Chapter 22: Traces
"Boom!"
A series of black shadows skimmed over the treetops above the three of them, but for this, the three of them had long been accustomed to this, and at first the three of them would be on full alert, but as they went deeper and deeper, they found that these extremely fast monsters would not take the initiative to attack them.
Three hours passed, the time had entered midnight, but it was still cloudy, the rain continued to fall, as the three climbed higher and higher, the road was already more and more difficult to walk, the slopes in many places exceeded forty-five degrees, and fortunately the three of them were not bad at their feet.
Along the way, they never encountered mutated wild boars like before, so the speed of the journey was not slow, and they had not stopped to rest, so that the three of them had climbed halfway up the mountain, and they could already see the scenery on the top of the mountain faintly.
The rumbling lightning and thunder can bring a little light, and for the first time, the dark night and the torrential rain are like waterfalls, even if the three of them have adapted to this situation, even if their eyes are keen, they still have to take every step carefully, the mountains and forests at night are dangerous, especially in this chaotic situation now.
There are also flashlights and other lighting objects in the backpacks of the three people, but it is not wise, and the mutated monsters pass by the three from time to time, although they do not attack, but they will inevitably be stimulated by the light source to carry out any drastic actions.
After a moment of difficult walking, Chen Tian, who had been leading, suddenly stopped.
"Did you notice anything wrong?"
As soon as Chen Tian said this, Wu Fan remembered that the black shadows that had been shuttling through the forest had disappeared without a trace, and there seemed to be some strange silence around.
"Listen carefully?" Chen Tian continued.
The two of them immediately listened with their ears pricked up, except for the occasional thunder, only the sound of the rain drops hitting.
"Nothing strange, huh?" After a while, Li Jun still couldn't find anything abnormal.
"It was so quiet. Wu Fanzhi felt very strange, "Even if you are scared of the rainstorm, you shouldn't not be able to hear the sound of insects and birds." ”
Hearing Wu Fan's words, Li Jun disagreed, "We are in an area infected by the virus, and even large animals are not exempt, let alone those small bugs!"
Regarding what Li Jun said, Chen Tian had a different opinion: "Do you remember when we first came in, we could still hear the chirping of insects and birds at that time." ”
"Maybe we haven't gone deep enough at that time, and the virus hasn't spread yet?" Li Jun did not give up his opinion, or he was still lucky.
"Insects are much sharper than us in some ways," Wu Fan thought, "maybe we have entered the territory of some kind of creature."
"That's not good news!" Although the analysis is reasonable, this is obviously not the news that the three of them want to hear.
In the animal world, the concept of territory is extremely heavy, and anyone who has an intruder basically has to be expelled or killed, if it is an ordinary animal, it is fine, but this is an area contaminated by the virus, the animals have mutated, and the ordinary wild boar can have the power of an elephant after mutating, if it is a stronger animal after mutating
"Why don't we take a detour?" Li Jun came up with an idea.
"It's not realistic. Chen Tian shook his head, he had already obtained the leading position because of the highest rank, "Our main goal is to cross this mountain as soon as possible and rush to Linhe County to rescue the survivors, not to mention how much time will be wasted on the detour, you look at both sides, there are steep slopes, I can go up alone, but what about you?"
Li Jun thought about his previous performance, here his strength is the weakest, although Wu Fan is also the same warrior level 3 as him, but judging from the combat power he showed before, Wu Fanguang is not worse than Chen Tian in terms of destructive power, but there is no way to use light skills to fly flexibly in the air like Chen Tian.
Regarding this point, Wu Fan actually has research, internal power can rely on internal qi to turn or sprint in the air, and the advanced can even glide, which Wu Fan can't do at present. However, Wu Fan can also rely on the cooperation of the feet and dark energy of the national art to make a second or even many borrowing effects in the air, although he can also jump dozens of zhang, but it is far less flexible and free than light skills, unless Wu Fan reaches the level of turning strength and strength anywhere.
If it was in normal weather, Li Jun would have no problem with that level of slope, but now it is night, and there is a torrential rain that has not stopped, and the road surface has long been extremely slippery, and he feels that the soles of his feet are oiled just by walking, let alone climbing.
After thinking about it, Li Jun still gave up the idea of a detour.
So what now?
With tigers and wolves in front of you and cliffs on both sides, could it be that you would have gone back the way you came?
"Just behind this mountain, there are people who are even more desperate than us, they may be elderly, they have children, and they are always under the threat of death," Chen Tian did not continue, but expressed his own opinion unreservedly.
"The national art I practiced is itself a martial art to protect my family and defend the country. "If you abandon your will because of the slightest possible danger, how can the martial arts move forward, if you retreat today, I am afraid that Wu Fan's national arts will not make any progress in his life.
The two people in the team had already expressed their positions, and Li Jun didn't want to say anything, just shouted vigorously: "You must invite me to dinner when you go back this time, and you must eat ten meals!
After a short exchange, the three of them continued to move forward, this time Chen Tian's knife was held tighter, Wu Fan had been watching and listening to all directions, and Li Jun was cautiously defending.
Another hour passed, and there was still no sign of it, and the three of them had somewhat relaxed their vigilance, plus they had been moving forward in the torrential rain, which was extremely physically and mentally draining, and it was time to stop and rest for a while.
At this moment, a thunderclap flashed, which is normal on a thunderstorm day, but, with a brief light, Wu Fan found a strange trace on the ground.
took out the flashlight from the backpack and shone the light source on the ground, a smooth ravine came into view, and the other two also discovered Wu Fan's movements.
"I don't think it's natural."
A semicircular furrow the thickness of an adult's thigh dragged a long distance on the mud floor, and a lot of rain had accumulated in it, and it was really difficult to find unless you looked closely.
"There should be only one animal that can leave such traces. After observing carefully for a moment, Chen Tian made a guess, "It should be a giant python."
For a moment, Li Jun's mind remembered the movie called "The Disaster of the Python", the bucket-thick body and sharp fangs were like this if a python was infected with the virus and mutated
"Why don't we go back!" Li Jun said.
As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, Wu Fan felt that something was wrong, and in an instant, the hairs on his whole body suddenly rose, and he sensed a very dangerous aura in the air.
"It's a little late to say it now"