The end of the world: mountain and sea disasters

Chapter 65 Overlord
Red and yellow indicator lights are inserted into the forest glade.

The rotating and projected light swept across the night-shrouded dense forest at a specific frequency, emitting several sharp beeps from time to time.

Tang Bin held a shotgun and looked nervous. He kept looking around and exhaled cold air from his mouth.

Although the temperature in Jinghu Forest has warmed up a bit after the cold wave, winter has officially entered. The temperature at night often hovers around minus 15 degrees, and the cold wind never stops.

Behind him, two members of the hunting group who were in normal condition were loading the wounded into the back compartment of the off-road vehicle. As for their hunting group's car, it was parked on the road outside and was too large to be driven in.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his nervousness, Tang Bin glanced back and saw members of the hunting group lifting a corpse with holes in the flesh and blood on its chest. The broken flesh and flesh clattered to the ground, and a few faint sobs could be heard. nasal.

This hunting team had a total of seven members. When Tang Bin rushed to the scene, he only saw two who could still get up and move.

Three of the remaining five people died and two were seriously injured, which was miserable.

"Stop moving the bodies, save the living first. Now is not the time for you to cry. The Shadow Moon Leopard hasn't gone far yet!"

Tang Bin did not sympathize with their plight. In his opinion, provoking the Shadow Moon Leopard at night was purely a matter of seeking death.

This group of people also belonged to a registered private hunting group, and they were willing to pay, otherwise he would not pay any attention to them.

The prerequisite for ranger hunters to help others is to ensure their own safety.

This is written in the rules and regulations.

What he has to do now is to put those who can still move on the off-road vehicle and take them back. As for what happens next, it depends on their luck.

The cold wind blows through the forest.

The fallen leaves made a rustling sound. Tang Bin frowned and suddenly turned around as if he noticed something.

From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a blurry black shadow on a tree trunk high up.

Oops! It didn't go away!

The ferocious murderous intent rushed towards Tang Bin, giving Tang Bin goosebumps all over his body.

He knew very well how terrifying the Shadow Moon Leopard was, and even a momentary daze might allow this ferocious beast to find an opportunity to kill with one strike.

But just when Tang Bin thought something was going to happen, the killing intent that locked onto him disappeared in an instant.

Before he could react, he heard someone calling his name not far away.

Looking back, I saw Yu Ke running past the indicator light holding a sharp-toothed bow and arrow.

"Are you okay? What's going on here?"

Yu Ke was relieved when he saw that Tang Bin was intact. He glanced at the members of the hunting group behind him and frowned.

"What else could it be like? It's the same old story again. We meet this stupid young man every few months."

After regaining consciousness, Tang Bin's forehead was covered with cold sweat. Thinking of the critical situation just now, his tone was a little unpleasant, and he looked at Yu Ke gratefully.
"Thank you for arriving in time, otherwise tonight would not end well."

"Yes, I still want to eat the barbecue you made. Help them and collect the wounded and corpses as soon as possible to prevent the bloody smell from spreading and attracting other monsters."

Yu Ke didn't want to stay in the jungle for a long time in the middle of the night, so he should finish the work here and rest early.

With experts on duty, Tang Bin no longer needed to be on guard. The two of them worked together to move the wounded and corpses onto the off-road vehicle.

"Tang Bin, your camp is close to here. I'll move it to your place. The medical team at the transfer station won't be back until tomorrow morning. We need to do some emergency treatment first and wait until tonight."

After putting the last wounded person on the car, Yu Ke discussed with Tang Bin how to arrange these people.

The medical team at the transit station is indeed of a high standard, but they are not providing free services.

If you want them to go out on a cold winter night, the cost is not small, and the level of the hunting group in front of you is obviously not very good, and the remaining two seem to be unable to pay at all.

"We can trade prey for it."

The sound of the two people discussing reached the other side of the car. The young man with bloodstains on his face picked up the car and said,
"Please help us contact the medical team immediately."

And prey?

