Guan Yun still didn't look back, and said slowly, "Don't be so nervous, don't point a gun, be careful of walking and hurting people." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Shanbao was puzzled and looked even more nervous.

Just then, a familiar voice came from the bushes over there, "Here we are." ”

It was Li Siguang's old man's big voice.

Shanbao let out a long breath, but then felt strange again, "Why are you walking so fast?" ”

Li Siguang emerged from the bushes, followed by Wen Shen and Song Weiren.

"It's not fast, Xiao Song took us to take a shortcut, and kept staring at the landing point where the two of you came down from the cliff, and hurried to follow. You don't think it takes a long time to climb up the cliff by yourself, but it doesn't take you a short time to climb down from the top. I said Xiaoguan, did you find anything? Li Siguang's last sentence was for Guan Yun.

Shan Bao looked at these people and really felt more and more admired. He froze and thought: he didn't know what other shortcut could make them rush over so quickly and accurately, and they could find such a way.

It seems that the ability of these people to survive in the mountains is far beyond Shanbao's imagination. He had always felt that if the people in the city entered the mountains, it would be difficult for them to move without him as a guide, and even felt that although his position was to guide the way, in fact, in addition to leading the way, he also had to take care of the safety of the group of experts, teach them the ability to survive in the mountains, and even be responsible for their food and daily life.

But now his thinking has been completely turned upside down. Without him, these people could live well in any deep mountain and old forest. This time, it seems that he really just needs to take him around a few places where the incident occurred.

Shanbao even thought that he was only doing this guide himself to make the expert group more convenient and efficient. Even if there is no mountain treasure, these people will definitely be able to find the location of the incident by themselves, and find clues, and finally slowly uncover the truth about the zombies in Xiatou Village. It just takes a little more time. In short, the value of Shanbao's existence is only to save time and improve efficiency.

Just when Shanbao was stunned, the four experts had already gathered in front of the broken cage, carefully inspecting something. Song Weiren even got into the broken cage and pounded with the contents again.

Shanbao stepped forward and looked into the cage, startled.

I saw a hairy "big monster" lying in the broken cage

This "big monster" is similar to a human, about one meter three or four in length, and its whole body is twisted and lying on the ground in a strange shape. The upper body is facing up, the lower body is facing down, twisted into a twist, and the direction of the hands and feet is also out of shape, which can be seen from the mountain with the cage smashed down, breaking the bones of the body.

The hair on this thing was thick, exactly the same tan hair that Yamabo had found on the cliff.

Look at the face of this thing, it's very weird and ugly. The whole face is a bit like a wild boar, the nose is red, and there are two seemingly hard blue bone protrusions on both sides of the nasal bone, as if the face has been swollen by someone. The two protruding faces have many grooved lines that extend from the tip of the nose to the base of the nose and into the eye sockets, making people look extremely fierce and intimidating. The mouth of the "monster" was wide open, and the two fangs of the upper jaw were abruptly hooked downward, as if it could tear and break all the predators and prey, and the white bristles on the side of the mouth were extremely fiercely propped up there, like steel needles. This thing is all like a ghost.

When Shanbao glanced at it, he was frightened, but fortunately this thing was dead, otherwise if he ran into a living one, even if he was not swallowed alive, he would have to be scared to death.

Shanbao didn't quite recognize what this thing was, but it was similar to the mountain god described in the legend of the old man in the village, so he couldn't help but say to himself in a trembling voice: "Also, really, there is really a mountain god?" ”

"Mountain gods? Well, so to speak. Li Siguang smiled.

"Researcher Li, can you be more serious and distinguish between science and superstition?" Song Weiren looked at the "monster" and said to Li Siguang very dissatisfied.

Li Siguang smiled, "Since the little brother Shanbao has never seen this thing, there is nothing wrong with saying that he is a mountain god." Everyone knows that the king of the mountain is a tiger, and what can make a tiger retreat is not a mountain god? ”

Shanbao listened to their conversation and was very surprised.

It seems that these experts know what this "monster" is. He had been in the mountains for more than ten years, and he had never seen this thing, and this group of experts knew what this thing was the first time they entered the mountains from Xiatou Village. This made Shanbao Haosheng admire again. At the same time, it also aroused his curiosity.

Shan Bao trembled and asked Song Weiren in the broken cage, "Teacher Song, can you please tell me what this thing is?" He said this very nervously, firstly, he was afraid of the monster in the cage, and he was a little frightened in his heart, and secondly, he was a little frightened by Song Weiren. So the question was very unconfident. He was ready to be ridiculed or blinded by Song Weiren, or this Teacher Song might not pay attention to him at all.

But what he didn't expect was that this time Teacher Song actually looked up at him very seriously, and said quite professionally, "This thing is a primate animal." Primates are creatures like us. Humans, monkeys, orangutans, baboons are all primate creatures. This thing, called the mandrill, also known as the ghost baboon, is the largest class of primates in the world. Monkey family, mandrill genus. Native to Africa. ”

Song Weiren introduced this monster very seriously, and said a lot of academic terms, which was covered by mountains and clouds. But he used the simplest and most understandable words to capture the key word of this "academic report": monkey. This is a big monkey with a strange appearance, and it is also a "foreign guest", not a local species.

