Xiao Sui and Qian Yang are both middle and upper grade students, accumulating credits step by step, although the latter took a break for a period of time because of the events that everyone knows, but with the help of the former, they worked hard to catch up with the courses that fell behind, after all, the foundation is there, and Jiang Chanji and Chen Yiyi are different, so the two of them only participate in the minimum social practice courses, and they choose the less dangerous ones to do, and they will be satisfied with enough compulsory credits every year, anyway, their grades have no desire, they are not enough than the above, and they are more than enough to be compared to the bottom.

And Aurora is different, she is going for the honorary title of the chief graduate of the year, although it took her two years to get enough credits for graduation, she is still not satisfied, as the so-called lion fights rabbit with all her strength, unless she is sure to get rid of all the chasers, she will not slack off, and she will still participate if there is a suitable social practice opportunity, so Xiao Sui asked Jiang Chanji to consult Aurora.

Aurora had finished her meal elegantly, and after a little muttering, she said to Jiang Chanji: "I've been paying attention to the task list of social practice, which is refreshed every day, but there are really no new tasks appearing in the recent past, not only do you not receive the task, but there are also other students on the message board who complain anonymously- I'm referring to the tasks in the area near our school, there are more distant field missions, but according to my experience, the cost performance of field missions is not high, because the location where the fierce beast appears is often inconvenient for transportation, even wilderness and forests, and it is likely to be empty after the past. ”

"Is that so?" Jiang Chanji was surprised, "I thought it was my bad luck, but it turns out that everyone is the same." ”

"Maybe it's your luck that has caused the others...... I've learned a lesson on the plane this time......" Layla muttered.

"If you're in a hurry, you can try a field mission, and I can have a helicopter take you there when the mission comes along. Aurora said.

"It's not too anxious to be in a hurry...... Jiang Chanji is a little hesitant to go to other places, because there may be something else in the school, and if you go to other places for a few days, you may not be able to come back when you really have something.

Aurora advised: "If you're not in a hurry, it's better to wait for a nearby mission." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait. He nodded, "But Senior Sister Aurora, does it often happen that everyone can't receive social practice tasks like this?"

Aurora recalled for a moment, shook his head, and said, "As far as I know, there have been no social practice tasks in the vicinity of the local area for more than a month...... It seems to be the first time it has appeared, at least not in the two or three years since I started taking the social practice course, and I don't know much earlier. ”

"Huh?" Jiang Chanji was even more surprised, he really began to suspect that it was his luck, why did this kind of bad luck let him catch up?

Aurora affirmed: "Actually, before the recent period, the frequency of incidents has been accelerating, and I can feel this empirically, from the speed of the task being hung up to being completed, I think the teachers should have noticed it too." According to my expectations, if it continues to accelerate like this, I am afraid that there will be a period of outbreak, and there will be so many incidents that the students alone cannot take over, and the teachers will have to end up in person, so I am also ...... in this situation now It's puzzling. ”

Except for Layla, no one else here will doubt Aurora's academic experience and opinions, she may not be as intelligent as a genius of Zixuan's level, but she is actually more suitable for schoolwork and exams, in a sense, she is a genius for exams and questions, good at grasping key points, and discovering hidden trends in test papers and questions...... Since she said so, she could never be wrong.

"Could it be...... The calm before the storm?" Spike chimed in.

“...... It should be unlikely. Aurora said euphemistically, "The extraordinary animals in the mountains are not too rare, but just like ordinary animals, they generally do not take the initiative to hurt people, and a very small number of people who hurt people will be characterized as fierce beasts...... Accumulating strength to create a storm and deciding to temporarily stay obscure and not hurt people, they are all driven by instinct, and they are not of the same kind, and they do not get together to discuss anything. ”

Xiao Sui sighed, not caring that his opinion was denied.

Aurora said very reasonably, Zixuan also told them before, human beings are the only large creatures among the earth's terrestrial animals that have a stable channel to ingest salts, and other animals work very hard to replenish the salt in their bodies, so once a fierce beast tastes human flesh and blood, it will feel - oops, KFC is better than white chopped chicken without soy sauce, and it will be better to eat KFC in the future.

But Jiang Chanji's doubts deepened.

"So what do you think of this situation...... What's going on?" Jiang Chanji wanted to ask when this situation would end, but after thinking about it, it was not right, wouldn't he ask this question in the hope that the incident of the fierce beast hurting people would happen? Logically speaking, this situation will never end, but what about his credits?

"The point should be, why is it so calm only in the immediate area?" Aurora corrected, "You know, it's still business as usual in the farther places, and there are occasional incidents of beasts hurting people. ”

"How far away is this 'nearby area'?" he asked.

"Probably...... Within a radius of three or four hundred kilometers. ”

"So far?" he thought that the so-called "nearby", that is, within a few tens of kilometers of the vicinity, would be remarkable.

"This level of distance is not far within the mileage of modern means of transportation, is it?" said Aurora, "of course this is my own division, mainly according to the topography, with mountains and rivers as the dividing line. ”

Jiang Chanji nodded, Aurora's division is quite scientific, and the types of animals and plants are often bounded by mountains and rivers, separated by a mountain, and the species on both sides may be completely different, the higher and longer the mountain range, the more so.

"So what is your opinion?"

In the face of a top student, just ask the answer directly.

