Area of ​​giant snowy spruce trees at night.

"Tap, step, step."

Crossing the trees in front of him, Zhang Daoling walked to a spruce tree.

A huge notch appeared at the lower end of its thick trunk, as if something had dented the originally intact surface.

Zhang Daoling leaned over and took a closer look. There were still some dried blood stains on it, combined with the degree of squeezing of the lawn below.

He finally determined that this was the location where Master Jueneng was unconscious.

The other party must have received a considerable impact and hit the tree trunk behind it before stopping, and then fell into a coma.

However, Master Jueneng is no longer here.

Could it be that he had already woken up and left on his own?

Zhang Daoling believes that this possibility is quite high.

Since there was no sign of the other party, he had to check around the area. He couldn't just return empty-handed.

After walking a few steps to the northwest, Zhang Daoling, who had excellent eyesight, noticed a faint flash of light coming from the grass ahead.

He hurried forward, pushed aside the weeds, and looked at the items inside.

In the muddy grass, there were two silver-white iron rods lying there.

Zhang Daoling recognized it at a glance as Master Jueneng's weapon. He bent down to pick it up, and then he realized that there was a large bend where the two iron rods connected.

It must have been a powerful impact that hit the center of the iron rod in an instant, causing the originally intact slender iron rod to break into two halves.

Zhang Daoling still remembers that Master Jueneng wiped the iron rod repeatedly on the way here and treated it like a treasure.

However, now, I have picked up the remains of the iron rod here, but the other party has disappeared, which is quite abnormal.

According to my understanding of Master Jueneng, with his character, even if it is a broken iron rod, he will not leave it where it is.

Or, the other party did not leave here out of his original intention.

Zhang Daoling couldn't help but think.

At this moment, he noticed that besides the iron rod, there was a footprint on the ground.

The lower end is triangular, and the upper end is four elongated ovals. These should be the footprints left by a predator.

In the afternoon, the only carnivores that can move around here are wolves.

Zhang Daoling was suddenly startled, looking at the broken iron rod in his hand, and then at the wolf footprints on the ground.

He seemed to have noticed an astonishing fact. Jue Neng did not leave on his own, but was taken away by the wolves.

What do they want each other to do?

Eat it?

Then why not just deal with him where he is and take him away specially.

Zhang Daoling increasingly believed that the wolves had an ulterior motive in taking Master Jueneng away.

At the same time, he also sighed in his heart that the intelligence of living things has reached this level.

Not relying on wild actions, but acting with reason.

The figure of a giant white wolf could not help but appear in Zhang Daoling's mind. Was this his idea?

He tied the iron rod in his hand with a strip of cloth and hung it at his waist. Zhang Daoling followed the giant wolf's footprints in front of him and continued to search forward, trying to find Jue Neng with the help of the footprints on the ground.

Walking towards the northwest for about a hundred meters, Zhang Daoling, who was always paying attention to the ground, noticed that the footprints above began to increase.

From one pair at first, it gradually transformed into four pairs, which means that the giant wolf that took away the energy reunited with its companions on the other side.

They were leading each other deeper into the forest, and that direction was most likely where the wolves' lair was located.

Zhang Daoling stepped forward, followed the footprints of the wolves, and walked without hesitation into the dark forest.

Completely opposite to the daytime, the forest at night seems very quiet, without any sound, as if the birds on the branches have fallen asleep.

The wild beasts that originally lived here also scattered and left here due to the fierce battle that took place in the morning.

"Tap, step, step."

This also made Zhang Daoling's footsteps particularly loud in this area.

About ten minutes later, he stopped in front of a big tree.

Because the wolves' footprints seemed to have ended here, with no traces remaining ahead, as if they had been forcibly erased.

Zhang Daoling did not expect that this giant wolf actually had anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and its intelligence should not be underestimated.

Since the clues were interrupted, Zhang Daoling had no choice but to explore on his own to see if he could find any clues here.

