Chapter 21: Tracking the Jungle

The yacht sailed along the Luofeng River into the depths of the Qiannan Nature Reserve.

Yan Jing controlled the steering wheel, while Miao Yingshi took a map and a telescope to look around, looking for the area where the target location was.

The Lucky Compass did help Yan Jing locate the area where the hive was located.

However, this is only a good start.

The official satellite photographs are invariably high-altitude images of mountainous areas, with no red crosses on them marking insect nests.

If you want to really find the specific location of the hive and make it visible, you have to rely on in-situ exploration.

This meant that it was necessary to go deep into the Qiannan Nature Reserve, and Yan Jing specially contacted Miao Yingshi to use his ability in this regard.

Arriving at the target's area, Yan Jing docked the yacht in a hidden place on the shore, there was still some distance between Luofeng River and their destination.

The two of them each stepped onto their mounts and galloped into the deep forest.

Only a small part of the sunlight falls under the dense canopy, creating searchlight-like beams in the forest, and the visibility of the environment is worse than expected, and in many places it can even be said to be dim.

The fog that accumulates at dawn is difficult to dissolve in a short period of time, so that the forest floor seems to be soaked in a condensed mist.

It's time to test the mount.

As an alien insect, the tiger firefly has undergone many transformations and evolutions, its strength is undoubted, and it has reached a state of heart and mind with Yan Jing through a blood contract, even in the depths of the primeval jungle with complex terrain, it still shows an extremely exaggerated speed.

To Yan Jing's surprise, the elk that Miao Yingshi was riding showed no signs of lagging behind.

If the Tiger Firefly is a modified heavy-duty off-roader, then the Elk is a dexterous mountain bike, which moves forward in a bouncing way, finding the right foothold every time it lands, and the subsequent dash is even more powerful.

The two of them walked alternately, and the complex terrain and dangerous environment in the eyes of ordinary people could not affect them at all.

Even so, the vastness of the Qiannan Nature Reserve still took them a short time, so much so that they had to take a short break to regain their strength.

Set off in the morning, and it wasn't until the sun appeared right in the middle of the sky that the two of them reached the vicinity of the target valley.

This is still on the premise that the Special Affairs Bureau gives information in advance and provides satellite routes in real time to remind the two of them of their forward directions, and the progress is already faster than the team sent by the Special Affairs Bureau.

Looking at the jungle through the satellite on the yacht, it was nothing more than a full of green vegetation, and I didn't feel anything, but when the two of them really entered the depths of the jungle, they realized how much the aura tide had changed this inaccessible area.

Trees hundreds of meters tall can be seen everywhere, and even some ordinary animals and plants have begun to appear alienated at the individual level.

a giant man-eating flower that attacks passing creatures like wild beasts; The body size is close to that of an ordinary calf, with a butterfly with strange patterns on its back; Nearly two stories high, hollowed out even the umbrella mushrooms that can live in people......

This is all Yan Jing has seen all the way, even if they are not common, they are all special mutant individuals, but their existence still proves that the transformation of the Qiannan Nature Reserve is faster than expected.

It's no wonder that the teams dispatched by the Secret Service are all teams of Ember Apostles and Special Operations Soldiers without exception.

When ordinary people enter this kind of area, let alone find the hive, it is a problem whether they can leave smoothly.

Fortunately, both of them have strong strength to support, and they haven't encountered emergencies such as fierce beasts blocking the way along the way.

Hu Ying slowed down the pace of progress, because he was already close to the location where the hive might be hiding, now that the goal of the two of them had changed from rushing to finding the trace of the hive, naturally there was no need to rush forward.

"How are you going to find it?"

Miao Yingshi took out the kettle and threw another fruit to Yan Jing, who took it and directly squeezed it into juice with the Pure Spirit Glove, and poured an ice cube back into the former's kettle.

The two have cooperated in hunting so far, and this tacit understanding still exists.

Although they had been prepared to camp in the mountains and forests before they arrived, the night meant that it was difficult to continue the search, and unless they were going to spend two days in the mountains, they had only a few hours left to move.

Destroying the hive is a matter of time, and neither Yan Jing nor the Special Affairs Bureau wants to waste too much time on finding the hive.

"Further on, there is the valley in the photo, since the lucky compass has given a choice, there is no reason not to check, I suspect that the worm nest is inside this valley, and it is easy to be attacked by insects if you go directly into it, so you have to go around."

Taking out the photos that had been printed on the boat, Yan Jing pointed to the top of the mountain walls on both sides of the valley like two "chicken feet".

"We'll get to the top of this mountain first, and its shape is curved inward, which means that when we get here, our position is directly above the valley, and it will be easier to explore the surroundings and explore the valley."

On the premise of knowing that the hive most likely exists in the valley, continuing to rush into the interior is undoubtedly putting yourself in a dangerous situation.

