Wasteland: Hunting the wasteland with a max-level account

Chapter 2 Mango Grove②
  Twenty minutes later, the hunting team finally arrived at the mango grove.

Looking closer, Hua Xiaoqin could feel the horror of mutated plants even more.

She had little experience, and the strong sweet scent of mango spread in the forest, which entered Hua Xiaoqin's mind. She could no longer control her hands and feet and wanted to climb up one of the mango trees. It was Aunt Archer who realized something was wrong first, quickly caught Hua Xiaoqin and put on a DIY anti-smog mask, which saved Hua Xiaoqin's life.

The other team members stood still, no one spoke during the whole process, and they all waited tacitly for Hua Xiaoqin to return to normal.

Hua Xiaoqin came to her senses and was about to express her gratitude when Aunt Archer quickly put an index finger on her mask to signal her to mute.

She blinked and nodded, indicating that she understood the situation and would not speak to attract the beast. The aunt then let go of her hand.

Hua Xiaoqin felt grateful and quickly wrote down her aunt's kindness in her notebook.

She has always been a person of her word, repaying revenge and repaying kindness. Although the aunt believed the tall lady's nonsense and ridiculed her, her actions really saved her life. If Auntie encounters any difficulties in the future, Hua Xiaoqin will definitely help her if she has the ability.

Seeing that the situation here had returned to normal, all the team members looked at the hunting captain.

The captain is a fat and flexible man, nearly 1.9 meters tall and weighing at least 210. In the last days when food and clothing were scarce, it took more than twenty years to grow like this. Genetic evolution and family background are indispensable.

He raised his hand high, waved it in, and then took the lead into the mango forest. Everyone cheered up and followed closely. This mango forest is the most familiar area to hunting teams around the refuge. Even so, people are still frightened when they come here to collect resources. If it were not for celebrating the New Year, the hunting team would not take the initiative to step into the mango grove.

While Hua Xiaoqin was following the team, she did not forget to cast an identification spell towards the mango grove.

[Identification (Level 100): This is a mutant mango forest. The leaves, flowers and fruits are poisonous. The leaf juice and floral fragrance have a hallucinogenic effect. The fruit can cause a strong neurotoxin effect when used as medicine. There are many organisms that choose to coexist with the mutant mango forest, such as the mutant birds that inhabit it, and some mutant bees. 】

Mutated birds are easy to deal with, but mutated bees are troublesome. Don’t make enemies of bees easily without a complete set of protective equipment.

But seeing this description, Hua Xiaoqin was moved again. Flower fragrance is difficult to collect, but leaf juice and mango fruits can be collected using the "Shen Nong" life skill. Hallucinogens and neurotoxins are both very practical. The former is often used in group battles or when jumping levels to challenge higher-level opponents, while the latter is versatile and is currently the main toxin she has access to that can be used on blow darts.

After thinking for a while, she decided that if it was confirmed that it was safe and there was no threat, she would pick some leaves and mutated mangoes to use as medicine.

The whole team walked cautiously for another ten minutes, but encountered no danger, until they saw a faint peck mark on the tree.

Strangely, no one in the hunting party stopped for this.

Hua Xiaoqin walked a little slower, and lost another identification technique as she passed by.

[Identification (Level 100): The peck marks on the tree are the territorial marks left by the two-headed parrot. The mixed chemical elements remaining on them will last for at least two months. In the territory of the two-headed parrot, there will be no creatures that threaten the safety of its young, such as wasps and anacondas. 】

"...No wonder I didn't even see a single mosquito!"

Aunt Archer was confused: "What?"

"nothing……"

"If you have nothing to do, walk faster. There are many mutant beasts here, so you can't stay too long." Auntie explained impatiently.

It seems that these hunting teams have no understanding of the living habits of the two-headed parrots. Otherwise, how could they not respond to such important traces? Hua Xiaoqin thought about this clearly and became less and less confident in the abilities of the hunting team. But due to helplessness, now I can only bite the bullet and move forward. At the same time, her desire to blow darts became stronger and stronger.

No, after returning from this mission, the first thing to do is to make the blowgun. No matter whether it is New Year's Eve or not, life is the most important thing - Hua Xiaoqin secretly made up her mind.

There are more and more peck marks on the trees, and the forest is getting denser and denser. A group of people carefully cut down trees to clear the way, avoiding fallen leaves and preventing the sap from being contaminated by the cuts on the leaves.

