I draw skills in Monster Hunter World

Chapter 62 Tracking
Complete the route planning that night and hit the road the next day.

Since Bobo couldn't adapt to the sand plain environment, the team chose to take a truck as a vehicle.

After traveling for 7 days, we transferred to a sand boat and traveled for another 2 days, arriving at the Sandstone Cave Branch in one morning.

In the noisy branch hall, Shirin was looking through the contract book boredly.

When he saw a hunter entering, he raised his hand in the air to say hello.

"Welcome. It's the ruthless team!"

"Hello, Miss Shirin, I'll update the contract information."

Li Ming said, "Help Mei Lu!" 】The contract was handed over.

"Long time no see. The team's growth has exceeded my expectations. It's your armor wearing style. Everyone has their own preferences and I understand. Let me take a look at the contract."

Shireen glanced at it and fell into silence.

"Is there something wrong with this contract?"

"Yes, except for the reward paid in collateral, the location of the client who needs rescue and the hunting target cannot be determined at present."

Shireen said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter. The team has anticipated this situation."

The tickling bird likes to go to monster nests to steal monster eggs, and some individuals have a strong habit of collecting objects, so even if it is often sighted, it is difficult to delineate its activity range.

"Sorry, this branch really can't help much. In fact, many stationed hunters have been rescued by Melu cats. As early as when the local contract was released, many teams made attempts, but sometimes the birds are scratched. When faced with a carapace-eating herbivorous dragon, he would run away and would never engage in a head-on battle with a hunter team. After many failed pursuits, he had no choice but to transfer the contract."

Shireen told.

"It turns out that multiple teams have already come to help, which is unexpected."

Li Ming previously thought that it was transferred to Feiye Fortress because there was no one to pick it up.

I took the latest version of the map and learned about the current ecology of Sand Plains.

The ceratopsians encountered before already had their own territory. After the activity range was delineated, the threat to humans was greatly reduced.

What hunters currently have to face is the simultaneous attack of the Mad Dragon virus and rodents.

However, injection assistance from Feiye Fortress has arrived. In addition to paying more attention to individuals with mutation tendencies, Sand Plain is relatively peaceful at the moment.

In addition, since the Meru tribe in the wild has been destroyed one after another, if you want to hire cats to rescue, you can only find the Ellu rescue team formed by the guild in the stronghold.

But the number of rescue teams was small and they had to wait in line for several days, so the team simply gave up hiring and set off directly.

In the evening, the team jumped out of the cargo sand boat.

Finding a high place to look at the surrounding sand dunes, Li Ming located the location of the Aile tribe and started marching.

The dim yellow ring-shaped cave turns blue under the moonlight.

The tumbleweeds blocking the entrance were gone, and only half of the small wooden door remained, giving it a desolate and dilapidated look.

After counting the small grave bags around and confirming that the number had not increased, Midoduo, who was slightly relieved, ran over quickly.

When he actually reached the door, he stopped where he was, not daring to get any closer.

"You have to face it. The sooner the situation is confirmed, the more likely it is that things will turn around."

Li Ming patted Midoduo on the shoulder, comforted him, and then bent down to enter.

The collapsed small tent, the broken stew pot, the strong smell of decay, and the missing cat statue in the groove of the rock formation.
Everything seems to be going in a bad direction.

"Ouch!"

Midoduo knelt down, collapsed and cried.

"Elle meow! You guys died so miserably!"

puff!puff!Midoduo slapped his cat paws on the ground to vent his grief and anger.

Li Ming, who was sitting on the ground, also fell into silence.

"Duo Duo Miao?"

"Aww. Meow?"

Hearing a familiar voice, Midoduo quickly looked around.

Inside the mouth of the dry well, a black cat head poked out, looking this way.

"Elle. It's Elmeow!"

Midoduo said, excited and ran over.

Aile jumped out of the well and embraced him.

"Everyone, come out quickly, meow, it's Mido Duo and Li Ming who are back!"

Eller turned around and shouted towards the well. Not long after, a large number of Merlu cats crawled out of the well mouth along the cables.

His body was thin and his spirit was listless. It was obvious from a glance that his current situation was extremely bad.

The team brought out some food to assist, and soon smoke rose.

After the cats had almost eaten, Li Ming, who was sitting in front of the campfire, started asking.

"Eller, the contract says that Tickbird attacked many Meru tribes. Did you have any grudges before?"

"Nothing at all, meow, and no signs."

"Could it be a dispute that occurred while picking up scraps?"

"No, meow. The clay pots, oval stones, stew pots and other items that look like monster eggs that scratching birds like are completely outside the scope of our collection."