"I think about it for three reasons. Aurora analyzed," First, because of some unknown reason in the nearby area, the animals can no longer awaken, and if they can't awaken, they naturally can't become fierce beasts to cause incidents, but this possibility is too low, if it comes true, I'm afraid it will be a big deal, because since the awakening of the first transcendental being, there has never been such a situation; second, the transcendent animals in the nearby area have spontaneously left and run to live in a farther area, and the probability of this situation is also very low, because it means that they perceive some kind of extremely terrifying existence nearby, and in order to survive, they can only avoid it; third, someone is spontaneously hunting fierce beasts or transcendent animals, compared to the first two, the third one, although also quite ridiculous, ...... It's barely reasonable. ”

"Why is the third type ridiculous?" Jiang Chanji thought of Ouyang Caiyue, and felt that the third type was quite reasonable, maybe someone would make a move for something valuable on a transcendent animal.

Aurora looked at him speechlessly, "Our school is cooperating with the public security system, and if there is a suspected beast incident, our school will be notified as soon as possible, so that we can get the general location of the beast, how can others know where there are extraordinary animals without knowing it?"

"That's right. Jiang Chanji scratched his head, Ouyang Caiyue also rushed to find the transcendent gorilla after getting the news.

"Unless someone awakens to ...... ability like the 'Transcendent Animal Radar', and then partners with others to hunt transcendent animals and then share the spoils, this is reasonable, so I say that the third possibility, although it is also ridiculous, is relatively the most likely, after all, no one dares to assert that such an ability does not exist. Aurora said.

"Uh......" Jiang Chanji said that the squid whisker should be regarded as his radar, but it generally only points out the transcendent animals or transcendents that are threatening to him, and if there is no threat, it doesn't bother to point it out.

"Why is the second one impossible?" said Layla, half-deliberately finding fault.

Aurora didn't want to pay attention to her, but seeing that the others were also looking forward to her explanation, she had to say, "Because ...... It's unlikely, this kind of saying is common in China, but it is extremely rare in nature, basically impossible, if there are sharks living in the waters, other fish will be extinct? If there are tigers living in the mountains and forests, all the other animals will run away? The giant bear you met in the crash forest last time is already the overlord of that forest, but there are not many other animals in the forest. ”

Jiang Chanji and others suddenly realized that this kind of statement is quite common and bluffing, but in fact it is not realistic, it is very common for prey and hunters to live in the same area, and prey will not move their families because of the natural enemies living in this area, after all, other places may not be safe, and staying is nothing more than playing hide and seek with natural enemies.

"The biggest loophole in this statement is that each beast has a specific recipe, if you say that seals flee because of the presence of sharks, then turtles don't need to escape, right? Crabs don't need to escape, most of the common small and medium-sized fish don't need to escape, sharks don't eat them to fill their stomachs, in fact, even seals don't escape, they want to continue the race from the mouths of predators, as long as the number of children is enough, anyway, the predators can't eat it all. ”

Aurora paused, feeling that she was speaking too absolutely, and added, "The only condition for this to happen is that there is a ...... that feeds exclusively on other otherworldly animals Extraordinary animals, only pick extraordinary animals to eat, no interest in ordinary animals, and no interest in ordinary people, so there is no outbreak of fierce beast incidents, and this kind of animal can not be just one, otherwise it is difficult for a single animal to make the extraordinary animals within a radius of three or four hundred kilometers extinct, it has to live in groups, or birds of prey, but birds of prey are too conspicuous to fly in the air, so this animal must be very hidden, good at hiding traces......"

At this point, she suddenly opened her mouth and said nothing.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly dropped to freezing, and this was a freezing point that even Xiao Sui couldn't ease.

Everyone understood why Aurora didn't say it, because everyone knew what she suddenly thought of, and they all thought of that kind of thing.

Hidden monkeys?

In the crisp autumn weather, they sat in the restaurant and felt a little chilly.

Except that I'm not sure if the hermit monkey only feeds on otherworldly animals, everything else seems to be quite consistent.

But it is not impossible for the hermit monkeys to feed on otherworldly animals, because they come from another world, another world where awakening is a common phenomenon.

"No...... Wouldn't it?" Xiao Sui smiled palely, "Didn't the two hidden monkeys that appeared in the depression last time die and one was injured and then fled back to the other side of the 'passage' with their tails between their legs?"

"But who can be sure that only two hidden monkeys came out of the 'passage'? we couldn't see it at the time, so we can only say that two of them participated in the attack on us. Jiang Chanji swallowed his saliva, and his originally unfull appetite was suddenly full.

"That being said...... At best, three, four, five, no more, and if you cut out the two that died and one were wounded, the remaining two or three fish that slipped through the net would not be able to make any waves, Aurora didn't say it, it had to be a group......" Kosui argued.

"But don't forget, Zixuan also said that the animals in that world may be parthenogenesis, and each of these two or three may be able to give birth, and maybe even they are pregnant, if you add a high yield like a sow, this world has no natural enemies...... I'm not good at math, but it's exponential growth, right?"

Jiang Chanji had already told Zixuan about parthenogenesis to others who were not present at the time.

The most important thing is that there are no natural enemies, and the hidden monkeys must have natural enemies in that world, otherwise they would have already dominated that world.

This world does not allow such an absolutely invincible existence as the Angel of Light, in fact, no matter which world does not allow the existence of absolute invincibility, there must be a gram of a natural thing, if a certain animal does not have obvious natural enemies, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, then their number must be relatively small, and they exist as the tip of the pyramid in the food chain...... There are many animals with no obvious natural predators, and there is only one kind of human on earth, if not counting cockroaches.

But this world has not evolved to restrain the natural enemies of the hidden monkey, if they are really mixed in, it is an extremely dangerous invasion of alien species, one of the reasons why the school teachers take great risks to block the "channel" is that they are afraid of this situation, especially the whereabouts of the hidden monkey is too secretive, if they are not interested in ordinary people and ordinary animals, only hunting extraordinary animals, it is indeed possible for them to lurk for a long time without being noticed.

And, if they hunt otherworldly animals for food, then the otherworldly ...... Isn't it a kind of prey for them to include in their recipes?