After walking for nearly half an hour, we finally arrived at the tree where the two-headed parrot nested. A large hole was gnawed out of the huge tree trunk. Three baby birds were as big as ragdoll cats. They poked their heads out of the hole from time to time, seemingly full of curiosity about the outside.

However, there is residual blood foam on their beaks, and a thick layer of prey bones are scattered under the trees. All signs prove that these young birds with no hair are actually the successors of cruel hunters.

They are the targets of the hunting team this time. The meat of young two-headed parrots is tender, sweet and delicious, and tastes best when grilled.

Just in time to take it back to celebrate the New Year.

If it weren't for the urgent urging from above, no one would be willing to risk their lives to catch the baby two-headed parrot. Most of the time it depends on luck. If a two-headed parrot accidentally dies as an adult, humans will surely search for its nests in the surrounding area, dig out the eggs, and eat the birds.

In the wasteland, human instincts are more dominant, and the relationship with mutant animals and plants is more primitive. Either you die or I die.

Hua Xiaoqin glanced upward and threw out another identification technique.

[Identification (Level 100): Both the nest and the young bird belong to the two-headed parrot, which is a power-evolved raptor that likes to eat river fish and rodents. It will also attack humans and livestock when it is extremely hungry. A clutch of three chicks is raised in two years. The chicks reach sexual maturity three years after hatching and can live independently. However, competition is fierce and only one may survive in the end. 】

Fortunately, it only takes five years for this large raptor to have the chance to grow into one...

The hunting team began to climb the tree, and someone was responsible for spreading the warning line outside and reporting the whereabouts of the adult birds at any time for evacuation. There are also people on the ground expelling insects and enclosing a safe area.

The fat captain was gearing up and took the lead in climbing up the nest tree. Even though he weighed more than 200 pounds, he climbed the tree without hesitation. He climbed up in a swish. Others followed suit and climbed toward the bird's nest.

Hua Xiaoqin's task was to wait where she was and help carry the baby bird to the ground. But she couldn't bear the loneliness, no one noticed her anyway, so she took out the sickle, got very energetic, and started collecting mutated mangoes and fresh leaves.

At first, someone tried to stop her with signs, but when she saw that Hua Xiaoqin didn't care and waved her hands, it seemed that it was inevitable, so she didn't pay much attention. Most of the military doctors have some strange problems. I heard that the one brought out today is not very good. No one will interfere with Hua Xiaoqin's business and let her move freely.

[Shen Nong (level 100): Successfully picked 4 mutated mangoes! Successfully picked mutant mangoes*2! Successfully collected mutated mango leaves*34! ...]

After a while, most of the space in the backpack was filled with mangoes and leaves.

There was a lot of work going on in the tree, and Hua Xiaoqin "had no energy," so she was disgusted by the archer and called to the outside.

She didn't care, so she squatted next to the roots of the tree and started processing the juice and leaf juice. Maybe the predecessor was like this too. He liked to immerse himself in the world of medical skills and would do research with the materials at hand whenever he had free time. Therefore, everyone just glanced at Hua Xiaoqin and didn't see what she was actually doing at all.

If someone discovered that she was extracting the potion almost with her bare hands, it would definitely cause a sensation in the entire shelter.

Unfortunately, no one noticed.

[Pharmacy (Level 100): Successfully produced primary neurotoxin*1! Successfully produced primary neurotoxin*2! Successfully produced primary hallucinogenic toxin*12...]

Five minutes later, all the harvest in the backpack was consumed. In Hua Xiaoqin's pocket, there were 6 more tubes of light green neurotoxin solution and 4 tubes of white hallucinogenic toxin solution.

These primary potions cannot be directly applied to the blow darts. They have to be returned to the shelter to be further purified and upgraded to intermediate potions before they can be used. The weight is probably enough for daily self-defense, and it is not a big problem to deal with 1v1. But if she wanted to participate in large-scale battles and hunting activities, Hua Xiaoqin would have to come back to the mango grove a few times.

Just as she stood up and was about to stretch, there were screams in the trees.

"careful!"

"I go!"

"It's gone, it's gone!"

Before Hua Xiaoqin could turn her head, she heard a soft sound from the direction of the lair, and the smell of blood instantly filled the area.

　I'm so busy today, Monday daytime always makes me crumble.

　　Family members passing by, please click and add it to your collection~~
  　　
  　
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