Chapter 6: The Deadwood Forest

The sun is scorching, and in the blue sky, only the sun is tirelessly emitting its own heat, drying the whole land like a steamer, and the willows on the road are shrinking their branches and leaves, listless.

But in such an environment, there is a group of energetic bear cubs who are in high spirits and forge ahead on the journey

"There is a dead wood forest in front, and we will set up camp after we arrive, and I suggest that you don't be so excited, knowing that it is the first time for you to go far away, you must also save your strength, and the distance behind is still very long, you know" Xiong Chi looked at this group of bear children who didn't know the height of the sky, and shook his head helplessly

"Got it"

The bears replied indifferently

"Xiong Chang, after the camp is set up later, can you eat less when you start eating? You have eaten the food of the three of us, a total of three days' food, can you save it, hey?"

Xiong Qiu sighed beside Xiong Chang

"He's just a foodie, and he doesn't use his brain, no wonder that guy Zhang You always says you're a stupid bear"

Xiong Li continued to mend the knife beside him

"Hey, you can't do it, just eat a little more, you're talking all the way"

Xiong Chang was dissatisfied

"It's only the third day"

Yang Huan, who was following them, said faintly

Xiong Chang is uncomfortable, don't you just eat more, this guy usually talks a lot, now what's the fun.

It's not good to learn whom, learn from Zhang You... Someone always has a bad feeling of mending the knife at all.

"Xiong Chang, I can't look at Huan Shen, please eat less" Xiong Qiu continued to chatter

"Okay, okay, stop chattering, just eat less" Xiong Chang still doesn't want to accept the reality, hey

"Look at it, Zhang You eats so much, and I haven't seen the second girl say anything, it's really a gap."

"Heh, Xiong Chang, if you are a female bear, you eat it all, we won't say it" Xiong Qiu rolled his eyes

"No, hahaha," the others chimed in

"Stingy" Xiong Chang despises them

Behind Xiong Chang, Zhang You listened to the group of bear children chatting about food all the way, and he was also speechless.

"Second girl, I heard Xiong Da say that in this deadwood forest, there are still monsters comparable to the black bear level, and I don't know if I can see it this time, Xiong Da never let us run too far before, and we were caught by Xiong Wu after running a few times secretly, so I look forward to it"

Zhang You looked excitedly at the huge forest in the distance, eager to dive in and see all kinds of magical beasts.

"Don't mess around, let's even run when we see the grizzly steps, and we meet the black bear steps... Dai Nian glanced at it, and after speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab Zhang You's waist

"Smack, if you don't go, you won't go, why are you pinching me again" Zhang You knocked out Dai Niannian and stretched out his hand to grasp the demon, and continued with palpitations

"I said two girls, who did you learn from?"

"Hehehehe, I see that the uncles in the village are disobedient, and the aunts are like this, and then the uncles are very honest, so how can they be afraid" Dai Niannian said proudly

“。。。 Really, really powerful, hehehe" Zhang You has no temper

The two of them were fighting along the way, and they were also very happy

Xiong Chi in front turned his head to look at the little ones behind him with passion, and sighed youth, he was really old.

Half an hour later

"Let's camp in this clearing, there will be a thick fog rising in the dead wood forest at night, you can't go deep, it's easy to get lost in it, and it's also the time for monsters to forage at night, understand" Xiong Chi advised

"Understood," shouted the bears

"Very good, most of the periphery of the Deadwood Forest are low-level demonic beasts, but there are many in the depths that are comparable to the black bear level, so it is recommended that you just move around the periphery and hunt low-level demonic beasts, but you must return to the camp before dark" Xiong Chi told again

"Got it" The bear children dispersed violently, looking for a place to camp in twos and threes, and they were very busy

"Zhang You, Dai Niannian and let's go hunting"

As soon as Zhang You finished helping Dai Niannian finish the tent, he heard someone talking next to him

When he looked up and saw that it was Xiong Li, he shook his head and said

"No, didn't I drag my feet when I went, and besides, you would be so kind, and you still want to beat me?"

