The end of the world: mountain and sea disasters.

Chapter 71 Unexpected Disaster
The assembled airboat slid into the water branch.

Yu Ke stepped on the branches of the trees that extended to the river, and jumped on with his backpack and weapons.

Sit at the back of the airboat, hold the joystick with your left hand, and turn on the propeller to stir the water flow.

For the time being, he moved forward at a slow speed, bypassing the shrubs in the water in front of him. Yu Ke checked the operation of the equipment according to the instructions.

The propeller runs smoothly and without noise; the airboat joystick indicator light is green, and there is no lag when swinging left and right; the camouflage coating on the edge of the airboat is military green, and there is no water or air leakage in the hull.

After checking, confirm that everything is normal.

Yu Ke then drove the airboat out of the deep pool in the forest and turned into the swamp branch ahead.

The Jinghu Lake network is spread throughout the forest, and its branches vary in width. Basically, the closer to the core area, the wider and deeper the river channel is. For example, the southwest corner is connected to a deep pool in the forest. The river channel is about ten meters long. Width,.

Giant trees on both sides are surrounded by aquatic plants, and the tree crowns at higher heights are connected with each other, forming an arch under the gray sky.

Fine snow fell from the gaps, forming a green and white curtain together with the hanging vines.

This was a fantasy scene that Yu Ke had never seen before. Unfortunately, beneath this beautiful appearance, there was a crisis that could bury any living thing, so he did not dare to be distracted for a moment.

The airboat swung away the dead branches and leaves covering the water surface and kept moving forward at a constant speed.

Frankly speaking, walking alone in this kind of deep forest waterway makes people feel very insecure. The nearby disturbances and even the ripples caused by swimming fish on the water surface will attract Yu Ke's attention.

He didn't know how deep the seemingly narrow waterway was, but actually connected the forest pools on both sides. He didn't know whether there was a terrifying water monster that had been infected by Pandora lurking in the nearby dark pool, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on him.

Yu Ke was fortunate that the river didn't have too many twists and turns, otherwise it would have taken him a lot of time just to control the direction.

Now he only needs to control the general direction, and he can have his hands free to extract water samples.

This time it's grey-yellow.

Yu Ke took out a notepad from his pocket and recorded the results on it.

He should be heading in the right direction now. Mizusawa's infection level is getting worse. Even if it's not Pandora, there should be monsters that are affected by it and become distorted.

Raising the telescope, Yu Ke observed the movement of the nearby water.

The current gloomy sky is a good opportunity to look for Pandora. The brilliance attached to it should be extremely conspicuous in this environment, and there is basically no possibility of mistaking it.

Similarly, large clusters of gorgeous flowers will grow on the surface of the aberrant beast, which is also easy to find in the forest where the main color is gray green or dark green.

After every distance, Yu Ke would stop the airboat, stand up, and raise his telescope to look around.

Not to mention, the most indispensable thing in Jinghu Forest is all kinds of strange and weird things.

He saw a giant tree that was used as a nest by ants. From top to bottom, it was full of holes and holes made of wet mud. There were tawny trees that were clinging to vines like bats and hanging upside down on the water, disguised as branches. Water birds will kill fish or other animals immediately if they swim by; there are also lizards that are slender and light and can run on the water with their limbs spread wide.

The camera on the chest has already been turned on.

Yu Ke collected various information about the depths of Jinghu Forest to prepare for his future hunting operations.

Along the way, he paid special attention to some special landforms.

Just like the vine jungle and mushroom community on the outskirts of the forest, there must be a reason for the formation of special landforms. Either some kind of spiritual plant is hidden, or some kind of special beast lives in it, and these are the resources Yu Ke needs.

The former can enhance his physical fitness in all aspects, while the latter, if he is lucky, can provide skills and traits, which are also urgently needed.

Take this forest area in front of you, for example.

Yu Ke noticed significant changes in the species of giant trees and the water quality in the forest on the right side of the river.

Different from the trees with bare branches that we saw along the way, the trees in this area are not only larger in size, but also have thicker branches. The crowns of the trees actually maintain a large number of green leaves. If you look closely, you can still see the undersides of the leaves. Precipitated fruit.

The key lies in the change of water quality in the forest. After getting closer, Yu Ke was surprised to find that the pool in the forest was constantly bubbling and steaming. It was clearly a hot spring, and 80% of it contained geothermal heat or something else that could heat up the water. High water temperature stuff.

Yu Ke couldn't understand the principle, but one thing was certain: this environment was obviously against common sense.

and many more.

what is that?
Just as Yu Ke was observing the abnormal area, he was ready to come and investigate if he had the chance.

Several gray-white plush corpses suddenly appeared in the field of view of the telescope, floating from the river in front.

That's all. The most indispensable thing in Jinghu Forest is the corpses of beasts. What really makes Yu Ke care is the gorgeous flowers on the backs of these corpses. It is obvious that they have been infected by Pandora.

Putting down the telescope, Yu Ke turned around and held the joystick to adjust the direction of the airship, keeping a certain distance from the corpses while ensuring that he could observe them.

