After nightfall, Xiang Kun did not blindly start searching everywhere, but cleared a piece of dirt, broke a branch, and marked the area that he had explored in the past three days and judged by his sense of smell to have the "branches" of the mutated creature.

Xiang Kun put himself in the perspective of the mutated creature, and then guessed its possible behavior patterns and activity trajectories based on its various abilities that were known.

There is no doubt that the "branches" scattered throughout the forest can help the mutant creatures to watch and hunt.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the most distributed areas are the areas where hunting is most common and the vicinity of nests.

But when hunting, with the appetite and blood required by that mutated creature, it should generally hunt medium and large animals, or a large number of small animals, and the distribution area will not be so small and will not be concentrated in one place. Moreover, with its hunting method, the beasts should be lured and devoured by plants such as red fruits, and then easily solved, there is no difficulty, and there is no need for too much "branching" assistance.

Therefore, the place where the "branches" are concentrated is more likely to be near the location of its nest.

Xiang Kun remembered that the red fruit appeared before and attracted the leopard, and the surrounding "branches" were denser than other areas.

Although he hadn't found anything special in that area before, it didn't mean that his guess was not valid.

So Xiang Kun erased the picture drawn on the ground, took a bow and arrows and shoes, and returned to the area where the red fruit appeared.

For ordinary people, it is very difficult to distinguish the direction in such a large area of mountains and forests without the help of equipment, but Xiang Kunyou has a few balls scattered after entering the mountain to establish a "super sensory connection" to help him establish distance sensing, coupled with super memory and thinking ability, it is easy to find the road he has walked, the place he has been and where he is.

Constantly switching between night vision mode and infrared imaging mode, Xiang Kun carefully searched for another three hours in the area where the red fruit appeared, but still found nothing.

Maybe there are more "branches" here, but it's just an accident, and the mutant creatures are not deliberately arranged?

Xiang Kun climbed a relatively tall tree, jumped straight to the top of the tree, and then looked around, continuing to substitute for the mutant creature in his heart, thinking about its possible behavior patterns.

Then Xiang Kun thought of the form of the "blue dot" when it flew off the cliff, and thought of the experience he had when he went to explore the giant owl habitat, so he cast his gaze diagonally upward.

Xiang Kun got down from the tree and began to climb the mountain, but instead of climbing directly to the top of the mountain where he was, he went to the other side, and to go there, the area where red fruits appeared was the only way to go.

Standing on the cliff on the side of the mountain, which was not too high, Xiang Kun relied on his sense of smell to carefully distinguish and explore, and sure enough, he smelled a trace of the smell he was looking for.

Then he put his shoes on top of the cliff face, carried his bow and quiver and began to climb down.

There are not many exposed rocks on this cliff face, most of them are covered with greenery, as well as large areas of vines of various types.

Xiang Kun relied on his sense of smell to discover that there were some "branches" in one of the vines, and in that place, there were still a large number of snakes.

It was a cliff cave covered in vines and other greenery!

From this location, Xiang Kun could vaguely smell a variety of scents coming from the cave, including various plants, animals, and the special smell unique to the mutated creature.

Xiang Kun is now eighty percent sure that the cave on this cliff wall should be one of the nests or nests of the mutated creature.

Various plans flashed through his mind, including lurking on the sidelines, waiting for the mutated creature to enter the hole, and even waiting for it to drink blood before making a move, blocking it in the hole and trying to capture it alive. Or hide it on the side, and when it comes back, give it an arrow.

But he soon dismissed all these thoughts, because he knew that at this moment, the mutant creature probably knew that he had found this cave.

This is also the role of so many "branches" here.

So after thinking about it for a few seconds, Xiang Kun decided to explore the cave first.

However, thinking of the trap before, Xiang Kun still climbed back vigilantly, took a bow and arrows, and shot two arrows at the vines at the entrance of the cave.

This time there was no more corrosive liquid, and the two arrows were firmly stuck in the thickest vine.

Xiang Kun didn't take it lightly, if it was really a lair of mutated creatures, there might be other traps or defense mechanisms.

He tugged at the vines, picked at the rock points, and moved carefully and slowly in the direction of the cave.

And the poisonous snake entrenched at the entrance of the cave also noticed Xiang Kun, and one of them spat out a letter to him to warn.

Xiang Kun could see that this was a poisonous snake, but he was not very worried, so he didn't make a move, and directly used "spiritual shock" on the snake that demonstrated and warned him, and then not only the snake, but all the snakes near the entrance of the cave scattered and fled at once.

Xiang Kun was a little strange, at this time, most of the snakes in the mountain had already hibernated, after he entered the mountain this time, he didn't even encounter a snake, he didn't expect to encounter a nest here, this is to change their habits? Or is this kind of snake hibernate late?