"Eh" Xiong Li didn't expect Zhang You to mention this stubble

"How can it be, everyone is in the same village, and it is also appropriate to help each other," Yang Huanshen walked over and said with a smile

"That's it, Zhang You, it's all over before, haven't you beaten us too, it's flat, you say yes, second girl" Xiong Li also pulled Dai Niannian up and said

"Hmph, it's better, otherwise I'll beat you too," Dai Niannian responded arrogantly

"Hehehehe"

Xiong Li smiled awkwardly, and the smart one didn't take Dai Niannian's stubble, and continued to say to Zhang You, "Let's go, Lord Xiong Chi didn't say everything, the periphery is all low-level, it's okay."

Zhang You glanced at Yang Huanshen and asked Dai Niannian with his eyes

Seeing Dai Niannian nodding, he said

"Let's go, then"

followed Xiong Li and Yang Huanshen to Xiong Chang's team and said to Xiong Chang

"Silly bear, reconcile?"

Xiong Chang walked up to Zhang You, gave him a big bear hug, and said happily

"Hey, hey, no problem, but don't call me a stupid bear, no, it's stupid"

"Okay, big bear," Zhang You broke free from Xiong Chang and nodded

“。。。 Oh, it's still like this, it's boring, okay, everyone is going to go" Xiong Chang shouted, deciding to ignore Zhang You, talking to him was too annoying

"Let's go" The bear cubs hooked their shoulders and backs, slowly, and they couldn't see the nervousness at all

Zhang You saw that they were all gone, so he followed Dai Niannian.

He hadn't taken a few steps when he saw a lonely figure in the corner of the camp, leaning against the stone and watching the people in the camp busy

The figure may have sensed that someone was looking at him, and also looked over to Zhang You

Is it a high laugh, Zhang You immediately walked over and asked

"Laugh, don't sit here, go hunting with us, how about it"

"Okay" Gao Xiao looked at Zhang You seriously, but still agreed to the invitation

"Walking, Xiong Chang, they've all gone ahead."

Zhang You unceremoniously pulled up a high smile

"Hmm," Gao laughed in response, and then stopped talking

"I didn't think Gao Xiao this guy was so talkative, cherish words like gold, tsk... Zhang You thought about it, and motioned for Gao Xiao and Dai Niannian to set off

The trees in the Dead Wood Forest are very old and tall, and the sky is covered with dense foliage, which makes it difficult for light to penetrate, causing the surrounding environment to become darker and darker the deeper you go, but the opposite is true for the periphery. The bare branches spread densely into the air, like a large net separating the forest from the outside world, as if the whole forest was imprisoned in the earth.

As soon as Zhang You and his party entered the forest, the temperature dropped suddenly, and everyone was also smart, after all, they were all eleven or twelve-year-old children, looking at the surrounding environment and beating drums in their hearts

The people looked at each other, but they didn't speak.

In the end, it was Zhang You who asked first

"We, can't we get in?"

At this time, Xiong Qiu took a few steps forward, looked left and right, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became, and whispered, "Why don't we go back?"

Smack, Xiong Qiu was slapped on the head, turned his head and saw that it was Xiong Chang, and scratched his head in embarrassment

"I'm afraid of begging, we just came out, and we will go back after a while, aren't you afraid of being laughed at" Xiong Chang felt a little embarrassed to go back now

"Then why don't you go explore the road first?" a faint voice came from behind him

Xiong Chang didn't even need to look at it to know that it was Zhang You, only he would say that, or choose to ignore it and continue

"It's quiet to look at, didn't Lord Xiongchi say that the periphery is all low-level demonic beasts, let's be careful, just see if there is any harvest on the periphery"

"Whew, whew" Xiong Chang took a deep breath to cheer himself up

"Let's go, I'm the strongest, I'll open the way ahead, you follow"

"Alright then," the bear child whispered weakly

"That, Zhang You, it's so much darker here than outside, it looks terrifying, why don't we go back" Dai Niannian also retreated, he didn't want to go in, just eat something outside, why do you want to enter this dark place, it's true.