Eller answered in the affirmative.

"That's weird. The bird-tickling bird won't hunt the mellow cat, but it wants to destroy the camp in a targeted manner."

Li Ming couldn't understand.

"If it's okay, I'd like to make another request."

"Go ahead."

"Help us retrieve the cat statue, and the tribe will add the best dancing cat to the collateral."

"The Meow God Statue is probably the stone with the red circle graffiti on it."

"That's right, Meow. Without Meow God's blessing, everyone has lost the confidence to go to the wild to pick up materials and rebuild the tribe."

"The team will try to find a similar stone and re-establish the Meow God Statue, right?"

Li Ming asked tentatively.

"No, meow. That is a great symbol that transcends ecology. Each tribe is destined to have only one. If it is lost, it must be found."

Ayler explained.

"If such a magical being is disrespectful to the Meow God, will he be punished?"

"No, Meow. The Meow God is very kind and protects every cat in the world. It is said that he can avoid death up to nine times. It's a pity that ours was taken away."

The more Elle talked, the sadder he became, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Don't worry, I feel like this matter is already somewhat clear."

"Really meow?"

"Well, where is the nearest carapace-eating dragon lair?"

Li Ming asked.

"Wait a minute. Here, meow."

Eller unfolded the worn map and pointed out the direction with his cat's paw.

"Does the tribe still have the ability to push carts to perform tasks?"

"Well. Recently, everyone has been hiding around the underground river and struggling to survive. The condition is a bit bad."

"It doesn't matter. The hunting team will be in charge. The tribe just needs to follow as much as possible until the state recovers."

"No problem, meow, I'm going to inspect the flatbed truck now."

Hearing about the possibility of recovering the Meow Statue, Eller was very motivated.

"Have you made any new discoveries?"

Chuying asked.

"It's just a guess. I think Tickle Bird targeted the Meow statue, which is similar in shape to a monster egg, and that's why he launched a targeted attack on the Melu tribe."

"Then how did it lock the location of the tribe? If you hadn't brought us here, it would be impossible to explore here, meow."

Bubu asked doubtfully.

"Tickle Bird is an expert in stealing eggs and is very good at finding monster nests." After dinner, the team set up camp directly at the Melu tribe.

There are basically no shortcomings here except for the small entrance and exit.

Early the next morning, the team set out with Meru and the others.

After two hours of marching, we arrived at a mountainous area with great height differences.

Under the shadow of the high mountain rocks, a hatching nest made of dead branches was quickly locked, and the team split into two groups.

"One, two, three."

After confirming the number of dragon eggs in the nest, Li Ming put down the telescope, stretched out his palms, and gestured in front of him.

"You shouldn't steal the eggs, right?"

Midodo speculated.

"Yes, wait until the carapace-eating herbivorous dragon leaves and take action immediately."

"I thought it was a cat that came to hunt."

"You are right, but Chuying is responsible for hunting. Otherwise, if we fight near the hatching nest, there is a risk that the eggs will break."

Bang!Bang!
Not long after the carapace-eating herbivorous dragon family left, the sound of ballistae bombardment echoed through the valley.

Li Ming swung the worm thread and leaped several times, arrived in front of the hatching nest, and carefully observed the size and shape of the monster egg.

Finally, I chose one, an oval monster egg with a light gray shell.

Not long after, the team reunited.

Chu Ying's harvest was a male carapaceous herbivorous dragon carcass loaded on a flatbed truck.

At noon, the Melu people enjoyed a barbecue feast and immediately regained their spirits.

After finishing his meal, Li Ming sat on the sand and began the next deployment.

Using a catheter needle to draw out a small amount of blood, he held the paw of the Miduoduo cat and dipped it in it. Li Ming began to draw spiral stripes on the surface of the eggshell.

"This is the mark of the Meow God Statue, Meow!"

Midodo exclaimed.

"Is it similar?"

"Yes meow."

"That's good."

Li Ming released the cat's paw, emptied the blood in the catheter, and then gently inserted the needle into the bottom eggshell.

click~
A slight cracking sound was heard, and the egg liquid was introduced into the catheter.

After collecting a certain amount, Li Ming poured the egg liquid on top of the oval egg body.

After sniffing the slightly fishy eggshell, Li Ming nodded with satisfaction.

Then he put on the water beast gauntlet and water bag injector, and poured another layer of running extraction liquid on top.

"What is this meow?"

Midoduo asked puzzledly.

"This is a monster egg that a tickling bird can't refuse. I would like to call it a dream egg."