In addition to the snake nest, there was also a small honeycomb next to it, Xiang Kun still used the same way to drive away the bee colony, and after retrieving the two arrows, he pushed away the vines and other green plants, and successfully squeezed into the cave.

Although the mutant creature looked about the size of a basin, this cave was not small, and Xiang Kun couldn't even lift his hand to touch the roof of the cave after entering.

After inspecting the part of the vines with a "special smell" hidden at the entrance of the cave, Xiang Kun probably understood the defense strategy of the mutated creature, which should be to make that part of the "branch" have the characteristics of attracting snakes, bees and other animals, and then let them spontaneously guard the area and become the free guard of the cave.

After entering, Xiang Kun's vision quickly switched between night vision mode and infrared imaging mode, cautiously observing the situation inside the cave.

This hole is not deep, and you can see the end at a glance.

The cave is also covered with various vines and plants, and six birds of considerable size are entwined and restrained.

In Xiang Kun's infrared imaging mode, these vine-wrapped birds were still emitting heat, and they could be seen to be alive, but they seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep and coma.

Xiang Kun held an arrow, stabbed and pierced around, carefully checking whether there were other defense mechanisms in the cave, and was ready to fly out of the cave at any time, and use those vines to cling to the cliff wall.

However, judging from the "peculiar" smelling vines and other plant parts around the cave entrance, the mutant creatures should use those "branches" to make some defensive arrangements after drinking blood and before they fall asleep, just like the previous traps, which should be very troublesome and cannot last for too long.

Under normal circumstances, there seems to be no other defense except for the snakes and bees that are "guarded" outside the cave.

Come to think of it, this kind of place, ordinary beasts can't come. Not to mention the poisonous snakes and bee colonies, no beast would be so unavoidable. Even if a wild beast does come in, I'm afraid it will come to deliver food to it.

Xiang Kun walked in slowly, inspecting the six birds that were bound and unconscious, which seemed to be used by the mutated creatures as the next food, ready to drink blood?

As for how he got it, Xiang Kun speculated that it should be the mutant creature control "branch" that grew some fruit outside the cliff wall, luring passing birds to eat, and after eating, he got it in.

However, judging from the dead wild boar photographed by Anchor Xue before, the mutant creature will not get the prey back to the cave to drink blood every time.

Could it be that this time it did it to hide from itself?

But why hasn't it drunk blood yet, because it feels that it is sleeping after drinking blood, and it may not be safe to hide in this cave?

If so, it wasn't wrong, no, Xiang Kun found the location of the cave......

Xiang Kun realized that the mutated creature had probably reached the blood-drinking stage and needed to drink blood.

Judging by the state of those birds, it should not have been captured for more than a day, and it may have endured all day.

According to Xiang Kun's own experience of resisting blood-drinking hunger, the time after dark is the hardest, and he either can't help but hunt other animals outside to drink blood, or he will soon return to the cave.

But Xiang Kun is now in this cave, and the mutant creature probably already knows, how will it choose?

Xiang Kun walked to the entrance of the cave, looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, searched carefully, and soon relied on the infrared imaging mode to find a small blue dot - it was the mutated creature.

Is this waiting for me to leave?

Probably not, since it found me in this cave, it should have known that whether I left it or not, this cave could no longer be used as a sleeping shelter after drinking blood.

So what is it doing now?

Xiang Kun continued to put himself in the shoes of the mutated creature, speculating on its "psychology".

Yes, it's affected by hunger now, it's night, it should be very manic, and the nest is occupied by humanoid mutant creatures, it's angry, right?

Hunt for a random prey outside to hunt and drink blood, there is no safe place to sleep, and I am afraid of being found by the humanoid mutated creature, and I have no power to resist.

So, it's actually hesitating to attack me right now?

Xiang Kun felt that this time he would not have to return empty-handed on his trip to the deep mountains of the Qinling Mountains. He was well aware of how the hunger caused by drinking blood would feel after nightfall, and that this feeling would become more intense and difficult to control over time and external stimuli.

Regardless of whether the mutated creature was originally a plant or an animal, no matter how high its IQ became through mutation and evolution, it was not a human after all. is Xiang Kun, who has always been calm and has many means, in that case, it is like dry firewood, burning as soon as it touches a little spark, let alone it?

Xiang Kun bowed his back and quickly descended the mountain along the vines and various plants on the edge of the cliff, scraping a lot of new wounds in the process, but he didn't care.

Shuttling through the forest, walking slowly in the direction where he saw the blue dot, Xiang Kun did not have the slightest carelessness, and still maintained a high level of vigilance.

After walking a distance, he suddenly stopped, looked up at the night sky without stars and moon through the gap between the branches and leaves, and frowned slightly.

The humidity in the air has increased dramatically, as if it is going to rain?