Yu Ke curled his lips. He was almost killed by the Shadow Moon Leopards. Where did the prey come from?
"We spent a lot of effort to catch a mutated mandrill. Its neck and back were covered with gorgeous flowers. It must be a strange beast. If the leopard hadn't suddenly attacked us, the prey would be not far over there. You should still be able to find it in the past now.”

In order to save his comrades, the young man didn't care much now. He wiped his red eyes and spoke anxiously.

These words made Yu Ke and Tang Bin look askance.

According to what this young man said, it seemed that they didn't take the initiative to provoke the Shadow Moon Leopard, but the latter ambushed and attacked them?
This is somewhat inconsistent with the habits of the Shadow Moon Leopard.

Could it be that the prey in Mirror Lake Forest decreased after the cold wave ended, making the Shadow Moon Leopard hungry?

"I think you are so anxious that you are dizzy. I know better than you what a mandrill looks like. How is that possible?"

Mandrills are not uncommon outside Jinghu Forest. Tang Bin shook his head, but mid-sentence, Yu Ke put his arm around his shoulder.

"Describe that mandrill in more detail. What are the colors of the flowers on its body and how are they growing?"

Walking to the carriage, Yu Ke half-closed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"Yellow, red, everything. The flowers bloomed very brightly, as if they grew out of the mandrill's flesh and blood. Thorns grew on the mandrill's back, and a second head seemed to grow on its neck. .”

The young man thought it was their prey that tempted Yu Ke. He hurriedly recalled what he had discovered at that time and said repeatedly,

"We wasted time going deep into Jinghu Forest just to catch it, otherwise it would have come out in the evening."

"Where is the specific location? Point it to me!"

After confirming the specific location of the prey, Yu Ke turned around and said to Tang Bin,

"Old Tang, please send them back first and contact the medical team at the transfer station. I will bear the expenses." After saying this, without waiting for Tang Bin to answer, Yu Ke went straight to the location of the mutated mandrill with a serious look on his face. dignified.

If the young man from the hunting group is not talking nonsense, then the mutated mandrill he described is most likely a monster infected by Pandora, and this also means that the source of infection has reached the outskirts of Jinghu Forest.

Following the direction indicated by the young man, Yu Ke quickly found the mutated mandrill under a tree, with a mark beside it.

Previously, in order to escape for their lives, the hunting group had no choice but to abandon the prey.

I purposely threw it here, probably hoping to come back to pick it up after escaping.

Unexpectedly, the Shadow Moon Leopard pursued them, causing them heavy casualties and giving them no chance to come back.

Walking to the side of the mutated mandrill, he saw the still bright flowers on its back and neck, as well as the deformed limbs hidden under the petals. Although he was mentally prepared, Yu Ke couldn't help but be rough when he saw it. Take a breath.

What I saw earlier in the small garden workstation were flowers growing on the body of the human-faced owl. Only a few days later, the mutated mandrill actually had a deformed body and flesh and blood blossomed while it was still alive.

Is this an external manifestation of the infection spreading and deepening?
Looking around the mutated mandrill, Yu Ke was filled with confusion. He took out an arrow and fiddled with the hiding spots of the mutated mandrill's body.

No, that's not right.

This speed is too fast!
Yu Ke had seen with his own eyes how polluted the human-faced owl's nest and surrounding areas were. The mutated state of animals and plants was nothing compared to the mutated mandrill in front of him, and that was already the result of Pandora's long-term use of stream invasion. .

It has only been less than two days. Even if it has been strengthened, it will not be strengthened to this extent, right?
As Webmaster He said, if Pandora wants to completely infect or even transform the ecosystem, it cannot be done in two or three days. After all, the biological cycle itself takes time.

The location where this mutated mandrill appears is too strange, and there must be something fishy in it.

With this thought in mind, Yu Ke decisively contacted Ansaili. He didn't even have gloves now and couldn't handle the mutated mandrill in front of him.

To obtain information about the mutated mandrill, the scientific research team of the Forestry Protection Bureau needs to perform an in-depth autopsy on the corpse.

