A dozen thick branches had been burned to a grayish-white color, with tortoiseshell-like cracks on them, and it looked like the bonfire had burned all night, and there were still traces of green smoke coming out, proving that it shouldn't be extinguished for too long, estimated to be around one to two hours.

Because this bonfire was at a high place in the open space, and the other side of the bonfire was a reverse slope, everyone couldn't see anything there at all, so Umbrella Shishuai gestured to Chen Ziyang and pointed to the oblique upward.

Looking in the direction pointed by Umbrella Shishuai, Chen Ziyang saw a big tree at the edge of the woods, the height of this tree was not too high, but there were two thick forks stretching out to the left and right. It seems that Umbrella Stone Shuai means to let himself climb up the tree with him to check the situation on the other side of the campfire.

After climbing the tree, Chen Ziyang found that the place was very good. The branch he was sticking out of was Y-shaped, with two branches, one high and one low, so that he could lie on the lower fork.

The relatively tall branches completely obscured his figure, and he would not be seen by the people on the other side of the campfire, and as long as he lay there and raised his head slightly, he could see everything in the area of the campfire.

The slope on the other side of the campfire was not very steep, although the tree was not tall, it was enough to observe at this height, and from the tree, Chen Ziyang did not see any other people around the campfire.

After making eye contact with Umbrella Shishuai through the gap between the branches, Chen Ziyang knew that the scene Umbrella Shishuai saw was similar to his own, and he didn't find anything suspicious, it seems that these poachers should have left here, which can be judged from the current state of the bonfire.

Just when Chen Ziyang was relieved and was about to climb down the branches to the ground, he suddenly saw something move in a cluster of grass not far from the bonfire, driving the small cluster of grass to make a rattling sound.

Umbrella Shi Shuai also heard this voice, he and Chen Ziyang hurriedly stopped what they were doing, dispelled the idea of climbing down the tree, and the two of them raised their Uzi submachine guns in that direction at the same time.

"Could it be that there are people hiding in the grass? Those poachers have already spotted us? Chen Ziyang stared at the grass that was shaking before.

Before he could think of the reason, the tall grass shook again, this time much more violently than the last time.

It's really strange, if these people are hiding, why would they shake the grass so violently to get the attention of their own people?

Immediately afterward, the tall clump of grass shook a few more times, and then something rolled out of the grass.

This suddenly shocked Chen Ziyang and Umbrella Shishuai into a cold sweat, and both of them thought that the poachers hiding in the grass had started to attack, but when the two of them saw what was rolling out of the grass, they both showed puzzled expressions.

The thing that rolled out of the grass was the cage containing the clouded leopard, and at this time the little clouded leopard was rolling around in the cage, obviously trying to break free from the cage, and it was no wonder that the grass before would shake so many times in succession, thinking that this little guy made it.

"Not good!" Chen Ziyang suddenly realized that the cage containing the clouded leopard was in an unguarded state, which means that the five poachers were not near the campfire at all, which was very unreasonable.

These poachers value the rare animals they catch more than their lives, and they can fight anyone for the sake of their prey. But now the cage containing a valuable clouded leopard is unattended, which is very wrong.

Chen Ziyang realized this instantly, these poachers should have found the six people on his side, they must have used the bonfire to attract the attention of several people, while the poachers went around to the back of the team, ready to attack the team.

Umbrella Shishuai, who has a lot of combat experience, also thought of Chen Ziyang, and the two of them hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction of the back of the team, but to the surprise of the two people, the back of the team was still calm, and there was no trace of anyone at all.

In fact, after such a long run-in, the three Chen Ziyang brothers have already cooperated seamlessly. When Chen Ziyang and Umbrella Shishuai climbed the big tree and paid attention to the direction of the bonfire, Yang Lei had already led Jin Huang and paid attention to the back of the team.

The field of view of the four people combined, although it does not cover a 360-degree all-round blind spot, but it is about the same. From beginning to end, Yang Lei did not see the poachers.

"Old Umbrella, is this an empty city plan or a maze array? Where are all these poachers? Why are you throwing your prey here? Chen Ziyang asked very incomprehensibly, and Umbrella Shishuai also shook his head, unable to think of an answer at all.

"I don't know what these people are doing, but I'm sure there's no one in ambush near the campfire." Umbrella Shishuai said categorically.

Chen Ziyang was convinced of Umbrella Shishuai's judgment. After being an engineer for so many years, Umbrella Shishuai has been crawling in the wild, and his judgment and intuition should be very accurate.

"Let's go check it out. Leizi, pay attention to your back. After climbing down from the tree, Chen Ziyang led six people towards the direction of the campfire, trying to figure out what was going on, the poachers' actions were so unreasonable.

Several people came to the vicinity of the bonfire and checked the surrounding situation, and Chen Ziyang took the lead to walk near the cage containing the clouded leopard.

In the grass where the cage containing the clouded leopard rolled out, there were two other cages. One of the cages was intact, but empty, while the other had been distorted from the fall, and the wire that made it was completely twisted, apparently broken from a stone on the ground.

There are still a few golden hairs in this broken cage, and it seems that this should be the cage that contained the red panda before, because the cage was damaged, the red panda has run away.

In addition to this, the scene was a mess, and several poachers' backpacks had fallen on the ground. The food and mineral water in the backpack were scattered all over the place. This is even more abnormal.

In such a primeval jungle, it is very dangerous to have no water and food. Without these necessities, it would be difficult to get out of this primeval jungle alive.

If these poachers can fight with others for the prey they catch, then they will also give up their prey for the water and food, after all, the rarest animals are meaningless if they can't get out alive.

"What the hell is going on? What happened to this poaching team? Judging from the scene, it seems that they left here in a hurry. Did you meet their captors? Or is there some other reason? Umbrella Shishuai asked incomprehensibly.