"Uh, does this really attract it, meow?"

Midoduo said unconvincingly.

"Just wait and see, the next step is how to make it discover the existence of the egg."

"The Mei Campground is nice, if you dare to go in again, the team will definitely make it go and never come back."

Midodo suggested.

"The closed environment is indeed very suitable for combat, but the waiting period is a bit too long. After all, the opponent's sighting has been achieved, and don't forget Midoduo, we still have to find the cat statue."

"You mean it will bring the dream egg back to the nest, meow!"

Midoduo suddenly realized.

"Yes, the other party is in love with the red spiral stripes of the cat statue, and at the same time he is very interested in hunting monster eggs. Let's combine the two elements together, and the bird will be unable to resist it. Moreover, it also has the habit of collecting. , the place that can be used as a nest will most likely be a highly enclosed hidden space, and fighting there should be an absolute advantage for us. As for the only difficulty, that is how to hide and track it."

Li Ming informed.

In the hot sand plains, the team has to track the monsters non-stop over long distances without being discovered. It is indeed very difficult to successfully achieve this.

"Physical strength is the problem in the first place, no, physical strength is not the problem."

Midoduo said, looking at the medicine bottle on his waist.

After Li Ming gathered in Meilu and announced the combat deployment, Aile led the cats to quickly make preparations.

Since this battle will consume a lot of physical strength, Midoduo launched the team's homemade forcible medicine.

Not long after, a strange flatbed truck started speeding on the sand dunes.

While loading a large amount of raw meat, a monster egg was placed in the center and tied to the vehicle by a rope.

Such a high-profile activity quickly attracted the attention of surrounding monsters. Three yellow velociraptors gathered together and launched a pursuit.

As a result, they were running and suddenly found a human beside them who had caught up with them and ran alongside them.

Li Ming pointed at Huang Sulong.

"disappear."

Huang Sulong looked at the speeding buffet truck ahead, ignored Li Ming's verbal threats, and continued to chase.

Pfft!

The next moment, Huang Sulong was knocked away by the giant axe.

The remaining two immediately slowed down and stopped chasing.

The cat car drove wildly all afternoon, and Li Ming recorded the route to avoid repeated areas.

At noon two days later, the Melu people stopped the car and gathered around the flatbed truck to eat and rest.

A handful of orange-yellow feathers emerged from behind the dune, and a scratching bird appeared with its three-toed claws raised in front of it.

puff~ puff~
The sound of approaching footsteps quickly aroused the alertness of the Melus, causing the cats to turn their heads sideways.

The two sides looked at each other for a moment, and the silence was broken by Eller's shout.

"Ah meow! The scary scratching bird is coming! Everyone, run away!"

Watching Melu flee in all directions, Titiao didn't feel anything at all. After all, it had seen too many similar situations.

But when he saw the monster eggs tied to the car, the bird's eyes immediately widened.

smell, stripes, shape and size
Every element is enough to make it deeply attracted.

In shock, he leaned closer, and the claws with fleshy pads on his fingertips slowly opened.

At first, I only dared to touch it lightly with one paw. After getting used to the feeling for a while, I dared to grab it with both paws.

pat~
Pulling back, the four tied ropes broke.

Holding the dream egg tightly to the chest, the bird looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was nothing abnormal, he took steps to start the attack.

gudu~
All members of the team were given forced drugs and started tracking.

Not far away, the scratching bird noticed something strange and looked back to observe.

When he realized that many Melu were chasing him on a cat cart, he immediately lowered his guard.

Little did he know that the team asked him to discover it deliberately, thus concealing his whereabouts.

From then on, the competition of endurance and reaction tracking began.

As dusk approached, the bird came to a mountain formed by a cave.

Looking back, I found that the cats were still chasing me. I suddenly turned around and put down the dream egg.

The paw that was stepped out was hanging in the air, and then it was quickly retracted, and it picked up the dream egg again.

After a while, he put it down again.
It didn't want to fight with the Dream Egg, but at the same time it wanted to drive the Meru away to prevent them from continuing to follow.

After struggling for a moment, the claws continued to dig in the sand, burying the dream egg.

Elle saw that the team was heading towards the cave mountain area while the birds were not paying attention, and planned to enter the surveillance area in advance, so he deployed and said: "Buy time for the ruthless team! Everyone retreat slowly, meow!"

It wasn't until the Ticker Bird approached more than ten meters away that the Melu people fled in all directions.

At this time, the team that had climbed to the heights of the cave mountain felt that they were only one step away from tracking the scratching bird's nest.

(End of this chapter)