Pick up a dead branch from the water and stop a corpse.

Its body shape was almost the same as that of an adult man. It looked like the corpse of an ape. Not long after it died, blood was still spilling into the water around the corpse, and many fish and shrimps had already gathered around it. If the body had been dead for a long time and had been soaked in water for a long time, it would have become bloated.

Yu Ke twirled its gray-white hair and adjusted its position to facilitate further observation, so that the detection of leaks and filling of gaps could take effect.

Soon the corresponding information came to mind.

Abnormal Beast: A monster that mutated after being infected by the Mizusawa Wild Monkey. It has excellent water properties and is good at launching attacks from the water.

'It is indeed an aberration. '

The speculation in his mind was verified. Yu Ke roughly counted around and found that there were five corpses here.

Now the question is how did they die?

The hunting group passing by, the ferocious beasts nearby, or...
Half-crouching on the edge of the airboat, Yu Ke used a dead branch in his hand to push back the hair on the back of one of the wild monkeys' heads. There were several deep scratches with bone visible there, which were undoubtedly real fatal wounds.

"Killing with one blow, this method is cruel enough. I just killed so many monkeys, why don't you eat them?"

His eyes passed over several other corpses nearby. Without exception, there was no obvious mutilation of limbs. The ferocious beasts that hunted them had no tendency to hunt at all. This was pure killing, or in other words, elimination!

This phenomenon reminded Yu Ke subconsciously of what happened outside the Jinghu Forest.

The Shadow Moon Leopard was frantically hunting all kinds of infected aberrant beasts, so thinking about it, there should be similar ferocious beasts deep in the Mirror Lake Forest.
While thinking, Yu Ke's eyes wandered around unconsciously.

The sound of branches falling to the ground suddenly sounded in my ears, and I suddenly turned back to check the situation.

The next second, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his figure also took a fighting stance, clenching the sharp-toothed long bow in his hand.

On a low-hanging branch about ten meters away, the Shadow Moon Leopard, whom I had seen once before, lurked here at some point. Its crimson eyes were already locked on Yu Ke!

Its fur was wet, as if it had just been swimming, and it clung to its body, making it look rather embarrassed.

The moment they looked at each other, Yu Ke was sure that this Shadow Moon Leopard must be the guy who hunted the aberrant beasts on the outskirts of the Mirror Lake Forest not long ago.

Yu Ke never expected to encounter it in such a place.

It seems that its hunting range is far beyond what Yu Ke thought. In order to hunt down those aberrations infected by Pandora, it even went to the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest.

The two sides fell into a confrontation.

Yu Ke, who was on the swamp river, didn't want to conflict with the Shadow Moon Leopard.

On the one hand, the Shadow Moon Leopard itself is doing things that are beneficial to the Mirror Lake Forest. The current goals of the two are actually highly overlapping.

Yu Ke has no psychological burden on hunting ferocious beasts.

But this ferocious beast that was willing to run around to save Jinghu Forest couldn't help but make him hesitate.

On the other hand, it is because the current environment is really unable to exert force.

Neither Yu Ke nor Shadow Moon Leopard actually have the ability to fight at close quarters in the swamp river, and they would be helpless in a fight.

The former can only rely on a bow and arrow, but the Moon Leopard is not the poacher last night. It is somewhat unrealistic to use long-range sniping to kill the Moon Leopard who comes and goes like the wind and can attack from the shadows.

If it were that easy, the forestry protection bureau's hunting team would have succeeded long ago.

At least Yu Ke didn't want to waste the few arrows here. It seemed that the Shadow Moon Leopard had no intention of attacking. Its current target was the aberrant beasts, not humans.

Maybe just leaving like this is the right choice?

Yu Ke thought this in his heart, and touched the joystick with his right hand, preparing to withdraw first as a courtesy.

Now is not the time for them to show off.

The distance between one person and one leopard continued to lengthen. Just when Yu Ke thought the crisis was over, several rapid roars came from the direction where the corpses had drifted down, followed by noisy roars in response.

Yu Ke's expression was a little confused at first, and then his expression suddenly changed.

Monkeys are social animals by nature. If the Shadow Moon Leopard hunts several infected wild monkeys, it will inevitably attract a siege from the monkeys. And a monkey group that can survive in such a place does not need to be thought about to be an easy existence to get along with. .

No wonder the Shadow Moon Leopard looks a little embarrassed
Damn it, what should I do?
The Shadow Moon Leopard appears here, and the monkeys will come here soon. When they see Yu Ke, an outsider, Bao Buqi will regard him as the target of venting his anger, but he is still on the boat now.

The river is only so wide, and the target of the airboat is too big to hide.

Moreover, judging from the information provided by checking and filling in the gaps, these monkeys are very good at water. If they capsize the boat, how can we continue to explore Pandora later?
No, we must reach the shore immediately and find a place to hide.

As long as the propeller is turned off, the airship itself will be dead. If you cover it with some dead branches, you will most likely be able to get through it.

(End of this chapter)