The end of the world: mountain and sea disasters

Chapter 9 Patrol Team

Return to the buggy.

Yu Ke sat in the cab and reported the situation to the Forestry Protection Bureau and received instructions to stay on standby.

The hunting team is about to arrive at the scene and needs his cooperation.

Open the car door and sit back in the driving position.

Yu Ke held the camera originally hanging on his chest in his hand, looking through the video he had just taken, with a solemn expression.

The scene finally freezes at the moment when the monster turns its head.

Frankly speaking, Yu Ke had never seen a monster like this before, and there had never been any similar existence in the training materials released by the Forestry Protection Bureau.

In the era of cataclysm, it is extremely common for animals and plants to undergo morphological changes. The deer with stunning horns that we encountered not long ago is the best proof.

However, the strange bird just now clearly exceeded this category.

Regardless of its size or its human face, Yu Ke could not imagine what kind of bird or beast it was. What made Yu Ke even more concerned was the moment when their eyes met. He could clearly feel the viciousness and malice in the monster's eyes!

The senses enhanced by the Heart of the Wild reminded Yu Ke that this guy was fundamentally different from the beasts he had encountered before!

Long~Long~
While he was thinking, a buzzing sound came from above his head. It seemed that the hunting team had arrived.

Yu Ke looked up and saw that the sky in the area where the highway was located was not obscured by branches. He could clearly see a helicopter with a hunting team logo on the outside hovering in mid-air, and the wind pressure stirred up the fallen leaves on the ground.

The side hatch opened, and several figures jumped down.

This is nearly thirty meters above the ground. This is not how skydiving works, right?
Before Yu Ke could react, white airflow was ejected from behind these people, allowing them to descend steadily.

Yo~ It’s 2036 after all.

This level of technology is probably as high as a three-story building.

Leaving the off-road vehicle and getting closer, Yu Ke could clearly see the metallic luster of individual armor on these people.

It can only be said that they are worthy of being an elite unit of the Forestry Defense Bureau. The hunting patrol members in front of them can make science fiction movies.

At the same time as they landed, many hunting team members were already on alert, and some took out equipment that Yu Ke had never seen before to monitor the surrounding environment. The team leader walked quickly towards Yu Ke, approached and raised his hand to press his ear. The full-coverage mask unfolds.

I thought she would be a steady middle-aged man with a Chinese character face, but unexpectedly she turned out to be a blonde, blue-eyed beauty with outstanding facial features. The low-altitude descent caused a few strands of hair to hang on her forehead. She glanced at Yu Ke with sharp eyes and said in a deep voice. ,
"I am Anseli, the leader of the third hunting team. Was it you who reported the sighting of the human-faced owl earlier?"

"Number 281, ranger hunter Yu Ke, if this is the human-faced owl you are talking about, then I must have read it correctly."

Yu Ke didn't know what the human-faced owl meant, so he simply handed the camera to Anseli and asked her to identify it herself.

Anseli took the camera and frowned when he saw the very clear human-faced owl above. When he looked at Yu Ke again, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. He handed the camera to the team members who were following him, and then said,

"Upload this video to our channel Yu Ke, when did you find it, what was the situation at the time, when was the last time it appeared in your sight, and can the approximate location be marked on the map?"

A series of questions were thrown to Yu Ke, and Anseli's urgency was obvious, because judging from the footage captured by the camera, there was a high probability that the young man abducted by the human-faced owl was still alive.

As time goes by, his chances of survival are decreasing.

Yu Ke didn't talk nonsense. He tried to describe the situation in concise words and pointed out the direction in which the human-faced owl left.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Your contribution will be rewarded by the Forestry Protection Bureau."

Reaching out to shake Yu Ke's hand, Anseli did not stay long, turned around and made a gesture, and a group of team members immediately mounted the mountain bikes that had just landed via airdrop from the helicopter and set off to chase the human-faced owl.

Looking at their figures disappearing into the mountains and forests, Yu Ke had a clear understanding of the work of the hunting team. Although the hunting team has a very good reputation and generous treatment inside and outside Danhang City, their work is indeed dangerous.

As a forest hunter, Yu Ke only needs to take care of his own peripheral forest area most of the time.

As long as he didn't go deeper into the Jinghu Forest, nothing would happen.

On the other hand, the hunting team probably spent most of the year fighting mutated monsters in the Mirror Lake Forest. Even if they made money, they probably wouldn't have much chance to enjoy it.

The matter of the human-faced owl has nothing to do with Yu Ke.

Although being able to hunt this human-faced owl should earn a lot of experience for the [Forest Hunter] profession, Yu Ke's current equipment is obviously not enough to complete the hunt, and he is not qualified to participate in the hunting team's actions.

Drive on.

Because he stayed in the forest for a while, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when Yu Ke drove out of Jinghu Forest.

The trees on both sides of the road ahead gradually thinned out.

The vast wilderness comes into view, the afternoon sun shines on the earth, and the gentle breeze blows the wheat waves, which makes people's mood suddenly brighten!
Due to the impact of the catastrophe, Danhang City, which was originally a first-tier city, has completely expanded into a super city with a permanent population of nearly 50 million, and outside its city are endless vast fields, pastures and other food supply places.

As for the transfer stations set up by the General Administration of Disaster Prevention in various places in the wilderness, they are more like bridgeheads between Danhang City and Jinghu Forest.

Yu Ke saw Transfer Station No. 3 at first sight after leaving Jinghu Forest.

As mentioned before, transfer stations have various functions.

It not only serves the hunters under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Protection Bureau, but also serves as a private hunting group. It is a supply station for lone hunters when they are out on the road. It is also an important fortress for Danhang City to cope with the ever-changing natural environment. Needless to say, its scale.

The main structure of the entire No. 3 transfer station is somewhat similar to the high-speed rail station in Yu Ke's previous life. It is mainly gray, blue, and white. The building materials are all extremely solid metal and is divided into upper and lower parts.

The upper half contains various types of shops, offices, entertainment venues opened by major official organizations, chambers of commerce, and even ticket sales stations similar to high-speed rail stations.

The former is led by the Disaster Prevention Bureau and is an official non-profit organization.

For example, there are environmental monitoring departments, wilderness rescue teams, meteorological observation departments, and troops stationed at transfer stations.

They are like the eyes, ears and hands of Danhang City, able to predict and respond to some catastrophic events in advance, and cooperate with the Forestry Protection Bureau to manage the Jinghu Forest, which consumes a lot of money every year.

The latter is purely to make the operation of the transfer station smoother, attract investment, and turn the operation of the transfer station from a bottomless pit completely borne by the government to a state of balance of payments or a small profit.

To put it more bluntly, it is to provide employees and soldiers in the official organizations above by collecting taxes and fees from these merchants.

Everyone has to support themselves and their families, and no one is willing to work for free, let alone in a place far away from the city.

The lower part, except for the train lines, is basically divided into military camps and logistics areas where personnel of various official agencies live. Some of them are warehouses and maintenance areas.

Yu Ke followed the signs and went directly to the commercial area of ​​the transfer station from the elevated roads on both sides of the station.

Along the way, you can see many dusty off-road vehicles. The external names of various hunting groups are painted on the vehicles. Various equipment or harvests are placed on the top. Occasionally, there are lone hunters, carrying large and small bags in and out. Stand at the gate.

The cold wave is coming, and most of the hunting groups are retreating, making the transfer station particularly busy.

Yu Ke took the time to come here today and had to return to the sentry tower camp as soon as possible.

So you won’t stay at the transit station for too long.

(End of this chapter)