Chapter 9: Rare Beasts (I)
The team composed of the wolf guard and the leopard attendant walked in the direction of Liang Cheng for a while, and the trees suddenly became dense, showing traces of artificial planting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The dense forest belt is the first line of defense in the city, and the big bugs don't have nothing to do with the trees - although they can easily break the trees - so most mutated creatures usually choose to go in a different direction when they see dense trees, so this line of defense is the most important, and any act of destroying trees will be considered a crime, and a felony, for whatever reason.
However, not long after the people entered the dense forest belt, they heard shouts, fights, crossbow strings and the roar of crossbows in the distance, and it seemed that a fierce battle was going on in the forest.
Qi Yunxiao, Zhou Ding, Qin Shan, and a group of wolf guards looked at Lin Jin at the same time.
It could never be the Wolf Guard who was fighting.
The wolf guard will not fight in the dense forest area, not to mention the destruction of trees, it is also very inconvenient to fight here, the vision will be affected, the action will be affected, the crossbow will be affected, and a distance further forward is the open space, the second layer of defense of Liangcheng, the main battlefield of the wolf guard, it is much more comfortable to fight in the open space, the mutant creatures will be found as soon as they appear, the steel crossbow can play the greatest role, the wolf guard can divide a team of people to wander around to attract the mutant creatures to chase, and the others are far away from shooting, to replenish, heal, It is also convenient to ask for reinforcements.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Lin Jin coughed lightly and said with a smile: "It should be the leopard attendant, probably because he found a mutated creature, and he wants to solve it on the spot, don't worry about them, let's continue to go." ā
As soon as these words came out, the people on Liang Cheng's side were stunned.
The leopard squire is fighting with the mutant creatures, it sounds like the battle is quite fierce, even if the wolf guard doesn't help, these dozen or so leopard squires are also a powerful combat force, and he actually wants to leave his own people and continue to move forward.
"You won't be ...... Scared, right? In addition to saying hello, Qi Yunxiao spoke to Lin Jin for the first time.
She estimated that Lin Jin wanted them to continue walking for three reasons, one was that he really didn't care whether his subordinates lived or died; the second is that he is afraid and does not dare to go; The third is that he is hiding something and doesn't want others to see it.
Judging from the expressions of the rest of the leopard attendants, the latter two are more likely, and she chose the most lethal one.
Lin Jin's face immediately turned dark, when a woman questioned a man's courage, that man's self-esteem was usually hurt a lot, and the depth of the damage was inversely proportional to the age difference between the two, and directly proportional to the woman's beauty, Qi Yunxiao and Lin Jin were about the same age, plus most people would think she was beautiful, so Lin Jin was hurt a lot, so much so that he almost couldn't control his expression.
"Then let's go and see, although there is no need." He looked very unconcerned, as if he wanted to express his confidence in the leopard attendant, and walked in the direction where the sound of the fight came, and the moment he turned around, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, but immediately disappeared.
The place of the fight is more than two hundred meters away, a group of leopard guards are besieging a huge and carapace mutant three-tripping armadillo (qiu2yu2), from head to tail there are more than five meters, the tail accounts for almost half, the carapace on the body has become extremely thick, like a rockery with holes and corners, even the crossbow arrows shot by the steel crossbow can not penetrate, the price of the thick carapace is that it moves too slowly, can only try to shrink the body to protect the relatively weak abdomen, trying to sweep the leopard with the tail, but unfortunately it is useless.
The leopard attendant will not be swept away, and has the absolute upper hand, but it is not easy to kill this mutant armadillo, and the shouting command companion waiter shoots the occasional exposed abdomen, and several trees have been swept down, and seeing Lin Jin and the wolf guard, it quieted down.
"No threat." Zhou Ding immediately assessed the threat level of the mutant armadillo and looked at Lin Jin suspiciously.
This hulking mutant creature poses no threat to the city at all, instead, they try to avoid places with complex terrain to avoid getting stuck, and they don't even enter such dense forests, where it was clearly brought in or forced in.
"Just in case, it's a mutated creature after all." Lin Jin gave a reason that was difficult to convince, and said with a smile: "Now that the three crossbow arrows have been shot into its body, it is a matter of time before the poison is released, it can't hit my people at all, there is no need to worry at all, can we go?" ā
Zhou Ding really didn't have any reason to stay here any longer, Qi Yunxiao also felt that there was nothing to see if the mutated armadillo died of poison, and was about to leave, Chen Zhen suddenly said, "Look again." ā
Hearing his words, all the people in Liang City immediately stopped and looked at the mutant armadillo again, looking at it very seriously, as if they wanted to find something special in it.
Only then did Lin Jin notice that this young man with a broken knife and a calm gaze like water had been following the team before, and he was not wearing a long shirt for city guards, he thought it was a servant of Qi Yunxiao's family.
"Who is this?" What made Lin Jin most strange was the reaction of the wolf guard, as if the young man was the leader of this team of wolf guards, but as far as he knew, the captain of this team of wolf guards, Zhou Ding, and the deputy captain were Qin Shan.
