Chapter 112 Heading deeper into the forest.
The method of catching sunworms is also very simple. With Fan Ming's demonstration, Russell quickly mastered the trick.
As for the rest of the hunting team, they were naturally familiar with the journey, and the glass bottles containing honeydew had already arrived in the forest.
Taking advantage of the golden hour in the afternoon, everyone kept walking through the woods in the camp, catching sun bugs and at the same time observing the surrounding terrain and the distribution of pet animals.
After all, the official maps of undeveloped areas sold are relatively vague and general. They look like they were generated by satellite scanning, and wild beasts will also migrate according to the seasons. What kind of resources and dangers are distributed in that area? Confidential information for the hunting team.
If the execution of a commission requires traveling to an unfamiliar and dangerous area, most hunting teams will choose to spend a lot of money to purchase a detailed map of the area.
However, the outer area of the Black Dew Forest is not yet a place worth spending money to buy a map. As long as you are not extremely unlucky and encounter a highly offensive high-level pet like the Moon Demon Rabbit, ordinary fourth- and fifth-level wild beasts will not be affected. A fatal threat to the hunting party.
Besides, if you are really unlucky to that extent, buying a map won’t be of any use.
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In the next day or two, Lu Dahu led everyone to explore the wild steadily.
Russell followed all the way. To be fair, he felt that although he could learn a lot of wilderness trekking skills in this process, it was actually a bit boring.
In order to ensure safety, every time he walks a kilometer or two, or encounters signs of suspected wild pet life, Lu Dahu will stop and let the devil dog sniff it for a long time, and let Fan Ming use his other A pet beast, the gold-level "multi-frequency sonar bat" repeatedly detected it for a while before moving on.
During this period, they also encountered one or two fourth-level pet beasts that attacked the team, but when Russell and Lu Dahu revealed their main late-level third-level pet beasts, these lone wild pet beasts that were not much stronger than them also They all retreated knowing the difficulty.
This made Russell, who was still preparing to send many sword mantises to participate in actual combat, inevitably a little disappointed.
However, such a calm exploration rhythm with occasional hiccups is actually normal.
The hunting team is not a pioneering army. Except for hunting targets and occasionally encountering precious beasts and resources, they generally try to avoid fighting with wild beasts.
After all, if you can't walk a few steps, you have to fight. Even if there are no casualties, the loss of supplies alone will be huge, which is completely contrary to the original intention of making money.
Furthermore, mid-to-high-level pet beasts are not a big deal. If the fourth- and fifth-level pet beasts are really everywhere, the client will not spend a lot of money to hire a hunting team.
Encountering a series of attacks in a short period of time is what happens when you go out without looking at the almanac and are extremely unlucky when faced with a tide of beasts.
After many times of energy feedback, the physical strength of the third-level beast master is comparable to that of living athletes, and the walking speed in the mountains and forests is not slow. Just like this, two days passed normally, and everyone walked around the camp in two or three hours. The area has been explored.
During the exploration process, Russell discovered a strange thing, that is, the characteristic of condensed black dew in the forest did not disappear completely because the secret realm was broken and the Moon Demon Rabbit was captured.
Comparing previous research data on black dew as a cultivation material, Russell found that the yield of black dew has even increased a lot.
This proves that the secret realm seal of "Dream Weaver's Nest" probably used the power of the source of black dew. Now that the secret realm no longer exists, that power has been released, so there are more black dew.
Of course, the black dew that appears with the forest fog on time every morning is not a rare thing. The Beast Control Alliance must have discovered this situation earlier, so Russell didn't worry too much, and just planned to talk to him after returning. Dr. Natsuki inquired a little. In addition, they encountered several gathering teams.
There are many low-level beastmasters who come to the Black Dew Forest to make extra money this season. Because there are so many people and so few insects, by the afternoon of the third day, there are almost no sunworms to be seen in the nearby forest.
"Let's rest for a night and set out to hunt in the area near the middle of the forest tomorrow."
After thinking about it, Lu Dahu made the decision to head deeper into the forest.
There are some pet beasts of level five or above living in the middle of the forest. Like the black saber leopard that Russell encountered before, it is a very dangerous wild pet beast.
As a seventh-level beast master with a powerful pet beast like the Thunder Python, Meng Yuanfeng didn't take the Black Saber seriously, but that didn't mean it was really a harmless big black cat.
Its innate skill "Vicious Pursuit" has the effect that if it hits the opponent first and can launch a combo, a series of subsequent skills will have an explosive effect and double its power. It is considered a very popular assassination beast.
It can be imagined from this that other mid-level pet beasts that can live in the same area as the Black Saber must be difficult to deal with.
However, by pushing deeper into the forest, the benefits gained by the hunting team are proportional to the risks. At least those amateur and scattered beast masters do not dare to go to the middle of the forest.
"Don't worry too much. We are not really going to the hinterland of the middle of the forest. We are just going a certain distance to the middle. Strictly speaking, the exploration area still belongs to the periphery of the forest." Seeing that Russell was a little worried, Lu Dahu explained
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After all, the real wilderness is not a game map. After passing the level of the monsters in the map, it is completely different. Although the Black Dew Forest is divided into peripheral, central and core areas, the distribution of pet beasts and resources in each part changes gradually, and there is no obvious one. dividing line.
The current location of Russell and his party is actually not far from the edge of the forest. Even if they continue to walk dozens of kilometers, the probability of encountering a fifth-level pet beast is not very high.
"Okay, you can make arrangements."
After hearing what Lu Dahu said, Russell also said that he had no objection.
After all, he insisted on following the mission, but he was too cowardly and unwilling to take any risks, which affected the entire black tiger hunting team's itinerary. Even if everyone saw Lu Dahu's face and said nothing, they felt in their hearts There will definitely still be opinions.
After confirming the next hunting plan, and considering that almost all the nearby sunworms had been caught, Lu Dahu simply asked everyone to stop catching insects and have a good rest in preparation for tomorrow's long journey.
As night fell, looking at the silent forest and several camping bonfires rising nearby, everyone had a simple dinner, said good night to each other and returned to their tents.
The danger level outside the forest was very low, and there were several teams stationed around. The relaxed team members quickly fell asleep safely.
It was late at night and the bright moon hung high, making it a quiet and beautiful night.
(End of chapter)