If it wasn't necessary, Yan Jing didn't plan to clash with the swarm before finding the hive, that would slow down their progress.

What's more, it will take a long time for reinforcements from the Secret Service Bureau to reach this area, unless Yan Jing plans to take Miao Yingshi to face thousands of insects and beasts.

Whether you can win or not is another matter, even if you succeed in escaping in the end, the controller of the hive may have already evacuated here.

"From the photograph, this part of the mountain wall on the left side of the valley extends more inward, which is a suitable viewing point."

Miao Yingshi took the photo and pointed to the peak in the upper left corner, which is covered with only a small part of vegetation, and the top part is curved and extends towards the valley.

His thoughts coincided with Yan Jing's, and the two immediately set off.

Twenty minutes later.

Tiger fireflies and elk tread steep rocks and appear in the middle of the peaks on the left side of the valley.

The former manipulates his tentacles to pierce into the surrounding mountain walls to stabilize his body, while the latter grows green plants under his hooves as pedals with every step he takes.

The noon air was filled with hot winds, blowing the robes of the two men to hunt, and flocks of birds flew under their feet, and occasionally stones and debris fell, and no sound could be heard, only to watch them disappear into the dense forest,

As the slope eases, the mountain begins to shrink and eventually becomes a sloping pillar of no more than 10 meters wide.

Yan Jing kicked a small stone in front of him, watching it fall straight into the deep forested valley below, which was hundreds of meters above the ground, the highest point in the nearby area, and the lush forest was everywhere as far as the eye could see.

After reaching the highest point, Yan Jing patted Tiger Firefly's forehead and asked it to try to sense other insects that might exist around him, while he took out two pre-prepared meat buns from his backpack.

The Torch Space could not store earthly items, so he had to carry them with him.

One was bitten in his mouth, the other was handed to Miao Yingshi, patted him on the shoulder and signaled to eat first, the latter took it and took a bite, and then took out a monocular with a mystical pattern on the surface from the space.

I saw the light blue fluorescence diffuse through the spirit pattern, and several spell rings suddenly bloomed in front of the telescope.

This is an extraordinary item that Miao Yingshi obtained in the last event, which can not only expand the field of vision, freely zoom in and out of distant scenery and maintain a high-definition state, but also activate the life observation mode to obtain biological information within a specific range.

The stronger the strength of the observed, the less information they can obtain, and if the observed person belongs to the category of lower strength, as long as Miao Yingshi is willing, he can even know the recent physical state of the observed.

However, even with the assistance of extraordinary props, Miao Yingshi still didn't notice anything unusual, and after a few minutes, when the meat sandwich bun was about to finish, he turned his head to look at Yan Jing, and said with a twisted brow,

"The forests here, the birds, beasts, and even insects that live in them are all natural creatures, and there are no signs of insect activity...... This is not in line with our previous judgment. ”

From Luofengjiang to here, the two naturally did not just rush to the road, and there were often exchanges along the way.

According to Yan Jing's thoughts, since the diameter of the insect nest above Shanqing City has exceeded two hundred meters, the scale of the mother nest of the insect colony must be several times larger than it without thinking about it, and the number of alien insects in the mother nest is certain.

Such a large swarm of insects must consume a lot of energy every moment, even if the swarm does not eat the grass next to the nest like rabbits, it should also slaughter many beasts or fruits in the surrounding area, and collect them to maintain the normal operation of the hive.

However, Miao Yingshi did not observe any clues.

At the same time, the tiger firefly, who was trying to sense the insects around her, also turned around and arched Yan Jing's waist with her head, and called softly, but it also found nothing.

Yan Jing touched his chin, and his gaze couldn't help but cast into the air.

It's not going to be in heaven again, is it?

After a short period of thought, Yan Jing decisively denied this speculation.

The reason is very simple, I said before that this is the depths of the Qiannan Nature Reserve, inaccessible, if the insect swarm brood dares to appear directly in the sky, the special affairs bureau will not hesitate at all.

In Sanqing City, the government takes care of the people and will not use too powerful weapons, and there will not be the slightest pressure on the place to change here.

Judging by the fact that the insect girl arranged another insect nest in advance to attract their attention, and made many arrangements in Shanqing City, there was no reason why she could not consider this kind of detail.

"The probability of the brood appearing in the air is not high, and it is most likely still underground, which is the only place that can provide a hiding place for the insect swarm."

The ability of the Lucky Compass has been tested many times, Yan Jing has absolute trust in it, the hive will not be wrong in this vicinity, its huge size is destined to it will not have many options to hide, it is just that they have not found a way to find it.

"It's too time-consuming to find it like this, I have to think of a way to make it take the initiative to expose!"

With this thought, Yan Jing no longer hesitated, and raised his hand to summon the Taiqing Treasure Urn.

The crimson talisman was outlined in the blink of an eye, turning into a dozen firebirds and heading straight for the jungle below.

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