"Chen Zhen." Introducing himself succinctly, Chen Zhen didn't even look at Lin Jin, he stared at the mutant armadillo.
"Mr. Chen, what do you want to see?" Lin Jin frowned slightly, he didn't like this young man's etiquette very much.
"Look what it's protecting." Chen Zhen stared at the armadillo's abdomen: "It's protecting what is under its belly, otherwise it can shrink into a ball, and the leopard attendant will not be able to shoot it." ā
"That's right!" Qi Yunxiao's eyes lit up and looked at Lin Jin: "What is it protecting?" ā
Even armadillos, which are not mutated, have carapaces and can curl up into an almost perfect ball when in danger.
An imperceptible trace of anger flashed in Lin Jin's eyes, but his tone was still calm: "I see, no wonder it doesn't run away." ā
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No matter how thick and hard the carapace of the mutant armadillo is, the body is still the same as that of an ordinary armadillo, unable to resist the invasion of poison, but the body has become larger, and the poison has been relatively slow, and it didn't take long for the symptoms of poisoning to appear, and the hind feet kicked unconsciously, revealing a gap in the abdomen that was attached to the ground.
A small head appeared in the gap, and it was a small armadillo, a pure white armadillo.
"It's a rare beast!" Qi Yunxiao shouted.
Rare beasts are white, but not animals with albinism, but the body is completely skeletalized, the body structure of ordinary mutated creatures is still the same as the original, only the body surface or part of the organs are mutated, and the rare beast is completely mutated, in addition to the appearance, the body structure and organs are already different from the original creatures, because the skin and flesh are completely skeletalized, they do not grow big, "Zhen" has the meaning of rare, but also has the meaning of pocket.
This is a very smart, very rare creature, can not be found, the meat under the exoskeleton has a very high medicinal value, but because it is too rare, it cannot become a medicinal material at all, and it is extremely difficult to see, so it is falsely rumored that the medicinal value of the meat of the treasure beast is infinitely exaggerated, and it has become a divine object that can prolong life and make people immortal.
In addition to meat, if anyone's home can put a complete set of genuine rare beast specimens, it is definitely a sign of wealth, a symbol of status, if an ordinary family accidentally gets a rare beast, they will definitely sell it as soon as possible, or sell or give it away, because staying for a moment will cause misfortune, in other words, only the wealthy family, the family can hold the rare beast.
"The search is to find rare beasts, and the searchers found the wolf guard, and they were afraid that the wolf guard would also find the rare beast, so they hurried over and wanted to lure us away." Chen Zhen said in a calm tone that Lin Jin's previous "coincidence" had been broken.
"Nonsense!" Lin Jin suddenly couldn't hold back, and a disgusted expression appeared on his face again, and he shouted, "What about the evidence? Just because the leopard waiter found a rare beast first? Thinking about this matter, you are still too young, and I don't look at what my identity is, Liu Yi, teach him a lesson for his parents, and let him know what politeness and rules are. ā
He will maintain proper etiquette for Qi Yunxiao, and he will maintain proper respect for Zhou Ding, but he has nothing to scruple about Chen Zhen.
Liu Yi is the captain of this leopard squire, closely following the person behind Lin Jin, with a broad-bladed thick-backed knife hanging from his waist, the power of slashing is several times stronger than that of ordinary knives, hearing Lin Jin's words, he used his thumb to top the blade, revealing a snowy blade.
The wolf guard's side reacted quickly, without saying a word, everyone reached out and held their weapons, most of them used knives, and some used axes, all of which were weapons that were conducive to chopping, so as to break the exoskeleton of mutant creatures.
Zhou Ding also used his thumb to push out his long knife, looked at Lin Jin and said: "Lin Gongzi seems to have forgotten, this is Liangcheng's territory, and what rules are also Liangcheng's rules, if Lin Gongzi wants to establish rules, it is best to go back to Yancheng to find your father, I believe that President Lin will definitely support it." ā
Wolf Wei knew that they wouldn't be able to get here without Chen Zhen, compared to it, it was just a trivial matter to turn their faces for Chen Zhen and the leopard servant, anyway, Liangcheng and Yancheng had no dealings.
Lin Jin was surprised by Wolf Wei's reaction, and carefully stroked Chen Zhen, he didn't care about the identity of this young man, the key was that he couldn't do anything with Wolf Wei now, even if he lost face, it didn't matter.
With a turn of thought, Lin Jin already had an idea, and he made an unfathomable look: "Actually, I have been tracking this treasure beast for a long time, and I plan to catch it and give it to Miss Qi, so I have to keep it secret, but unfortunately, this surprise was destroyed by Mr. Chen." ā
"Huh?" Qi Yunxiao was still annoyed by Lin Jin's attitude towards Chen Zhen, and was taken aback when he suddenly heard Lin Jin talk about himself.
"That's right." Lin Jin showed her a warm smile like a spring breeze: "I came to Liangcheng this time for the purpose of marrying Miss Qi. ā
After speaking, he stared at Qi Yunxiao's face, expecting her to have a more surprised or angry expression.
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