Zhang Le still continued to search for pythons near the swamp, sometimes to the upper reaches of the river, sometimes to the lower reaches of the river, as long as he encountered the python that accidentally slipped over, he killed it mercilessly.

The three leaders of the mandrill no longer followed Zhang Le, and every day, Zhang Le went out alone and came back alone. After a few more days, Zhang Le could no longer find any trace of the python in the swamp on the north bank of the river, and then went downstream to the river, which was the area where the forest and the river were mixed.

It is the home of the giant python, although Zhang Le has confidence in himself, he is not arrogant, it is not where he should go.

From these observations, Zhang Le has a relatively clear understanding of the distribution of this group of pythons.

On the south bank of the river, there are sparse jungles of dwarf trees and abundant aquatic grasses, and all the cubs of giant pythons are active there, about ten meters long. The large swampy area on the north shore is the territory of the juvenile python, which is more than 30 meters long. The railway of the road and railway dual-purpose bridge is the territory of the adult python, which is the python is generally more than 50 meters long. The remaining dozen or so giant pythons more than 100 meters long, in Zhang Le's feelings, belonged to the same level as the queen ant who almost killed Zhang Le, and had nothing to do with adulthood. And that super python, like a divine beast, is the existence of a super mutant creature that has surpassed it, and brain waves or mental attacks are the unique attack methods of mutant creatures at this level, of course, the physical strength of mutant creatures at this level must have reached an incredible level.

The only thing that puzzled Zhang Le was that day, why didn't this giant python leave the river and catch up with Zhang Le and kill it directly? In the virtual world mapped by the brain, the dragon built by Zhang Le with brain waves finally broke free from the suppression of the super python, which is not to say that Zhang Le's mental power is stronger than that of the super python, but that the form level of the dragon is more advanced than the form of the giant python, which is also what Zhang Le thought of afterwards.

Zhang Le also has a worry about whether the super python, which has seen the image of the "dragon", will follow the image of the dragon and let his body mutate and evolve in the direction of the "dragon". Since the caterpillar said that it can adjust its appearance once when it turns into a butterfly, there is no reason why this higher-level super python can't change its appearance.

"Dragon!" Thinking of this, Zhang Le suddenly had a sense of powerlessness. Although it is not the real dragon in the legend, does the appearance of the dragon represent the ultimate direction of biological evolution? Is this creature really something that humans can compete with?

In any case, a question in reality is, is this northern passage going to be abandoned? At least for Zhang Le, with a super mutant creature of this level here, this passage must be abandoned.

That night, Zhang Le, who had searched for the python to no avail, returned to the forest. The basic education of the monkey tribe has been completed, Zhang Le got paper and pens from the human caravan, and compiled a simple basic textbook for the monkeys. Since the peaceful coexistence of these monkeys with the human caravans and hunters, they have begun to learn other languages, of course, only colloquially, and others have no interest or time to illiteracy the monkeys.

The place where Zhang Lelu stayed was no longer a monkey tribe, but a temporary gathering area for human caravans at the edge of the forest. Originally, there was an abandoned human village, but after the trade roads were cut off, the village was transformed into a warehouse for storing overstocked goods. There is a large town no more than three hundred kilometers to the north, so the population of this temporary village is not large, only about a thousand people. Although he can eat high-level superior mutant creatures roast meat every day in the monkey tribe, Zhang Le is still used to living on human territory.

As long as there are people, there are people who do business. Restaurants, pubs, bathhouses, brothels, and even temporary gathering areas are all available. Zhang Le's NZ$700 luxury outdoor suit has been damaged a lot, but it can still be worn after washing, not only does it not look down, but it also has a bit of a rough atmosphere. For hunters, this slightly torn high-quality garment is more in line with the hunter's aesthetic.

The drinks here are frighteningly expensive, and a bottle of oatmeal beer costs three dollars for two dollars a bottle in The Rocks. Fortunately, most of the merchants here are doing business, and they can still afford to spend during special periods.

Just as Zhang Le drank his second beer, a young man with curly black hair and a handsome face broke in at the door of the tavern, and it was none other than the tavern owner Al's son, Larry.

"Father, the business road has been opened, and there are no pythons!" Larry said to the boss in a hurry.

The diners in the tavern were immediately shocked by the news, some surrounded Larry to ask for details, and others quickly went out to find out more. Al looked at the guests who had left the tavern, glared at little Larry angrily, and said, "Larry, don't panic, speak slowly to the guests." ”

Larry said with a fluttering eyebrow. It turned out that a group of free hunters coming from the direction of the coast did not know that this trade route had been interrupted. They came as usual, and it was not until they arrived at the makeshift gathering area to rest that they received news from others that the business route had been interrupted.

It's really a big deal! In the past few days, no one has ever passed the bridge guarded by the giant python, and there has never been a fluke, and now, it is all right.

"Something must have happened!" All the people are thinking about it.

The next day, the group of freelance hunters was unable to continue their journey north, as they had been forcibly hired by a group of merchants.

"Just walk across the river and come back again, five hundred dollars, will you do it?" A bearded merchant negotiated with this group of hunters on behalf of all the caravans, and although the bearded man's mouth was in a tone of discussion, more than 300 caravan guards stared at this group of free hunters, and they had the intention of doing it if they did not agree.

The number of this group of free hunters is actually quite a lot, there are twenty-six, and there are two second-level strength mutants among them, who are very strong, but at this moment, they can only stand there with a sad face, not daring to have any objections.

The so-called "fearless people are bold", in fact, Zhang Le thinks it should be "the ignorant people are bold", obviously it is the same road, after learning the truth, the mentality of this group of hunters has completely changed.

"A thousand New Zealand dollars, don't make a counteroffer, otherwise we won't go to death!" Said a radiant mutant with a slight scar on his face.

The radioactive people who are still alive in the world have either successfully mutated dominantly, or they have successfully resisted the damage of nuclear radiation, although there is no improvement in some ability, but it is also a small mutation, immune to the mutation of nuclear radiation. If you can eat more dominant mutant foods, the residual harm of nuclear radiation in the body can also be slowly eliminated. For example, this mutant with a scar of nuclear radiation on his face is a clear example. If he can completely return to his normal human appearance, he can live in some less strictly managed human supremacy league towns or mixed fringe human towns.

"Four hundred dollars, if you don't go, you have to go!" The bearded man continued to bid. This is going to be hard, and a group of caravan guards took another step forward en masse.

"You ......" Scarface stopped his provocation just in time to look at his companion.

The situation is stronger than people, this group of free hunters, you look at me, I look at you, you can only give in. However, this group of hunters was not without countermeasures, they lined up in a long snake formation, each with a distance of more than a hundred meters, and then walked tremblingly towards the bridge.

When the Scarface Hunter in the lead made it safely to the other side, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When Scarface Hunter reached the other side, he deliberately got off the approach bridge and glanced at the railroad below the road.

All of them were standing a kilometer away from the riverbank, and by the time Scarface Hunter returned, the tail of the entire team of freelance hunters had just stepped onto the bridge on this side.

"There are no snakes on the railway, nothing." Scarface Hunter brings the expected answer.

The bearded man gripped Scarface's hand tightly and said, "Thank you, the price of five hundred dollars remains the same, and I will personally give you another ten dollars." Scarface Hunter can only say "thank you", but I don't know if this thank you includes the bearded family.

Zhang Le was naturally very satisfied with the news, but this unexplained victory not only did not bring joy to Zhang Le, but made Zhang Le feel even more worried. All the caravans couldn't wait to set off, but Zhang Le returned to the Mandrill tribe again.