Chapter 1549
"Did anyone notice where the wolf howl came from last night?"
Zhang Zian asked the Elfins after they left.
The elves looked at each other and shook their heads. Richard wanted to say something, but it was the least likely to know, so Zhang Zian pinched its mouth in advance.
"I can only roughly tell which direction it is from."
Old time tea raised its paw and pointed to the front, drawing a range of about 45 to 60 degrees.
This was understandable. The wolf howl was too sudden. At that time, they were fully focused on dealing with the pack of wolves. When they suddenly heard the howl, they had no time to carefully distinguish the direction of the howl.
The area covered by the forest was too wide. There were many Plains and few mountains. In the quiet night, the howling could travel far. The sound waves were repeatedly divided and reflected between the thick trees. Even if Sihwa, who had the best hearing among the elves, was present, it would be difficult to determine the accurate source of the sound.
The key was that the wolf had only howled once. If it howled a few more times, it might be possible to narrow down the scope.
Zhang Zian looked down at his phone. The light that represented the elfin was also in the range. This might be a coincidence, or it might not be.
Then, he noticed an abnormal situation. The ball of light representing the elves seemed to be dimmer than before.
He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. It did seem a little dimmer, but it could also be a visual error. After all, the first few days when they entered the forest, the weather was dark, and the phone screen was bright. The weather these two days was good, and when the surroundings were bright, the phone screen was dark. He had always set the phone to a fixed brightness.
In addition, the size of the ball of light seemed to have shrunk.
Unfortunately, he didn't take any screenshots at the beginning, so he couldn't confirm it with his eyes.
Was this new elf finally going to disappear?
He remembered that when Pi appeared in the library of Binhai University, the light ball representing it was weakening and dimming at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye. At one point, Zhang Zian felt that he couldn't help it find the book it wanted in time. Fortunately, with Galaxy's hint and the help of others, and a little luck, he finally brought the book to it before it completely disappeared.
In the process of capturing the other Elfins, he had never encountered such a tight situation, because they had all been captured within a short period of time after they appeared, unlike this new Elfin.
This new elf had been around for several days. In a sense, this meant that it was very powerful and had a deep obsession. But even so, its strength was still weakening. Could it hold on any longer?
Zhang Zian felt that it was a pity, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't just run toward it in the forest just because it might disappear. It was too dangerous.
Judging from the speed at which the ball of light was dimming, there was still quite a bit of time before it completely disappeared.
Just like yesterday, famous walked in the front, Pi followed closely with a wooden stick, the other Elfins walked around casually, and Richard squatted on the backpack, his mouth not idle for a moment.
The burns on the spotted owl's wings were almost completely healed, and fine fur had begun to grow on its new pink meat. At least it would no longer affect its hunting, so Zhang Zian did not need to feed it dried meat anymore. However, it was still squatting on the backpack, perhaps thinking that it was good to get a free ride.
The herd and the first deer were in a similar situation. After yesterday's frightening night, the herd of deer didn't dare to leave on their own, and they followed even closer.
Zhang Zian was walking forward with uneven steps when famous suddenly stopped and said,""There's the smell of cats again. "
He hesitated for a moment."Forget it, I don't care. If there's a cat, then there's a cat. I'll just take it that the homeless man's pet cat has gone missing."
"The smell this time is very fresh." Famous added,"and ... There's the smell of blood."
Zhang Zian and the Elfins were stunned.
Fina was concerned about the safety of the cat family. It walked near famous and sniffed. From its serious expression, famous was right. The bloody smell came from the cat, not from the prey that the cat had hunted.
"Meow my a * s! Who's so bold as to hurt these prosterless cats who are actively pursuing progress?" Vladimir clenched his fist and said indignantly.
In Vladimir's view, the cats brought into the forest by the homeless had nothing and could not enjoy the superior life of domestic cats in the city. They naturally had the potential to become a Meow-Meow doctrine believer and were worth focusing on developing. Ever since it heard that there were homeless cats in the forest, it had been thinking about how to unite these cats and establish a branch organization in the mahogany forest. In the end, these cats were besieged by the reactionary forces, who tried in vain to kill the fire of the Meow-Meow doctrine in the cradle. How terrible was this?
Zhang Zian didn't want to meddle in other people's business. At least, he had to wait until the main things were solved. If he had time, he would think about why the domestic cat appeared in the depths of the forest. However, from the looks of it, both fina and Vladimir were interested in finding out what was going on. After all, they were fellow countrymen who shared the same fate.
Putting himself in her shoes, if he discovered that there were innocent humans injured or dead in the forest, he would not be able to ignore it, so he would volunteer to take on the task of finding melgen.
"Could it be a cat that met a coyote or ... A Wolf?" Old time tea said cautiously. Because of what happened last night, the first thing it thought of was these two beasts.
Zhang Zian nodded."That's possible." But the problem was ... There were trees everywhere in the forest. If a cat encountered a Wolf or coyote, even if it couldn't beat it, wouldn't it go up the tree to hide? Wolves and coyotes can't climb trees, so cats should be safe hiding in the trees. "
This question was reasonable.
There were almost no snakes in the mahogany forest. There were only a few kinds of beasts that cats could encounter, and most of them could not climb trees.
"Could it be that they were killed by a mountain cat, a cougar, or an Eagle?" Old time tea said.
Zhang Zian scanned the surrounding environment."The woods nearby are too dense. It's not suitable for an Eagle to fly. I can't say for sure about the other two."
"It's better to go and take a look than to keep guessing. "
As fina spoke, it turned around and followed the smell, walking in another direction.
Old time tea also nodded."It's not good to have empty talk. It's good to go and take a look."
They couldn't let fina go alone, so they could only follow behind.
Zhang Zian secretly sighed. Although famous had pointed out that the smell was fresh, who knew how much more they would have to walk for this?
He had no choice but to follow.
After following the scent for about half an hour, the smell of blood became more and more obvious. Of course, Zhang Zian couldn't smell it. The Elfins all sped up, and fina was even running wildly. He was left far behind, and he kept shouting to remind them to run slower.
Fina finally stopped in front of a dead cat.