Stepping on the air current, Zhang Daoling jumped up and looked around the environment below. From his position here, he could still see the endless forest all the way forward. The same was true around him, and there were no clues.

Seeing that looking down from high above was fruitless, he had no choice but to descend and look for clues from the ground.

However, as soon as it landed on the ground, it stepped on a string-like object in the grass and completely pressed it to the ground.

"Crack!"

Hearing a sound coming from the right, he seemed to have triggered a trap left here.

"Whoosh!!"

Violent fluctuations quickly hit from the right side, Zhang Daoling quickly jumped over and dodged away.

It turned out that a thick tree trunk fell from the right side and hit the trees beside him.

The two clashed and made frequent sounds, and a large number of branches and leaves were scattered. The sleeping birds woke up from it, screamed in panic, and flew away from the place.

At the same time, there was a giant snow-covered spruce a few hundred meters away.

The two birds of prey, which were still resting above the tree trunk, quickly opened their eyes. They looked towards the northern area, spread their wings and leaped away.

Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, Zhang Daoling secretly said something bad.

Not only did this trap completely block the road ahead, it even made a violent noise.

Blocking the road is of little use to Zhang Daoling. He has the ability to float and can overcome obstacles in front of him.

It's just that the previous loud noise may have attracted the two raptors in the distance.

I can't stay here anymore, I have to leave here quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to escape when the two raptors arrive.

Thinking of this, Zhang Daoling didn't hesitate at all, and took advantage of the surge of air to rush into the woods in the southeast area.

"call out!!!"

Not long after it left, the air current surged and blew up the surrounding branches and leaves.

Two giant raptors, the golden eagle and the prairie eagle, landed where Zhang Daoling had just been, looking at the fallen tree trunks in front of them and the remaining human aura.

Both of them noticed something, flapped their wings, and frantically searched the place, trying to find this human being and tear it into pieces.

Little did they know that the humans they were looking for had already escaped from this place by taking advantage of the concealment of the forest and were rushing back towards the temporary camp.

"Whoosh!"

Zhang Daoling quickly shuttled between the woods and ran toward the southeast.

Every time its legs take a step forward, they can move quickly with the help of airflow.

Compared with the speed of its floating steps, its speed of walking on the ground is not slow at all.

The intelligence possessed by this group of giant wolves was completely beyond his imagination. Not only could they isolate themselves, but they could also leave special traps.

This trap has three insurances. The first is tree trunk collision. If the follower is not strong enough, he will be stunned by this trap and trapped in place.

The second is obstruction by a big tree. Even if the tracker avoids the impact of the tree trunk, it cannot avoid the tree trunk hitting the big tree behind in a short period of time, causing the road ahead to be blocked.

Third, sound lures. If the stalker can avoid the tree trunk and cross the obstruction, the raptors attracted by the loud noise will be repelled and driven away.

Therefore, this set of traps allows whoever tracks the wolves to completely disperse them.

On the way, Zhang Daoling thought repeatedly about the three protective measures contained in this seemingly simple trap.

The giant wolf that can come up with this trap definitely has wisdom that is not inferior to humans. He must get back to his size, Captain Zheng, and be careful of the wolves.

I feel like I have no choice but to let it go for the time being.

At present, it is too difficult to retrieve it. There are no clues that the wolves have left, and two raptors need to be dealt with at the same time.

After thinking about it, Zhang Daoling had no choice but to give up and return to the camp first to tell Captain Zheng the known information before making further considerations.

.........

In the second half of the night, inside the camp, except for the lights that were still on in the central tent, most of the tents were plunged into darkness.

Thirty-five soldiers, divided into two groups, followed a shift system and patrolled closely around the camp to prevent the invasion of wild beasts.

Suddenly, there was a slight tremor in the trees in the northwest area.

This caused the team patrolling here to stop. In the eyes of the team leader, they spread out, holding rifles in hand, and surrounded themselves in front of the bushes, waiting for the unknown creature to approach.

"Tap, step, step."
To be continued...