"These birds are scavenging sand vultures, which are not very aggressive, and they seem to have found their desired food. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Feng Bai took the clairvoyance and carefully identified it, there were more than a dozen bald birds in the sky, and judging from the frequency of their swooping and pecking, the dead prey was far from being eaten, "At this number, the corpse is at least a medium-sized land species." ”

"Do you want to check it out?" Xiao Yang proposed, but his eyes looked at Xiong Fuji who was suffocating and red. The only predators in this area are the Sharon clan, and if the monster is hunted to death, perhaps the clues about the entrusted target can be easily obtained. And this will obviously be counted in Xiao Yang's exploits, Da Xiong let out such bold words, but he lost for a while before the game started, and he couldn't help but be annoyed.

"It's better than searching aimlessly." Jia Xiao shrugged his shoulders and asked the head of the regiment, "What do you think?" ”

"Be careful, even if the birds don't seem to be aggressive, it doesn't mean there aren't any other predators in the valley who want to keep the rabbit on the side." Qin Shuiyu nodded and took the lead in leading the way.

The hovering sand vulture persists, guarding against predators who are snatching food, and from time to time they swoop down, tearing off strips of dried rotten meat from their prey, and flying back into the air to feast. There was no cover in the sea of sand, and the sharp-eyed bald birds easily spotted the approaching humans, and they responded in an instant, slowing down their eating speed one by one, and chirping in a terrible way to warn the team and declare the ownership of the corpses.

As the team approached, the team gradually entered the battle state, and the members of the group each picked up the weapons at hand, and Feng Bai also opened the folding bow and grabbed it in his hand. Today, after the loss of Shentu Miaoling, this two-star hunter who temporarily joined the team is not only the guide of the hunting group, but also seems to have become their only long-range support.

Jia Xiao took the clairvoyance into his own hands and acted as the eyes and ears of the team. He looked away from the strange and serene appearance of the sand vulture and observed the condition of the ground.

"How? Are there any other monsters? Luciu gently patted his companion on the shoulder.

"Uh......h Cough! "After advancing more than 100 meters, the sand valley has completely entered the realm of clairvoyance. Suddenly seeing the situation on the sand, the young man's body suddenly shuddered violently, he hurriedly removed the telescope from his eyes, his body paused, and then he bent down, his hands on his knees and retched.

"Hey! What do you see? Nie Xiaoyang suspiciously took off his companion's clairvoyance and put it on his body, but in an instant, his face also changed. The young man forced himself to suppress the churning in his stomach and said urgently: "Miss Qin, let's go quickly, lie there...... It's not a monster, it's a human. ”

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After making sure that there were no other threats in the vicinity, the One-Star Hunters threw several flashbangs and sonic booms in succession, easily scaring off a dozen sand vultures. The scavenging birds were much more timid than they imagined, and they didn't fight much, but just circled and screamed for a while and flew away helplessly, and saving their lives was more important than a full meal. The hunters were able to get closer to the center of the sand valley and trembling as they approached the place where the corpses were kept.

There were four corpses, and even if they had been torn apart by the beaks of the birds, they could barely make out the human form, and at least the strips of rags and molten armor that were still attached to their bodies in the wind could not have been formed naturally.

In a barren sea of sand, this amount of organic matter is enough to attract an entire small biosphere. Sand vultures eat large, indigestible, air-dried meat, while unicorn beetles feed on inorganic salts from dry bones, and their moist, nutrient-rich excrement is the perfect place for sand flies to lay their eggs. The tiny grass seeds attached to the body hair of insects will use the last of their residual nutrients to grow into strange-looking succulents or scaly plants after the carcass is buried in the sand. Every ounce of material that is conducive to the survival of life in these corpses will be squeezed dry drip, and eventually turned into earth and stones as meaningless as the endless yellow sand. And the life that depends on them will also be buried in a storm that is common in deserts in a few days, and at the latest weeks.

The alternation of life is like fireworks blooming in the desert, short and beautiful.