Involved in the Pandora incident, Anseli immediately said after receiving the information that they would come by helicopter to let Yu Ke look at the body and prevent it from being picked up by any passing wild beasts and causing secondary infection.

While waiting, Yu Ke couldn't help but recall another thing mentioned by the young man from the hunting group.

The Shadow Moon Leopard took the initiative to attack the hunting group and wanted to kill them all.

Yu Ke originally thought this was caused by food shortage, but now it seems there is another hidden reason.

Shadow Moon Leopards have been wandering around the outskirts of Mirror Lake Forest recently, and now they are specifically attacking the hunting group that captures the mutated mandrills.

There might not be anything unusual about these two things, but if they were put together, Yu Ke quickly realized that the Shadow Moon Leopard was probably consciously looking for the beast infected by Pandora.

This is just like birds and beasts taking various disaster-avoiding actions before an earthquake strikes.

It's just that the Shadow Moon Leopard is the overlord at the top of the food chain outside the Mirror Lake Forest.

It does not want to be passively affected by disasters, but wants to take the initiative to prevent the spread of disasters!

Half an hour later, the helicopter's searchlight lit up in the night sky.

Yu Ke, who was resting against a tree trunk, stretched out, stood up and walked to the open space. He used the light he carried to signal the helicopter that the mutated mandrill's body was here.

Yu Ke, who looked up at the helicopter, didn't notice the figure quietly disappearing in the shadows in the distance.

Little did he know that he was not the only one guarding the mutated mandrill.

In the deep forest that was still shrouded in darkness, a terrifying purple-black beast walked forward on the fallen leaves.

Until he found a boulder with a fairly flat surface and jumped on it.

The huge body is lying cross-legged, with two front paws resting on the chin, and the muscle outline is particularly conspicuous.

It looked extremely tired, breathing heavily while resting. From time to time it turned its head and licked the wounds on its abdomen, letting out a low growl of pain. Those were not caused by guns, but scratches left by another monster.

The Moon Leopard was not in pain because of his injuries.

How could the overlord on the outskirts of Jinghu Forest be affected by such a minor injury?

What really made her gasp for breath was the fibrous bacteria that gradually grew out of the wound's flesh and blood.
They absorb the energy of the Shadow Moon Leopard's flesh and blood, preventing the wounds from recovering. They are still constantly connecting with each other, trying to mutate into a plant rhizome-like existence.

The Shadow Moon Leopard is also infected!
Even if it keeps scraping off these hyphae with its tongue, this behavior itself is aggravating the erosion of the alien energy.

The moonlight filtered through the branches of the dense forest and fell on its forehead, and its red eyes were tinged with a strange phosphorescence at some point.

There is no doubt about the power of the Shadow Moon Leopard, but this time it faces a more terrifying existence.

Perhaps having a premonition of its own fate, the Shadow Moon Leopard suddenly stood up and roared towards the dark forest on all sides.

The area that should have been the most familiar to it is now filled with a sense of strangeness, as if there is some kind of monster inside, approaching it with an irresistible attitude, eroding its body and polluting its mind.

It is also at this critical moment of life and death.

Fluorescent green light spots drifted from the depths of darkness and poured into the Shadow Moon Leopard's wounds.

It was furious a second ago and suddenly calmed down. It looked at the emerald green light emerging in front of it and leaned down.

A translucent emerald green hand protruded from the void and caressed the Shadow Moon Leopard's forehead. Instead of being angry, the ferocious beast took the initiative to move forward and let out a low "snoring" ~", eyes full of attachment.

After just a few minutes.

The emerald green light dissipated in the forest, and the Shadow Moon Leopard stood up again. The injury on its abdomen had completely recovered.

Just a light leap, and the moment his figure soared, he melted into the shadows.

It has to rush to the next battlefield!
　I’ll update three chapters today.

　　It was put on the shelves at short notice, I didn't have any preparations here, and it was just in time for the Chinese New Year, so please forgive me.

　　
　
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