There are so many questions left at this scene that no one can figure it out. Even if these people were to encounter a team of poachers, they would not have been able to leave their backpacks and captured prey here.

At the very least, these people have to fight back a few times, after all, they all have shotguns in their hands. The camp of the six people was not too far from the poachers' camp, and if the people fired, the six people would have heard the gunshots, but it was very quiet all night, so it seemed that the poachers' team did not meet their captors.

"Mom! Help me! Hell! Just as a few people were thinking about the whereabouts of the poaching team, Yang Lei's shout suddenly came from the side.

Yang Lei had expanded the scope of his search, walking around in the grass near this slope, and just as he had just passed through a bush, he suddenly felt something grab his ankle. Yang Lei, who lowered his head, was instantly frightened into a cold sweat, and a black hand grabbed him tightly.

Suddenly, such a pitch-black arm stretched out from the grass, and grabbed his ankle, Yang Lei was so frightened that his whole body was paralyzed on the spot, and he sat down on the ground at once, shouting desperately, while exerting all his strength, crawling in the direction of Chen Ziyang.

But this hand still grabbed him tightly, and no matter how much he struggled, there was no way to break free. So Yang Lei crawled forward desperately, and actually pulled this pitch-black arm out of the grass.

Hearing Yang Lei's shout, Chen Ziyang instantly pulled out the Xuanming Ancient Sword, pinched a spirit talisman in his left hand, hurriedly turned around, and looked in the direction of Yang Lei, and at this time, Yang Lei had already climbed forward a few meters away, and a pitch-black humanoid thing followed him closely.

The thing that grabbed Yang Lei looked like a naked black man at first glance, but Chen Ziyang knew that there should be no black people in this place. didn't have time to think about the specific reason, seeing that this thing was still holding Yang Lei tightly, he hurriedly threw the Xuanming Ancient Sword out.

The Xuanming Ancient Sword accurately stabbed the jet-black arm that grabbed Yang Lei, and after penetrating the arm, it instantly pinned this arm to the ground. With the force of pulling forward vigorously, Yang Lei finally broke free from the grip of his arm.

At this time, Jin Huang and Xu Xiaoyuan heard Yang Lei shouting that there was a ghost, and the two of them also ran here together, and together with Chen Ziyang, they came to the front of the pitch-black arm that was nailed to the ground.

At this glance, the three of them knew that what caught Yang Lei was not a ghost, nor was it a black man, but a dead man who was completely black.

Probably because the corpse was already stiff, Yang Lei accidentally put his ankle into the corpse's hand and pulled the corpse out of the grass.

The corpse was pitch black, shiny black, and the muscles of the body were a little swollen. After pulling out the Xuanming Ancient Sword, Chen Ziyang poked the corpse a few times with his sword, and he found that the corpse was very hard.

This is also the Xuanming Ancient Sword is extremely sharp to be able to pierce into it, if it is replaced by an ordinary sword, there may be no way to nail this arm to the ground at all.

The corpse had a wide open mouth, wide eyes, and a frightened expression on its face, apparently having encountered something very terrible before dying.

The corpse was unclothed, completely naked, and every inch of the corpse's skin was pitch black, but it was clear that it was not a normal skin color, but something that had made the corpse like this.

The frightened Yang Lei came over and spat at the corpse a few times, scolding in his mouth, obviously dissatisfied with the surprise he had received before.

"Leizi, your pants ......" Umbrella Shishuai looked down at the ankle that Yang Lei had been caught before, and he was surprised to find that at this time, Yang Lei's pants were missing a piece, and the missing piece took on the shape of a palm. The edges of the fabric were blackened as if they had been corroded by strong acid.

"Huh?" Yang Lei shouted in surprise, he didn't expect that just by being grabbed by this corpse, his pants would become this virtue.

"This person was poisoned, the poison is very strong, stay away, don't touch him." Xu Xiaoyuan hurriedly reminded him.

At this time, Chen Ziyang saw that the sword body of the Xuanming Ancient Sword that had been stabbed into this corpse before was faintly green, obviously stained with the poison in the corpse.

"Oh my God, why is this poison so powerful!" Yang Lei said very scaredly, fortunately, in order to prevent mosquito bites, his clothes were relatively thick, and at the same time, he only touched the skin of the corpse, otherwise, maybe now those poisons would spread to his body, and now he just broke a trouser leg, which is already a lot of money.

Hearing that the top of the corpse was poisonous, Shangguan Kangning also came over and studied the corpse with Xu Xiaoyuan.

"This man...... Seems to be one of the poachers. Xu Xiaoyuan said with no certainty.

After rummaging through the grass that Yang Lei had escaped from before, Chen Ziyang found a shotgun carried by a team of trappers he had seen before. It's just that the strap of this shotgun has been broken, and only two small sections remain, and the middle part does not know where to go.

And the ends of these two small remnants of the gun belt are also completely charred like Yang Lei's trouser legs, showing a pitch-black color, and it is estimated that the missing part of the gun belt has turned into black ash. In this way, this man is indeed a member of the poacher team that everyone has seen before.

Perhaps the clothes on this corpse were also like gun belts, all of which were corroded by this poison and turned into slag, so the corpse was naked.

"What kind of poison is it, how can it be so powerful?" Xu Xiaoyuan, who is a master of Maoshan Dan, is also well-informed, she has seen some strange poisons, but she has never heard of any poison with such strong corrosiveness.

Shangguan Kangning, who was standing on the side, was silent, staring at the corpse carefully, his gaze moving back and forth at the piercing wound made by Chen Ziyang's Xuanming Ancient Sword, and then his eyes suddenly widened.

Shangguan Kangning, who seemed to have discovered something important, hurriedly turned around and ran in the direction of the bonfire.

(End of chapter)