However, the teenagers did not have the heart to comprehend this beauty, in fact, the first moment they saw the corpse, three of the five one-star hunters were far away. Qin Shuiyu used the excuse of guarding the surroundings, standing dozens of meters away and refusing to come closer, Lu Xiu and Jia Xiao did not hide their disgust for the dried corpse, and simply calmed their churning internal organs in a place where the noise of the sand flies was a little smaller.

The teenagers had seen a massacre in the Swamp, and Oonaz had once displayed his majesty as an ancient dragon in the face of dozens of royal hunters. However, at that time, the hunters were far away, the fog was too thick, and the minds of the teenagers were all on Gu Long's body, and when they recalled it afterwards, they only had a vague impression. Compared to the bloody scene of the living hunters shattering at the feet of the ancient dragon seed, the half-dried corpses in front of them caused a different kind of primitive fear.

"It's all adult men, but unfortunately I can't tell the age." The two-star hunter Feng Bai seemed to be surprised by such an occasion, he squatted down and looked at one of them carefully, "There is such an encounter...... I'm so sorry. ”

"Is there always such an unlucky ghost in the desert?" Xiong Fuji was one of the few people among his companions who did not surrender under such an impact, probably this sturdy young man's thick nerves, even if it was an ancient dragon waiting here, he would not hesitate a little.

"Not much, not too little...... Don't touch them," Feng Bai stopped, "the corpse is not completely dry, there may be a one-horned beetle entrenched inside, and it will not be easier to provoke them than to provoke an adult salon." ”

The Great Bear sneered and lowered his spear, and he used his heavy shield to impatiently chase away the flies surrounding the corpse: "So, these guys seem to have only been dead for a long time. ”

"We're half a day late, and these four people were probably attacked this morning." The two-star hunter asserted, holding an arrow and carefully flipping the wound of the corpse in front of him a few times. With the actions of the hunter, the small insects of the big canopy flew up in a hula, making Feng Bai frown slightly.

"Can you tell who these people are?" The unbearability in Nie Xiaoyang's heart was clearly revealed on his face, and he asked tentatively, "If it's a local, it would be good to bring back the bones, or at least bring a message." Although the young man's face changed slightly, his expression was quite calm, perhaps it had something to do with his early military life, "The glory of the hunter is on the top, after all, they are both human beings, so they can't be left alone, right?" ”

"It's hard to see what the clues are," Feng Bai said regretfully, "if it's a hunter, it makes sense in numbers, and it doesn't look like an ordinary commoner or merchant." However, there were no bags to hang hunting props, and weapons were nowhere to be found. It would be nice if there was a hunter badge, and if you return to Locklac, whether it is an alien hunter or a member of the hunting group who lives in the local area, there should be a record. ”

"It's a pity that those sand vultures have wiped out most of the evidence of identity," Jia Xiao seemed to have recovered from his nausea, he leaned forward slightly, only to see a hollow eye socket that had been pecked out of his eyeballs, and a sour feeling welled up in his abdomen, "Woo...... If there was a badge, even if it hadn't been lost in battle, it might have gone into the belly of some greedy bird. ”

With all the belly torn apart, and all the muscles on the limbs that were still quite large into the scavengers' mouths, it was impossible to find any important evidence from these corpses. Feng Bai carefully turned the body of the deceased, and the one-horned beetle rattled in its stomach. He changed direction and lifted one of his arms with the blade of the arrow, only to see that his wrist, half-buried in the sand, was thickly wrapped in strips of cloth. Blood seeped out of the strips of cloth, the inner lining of the armor was not suitable for gauze, and the blood had already stained the sand underneath. The two-star hunter looked at the wound that had been treated briefly and groaned for a while, but still quietly lowered the arm.

"The cause of death was indeed the Sharon attack." Big Bear pointed to the huge bite mark on the belly of one of the corpses, but with the other hand he pinched his nose tightly. The corpses in the desert do not emit the smell of corpses, and the boy's move is just a psychological effect, "The jagged bite marks are all the handiwork of monsters, right?" ”

Feng Bai looked at the young man's eyes and nodded gently.