"It's okay, let's go, Xiong Changdu volunteered to help us explore the way, and the existing food can't support us to go to Xiongxiang Town, it's right to find some food" Zhang You knew that Dai Niannian was scared, and patiently explained to her.

In fact, he himself is afraid, but there is no way to starve. ay

Then he looked at Gao Xiao and asked for his opinion, after all, he called him by himself

Gao Xiao nodded, indicating that they would go in together.

"Then let's keep up," Zhang You said

In this extremely quiet environment, everyone did not dare to speak loudly, so they could only grope slowly, looking for anything to eat and bring back.

"It's been nearly half an hour, there's nothing, no magical beasts, no fruits, I haven't even seen insects" Xiong Li was a little impatient, and he didn't dare to go back by himself, so he could only complain

"It's still early before dark, we're looking for it, you complain and beg" Xiong Chang is dissatisfied, he has already come in, so why don't you have a little gain

"Okay, okay, just look for it" Xiong was very sullen, but he didn't speak, he knew that it was useless to say anything, who let himself follow this stupid big man.

"Zhang You, look ahead, there seems to be something under the tree" Dai Niannian suddenly pointed to the tree not far in front of him, and said while tugging on Zhang You's clothes

When Zhang You heard this, he walked under the tree.

"Come and see"

Zhang You beckoned the bear children to come around

"Isn't it just the corpse of a night dog, don't we all have it in the village, what are you doing with this, what are you fussing about, you thought you found food, Zhang You, can you do it?" Xiong Li complained again

"Idiot, don't be crooked" Zhang You scolded and ignored him

"Zhang You, you... Xiong Li wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Huanshen

"This night dog has been drained of blood"

"And there's also temperature, not long after he died," Yang Huan touched the corpse and judged

"This should be, left by the blood spider, look here, the tooth marks under the neck" Zhang You flipped through the corpse of the night dog, and finally followed up to make a judgment

Then he looked around, frowning, Zhang You suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said to everyone

"It's not good, the blood spider is still nearby, it's a second-order peak demonic beast comparable to the grizzly level, go quickly"

Grabbing Dai Niannian's hand, he ran towards the way he came, and the others were also startled when they heard that the blood spider was still nearby, and hurriedly chased after Zhang You's direction.

", big bear, quickly throw away the corpse of the night dog, isn't it stupid, the blood spider can chase after the smell, and it will attract other magical beasts" Zhang You originally wanted to turn his head to see if everyone was following up, but who knew that he saw Xiong Chang's stupid thing actually brought the corpse of the night dog to him, and quickly asked Xiong Chang to discard it.

When everyone heard Zhang You's words, they turned around and saw Xiong Chang really carrying the corpse of the night dog and running, and they were also speechless for a while, they were really stupid enough, and they still had time to touch the corpse.

"Ah, good, good" Xiong Chang was also frightened by these words, and he hurriedly threw it away

"Whew"

Everyone ran for a while, but they didn't see the blood spider and didn't appear, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"What did you just find?" Yang Huan sat on the ground, rubbed his legs, looked up at Zhang You and asked

"There was a lot of blood and feces near the dog's carcass that night, indicating that the blood spider was often active in that area, and I was afraid that the blood spider was nearby at that time."

Zhang You explained, and when he saw Yang Huanshen rubbing his legs, he spoke

"What's wrong with you?"

"I just ran too hard, I don't know what I was scratched by, there was some blood, it's okay" Yang Huan lifted his pants and looked at it and said

"Well, it's okay," Zhang You nodded, looked at the panting Xiong Chang and asked

"And you big bear, can you tell me what you were thinking at the time, can you still remember the corpse, I will also obey you"

"Hehe, I think it's not also food, it's a waste to throw it away, just hand, handy" Xiong Chang replied embarrassedly

Everyone looked like this

"It's not that I'm afraid you're hungry" Xiong Chang looked at everyone's appearance, a little annoyed

"Hahaha" The bears were all happy