied to the state agency for satellite detection. No matter which hunting group finally finds Pandora, as long as a battle breaks out, the Forestry Bureau will definitely know.

After all, once Pandora appears again, the movement it creates will definitely not be small.

To put it bluntly, the Forestry Bureau wants the civilian hunting group to become their "hounds" in their search for Pandora.

Taking the suitcase handed over by the flight attendant, Yu Ke took the escalator to the lobby of the transfer station.

There was no rush to drive back to the patrol camp.

The Forestry Bureau gave each ranger a set of detection tools to detect the flora and fauna, water and soil conditions in the Mirror Lake Forest, and to confirm the pollution caused by Pandora. He had to go to the Forestry Bureau's office in the transfer station to collect them.

Although Yu Ke did not plan to stay here and wait for the Forestry Bureau to kill Pandora, these tools were also very important to him.

As long as they were used properly, these detection tools could also be used to find Pandora.

Not only that, Yu Ke also bought a lot of things online in the past two days.

Entering the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest is not a matter of just thinking and going.

Previously, either following the transport team or going and returning on the same day, but this time was different.

Even Yu Ke could not guarantee that he could find Pandora within one day, and a long stay was inevitable. In this way, things to survive in the deep forest were indispensable.

Fortunately, as a newly promoted two-star hunter, he had the authority.

Through internal channels, it was easy to get a whole set of camping equipment at a discounted price, and he only needed to go to the store to pick it up.

By the time Yu Ke had loaded all the equipment and supplies onto the off-road vehicle, it was already evening.

After closing the car door and starting the off-road vehicle, Yu Ke put the backpack he was carrying on the passenger seat, and then took out a USB flash drive given to him by Ansai Li, which recorded the route and detailed plan of the Forestry Bureau's operation.

Looking through the car window at the vast Mirror Lake Forest in the distance, Yu Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

Go home!

Driving on the forest road.

On both sides are towering dense forests that are constantly retreating. The snow has just melted, and the brown and yellow tree trunks and the black and white ground complement each other.

Yu Ke operated the on-board computer with one hand and inserted the USB flash drive given by Ansai Li.

"Identity detection in progress, No. 281 Forest Ranger Yu Ke, verification completed, file processing in progress."

As the data in the USB flash drive was loaded into the computer, Yu Ke gradually understood the plan of the Forestry Bureau.

The Forestry Bureau listed several possible hiding places based on the characteristics of Pandora through the research data in the small garden workstation.

Pandora is afraid of strong light, which has been verified.

The weather has been sunny recently, which means Pandora must hide in the shade to avoid direct sunlight.

Given its size and phosphorescent body, if it simply hid under the shade of a tree, it would have been discovered by satellites long ago. There are only two places for it to hide.

One is underground! The other is a lake!

The former is dark enough, but it also limits Pandora's actions. Judging from its eagerness to pollute the Mirror Lake Forest, this guy doesn't seem to be willing to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.

The only option left is the last one - Mirror Lake!

The place where Pandora was first discovered was a stream in the forest, which shows that it can survive in the water and is familiar with using water flow to infect water, soil, and even plants and animals.

Therefore, the Forestry Defense Bureau determined that Pandora is very likely to use the Mirror Lake deep in the forest as a base and wait until night to move around.

The key to the problem lies here.

This vast primitive jungle is named "Mirror Lake", which shows the importance of Mirror Lake. It can be said to be the core of the entire forest.

It is not just a lake in the deep forest.

In fact, Jinghu is a general term for a large area of ​​water deep in the forest, connected by a network of tributaries, and its area is extremely large.

This is also the main reason why the Forestry Protection Bureau mobilized private hunting groups. They need manpower to explore the path, at least to find the water area where Pandora is hiding, so that they can locate it through satellites and call in the air force to eliminate it.

Yes, in order to eliminate Pandora, the Danhang City Government has contacted the nearest air force base. As soon as the target is locked, military planes carrying special bright light missiles and various heavy-duty weapons of destruction will immediately take off and rush to the battlefield.

This is also the reason why the Forestry Protection Bureau dares to disclose some information to the outside world.

In the final analysis, the state machinery at this stage is still enough to coerce everything. No matter how unruly the private hunting groups are, they have no choice but to retreat in the face of the activated state machinery.

There was a USB flash drive in the file bag that Anseli gave to Yu Ke, as well as several more suitable routes to Jinghu Lake set by the Forestry Protection Bureau. They were all planned based on the exploration of Jinghu Lake Forest over the years. Internal confidentiality.

This is the advantage of relying on official institutions.

