Chapter 48: A Hunter's Paradise

The Phoenix Forest is the largest forest in the boundaries of Phoenix and is known as a hunter's paradise.

As long as you have enough skills, you can hunt the prey you want here, and it is also the place where fierce beasts are most likely to appear.

The more opportunities you have, the more risks you have.

Because of the abundance of beasts in the Phoenix Forest, the greater the chance of encountering danger here, and hunters will die here every day.

In order to survive, there are still groups of hunters who venture here.

Normally, those who enter the Phoenix Forest will enter in a team outside, and once they have hunted their pre-set goal, they will immediately exit, otherwise they will be killed in the Phoenix Forest if they are unable to deal with powerful beasts.

Huang Shang also planned to enter the Phoenix Forest to hunt before, but because he was young, no hunting team was willing to take him, so he had never set foot in the Phoenix Forest.

These days, after breakfast every day, Huang Shang would rush to the Phoenix Forest, on the one hand, he wanted to hone himself, and on the other hand, he wanted to find out the news about the fierce beast.

Huang Shang has not encountered fierce beasts for several days, and when he encountered several beasts, he killed them, and the harvest can be said to be quite rich.

Except for keeping some for his own enjoyment, the rest of the prey Huang Shang was sold to the traders who were guarding outside the Phoenix Forest.

As before, on this day, Huang Shang came to the Phoenix Forest as usual, and deposited the wildebeest with the traders waiting to buy the prey.

"Ah, if you can get a few pheasants today, I'm willing to pay a high price."

Liu Peng, a trader, said with a smile while taking the reins and helping Huang Shang tie the wildebeest.

Huang Shang's prey has always been sold to Liu Peng, and the two have become acquainted with each other in a few days.

It's just that every time Huang Shang deliberately changes out of the military uniform of the Phoenix Army, and uses a pseudonym, Liu Peng doesn't know Huang Shang's true identity.

Ah Da, a name full of local flavor.

In the countryside, a stone can be smashed into a few people named Ah Da, and Liu Peng never suspected that the name was fake.

Huang Shang dared to enter the Phoenix Forest alone, and every time he came out, he still had a good harvest, Liu Peng naturally scolded Huang Shang very much, and he didn't dare to cheat on the price.

"Okay."

Huang Shang has no interest in why he deliberately bought pheasants today, and it is not impossible to catch a few pheasants if he is handy.

In order to save time, Huang Shang stored a good wildebeest and planned to leave, but was stopped by Liu Peng again.

"Ah Da, there is a small hunting team going to the secondary area today to try your luck, do you want to try it?"

Liu Peng asked, in addition to being responsible for buying prey, he would occasionally help deliver news and recruit people for the hunting team.

Sub-region!

Huang Shang's eyes lit up.

The Phoenix Forest is divided into four areas: safe areas, secondary areas, hazardous areas, and unknown areas.

The safe area refers to the area within five kilometers of the entrance of the Phoenix Forest, because this area is frequently visited by hunters, so it is relatively safe, and it has become a safe area.

The secondary area, between safety and danger, extends ten kilometers inward with the safety area as the boundary.

Comparatively speaking, the prey in the secondary areas is much more abundant than in the safe areas, but it is also much more dangerous.

Usually only short hunters move in safe areas, like Huang Shang, who will not hunt for more than a day and will come out before nightfall.

Entering a secondary area usually involves staying inside for two to three days.

The secondary area is followed by the danger zone.

Those who dare to enter dangerous areas to hunt are well-prepared large hunting teams, and these hunting teams also have a very clear goal, only culling their prey and never touching other prey.

As for the uncharted area, it is a place where large hunting parties dare not set foot because no one knows what is there.

Legend has it that the Unknown Area is also a place where ferocious beasts are active.

Occasionally, large hunting parties will encounter a beast in a dangerous area, and if they are lucky enough to catch or kill it, they will be paid enough to recuperate at home for a year.

To put it bluntly, the danger zone is where Huang Shang's real goal lies.

It's just that the large hunting team entering the dangerous area is planned, and it will not enter suddenly, so Huang Shang has no chance to follow the large hunting team to enter.

As for entering the unknown area, it is not yet in the scope of Huang Shang's consideration.

Huang Shang knew that he was much stronger than before he became a soldier, and he could easily hunt the prey that he could only fight for in the past, and he could enter the unknown area at the current level was just equivalent to feeding the beast with himself.

Huang Shang had long had the idea of entering the secondary area, but it was more troublesome to spend the night in the Phoenix Forest.

Phoenix Ninth Company is indeed relatively free in training management, but not returning at night is a big deal, if anyone does not come back, it will immediately attract the attention of others, and it will cause some bad things to come out.

Whether it is entering a secondary area or an occasional dangerous area infested with fierce beasts, Huang Shang must have a reasonable reason to ask for leave in advance.

"What a coincidence, here they are."

Liu Peng said and walked out from under the wooden shed he had built.

The four men dressed as standard hunters walked directly towards Huang Shang after connecting with Liu Peng.

"Brother, I heard that you are very skilled.

It just so happens that we are still short of manpower, would you be interested in joining us in a group to try our luck in the sub-regions?

If you're lucky, the harvest of two or three days is enough to rest for more than half a month. ”

It was a greasy-faced bearded man who looked like the leader of the four-man team.

"Not interested."

After Huang Shang finished speaking, he walked directly past the other party, since he knew that it was impossible to enter the secondary area today, there was no need to waste time on the other party.

"This kid is crazy enough."

"Dare to enter the Phoenix Forest alone, can you not be crazy?"

"No matter how crazy he is, he's just a coward, he only dares to go around in a safe area, what can he do?"

......

There were several people's voices talking behind him, but Huang Shang didn't pay attention to it at all, and disappeared from everyone's sight when he entered the Phoenix Forest.

After entering the forest, Huang Shang tried to avoid the routes often taken by hunters, so that the chance of encountering wild beasts would be greater.

This time, Huang Shang wasted some time, getting as close as possible to the secondary area, stopping at the boundary between the safe area and the secondary area.

Blindly moving while trying to hunt is never a good idea, not only can you scare away your prey, but you can also become a target for wild beasts.

All Huang Shang has to do is lurk, wait, discover, and hunt, and whether he can hunt his prey depends largely on luck.

Unconsciously, the sun overhead was already a little westerly, and Huang Shang planned to end today's adventure if he didn't find out for a while, after all, he had to return to the company before dark.

"Wow!"

"Be careful!"

There was a voice coming from the secondary area, not too far away from Huang Shang.