Song Weiren introduced this animal to Shanbao so patiently and meticulously, firstly, because of the professional habit of being a teacher, and secondly, he hoped that through this practice, some ignorant feudal ideas in Shanbao's mind would be eliminated, which Song Weiren thought was very important. And the most important point is the third point, he is using this way to express a strong protest against Li Siguang's imprecise attitude of giggs, and briefly accuses him that Li Siguang, as a scientific research worker, has instilled feudal superstition in the common people.

But Li Siguang didn't feel "very hurt", but also came to be interested, "This thing has a colorful complexion, a red buttocks, a violent personality, fierce and aggressive, and great arm strength, which is 3-5 times that of ordinary adults." The white-faced ones are inferior in combat power, and the blue-faced ones are the most ferocious. Generally, medium-sized beasts such as leopards, when they encounter this thing, will quickly dodge, and some extremely majestic mandrills can even fight lions and tigers. In the natural world, if this kind of mandrill really encounters those kings of beasts, it will often not be afraid at all, but will use all the strength of the whole body to come forward and fight. In some tribes in Africa, it is true that this thing is called a 'mountain god.'"

Li Siguang's addition made it clearer that not only Shanbao, but also Guan Yun and Wen Shen also had a more comprehensive understanding of the animal Lashan.

"So that's the case, then it's not a fairy and a ghost, it's just a fierce big monkey." Shanbao nodded as he looked like a "good student". Since he wasn't a god, he didn't think it was so scary, so he squatted down and leaned closer to see the mandrill's face.

Song Weiren emphasized in a cold whisper, "Of course it's not a ghost or god, it's just an animal." ”

Shan Bao looked at it for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and asked puzzledly, "This thing is so powerful, could it be that the dead bodies of those animals found in our village before were all bitten to death by this thing?" ”

"No, it won't. If this is the case, those prey will be eaten to the point that there are no bones left, and how can you still see the dried corpses of the prey? Li Siguang shook his head and said.

Song Weiren was noncommittally silent, which means that he does not object to Li Siguang's judgment.

"But I think it's strange, where did this thing come from, I haven't heard of wild mandrills in my country." Li Siguang said in wonder.

This time, Song Weiren took over the conversation, "According to the records of some ancient books, such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there were still mandrills in our country in ancient times. And according to the records at that time, the habitat of the ancient mandrill in our country was in the mountains near this province. It's just that there is no conclusive evidence that the beasts painted in those ancient books are mandrills, and there is no evidence that those beasts really existed, and more importantly, wild mandrills have never been found in our country until now. Therefore, the suggestion that mandrill may also be produced in China has never been accepted internationally. Only a handful of domestic experts are convinced of this. Therefore, it is currently internationally recognized that the origin of mandrill is in Africa.

However, I just took a closer look, this mandrill is still different from the native African species, it should be a new species, from the body structure of the strength, brain capacity and physical condition of a series of indicators, it is better than the African original species, the degree of evolution is higher. Take it to make a kinship identification, maybe it can be confirmed that this thing is produced in China, and it can be regarded as a major event in the world biology community. But I still have a feeling that this thing is very likely to have been trained by someone after artificial breeding. ”

Song Weiren's words surprised Shan Bao, and even the other three felt that this assertion was very novel.

"Is there any concrete evidence?" Li Siguang asked.

"The hair is much cleaner than the average wildlife. Although the surface of the hair is also contaminated with the contents of the mountains, the skin of the hair roots is clean. This may indicate that this mandrill has not been in the mountain for a long time. Wild creatures usually have a fishy or foul smell, but this mandrill seems to have a faint smell......"

"And it smells of shampoo." Guan Yun suddenly interrupted Song Weiren's words.

"You smell it too?" Song Weiren looked at Guan Yun and said with some agreement. He seemed to appreciate Guan Yun's keen sense of smell.

"In the past, in the team, my comrades-in-arms called me Dognose. I'm weird, you have the ability to do that, too? Guan Yun asked Song Weiren with a smile.

Song Weiren smiled imperceptibly, "My nose is indeed very sensitive. ”

Wen Shen, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally spoke, "It seems that these are the three monsters that Village Chief Zhao's lover said." There is one here, I don't know if the other two are still there, Xiao Song continued to check this mandrill to see what other useful clues could be found. The Shanbao brothers stayed here to accompany Dr. Song, and the three of us went around to find the other two mandrills. ”

Li Siguang and Guan Yun nodded, and were about to leave, when suddenly Song Weiren said with a rare sense of concern, "This thing is powerful, you should be careful." When you meet someone alive, don't be hard-hitting, let's find a way to deal with it together. ”

When the three of them heard this, their hearts warmed, and Guan Yun replied, "I know." Then they scattered and began to search.