"If you want me to see, I can't find the origin of these guys anyway, so it's better to bury them on the spot, and before it is noon when it is difficult to move, look around to see if there are any traces of the salon, so that they can make some contribution to their deaths."

"Write down all the information you can gather in the commission report, and leave the rest to the Hunters' Guild." Feng Bai said with a complicated expression, "It's common to have such a destination in the desert, even if you hang the information in the union hall, maybe no one will ever claim it, but we still have to do our best...... What about your regimental commander? ”

"Come and see, everyone!" In the distance, Lu Xiu waved the big sword in his hand and said with some excitement, "What has been found here, it seems to be the trace of the salon!" ”

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Not far from the valley of the sand, there were several huge deep pits that were clearly left behind by the sand, which made the hunters' hearts flutter. Although the Sharon were able to move freely underground, they did not have lungs that could breathe in the sand, and had to peek out of the ground every once in a while to breathe. Fortunately, from the morning to now, there is not much wind and sand on the official road, otherwise even if everyone finds the body that has been dead for a long time, they will not be able to follow it to find the trace of the monster.

Although the mission had just begun, everyone had seen the terrifying face of the Thundering Sand Sea and devouring people, but finding the traces of the entrusted target so quickly neutralized the gloom in the hunters' hearts. The plan did not change as quickly as the men symbolically buried the bodies of four of their kind with sand - though even if they did not do so, the sea of sand would soon bury them spontaneously - traced them in the direction where the sharon had left.

"Senior Feng, I still care about those four dead people." Nie Xiaoyang quietly sped up a few steps and walked to a position parallel to the two-star hunter.

"Why, the first time I saw this kind of scene, I really couldn't bear it." Feng Bai said apologetically, "There is not only the pleasure and glory of hunting on this road, but also the things that can't be done and the people who can't be protected no matter what. These things will happen, and as a hunter, you have to be mentally prepared from the beginning. ”

"No, it's not about that." The boy shook his head and said, "It's the cause of those people's deaths, you hesitated when the bear asked, didn't you?" ”

A playful look appeared on Feng Bai's face: "So, what did you find?" ”

"Blood." The one-star hunter spit out a word lightly, he looked back at the companions behind him, Qin Shui Yu was still stroking the cat that was not in good shape, and the other companions were not half different, it seemed that even if the scene of the corpse in the sea of sand left a bad impression on them, it did not arouse the slightest vigilance among the companions, "If you are injured by that kind of cross-abdomen, you will definitely die on the spot." The blood clotted quickly, and it shouldn't leave such a large pool of blood spots on the ground...... These people are probably seriously injured before they died, and they are bleeding non-stop. ”

"What do you think?" The little guy was more clever than he had imagined, and the two-star hunter couldn't help but ask more.

"I don't know...... What kind of person would go defenselessly into the sea of sand, leaving such a serious injury, and only after being unable to escape was Sharon found his chance. Nie Xiaoyang opened the cold drink in his arms and took a big sip, he had several guesses, but none of them was what he wanted to see, "Are there any other predators in this hunting ground?" How accurate is the union's upfront intelligence? ”

"There is not much shelter in the sand sea, and the airship patrols are generally very accurate." Feng Bai gave the one-star hunter an ambiguous answer, "But in the current situation, the possibility of other species vying for territory is very low. He pointed to the endless sea of sand in front of him and said, "This hunting ground doesn't look like it's at war." ”

"Then you can only pray for it, not for it." The boy muttered to himself in a low voice.

The frequency under Feng Bai's feet changed slightly.

"What...... That's how it is. Nie Xiaoyang noticed the strangeness of his predecessors, "Let go of half of the blood in your body and wait for the monsters to eat your body clean, this may be the neatest way to kill in the sea of sand." As he spoke, the young man's heart gradually cooled, "Senior...... You say, it can't really be human, right? ”

"I can't guarantee it." Feng Bai pursed his lips, the young man and the guess in his heart coincided, which also made the bad premonition in the heart of the two-star hunter even stronger, "But I am your guide and your senior, no matter what happens in this hunting ground, I will fight with my life to ensure everyone's safety." ”