When ordinary folk hunting groups enter the depths of Jinghu Forest, most of the time they have to rely on luck. What kind of terrain they will encounter along the way and what ferocious beasts they encounter all depend on the situation at the time. They often encounter various unexpected accidents.

On the other hand, the route map in Yu Ke's hand not only marked the terrain and landforms along the way, but also contained information about the ferocious beasts active in the area and forest resources that might come in handy.

Of course, this means that Yu Ke has been promoted to a two-star hunter and his strength has been recognized. In addition, he has the experience of confronting Pandora not long ago, otherwise this information would not be in his hands.

At this moment, Anseli sent a communication request, and Yu Ke raised his hand to answer the call.

"Have you arrived at the ranger camp?"

"It's about ten minutes' drive."

"I will ask the team members to bring you a satellite communication device later. If Pandora is found, please notify us at any time."

Although Yu Ke refused to act with the hunting team, he still had to shoulder corresponding responsibilities as a forest hunter. Ansaili needed Yu Ke to provide intelligence about the depths of the Jinghu Forest.

Ansaili always felt that this guy who suddenly appeared had some special abilities and could always get involved in some special events.

Her intuition has always been spot on.

"No problem. Can I make it in time to order the equipment I set out to order tomorrow afternoon?"

Yu Ke never planned to fight Pandora alone. The previous vicious beasts could be dealt with by conventional means, but Pandora obviously did not belong to this category and had to be dealt with by the Forest Defense Bureau as the main force.

Besides, what Yu Ke wants is just experience points, not risking his own wealth and life to fight the unknown horror. Now it should be called Containment 087's death battle.

Both professions [Forest Hunter] and [Investigator] can gain a large amount of experience in this operation.

"It's too late. I only got your data yesterday. It's impossible for the manufacturing bureau to complete the combat uniform and a full set of bows and arrows in one day, especially the latter. Your requirements are a bit too much. It will probably take a while. I'm not sure how long it will take."

The reason why customized equipment is customized is that it must be specially modified according to Yu Ke's various data and needs.

If it can be done in a day or two, why is there any need for Yu Ke to fill in the rewards from the General Administration of Disaster Prevention?

Yu Ke understood the truth, but he was still a little disappointed when he thought that he could not wear new equipment during this operation.

Just as he was about to close the communication, he heard Anseli add,

"If the equipment can be completed during the mission, I can have the helicopter take it and airdrop it to you."

"Haha, thank you very much!"

If you want to get the equipment to Yu Ke as quickly as possible, airdrop is really the only option.

Communication hung up.

Yu Ke took out the USB flash drive and put it back into his backpack. Not far ahead was the forest patrol camp. He couldn't wait to return to the sentry tower house.

However, just when Yu Ke arrived at the open space near the camp.

Also appearing in front of the forest patrol camp was a large RV with a defensively modified exterior.

It was parked on the left side of the camp. There were people on the car moving things down. At the same time, there were two people approaching the forest patrol camp, looking around as if they were looking for something.

Seeing this scene, Yu Ke clapped the horn directly.

He drove the off-road vehicle to a position of more than ten meters and then stopped. He took out the sharp-toothed bow and arrow from behind the seat before getting out of the vehicle and shouted,

"This is the forest patrol camp of the Forestry Protection Bureau. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Yu Ke was just on guard and did not launch an attack, because from the actions of these people, it did not look like they planned to break into the camp.

The several sleeping bags and tent stands placed next to the car are the most visual evidence.

If there is an intruder, there is no need to waste time taking out such camping equipment.

Sure enough, after seeing Yu Ke's uniform and the Forest Protection Bureau logo on the off-road vehicle's paint, someone immediately came out of the RV with his hands raised, indicating that he was not a threat and said,

"We are a private hunting group and want to stay overnight outside the camp."

The private hunting group and the Forestry Protection Bureau have a cooperative relationship to a certain extent.

Therefore, in the absence of suitable camping spots, the campsites stationed by forest rangers are the first choice night camping spots for civilian hunting groups.

If you are willing to pay a sum of money, you may be able to receive material supplies or medical support.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the private hunting group they belong to has registered on the official website of the Forestry Protection Bureau and the team members' information can be found. Otherwise, it is never a good idea to approach the forest patrol camp without permission.

After all, those poaching organizations also call themselves private hunting groups outside the country.

Not long ago, Yu Ke encountered poachers who wanted to kill him to replenish supplies.

The hunting group in front of him seemed to have just entered Jinghu Forest. It had plenty of supplies and behaved normally. After a brief consideration, Yu Ke put down his sharp-toothed bow and arrow and asked to see their hunting group ID.

After successfully confirming their identities, he allowed these people to spend the night next to the camp.